Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-07-02

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passing within or fashion.
The old double feverfew is easily
grown aud the flowers are valuable in
the cut state, being very enduring.
If you give ounces a good soil, rich
cultivation, and careful pruning, the
fruit will almost always be grown at .
profit.
Generally speaking, the easiest aud
cheapest way to increase crops is to
deepen the soil in which they are
grown.
The COW that is about to drop a cali
should have bone and muscle-forming
food instead of high feeding to promote
milk secretion.
Trees should always be set about as
deep as they stood in the nursery, or two
or three inche; deeper, to allow for the
settling of the earth.
Stock that is fed lightly aud not given
much water for a day or two before
shipping will shrink less than if stuffed
to their full capacity.
A horse cannot be properly fed at a
less cost than thirty cents per dly. This
makes a heavy drain when a farmer car.
ries one or two idle head.
Neiehboring farmers shouiI confer
together regarding their crops and stoc&
at every possible opportunity. 1t will
prove a mutual advantage.
The rental value of the land aud the
plant food taken by the crop are Two
items that must not be omitted in de-
termining the cost and profit.
The best preventives for mildew are
sunlight and air; therefore trees which
are sub ,ect to it should be 50 trimmed
that they will not lack for either.
If there are dry, bare knobs anywhere
in the pasture sheep will repair to these
10 lie at night and so bring them up to
equal other portions of the field.
Small hocis of sheep pay u better
profit per head than large fiocks, because
the small aock can be kept with very
little direct expense for feed or care.
1t helps the trees to pick off the i'm
perfect specimens of fruit, for as much
vigor is required to develop them as if
they were the best and most perfect.
In California, the value of hoeing is so
assuredly known that even the orchards
are kept under clean shallow culture,
aud not a weed is left to rob the trees.
The best hog to raise is the one the
packer wants. This is a medium boned
hog, fed off at twelve months or less and
weighing in the neIghborhood Of $50
pounds.
Ground corn cobs are of benefit to
milch ows that have a heavy grain ra-
ton. A poor feel in themselves, but
they promote digestion and better as
sanitation.
The American apple appears to be
gaining great popularity across the ocean.
Statistics show that 1900, 900 barrels of
this fruit were sent to England during
this season.
When you see little veins Of butter
milk cropping out of the butter that
means a los price for your butter aud a
big price for groceries wheu you 30 to
''swap 1t off"
If a merchant SHOULD sell his goods
without first knowing their cost, he
would soon go into bankruptcy. Farmers
are selling goods every day without
knowing their cost,
A good many industrious people make
more than a living from tea acres of
land. Yet some TAIL to do well from u
hundred. The difference must be the
man aud his methods.
Hogs that are kept IN clover through
the summer will put on flesh very fast
when they get new corn. Begin gra1u.
ally, aud as o o as they are used to it
feed all they will eat.
TIE best way to determine lst what
crops are the mnst profitable is to aSc3r-
tain exactly the cost of producing each.
This can be doae by keeping a daily ac-
count OF labor and expenses.
Nearly all kinds of pears have their
flavor diminished by bsins allo we'd to
hang on the trees until they ripen aud
fail. GA an average they should be
picked about a week before.
BY judicious feeding, we'll bred, two
year-old steers may be made to weigh
upward of two pounds for each day of
their lives. At that rate OF gain beef pro-
duction can be made profitable.
Millet, when cut at the right season,
has a higher percentage of flesh forming
constituents than the best blue grass.
But when allowed to become too ripe
it rapidly decreases in nutritious value.
Bees are often OF more benefit to the
farm than the owner supposes. Their
value is not entirely dependent upon the
amount of honey they make, but it
would not be easy to compute their SER
vices in increasing the proiuctiveness of
plants by acting as agents fer the distri.
button of pollen.