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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
FOOD FOR MICH COWS.

The Iowa agricultural experiment sta
ton is located ut Ames, and bulletin
thirteen is largely devoted to experiments
in feeding for milk. AS COWS are more
numerous in Iowa than in any other
State, it is desirable to find out what
feeds produced on the soil are cheapest
and best i'll the dairy. One of the con
illusions arrived at was that corn fodder
is superior to sorghum cane. The cows
grow tired of corn ensilage, but they
never got off feed on the root ration
with about double the amount of clover
hay. One of the best known of milk
producing feeds is clover nay. During
the root periods of the test twice as much
hay was consumed as when corn or cane
cnsilage was fed. The most efficient dry
matter was in the root ration, but how
much Of it was due to the extra amount
of clover was not determined. The ex-
pertinent will be continued. These sta.
lions where practical truths are demon
strated for the benefit of the agricultural
community clothe farming with dignity
and eliminate from the bu1iuess many of
the elements of chance which handi.
capped the efforts OF our fathers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
RAISING POTATOES.

An inquirer asked for brief state
ment of the best mode of planting and
raising the potato crop, according to APP
proved course of management, since so
much attention has been given to obtain
ing large returns. These results have
been secured by different appliances in
various localities, and under different in
fiuences and unlike soils. But for prac.
teal farm treatment we would advise in
substance the following course Select
a piece of deep, rich soil--naturally so,
or which has been made SO artiicially a
year before by barn nature. If the soil
has been distinctly benefited by any of
the commercial fertilizer, apply these
and mix thoroughly before planting and
pulverize well. Plow burrows three
feet apart; cut the potatoes to two or
three eyes each; drop these foot apart;
cover them four inches deep; pass over
the rows once week with q light or
slant-tooth harrow, keeping the ground
perfectly clean till the plants are half a
foot high, and after that with cultiva-
tor between the lows, keeping an inch
or two of the surface in fine mellow
condition, not hiiled or ridgcd, but fiat.
With this treatment We have raised &C.
casionally four hundred bushels to the
acre, and oftener from two to three huu-
dred.-C Country Gentleman.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
AMONG THE POULTRY.

A good fat duck makes nice table
fowl.
Putting sand on board floors makes
them easy to clean.
Fowls require and must have green
feed during the winter.
Begin storing up the supply of food
for winter.
Beginfn good season to get the fowl:
to roost in the house.
Two feet is plenty high for the roosts
for the larger breeds of fowls.
BY care in feeding the eggs may be
increased in size and richness.
Before the fall rains set in, store away
n supply of dry dirt to use in the poultry
houses.
Push the fowls intended for fall mar
ketso as to have them ready early.
On au average the best results are Sc
cured by keeping about fifty hens to-
gether.
Late-hatched pullets will rarely lay
until spring; the best plan is to market
them.
Push the growth of the turkeys now.
With the run of the stubblehelds they
should gain rapidly.
On the farm where the fowls can be
given good range poultry meat ought
to be grown at very low cost.
Unless the hens are laying more regu-
larly than is usual at this season it is not
necessary to feed literally those that are
to be wintered over.
Even when feeding to fatten it is not
good plan to keep feed of any kind be.
fore tho fowls all the time. Feed only
what they will eat up clean at each meal.
Give the turkeys good feed of whole
corn every night now just before they
are allowed to go to roost. 1t will help
to fatten them.
Geese if we'll cared for will lay three
times year and will lay about one dozen
eggs at each laying. They can be picked
regularly until cold weather sets in.
Nearly oil the medium-sized birds are
more active and easier to raise than that
of larger size; while the market prefers
medium size.
1t is always best in fattening fowls OF
any kind to commence and gradually in
crease the ration until they are given all
that they will eat up clean of fattening
grains.
Allowing the droppings to remain un.
der the roosts too long is one cause of
scaly legs. The safest plan is to clean
the poultry houses thoroughly aud regu-
larly.
If the potato vines are sprinkled with
paris green for the potato bug the young
turkeys should be kept away
When raised for market alone ducks
can be kept with profit in very small
yards. BY Matching them early end
pushing the growth only short time
will be required to make them ready for
markct.-!S. Louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
Changes in the Sun.

