The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-05
pAers FoR FAnNIEns.

Bee culture requires person who Is pc
culiarly adapted to the business. II the
bees are ayerse To you, 1t Ia difficult ia
succeed with them, There are persons
who cannot go near them without being
attacked.
Experience teaches that the earlier in
an animals age full feeding Is resOrted to
the better 1t Ia both for Its vigorous health
and rapid growth, Thus will the best
returns be secured, whether the animal Ia
intended for early sale or for raising,
An American writer suggests taxing
bulls at 80 much per head, and says the
effect would be TO kill off all the scrubs
whose only service Is IN get COWS with calf
when the stock Ia not worth raising, and
which thus do great injury to stock in
terests.
A dairymsn near Nashville states that
one OF bis Jersey COWS gives milk 80 rich
that 1t 10 nearly all cream, and that i the
cream Is allowed to stand twelve hours
the butter can be produced by working
the cream with knife, Phenomenal, Il
true,
Every farmer should have a big patch
OF ruta-bagas or sWedss, They can be put
in any tune in June and a big crop be had.
They are good for the cattle, hogs and
sheep. They require but little work when
the land Ia well prepared and enriched,
A Maine farmer claims to have o hen
that has laid S0l eggs in Q year. II so she
must have laid while she was shedding
feathers, which Ia not usually done by the
hens during that period, AS such a FIAT
10 extraordinary she should be kept as q
special breeder.
Paint costs little, but agricultural i'm
plements are expensive. by coating the
one with the other every season a great
saving Ia made, for agricultural imple.
ments may be used many years longer
than is usual by the iudicious and timely
application Of paint,
Honey or sugar should always be given
TO the bees on the inside OF the hive, to
prevent robbing, A good feeder is made
by taking a shallow dish and placing
within 1t plenty OF little floats OF wood TO
prevent the bees from being drowned in
the liquid.
Potato.growers should go over the field
with common harrow, running length.
wise OF the rows, Just before the plants
push their noses through, and thus de.
stroy all. the weeds; afterwards cultivate
fiat through the season, using only the
common cultiVator.
In setting posts farmer states that
where great Bolidity Is required, gravel
and small stones should be thrown in the
hole alter the posts are In position, and
lime and sand mortar poured in on the
stones, which protects the posts, as well
as keeps them firm,
0ne.half the difficulties in making good
butter Is in the care OF the milk and not
In the mode Of churning. From the time
the milk Is drawn from the COW until the
cream Is ready to be used, the strictest
care should be exercised in keeping II
clean and free from exposure to odors.
Now that the strawberry crop Is nearly
gone, and the vines are beginning to send
out runners, the best thing TO do Is to give
them thorough cultivation, making the
ground clean and using fertilizers freely.
The better the growth OF the vines this
season the larger will be the crop OF fruit
next spring.
Good judges claim that hog or steer
that will tatten well and increase rapidly
should be as nearly square in front and
behind as possible. While the rule may
not alone be true index Of quality, yet,
In connection with other indications, 1t
may assist in arriving at a knowledge OF
the value Of the animal judged.