Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-14
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rApu AND GARDEN NOTES.


Look out for the moth-worms.
Keep. the safety of the queen in, view.
Keep the raspberry bushesSpinched
back.
A golden rule in bee-keepirg is to keep
your colonies strong.
Until. experience has dissfpated a fear
Of bee stings wear vel and sgloves-
When the heifer is about two years
old she is at the best age for breeding
for the first time.
The grindstone will help,woHierfully
in the garden work if you let the hoe
keep it company occasionally. Try it.
Wesley Dibble recommends the queen
excluding honey board in preference to
the aueen.excluder on thesentrance to the
hives.
Pork may be producediduring the cold
weather. with corn4at twenty eight cents
per bushel, for,less than three cents per
pound.
Indian corn is the most economical
pork-producing material during the win
Ter months in regions where extensively
grown.
Have mulch, of some kind to ; keep
the strawberries out of the dirt Grass
cut and put on while green viii make a
good one.
Grit is an important factor in success
full poultry keeping. Tha keeper requires
it in his character, and sthe fowls must
have it in their crops
Be careful of the young colts Al little
care in selecting proper food for them
will pay good dividends Ensilage or
roots do colts great good.
Breeding ducks may become too fiat to
do we'll. Beware of feeding too large
proportion of corn. They need bulky
vegetable food as well as.grain.
The farmers horse is the horse that
viii do the work required of a horse on
the farm with perfect ease, one that is a
good walker and at least fair road
ster.
Many localities produce,honey dark in
color the entire season. In this case,
advises H. D. Cutting, Michigan apiar-
ian, it is best TO work entiuely for ex-
tracted honey.
Never change suddenly from one kind
of feed to another that is radically differ
ent. For instance, in changing from dry
TO green, or from green to drySfeeding,
make the change gradually.
1t is always desirable to secure good
Weld of fruit, but at the same time it is
a positive injury to tree to have it over
bear In majority of casesathe quality
of such fruit will not be up to the
standard
Ploughing by steam has, been intro
duced in WaEa Walla Valley, Washing
ton, and is pronounced a success. Here
tofore it has cost So per acre TO pillow,
while under the new system it can be
done for forty cents.
When not too badly damagedta plaster
of COW manure will save trees that have
been girdled. 1t is best, of course, to
prevent, but sometimes accidents of this
kind will happen, and rernedy should
be applied as soon as possible
Only those who strive to acquire a
thorough knowledge of the business, such
knowledge as comes from observation
and from actual experience, and whose
hearts are in the work, can hope to
achieve the greatest success in horse
breeding.
The estimated cost of hauling 100
bushels of grain in wagon'over ordinary
country roads is sixty centsla mile. This
fact illustrates the necessity and money
value of good roads Thesdifference in
cost of hauling is immenselyiin favor of
the good road