But we cannot rest with the assump.
ton that, since the the sun is evidently
no Mira and no Sirius, therefore it is
practically an unchanging radiator which
for an indefinite period will continue to
cause the earth to bloom in the beuefi-
cent effulgence OF its life-inspiring rays.
A sun may affect the welfare of its plan
cts either through the gradual mutations
which 1t undergoes in the course of its
evolution, or through the more rapid
and violent changes that characterize the
stars that are ranked as variable. We
have seen that most of these latter be-
long to the third and fourth classes, but
there is reason to suspect that the major
ity of all the stars are variable to a
slight degree, and evidence of variable
ity in the case of the sun is furnished by
the phenomena of sum spots. A specta.
tor, viewing the sun from adistant point
in space, would perceive that its brill
iancy was slightly increased once in
about every eleven years. These acces.
sions of light should correspond, not
with the periods of iewest spots, but
with those of most spots, because the
energy of the suns radiation is greatest
during the spot maxima. at present n
enn-spot maximum is approaching, and
since last winter the face OF the sun has
frequently exhibited startling indications
of the tremendous disturbances now
affecting the solar globe. Our mag
mary observer in space would probably
behold at the present time very slight
increase in the suns brilliancy, and this
increase may so on for three or four
years to come. While we, dwelling up.
on globe that is bathed in the SUMS
rays, may be unable to perceive these
variations directly, yet their effects have
long been recognized by the changes
that they produce in terrestrial magnet
ism. 1t is also highly probable that
perceptible influence upon the weather
is exercised by variations in solar radia-
ton corresponding with the presence or
absence of sun-spots. Science
MonthlY.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
he Spoiled il Another ,yav.

In q certain Sunday school in this
city there is very bright little boy of
about six years. Sharp and witty re.
plies have been the frequent cause of
herriment to the other members of his
class. Last Sunday the teacher ex-
planned in simple language the salvation
of the soul to the members of the class.
ending with the injunction that at the
close of the lesson she would ask for
some one to repeat what she had said.
The lesson was soon finished, and them
the teacher, addressing little GIRL
said:
Mamie, what must you do to save
your soul?"
Mamie was COMPOUNDED. She hung
her head, abnshed, and did not answer.
At this moment the infantile wit raised
his hand.
SWELL, Jimmie, what must Mamie do
TO save her soul2 quericd the teacher.
aWalk on her heel" was the response.
st Louis Republic.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
PRUNING GRAPE VINES.

The only summer pruning grape vines
need is to shorten the growth by punch
ing off the ends of growing shoots about
midsummer. This throws the sap back
on the remaining vine and thickens it.
Part of the sap also goes to the fruit,
thus making the punches larger and has
tening their ripening. If this pinching
of the ends of shoots is done too early
it may start the buds at the base of leaves
into growth. 1t will inevitably cause
laterals to grow more vigorously, and
after reaching the third leaf they should
also be pinched back. In this way the
growth ripens much farther than it
would.
ANY one who has pruned grape vines
IN spring knows that nine enths OF the
previous seasons growth has to be cut
out. 1t is far more important to have
the wood of good size and its buds well
developed than to grow lot of rubbish
to be cut away the next season. Even
when it is desired to train vine up a
high trellis or over building, the train
ing for this purpose should be extended
over series of years. In this way, as
the root acquires strength and extends
farther, it can support a crop of fruit in
all parts of the vine, instead of running
up high with bare stalk, or only non
bearing shoots with little fruit at the
top. To make the lower part of the
vine produce well the pinching back
should be more severe on the higher
shoots, as the whole natural tendency of
the sap is toward these. Cul-
tirutor..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
rARM coNyENIEScEs

