Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-06-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The ducks must have a dry floor in
winter.
COW that is not big eater is no
dairy COW.
Feed the COWS rs regularly as you
milk them.
Fewer eggs will be gathered if tho
hens are crowded.
Pork is still pork. 1t is "good as
wheat" or better.
Very little ventilation for the poul.
try house is needed in winter.
Unclcan eggs should always he
washed or wiped clean when gathered.
Pumpkin seeds do not appear to in.
jure hogs unless fed in unreasonable
quantities.
When eggs are to be stored fol-
long keeping they should be wiped
clean, not washed.
Feather plucking is often begun
when the poultry have nothing else
to keep them busy.
The most expensive kind of feed is
that saved by giving the stock less
than they can proftably use.
While some lime is good for fowls il
should be given in their food, ms there
is danger of their getting too much.
Roosts should always be on the same
level or the fowls will crowd to the
highest ones, leaving the lower ones
useless.
Now put in the piggery windows,
batten the cracks, especially in the
floors, and rake down IL good bed, for
there is money in cozy quarters.
Do you remember that the hams,
bacon, shoulders and beef for smoking
may all he prepared in the same
pickle Mt the same time, thus saving
labor?
1t is poor management to waste
good hay by feeding it to dry COWS
when it could as we'll be fed to COWS
that will manufacture it into good
butter.
Cabbagesnre often covered too heav-
lily when buried and consequently be.
gin to decay. Cover lightly at first,
and increase the covering MS it be-
comes colder.
If colony becomes queenless and
it is not desired to unite it with an
other, give it frame of brood from
another colony containing brood in
its first stages.
Do not apply salt to butter careless.
ly. Weigh the butter, and then add
salt at the rate of three quarters of an
ounce or an ounce to a pound, and
work it in thoroughly.
There seems to be no limit to the
study of bees. BY the use of an OBJ
servatory hive everything that goes
on inside can be seent and something
new learned every dayM
The honey of the Malta bees is noted
for its purity and delicious flavor.
This is due to the extensive crop of
sulla (clover) from which the bees ex-
tract most of their honey.
Feed makes a great difference with
any breed. Even common pullets can,
by feeding from the start, be brought
to laying month or six weeks earlier
than they otherwise would.
Good clover hay is a splendid forage
for any animal on the farm, from the
hog to the horse. 1t goes q long WAYS
toward taking the place of ensilaee or
roots. But it does not quite fiji the
place.
When the bees are building comb
or raising brood they must have water.
which should be placed in shallow
troughs with floats, that they may not
drown. If located near a small BODY
of water, that will be sufficient.
The poultryman that has milk avail.
able for his fowls is a most fortunate
man. Don't give all the skim milk to
the hogs, but divide up and share
some with the hens, and notice how
much better the latter will Law eoo,:
that are worth something now.
Darwin relates instances were black
bees were crossed by the Ligurian
bees at a distance of from one to three
and half miles, the Ligurians being
the only ones in that region. Thus Is
Will be seen that inbreeding is not
necessarily n matter of course.
Although ducks are apparently
greedy, they are easily satisfied, and
will thrive on coarser, cheaper food
than hens or turkeys, so that the cost
is very much reduced. During the
latter part of winter and early spring
they cannot be excelled as layers.
During the winter one of the best
foods that can be provided for change
is sprouted grains. Take almost any
kind of grain. soak it over night in
warm water, pour off the water in the
morning and keep damp until it
sprouts. The advantage with ducks is
that they are free from lice. If tho
ducks are to lay well cnre must bo
taken not to make them too fat by
fendins too much grain,