Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-12-12
Farm and Garden Notes.

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the root near the water. Some trees,
such as the ailanthus, impart their
odor to the water.
Herb growing should be profitable,
demand always existing for herbs
not only in the vegetable markets
but also by druggists.
Whether it is cheaper to grind the
food, or allow the animals to grind 1t
with their teeth, depends upon the
aye Of the animal and the kind OF
food.
The Importance Of beginning the
winter with a clean cellar cannot
well be overlooked. The health OF
the family depends on how the cellar
is kept.
Clean water and wholesome food
keep stock in a healthy condition.
In majority OF cases disease results
from filth, unwholesome food, or he
glect.
Now that the frost has put in an
appearance, there will soon be an ac-
emulation of dry grass and other
rubbish. All such refuse should be
raked up into piles and burnt.
Old bones that cannot be conven-
iently broken, leather scraps, dead
animals, etc, should be buried near
large grapevines, which is an excel
lent mode Of putting them to a good
use.
Fences are az annual tax that tends
to hamper successful stock raising
The introduction Of barbed wire les
ened the difficulty, but it will be found
in the future that less fencing will be
required.
Soils that are rich are benefited by
lime as well as soils that are poor.
In the former the lime renders the
plant food soluble. In the latter the
lime is itself an addition to the soil
as plant food.
Experiments show that when hogs
are given proportion of ashes aud
bone meal they have larger bones,
grow faster, and produce greater
weight in proportion to food allowed.
Ashes also assist digestion and pro-
mote health.
Hog cholera seems to be disease
that cannot bedefined, SO many dis
eases OF hogs being designated as
cholera. To guard against 1t avoid
bringing hogs into the herd from else
where, give a variety Of food, and do
not inbred the stock.
Just as soon as variety OF pota-
toes appear to "rnn out, which Is
often the case, a new variety should
take it's place; but as some varieties
do better in some sections than III
Others, no variety should be used eI-
tensively until it has been thoroughly
tested on the farm.
1t is estimated that the surface OF
an acre of ground, one foot deep, con-
tains about 1000 pounds Of phosphor-
ic acid, 600 pounds OF potash and
10000 pounds OF nitrogen. Much OF
this, however, may be beyond the
reach Of plants by not being in an
available form.
Freshly Stacked lime applied Oh the
asparagus beds, and another applica-
tion made early in the spring, is one
OF the best remedies for the aspara.
agus beetle. When elephants are up,
next spring, dust lime over them also.
The grub is easily killed by lime in
it's caustic state.
SKINNED milk is now being recon-
mended for colts. Something de
ponds on how it is given. Nothing is
so injurious as a drink of ice-cold
milk to young animal in the winter.
To give milk to calves, colts or pigs is
no doubt an advantage, but it must
be fresh, and warmed before the ami
mails are allowed to drink it.
1t is possible to grow double the
quantity OF wheat in this country
that is now produced. The time will
will be used and larger crops grown
per acre. As the farm becomes re-
stricted in area more appropriate fer
tilizers will be applied. Farmers are
rapidly learning the fact that differ
ent kinds OF crops require different
foods, and the saving OF expense by
the use of special crop fertilizers will
be another source OF gain.
1t requires skill to be successful
farmer. A knowledge OF the facts
relating to the manner Of the feeding
OF stock, supplying the proper fer
tilizers to plants, and the most suita-
BILE breeds and varieties for profit
will more than compensate for de-
fciency of capital. knowledge is
power in farming as we'll as in every
thing else, and the educated farmer
has great advantage over one who
holds to old usages and relics solely
upon his experience Of the past,
though experience is also an excellent
teacher
Making Pork For Profit.