The SAVING in time from having q
good, easily swung gate in place OF a
pair OF bars is worth good deal in the
course of season, if the fence has to
be opened aud driven through daily.
We cannot imagine a farmer who can
not better afford boards and hinges for
gates than to waste his time in busy
seasons letting down and putting up
bars. He can easily manage to do the
work at times when nothing can be done
out of doors. 1t is such labors as this
that add to to the value of farms at
comparatively little expense, and give
travellers through rural districts pleas.
ant idea that the farmers life is no. SO
bad after all.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
= seasaule or Auor,can une,r.,

The banks OF the United Statea re.
Seiye for depoeit in one day about S3otl
OOO. 600. Often It far exceeds tb;s
amount, rarely goes below 1t. Theae
receipts are accepted aud placed 10 ina
credit OF their customers, vet IL Ia a ra.
marxabie fact that over 90 per cent. OF
these deposits are not currency in the
common acceptation OF the term. They
are not gold, silver, greonbacks nor
bank notes, Ninety per cent. of
them are checks. The business of the
country is done chiefly by cheoks. A
gives d check for 1000 bushels of
wheat; B gives o check for .O0O
bushels OF potatoes; o gives d check
Tor nifty barrels OF sugar; @ gives q n
check for 100 sacks OF coffee, each man
paying his debt 10y check. Back OF tho
check is supposed to be currency in
bank subject to the checks Of those par
parties, but the sum OF 1000 in onr-
renoy answers for o dozen or fifty
checks for 81 900 each. Not one of those
men desires the currency, He would
not accept the $1,000 in silver for he
could not carry it, He does not care to
have on his person 81, 900 in greenbaoks
Or gold. The check suits him better.
provided he lie satisfied in his own mind
that 1T will be honored ~hen fiually
presented for paymenN that is il tho
onnk on which it is drawiA certifies that
!e Is good. Hero then is NSst currency
In the form OF checks of wliie.., no ac-
count Is made in the estimate orr cir
sulating medium.
On given day the forty.eight banks
OF New York City received and placed
to the credit of their customers $685.
l95. BAT. of which 0.54 per cent. was
gold coin. 0.01 per cent was silver coin.
o:e5 per cent. was paper currency, and
$3.50 per cent. was checks.
Every check wns good, and it was
more convenient than the currency for
The settlement of accounts between
The parties dong business. - Nep
York Fi,lancier.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,
Kill weeds.
Shelter the implements.
Sow turnips on bare spots.
Push the warfare on weeds.
What are you going to take to the
fairl
1t don't pay to be cross during harvest
time.
During these pushing days be consid-
crate of the teams.
In nearly all cases those crops pay best
that require the most care.
A lump of rock salt may be safely OK
posed in shady spot in your COW pas
ture.
Be sure the cattle are secure. Weak
fences ruin many cornield and spoil
many COW.
Don't be afraid OF getting up too much
swamp hny or brakes; we'll stacked they
will come handy.
Most crops are best harvested when
ripe-the weed crop should be harvested
green, the greencr the better.
Some think level teaspoonful of the
best white sugar added to pound of but.
ter improves the favor of it greatly.
Where one man puts too much work
on the seed bed for full sown wheat 100
men put too little. Don't be afraid oil
being the one man.
Does milk come from the barn covered
with specks of tilth and dirt dropped
during milking, from the poorly bedded
and unbrushed cows2
II one can fit rotation to this end, the
best use that can be made of manure is to
apply it to growing clover, and then let
the clover feed all other crops.
If by conveniences five minutes work
can be saved each time the milking and
feeding is done 1t will amount to six full
days of ten hours each in year.
By not pasturing the clover after the
first crop is cut either first yield of hay,
a profitable crop of seed, or a good
growth to pillow under can be secured.
Sheep properly pastured on land and
fed when necessary will gradually build
W VIC iSieii muCu DettSr anu dC u less
cost than with almost any other class OF
stock.
Should q shower interfere with the
haying or stacking, what work would
pay better than all hands to cut down
unripe weeds in the fence corners and
along the field roads.
/ Change your pig-pens from place to
place. If you can put them over a par
ticularly poor spot of ground ina season
or two it will become one of the most
fertile places on your farm.
Professor Riley. the entomologist of
the National Department of Agriculture,
in his "Insect Life" recently issued,
speaking of the gypsy moth, says: ave
are firmly of the belief that an energetic
effort, at whatever cost, to stamp it out
entirely is justified"
If the lawn had in the beginning a
good, rich soil beneath it it may be kept
up indefinitely by the use of wood ashes
alone. The use of manure on the lawn
about the dwelling house is offensive,
and need not be resorted to if ashes can
be had. Apply the ashes with sieve
early in the spring, and once or twice
thereafter if they seem to be needed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
pasioya, y7hi.ninr.,

