The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-21
AGRICULTURAL NOTES,
Matters Of Interest to the Intc,,ixeneor, i,

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES, s .=l
Matters OF Interest to the Intciiigcncur's
Farmcr: Renders. m ~
.Buckwheat is ono OF the best grains
for fattening poultry. s. N
Lack Of pure water may often account
for the luck of eggs. i.44i
A ! few; fowls well cared for arc moro
profitable than ten times their number
neglected. iSsS "a 3, rs
Wash the 4perches as often as once a
month"; with kerosene oil, and make d
thorough job OF itwhile You are ut it. u.
Fresh laid eggs are always the heaviest.
Stale eggs arc often so light that they
will float in water. =. "A
40 carry on the poultry business sue:
cessfulay% needs personal supervision OF
tho SMALLEST details. 4 3 s},$llf
Lining the inside OF the poultry house
with old newspapers pasted OH will udd
considerably to the comfort Of the fowls.
Turkeys for market should be well fat
tened, carefully dressed and sent to
market in as good a condition as posi-:
BILE. III 4 I; 81 Z.
n One Of tho greatest drawbacks to new
beginners is to crowd fifty fowls into the
space that but half this number. should
occupy. +.
Now is the time TO buy.your breeding
stock ior another year, Don't wit un-
til spring, as you may not find what you
want then. IA Is y. III
{; No, Colonel, you cannot laya railroad
with a hen truck any more than you
can 4 get "a mosquito bill through Con-
gress. i234
I'm going to feed that hen OF mine
on sugar Of lead. "35"What an idea 81
want to see il ] can't make u type.setter
Of her. II :lEs
Langshans need.no certificate OF good
character. They arc active, agile, proli:
iic, quick to grow, lay early and late and
are good sitters aud mothers. : ;.j s,4
ut pays to keep chickens ia town.
Build small house and yard, put in a
dozen good fowls,i and they will amply
repay you ior, the care and feed you give
them. 81 Z: nv \ Sd
During cold weather a feed Of hot
mashed potatoes and corn meal once. q
day is good. Give a variety ii food and
plenty $ofi it and your fowls will keep
healthy. iis2ls,
Eight sheep may be kept for every
COW, says a dairyman, as they will add
but little 10 the expense, the sheep con.
sulning many kinds Of food that the
cattle reject. iS9i3 q ca '4 Il
An exchange says that If q few dry
cows or heifers are kept in the field
with sheep the dogs. will seldom modest
them. We have B found sheep in the
morning hudjled SO closely around and
under o friendly old COW that she could
not; get away from them. aili She had
saved their lives. Il h
San Francisco Livestock Gazette
says that Daketahas & sheep craze the
claim is that the climate is the ideal
sheep climate. Every farmer is going
into sheep. Wheat raising doesn't pay.
1t will bel happy flop from wheat to
wool.2@ Wool will be king Of the Mis-.
souri, slope. \ 81 .5i3f: y
LA mongrel sire is worse than bad ;
cross.bred: ewes make good dams, says
the American Agrieulturist. That is
admitted, but when wool that is the
chief consideration the first cross is far
aud away the most valuable one. X Aus.
tralian wool has "a worldwide renown.
The best tleeces arc the !: results OF the
union Of a clean-bred, short-wool tribe,
or svice versa. all Il further crossing
causes a marked deterioration lin the
fleece. This is, not percepttble in aocks
raised for mutton, /. MS the cross-bred
ewes can, generation after generation be
bred to pure blooded rams until the old
strain il lost and the flock attains an al.
most clean standard Of pedigree. ~
DR.. "a. G. .Caldwell's recent motto esti:
mating the value OF oat straw at F77 pei
cen. OF that of average meadow hay
and wheat straw; at 40 per cent, fur.
nishes just&what 10 needed ito answer
the question why it is ,thatsheep winter
well on straw alone. X AS, straw is 4 usu
allyfed more freely; than hay, the ami
mails make up in quantity what lit lack.
in jquality.$ Besides icheapness, HstraU
has this to recommendit---that hay tends
to constipation Of the bowels and straw
! docs not. Animals free, from constipa
ton do better .on the! same amount Is
food than those afflicted with that mala
dys:S By notcinEsthc difference In tht
consistency:ot the: droppings Of ,straw.iet
and hay:fed sheep one can readily tel
that straw keeps the Sbowelsgint' bette
condition. andSwhile sheep So fed d. vel
tits evident'thnt straw, is tho preferable
sheep fodder. SIn& this way winterln;
sheep .zreducedTt to sminimum..Nev
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