Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-07
r,ru AND eAupnS NOTES.

Plenty Of stable bedding makes man
tire.
The wise man harvcsts his fuel and
ice crops carl:s.
Keep everything in the hcnhouse dry,
but the drinking vessels.
Unless ilowcr-pots have good drainage
the plants may be ruined.
Three or four varieties OF grapes are
better than II large number.
While the swamps are frozen haul off
the muck you dug in The fall.
No Tit for tai with u kicking cow.
"Hc gentle with tho crring."
Improved farmers introduce improved
stock and improved farming.
Add everything to the compost heap
that can he made INTO manure.
Keep the best lambs and ycarlings on
the farm to increase tho flock.
Cu'l the iiochs and herds, anI sell or
slaughter non-paying animals.
II you are engaged in winter ,larying
try to'srll direct 10 consumers.
Chickens are MS apt to catch colds in
windy weather ny Gu rainy days.
Heavy feeding of fowls Just before
killing is detrimental to quality.
Don't folder stock on the ground
when it is so easy to provide racks.
Nearly all kinds of fruit plnnts will be
seriously injured il the water he allowed
to stand around the roofs during the
winter.
Look out for snow banks among the
berry bushes and young trees. Tread
down the snow quickly or il will crush
the branches MS the banks settle.
Count up the number of sick trees in
your orchard, and order substitutes, to
be planted next April. Have the orchard
solid with healthy, vigorous trees.
Do you know thnt the s,nry sides of
the house and ont buildings ARE the best
places for grape vines? You will yet
grapes there when the vines in the fields
bear none
One advantage with curinntS is that il
they are kept properly pruncd, the old
wood cut out, the weeds kept dcwn nad
the soil rich by the application Of fcrti-
lizcrs, the plants will grow and bear
fruit for twenty-five years without re-
plcnishing.
To prune the grapevine. cut the oldest
cane close to the ground each season,
letting ono new, strong, vigorous cane
succeed the new one. The new canes
bear the fruit wood, and two or three
mn, ch i,,. all 4,
cane, cutting back to two or three
buds each.
The COW that attends to the bust :
ness OF chewing cud, digesling food and
sccrcting milk, regardless of usual sur
roundings, is the COW that will come in
ahead at cattle-show triuls. The nervous,
excitablc COW that forgcts her work
under excitement is the one that is more
likely to "gct left"
Those vino have used green wood
, understand how wastcful its moisture is
of the heat obtained. Wet coal is just
as objectionable, except for the fact that
the heat ii gives in Burning is so much
tran the waste is not noticed. The
wood-shcd or coal-bin should, therefore,
he not only covered, but protected so
that it may not be wet by snow drfted
upon it.
! Copperas, or sulphate of iron, as it is
called, is recommended AS n remedy for
parasites in the lungs and ntcstincs OF
lambs 1t is fed with fine salt. The
cpppcras should be finely pulvcrizcd and
mixed il the proportion Of one part OF
/ coppc;;ls TO ten or twelve OF salt. This
mixture should he kept i'll troi3hs OF
boxes in the pasture. where the flock can
! lave access to it Mt all times. Two part,
OF llonr of sulphur added to the mixture
{ will improve it, as the sulphur will hav,
Il tendency to free the iloc.i from ticl.s.