Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-11-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Do not let any weeds go to seed
around your house or barn.
Tho Shorthorn improves for beef every
animal on which it is crossed.
Hoe your currant bushes as you do tho
rest of the plants in tho garden.
Beth breeding and feeding nrc ncccs-
sary to the pcrfcctlon of the animal.
Do not imagine that exercise is tho
best thing to be found in pasture.
Do the best you can in the way of
shade and water for pastured stock.
The strawberry contains 00.52 per
cent. water and 9.4S per cent. dry mat
The bsst aes.ralsers arc now trying
to groY nasp instead: sof to accumulate
fat.
Happy a ho Mo possesses thrifty
v F;a within driving distance
Of sort. seuaaas,~~.
4 sslnd strawberries ,nanurei
stand drought-Jcrter than
Wien tilted with any other fertilizer.
All fruit cree growers should know
whom thumb and finger pruning is prop
erly performed there is but little other
pruning needed.
One essential qualification in the hoy
who works on farm is that he shall
have love for animal life, and be able
to tell intuitively when an animal is sick.
Do not dose yourself or your stock
with medicine for every little i'll. Dict
and rest. Sleep, and moderately
empty stomach, are tho best medicines
in the world.
Keep the farmhouse in good repair if
only sod house or board shanty. This
is necessary to comfort and convenience,
which may be secured even in the hum
blest dwelling.
Professor w. w. Cooke says table.
spoonful of saltpetre dissolved in phil
of water, and pint Of water applied to
each hill of cucunbors or squashes will
destroy the bugs.
Grass should DO cut for hay Mt tho
proper time, and that is just rs it is dono
growing. 1t has then acquired all its
natural strength and aroma, and will not
become harsh and brittle from cverripe-
ness.
1t does not pay to put the bo,t fruit or
vegetables on top and have the purchaser
find something not SO good when he
reaches tho bottom, as it makes him sus-
picious, the consequence being that the
ealc of good fruit is injured.
When bcets, carrots or parsnips do
not appear to grow, though given every
opportunity by manure and cultivation,
the slow growth may be due to the
plants being too close in the rows. Thin
ming out the plants just after rain will
be of advantage.
Tho peach borcr cannot damage the
tree where the bark is tough, and consc.
quently the eggs are deposited below the
surface, where the bark is tender. Their
attacks may be prevented to certain
extent by banking the earth around the
tree from April 20 October.
A fruit farmer in Wisconsin Is using
for picking strawberries tin box Just
large enough to hold the baske. box,
which is put into it, when the tin box
cover is shut, and the berries reach the
basket through tunnel in the cover,
leaving both hands free to pick, while
the tin box is fastened to the picker by
a strip.
The gladiolus, after the leaves turn
yellow in autumn, can be taken up be-
fore frost comes. The bulbs should be
laid in dry, shady place for week or
more, aud then they can be placed on a
shelf or in drawer where there is no
danger of frost, and there be allowed to
remain until it is time to plant them out
in the spring.
Vacancies among raspberries and
blackberries may still be filed in with
young sucker plants, taken up when tho
ground is wet, with the soil adhering TO
their roots. Pinch back the new green
shoots of raspbcrries and blackberries,
and SO provide stout, stocky canes for
bearing next year. This prevents the
formation of useless wood, which only
cut aWey next spring.