Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1870-05-09
he that TfQeth the Soil shall hare Plenty Of
Bread
Agricultural.

Inc pest corn crop on prairle sOd le' Io-
ported is 724 bushels by weight from seven
acres
The United States produced dtwenty-fv mil
lions worth of cheese, ard a hundred millions
of butter last year.
An experienced Iowa wool-grower gives
S15O as the probable average cost Of keeping
a sheep year, in that State.
A correspondent of the Farmers Club warns
people against feeding the rubarb plantto hogs
he lost several by doing it.
Gas-tar, mingled with whitewash applied
to the interior Of hen-house, at the rate Of
one gill to pafull, it is said, will dispersc the
lice.
All plants grow stronger aud ripen better
when the air circulates freely around them,
and the sun is not prevented from an immedi-
ate influence.
1t pays 70 make cow comfortable in as
many respects as possible. Every hour she
suffers from any cause, the milk account suf-
fers correspondiDgly.
A dairymau informs the Name Farmer that
having tried various things for sore teats on
cows. he finds lard the best, the most healing
and softening
Cooked meal is nearly double the bulk Of
uncooked, yet quart for quart goes as far. The
difference is, that much of the food is undigest-
ed unless cooked.
A western writer says if as much attention
was paid to raising corn as is given to grapes,
a hundred million bushels might bc added to
the annual crop.
Every farmer should have a compost heap.
Collect every kind of fertilizer, and to prevent
any from liberating the sasses, keep the whole
covered with earth or muck.
The Stock journal advertises a big horse for
regular farm work, and one that does not,
without great pushing, trot more than six miles
an hour with light buggy.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer wri-
ting from Lorraine County, Ohio says three
young men sheared 692 sheep, yielding 3,22s
pounds of wool, in thirteen days.
Half dozen eggs beat up with two ounces
Of salt, is recommended as sure relief of cat
tie choked with potato or an apple, by cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman.
The farmer who stints his fields is unwise
and improyident as he who starvcs lis working
cattle-in both cases lie is diminishing the
ability Of faithful servant to be useful to
him
Butter may still be made yellow and as Of
good quality as in June, if, in addition to other
food, cows are supplied with cabbage or carrots
and sugar beets.
An old stable keeper in England says he has
never bad a bad foot on his horses since he
commenced the practice of bedding on thick
layer of Sawdust. Pine sawdust he finds the
best, oak the worst.
Many English farmers feed no hay to their
work horses, but keep them in high working
order with straw, roots, and shorts The
equivalent of twelve tons Of hay can be pro-
duced on one acre in roots.
Good implements are indeed Indispensable
success and he who has provided them will not
only have greater pleasure in his labors, but
the profit which attends the judicious applica-
ton Of both time and labor.
A writer in the Americcn Stock Journal says
that costveness and its accompanying evils are
the main cause Of sows destroying their young,
and that green aud other proper food is the
preventive and cure.
The Jowndl Of agriculture recommends the
application of top dressing Of manure to
meadows Immediately after haying, especially
on dry patches where the grass roots are often
parched aud killed in wet weather.
1t is an excellent plan to keep a lump Of
common chalk in The feeling trough constant
ly, after calves are q month old this will cor
rect the acidity Of the stomach and have
tendency to keep them in healthy state.
Dr. Randall says it is not expedent to feed
valuable ewes unhulled corn, but says il is not
usually thought to pay to grind corn for store
sheep. He also recommends bran slops and
roots to increase the milk of yeaning ewes