Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-02-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

BARN DooR.-If the iron wedge will
not draw build a fire of chips and
heat it.
Heap up and tramp down solidly
the snow around the young fruit
trees.
Water, green food and meat fowls
must have to prosper during the
winter.
Watch the outlets of the tile-drains,
that they do not become closed with
ice.
There is one part OF the farm that is
not benefited by drainage; the ma
nure heap.
Politeness pays in the constable.
A gentle man gets more milk than a
harsh man.
Straw and corn-fodder are the best
worked into manure by putting them
through good animals.
The best preventive of trouble at
lambing time is daily exercise for the
ewes during winter.
Take the brides with you when you
go to breakfast, and put them near
the stove while you eat.
Separate the weaker animals; they
need extra food, whereas with the
stronger they get scant feed.
Profit in farming comes from the
maximum crops, the products OF win
ter thought and summer work
II the chain pump is clogged up
with ice do not give the crank jerk.
Both wheel and chain break more
easily when very cold
Every farmer may be the architect
OF his own fortunes, and it is poor
policy to let the job out to luck.
Harness hung in the stable is dam
aged As much by the gases end damp
ness there as it is worn by use.
When green wood is used for fuel
part OF the heat is absorbed to con-
vert the water in the fuel into vapor
II you do not wish cloddy and life
less ground in the spring keep the
cattle off the fields when the soil is
soft.
Drive your horses little to one side
when you stop with a load on the
sled. This makes it easierto start the
load
y fire burns better in hot than in
cold furnace; it is equally true that
an animal we'll wintered is half sum
mered.
IL open, outdoor feed-troughs are
turned over at night they will not be
filled with snow and ice the next
morning.
If you place the axe near the stove
for fifteen minutes it will cut better
and not be SO apt to break along the
edge.
The flavor of the fuel used for smok-
ing meat is somewhat impaired to the
meat; hence the fuel should be Sc.
lected carefully.
You have no right to feed a dog so
long as you have not the money to
provide your family with good papers
and books. Agricuhwist.
How To RAISE GOOD CALVES. The
choice of pure-bred bull of some &C
knowledged dairy breed and of good
character should be made, and in three
or four generations the progeny, if
well selected, will partake of the good
qualities OF the pure breed Half bred
Jersey, Guernsey or Ayrshire calves
have been found equally valuable for
product with the pure-bred ones The
calf thus well bred must be we'll fed
and trained. 1t is by no means nee
sssary that the calf should be fed upon
fresh milk from the COW. Cream and
fat are not required for calfintended
for the dairy, but good frame Of
bones covered with healthful muscu-
lar tissue. These are we'll and fully
supplied by skinned milk, and the
milk is well and fully digested when
given warm, and at temperature al
most equal to that of the stomach.
Eighty degrees is very good temper
allure for the milk for young calf.
An excellent method of feeding a calf
intended for the dairy is as follows.
Heifers only should be reared, as the
cost Of fatttening male calf is greater
than its value for veal, and males can
only be reared when their value for
breeding purposes offers chance for
profit.