Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-12

Apples, In sailed, lined ana white.
washed cellars, are keeping better, they
say, than their over ripe condition In
the fall gave reason to expect.
Seth Green thinks profit can be de-
rived from marshy lands by raising
frogs. He claims that they would des-
troy many insects, while in some mar
kets the frogs are sslabIe at good prices.
Turkeys are so disgustingly cheap
thar "recipes for turkey hash" have
abounded for some time. Western pro-
duction has overhowed the existing sto-
rage capacity Of railway preservatories.
Chickens to thrive must be comforta-
bic by day and night, and II they are
comfortable they will thrive. Make the
apartments clean, dry and warm, and If
chickens are lousy do not daub their
heads with grease. but kerosene their
houses thoroughly.
The quantity Of sumac gathered in
Virginia this year was very large. 1t is
the most valuable tannin plant known.
Some poor men have made as high ms
$500 by gathering the leaves Of shrub
that received no attention till now since
the close Of the war.
A ton of bran fed with two tons of hay
is worth as much as four tons of hay fed
alone to either horses, cattle or sheep.
The relative price Of bran, compared
with hay, must be taken into conside-
ration, however, rs TO the economy OF
feeding bran.
Corn is cheap, and as u consequence 1t
does hot pay to send half-fat sheep to
market. The man who would do so un-
der the present condition of the grain
and mutton market must be considered
somewhat deficient liz Judgment. Feed
the thrifty wethers the cheap corn and
make them fat
Muskrats should be hunted from
ponds and other breeding places of fish.
A muskrat got into large box contain
ing water one foot deep, near Spirit
Lake, Iowa, where there were minnows
from two to four inches long. He caught
a number and ate all but the heads,
which were found lying on the bottom.
Stone fences are endurable during the
first few years alter their construction,
but when they begin to crumble they
are difficult to repair. They are expen-
siye and never satisfactory. 1t is de-
sirable to have fences, if any, that you
can remove at will and stone wall,
whether new or old, is immovable ex-
cept at the expenditure of vast
amount of labor.
Bees will give easily twice as much
extracted as comb honey. Any person
can succeed in obtaining extracted hon
ey, while only an expert can secure the
best success in working for comb hon.
ey. The extractor is one of the great
est aids to Bookkeeping.
G. A. Tapley told the Boston Farm
ers' Club that the Bartlett pear Was the
most profitable variety TO raise. He be-
lieves it better 10 plant the trees in
clavey soil than IN iOamy, causing late
fruit TO result, which brings higher
price. The past season he got $3.50
bushrl for Bdrtlets in November.
RO;ted corI-cobS are valuable fer
tilizer on any soil that il deficient in
potash. and are worth saving for this
purpose alone, while ii rotted with ma
nure they are considerably more vaiu-
able, and In cleaning up the hog-pen
considerable pains should be taken to
gather up and mix them with the ma
nure.
1t was at one time supposed that the
more dirt fowl ate with its TODD the
better, but we now know that when
the hens want dirt they can procure 1t
without assistance. We know also that
eating dirt induces disease, and the
careful poultryman will never feed
soft food in any manner except in
troughs or on board.
"Prune in winter for wood and in
summer Tor fruit" But do not prune
too much. Just enoughto let in suffi-
cent light and air to give the leaves their
fair quota Is right. A good rule is when
you see limb interfering with another
out with it, whatever the time of year.
When the sap is i'm full How wohnds
will heal over quickest.
However well it may be to sell young
lambs in Autumn, it certainly does not
pay to keep old, WORKOUT ewes to breed
from. Enough of the best eve lambs
should be- saved TO take the place of
those old ewes. A eve should not be
kept to more than the age of or 5years.
Manyaof them are a. their best at years
of age, but as a rule they begin to deter
iorate after lambing three or four times.
There are several kinds of lice that
infest the hair of cattle, the common
insect known rs the cattle louise being
least injurious and less difficult to de-
stroy~,than what are called blue lice,
which are much larger in size. more
tenacious of life and more difficult to
rid animals of, because they harbor in
the sides of wooden buildings, perhaps
in the litter beneath the animals in
their stables.
Days Horse Powder, before the pub
lie for many years, is now the farmers
standard remedy.
The average kitchen furnishes many
dyspeptic patients for DR.. Bulls Balti-
more Pills to cure.