Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-02

Keen . lev sheep on the farm. # not
many. Wool viii always bring cash st
some mice. and It comes of when there Is
Ettle else 10 sell. Mutton always sells vel,
and is always good for the table Keep
mutton
Texas boasts of 300 varieties Of grasses,
Wisconsin of 10 varieties of beans, Cab.
fornia of of $50 varieties Of wheat and
Michigan of 600 varieties of potatoes, their
exhibits at New Orleans showing the
records ofsuch facts.
The manure from the fowls, if all saved,
Will be worth 40 cents per fowl. 1t should
be taken up with dry muck, plaster or
road dust. Such manure is too strong to
freely used in the bill, but should be spread
broadcast and narrowed in.
II is claimed that the best time to sell
steers is when they are years old, as NJ. to
that time all they eat goes to build them up
creates new tissue and bone-while large
part of that which they eat after that ass
goes to supply wasted tissues.
All fowls that feather slowly are usually
hardy. For instance, the Brshmas. 1t Is
owing to the fact that the drain on the sYs-
tenn occasioned by the quick feathering
does not weaken them. Slow feathering
while growing is indicative Of hardness.
Every breeder should introduce new blood
into his stock by changing cockrels every
year or two, for it is benefit to them and
serves to make them stronger and harder,
no matter whether he keeps pure bred Varl'
cites or simply the common stock.
The care of horses is at least as much as
their feed in keeping them in good condi-
ton. At this season the brush and curry
comb should be used freely, but not rough
". The stimulus these will give the AMI
malls hide will start the old coat OF hair
earlier.
The difference in the weight Of large
turkey and a small one is an important
matter, as the turkey is an industrious tor,
sger, and picks up the greater portion Of
his food, which brings the actual cost OF pro,
duction to a low sum when large and small
weights are compared.
In purchasing trees the greatest possible
care should be exercised in the selection Of
selection of the party from whom to buy as
it is exceedingly difficult to distinguish be
tween some of the various races, and many
are sold for Cyrian and Italian trees thai
are nothing of the kind.
incubation is believed tc be the cheapest
quickest and most effective remedy fol
pleuropneumonia in cattle. The remedy
has been extensively experimental with in
France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and
Italy, and has invariably resulted in the
most satisfactory results.
The aphis, or green fly, is sometimes very
abundant on the young shoots of roses dur
ing the early part Of summer. They are not
always damaging, and sometimes disappear
as mysteriously as they come. A water de.
coction Of tobacco leaves or stems sprinkled
over the bushes will destroy them.
A yearling colt as usually wintered is a
sorry looking animal in the spring, and its
owner is likely to bequite as sorry when the
animal is sold. Giving four quarts of oats
daily to young colt the first winter is, il
the colt is what it should be, selling the oats
at seventS.fve cents per bushel.
Some cows teats are so small that the
graspiDg process is thoroughly impractical,
saws o writer. We advise the milking with
q wet test. as you can milk more easily, and
it is certainly more in harmony with nature.
Kindnes, and gentleness With your cows
are thing that are greatly conducive to a
| liberal flow Of milk.