The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-03
FARM AND GARDEN.

| FARM AND 0ABOEN.
i RADIsHEa-Sow every week for, sue
cession, wherever there is room,
| RHUBARB. !. DO not cut, but pull th,
leaves, and cut of the flower stalks 81
they appear.
CURRANTs AND GoosRBERRIEs.-Bet.
ter set late than not at all; plant feel
apart each way; keep we'll cultivated and
mulch In dry weather.
PERENNIALs-Should have been diyi-
ded last month, as many of them start 90
early that they are injured if distributed
later. Keep established beds free from
weeds and the soil open and light.
ToMAroEs.-Set out after the weather
has become settled, in hills 4 tee! apart
each way, and as they grow, provide q
trellis or some support, or in absence of
these, supply brush for the fruit to rest
on so that it will lay upon the ground
and decay.
Mich COw.-rhere is often disap.
pointment caused by y falling off in milk
when COWS are turned upon the new grass
and other feed stopped. The young grass
is deficient in nutriment and too wstery.
A good feed of cut hay and mixed bran
and meal given once day will avoid this
SALE OF AYRsHIREs.-W. o. Harrah
Cadis, o, has sold 10 G. NJ Hoover, Mia.
mi County, o., the following Ayrshires:
Lady Bell by imp. Pride THE Hills, out
of imp. Bessie Bell, 926; Lady Mary, by
imp. Pride of the Hills, out of Kate Sd,
1875, and Pride of Sunnyslde, by Golden,
1893, out of Leila, 2706.
SALE OF SHORT HORN BULL, DUKE
CLIFTON %, 13863.-The Sevenmile
| (Ohio) Stock Company have sold A. NJ.
Jewell. Middletown. o., the short horn
bull Duke Clifton I'd, 1858, red, calved,
May 2, 1875, by l4th Duke OF Thorndale
8O3l, cut OF Susan 9th, by Clifton Duke
1863.
CLIMBERs.-Train and tie up to trelh-
SEES before they start, 80 that the buds will
not be injured. Towards the end of the
month sow or set out from the hot.bed
| Cypress vines, Madeira vines, Canary
Bird flower, etc, and provide trellises or
other support. Sweet peas should be
sown early and provided with brush three
or four feet high.
STRAwBEKkIEs.-Keep the soil be-
tween the rows open and mellow until
the fIuit begins to form, when mulch of
leaves or straw should be given 10 keep
the fruit from contact with the soil; any
weeds which appear through the mulch
can be hand pulled. Set out new beds
early and mulch to protect the plants
from drouths. In small gardens it will
pay to water straw berries.
SHEEP SHEARING.-The value o. the
fleece is increased by care in shesriDg.
All filthy tag locks should be taken off
before the sheep is shorn aid thrown into
a basket by themselves. Never roll these
up in the fleece. II any cuts are made
upon the skin of the sheep, rub little
pine tar upon them. After shearing, guard
against cold rain storms Much treble in
tagging the sheep will be saved if they
are kept from the fresh grass or clover af-
ter they are washed, and fed hay until
sheared.
KENTUCKY MyLn.-The best mules
are bred in Kentucky, and it is not un-
common 10 find teams here sixteen hands
high, and weighing 1,4OO pounds each
Although occasionally there are large
mules, even rs high as eighteen hands,
such are rare and undesirable. The use
of mules is rapidly increasing in this
country, there being over l., $50 600 IN use
in 1870, against 570,222 in 1850 When
properly and kindly treated, the mule IS
not the vicious animal he is generally
supposed to b., and it is a mistake to be
preludiced against him on that account.
PLowINo For CoRN.-There is no bet
ter ground for corn than we'll top-dress-
ed sod. The nearer the blowing of this
can be brought to the lime Of planting
the better. The seed quickly terminates
in the moist fresh soil; the cut worms are
busy upon the grass roots and let the corn
alone; and the weeds do not start until
the corn has had time TO get a good
growth and shoot ahead o. them. The
Quick growth is greatly helped by some
active fertilizer sown on the surface and
narrowed in lightly.
LIVE Stock To keep the farm ami
mails in good condition just now when
the fresh feed is coming in, requires judg-
ment and watchfulness. A sudden
change of feed is generally hurtful. When
an animal is found to be ailing, 1t may be
taken for granted that something IS
wrong with its food or management and
these should be at once looked to Tor the
cause, and the mischief averted. 1t will
be well not to turn the stock out until
they have been fed upon their usual fod-
der, and accustom them to green food
gradually.
WORKING CLoTHEs.-Suitable work
ing clothes that are cheap and convenient
are now made so that they can be sent by
mail to those who do not know how to or
cannot make them. A close fitting suit
that can be washed is far the best to wear,
and wooden Under clothing should always
be w.rn in the day, and removed ara
aired at night. A dry well-sired night
dress should always be worn; it is clean
IL and heathful. and tie sleep is the more
easy and refreshing for it. If there IS
more things to wash they are easier wash
ed and the work is actually lighter than
when the clothing is badly soiled
YouNG SToCK-Shouid DC kept grow"
ing from their birth. The science 81
feeding is becoming much better under
stood than it has been. and the mixing OF
different kinds to make the food more
nslstsb)e and nutritious should be mat.
lar Of close study Food isl raw material
iron, which We make flesh, milk, and
wool and much may be saved by using
this material in the most profitable man.
nsr The mothers milk is the best food
for for yoans,Anim.ls, bu. TO ,hi. some add Il.
,;onsI food may be added BY degrees, SO
soon AS the digestive powers are capaoie
OF assimilsting 1t.
RxNovaL, OF PLANr-FooD FROM TIL
Soil Cropping, Leaehiny' etc. In.'
Available supply of plant-iood Is remov,
ed i'm various vays- The chief source o,
loss in the ordinary practice OF farming
ia in the removal Of crops A good dea
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