Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-02-26
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-rie waste or time end lsbo- 20 at
Do t0 Keep -l ep on vet land They
.1ld be- p3slur-d on the dry lauds OF the
.Ia.d gwen better as dampuess Is
sore injurious .0 them than cold Many
failures with sheep are du3 TO neglect IN
properly protecting them egainst storms,
rs they arc suh.sc- 90 many diseases, snd
.uicsly suclulb thereto.
Tastwben tte frost is coming out of the
ground ODD stock onl be kept Cf TIE
fields. as sr-'e dly's occupancy Of the
fields bv sock when the ground is soft
ali destroy The grass ard leave gitat holes
,1f bare places 90 &c. Tee fields that are
.sup never recover rom les Injurious
Effects except 40 the expense OF much
labor
The old pesch blow potato ia still grown
in soue sections and ia considered July
equal to any of the newer varieties. 10
hss ne superior 30 keepi-g qvhusa, and
IS excel el in appearance and sizs. it
hiss tle pec1li8rity Of delaying The produc-
lions cf tuters until the vines have COM
p's;ed their growth.
Ifapoch ues shows s'grsoi decay, and
a4- ro. De attacked By The horer, cut 10
hsck almost 20 the main trunk, leaving
t1e tree go form new branches from the
vonrr shoots of this season. III the trunk
IS sound a new tree can be produced ard
u that will be neatly cs coed ss a
younger one.
i. IS suggested that the seed balls Of
.,aice4 le Cut OIL wren The PLANTS a.e
growing in o.der % divert The erergiCs IN
Tie direction OF ihe iuhers, as the pToouc-
H.a OF seed and iubsrs az the same time Is
. double lssE. It Isl su experiment Shat
-J .Imer can try, even If only on one
row.
Yo-ue coils VIII soon learn to eat oats
.her f. rhe Stale with their dams, and an
EXCELLENT way 90 make the you're lambs
--'v f.. to keep round o1.F ~heIa they
.. cav whenever they so cssire, but the
aould oe 20 placed that the lambs
-at toit while the old sheep cannot
ol iC
"a estmatei that every bushel Of
rsrfeood ashes is worth at least % cents
nd they therefore partially remUnerat.
. .ortbe cost OF the wood. The ashes should
be- stored iu q dry plsce ard covered, 81
.hev duw moisture from the atmosphere
The Bartlett and Clapp's FavOrite peaT'
sr, considered tbe best of an varieties ioi
|u1.llv. @ O. the Seckel the cure5t croI
+ rndu.er. Crab apples gre now being
planted by .-uit growers, t-ey beng pa de
mend iu thc fruit season t.r preserves anC
.ieie-.
/ The rose can be grown indoors in pots
and s used Tor q greater number Of pur
poses ttau auy other flower. The younl
.pnuts should not be set out TOO early
Trim of ihe surplus branches Of the cl'
.hu-bes sad cut back some Of the OLD
eeod.
Ta plum tree viii need jarring in Orde
% prevent The work, OF the curculio, n
matter which variety may he used. Their
l. mo- curcuiO-proof plum, but tae crol
A., IulY Wen % the trees sre carefully j'r,eo
and tte curcuhcs swept up aud de- troy2o
Apple t-ees viii induce any amount q
.cutn1g back. and TIE work should bedon
y now. Too many limbs not only preyeu
, che warmth az the un but also cause
3 greater crs'l oU ih3 tree tc mature NOR
.tu't then J should bear.
10 is surprising how few farmers full
understand the making Of good butter
Trey may have Ell the appliances neces
sorry, but 30 requires skill as WELL and ID
younger members of Cue family should b
educated ir the arL
To selecting cantaieups do not forg.
tbal the best dav0-ed are the netted citro
aud Jenny Lind varieties, which are smal
bet early. The large ones axe late an
lack in quality that which they gain j
size.
The sooner an animal is matured tn
s,o1er D, wili he ready for the market an
tte cost O, production diminished. TIL
euickes uowh is when the animal
b very young. 10 should be forced a the b,
ginning.