Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-19
Farm and CARBON Notes.

Color goes for great deal In horse.
Trim up tho grape vines before tho
sup starts 10 grow.
Use all tho coal ashes rs mulch
among The small fruits.
Corn should have fertilizer with a
good percentage Of ammonia.
II you want honey, transplant young
linden trees tbnsswood) in tho spring
from the woods
Tcrracing is believed to DO better,
under most circumstances, thnn hillside
ditching.
Cattle can live unshcltercd in tho win
ter, and so can tho vines; but 1t Is fur
better for both TO protect them.
1t is said that vast numbers of good
cows ME ruined each year by cnrolcssno, s
or ignorance in regard to milking.
Mr. Hale used spoonful of sulphur
in each planted hill. Since using nitrate
OF potash MS II fertilizer he had noticed
decrease of white grubs.
stable floor of good sound spruce or
pine p!anks, thoroughly soulsod through
with Grade petroleum, will resist damp.
ness and dccny fora long time.
~ good daily rntion for Il COW is, il Is
statcd, twenty pounds OF hay, three
pounds Of oats aud three pounds Of corn
ground together and three pounds of
brnn.
Queens arc usually in their prime dur
ing the second season, after which, with
few exceptions, they should be re-
placed by younger ind moro vigorous
queens.
Villagers should not allow lcavos TO
decay on their promises near tho dwell.
ing. Compost them with sod. Next
ycnr your roses and vegetables will want
such food.
Tho best tools are tho cbonrcst. II
they cost more thun inferior tools thcy
will do more and better work, and thus
fur outbaancc the saving in price ON tho
poorer article
Laying hens rejoice in variety of
food. They will ont almost anything
that is left over from the tnblc, and Il
cnn not, at least in tho country, be put
to better Use.
The last corn crop was satisfactory,
but many have Ind no hogs to cat il !;
and it cuts to the quick to soil corn
cheap, ana invest in breeding stock ut
D Wv lbH9NHi pi iSCps
When an animal shows n tendency to
deposit large amount of fat for the
food consumed it is we'll to consider tho
advsability of retaining that animal on
the farm to breed from.
! Gypsum, or land plaster, sprinkled on
the floors OF stables, absorbs the am.
monia, thus destroying foul odors and
making fertilizer that the thrifty fnr-
mcr can make very valuable.
Keep the early pullcIs, sell the carly
cockcrels. Tho pullets will furnish egg.
the latter part of autumn mud during the
winter IL they arc kept warm and arc
vol! fed on different kinds of grain, with
frcsh-ncat scraps once n week
In feeding corn to hens it is better to
shell 1t by hand and then scatter a fow
grains at timc, than to throw a quantity
down and allow them to gorge them
selves. 1t is still better to throw small
grains among straw and let them scratch
for it.
Too much cornmeal will mako buttor
soft and oily; too much bran will make
it pale, rctard the rising Of the cream
and the churning process, and cause the
butter to be dry and crumbly. A mix.
ture of meal, bran and middlipgs is pro.
ferablc to either of the above.
Saving the plum crop by Earring th.
curculio down on sheets and killing them
is tedious. process. Lately, fruit raiseri
have adopted the practice Of spraying
the trees with hand force pump, using
n teaspoonful of Paris green in q pail oil
water. BY doing this two or three timer
the crop may lie saved at small expense
A mud bath for those fruit trees which
have been blistered by the sun on the
southwest side Ia the best thing that can
be done for them. Take some peaty soil
and roast 1t In an old kettle, make fine,
and with water make thick paste.
Spread over the injured portions and
bind with old cloths, first pairing away
all dccaped Darts.