The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-02-25
FARM AND GARDEN.

shorldbe carefully examinede
few days,at least twice d geek.
Afarmer 10 Lyons, N.Y. found
a iine gold watch IN a hay.lgft
where q tramp had slept without
permission.
Within a few years the manu-.
factursof cheese has increased in
thisc6uniry from 10000 ZOO pounds
to 100000
See that the stable doors can be
fastened SO as to either open OF
shut, and not allow them to be
broken to pieces by the wind.
The cattle that make the largest
returns for the food consumed pay
the best, 1t is the we'll formed an
imal that makes the mos. valuable
meat II don't pay to feed hogs
that will only develop head and
snout when there are good grades
to be obtained. ~
A COW giving milk should never
be fat Either the milk is def
cisnt in quantity or quality, often
both. The best COWS are never fine
looking animals, except to theeye
Of an expert, who can see behind
the rough and bony frame eyiden.
ces Of good milking qualities.
The following receipt for founder
is too valuable to keep from the
public: One teaspoonful of pulver-
lied alum thrown well back into
the horses mouth just as soon as
you fndout he is foundered. Keep
from water during the day. In
every case it has proved a sure
cure.
The Shropshire Down sheep are
coming into favor in this country.
They are hardy, very prolific, and
will keep well in large aocks. The
lambs from a Shropshire buck on a
common native eve will be larger
than without the cross. They are
50 good feeders that at a very early
age they Gun be given a ration Of
oats daily.
Lambs can be taught to drink
cows milk and by adding oatmeal
to the milk they will grow rapidly.
Flom the first day of its existence,
until marketed, the young lamt
must be kept warm and comforta.
BILE, as it will make but little prog.
ress, even with the best of food, il
it suffers from coldo or exposure.
The best man 10 work on a farm
is not he who will occasionally
take a squirt and do an extraotdi
nary days labor. Most Of those
who boast their ability in thi.
line are worth very little for the
season, A steady man, always
faithful and careful Of the inter
ests of his employer, is sure to be
in demand. II, in addition, he is
skilful in the use Of tools and han.
dy at repairing them if out of order
he will be invaluable. Such help
is hard to find.
The prevailing opinion of those
farmers who have practiced spread.
ing manure upon their fields, when
covered with snow, seems to favor
that method Of applying it. The
crops obtained from land manfred
at this season show an increase
in yield over those on similar soils
MANFRED either in spring or full,
which would indicate that there
was no loss ordinarily from wash,
ing away by melting SHOWS, The
saving of expense by winter appli.
cation is an important item to
farmers.
Where cornstalks are dry and
hard when cut it will not pay to
mix meal or other fine feed with
them for feeding. Cattle will nose
them over to lick off the meal, and
finally leave much of it to be vast
ed and thrown out on the manure
heap. But ifcooked sufficiently to
incorporate the meal with the
stalks, cattle will eat the whole.
Whether this will pay or not, de.
ponds on the kind Of stock, abund,
ancc or scarcity of labor, and gen.
eral facilities for cooking food. Ii
may not pay with a small herd,
while it will with a large one.
American farmers will scarcely
credit the fact that on the expert.
mental grounds at Rothamstead,
England, wheat has been grown
forty years in succession without
manure, aud averages fourteen
bushels per acre. But the other