West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-24
Farm and Garden Notes.

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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, n crop of early lambs.
plenty of the best butter from each COW
and lots of pigs to sell, is n good founda.
ton for successful farming.
Charcoal should be fed to hogs and
poultry. Experiment has demonstrated
that the same feed will produce a far
greater amour Of flesh and fat when fed
with plenty of charcoal.
Two parts dry earth, one part plaster
and one of poultry manure is an excel.
lent mixture for retaining the fertilizino
qualities of the poultry manure. The
mixture should be kept dry.
Sometimes by adding salt to the foot
the hens W IL be benefited, and even
tincture of iron in the drinking water
promotes the appetite. \ laying hen
should have a good appetite, but must
not be oyerfed.
There arc 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 keeniy
alive, to the times in which they live.
Want of f~orethought among MANY
farmers, is the main reason for their fail
ure to acquire a competency. They buv
more land than they can use, oftentimes
with borrowed capital, and can lily
Afford to pay interest and taxes on that
which brings no income
A swamp that contains muck NAV be
perfectly cleaned, plowed and used
for a celery bed. It may require two or
three years to get it in proper condition
Tor the purpose. but once it has been
cultivated it viii be one Of the best Ioca.
tions for celery that can be had.
Do not prune peach trees until spring.
Then cut of half Of tho wood. Tho
fruit IS borne on the last years wood.
but by cutting away the excessive
growth Of new wood the trees become
stooky AID are not so liable to beinp
topheavy and shaken by the winds.
In winter, especially. it is desirable
to have plenty Of chaf chartered in the
houses for the fowls TO scratch about ard
pick over, for otherwise they would have
nothing to do but eat their meals al
regular intervals and would spend the
intervening time in moping around OF
slecpily sitting on their roOsting benches
Deep cold setting OF milk is far ahead
Of the old-fashioned shallOw-pln system.
both for reasons Of economy OF labor and
because more uniformly better butte,
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 10
a minimum.
A man who has sliced clover two year,
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
20 heat before the fresh clover is added.
and the sides. not the center. are thor.
OuQhly trampcd, the clover will come
out moist and green, and the cattle will
relish IL az well as summe pasture.
During the early part Of the winter is
q good time to apply manure on The
garden. II the ground is well ploved
and a good dressing Of manure, applying
early, taking pains 70 scatter evenly.
having it reasonably well fined. Thi.
VIII afford a good opportunity for the
more soiuable portions to leach into the
soil and be available for the use Of the
plants.
Different plants have ashes Of differ.
cnt composition. Thus, one may fako
from The soil large quantities OF potasb
another Of phosphoric acid. and another
Of lime E understanding theSe diTor.
cnces we .hal be able 90 10 regulate on,
rotations that The soil will not be called
on % supply more Of one ingredient tban
Of another, and thus IL mas be kent in
balance.
Cows should have an abundance "A
suitable foot and water, and salt kon,
where they ran have access 20 Ia ever,
day They should be kept from afl f,,'
odnrs and not Dr. allowed 20 eat or drint
anything that VIII faint Tho milk. Milk
inR should De done 40 regular hours viii
clean hands aud clean udders and rI..r
stables. and The milk keot from con
taminat.ng odors MIX should b.
s,raiocl Immediately after draw rv ~,
aerat'd % ciimiuate any oh ecti 5naDl.
dOIs.
The S.amcse have a regard for oil,
unicfa, aulf in-i- upon hatfrv 81 oa
roo nbcr ri doors. w ndow aid rosms t.
fheif houses end that al s,airea.et mas