The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-17
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Get Ready for spring work About
Chester WHITE Hsgs- Spring work
with Psaltry-Hessseola Re-
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During the days Intervening bstwee
now and the time for the starting OF tn
| plows and the preparation OF the Ian
ior putting in seed, every farmer shout
get everything in readiaess for asctiv
operations, &.
Thetools should be examined in ever.
part to see If any piece is weak OF worn
and Nif 20, duplicates shoult
be procured for insertion whe,
the break occurs. If by tn
breaking Of one part Of tool or ma
chine, another will be weakened Of
broken, don't be penny wise and pound
foolish, but put 1t in part at once. i
often takes half OF day to get 8 twenty
five cent job done, and the half day
! spent IN getting it done often wastes Of
uses to q disadvantage the time OF sever
al teams and workman.
If any new tools are needed ascertain
what, and spend sufficient time before
work drives You to get the best kind
Do not be beguiled by fippant statesmen
or tricky agents but looka the articles
over, and il you have doubt, take them
on trial. This, matter of trial is one Of
the best to determine the worth OF q
thing in its face. All, agents are
shrewd enough in selling worthless
thing, to sell tor cash on delivery. This
is the only proper way to buy anything
if YOU are acquainted with the merits OF
the article. But this is q progressive
age. New inventions are constantly
made, and they will not all stand the
test OF use. and in buying one should
avoid getting articles not adapted to bis
wants.
Some things are we'll adapted to one
kind OF soil, the harvesting of particu-
lar crop, or doing jobs very similar to
the one for which you wish to use them,
but there may be little difference, and
this little may spoil the working Of the
article in question. Therefore it is not
safe to buy on the accommodation OF
another unless all Of the attendant cir
cumstances are known.
In this matter of buying new in.
ventions one needs to have his eyes
open.
Look at your seed boxes and seed
bins and, if you have not what you de-.
sire, get what you want now, and only
of reliable parties.
A WORD FOR THE CHESTER WHITE.
5. II. Todd, who is an old and expe-
rienced breeder of the Chester White
hog, writes to the Indiana Farmer, max
ing some interesting statements in re-
gard tc his famous breed. He says that
"tor few years past it has received all
manner of abuse" but he neglecLs to
state the cause of it, probably because it
is pretty we'll known to have arisen
from the distribution of hundreds and
thousands of almost worthless
"runts" picked up anywhere about the
country and sold by unprincipled deal
ers as pure Chester Whites. Still, as Mr..
Todd says, the Chesters have stood up
under it all, and are growing IN favor
every day, and many want them. They
have been, as it were, "tried by fire."
end the dross cast OFT, while the good
qualities and characteristics still remain,
and many who had them ten years go
are longing TO get them back again.
FINE GRAzERs.
The Chesters are fine grazers. l bad
q lot of about thirty run on clover pas
ture last year, the made fine growth,
some of the sows getting too feshy :or
breeding. The, are not ex.rsvagantly
large framed, but when fed out they will
make large hogs. know OF several pigs
that have been made 20 weigh, entire
litter, at five or six months old, 200
pounds each have had on my place
during tie last two years not less than q
hundred head, and often one hundred
and fifty (s.ve just before narrowing in
the spring., aud | have lost but three
head with disease think it would be
hard for any man to Say more, that has
bred to that extent. Ny pigs are selling
well. MANY OF the hog breeders of l; :
Giana are ir. irg them, and numbers are
already giving favorable reports.
SPRING WORK WITH POULTRY.
Now that the rigors of winter are
somewhat relaxed and the earth has cast
off her white mantle, hens are very busy
peeping into every nook and corner,
prsting, with joyful anticipation of COM
ing events; and while warming up the
enthusiasm of their keepers, they seem
to be asking for special care and stten-
ton. During this interesting season
their liege lords pay very strict obedi-
ence to sll their wants and whims, and
strut around them with consequential
airs that are not little amusing to the
observer.
The true method Of managing all
kinds of stock Is 10 take advantage OF
their nature and assist it to the advance
ment of their keepers interests. To in
duce a hen to lay, let the nest be partly
shaded When she wants to sit, II you
wish to remove her do it at night and
make her surroundings as nearly as pos
sible like of the nest she laid in. On q
farm where there are many hooks and
corners. and where the farmer has some
one to attend to his fowls, boxes may be
put up in number OF places, and the
fowls will select and lay, each IN her
tsyorite nest, and when the time for SIT
ting mas COule, edCu Will ~ w h0i oS-
cuslomed nest without much changing or
confusion; but where the accommodations
are more limited more attention must be
given to the nests.
Ifseveral varieties are kept and it is
intended to maintain pure breeds, each
variety must be kept strictly separate.
Should any hens have begun 10 lay be-
fore such separation, then the first ten
eggs laid afterwards should not be set;
but when the fowls have been separated
three weeks without laying, it is safe to
save all subsequent eggs for their purity.
Iftowls have liberty, they need not
now have warm, soft food. When the
snow has disappeared they will find
gravel, seed, little green food, ETC.; but
should they be confined, the winters care
must, ofcourse, be continued. A lot OF
oyster shells, thrown down on road or
ward over which horses travel, is very
good Tor poultry on farm. Pure water
Is essential, and should there be any stag
nsnt pools of dirty water about the barn
A. Al lot al t.