Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-12-20
Fnrm and Gnrdcn Notcs.


your work and you will accomplish more.
One advantage in keeping careful farm
accounts Is that they enable you to de-
tcrmine what products of the farm are
profitable and which are not.
a crop of colts, crop of early lambs,
plenty OF the best butter from each COW
and lots OF pigs to sell, is good founda-
ton Tor successful farming
Charcoal should be fed to hogs and
poultry. Experiment has demonstrated
that the same feed will produce far
greater amount of flesh and fat when fed
with plenty of charcoal.
Two parts dry earth, one part plaste,
and one of poultry manure is an excel.
lent mixture for retaining the fertilizinn
qualities of the poultry manure. The
mixture should be kept dry.
Sometimes by adding salt to the foot
the hens w II be benefited, and even
tincturc of iron in the drinking water
promotes the appetite. 4 laying hen
should have a good appetite, but must
not be overGcd.
There are farmers in almost every
community who do not seem to realize
that this is the age of progress, and that
if they are to hold their places or 90
forward, they must be alive, and kecniv
alive, to the times in which they live.
Want of forethought among MANY
farmers, is the main reason for their fail
urc to acquire competency. They buy
more land than they can use, oftentimcs
with borrowed capital, and can lily.
afford to pay interest and taxes on that
which brings no income
A emop,r, t1,ot
perfectly cleaned, plowed and used
Tor celery bed. 1t may require two or
three years to get it in proper condition
for the purpose. but once it has been
cultivated it will be one of the best loca.
tons for celery that can be had.
DO not prune peach trees until spring.
Then cut off one half of the wood. The
fruit is borne on the last years wood,
but by cutting away the excessive
growth of new wood the trees become
stocky and are not SO liable to being
topheavy and shaken by the winds.
In winter, especially, it is desirable
to have plenty of chaff chartered in the
houses for the fowls to scratch about ard
pick over, for otherwise they would have
nothing to do but cat their meals Mt
regular intervals, and would spend the
Intervening. time in moping around or
slecpily sitting on their roosting benches.
Deep cold setting of milk is far ahead
of the old-fashioncd shallow-p,n system.
both for reasons of economy OF labor and
because more uniformly better butter
can be made by the process. The cream
separates more promptly and more thor
oughly, the milk can be preserved sweet,
and the work of handling is reduced tn
a minimum.
A man who has sliced clover two wears
says if it is left to wilt on the ground
for about two hours after cutting. and
each days filling of the silo is allowed
to heat before the fresh clover is added.
and the sides, not the center, are thor.
oughly tramped, the clover will come
out moist and green, and the cattle will
relish it as we'll as summer pasture.
During the early part of the winter is
good time to apply manure on the
garden. II the ground is we'll plowed
and good dressing of manure, applying
early, taking pains to scatter evenly,
having it reasonably well fined. This
will afford good opportunity for the
more soluable portions to leach into the
soil and be available for the use of tho
plants.
Different plants have ashes of differ
ent composition. Thus, one may take
from the soil large quantities of potash,
another of phosphoric acid. and another
of lime. understanding these ditTer-
ences we shall be able SO to regulate our
rotations that the soil will not be called
on to supply more of one ingredient than
Of another, and thus it may be kept in
balance.
Cows should have an abundance of
suitable foot and water, and salt kent
where they can have. access to it every
day. They should kept from all foul
odors, and not be allowed to eat or drink
anything that will faint the milk. Milk
ingshould be done at regular hours. with
clean hands and clean uddcrs ands clean
stables, and the milk kept from CON
Eliminating odors. Milk should be
strained Immediately after drawing. and
aerated tofeliminate any Objectionable
odors.
The Siamese have a regard for odd
numbers, and insistupon having an odd
number Of doors. lwindows-and rooms in
their houses, and that al I staircases must
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