West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-09-08
Farm notes.

Never Glen a horsc "a his stable. The
dust feuls The crib aud makes him l0ahe
HE food.
A busbe, OF coru fed TO hogs in August
and ), piember will give better reaul,s thso
two later on.
Farmers who are careful 10 rec that the
collars their horses wear are a proper g..
save The rmmals much unnecessary tor
tire.
WcCdy posture makes poor and bitter
butter. When pasture is ia very foul
condition it should he plowed and planted
wih some boed crop.
hole than one farmer claims that lit
tie timothy cr pure g,rss ia the clover
4 eNtly assists it to cure qIck'v. Clover
alone is too full OF juice, aud It's thick
stems dry out slowly.
There is no more soluble arplec ton for
an orchard than the dirt end cHip' that &C
cumulate aroun 1.-The wOod-pile and the
lesf mold from the forest spread upon Tue
ground aud plowed "A.
Without sheen English farmers could
not keep up the fertility of their laud,
10 Elgliad there are rhree sheep kept iu
every four acres, while in America the
avereg, is one sheep to thirty four acres.
Oats and bran are better for calvss than
Il tv. t,.~,
oud muscle, which is more desirable than
Il sh. If the oats are not ground, steam
or soak them in scalding water.
a plan practcel in the East getting rid
OF stumpS is sn old one. II consists ia
boring holes 10 the top aud pu;a"g ~
ounce Of slltpsire IN each hole. Whol
this has become wet aud penetrated the
wood the stump is sci on frs.
F. Curis, S1rato. county, New Yo k
says that the best plsu Tor killing Causde
tnistles is seediog heavily with Glove, sld
moving il, and t,e bes, WY to spren3 tue
pests is to put tue l.rd in hard crops. His
argument is that rs every little brokel
joint makes new thistle aud starts new
bed, the less they are disturb ID the better
unless the gr u1d Is plow,d so frequently
that they cannot groN at AL.
Rueb lue is quite common defect 10
horses, and often neodlesslY produceC
veterinary au hority says of it: The Crea,
majJr,y OF riHgbones in young horees
comes from ,he failure u shorten their
toes. To this may be added that riogbnue
is spt to be formed If cpl,s ale allowed to
stand on plank fl Dor, or anywhere else
where the footing is nerd, dlriog The first
eighteen months of their age. Whether Ia
siabl or yard durirg this period, let then,
have ea'in for stanking OF walking, Use
from stone OF gravel.
Newly selifruit trees Shout not be neg
llcted. the fiss two or three oeals are
important ones 10 the life f tree. |.
can then be sparinglY pruned IL spins,
summer, eu,unI or writer. IL the 2rOw-
or sees branch which deeds The k4lfe ne
should attend To II 90 The gpnt. 40 matter
what the seasoD may be. Sevenng slen |
der tw'g tDen may spare the cuttiog Of n |
large branch & few years later. Tue earth !
should be kept ''ehi an nj the base IF |
Young tree, and n il 'etus 100 much /, !
Should be s;sheG. 'As the twig is benz, so
is the tree iucb1ed'
W. f. E own Of be Ra sl New York
er, says: If'd more cioh. from the
cows tibet come in fresh in the fan than
from those tD.t s,e fresh 10 The spsiug.
N II only does outer brBg.a better price,
but think ihs CONS give more mix 10
year under this Engagement, for just
when Ihey come 20 tle time when ,h,y
would naturally Dcg'l 10 znriok Ia ely %
their milk they 20 Oh flesh paslJ.e aud
Increase the flow, while COW that is {. esn
in the spring beg rs th shring jest AZ tue |
season Of failing pasture and ue rsosiiion !
from green to dry fscd, auc "a great fall /
iDg of Of milk Is unavoidable.