Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Test the corn before planting.
Don't use an over worked stallion.
There is profit to every corn raiser in a
special seed-pateh.
Hens frequently have spurs after the
first year, but not always.
Young fowls generally have small
combs and of a fresher color.
Feed systematically and regularly
every day both old and young.
A sharp, bright pillow turns a clean fur
row and saves oats and horsefesh.
The best flesh with fowls is secured BY
liberal feeding from the beginning.
Hens that are well fed will lay most of
their eggs in the first aud second year
At the start chickens should be placed
where they are to grow up and remain.
Pu in variety of crops. Do not de-
pend on one or two either for food or
storage.
Corn for ensilage should have Just as
much care in planting and cultivating as
field corn.
When stock is first turned out to grass
it will pay to continue feeding some hay
for time.
Look out for the corn worm, and when
it appears take prompt measures for its
destruction.
Look out for the lambs when sudden
showers come. The little fellows are
easily chilled.
The variety is important, but the best
variety can make only poor crop with
poor cultivation.
1t will not pay to pillow the land while
wet if it bakes instead of pulveriziug
when it dries out.
A first cross of any two breeds makes
a good fowl, but the breeding should not
be carried farther.
A stolen nest gives full hatch because
it has all the essential conditions neces-
sary for incubation.
1t pays to roll the oats. This may be
done after they are up il you do not get
time to do it before.
This year of high priced corn will be a
good time to try the merits ofclover pas
turage in pork making.
Twice week is often enough to feed
sun-hower seed. They contain too much
oil to be used regularly.
Poultry will soon become a nuisance
ii allowed the run Of the farm buildings,
the yard and the garden.
If corn ground is rolled either before
or after planting the harrow should fol-
low close after the roller
Because the stallion is pampered and
fat it Is no sign that he is the best, OF
that he is more sure foal- getter
About one half the work of cultivation
can be done, and done most easily and
effectively, before the corn is planted.
Young turkeys are voracious eaters,
and almost anything in the line of ami
NAL or vegetable diet will not come amiss.
When seeding is done get the seeder
under cover You have not made
enough the last year to pay YOU to neg
lect this.
1t will be good plan to mark the
eggs intended for Matching when they
are laid so that track can be kept Of
their age.
Whether for silage, or for grain and
fodder, the man with clean land can
grow the most corn with the least labor
by planting in drills.
1t very rarely, if ever, pays to stir the
ground when it is very wet. In unusual
~ rainy weather it is better to use the
hoe and scythe than the cultivator.
Have full understanding with the
owner of the stallion you use as to terms
of service, conditions of payment, etc.
A little care now may save trouble here
after.
"a field well plowed is half MANFRED -
is an old saying of the British farmers.
Thorough and intelligent working OF the
soil will develop its resources in won
derful manner.