The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-28

Tho Sheep breeder thinks lambs ought
to be sold by tho pound, not by tho
head, for several reasons: First, tho
breeder takes more interest ia their
growth ;.second, there is not so much
dissatisfaction on the part OF the buyer
ut tho owners keeping, back finc we'll
marked enc lambs; third, il the time
Tor delivery Is ovorrun, tho grower is
secure in theiceling that he is on tho
right side OF thG,fonce.
a careful breeder says. ave find
that the longer young hogs arc fed
clover hay mixed with their slop tho
better they like it. They clean up their
tronghs much quicker. There has been
no compulsion used in the way OF short
rations TO force an appetite for the hay:
but tho taste has been cultivated for the
hay By mixing it with food that we
knew they werc accustomed TO and
consumed readily"
There are many advocates OF mulch
ing, and il is generally regarded as u
very necessary and profitable course.
ono Of our contemporaries asserts, how
ever, that thorough cultivation is bet
ter than mulching. Besides, it says
that in mulching there is danger from
fire III dry time, and also that the roots
run up toward tho surface, which is al
ways moist from the mulch.
Under proper management either tho
wool or the increase should pay for
keeping while the other should be
profit, but sheep cannot grow wool or
furnish nutritious milk to lambs II they
have only sufficient food to maintain
animal life; it requires more food dur
ing winter when the animals have no
shelter than when they arc well pro-
tected.
There are three things that our COM
mon schools should be compelled to do:
First, get the young in love with land
and home-make home so intensely in
teresting that the children will prefer it
to all else; second, teach them 10 make
agriculture profitable; and third, make
farm life intellectually and morally on
a level with the best possible lie else.
where.
We see it reported that cotton OF Il
red color is being grown in Georgia,
where on an acre the cotton plants have
stalks, leaves and flowers, every ono OF
which is deep red color. This crop is
said to bo the product OF 4 seed taken
three years ago from two stalks OF red
cotton found in cotton field. Attempts
arc being made to perpetuate it as
variety.
Marlborough, S. c., has a canning
establishment run entirely by the ladies
OF tho town. 1t is directed by one OF
their number, is operated by their own
hands i'll every detail OF its varied work,
except tending the boiler, and is model
III every department for neatneas and
carciulness in all tho arrangements and
methods for handling and preparing its
products.
a correspondent OF the Maine Farmer
cures. collie in sheep by dissolving two
tablespoonfuls OF epson salts in about
q half-pint OF warm water, and adding
one tcaspoonful OF essence OF pepper
mint. Open the Sleeps mouth and
insert small funnel in it. The boy
pours the salts while I hold the sheen.
In about two hours the sheep will be
all right.
a correspondent OF tho Journal Of
agriculture selected two hogs OF tho
same size, weight, age and thrift. To
one he gave an ounce OF salt daily, to
the other none. The one saltcd had u
much keener appetite than the other,
and in three months weighed fifty
pounds the most.
A noted western man riding across
the country noticing thousands oil acres.
OF corn stalks standing in the fields
from which the ears had been icrked,
said: 1.-THE farmer is conducting the
world that allows man to lose forty
five per cent OF his capital stock and ut
the same time live"
When cuttings are being rooted by
amateurs in small tin or carthcn yes
sells placed in sunny windows, tho pro-
cess can be forwarded by painting tho
receptacle black, the color absorbing the
heat and imparting it to tho sand or
earth, thus facilitating the starting OF
tho roots.
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