Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-03-18
rAnM AND uAnpEN NorEs.

handled too much.
In winter it is quito an item to have
the poultry nests as warm as possible.
Have tho chicken nests reasonably
deep and plentifully supplied with clean
straw.
The object in caponizing is to improve
the quality aud increase tho weight of
tho fowl.
To keep tho chickens healthy tho
brooder must be kept clean. Use dry
sand or bran to sprinkle over tho floor.
and this should be changed often
enough to keep clean. Feed soft feed
in vessels.
To dry-pick fowls without tearing
them tho work must be done MS soon as
possible after they aro killed and while
the bodies aro still warm. II properly
done tho fowls will present plumpor
appearance.
Moisture is tho agency which DESTROYS
most shinglc roofs, and moss encourages
moisture. If we'll seasoned shingles DO
dipped in limo wash and dried before
laying they will last much longer, never
allowing the growth of moss.
On the farm we have "ifc FREQ from
conversational restraints, plenty of fresh
air, sunshine, butter, eggs, aud cream,
glorious sunsets-thcsc arc among tho
charms that do not lose their attractive
ness in tho vistas of memory"
If trees are hcelctl in the fall for
spring setting, care must be taken to
separate anu to SEQ that tho soil is we'll
filed in around the roots and that thor
ough drainage is provided. If this is
done this is the best plan to follow.
The beneficial effects of n clover sod
are not confined to tho nitrogen it con-
tains; the mechanical effect in looseninp
the soil, especially heavy soils, is IN i'm.
portant item, md il nlso serves rs mulch
in retaining moisture in time OF drought.
Ducks are growing in popularity
among our farmers, some keeping fewer
chickens and increasing tho number OF
ducks. Rightly maraged tho duck is a
wonderful fowl, one TINT makes for the
farmer n good deal moro than he feeds
it.
Many nice calf skin is sold for fifty
cents or less, IN especially "grcen" one
often rs low rs twenty five cents. Tanned
with tho hair on, by the aid of alum
and salt, it would be excellent for nit
tens, vests to keep out wind, and for
caps.
Turn n ram In with lot of ewes and
never take him out to feed and water-
the result is you have lot of small
weak, siclsly lambs; besides you ruin
your ram for future use rs lamb gettcr
and ut lambing time you will have lots
of trouble.
Axtell, when n colt, was fed during
the winter on corn stalks and oats. The
stalks do not seem to have injured his
wind or speed;, still there uro many who
claim that stalks are unfit Tor horse feed
and should be thrown away rather than
used for that purpose.
A breeder declares that il COW should
be born without tail she might be used
as the founder of family of taillcss
cattle. A pure bred Shorthorn heifer
was born hornless. Several of her calls
were also born pollcd; these were care
fully saved and in time strain OF pollod
Shorthorns were produced.
When you arc short of funds don't tr,
to raise them by an increase of acreage,
but by increase of care bestowed in put.
ting in crop. There is nothing gained
by killing your teams and your soil.
Pillow deeper, harrow finer, sort over your
seed better, cultivate better, and your
crops will bring moro money.
When horses are going into the barn
it is well to give little food, such ms
roots or mashes. During the summer
horses are liable to take into the stomach
parasites which change into different
kinds of worms. These must be expelled
or the horse will not thrive during the
winter, and il is necessary TO keep young
horses growing oil the time.
For horses timothy hay is preferred,
but clover ls better for COWS. Cows will
give more milk from clover and thrive
better than upon timothy, but in order to
keep them in full flow of milk they should
have variety, and If ensiagc can be
provided it will be found an excellent
addition to the ration. If not ensilage,
they Will relish roots, turnips, mangels,
or carrots.
The Houdan and white Plymouth rocks
make good cross for excellent layers
and table poultry. Where there ig de-
mand for cross-breeds this cross will be
found O good one, and few pens of such
fowls will be useful and profitable.
Usually the demand for market chickens
exceeds the supply, and few farmers or
breeders care to place their surplus OF
high-class stock in the market at market
rates.
Feeding like any other investment Of
money, should pay tho proper interests
on the capital used. If the animal fed
cannot pay back fair interest on the
cost of food, both should be applied to
more remunerative uscs-the capital
transferred and the animal converted