Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-03-31
For The HERALD.
FARM FACTS.

Clean out tne horses ieet every
evening. after their days work i
done.
Where the best results are desi,
ed in grape culture close pranjne
must be practiced.
Many of our farm horses are fed
to excess Too much food is Just AZ
bad as, or worse, than too little.
A painted fence around the yard
will last longer and look better At
the same time.
A tomato plant in each hill Of
MELONS or squashes viii keep thA
bugs away.
In some sections sweet potato
vines are cured for fodder. Thew
are said to be good milk produciup
food.
Nobody has seen ground harrow.
ed too much as preparation 70,
wheat, for it is hardly possible to
get too fine filth.
Soils may already contain all the
plant ingredients necessary excem
one, but the lack of that one is The
lack of crop.
The most practical mode OF sublu.
ing wild colts is hitch them up with
q we'll broken horse and teach them
by example.
If swine are to be kept on the
farm the best profits will be found
in the finest breeds that run into
matured meat the first year.
Good farming tools and improved
farm machinery are essential to che
best results. They are helps which
reduce the labor.
Every farmer should possess
good chest of tools and we'll ar
ranged workshop. He can easily
save the cost of both in a few years
Scientific tests in Hungary show
that corn will produce the largest
yield OF milk, while sorghum produc.
es milk of the richest quality.
Early in the spring, when The
ground is still wet, meadows and
pastures can be safely and prOdta.
bly, burned over to consume the old
weeds and trash.
| Undertake no mere than You can
manage well and increase your acres
as you increase in ability and your
acres and ability will advance step
by step.
Every weed occupies the space ia
which some plant more valuable
should be growing, and the farmer
cannot afford to give them the space
they require.
Before going into fruit culture,
find out what varieties your land is
best adapted to produce and give
these varitIes the preference. Stu
alton as we'll as soil adoption should
be considered.
A new asparagus found in the
steppes of Akhal. TEXTS, lately an
nexed by Russia, is said to have
stalks nearly as thick as a mans
arm, and growing to the height Of
five and six feet. In flavor it equals
the best cultivated varieties.
find that the cellar is the best
place for setting hens, both winter
and summer. Sunflower seed for
fowls is the best egg producing food
but must be used with discretion.
Tobacco leaves placed in the nests
of setting hens and punches of it
tackled on the walls will keep the
poultry house healthy and entirely
free from vermln.
Very many people there are who
don't know that chicks will not be
bothered with gapes if they are
housed or cooped of mornings till
eight or nine o'clock, or until the
dew is off the grass and angle
worms have crawled into their holes
The average capacity Of the stom.
ache of the horse is sixteen quarts.
Hence peck of oats should never
be gwen at one meal, except to the
largest horses doing slow work. A
little and often is a good rule IN
feeding horses, and the nature oil
the food must be determined By
their labor. Fast work requires sol
id food. j. ID. LEISURE,
TancinO Mich