Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-11-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Do not expect eggs when the hens are
moultiug.
Keep fowls of the same size and dis.
position together.
The profit in hog raising comes
largely by management.
Hogs need and ought to have in al
weathers a variety of food.
Chickens that are of marketable siz,
should be fattened now as soon as pos
siblc.
Brahmas arc not hard to control. Give
them plenty to eat and they are usually
quiet and contentcd.
If fed largely upon corn it is an cas-,
matter for ducks to become too fat and
then they will not lay we'll.
When possible to avoid it poultr,
should not be killed when they have full
craws, especially for market.
The kind of food given hogs PLAYS
large and important part as to whethe,
the profits shall be large or small.
The most objection to peafowls and
! guineas is their noise. Otherwise they
are very nice fowls to have around.
A small allowance of bone meal in the
iood will be beneficial to young fowls
that are afflicted with leg weakness.
If necessary to give sulphur to tn,
poultry do not feed too much at once. a.
teaspoonful in q quart of food is usually
sufficient.
The principal advantage in cooking
the food for poultry is that if the RIGHT
Kind OF ration is supplied, the fowls
will fatten faster.
BY giving good range and not feed
ing too literally there will usually be no
difficulty in inducing the poultry to take
all needed exercise.
The nests should always be arranged
so that the fowls can get into them
readily without being oblised.to jump
down upon the eggs in the nest.
Select out the turkeys that are in.
tended to be kept for breeding in good
season. 1t is not best to depend too
much on young fowlsefor breeding.
Farmers who have bees should plant
some sweet clover for them. When the
clover is of no more use to the bees it
can be cut, cured, and tried as hay.
More honey may be obtained by havf
ing the surplus receptaclcs arranged upon
three sides of the brood than when we
depend upon the top of the hive
alone.
With old hens especially, apoplexy
and egg-bound are the result of excess
sive fat. Better wealth and thrift can
be maintained by keeping the appetite
somewhat sharp.
If robbcr bees attack your hives wait
until near shutdown before searching for
them. AT that time they will not be-
able to do as much harm rs they could
do earlier in the day.
Give the sheep plenty of dry, clean
bedding so that the wool will not become
foul. We don't believe sheen can he
healthy that always is carrying dirty
fleece around, and we know the dirt does
not improve its quality.
Some bee. keepers prefer to have the
bait sections in the centre of the super.
while there are others who think that il
is best to have it placed in one cekner.
DR.. @. @. Miller thinks that one in The
centre is as good as one in each cor
ncr.
By sowing some grain crop to occupy
the land through the winter you will pre-.
vent the waste of nitrogen. This is es.
pecially true if much manure has recentlv
been applied. If to be plowed under in
the spring, rye is the best grain that can
be used.
What does it cost you quart TO make
milka At the New Hampshire expert
ment station they found that from their
best COW it cost about II cents quart.
and from their poorest COW it costs moro
than IL cents. There is a chance Tor
profit in one case and, surety of loss In
the other. sl&.
Alternating hoed crops with grass,
clover and cattle is q necessity for farm.
ers who seek for. permanent success.
The only exception to: this is where men
cultivate SO little land that they can and
will manure it all heavily every wear.
Market gardening is about the only use
that land can be put to and bear the ex.