Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-12-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

fAhni AND GARDEN NOTES.
Cut clover hay is of little value for
fowls-not worth tho cutting.
Every farm should havo its boos as
well as its fowls, COWS and horses.
If some of the fowls arc always ready
for market. advantage can DO takon Of
good prices.
When it can BIO avoided growing
pigs and fattening hogs should not be
fed together.
The color of tho oggsholl has moth
ing whatever to do with tho quality OF
tho egg itself.
Now that paints aro mixod and
ready for application any ono can
paint the farm buildings.
No matter how much slop is given
hogs should have all of the fresh, pure
water they can drink daily.
Glover for fowls should be chopped
finely, steamed for some timo and thon
mixed with grain and meat scraps.
1t Is said that butter treated with
IN ounce of honey to tho pound is i'm
proved in flavor and in keeping qunli-
ties.
In growing raspberries and black
berries it is nearly always best to
plant in continuous rows 30 M to cul.
tivate but one way.
Try quarter of nm mere or moro of
maugels or sugar boots for the COWS.
They are also an excellcnt groom food
for poultry, and cheap, too.
Keep the floor of the poultry house
covered with IN inch of dry sand.
This saves labor in cleaning up an7
puts tho manure in better shape for
handling.
Independently of tho honey to DO
obtained from few colonies of bees,
it would pay every farm to keep them
to pollenize the blossoms of the fruit
trees in his orchard.
Bees can endure dry cold, but not
dampness. Snow is good protection
for them as long us the weather is
cold. but as soon rs thaw occurs
they require Immediate attention.
Five cells to an inch is commonly
understood to be tho correct measure
ment of cells in average comb, nj.
though they have been found to vary
from 4.66 to 5.38 cells to the inch.
The bees generate wax, and that is
all they furnish except their labor.
The wax is produced from their
bodies, and in order to form it they
must be provided with nourishmcnt.
From nm acre of land three times az
much silage as hay can be grown.
This is a pointer to show how tho
farmer can mako the farm moro profit
able than it has been. The silo has
como to stay.
The Illinois Station finds that for q
series of years two and ono-half
bushels of oats sown on On aero is bet
ter than a larger quantity and that
one or two inches is tho best depth for
covering the seed.
Soft-shelled eggs are due to overload
ing. Fat hens should be compelled to
work for every kernel of grain given
them. Ii this is not done promptly
disease i'll some of its different forms
will soon make it's appearance.
Open the hives only when it is
warm enough for tho boes to fly, and
then do not leave open any longer
than necessary. The brood may be
chilled, and Us there is no honey to BIO
gathered the boos may take to rob-
bling.
Early pens will sometimes fail to
terminate when the ground is too
cold, as the seed rots in the ground.
In order TO avoid disappointment in
securing early pens n second planting
of seed should be made as soon as the
ground is warm.
Bees do not make honey-they
simply gather it. Feeding syrup to
bees will provide them with food, but
the syrup will not be made into
honey, as the bees have no power to
make the change, honey being only
obtained from blossoms.
No hog is go ravenous as the SOW
that is sucking lot Of young pigs.
The incessant drain sharpens her APP
petite, 80 that very liberal feeding is
necessary In order to enable her to
supply tho wants of her litter and
keep in reasonably fair condition.
If you arc having somo good calves
dropped these days had you not better
raise some OF them2 When grass
comes they will be ready to turn out,
and in two years from now with
proper care they will mako quito an
addition to your winter dairy in '95.
'96.
A man who has faith in his land
"runs" it for all it is worth and makes
money. Whether he knows it or not,
he employs scientific methods, and
they are always successful in tho end,
when governed by common sense. But
he must employ economy also. II he