West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-02

y NCS"AN ~ 2 'Se1S'
Abraham johnson, on the river
above Briscoe, has fifty tons prime
timothy hay for sale. Has also a
lot of Willow apples, and 800 bush
els wheat for sale.
&C. Boggs, four miles from Par
kersburg, is buying and selling cat
tie all the while. He has scales
and his place is a sort of headquar-
tiers for stock men.
Henry J. Boggs has cleared up
nearly 800 acres of land in the past
two years. A few days ago he took
out from town over fifty dollars
worth of clover, timothy and blue
grass seed, to SOW on these newly
cleared lands. This is the way to
do it. Take off the timber, put the
lands down in grass, and then bring
on the sheep. Herein lies West
Virginia's wealth.
The toad, which used to be
thought the most malignant reptile
is really one of the most useful crea-
lures a gardener can have about
him. In the matter of feeding,
anything that creeps or crawls will
do for him-wood-lice, beetles. spi-
ders, slugs, worms, even snails with
their shells being snapped up by
his dexterous tongue and swallow
ed as if by magic. Kept in a gar
den or a greenhouse, they will de-
stroy an immense number of injuri
Gus insects, while doing absolutely
no harm themselves.
How TO CHOOSE A COOP Cow
The GRUMPY horn is good indica-
ton a full eye another. Her head
should be small and short. Avoid
the Roman nose; this indicates
thin milk, and but little of it. See
that she is dished in the face, sunk
been the eyes. Notice that she is
what stock men call good handler
skin soft, and loose like the skin
of a dog. Deep from the loin to the
udder, and very slim tail. A COW
with these marks never fails to be
a good mixer. There is more diff
ference in COWS than is usually sup
posed, and but very few really
| good ones are offered in our markets.
If farmer has "No. article" he
won't sell her unless obliged to do
so.
1t is a small matter to take hor-
ses across the field for their wator it
seems to cost nothing, yet if far
mer's time, or that Of his friedman,
is worth anything, it costs a great
deal in the course of year. 1t is a
small matter to chop each days wood
upon the day it is used, and thus
have it all fresh but fifteen min
utes in harvest time is worth more
than in January; besides there are
vastly more economical methods
Of making fre-wood than with an
ak. 1t is a very little matter
to tighten loose nut, but
it sometimes costs life and
limb not to do it. A pear tree
here, and a peach tree there, costs so
little that one is inclined to think
they are Of no account, but when
the fruit isri pc they are appreciated.
A single step from one room to an
other is "only one STEP" but the
thought of a stairway made out of
these steps during a lifetime is
enough to make a woman's back
ache, Look we'll to the details that
the little things are right, for it
pays in the end,-Anericao Agrl-
cultoriH
WHEAT IN AMERICA-Prior to
the discovery Of this continent by
Columbus, there was no cereal in
America, approaching in nature to
the wheat plant. 1t was not, OBJ
serves the american Miller, until
1880 that wheat found its way into
Mexico, and then only by chance.
A slave Of Cortez found few grains
of wheat in a parcel Of rice and
showed them to his master, who Or
dered them to be planted. The re-
suit showed that wheat would
thrive well on Mexican soil and
to-day one Of the finest wheat val
legs in the world is near the Mexi-
can capitol. From Mexico, the ce-