Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-17
Farm and Garden Notes.

slUu NOLeS.
One of the essentials OF soiling is
fertile soil
Every farm ought to have it's expert
mental patch.
Top ventilators in poultry houses are
being vigorously criticised.
Onions thrive best in bed made firm
underneath but fine on the surface.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least.
If you are careful to keep the burrows
straight, you will do faster and better
blowing.
When cleaning out poultry houses put
the manure where 1t will keep dry aud
not be leached out by rains.
The success of the seasons work de-
ponds upon being ready with the early
spring and getting the crop in early.
Turnips and other roots should he
sliced for cattle, and not chopped, as
the chopped roots often choke them.
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly
through the year and through the years.
In trimming the grapevines trim so
that the sunshine and air can have a free
circulation among the foliage. In many
cases too heavy and close foliage induces
rot.
In no other way eau the farmer so
radically do the work of nature to his
advantage as By using tile; for under
drainage both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the SOIL
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start in growth place few cabbage
leaves around the plants. The snails
will collect in them and can then be
easily destroyed.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overworked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
Kitchen as on the farm.
Keep the house plants we'll supplied
with water, but care should be taken to
avoid either extreme making them go
without water too long, or applying too
much. Either is INJURIOUS.
The smaller the field the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
| the more fence required to inclose n
given area; conversely, the nearer a
square is the field the less fence is re-.
quired.
Of great importance at this season is
the manure crop Every shoyelful
should go to the heap, not only for the
sake of clean and healthful stables. but
for the intrinsic value of the manure.
Keep all the manure piles we'll made and
compact.
A florist in England claims that a
rose bush, which has been bearing white
roses for more than thirty years, has sud-
denly changed and now puts out only
red roses. The only cause assigned for
this is the enrichment of the surrounding
earth.
Packages for butter should ALWAYS be
cir tight. Tubs and firkins should be
seasoned and the hoops driven tight,
and the outside filled with shellac var
nish or oil and beeswax. This gives the
TUBS neat and clean appearance. The
tubs may also be lined with paraffinc or
parchment paper to protect the butter.
White oak is the best matoria, for firkins
and tubs.
Tho hard Jumps on the bone at the in.
side of the fore log, between the knee
and pastern, are splints If there is nc
lameness nothing need be done, as these
growths are merely blemishes and do not
interfere with the use of the limb. They
are caused by the adhesion of the super
numerary bone, called the splint bone,
to the leg bone, and this often happens
in horses.
When horse is fed raw potatoes he
gets three quarts of water in each hall
peck, and in cold weather, when there il
not much, if any, Precipitation from tho
skin, he does not require more water
than this every day. As long as the ami
NAL eats we'll and appears we'll and will
not drink when led to water there Is nc
need to force him to drink against hi
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