Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-08

waste pue III causes moro rapid decay
OF the shingles, and more frequent re-
Smuggling becomes a necessity. -Neio
lOyA Tribune.
Farm and Carbon Notes
Plum color shows n good strain in
pigs.
sheep need plenty of pure water ut al
seasons
Roup and diphthcria are much the
same-thc result OF colds.
a dairy COW must be made comfort
able or you will get but little milk.
There is no question but that fccuntlity
can be increased by breeding and sclcc-
ton.
In winter skim milk is good for the
calves after they have past their second
month.
One bushel of shcllcd corn is equal to
two cubic feet of good, sound, dry corn
in the car.
An application of dry manure, it is
said, will stop the bleeding of wounds
on stock.
Fall plowcd soil is in n tillablc con-
dition much earlier than that which Is
broken up i'll the spring.
"Savc the soil' is good motto for the
farmer, and one of the best methods is
turning under growing crops.
Lime mixed in the soft food is not
good for poultry, rs they will then ent
more of it than is good for them.
In milking do not wet the COWS tcats
with milk. 1t is n filthy habit. Use
water if necessary to moistcn them.
Mulch Strawberries the last thing be-
fore the permanent snowfall some snow
under the mulch is not Objectionable.
From recent tests Mt the English dairy
show, Tic evening milk is proven TO
contain more solids than the morning.
1t is claimed by some that churning
the whole milk makes more butter than
to set the milk and churn the cream.
The poultry keeper who frequently
buys rooster from afar is the one who
has the best luck" i'll eggs and chickens
~ small dish of charcoal placed in
your meat harder will keep the articles
sweet and wholesome almost us well as
ice.
n box containing peck of freshly
burnt lime, placed in damp cellar, will
absorb the moisture and keep the cellar
dry.
If water will freeze in your hcn-house
it is too cold and you cannot make your
hens profitable for their eggs this
winter.
BE certain that there is plenty of
water where the COWS are turned out to
pasture. Clean, pure water is indis-
pcnsable to q milch cow.
A dozen trees planted each year may
change the appearance Of farm greatly
IN generation and lead along to income
very satisfactorily as well.
Idle horses in winter stables should
have the shoes pulled of, and working
horses should have their shoes frequent
ly reset TO keep the feet in natural shape.
If the boys have few tools this winter
they will afford them much discipline
and amusement, and result in repairing
and patching that will more than repay
their cost.
A daryman whose object has been to
make ''buttcr rs good rs it could be
made" without reference to cost or any
other consideration, tcstlies that it has
paid him remarkable profit.
Large numbers Of ducks are now raised
in small yards with no water but that in
the drinking vessels, and they thrive and
do wonderfully well. The Pckin is the
most popular variety for this purpose.
Dispose of the hogs, surplus turkeys
and chickens, as soon as ready for mar
ket. Turkeys especially, will cat more
corn than their increase of flesh justilics,
e;cn with an improvement in prices
after this.
Glover and other deep rooted plants
bring up nitrogen, phosphatcs, potash
and other plant-food from the subsoil,
and leave them near the surface in the
form of vegetable matter; severe drouth
does the same thing.
Dairy cows should not be compelled
to travel long distances for water Have
water in every pasture and if the pasture
be large have water in more than one
place and where the cows can always
have ready access to it.
In countries where manure is greatly
needed, farmers are forced to understand
that tho compost heap offers the best
laboratory for the manufacture of fcrtil-
izer from night-soil. muck, refuge, urine
and dead animals. The extended use of
chemical fertilizers tends to turn farmers
away from composts.
An immense reservoir ia in coursn nj