West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-29
Farm nnd Gnrdcd Notos.


Farm and Gardcd Notes.
Save and cook the small potatoes for
the pigs.
1t is asserted that high checking
makes k~nee-sprung horses.
AS oon as the leaves fall from grape
vines they may be trimmed.
1t is eve safe to drive n young or
spirited horse with a loose rein.
In orchards whore the cultivator runs
frequently, mulching may be omitted.
Dry oats make a splendid feed for
young pigs just before and after wean-
ing
1t is not the best plan to store expen
sive machines in fields or barnyards.
House them.
Cattle should not be allowed to Craze
on pastures in the fall when the grass IS
covered with frost.
Flower lovers with rarely an exception
injure their plants under glass with ex-
cessive heat and mistaken kindness.
Farmers should demand that the roads
of their town be thoroughly repaired be-
fore the storms of winter make it impos-
sible TO do so.
Never remove the leaves from a tree or
vino. Every twig or branch hat COM
mences to grow, must be allowed to re-
main the first season.
The seed corn nearest the tip, FRO.
duces the strongest and best plants,
followed by that from the butt, while
that from the middle was poorest.
We do too many things without
thought. We pile up the food before
our animals and do not take heed how
they eat, or how much, or what the eff.
fects are.
The present method of granulation OF
butter is one Of the best introduced into
butter making, and where practiced has
produced a marked improvement in the
product.
From a careful experiment of a Mas
~sachusetts farmer, it is shown that the
manure from eight hens in one year is as
valuable as that from q COW during the
same time.
If you do not keep hens, or IL your
hens never lay in winter, if you have not
already done so, you should at once put
away a few dozen Of fresh eggs for use
next winter.
The queen in her prime may lay from
1000 to 5000 eggs In a single day. Her
second year is generally thought to be
the most prolific, and after that she
gradually declines in value.
Lawns are best made by following
natures suggestions. II she has made a
swale so be 1t. If she has rolled up a
mound let it alone. We have only to re-
move roughness and inequalities.
Old farmers generally consider that
there IS not a better place for swine in
winter than the orchard. The animals
profit by good feeding, while they de-
stroy the larvg Of countless insects and
enrich the ground by their manure.
Pasturing roadsides often causes ill
feeling, damage to Deighbors' crops, and
sometimes costly lawsuits. II is best to
NOV the roadsides and then ~noxious
weeds and briars can be cut and burned.
When large quantities OF roots are to
be stored, and there is no root cellar for
this purpose, IL is far better to construct
pits than 10 ill the cellar Of ones dwell
ing house with a general assortment Of
roots aud vegetables 90 vitiate the air Of
the entire house.
II there is ono error in poultry-keep
ing supreme over all others it is what is
called ventilation. One is not far wrong
IN CHASING ventilation aud roup as twins:
FOR, as a rule, where there is plenty Of
ventilation there is plenty OF roup.
The important point in ck-feedine
rs TO constantly bear in mind that n
young animal gives better returns for
feed consumed than an old one. A
pound Of meal or n pound Of hay adds
more 70 the weight Of a calf than 10 the
same animal when grown.
Colts should be halter broken when
following the mare; IL helps 20 subdue
them, and supersedes the necessity Of
breaking them over again when grown
up. 'Once broken, always broken" - is
an axiom as Old as the art Of breeding.
It is advisable 10 break them 10 harness
at two and one-half or three years old.
They will receive no injury from careful
usage in light vehicles.
II IS claimed nov by good authority
that the age Of cream has much TO do
with the time needed in churnin0. 30
That II cream that has Just been taken
oil is put in the churn with a lot which
has Get p few days 10 ripen, the new.
cream VIII remain iu the buttermilk
after the old cream is sufficiently
churned. This has been shown by
cnurning the buttermilk from mixed
cream.
Jersey cows, though not at any time
giving large yields Of milk, are generally
so persistent that during a year they are
not very long dry. To IS this tendency
which, combined with the richness Of
their milk, makes them faYorites with
those who only keep one COW and look
20 that for the family supply. Every
effort should be used 90 keen a Young
heifer up TO her milking yield az long M
possible. Tho habit Of gong drv
early, il once formed, is Impossible to
break.