Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-08-23
rARM ATp GARDEN NOTES.


growing, you cannot afford it,
Poultry is king, comparing the cost of
production with its marketable value.
For scaly legs nothing is so certain a
cure as kerosene, but it should be used
very carefully and sparingly. ms it
blcachcs the skin ard DESTROYS the
natural color
One Of the largest horse breeders in
the country is now using cnsilagc, and
some farmers report that they have
wintered their pigs Oh it with very little
grain in addition.
Joseph Huston advises that at the birth
OF pigs the mother should be given meat
OF some kind, such as crackings or
hacon-this rs Il preventive against her
dcvouring her pigs.
If the hen lays one egg a week she will
pay all expenses Of keep. Every egg
over is profit. The greater the number
of eggs secured the lower the cost of
each egg proportionatcly.
Farmers who have never trained them
selves to he mcthodical, exact and intel
ligcnt in their ways OF doing farm work,
might as well give up the dairy business
first as last, or adopt method.
Last year when the price of potatoes
was very low Il Dundee farmer put :. lot
of them among chaif Mt the bottom of a
silo. When it was opened the other day
they were as fresh as when they were
dug.
Prices for choice mutton, especially for
well fatted spring lambs, have been
quitc good during the past year, and
the prospect of an increased consumptiye
demand augurs well for the future OF the
skiiIuly managed flock
What is the best breed, is Il question
that cannot be settled It is a question
Of soil, habits, tastes, markets and other
circumstances, the question to be settled
by each individual for himself, and not
for his nci%hbor or the public
Corn is still king. Tests of n number
of new forage plants last season at the
Michigan Agricultural College, led Pro-
lessor Johnson to the belief that, com
pared with Indian cora they are of little
value, and he advises farmers to stick 30
that cheap and inexpensive though lux
nriant native of our country.
"l.ct any dairyman who finds it rcccs.
sary to keep several skimmngs OF cream,
to collect enough for churning, sub
merge it until Il sufficient quantity is oh.
taincd, then ripcn it all mt once, and my
word for it he will find safe, practical
and profitable solution of the oxidation,
Tration, stirring bug-bcar," says John
Boyd, in Country Gentleman.
Among insects that arc the farmers
friends and do great good in killing in
sect pests, Professor A. j. Cook mentions
the yellow jackets, the large white faced
wasps and the solitary mud-wasps (usu-
ally black, OF black and brown, or blue
black or blue); the ground beetles,
which are usually black, with long legs,
and destroy hosts of cut-worms, white
gr,ibs, etc., and the little yellow, rounded
lady-bird beetles, which feed upon plant
lice and other insects.
To remove moss or scale lice from
apple trees nothing else is better than
strong lyc of wood ashes or lime wash
made of fresh lime. TO keep off mice
and rabbits the following preparation
has been found effective, viz: Lime
wash, cowdung, clay, and enough car
bolic acid to give it strong odor Zone
ounce to Il pailful of the mixture is
cnougl) are made into thick wash that
can be put on with brush. One appli-
cation will last through the winter.