The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-24

Deen proven by the most careful expert
ments, and branding everything as hum
bug that isnot in accordance with their own
stereotYped ideas. This class perhaps
will see no good 10 the silO and the feed
ing of ensilage.
But that
LARGE AND PROGRESSIVE CLASS
who are ever looking for advanced meth
DDS of improvement and profit, and who
are not willing that their cows should
''stand dry'' half the year, or that theil
young cattle should be turned into the
spring SO poor that it will take them all
summer to recover and to reach the point
where they left off in the fall; will appre.
ciate this system of feeding as soon as
they fully understand. its merits.
Then the COWS will give
AS MUCH MILK IN WINTER
when butter is high, as they now do in
summer when it is low; and the ''youDg
things instead of leaning against the
leeward side of straw stack, to keep the
wind from blowing them away, will go
into spring ''fat and sleek, and will make
as much growth in two years. as under
the old system in four.
Tie poor, WORKOUT lands OF the old
Dominion, that through the cultivation
of wheat and tobacco, are bringing their
owners in debt, can be made to produce
the choicest beef and butter for the great
markets that are lying at our door, and at
cost so low as to be absolutely free from
Western competition.
| A. M. BOWMAN.
HEATED BoXEs.-The heating of the
boxes in a reaper or mower frequently &C.
casions vexatious delay, and occurs with
out any apparent cause. 1t is noticeable
| that box once heated is more prone to
heat again, and if the box holding the
shaft through which the sickle-driver is
attached is thoroughly heated future
trouble can be avoided only by the greatest
care. If the box fits too closely around
the shaft it is apt to heat. So, too, if it
enough play but no more. Too much play
is more frequently the cause than too lit,
tie play. AS the machine comes from the
manufactory the boxes are properly adj
justed, but use wears them larger at the
same time that the shafts are worn small
er. Each season part of the packing
should be removed and the box frightened.
IT it then heats, the chances. are that it
has been made too tight and some of the
packing may be restored.
Lack of proper oiling, will, of course
cause the boxes to heat. Very few are so
careless as not to apply oil often enough,
but the oil may be inferior. 1t is well to
buy oil only of reliable dealer, remem-
bering that poor oil may be sold at low
price, but good oil cannot. The rule for
oiling a mower or reaper should be, Little
and often The boxes in which the
sickle driver works, should be oiled every
few moments. If too much oil is applied,
not only is the excess wasted, but dust is
gathered, and this is frequent cause of
box heating. If a box heats the first thing
to do is to remove all dirt. if there be any
in it and this is the first measure of pre-
vention as well. 1t will also reduce the
wearing of the parts. If the ground is
quite dry, the dust will soon find it's way
into the box and make trouble unless re-
moved. Sometimes grass or straw will
get wound around the shaft of a box. He
who would never have a hot box must have
sharp eye and be of a careful mind
american Agric1lturalist.
SEARCH AFTER KNoWLEDGE.-AnA ri
iona editor recently sent postal cards to all
the prominent citizens of the place, re-
questing them to give an answer to the
question, why are you an honest man 20
Some of the replies which he publishes ale
curious. One answers, 1T must be be-
cause of my burned cussedness I always
did like to be different from other people,
Another says that he is honest because he
has never held any public office Another
Indignantly answers. Whit Il We take me
for-an angel ?' Another sarcastically
remarks, Il suppose you're goin' to start
museum and are lookin' for freaks.
Well count me out I: IN not one." An
other, a professional labor agitator, wrote
in blood red ink, on postal card, "What
are We givin' us ?" While the editor of
the opposition paper volunteered the
answer that he scorned to lay bare the
palpitating handspring of a noble and
honest soul at the request of dishonest
reptile and political parasite. The editor
is so well pleased with the results of his
inquiry that he intends soon to ask for
answers to the question, "What do you
take for cold %