The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-05-02

coming COWS that have been well fed should
be watched to prevent garget. To reduce
the feed before calving, and to guard the
COWS against lying out during cold rains,
will be safe. Every owner of COW should
possess a good book on the care of cattle.
Dadd' S, Seattle Doctor will be found use
full in this way.
S1cine.-Pigs given a run at grass will do
best. The orchard, sown to clover, might
well be appropriated to them in part. The
effect will be beneficial in two ways the
pigs will have good grazing, and many ver-
min will be destroyed. If the pigs gnaw the
bark, wash the lower part of the trees with
some thin mud mixed with COW dung. A
feeding coop, such as is described elsewhere,
is useful for young pigs. In this, some
milk in shallow pan may be given them
without disturbance from the older ones.
Pou1t,y-Young chicks should now be
coming forward. AS rule, those Matched this
month. if of good breeds, will begin to lay
early in the fall, and continuing through the
winter will brood early next spring. The
profit of feeding laying hens, when eggs are
scarce, is obvious. The loss in feeding dead
heads'' through the winter, to lay only
when eggs are plenty and cheap, is appa-
rent.
Feed Little and Often to young chicks.
Cracked wheat, swollen with hot water, and
fed warm, ard occasionally mixed with some
of the animal meal prepared by Bowker &
Co., Of Boston, will push them on very fast.
One heaped teaspoonful is sufficient at one
meal for brood of dozen chicks. We
find good place for coop is beneath
plum or cherry tree. A curculio has 10
chance to escape their sharp eyes. If prop
erly cared for, poultry ought to pay more
profit than anything else on the farm-the
garden excepted, perhaps.
Poultry Manure.-This is valuable fer
tilizer and may be used with most benefit
on corn. 1t may be scattered in the hill at
planting Or afterwards spread about the hill
on the surface. 1t is well to mix 1t with an
equal bulk of plaster.
Tagging the Eaoes should not be neglect
ed; the wool should also be clipped from
about the udder. Much disease in the lambs
is undoubtedly caused By filth in the moth
er's wool.
Fodder Crops for early use are to be put
in as soon as possible. Make a succession
of sowings, that the crops may follow each
other every ten days. ~
Oats and Peas, sown together, give
large yield of nutritious green fodder If
the ground is rich and clean, p bushels of
oats and II bushel of peas may be sown, on
well narrowed field, and covered with
small, shovel-toothed cultivator. A broad,
leafy oat and large growing pea are the best.
| We have found the "Side;' or s'Horsemane:
| oats and the ssBlack Marrowfat. Pea, . best
for abundant fodder. For early cutting,
the small ''Gray Canada" pea, sown with
barley, may be substituted. -Tares or Yetch-
es, and the ''Mammoth Clover are goo1
fodder crops. ss'
EARLY Potatoes, that have not yet been
planted, should be got in without delay.
| With this crop earliness is a great adyan-
tage where beetles abound. a. aa.sz
| Pure Paris Green is the best remedy for
the beetle. Last season we mixed it with
plaster, which is much cheaper than. flour,
does not scatter so much when the wind is
blowing, and adheres to the leaves
equally we'll. AS 1t is best to be prepared
for the beetle, supply of the Paris green
should be procured in readiness for his ar
| rival. ~