Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-01-25
Farm and onrdon Nnics.

animal Wisconsin Agriculturist.
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Farm and Garden Noi es-.-
Kind treatment and warm barns lessen
the feed bill
The parsnip is generally considered
tho swccter and better for a little
freezing.
No eggs need be expected if the
poultry house is not made comfortably
warm for tho winter.
a good rubbing with card and brush
is liked by tho COW rs we'll as the horse,
and gives equal benefit.
Roasting in the trees may DO cheap
way of providing roost with ventilation
for fowls. but it don't pay.
a mound CT earth built up hard and
sharp around the base of young fruit
trees will protect from mice.
Parsnips may be left in the ground till
spring, but q sufficient quantity fol
winter use should DO kept in the
cellar.
Queens over two years old arc apt to
become barron, and should be superseded
with those of greater vigor aud more
fecundity.
" hSh bSSo oWuiHl tHC lISI llle
old queen goes with the swarm, leaving
tho parent colony qucenless, or, ut least,
that is usually the case.
There is nothing like heat for milk.
making in winter, and with ensilnge foi
food, there is no reason why the supply
of milk should be any less in cold than
In warm weather.
1t will do no harm to begin feeding
the fowls green food now. They vii
not require SO much grain and will keo,
in better condition if they have liberia
supply of vegetables.
When bees do not work, when thcy are
seen running around over the hive in M
apparently unsettled state, with but few
guarding the entrance, it indicates tn,
absence of the queen.
If hange of horse feed be ncccssnr,
make it gradually, by mixing the ole
and new, or by beginning the new il
small quantities and gradually raising il
to tho required amount.
Twenty pounds of corn, fifteen pound
of onts, ten pounds of barley and tor
pounds of wheat bran, ground fine and
we'll mixed, makes splendid poultry
food for young or old birds.
The storing place for apples should b,
cool, Just above freezing point. Apples
will stand more cold than potatoes, but
should bc in n dry place. and be without
spot or Flemish whcr put away.
a course of twenty. four lessons In
poultry Keeping would be of more prac.
teal benefit to the majority of farmers
daughters than course of twenty fou,
lessons on the organ or piano.
A stone heap under tree often causes
its death. 1t obliges tho tree roots to
feed near tho surface, and then freezing.
Against this the stones offer no protec.
ton, which is the cause Of the in .ury.
An Iowa Turner states that he kcens
wolves aid dcgs from his sheep by nut.
ting bellsattached to straps around their
necks. The sound of tho bells alarm
the rapacious animals and they run
away.
To break young horses from chewing
harness or anything that happens to be
near them soak some old straps with n
strong tea, made of cayenne pepper, and
hang them within easy reach of the
youngsters.
Cranberries may be kept till summer
by placing in a stone jar in the cellar,
and cover with water. 1t is better to
change the water in the spring, after
warm weather, occasionally. They may
also be canned in glass jars.
If The hogs to be slaughtered are fed
within twelve hours of their killing the
food is wasted, the meat will be more
disposed to sour, and it will be more
diIncult 10 remove the distendcd mites.
tines and take from them The lard.
Hubbard squash, properly steamed
and mixed with corn, rye or barely meal.
will make the best hog feed in the
world, it is claimed and will cause tho
animal to lay on lat fast. The mixture
should be about ten pounds Of squash to
two OF meal.
Given two cows of equal size. dairy
markings and condition. One makes a
dive for her grain and eats in business
like way. The other eats and moves
slowly and lazily. Which would you
select for better COVE We took the
nervous COW. Were we rights
When chicks droop and appear sick
without cause, especially IN summer,
look for lice, not the little red mites. nut
the large gray body lice on tho heads
and necks II you find them use few
drops of grease of any kind. a table
spoonful Of oil of pennyroyal to cup of
lai id is excellent.
man wholiyes on farm alone began
last April with seven hens. They have
paid in eggs for tine grain fed. furnished
the person with his groceries, and raised
forty chickens. now on hand. This,
together with the vegetable. he used
from his garden enabled him TO live we
without otherwise spending dollar for
food.
The electrician is somewhat slower in
his conquests in Europe than in America.