The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-22
FARN GARDEN ANp HOUSEHOLD.


have been prepared last year, hut II ii
was not, no time should be lost. New
soils rarelyneed mAnuring, butexhausted
land must be renovated. II will DO use
less to. setout young trees in a stiff, poor
soil, and expect them 10 give a satisflc-
tory return; II Is true they may live and
bear in time, but they can never make q
healthy growth, or produce good fruit.
See that there are no low spots in the
orohard where ice and snow may collect
and remain during tho greater part Of
the winter; trees planted in such places
do not ripen their wood properly, and
are liable 10 be iniurndby elrly frosts,
and tho land cannot be cultivated until
late in tho spring.
Pruning may DO dOnea ut any time be.
fore vegetation starts. When large
limbs are removed take caro- not TO allow
them to fall before severing tho bark on
the under side OF the cut, as thoy may
peel the bark from the trunk, thus
making bad wound. Always parc the
cuts smooth, a sharp knife, chiael, or
drawing-knife may be used, cover with
melted grating wirx, paint, or anything
which will exclude the air and rain.
Tho best guide for a novice in fruit
growing is the experience OF OthOrl In
similar localities, and one about TO set
M orchard can make no better invest
ment th1n the time and money II would
require for him to visit the fruit growers
ina circuit Of ten or twenty miles, and
learn Of the successes and failures Of
others.
II one lives near q city or town large
enough to afford a market, a good share
Of cary apples may be profitable. For
distant markets, only varieties that are
well known should be grown, q local
variety, no matter how good 1t may DO,
Il not known to dealers, will meet with
slow sale. Summer EARLY Harvest,
Large Yellow Bough, Rod AstrachRn,
Golden Sweet, Summer Queen, Viii
iams. Autumn-Ohen oStrawberry,
Duchess Of 0ldehburgb, Fall Pippin,
Fall Wine, Grayenstein, Jersey Sweet,
KoSwiclc Goblin, ATnidon's Blush, Porter,
Washington strawberry. Winter-Am.
Golden. Russet, Baldwin, Ben Davis,
Canada Reinette, Esopus Spitzenburgh,
Fameuse, Jonathan, King 81 Tompldns
County, Lady, Monmouth Pippin, Now.
town Pippin, Northern Spy, Peck's
Pleasant, Rambo, H. l. Greening, Ilox-
bury Russet, Talman's Sweet, Twenty
Dunes, Winesap, Yellow Bollaowsr.-
-1gricullurfst.
Fixing for the Fair.
al couldatale unfold, says Tribune
correspondent, how JOnes's ram, or
Smiths COW, or Robinson's bull took
that premium, that would make Brown
open his eyes in astonishment. Brown
wondered why his COtswolds' fleece was
so raw and harah after 1t Ind been washed
with soap and warm water, but he did
not dream R8 he moozed in tho next pom
upon the straw, that long before daylight
Jones had rubbed his rams fleece with
yellow ocher and so gave it rich color,
u soft greasy feel, and a luster that
charmed the judges and took them by
storm in q moment. And lie docs not
know to this day that Smiths cow was
fed a quart Of linsecd oil daily week
before tho milking trial was made and
her cream measured thirty per cent. Of
the milk, nor that her tail WIS bound up
every night in haybands 10 make II thin,
nor that her skin was spongel down
carly in the morning with q mixture Of
COW dung and water, which was allowed
to dry upon it and give 1t tho rich orange
color tliit wlsso much admired by every
body. Nor did ho SEQ tho cows owner
sandpapering her horns and polishing
them with beeswax, and carefully going
over her switch with q feather and a bot
tic Of ink. And in this way the limo.
cent man wonld have found that the pro-
miums were filcllod from poor but honest
exhibitors who relied on merit only, and
that by a course Of such breeding the
reputation Of certain pedigree stock was
built up; and then ho might have re.
pcated with the poet, truly "tllings are
not what they seOm."
Feeding Hens.
Hens will lay in cold weather II sup
piled with greater variety Of food. l
keep thirty hens aud three ROSTERS. /
do not house them well, and for three
months OF winter the sun does not shine
VIZ tllut lluuhtt ~ uGluB GuNtE u lllll
fncing north, and altogether very
cherries place. Ifeedcorn, buckwheat,
cabbage, potatoes, mud al waste ycgetl.
bles from the table; keep thcm supplied
with n box Of water, and a box Of sand
TO dust in, also coal ashes. Last winter
i bought twenty pounds Of bone from
the meat market and broke up q little
every day. The monthly result Cn eggs
by the DOZEN is Gs follows for tile year
ending Dec. /, 1874: December, 8 2.12;
January, IL; February, 8 1912; March,
go 1912; April, 81 PIP; May, 10; June,
30 1919; July, 20; August, 2s3-12;
September, 10; October, 0 1-12; Noyein-
Der, 6ll2-total, 233 1912 dozen. 1nlso
used nine Of the hens TO raise 10i chick
ems. Abont ono-half Of my hens are
White Leghorns; the others are common
fowls. Credit by sale Of eggs and chick.
ems, S7s.S7; by increase OF stock, fifteen
pullets at sixty cants, $O-$S7.S7. Dr.,
by food, $3.50. Net profit, e40.GS.
My hens in summer 40 where they
please. Illaye kept poultry for seven
years, and this is about my annual expe-
ricncO for that time. always feed hens
NIL they can eat, and rs great a variety as
] can get for them.-lK O. Norman,
Nctp York.