Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1892-03-12
The Farm IN March.

Sh ep enrich land at small cost
They distribute the manure over the
su, face anil tread it into the soil
with their feet.
When making hrine in which 10
immerse meat, good test is for the
briue to 10 It an egg. There is no
liability in using too much st 1t.
The turkey b Is the best living
incubator. She will hatch ont and
care for twice as many chicke MS as
a hen (chicken) and cln be made
to bring of two broods by giving.
the first brood to foster mothers.
If farmers we're as careful to get
rid OF 200. stock as to get nd OF
weeds there would he great adSun-
tage gained. A scrub aoimal is on
par with a weed. 1t TAX noufish-
ment from better stock, and occupies
room that could be used more plotiJ-
ably with something else
Manure FIR hol-be should be
fresh, free Of litter, well trampled
ia the hot bed and The heat regulat-
ed by admitting air and sprinkling
with water, as the manure may gen
crate more heat on warm days than
may lie desired.
Graft cherry and plumb trees dur
ing this month, rs they cannot be
deferred for late grating, as IS done
with apple trees. Perch trees are
budded. not grated, AMI the bark
should be fitted around the bud
carefully. Many buds fail to grow
owing to too much hurry and care
lessness.
1t is better to buy grating wax
from seedsmen than to make it, but
the proportions of Ingredients are
four parts rosin (by weight), two
parts beeswax and one part tallow.
Melt in glue pot, so as not t. ourn
beginning with tue beeswax, then the
rosin and then add the tallow.
Peas should be planted as early as
the ground wilt permit. The dwa:f
varieties are the ea lest. and may
go in during March, or the fir + Of
Apri'. Tor the first supply, as they
can stand slight fro t. Fora later
crop the tall growing varieties are
more suitable, being more prolific.
The dwarf varieties seldom afford
more than one or two pckings.
TIL. effects of feeding linsoed and
cottonseed meal are plainly shown
in the quality of the manure. Both
substances are rich in nitrogen and
mineral matter land form valuable
addition to the ration where nitro
genods elements are lacking. In
proportion to feeding value, as well
as the value impaired to the manure.
it is doubtful il any foods are cheap
err.
Have you secured your seeds yet?
If not you should do so without de-
lay. Procure all seeds in advance
and test their terminating qualities
by planting a few of each variety in
boxes to be placed in house window.
Fruit boxes, fruit cans, egg shells,
flower pots, or even shall paper boxes
will answer the purpose. Testing
the seeds may be tedious, but upon
the seed depends the crop, and it is
cheaper to test seeds in boxes than
to test tn m in the garden or field.
Every seas on there are periods
when early lambs bring from 10 to
Is cents per pouEd, weighing about
so pounds each. This means IS and
more for lamb, sum greater than
can be obtained from the wool of two
ordinary sheep, and greater than the
price of q common adult sheep.
While every farmer may not succeed
in getting early lambs, yet he can
gain = months time in growth by
judicious and careful feeding, in adj
dition to the milk supply from the
ewes.