Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

one advantage with pea fowls is that
they need little care.
After the eighth year tho milk yield
of COW rapidly decreases in flow.
Even pair of old boots will be
found serviceable ut the roots Of a grape
vine.
Plants feed from the mir by means of
their leaves, and from the soil by means
of their roots.
String beans are n summer crop and
may be had in succession by making sew
eral paintings.
1t is not good plan to hatch out tur-
keys late in the season; it costs too much
to winter them.
A little raw salt pork is good rem
edy to give hens that have got into the
habit of pulling feathers.
Never use whey ii the skim milk can
be had. Fermentation of food sometimes
renders it unwholesome.
1t is told that mignoncttc can be kept
as pot plant for years, provided no
seeds are allowed to develop.
To secure good laying strain select
pullets from hens that have, upon fair
trial, proved themselves good layers.
1t will not pay to attempt to raise
young chicks now. 1t is too late in the
season, as lice will be sure to attack
them.
Late cabbagcs make an excellent crop
instead of weeds, and they serve to keep
the ground clean by demanding frequent
hoeing.
The best and most economical way of
feeding meal to poultry is by first mix
Ing it with boiling water that partially
cooks it. -,--------
The style of hcn-house is not so i'm
portant as to have plenty of sunlight
and dry floor, and with all cracks aud
crcvices closed.
A fence two feet high is sufficient for
all of the larger breeds of ducks, aud q
house 10x20 feet is big enough for
twenty-five ducks.
If provided with comfortable shelter
ducks will begin laying in February, and
keep it up regularly until September.
They are better for eggs than hens.
Whitewash on the farm buildings will
make even "run- down farm" appear
attractive. One barrel of lime will
brighten up the entire buildings,
fences and trees.
Road dust is an excellent absorbent for
manure cellars and privies, and during
dry season can be gathered in quantity
by the aid of scrapcr. 1t usually con-
tains also considerable percentage of
horse manure.
Every rod of land in your field should
produce something. In that vacant row
plant squashes, pumpkins or turnips.
Manure literally that corner in the pota-
to field that was too wet to plant early,
and set it with cabbage.
In order to lessen the number of in-
sects next season make it point to rake
up all fallen fruits, as they will make ex-
cellcut food for the pigs if cooked. 1t
is in the fallen apples, peaches and
pears that many of the insects are bred.
Any cultivation which disturbs the fine
roots of growing plants is an injury.
Deep cultivation, therefore, after the
roots have spread through the soil should
be avoided. This applies to everything
you grow. Clean, shallow culture and
plenty of it should be the rule.
An ounce of saltpetrc dissolved in
gallon Of water is not only IN excellent
fertilizer for .qulsh vines but serves to
prevent the attacks of the squash bugs,
which are busily at work now. As it re-
quircs but short time for them to en-
tirely destroy the vines, the vines should
be examined daily.
Judge Miller, in his report on the
newer strawberries for 1891, at the
NuIserymen's late convention, said of
Michel's Early: "This, 1 think, has
come to stay; it ripens eight days before
Crescent, lasts a month, and in quality
is among the best. 1t will, think, do
away with the Crescent.
A popular way of polling running
beans is by setting pole in the centre
of hill and planting the beans around
it. Popular Gardening suggests, as an
improvement upon this plan. to set the
pole in the centre of four hills and
stretch string from the top to hooked
Ieg in the centre of each hill.
A new strain of dahlias, originated in
England, is known as the Tom Thumb.
The Florists Exchange says of them that
the plants are of very dwarfish habit,
and are from nine to twelve inches in
height, compact and bushy, and produce
their single flowers freely. Twelve dis.
tinct colors have already been fixed"
Poultry houses intended for winter use
should be built during the summer. If
built later in the season they are liable
to be damp in the winter unless the lum-
Der has been well seasoned Experience
has demonstrated that roup 10 the winter
season is often due to the poultry house
being new and damp, owing to the lum-
Der being green.
Run the pillow on each side of the old
strawberry rows, throw the burrows to
the center, and go as close to the old
plants as possible. AS soon as the plants
begin to throw out runners go between
the rows with cultivator and level
down the ridges formed by tho pillow. In
this way you may secure quite o crop