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

a deep soil is best Tor potatoes.
Foliteness pays in the COW stable. 4
gentle man gets moro milk than harsh
one.
Remember that good care and keep
are as essential rs proper selection and
breeding.
DO you believe in spring cleaningi
Better clean up thoroughly now, and
keep clean.
You must not expect even the largest
reproducing hens to lay well in winter
with rough uncongenial surroundings.
The idea cannot be too strongly en-.
forced that it is the duty of the dairy
man to deliver good milk to the factory
in good condition.
You can't have healthy fowls if they
are not housed in a dry place and given
4 chance to exercise. Let them work
for what they get.
Be careful that the ration fed to your
COWS has a proper balance of elements.
approXimating one part of heterogeneous
food to tive or six parts of carbon
aceous.
The best known remedy for hot-house
mildew is to run the heat up US high as
the plants will stand and admit air that
is dry as possible for period of twenty.
four hours.
There is no reason why the healthy
bird should be doctored daily any more
than human beings The best mode of
promoting health is warmth and va
riety of food.
The duck is coming to the front as n
market fowl. They arc often up to the
turkey in price, and can Lc raised for
onc-half the cost and trouble. Don't be
behind the times.
1t Is not ncccssary-in fact. it is not
desirable to grind grain for sheep. They
masticate their food very finely, est
slowly, and so more Thoroughly nssimi-
late unground grain than ground.
The moro succulent foods make the
more watery milk and oily cream, which
churns the easier. Hence ensilapc and
roots are favorable TO butter making. the
oils principally giving butter Its flavor.
Give your wife at least dollar for
flower seeds. Encourage the children to
look over the catalogues and help make
the selections; they will then take more
interest in planting and caring for
them.
A"ie SiominS puyS III COIN DlnaClOn
with general farming. Fruit brings
money easier and the pleasure OF its
culture is much greater. Good fruit is
always salable and yields profit in greater
or less degree.
The pig likes warm weather and warm
quarters, and unless comfortable shelter
and warm bed is provided for him in
climate like this he will not do much
more than hold his own from Christmas
until the middle of March.
! One of the principal advantages of a
wind break is that in addition to pro.
tecting the trees from cold in the winter
u considerable protection is afforded the
ripened fruit in the fall by keeping the
wind from blowing it off the trees.
! All farm tools, implements and
machines have their weak points, which
arc quite sure to be the first to break.
The Agr;euiturist advises providing
duplicates of such parts. This viii
often save much time when time is
valuable.
Grapcvines planted in the chicken
runs and trained to the fences will give
shade in summer to the chickens an6
luscious fruit in the fall to the poultry
man. No fertilizers are necessary-tbt
chickens attend to that Train the vine!
as high as possible.
The richest part of milking is thu
strippings, ms they contain from three tt
five times rs much cream as the rest o.
the milk. Strip the cows clean then
If milk be left in the cows bag it is ap
to cake and form Jumps in the teats; i
also has tendency to dry up a COW.
If your garden is not already stocked
with grapevines, currant bushes, rasp
berries and Strawberries, make your lis
Mt once and send to some reliable dealer
Order only the old and well tried
varieties. AS rule the high priced
novelties are profitable only to the maj
who soIIc tLo,,