Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-10-22
Atirainia FIRE grtss.
FARM md HOME.

IN tDls country lot CuUlHN-
We need more good farmers and less poor
ones. more good stock and less poor stock.
To make horse sleek and les hair bright
and glossy, feed it ON whole wheat OF wheat
bran.
Do not sell hay, grain and straw; but
convert them into meat, wool. butter and
cheese.
Charcoal given to animals, especially to
poultry and swine acts upon Jhe blood rs a
purifier.
Overlooking teams &, a bad idea. Itwill
start horses to baking quicker than any
thing else
The moving machine would DO much
good now in thepasure fields cutting weeds
and briers
Glover has long been considered the king
of green manurial crops-the great restorer
Of WORKOUT lands.
Wire fence does not obstruct the view or
cause the snow 90 dr1 or form a shelter for
weeds and bushes.
All animals have good points, but tor a.
bundance Of the same none ca0 compete
with the porcupine.
Farmers should commence now To De saw
ing Of their feed. as there is likely 90 be q
scarcity before spring.
One incubator experiment with 30 eggs
resulted in: 20 chicks pippcd 90 rotten
and 100 dead chicks.
Western stockaen are using more cotton
seed meal, and t Is thought that itwillsoon
be used on the ranches
Every kind of d bulb grown in q pot
should be replauted every year and have
complete chang, of ,oil
It is stated that all blowing 4, ONE Of the
best means for restoring heavy clay sol. ON
which clover will not grow.
II the horses are troubled with scours
few raw Eggs given Co them with theirother
feed Will be found quite beneficial.
Frequent stirring of the cream win obvi-
ate the difficulty so often experienced in
having the butter fall of white -pccks.
When frosty weather comes. farmers who
are accustomed 20 allow their horses to run
in pasture, should stable chem a, night
The later whea, is sovn the heavier
should be the seeding. SIS there Is less chance
for it TO spread at the root before winter
Unless the manure is OLD and wei rotted
it should not De allowed to touch the roots
Of fruit trees, but De spread upon Che SUR
face.
Sprinkle lime and wood ashes over the
turnips, and this viii keep oH grasshoppers
and the little beetles which feed ON these
plants.
Adyices from Indiana state chat the pota-
to crop there IS a failure this season. The
cause attributed Is too much cold weather
last June.
A farmer I'm Barnes county, Dakota. has
a field Of barley that grew IS inches In 3S
days, just an inch day from sowing. It
is believed that mo- climate or soil can beat
that
A leicester ram which was bought at
Hawick Auction Mar, in 1854 was lately
shoru 40 Ryal. near Matfen, Nor,humber-
land, aud the fleece was found To- weigh d
pounds
Keep q supply of hoop iron and screws
Of all different sizes about your place With
these YOU can construct and mend very
many tools that otherwise you would have
TO take TO the shop for repairs.
Fan blowing is desirable ON an except
light sandy SOIL Nurseymea and fruit
growers always prepare their fields one sea-
son I'm advance of planting. thus subduing
weeds and permitting the soil 90 ro,
Save the wood ashes and buy an you can
in your locality at fifteen OF twenty-five
cents a bushel Ashes possess other ele-
ment of vitality beside potash Coal ash
es are valuable only to loosen the soil.
It i, said that concentrated I've is certain
death 90 the scab insects that sometimes iu-
fest fruit trees. A pound of lye should be
mixed with a gallon and half of water
This should beapplyed I'm the win,c- season,
and as a fine spray. ITO this is sometime,
added with good eaect a portion of whale
oil soap. of tobacco. of sulphur of coal OH
aud Of sulphate of iron.
The following IS said 90 De- @ sarecure for
warts Dissolve q smal, piece of sal ammo
MAC, % be obtained I'm auy drug store. in
small vial Of water-a piece twice the size
of a garden pea In an ounce vial of water
viii De enough for q hundred warts. APP
ply the liquid Co the wart three or four
times day, using q feather OF amy convene
lent instrument Let thc fluid dry upon the
point touched There is no pain. no incon-
venience, and In thrae or four days the wart
viii disappear This is am inllIble cure.
English agricul,aralis.s arevey much I'M
earnest iu thinking that their relief from
foreign competition hard times etc.. is
through dairy farming I, is evident chat
as a country becomes older and more thick