Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-15
AGRICULTURAL
Practical Gossip About the Field and Its
Products.

Practical Gossip About the Field and Its
Products.
Tobacco refuse is a rich and quick act
ing fertilizer. 1t is also repulsiye to in
SectS.
Calves must grow all summer to be
worth keeping through the winter or to
bring anything like remuneratiye prices in
the autumn.
Do not feed breeding SOws very largely
on grain. They may be kept in good con-
dition, but it shOuldb be done by more bulky
or partially green food.
that a little land well titled is more profit
able than an extended area neglected and
improperly cared for.
Fences cost onmOSt farms each year more
than taxes, andthey are becoming more and
more costly rs material gets scarce. The
far rs practicable.
Sheep will %effectuully clean up 4 field
filled with weeds, brierS, bushes and other
rubbish, thereby saving much labor with
the bush scythe, and by their droppmgS
prepare the field for the plough.
Most farmers have learned that cut hay
or even straw wet and sprinkled with meal
is better feed for working horses than
whole grain and hay. In this shape the
the nutriment in the feed is easily eaten
and easily diSested.
4 calf will thrive on milk after the
cream has been taken off. 1t is better fed
to them sweet and warm. The cold milk
taken from the creamery is not good. Ii
cbills the stomach and draws from the vi
tality of the animal to warm it.
Tomatoes trained to stakes give the
sweetest fruit and remain in bearing the
longest; but many ~cultiyatOrS, who grow
for size and quantity only, believe they
have the best results when growing them
on the level ground.
4 writer SAYS: Last year We tied our
tomato vines up to stakes. This year we
have put three stakes around the hill and
nailed a hoop on them. 1t keeps the vines
out of the dirt. We have also mulched
them with old pea vines
All small apples and others defective IN
form OF damaged by worms have their best
market ON the farm as food for nlmal
II hacked with sound fruit, even III small
proportion, they reduce the price OF all
even to the point of loss.
Straw may be rendered more valuable
nv being cut into short lengths and miNed
with chopped hay and grain. 1t will great
w assist in increasing the amount OF coarse
material, if so fed, and the practice Is
more economical than that OF using 1t Tor
bedding entirely.
In order to guard against flies the stable
should be thoroughly cleaned often. \
shrinking Of the floors with u mixture oil
a teoSnoonfh of carbolic acid and two gal
Ions If water. will diSinfect the stall, while
the manure heap may also receive an appl-
| cation with advantage.
To compel Brahmas and COchlns TO rooSt
biob will be cruelty. They have dlihcul-
Nv not only in getting upon 4 high roGSt
but in betting off. All rOOStS should ne
made low and on the same level. IEeTe Is
NO necessity for having them high, ana rs
nearly all diseases of the feet arise from
bigb roosts they should be abolished.
Orchards that are in grass continually
are sometimes injured. The best method
is TO plough under the grass, lime the lanu'
i've an applicatiOn of well rotted anu
md reseed, Some orchards do best when
in grass, if the soil is rich, but the peach
and plum are exceptions. The grass
should. however, be plOughed under oe-
caSiOnally.
FeW farm crops take mp so much potash
"a The notato. IL is an alkaline Juice thai
stains the hands when pairing potatoes and
II il hest removed by Oxalic acid, Inn
aIone should be n sufficient rs to the KIND
Of Fertilizer most needed by potatoes, and
ia the reason why this crop soonest IAN
on sandy soil, where potash is usually de
ficient.
Sailing for a week or two will be found
a., EXCELLENT method of allowing the past
nrss m grow ND again, and rs asmall plec'
of clover or good grass may be used by cut
t;ng quantities of il daily, and feeding n
in the wards. the labor and expense neeo
not no vreat. Those who will try Sohme
for a short time may be induced 10 con
tinne II. as beneficial results always iollo"
by so doing.
Milk can be fed to poultry in any condi
t;on either rs SKINNED milk, buttermllK
curds, or when mixed with meal or grounG
Grain of n kind. 1t is a valuable 1000
for ecg production, being rich in aiouuen
and supplies many substances nat MAJ
he lacking in other foods. 1t IS cheap OF
tboSe farms where only the cream Is de
s;re5 and it will give better results witt
~poultry than when fed to pigs