Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-21
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Poor salt makes poor butter.
Geese are easily and cheapIy raised.
Always be systematic and thorough.
Grown corn and clover as conquerorsl
Arrange supports for climbing plants.
Bantams are small eaters aud faip
layers.
Cultivate less land ifyour manure heap
is small
Generally speaking, the medium-sized
breeds are the best.
The man is favored who is obliged ii
work, and is happy in that work.
1t is generally conceded that nestt
made on the ground are the best.
Steady application is what counts in
any business, especially in farming.
Cabbage is excellent green food at any
time of year for all kinds of poultry.
Bear in mind that clean earth is the
best absorbent for poultry -houses and
runs.
There are some things one farmer can
do better than anyone else. That is the
thing for him to do.
Keep an account Of time lost. You
will be surprised to know how much
time is spent foolishly.
Thistles, daisies, dock weeds aud wild
morning glories are pets that should be
kept down from the start.
No satisfactory reason appears why
women should not find in poultry culture
remunerativc occupation.
Keep the brain bright by use and the
muscles well exercised; hard work is a
good remedy for the blues.
Remember that thousands of dollars
go abroad every month for eggs that
ought to be produced at homo.
Keep a strict account of everything
pertaining to the farm. Know the cost
of a bushel of corn, or ton Of hay.
Poultry men in the vicinity of large
cities find that broilers bring more money
chan anything else in the poultry line.
Concentrate your labor, concentrate
your manure, and you may concen-
trate your crops without lessening the
quantity.
If you do not want the sllIs of your
barns and sheds to decay keep the dirt
away from them so that they viii remain
constantly dry.
Keep the best room open at all times
to the boys aud girls, and let there be
books and papers from which they may
educate themselves.
All that is needed for ;hc novice in
constructing his fowl-house is practical
building, with good shelter, proper VEN
tilation and a few Internal Arrangements
for roosting, busting and l,hsting.
Look out fcr the leaky roofs on your
hivesl They are more disastrous and
annoying to bees, than lesky roof would
be to you on your own house. A good
coat of thick paint run well into the
I cracks viii! generally answer the purpose.
I The beginner las TO commence at -he
/ foot of the hill, and learn by experie cce
/ True he should have some knowledge of
| bees and their ways in order to begin.
| He needs to read some good bee-l.Dok,
1 and should take one or more bee pmsodi.
I gals.
If farmer has good grass fSfri let
( him make = speciality of hay; if he has
caste for raising corn and roots, los him
! make them a specially; il a love for
/ raising horses or cows 81 making butter,
let him put his brain mud muscle into
I these.
/ ! Flrst-class farm help Is getting ucarce,
and those who would secure the services
of a good land foa tho harvest
rurst do so soon. When you get a good
man try to make it for has interest, as
well as yours, to tmploI for more than
one season.
Have good gticle, put it up in a
neat, clean package, with good weight
or measure; and Ii you src pleasant and
accommodating and try to llease your
customers, succG.s is curtain. But who
ever goes to peddling must make mp his
mind to work as hard or harder than if
he were hoeing corn.
If farmers who have large weeds grow.
ing in front of their farms would take a
ride along those where the weeds are
kept moved down, it seems to US they
would surely BoT their own weeds. The
trouble is light and the improved appear
ance worth a great deal to the farmer and
thc farming reputation.