West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-15
Farm and Garden Notea.

France grows but twenty-five per cent.
OF the wool she uses.
Cleanliness on the farm does more for
its excellence than the expenditure of
money.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overworked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm.
The farmer who thinks that to make
money he must go where land is cheaper.
should consider we'll whether he would
not make more money by making the
land he has deeper and richer.
Wheat bran, being light, apparently
has but little value, yet a ton Of it con-
tains forty-seven pounds of nitrogen and
over sixty pounds of phosphoric acid.
with a large proportion of potash.
Font pasture the young clover. It is
the dearest of all feeds. III closely
cropped its growth will be checked so
that 1t may winter out, or at least will
not make a vigorous start next spring.
Hogs on clover will thrive splendidIy.
says the Lire Stock Indtcator. but they
should not be turned on till nearly time
for It to bloom. But it is we'll to re-.
member that they will do much better il
they are in good condition when turned
in the clover fields.
Great care should be taken to raise an
orchard. The soil should be thoroughly
cultivated and fertilized and the YOUNG
trees protected. Mr.. Moore adds SIN.
less the fruit-grower has time properlv
70 take care Of his orchard, IL is useless
to spend money for apple trees"
Breeders should 20 on carefully i'm
proving their hocks by judicious crossing
and a rigid selection of the best. The
supply is not equal to the demand. So
long as any man raises better cattle and
horses than the average Of his ~neighbors.
so long will there bea profitable demand
for his stock.
Moses ana lichens iniuro trees, not
Dy depriylng them Of n~Ourishment, but
~ alording n hiding place for insects.
as wei as by shutting out light and air.
Nhitewash made from fresh lime will
remove them, or they can be taken OF
with o tree scraper. After n rain It can
be done most easily.
A pig that has the snunes sbould be
removed from the herd and cared for. az
INC ulsease rs contagious. Put pine tar
IN the slops and smear both the nose and
face with IL. A free use Of carbolic acid.
both externally and internally. should
also be made. So advises an experienced
western stockman.
Here is the Arab test Of a good borse
Wbich every farmer can apply. It ia
empty to observe your horse when he IA
drinking out Of a brook. m. in BRING
ing down his head, he remains SQUARE
without bending his limbs, he possesses
sterling qualities and oil paris Of he
body are built symmetrically.
NO variety Of potato, however good in
quality, or excelinR in production. will
long remain popular IL 10 has deem
sunken eyes. The best part Of tho pofafo
lies next the skin, 90 that the deeb mar.
ing that suuken eyes necossifafe5 is
doubly wasteful Tho deep eve is de-.
ceptivo in planting, az the farmer cappot
know whether It viii grow or not. In
der horent circumstances he mas have
p much greater or less stand Of plapfe
from a similar seeding Where fhe 90.
tato csc stands out prominently on The
surface nearly al VIII grow.