The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-02-19
Farm and Garoen.
Tapiooca is made ont Of poisonous

Farm and Garnen.
Tapiooca is made ont of a poisonous
plant.
Belgian gardeners are the most painstak-
ing, industrious and successful.
Large poultry farms, like large wheat
farms, have nearly all proved failures.
The Hessian fly has made its appearance
in Kansas in large quantities.
No more profitable use of ashes can be
made than the application of it to frnit
orchards.
Portland is shipping potatoes to Europe
in large quantities.
The number of hogs packed at Western
points from Nov. |, to Dec. IS, was $685.
900.
The Newton Pippin is a native of New.
town, Long Island.
A tun of squash will yield almost forty
or fifty pounds of seed.
Seed growing is a profitable pursuit and
the ground has not been half covered yet.
The lady bugs are great destroyers of
animallice.
A good long stuDble is protection as it
holds the snow.
Salt is necessary to every animal in
state of nature, and under the care of man.
India cannot compete with America in
intelligence and enterprise
$500 to $500 per acre is an ordinary profit
in Bermuda from an acre of onions
Corn is splendid feed in cold weather to
keep up the animal heat
There has been no profit i'll onion seed
growing of late years.
Stones Can he gathered more easily with
a strong, wide tined fork than by continu
ally STOPPING.
The HORSE IN WINTEG.-That a horse
which is idle should not be supplied with
q full allowance of grain is an impression
that has prevailed for long time, but on
cold, stormy days the necessity for keep
ing up the animal heat is very great A
blanket does not create warmth, but re-
tains it. The heat must come from The
food, and unless it be rich and concen-
trated the horse will SILVER with cold. even
under heavy blanket. While it is, per-
haps, not necessary to feed grain three
times a day while hay is given plentifully.
yet mess Of corn meal and ground oats
morning and night will prevent many dis |
eases peculiar to winter, as the strength
and vigor being retained the system can
ward off the attacks of colds and lung af
fections. Grain is cheaper than medicine
and TONES. and the horse that passes
through the winter in good condition will
be better prepared for work when spring
opens. Every opportunity that opens for
working them with sleighs, or in drawi np
wood, or other necessary work, should be
used to advantage, and such labor sb ould
be shared among them all. A goof box
stall, warm, and well Uttered, will enable
the horses to exercise somewha' while
In the stables, and mares Wit h colts
at their sides should never be confined in
The GENERAL IMPREsssoS A street.
car driver accosted a lettease lrrier. The
driver was bundled up in. i. buffalo-robe
coat. The postman had ON the regulation
uniform, and carried pom CHI full of mail.
weighing about one huntl, led pounds.
II s'pose you fellows is getting ready to
work for a living. amt vou2n asked the
driver.
Il think We have to work now,'' the
postman replied. ''Fs eel Of that pouch
Ihat's n@wsrk What would you do
if you had to grind car-brake all day and
hold up couple of s. mooth-shod horses by
main strength 90
The postman smi led, and remarked that
II ne had to go he would go. He would
lust as soon drive a car as to lug letters
and climbs seven airs of stairs.''
Mot much you wouldn't" says the
driver. Yer teeth are chattering now
with fright and you knows it,
Tbe policeman who got on at the next
corner said with yawn, III bet you SIS
that you give up that bag pretty soon and
go to work for living. There's plenty of
good men after it. y
A little further on fruit dealer Oh a
corner yelled out: "Y ou lhave to get work
when old Arthur goes OUT
When the postman got off the car and
made his first ring the servant girl who
appeared at the door said "What1l ye
work at when We git boosted 2"
AS an article for the toilet, Ayers Hal
Vigor stands unrivalled. 1t cleanses the
scalp and preserves it from scurf and
dandruff, cures itching and humors, re-
stores faded or gray hair to its original
bark color, and promotes its growth.
Indian corn is indigenous to America
and was introduced to Southern Europe
from this continent.
Mr.. II. HI. GUNNER, Newton Brook
York Co., Ontario. states, that he suffered
with painful sore on his right ankle, just
after recovery from typhoid fever. and
that by a few external applications of St.
Jacobs Oil. the great pain-cure, the lump
softened and gradually disappeared. Try
it.
Parsnips are often left in the ground
where grown, during the winter. 1t is not
he best way.
t
Horsford's Bread Preparation
for cake, pastry, biscuit, etc., is superior
to any other baking powder Try it.
Now is the time to look over seedsmen 8
catalogues and order what is needed in
proper season.