Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-10-30

Farmers should commence now
to be saving of their feed, as there
is likely to be scarcity before
spring.
One incubator experiment with
90 eggs resulted in: 30 chicks
pipped, 10 rotten and a 100 dead
chicks.
Western stockmen are using
more cOttonsecd meal, and it is
thought that it will soon be used
on the ranches.
Every kind OF a bulb grown in a
pot should be replanted every year
and have a complete change of soil.
1t is stated that fall is one of the
best means for restoring heavy
clay soil on which clover will not
grow.
If the horses are troubled with
scOurs a few raw eggs given to
them with their other feed will be
found quite beneficial.
Frequent stirring Of the cream
will obviate the difficulty SO often
experienced IN having the butter
full of white specks.
When frosty weather comes,
farmers who are accustomed to al
low their horses to Iun in pasture,
should stable them at night.
The later wheat is sown the
heavier should be the seeding, as
there is less chance for it to spread
at the root before winter.
Unless the manure is old and
we'll rotted it should not be allow
ed to touch the roots Of fruit trees,
but be spread upon the surface.
Sprinkle lime and wood ashes
over the turnipS, and this will
keep of grasshoppers and the
little beetles which feed on these
plants.
Advices from Indiana state that
the potato crop there is a failure
this season. The cause attributed
is too much cold weather last June.
A farmer in Barnes county, Da-
kota, has a field Of barley that
grew 80 inches in SO days, Just an
inch a day from sowing. 1t is be-
lieved that no climate or soil can
beat that.
4 Leicester ram which was
bought at Hawick Auction Mart in
1884 was lately shorn at Ryal, near
Matfen, Northumberland, and the
fleece was found to weigh IA
pounds.
Keep a supply Of hoop iron and
screws OF all different sizes about
vour Mace. With these YOU can
construct and mend very many
tools that otherwise YOU would
have to take to the shop for repairs.
Fall blowing is desirable on all
except light sandy soil. Nursery
men and fruit growers always pre-
pare their fields one season in adj
vance of planting, thus subduing
weeds and permitting the soil to
rot.
Save the wood ashes and buy all
you can in your locality at fifteen
or twenty-five cents a bushel.
| Ashes possess other elements Of
vitality besides potash. Coal ashes
are valuable only to loosen the soil.
1t is said that concentrated I've is
certain death to the insects that
sometimes iniest fruit trees. A
pound of lye should be mixed with
a gallon and a half Of water. This
should be applied in the winter
season, ana as fine spray. To
this is sometimes added with good
effect portion Of whaleoil soap, of
tobacco, Of sulphur, Of coal oil, and
of sulphate OF iron.
The following Is said to be a sure
cure for warts: Dissolve a small
piece Of sal ammOniac, to be OBJ
tanned in any drug store, IN a small
I vial Of water-a piece twice the
size Of garden pea in an ounce
vial of water will be enough for a
hundred warts. Apply the liquid
to the wart three or four times a
day, using a feather or any conven-
lent instrument. Let the fluid dry
upon the point touched. There is
no pain, no Inconvenience, and in
three or four days the wart will
disappear. This is an infallible