Americana hsyo little conception OF
: What may constitute reasonable Of
Tense In some of the countries of the
ssid World which are still despotic and
&tremely military. There recently o.
.l6nrred at Barr, in Alssce, = trial which
must hsve been very amusing to an
American who mighs have witnessed IT,
Il mans liberty had not been in ieop.
asdy.
One day, not long ago, in the streets
OF Barr, . laborer, who was engaged in
loading wagon, whistled cheerfuiIy at
his work. AS he was thus engaged. a
gendarme or military policeman came
within hearing. The workman. aprar-
emily preoccupiod, kept on with his
Il arreut you,' said the gendarme,
coming up and putting his hand on the
workman's shoulder.
What forp p asked the man, astou-
ished.
For seditious whistIing. You have
been whistling the .Marseillaise.'
The 4Marseillaise," being the French
National air, and q revolutionary cir be-
sides, is forbidden in German Alsace.
But the workman exclaimed, "Oh no,
you are mistakenl 1t isn't the Marseil-
laise' at all that / am whistling. but the
March OF the Brunswick Hussars.' 7
used to belong to the Brunswick Hus-
cars, and that was our regimental tune!"
The gendarme, who was q German,
and thought he knew one tune from an
other, took the workman under arrest /;
and in due time he was brought into
court charged with disloyalty in whis-
fling seditious air in public place.
Both the gendarme and the accused
told their stories very confidently, and
as the workman was reputed an honest
honest and loyal man, the court was
very much perplexed between the two
men and the two tunes.
In this predicament, the court adj
journed to the council-room adjoining.
and calling in the accused and the &C.
.,cuser in turn, made tho workman whistle
.tas March of tho Brunswick Hussars"
sRnd the gendarme the "Marseillaise."
Each did his best; but the tunes
proved, in the ear of the court, to be SO
much alike That it YVES regarded rs i'm.
probable that the gendarme could have
been mistaken.
"A The accused was, therefore, sent to
prison; but his general bearing, and
above all, his excellent whistling, had
affected the court so favorably that he
was sentenced to only three days i'm
prisonment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

II NEvsa carried watch In nv life =
said New-Yorker of fifty. "a watch
Is habit. not n necessary article. No
man who carries watch can be INV
more regular in his habits than am.
l can get up ut certain minute and
DO go every morning. I can tell the
time OF day by feeling my face. Tho
beard grows exactly so much. and Won
can come within o reasonable time "a
the hour by passing the hand over tho
ohin. Not that it Is often NECESSARY.
because regular habits soon become
second nature and you never think Of
wondering about tho hour. OF oonrsa
the man who lives on trains and boats
; good deal has to wear timepieoo
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

to justify feeding to calves or pigs, con-
sidering the price of other feeds. But
the right kind Of i colt win pay dol
lar for every brshel of oats he eats il
he only gets enough and at the right
time. Put up feed box for the colt
and shut your eyes when you throw in
the oats. No amount of after feeding
will put the form on colt stunted the
first yee,i nothing viii so we'll give it
the weltsprung ribs, the round body,
the broad hips, the wide chest, the
smooth coat, the powerful limbs, the
strong, masterful way of going that in
voluntarily brings forth our admiration
and appeals to the pocketbook of the
buyer. Feed the colt. Begin now.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
a WOLF Drive in Arkansas.

