Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-10-11
Farm Notes.

der to renovate the soil, but it must be
admitted that there are thousands Of
acres of land upon which clover will
not grow at all, and something must
first be added to the soil to fit it for
clover. Ofcourse manure will answer,
but enough of it is not always easily
procured. The best method is to be-
Gin with the use of wood ashes, or fer
tilizers containing potash and phos-
phoric acid. Once the land is gotten
in clover the greatest portion OF the
difficulty of renovation will be over.
Not many people know that the
early fall is the best time to apply
stable manure to fruit trees. 1t gets
then the full benefit of fall rains to
wash its soluble parts into the soil. 1t
starts the growth early in spring when
thus applied, while if applied in win
ter or early spring, though it may have
rain enough to wash the manure into
the soil, it is apt in summer to make
too luxuriant a growth, which will not
ripen we'll for winter, and in the year
is liable to be followed by blight.
Careful trials have proven that for
feeding during the winter one ton OF
good wheat or oat straw, one ton Of
good clover hay and three or four hum
dred pounds of good wheat bran are
equivalent to the same weight of timo-
thy hay, says an exchange. With a
good meal of this given under com
Portable shelter growing cattle or sheep
can readily be kept in good thrifty
condition during the winter.
Although England's farmers make
a speciality of choice mutton sheep,
and Australia also supplies the Lon
don markets with frozen meat, yet the
prices for good mutton keep pace
with the demand. In this country
there is large field for mutton of a
superior quality. Wool growing re-
tards the placing of first class mutton
in American markets.
A good farmer Of our acquaintance
says that he will never pasture field
of fodder again. He tried this the past
season, to save the expense of cutting
up the corn, and found that he receiv-
ed only a small proportion of the us
ual benefit from the fodder. After
this he will cut and feed properly every
stalk of corn he grows.
A farmer suggests that it is good
plan to fumigate all grain bins, and
corn and cribs, by burning therein be-
hind closed doors and windows a good
pot of birthstone. This will kill all
insects and destroy spores Of disease
that might otherwise be perpetuated.
The fall is an excellent time to use
lime. Plow the land, run the cultiva-
tor over it crosswise, and apply from
80 to so bushels of lime per acre. 1t
may be left on the surface, no harrow
ing being required, as it will be carried
down by the rains,
The best pork, as well as the cheap
est, says an experienced hog raiser, is
that made from hogs that have never
been wintered. Quick growth and ear
ly maturity are essential in securing
the largest profit.
Every time a garden crop natures
remove it. Peas, beans and early
dwarf corn that have ceased to be use
full should be removed and the ground
cleared off. Leave no harboring places
for insects.
LIQUID manure is more valuable
than the solids, and is in better condi-
tion for troops than the solid portions
1t can be saved by the use of absorb
ent material. Even dry dirt is better
than nothing
Be slow to cut off large limbs from
fruit trees; prune the young sprouts
with the thumb. The less severe the
pruning to which tree is subjected
the more likely it is to be of long life
Barrels should be filed with road
dust-which could be easily gathered
during the dry spell-and saved fol
winter use. Dust is good vermln
exterminator.
Bad fences very frequently are the
cause of stock becoming breachy.
Keep an eye on the fences between
the pastures and the corn fields.
Bran, middlings and linseed mea1
are always valuable foods to use, nc
matter how plentiful other kinds may
be.
1t pays to cultivate land now that
b,c no ORION on n &c the weeds q ra 1es.