Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-12-18

rAitAl AND GARDEN NOTES.
The cleaner the land the easier to grow
the crop.
Trees will grow where other things
will not.
Less ground and more product is
good rule.
Merinos do not bear so many lambs as
the coarser breeds.
The Japan Snowfall is a favorite
wherever introduced.
Six or more COWS that turn no profit
are not as valuable for the dairy as one
that does.
If crops are grown in the orchard
corresponding amount OF manure should
be applied.
Swimming the ''last wrung drop" OF
fat from the milk injuies the quality of
the butter.
The land is the only permanent pos.
session, and that we can occupy only
little while.
Sheep fed for mutton make a greater
gain in weight than steers for the amount
of grain fed.
A sheep can be fattened we'll in sixty
days; but it takes twice that long to
fatten steer
Land well cultivated and kept clean
year after year has fewer weeds and is
easier to cultivate.
Every man makes mistakes. The diff.
ference is that some men learn by them.
while others do not
Modern improvements" in agricul.
ture are due hugely to the invention o.
machinery and tools.
Thorough narrowing after planting
corn keeps down the weeds and prepares
loose soil for n mulch.
The Society of American Florists is
taking active steps toward making fine
display at the Worlds Fair.
Take pnins to destroy all the caterpiI-
lars nests you see, whether on your own
grounds or by the roadside.
Remember to use only well-ripencd DO.
tatoes for seed. This is of more importance
than the cutting of the seed.
The facts brought out by the expert,
manifestations ought to be given to the
public in clear and terse English.
1t is curious fact that the great wool
exporting countries lie south of the
fifteenth degree of south latitude.
There is no trouble about propagatina
shrubs by cuttings providing one has a
cold frame, suitable soil and the right
sort of cuttings.
tbs at the holidays that the large,
heavy turkey sells the best; at other
seasons medium weight will bring the
best prices per pound.
One ounce of sulphide of potash to
-four gallons of water will destroy all mil
dews on plants if they arc thoroughly
sprayed with the liquid.
Many of the so.called improvements
of the day have no more intrinsic value
than the change of the cut of your gar.
ments in accordance with the dictates of
fashion.
The raspberry blackberry hybrids
grown on the Rural Ne,o Yorker's
grounds, up to the present season, do not
give reason to hope for improved fruits
through such crosses.
After the leaves have dropped in tho
autumn is safe time to transplant al
most any garden plants of the hardy per-
ennial kinds. They should be well cut
back few weeks before moving them.
Wick tells that for outdoor culture
hyacinths should be planted in the gar
den in September, Octobe, or Novem-
Der; though from the last Of September
to the middle of October is probably the
best time, as the ground can generally
be put into better condition then.
1t is told in the american 4gneulturist
that Lovett's Early is, without doubt,
one of the most promising of new va
rieties of strawberry, while Kirky go is
a very desirable late Variety.
called the best late strAwb srf
yation, furnishing abundHs
to aud after July 4. s