Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-01-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Alter tho holidayS arc VOL over tho
market for incubator chickens begins
Fatten hogs early bofore the severe
weather makes them cat a third more.
The yolk is absorbed by the chick
before coming from tho shell, so that
warmth and sleep arc just what arc
needed most for the first twenty -four
hours.
Clean wheat or rye straw is a good
material in which to pack dressed poul-
try. 1t is important with tiEesscd pouI-
try to have all of the animal heat cooled
out before packing to ship.
In case OF tcndnt farmer who pur-
chased fodder and grain and fed it on
the farm, 1t was held that the manure
made in consequence belonged to the
tenant, who was at liberty to remove il
from the farm.
A horse whose legs arc too long is weak
and apt to have strains and spavins. A
horse whose legs arc too short is a slow
animal and liable to disease of the lungs.
See to it that your horse has logs that arc
the right length. Breed for that.
Ducks arc growing in popularity
among our farmers, some keeping fewer
chickens and increasing the number of
ducks. Rightly managed tho duck is n
wonderful fowl, one that makes for tho
farmer good deal more than he feeds
it.
There is great deal of courage rs VOL
as good judgement needed to prunc and
thin out trees Mt the proper time so TINT
they will have room to grow systemat-
ically and not interfere with tho light and
mir where needed, and may not intercept
some beautiful view.
The milk tester is the best detective on
earth for picking out the poor cows; foui
per cent. of butter fat should be the min
imum, and the COW whose milk does not
reach this point has missed her calling
and is unworthy of place in the ad.
vanccd dalryman's herd
Some crops-all grains for instance,
and hay also-yicld an income only at
certain seasons; but good dairy COW in
milk turns cash into the farmers treasury
every day, and indeed twice day until
she goes dry. And with proper care
she need not go dry very long.
Careful, intelligent and judicious treat.
ment of all the dairy animals in the
country for one decade would go, far
towards liquidating tho national debt.
If one doubts il let him increase the
value of all such animals in the United
States by only three dollars each, and
see what it world como toll
t. ;,,f+ ,o,, ,,o,;ot;o, of at~.I- - A.
farm that are needed half as much as
new variety of attention to stock wants,
in order to get profit from them. Cat
tie are kept primarily for profit. One
can make them pets and playthings in
measure, but profit must be the ultimate
purpose with the man who needs profits.
A. I. Root, in D private talk, once
raised the question Of using excludcr
zinc between the top bars. Now that
thick top bars seem to be taking the
place of honey boards, and yet queen cx-
cluders are used for extracting honey,
might it not be 8 good plan to COM
bine in some way top bars and exclud-
ers.
Roots and clove1h hay are a combination
that give excellent results as food for
COWS, and contain many elements, especi.
ally mineral matter, that are in but small
proportion in grains, though root;
abound moro LARGELY in starch. Glover
is rich in nitrogep and mineral matter,
while the succulqnt roots promote diges-
ton.
Feed your str iw Systematically in con-
nection with lin Iced meal or cotton seed
meal to balance the ration, and you will
be surprised to bee what saving of hay
will be effected, and how much the ex-
pense of wintct feeding will be reduced.
The oat straw, especially, is of sufficient
value to. warrant putting it under cover
and feeding itin the managers instead OF
turning the cgttIe onto the stack.