Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A'SP"iN AOi Viz
Keep tools sharp and clean.
Buttcrmills is a good summer beverage.
Wcll-planncd summer work is half
done.
Drive the work or it will drive you,
and with n drag, year in and year out,
no one is satisfied or happy.
You must either work with the men
you employ, or visit the field and sec
that they earn their money.
During the day the soiling can, if pre-
fcrrcd, all he done in the stable, but the
COWS arc much more comfortable during
hot weather to be out at night.
While we do not recommend putting all
ones eggs in one basket, we do suggest
the growing of but few crops and master
ing all the details connected with them
The big milller needs n strong consti-
tuition or she will fall by the way when
parturition invites the perils of milk fever
and the other ills that attend upon moth
crhood.
Men lacking energy, don't usually
"gct there" in time to save things at
their best stage of growth; it takes them
so long to start that the job generally is
left unfinished.
Late seeding often lacks moisture,
starts slow, becomes Il prey to insects, so
is Improbable. Late cultivation in
worked crops prevents the securing of
the hay before it becomes too ripe.
When the society for the prevention
of cruelty to horses tails gets barbaritics
on these appendices stopped it will be
well for it to turn attention to cows horns
doomed to be sawed Off rs useless.
When farmers club numbers its
membership by thousands OF hundreds
that means that it has on the roll book
names of many who do not attend its
meetings and who give no other support.
Too many farmers work in the field
until it is too late, or they are too tired
to work any longer; then, when they
ought to rest, they plan their work. A
man should be at his best to plan the
wiscst.
1t is not necessary to sow evergreen
seed in boxes in the house if they are
placed in the ground where vcrmin will
not destroy them. A light soil and one
containing considerable vegetable mold is
preferable
We always pity man who is paying
interest on farm or farm-stocll and
tools. 1t takes good farmer to be able
to do that. 1t is better to have four per
cent. coming i'll than four going out every
six months.
Too many unsuccessful farmers are I'M
skilled in their business; they do no bet
ter than the average; think too little and
are not ambitious nor hopeful. They are
without faith in their business; they do
not believe there is any money in it.
The gooseberry is one of the first fruits
the farmer may enjoy, and good house
wives have ways of serving it in pies, etc i,
that make it very fine eating. Prune tho
old bushes and give them some manure,
or plant if you have none growing.
A good horseman never gals the necks
of his horses, because he cares for them,
keeps them clean rs we'll as the collars,
and if there are long pulls, as in blowing,
he stops now and then to lift the collars
forward that air may aid in cleansing
There should always be piece of corn
growing for green feed for the cows. 1t
is better that it be drilled in, and suf-
ficient amount should be planted to fill
out any lack in the pasture. If there is
too much for that, the surplus will make
the best kind of fodder
We should hardly call it system of ro-
tation of crops where the same one was
raised upon the same land for more than
two successive years. Would prefer a
different crop each year. Hay might be
possible exception to this rule; with a
good dressing of fine manure each year,
land might remain to grass more than
two years.
To have good pansies fresh seed should
be sown every spring. Start them in
a hotbed, or in box in the house, in q
supply of rich, moist porous soil. When
an inch high transplant them into the
garden; they do best in partially shaded
position, as at the side of a building.
Give them plenty of water and they will
soon begin blossoming.