Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13
THE FARM.
ORCHARDS.

rocks and stumps that have proved
stumbling blocks To the plough and
moving machine.
DWARF PEARS.
Dwarf pears are profitable with care,
hut worthless if neglected. VIII thrive
under the same treatment as ounces
rich soil, shallow culture and mulching.
PRUNING.
After removing an unSlightly branch
paint the scar with gum Shellac dLSSoly-
at i'm alcohol, or common paint. Unde-
sirable or dead trees should now be re-
moved.
COPPER.AS FOR NICE.
CoppcTaS is the dread of rats. In
every crevice and every hole where u
rat treads scatter the grains of copperaS,
and the result is stampede OF rats and
mice.
PETROLEUM.
Petroleum is an eXcellant preseratiye
of exposed wood work ana tools. IL Is
cheap and penetrates the pores. Try 1t
ON gltpS, farm wagons, rakeS ana alt
rustic work exposed to the wethcr.
MILKING.
4 COW becomes impatient under the
hands of slow mixer and holds up her
milk. The richest part Is the strippingS,
and cow MIXED quietly and quickly
will give more and richer milk.
CABBAGE.
As this vegetable contains large per
cent of phosphate acid it is most vaiua-
bic for all young stock, requiring, aS
they do, large amount of phosphate
food To make bone. Clover Is next III
value to cabbage.
WASHING BUTTER.
Washing butter does not affect the
flavor. The acid and buttermilk may
be removed by washing; but the flavor
which is contained in the fatty matter,
not being soluble in water, cannot be
washed away.
CALVES.
Do not let a calf stop growing. As the
calf grows increase the feed. you are
raising heiter calf for dairy cow feed
on light food, 80 a. to prevent It's taking
on fat. As you are not raising 1t FOR
bCefguari against rich food.
Don't FEED TOO MUCH OF 1T.
Oncpint of oil cake is said to contain
n much nOuriShment aS two quarts OF
SHIELDED corn, and il much healthier.
For feeding horses the better plan%Ould
be- 10 give little corn or oats (Say about
a half fpe,n and small amount OF oil
cake. BY this means the danger OF
overlooking of the oil cake would be
obvutcd-NcJrUSkd F'trD'Cr.
ON BUTTER MAKING.
Nou will have more cream from the
deep-setting than from the shallow pan
system. Keep the cream where the
temperature will not rise above NIFTY tie
grpcS and it will be sweet, even II you
only churn once week. Cream that
is lust on the point of turning sour Is
claimed by some to make better haVor-
rd and sweeter butter than that made
from sweet cream.
DRESSING POULTRY.
Do not feed for at least twelve hours
before killing poultry. y fowl killed
while digestion Is going on will not keep
a week. The spotted appearance OF the
skin of pressed poultry Is caused by the
feathers having been plucked while the
blood was still fluid. II is better not to
pick the birds while warm. n full crop
and carele5sneSs in dressing will greatly
lower the market value of fowls. Pack
when entirely cold but not frozen. Lay
them with the backs upward and the
legs out straight.
NATURES FERTIIIZER.
Snow acts in the nature of winter
mulch, holding u certain amount oil
ammonia which descends from the
atmosphere. This mulch Of snow pre-
vents the frost from penetrating deeply
into the ground and permits the water
to ascend much higher duringthe winter
than would be the case were the ground
frUzen deeply. Covering the ground IN
summer with mulch of some deScrlp-
ton has advantages far superior to the
GOOD effects of q winters covering with
snow. Experience has demonstrated
that the soil when covered with mulch
j. increased in fertility far beyond the
results of simple application OIL the
materials ofwhich the mulch is compo5-
ed. Water is natures universal solvent,
through its presence all plant food i
held i'm solution and by its agency all
vegetable life and growth is maintained
When the soil through excessive
evaporation has expended its moisture,
then plants drOOp, wither and die. If
this eXhausting evaporation can De
prevented, and all the water that passes
into the atmosphere be first made 70
enter the structure of plants and shrubs
and trees, stimulating their growth,
then should we havea practical illustra-
ton of the benefits ola correct system OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CuItirdtor.
HARRIS ON PIGS.
Success in raising pigs profitably de-
ponds upon feeding literally till the pigs
are three or four months old. Let them
have the run of grass or clover pasture,
and after the harvest they viii do we'll
on the wheat stubbles. The cost OF
raising in this way is Very little. In the
Minter they will need richer food.
They should have dry, warm quarters,
with plenty of clean straw. Where
cows or cattle are fed grain or oilcake,
or where the new system of ensilage is
practised, the pigs viii, to conslders-
bic extent, pick mp their own living.
In my case, we give them warm Stops
twice day during the winter. They
NAV seem to he getting too fat, but this
will not hurt them. like to see them
In good condition when turned out TO
grass in the spring. And until the
grass is abundant and nutritious L
should feed the pigs night and morn
ing with the same food that they had
during the winter. With good pasture
well bred pigs that have been properly
cared for during the winter viii keep IA.
and th;fty with little or no extra food
They will be in healthy, growing con-
dition, and can be fattened IN three OF
fur weeks at any time deemed desira'
BILE. For such a system of manage
ment feel sure that the Essex anC
their grades stand unrivalled. This il
because they are 80 quiet and refined
| A restless hog, or one having larg'
bones and large, coarse ears, will neet
so much food to sustain the
vital functions that he :. cannes
be profitably kept on grass alone Hs
! will need all the nutrment he can find