The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-10
FOr Ihe Farm.

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yhad his pear trees injured by cold
winters, cut oti The dark.colofed
wood iouchedsby the frost, and be
Heyes that ihisgcoarse saved the
trees.
When COWS gnaw boafds give
them charcoal mixed in the meal
and ground bone. They should al.
ss1haye Toots aud a spFiukling Of
wood ashescn them.
0nious media hard bottom and
mistake are often made in the use
otthe trench plow. The successful
onion grower mlstexpectto invest
abuni sioo in every acrei If be does
Ills dul ~ the crop.
Itissaid that q nail driven into
peach and apple trees near the
ground, will keep The boret away
II SOFT isthe rust from the iron
that does the work, There is no
harm in ntryingit. 1t will do 10
injury iiuo good.
Peter Henderson does not believe
in cutting potatoes down to one
eye. The nourishment is thus Ia.
ken away from the young sprout
and il is stunted, An ordinary
sized potato cut in two pieces is
the best to plant.
There is many a poor farmer that
mourns the loss Of a corn crop, and
many a poor gardner that can i'll
afford TO lose his cabbage or celery
crop, that would have saved their
lost crops had they known that a
stamp Of the foot in the hill Of
corn,o or that a press Of the foot
along the roots Of the cabbage or
celery would have proved the sal
yation Of the crop in each case,
The instinct Of a fowl leads il to
scratch even in feeding on a heap
of whole grain. This causes it to
stop eating long enough TO swal.
low. We give fowls too much at a
time, and this causes them to STUFF
Themselves so as to injure their
crops ified dampened meal. Alt.
tie whole grain scattered among
straw will make poultry scratch for
whsttbey get and conduce to their
healthfulness.
A mistake is sometimes made in
lopdfessipg clover with coarse ma
fnure. EyenSiE applied In winter
il Sillsmother the clover aud the
vacant places will be filled with
sorrel and other weeds. Very fine
manure may be spread thinly with
out disadvantage the first winter
after the clover is sown, but it is
much better every way to manure
clover before sowing, so as to give
the plant a vigorous growth from
the star.
The kind Of grain best adapted
to poultry feeding depends upon
the season, weather, condition and
breed Of fowls. Corn is only allow
able and in small quantities dur
ing severe cold. The Asiatic breeds
should rarely have any, as they
naturally take on fat too readily
For the best egg production in
heavy fowls oats are as good a feed
as any. They give bulk, while the
nutriment they contain is Of The
kind which goes to make eggs
rather than fat.
Much Of the stock feeding in oul
Northern States is done az a Time
when severe cold requires a large
consumption Of food to maintain
animal heat. When we remember
that the consumption of carbon for
this purpose takes just SO much
from the same substance changed
into fat, it will be seen that The
winter feeder is too heavily weigh
ed TO make any very decided sue
cess, With hogs this is every
where recognized as true. The
bulk Of pork product is usually
marketed onthe first approach o
cold weather, The'ptiCe may, anc
often does, advance after this, but
not generally enough to pay for the
extra expense. Aud if the pork il
put in the barrel it can be kept fol
the higher prices expected later In
the season at no cost other thar
the tritling one Of barrels and salt
The standard Of artificial fertili
GERS has greatly advanced since the
State board Of agriculture has ord
cred analysis Of different samples
to be made and the result publish
ed for public Information. Farm
ers should study these tables, auc
they can Judge by the character o
their soil what kind of plant.fooC