Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-06-27
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hoes sharp.
The first dairy was held in Wis
consin in 1875, and now Sheboygan
country has no less than ninety
cheese factories.
The black Spanish isan excellent
fowl never sets, and lays large
eggs. The breed has been too
largely inbred of late years, how
ever, and therefore lacks yigOr.
1t costs no more to raise the best
breeds ofpoultry than the common
barnyard fowl, while the returns
are more than double. Get a set
ting of eggs from some reliable
breeder and convince yourself Of
this fact.
If you have a supply of poultry
groupings, this should be worked
in where pepper, onions or cabbage
are planted, as it is difficult to get
the soil too rich for these plants.
Ashes are especially valuable fol
onions and satisfy.
1t has always been one unvary-
ing test Of the purity ola Galloway
that it has not the very slightest
trace ofa sour orhOrn. If any so,
called Galloway presents such an
appearance it should be unhesita-
tingly rejected as impure.
Keep the horse collars clean
The dust and dirt which adhere to
collars when they are wet with
sweat works to Jumps and ridges,
and sore shoulders are the result
II the collars become hard wash
them clean, pound them and apply
oil.
It is said that an infallible test
for distinguishing butter from but
terine is to meM the substance and
then suddenly chill it with ice. The
lard will go to the bottom and the
butter to the top, the line of separ-
alton being distinctly visible.
Rotten chips or sawdust are good
for lettuce and radishes, and if a
top dressing is given where these
are to be sown a decided improve
ment in the crop will follow. Night
soil can be utilized to good advan.
tage by applying it between the
rows and hOwing it.
Butchers in the vicinity Of Chi
cago, ILL.,, have recently been gath
ering up three-mOnths-old lambs
and paying for them at the rate of
$3.50 to 81 apiece for city consump-
ton. There is certainly money for
the sheep raisers in this, and, in
view of the unlimited competition
in wool, it emphasizes what we
have often suggested heretofore,
the Importance of sheep breeders
breeding for mutton.
Here is the way John I. Ames,
of Mortified, Mimi, told the
Dairymen's Association he put up
hay: Apply a mixture of two quarts
slaked lime, and one and a half
quarts of salt, with a little sulphur,
to every load of hay. He stores
his hay rather green, letting it cure
in the NOV.
The house Stops should all De
saved. Those not fit for the pigs
can be used on the growing crops
of the garden, especially celery. 1t
is surprising what an inyigOrating
erect results from throwing the
Soapsuds upon plants in the grow
ing season. An ordinary flower
garden may be kept in a thrifty
if every plant receives an
application.
Professor Kedzie says that yell
lows in peaches may be cured by
digging a shallow trench around
the tree and filling it with boiling
water. A heavy dose Of potash
will have the same effect. Filling
the trench with ashes and pouring
boiling water on is said to effect a
cure also. AL these remedies are
based upon the suppositiOn that a
root fungus cause the disease.
The time is at hand when you
should carefully examine your hem
house and fortify it against the
army of insects injurious to your
fowls. A careful use of kerosene
oil will keep OF lice. Coal tar is
also frequently used to good adj
vantage for the same purpose. APP
ply it with a brush into every crack
and crevice where there is any
chance for vermin and it will keep
them Of.