At Lonoke, Ark, recently, q vol
hunt or drive occurred. Although the
attendance was not as large as anticipat.
ed, a small army OF cavalry drove ives
from the eastern part of Prairie Square,
sweeping over tract of country several
miles square. A number Of wolves were
killed. The animals were of the gray
variety, weighing seventy pounds and
upward. Another hunt will probably
be inaugurated, as the wolves are yer,
numerous, and the present drive made
little impression in decreasing tkei
au1nber.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST REnATIvE.
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
A PLOT OF RYE.

AS soon as the fall comes lay OFF a
plot for rye, to be used as green food
for poultry after other green food has
ceased to grow. It is not necessary to
turn the hens on the rye, as it may be
cut and fed to them, aud it will also pro-
vide green food early in the spring, be.
fore anything else in the shape of green
food puts in an appearance. Use plenty
of seed, as the thicker the rye the better.
Only a small plot will answer we'll
Farm aud Fireside.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
Arab Provcrbs.

erever tell FL you know, for he who
tSlls everything he knows often tells
more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who attempts everything he can do
often attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all you may hear; for
he who believes MI that he hears often
believes more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford for
he who lays out everything often lays
out more than he con afford
Never decide upon all you may see
for he who decides upon all that he
sees often decides on more than he
sees.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

Master Joseph Latham, aged 10
years, of South Pasadena, has picked
b 200 pounds of blackberries this sea-
BON. Joe is an ambitious lad and
means to raise the figure to 1900
pounds before the season closes. II
the above figures are correct, age and
bize considered, Joe is probably the
champion berry picker of the country.
What schoolboy can show u better
fecord3
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

1t has been stated the the most extreme
age to which chicken can live In about nine
years, but any. one who has ever boarded
k ins p better; This may boa Joke on board
best cough remedy In tho universe. II cures
coughs, colds, asthma, bionchitis. whooping
cough and consumption, 80
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27
oNNe .ENIJOX&7

ON1D ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys.
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and tevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial Ia its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances.
its many excellent qualities com.
mend 1t to all and have made It
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale In 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure 1t promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA EiG syrup co,
.. Sh1 FRANCISCO. ohi.
LOUISVILLE. Nv. ksW york. M
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

A piece of crown land in Pail Mall,
London,has just been leased for term
of eight years at an annual rent ol
Ell, 525, which amounts to S. Cd per
foot ofthc area, and is nearly equiv
client to selling price of s5OO,o00 Per
ncrc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

. DEAR REApERs-I am able to pay my board
money In my pocket by spending my odd
hours nd vacations plating jewolry and
tableware and selling piaters. have made 500
platter to ii. X. Delno Il Co., Columbus. q.
Any ono can profit by my experience by writ.
ing there for circulars. a STtInrSr'
FITS stopped froe by DIR. KrIHE'a GneAr
NERVE REsro,En. No ilts after fret iny's use.
FREQ. DIR. Kline. e3l Arch ST. phila.. Pa.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

A SURVIVOR Of the famous aLieht
Brigade Is q plumber at indianapolis.
He says he hasn't forgotten how to
charge. =
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

@ sss Sse 1S Sss st ca
tarrh Cure. Taken Internally 7' -
F,J. CHENEY a. Co., Proprs,, Toledo O.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

misunderstanding baby with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-11-27

an, Re- Moxaie's Certain Group Cure is untver.
remedy for Group sold. It speedily ailavs in0
naInmstion 10 throat or lungs. Sold hy drug.
Este, or address a. +. HoSslo, Dufraio, ny.
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Only In ,he prlr.e Of Ilfe.

The whole life of selfish nun is a con
spiracy against the rest OF humanity.