Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-19
FARM NOTES.

ing frogs. He claims that they
would destroy many insects, while
in some markets the frogs arc sala-
BILE at good prices.
Turkeys areso disgustiugly cheap
that "recipes for turkey hash have
abounded for some time. Western
production has overlooked the OK
listing storage capacity of railway
preservatOries.
Chickens to thrive must be COM
Portable by day and night, and if
they are comfortable they Will
thrive. Make the apartments
clean, dry and warm, aud if chick
ems are lousy do not daub their
heads with grease, but kerosene
their houses>thoroughly.
The quantity of sumac gathered
in Virginia last year was very large.
1t is the most yaluablciamn plant
known. Some poormen have made
as high as 500 by gathering the
leaves of shrub that received no
attention till now since tine 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, oattle or sheep. The rela.
tive price of bran, compared with
hay, must be taken into consldera-
ton, however, as to the economy
of feeding bran.
Corn is cheap, and as % con>e.
Qence it does not pay to send bali
fat sheep to market. Thcman who
would do so under the present con-
ditiOn of the grain and mutton
market must he considered some
what deficient in Judgment. Feed
thrifty wetherS the cheap corn and
make them fat.
Muskrats should be hunted from
ponds and other breeding places of
fish. \ muskrat got into a large
box containing 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
we're found lying on the bottom.
Stone fences are endurable dur
ing the first few years after their
construction, but when they begin
to crumble they are difficult to re-
pair. They are expensive and new
er satisfactory. 1t is desirable TO
have fences, if any, that You cen
remove at will and stone WALL
whether new or old, is immovablc
except at the expenditure of a vast
amount of labor.
Bees will give easily twice as
much extracted as comb honey
Any person can succeed in obtain.
ing extracted honey, while only an
expert can secure the best success
in working for comb honey. The
extractor is one of the greatest aids
to bee. keeping.
G.. A. Tapley told the Boston
Farmers Club that the Bartlet
pear was the most profitable valie-
ty to raise. He believes it better
to plant the trees in clayey soil than
in loamy, causing late fruit To re-
suit, which brings a higher price.
The past season he got $50 O..
bushel for Bartlets in November
Rotted corn-cobs are valuable
fertilizer on any soil that is dci-
cient in potash, and are worth say
ing for this purpose alone, while if
rotted with manure they are con-
siderably more valuable, AMI in
cleaning up the hog pen conshicca-
BILE pains should be taken to gather
up and mix them with the manure.
1t was at one time supposed that
the more dirt Il fowl ate with IT'S
food the better, but we now know
that when the hens want dirt they
can procure it without assistance.
We know also that eating dirt in.
duceS disease, and the careful poul-
tryman will never feed soft food in
any manner except in trouGhs on IN.
a board.
"Prune in winter for wood and
in summer for fruit.p But do not
prune too much. just enough to
let IN sufficient 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 in full flow wounds
will heal over Ouickcst.