Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-02-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
A poor soil yields poor feed.
Shoot the sheep-killinp dog.

n poor soli yleius poor iced.
Shoot the sheep killing dog.
Let's see-how rs to dry fuelq
Get ready for farmers institutes.
Do not let the little colts get poor.
A farmers table without eggs lacks q
luxury.
1t is safe to apply the home made ma
nurc on any soil
Grub out the sick tree and plant
healthy one in its place.
Burn no refuse that will add to the
value of the manure pile.
How about setting our STRAWBERRIES
and raspberries this fall?
Do not allow grape vines to cumber
, trees. 1t is bad for both.
Those who did not spray their grapes
arc troubled with rot and mildew.
When the beans are dry enough take
them in; it may rain the next day.
As the weather becomes cooler more
corn may be fed to the young fowls.
Why not take day off and 60 nuttinr
with the boys; they will enjoy it. Won't
youl
Do not permit anyone to gather your
fruit who thinks that brnise does the
fruit no HARM
Do you keep your COWS clean when
stabled2 If so let us know how to do it
in the ordinary stable.
Don't forget to save some cucumber
seeds if you have some fine specimens
that have gotten ripe.
Gather pears before they are ripe and
putthem away to ripen and see if they
are not of better flavor.
Burn the dry weeds. This will de.
stroy lodging place for mice and other
vermin and may kill some seed.
Whitewash two or three times during
the season will greatly add to the comfort
and appearance of poultry houses.
Gather flowers after sunset or early in
the morning, cutting them from the pa
rent stalk with sharp knife or scissors.
Chickens housed we'll from now on.
will, with feeding best suited to their
needs, be more able to lay eggs frequent
ly than those neglected.
The more closely stabbed the COWS are
kept, the more need of using the brush
and comb, both for comfort and health.
Dou't forget this as you put your COWS
up for the winter.
The Brahma has record as good
winter layer, and when many hens have
forgotten to ley, it is dropping those
nice, large, well-aavored eggs SO tempt
ing when n,cely fried or boiled these
cool evenings.
Many farmers breed chickens, but
overlook the gobler and his mates. Heis
not forgotten by the epicure when
Thanksgiving and the holiday season ar
riyes. Try few turkeys and report your
success next fall.
Ii cold rain comes up befo re milking
time, it will be comfort to the COWS and
milk in the pail to turn the COWS into
the barn, even if they are not given
bit of nice hay. 1t will be all the more
comfort and milk if the hay is given.
Quantity as well as quality of milk
must be taken into consideration in iude-
ing the value of COW. A COW giving
per day twenty pounds of milk contain,
ing five per cent of fat might not be more
valuable than another giving forty
pounds of milk daily containing two and
one-half per cent. fat.
Il is not wise to feed too little, neither
is it to feed too literally. Fowls should /
only have enough to make them eat up
clean all that is thrown to them and fed
more frequently. Waste of food or stary-
ing fowls are two extremes which every
breeder should aim to avoid. Are YOU
using Judgment in this mattera