Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-09-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Poor salt makes poor butter.
Geese are easily and cheaply raiscl.
Always be systematic and thorough.
Grown corn and clover as conqucrorsl
Arrange supports for climbing plants.
Bantams are small caters and fair
layers.
Cultivate less land ifyour manure hear
is small.
Generally speaking, the medium sized
breeds are the best
The man is favored who is obliged tc
work, and is happy in that work.
1t is generally conceded that nests
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 i'll mind that clean earth is the
best absorbent for poultry-housc 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 spcnt foolshly.
Thistlcs, daisies, dock weeds and wild
morning glorics arc pets that should be
kept down rom the start.
No satisfactory reason appears why
women should not find in poultry culture
a remuncrative 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 home.
Keep strict account of everything
pertaining to the farm. Know the cost
OF II bushel of corn, or a ton of hay.
Poultry men in the vicinity of large
cities find that broilers bring more money
than anything else in the poultry line.
Concentrate your labor, concentrate
your manure, and yon may conccn.
tratc your crops without lcsscning the
quantity.
If yOu do not want the stills of your
barns and sheds to decay keep the dirt
away from them so that they will remain
constantly dry.
Keep the best room open at all times
to the boys and girls, and let there be
books and papers from which they may
educate themselves.
All that is needed for the novice in
constructing his fowl house is a practical
building, with good shelter, proper ven
tilation and few internal arrangements
for roosting, busting and nesting.
Look out for the leaky roofs on vour
hives! They are more disastrous and
annoying 10 bees, than n leaky rcof would
be to you on your own house. A good
coat of thick paint run well into the
cracks will generally answer the purpose.
The beginner has to commence ut the
foot of the hill, and learn by experience.
True hc should have some knowledge of
bees and their ways in order to begin.
He needs to read some good bee-book.
and should take one or more bee periodi-
Gals.
If farmer has good grass farm let
nm make speciality of hay; if he has q
taste for raising corn and roots, let him
make them a specially; if love for
raising horses or cows or making butter,
let him put his brain and muscle into
these.
Flrst-class farm help is getting scarce,
and those who would secure the services
of good hand for the harvest
must do so soon. When you get good
man try to make it for his interest, as
well as yours, to employ for moro than
one season.
Have good article, put it up in n
neat, clean package, with good weight
or measure; and if you are pleasant and
accommodating, and try to please your
customers, SUCCESS is certain. But who
ever goes to pedd!ing must make up his
mind to work as hard or harder than if
he were hocing corn.
If farmers who have large weeds grow
ing In front OF their farms would take n
ride along those where the weeds are
Kept moved down, it seems to us they
would surely NOW their own weeds The
trouble is light and the improved appear
ance worth n great deal to the farmer and
the farming reputation.