The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-26
Suggestions aud Notes FOR tic Tho
Month,

ana lh0rsh thc weather may be less
mild than Juriog nearly all Of last Jan.
nary, yetth9 frightening days, here and
there the swelling buds of the cady
trees aud the appearance ofthe Liyerleal
10 places whoIe The snow has gone, re.
mind the farmer that his time Of compir.
utlve leisure is nearly oyor and 10 be.
gins to DO impatient to begin his season S
work This month o. transition from
Winter one which witnesses the contest
Of tha seasons for the mystery, is the oc.
casion Of many ,kirmish between the
rear guard Of the relrcating frost king,
and the yiiettcs Of Spring. Sometimes
the advance is slow, delayed by late
Fuows and lingering cold that tho uctiye
farmer chafcs at the iarly progress, md
is half inclined to fear that seed time
may moi come according 10 the promise
An nnusaIly mild Winter throughout tho
country has saved great amount oil
iolier, yeItho daily decreasing s,oro Is
now looked at with soHciludo, for twill
yet bet long timo before the pastures
tiold food lyr tho'bcosls, and during ma
ny weeks 70 cowa the provisions already
necugcd, must be the sole dependence
Tho Gtalo old coapst, "on February,
fourteenth day, Hall your corn aud hall
your hay is not tlr from rao state
mant
Notwithstanding the teachings Of the
journals oad the cxrmpIo Of the DhriNy
formers, tho agricultural Of our country
Is charaoter.za by a great deal of Gaze
less waste, Many farmers have not
earned tha' saving is as important us
producing III almost every neighbor.
hool we find examples Of wasleruI feed
Ing, where the ca'lla tramplc under foot
nearly as much as they eat. There are
whole districts where almost every other
man n'es the public highway for barn.
yard. lftho contents of the hay nov
aud corn crib have 80 far diminished as
to suggest a lack Of feed to take animals
safely through, the manner Of feeding
should be locked into, to see if il be
done N the most saving way. In good
feeding there shout be JUS. as much put
before the animal as it will eat up, and
no more. A corrcspJn lent writes us
that "it is . sin TO throw fodder to the
cattle in the Darn ya,d SO that they can
tramp on IT, when feeding boxes like
those described on page IL ortho Agri.
culturist r9r 1859 can be so cheoply
made. LISA pleasure to see cattle cat
on' ofthem, and nothing IS wasted"
But with oil our individual faults, ag
ricuiturc, as Q whole, has made great
progress, in the manner Of cultiyaling
the main crops mil economy ia u3in;
'hemi AMI also ia the Introduction of
diversity Of prolaais, The war has
broush. changes even in the domestic
economy Of the smallest arms,anl init
vijusls ss wetos the nation ar, impelled
to develop their resources Besides the
staples Of wheat, corn, ETC., sorghum,
fax, cotton and tobacco are cithor boiap
successfully cultivated as regular crops,
or arc the subjects of important expert.
meu,s. Before the work Of the season
fairly begins, there is time to consider
rba.Gcr an. change sAaI! be made 10
tie usual rou,ios ol crops. Tho readers
Of the Agricultural will bear US witness
that we nave never advised them to 20
U'inl'y into any new project. We hold
,hS. ,aera is o wise medium between that
cd tosyism which rejects everything
ami IhatTashnes' which adopts every.
thing, and both for the same yeason--
because it is new. In u country 50 ex.
tended as oars and with such diversity
oIsoil and climate, the experience Of
one locality will no. answer as an inGal.