The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-12-28
PARM ITEMS.
Interesting Subjects to tlIe Far
nier and Gardener.
Prepared in Me Reqiacr.

This has been q grand December
for blowing sod, or for blowing for
any spring crop. A days blowing
this fall is a saving Of weeks time
in getting crops in next spring.
Wheat looks well and fall sown
timothy never did better before.
Try a little manure about your ap-
pie trees this fall; and whore the
crops does not mature well try lit
tie salt next spring.
sheep-raising in New England,
except parts Of Vermont, is more for
mutton than wool.
Sheep are admirably adapted to
aid in clearing up new land. They
keep down the growth of bushes.
Every stable and manure cellar
should have ample ventilation. An
finals, TO keep in health, must have
healthy air.
Theayerage yield Of English wheat
per acre is placed by Mr.. Card at 2S
bushels for thirty years past. This
is ahead Of the American yield.
An old locust post was recently ex-
humed at Easton, Pa, which. formed
part Of a hotel sign there over one
hundred years ago. 1t was still in a
sound condition.
The most essential point about the
preservation Of pork is to have it
thoroughly cool before sailing. Any
man that neglects that precaution
will suffer from it.
The first horticultural society in
Indiana was organized in 1910, and
principally through the effort of
Henry Ward Beecher, then pastor of
Of a church at Indianapolis.
Good milk is not to be had from
half starved cows. Those who object
TO high feeding may do well to re.
member that good, rich manure also
comes only from well-fed COWS.
Barbed wire fences receive about
as much contradictory testimony rel.
alive to their value and safety as is
given in some jury trials. Being u
new invention, this":is natural
When farmers get the hang of it
there will be less opposition,
A milk can will become foul soon
er than almost any vessel in the
world, if not frequently and regular
ly scalded and washed. The scald.
ing kills the ferment or yeast plants
which take roots between joints, but
is useful "for this occasion only"
A bushel of potatoes yields about
nine pounds of starch, and the cou'n.
try used 5000 tons of starch last
year with which to stiffen up its
clothing. The scarcity of potatoes
now has raised the price of starch,
and will doubtless decrease its con.
sumption.
People who object TO feeding turn.
ips to dairy COWS because it taints
the milk should remember that this
result will not ensue if the turnips
are fed Immediately after milking
This is an old and often published
rule, and yet thousands have never
4. learned it.
DR.. Lawes says that the best results
from lime and salt to land comes
from their use on rich soils. 1t is
worth while to remember this; ard
also to remember that rich soils al.
most always give the best returns in
agricultural, salt or no salt, lime OF
no lime.
An army officer, General Sullv. is
is quoted as describing the "Bad
Lands of Dakota as "looking like
the bottom of hell with the fires put
out" In other words, the bad lands
were once beds of coal, as geologests
think, which burned for ages and
left leagues Of cinders.
skunks are very useful to the far.
mer as destroyers of white grubs, and
rarely do harm in any way if let
alone. The attempt to exterminate
shem along with snakes, crows, owls,
Field mice, moles, blackbirds, ETC., is
unwise, as most of them are grub
eaters, and the grubs do more harm
probably than all the rest together.
This reckless slaughter is, in general,
a foolish habit.