The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-08
NO. rs.


Thinking about piece of corn
adds five bushels to the acre, some-
times ten.
The fifth raj of fence is gcncr-
ally worth more than the other four.
Weeds in corn or potato field are
like notes on interest at twenty per
cent.
fla particular production Is all the
rage sell out while prices are high
and buyers plenty.
Fall and winter evenings are the
most profitable times for mental cuf-
ture, social happiness and rest.
IT is never best to overdo econ
ohy by letting the hogs or geese liab-
itually eat the grass in the front
yard. 4,
Encouraging words will some
times make a scythe cut well an
hour longer than it otherwise would.
Give the boys work and take pains
to teach them. tits to this source
that we must look for our best farm
men.
Cigar smoke IN corn field may
prevent the depreciation Of the crows
but it never fails to make the net
yield less.
When the mortgage on farm is SO
heavy that the owner never tries to
Lessen or lift it, the sooner he finds a
small place tho better;
1t is important to get at the bottom
of things, and equally so whether
done by tough thinking or a subsoil
pillow.
Some kinds of wood season better
out of doors than under cover but 1t
| is not SO with the beam and handles
of pillow.
Vegetable decay prepares for sub.
segment life. An exception to the
rule is rotten potatoes and turnips ir
u cellar in May. J.
1t is better for farmer to eat salt
on his potatoes instead Of butter, II
the latter is needed to pay an old
debt at the village store.
Every farmer should compete for
all premiums at the annual fair in
his line except 1.-The fastest trottef
owned and raised in the county" :.
Men may deceive each other but
they cannot deceive Mothor Earth .
Dealers may sell sawdnst gnano AZ
fifty dollars ton, but they cannot
count on the soil as helper in their
imposition.
A very successful farmer once re-
marked that "he fed his land before
it was hungry, rested 1t Before 1t was
weary and wccdcd it before it was
foul"
There arc two things that every
farmer must have--things that sub
serve like purpose and are Of about
equal Importance grindstonc and
n newspaper.
The owners eye will detect ten
needs on the fern where hired SER
wants will one.
The leaves Of maple or elm stand.
ing near the farmhouse door are often
more valuable than the fruit OF 4
whole orchard planted elsewhere 3
A farmer need never to say, IT /
could only get work should be hap
py." His store never lacks custom
crs. His factory need never be run
on half time.
When the paint gets off the rims
of the best wagon wheels they lose
moisture and shrink very fast ii dry
weather. The quickest preventive
is mixture of petroleum and lihseed
oil applied to the fellbcs with brush
several times over when they are
dry.
Look after the feet 81 your Horses.
If not shod When running on sandy
land the hoofs should be De pared
evenly and kept smooth ar6ahd tha
edges. On hot roads a chin non COM
Quoting pad should intervene between
the shoe and the lib0f.
Elderberrics are not So rianfcsl BE-
cause they are older than otIief ber-
rics. They derive tffeif name from
the fact that an elder Of a church
first discovered their color by sitting
down ON bunch of them at picnic.i
1t is hard to keep horse with ten
| der or suffering feet in good cohdi-
ton. Sore feet detract as much from
the comfort and strength Of a horse
as do corns and btlnyans from q hui
man.
| Farm horses are nov working hard
and require plenty df strong food,
Their shoulders and breasts ami
limbs should be thoroughly sponged
with cold water after being worked:
1t is as refreshing to a horse as &
bath is to- a man.
DANGEROUS Houses. Houses that
have been empty may become