Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-18
rAnM AND aAnpES Norrs

hed clover docs best sown early in
tho spring on winter rye or wheat.
Thc honey yield is not duo 80 much
to the breed OF bees rs to tho good
management of tho colony.
Train tho colt to como at call aud
emphasize tho lesson by carrying IL
little salt or sugar to tho pasture.
During fly timo mares with foals Mt
foot will do much botior if put up
during the day and turned to pnsturo
at night
See that thoro is plenty of running
water in the pastures and have tubs or
troughs arranged so that the water is
easy of access,
All the stock on firm must DO
carefully observed. Each individual
should be kept under careful watch so
ms to guard against disease or II roduc.
ton of flesh or product.
"Wood base foundation" which is
being actively pushed by como mon,
is said to be excellent, il Tho bees
would only take some interest in it,
which they stubbornly refuse to do.
Keep up supply of ralishes by
Mt once planting seeds in the plnccs OF
those pulled out for use. G In this
way they eau bo kept constantly on
tho table, for they are rapid growers.
Radishcs do best i'll rich, fertile
coil.
Some delicate and swoet-scentod
flowers may be preserved much longer
n flor 1 10
lenves with the stem. When tho flower
is put i'll water, submergo the leaves,
which thus become feeders for the life
of the blossom.
The Persian lilnc does not make so
large bush us the ordinary ones, but
IT is profuse bloomer and quite frn-
grant, and is slightly later in it's flow
cring than they. Just rs with the
common, there are tho lilnc colorcd
and the white varieties.
Plants often exhibit something, very
much like intelligence. Iii bucket of
water during II dry season be placed
few inches from growing pumpkin
or melon vine. tho lntter will turn
from its course and in day or two
wan SoSV OdC Va Tvs iCuNGo III bilD WubCE.
Cross of cattle and sheep
is tolerublo and is largely practisod,
because, though the progeny may be
lacking in truencss to typo and may
he very rough specimens, the meat
value is always n considerable asset.
A misiit in horse breeding is, how
ever, nn absolute loss.
Hens on the farm continually steal
away, hatch flock of chickens, aud
come out before you miss them from
the roost. Late Matched chickens aro
not considered as hardy us early
spring chicks, on account of tue
moulting coming OH in midwinter, Il
time when they cannot safely bear
such hardship and pain.
A farmer who has tried several
modes of destroying cut worms finds
that an excellent method is to use
stick three feet long and l /, inches in
diameter, sharpened at one end, with
which two or three holes are punched
i'll the ground near each plant The
cut worm is sluggish and falls into
the hole, from which he cannot easily
escape.
DO not overlook buckwheat rs n
summer crop. 1t grows on poor land,
hut yields moro largely if the land is
rich. 1t is considered profitable
crop for blowing under in the fall,
being used for renovating poor land.
Its blossoms afford excellent forage
for bees Mt time when they can find
bnt few onoy-producing plants on
which to work.
After churning, the refuse milk is
very excellent drink for old and young
fowls; tho way thoy drink it will tell
you how much they like it. If you
can do so. give them good drink of
milk several times week. / cannot
too highly recommend milk for grow
ing chicks and laying hens, and in
eggs they will SOON return to you full
value of the milk consumed.
progressive husbandry" is by no
means n meaningless phrase, hobby
OF tho theorist and OF no practicable
ity TO the farmor himself. BY the in
vention of tue butter extractor alono
we get rid of every old fashioned i'm
plement and utensil between the milk
pail and the butter package, and arc
relieved Of vast amount of labor
and trouble to say nothing of tho
anxiety.
During hot weather when the flies
nre bad you can find stock Of all kinda
seeking the cool and quiet shade of
some building or tree, AMI invariably
the chickens follow them, picking of
the flies or insects from their legs or
hide; oftentimes the chickens pick SO
hard rs to make the stock move quick.
ly. 1t is quite an amusing sight TO
look at. Poultry are great destroyers
of bugs and insects when they can get
them.
Cambria was first introduced into