Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-30
FARM AND GARDEN NorEa.

Burn the TOM vines.
Experts believe in fall blowing for the
garden.
Red pepper may occasionly be used as
stimulant. t
Clean up the trash about the garden
and burn it.
Beets should be gathered before freez.
ing weather. '.
Have you plenty of early-cut clover
hay Tor winter2
Mere industry and economy are mol
always sufficient.
Push the wheat seeding as rapidly az
the season will admit.
Are you keeping an account with til,
flock this yearl Try it once.
Manure is powerful element in tn.
production of good crop of grass.
Few things will keep hens from laying
sooner than feeding exclusively on corn.
Generally place near the city is the
best for an exclusive poultry business.
The good farmer buys what ma
chincry he needs for economical produc
lions.
Be careful not to pasture the mead
ows too close, especially if the weathe
is dry.
With plenty of roughness and whea,
bran, growing stock will need very little
grain.
Geese should not be too fat and We.
should be fat enough to present good
appearance.
With good males to start with in i'm
provement the course is plain and the
end certain.
Many farmers will wonder this yea,
why it is that weeds grow so we'll and
crops so poorly.
After the wheat is seeded, see that the
burrows are run out so that good drain.
age is afforded. 81,
There is more or less speculation in
holding anything off the market for
which it is fully ready.
During the winter it is an important
item to arrange so that the fowls will
take abundant exercise.
Have you ever fed sheep on slop like
you do hogs2 They will eat it and do
just as we'll on it as pigs.
Big, fat, tallowy mutton is not fancied
by ordinary palates. 1t is not the sort
that brings the big prices.
Where the supplies of n market ar.
made up wholly of first class products i,
is difficult to overstock it.
After the crops are harvested the mex,
most important item is to feed them out
so as to secure the best results.
All kinds of poultry will be the better
for good shelter during the winter,
even to the turkeys and guineas.
It is not the largest fowl that is the
most vigorous, but rather tho one With
bright eyes and quick movement.
a pullet that is hearty eater and has
never been sick will mature much ear.
lier than another not so fortunate.
Save the manure. If properly saved
and composted the droppings fiom fifty
fowls will furnish hill fertilizers for two
acres.
Onions cannot stand repeated thawino
and freezing, but can endure an extreme.
ly low temperature if allowed to thaw
gradually.
For spring use leave parsnips in the
ground. Ii they are needed for early
winter they should be dug and stored
like other root crops.
Even part Jersey COWS make excellent
animals for the dairy. The Jersey blood
in them makes them most profitable TO,
butter, and the butter is of good quail.
ity and color.
There are two drawbacks to fruit cul.
ture, an attempt made to cultivate
species or varieties of fruit not suited to
existing natural conditions, and an at
tempt to grow many kinds of fruit.
The small CT dwarf varieties of celery
are the better favored. They cost less.
both in matter of labor and fertilizer
and will also produce greater number
of finer quality punches per acre that
will bring the highest prices.
The writings of Henry Talcott ali
point to one thing, and that is we must
have moro products at less cost. His
views are echoed by all leading dairy
men, ana the sooner all recognize the
TACT the better will be the dairy bust.
ness.
According to Mr.. Gilbert it pays to
purchase separator in dairy of ten or
fifteen good cows. An average of fif-
teen per cent. of butter fat is lost in
skim milk from open settings, while
only four-tenths per cent. is lost from
the separator.
Few men can raise stock year after
year and do it with profit without i'm.
proving their farm methods. 1t is an
Indictment to good farming, and one of
the most hopeful features connected with
agriculture. Intelligent stock raising
indicates advanced farming all along the
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