Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-11-15
rIprING SHEET.

'Rcccnt complaints from abroad Of
the shipping of sheep affected with
kcab servo to emphasize the necessity
Tor dipping sheep. The Australian
. sulphur and lime Zip is mado as fol-
lows: Take OF fowers Of sulphur 100
pounds, quicklimc $50 pounds, water
100 gallons. NIX and stir, while boil.
ing, for ten minutes, until tho mix
ture assumes bright red color, then
add three gallons of water. Hold the
thcep in Tho mixture until the scabs
nro thoroughly soaked. Immersc the
head at least once. Use the dip Mt 1Ol
to ITO degrees. This is probably tho
cheapest dip, but tn. limo is mt 10
injure the staple.
D Another good dip FOR sheep may be
mado by sleeping four pounds OF TO-.
bacco stems in twenty gallons of water,
n, boiling heat; 70 this add, Ivy stir
rshS, one pound of flour sulphur. Dip
with the liquid mt about 12Q degrees.
meanwhile stirring the mixture. Care
must he taken to keep tho liquid out
oil Inc eyes, nose aud mouth OF The
sheep, MS it Is apt to mako them sick
Tor short time, but without any
permanent bad effects. Old sheep
should be dipped just after shcaring,
and rs the ticks will be npt to find
their way to tho unshorn lambs, they.
too, should be subjected TO an inner.
sion. The oi1e"nes shoulu be dipped
again III the iall:-Ncw York World.
EARLY APPLES FOR SUMMER AND FALL
Early apples may never become
profitable for market, but are alto.
gether too good to do without since
they are so easily grown. Besides the
common Early Harvest anu Sweet
Bough, We have tho Primatc, SAYS ].
ID. Cook, Western New York expert.
The treo is hardy, strong, stocky
grower, forms beautiful head and is
very productive; fruit grecnish white,
with II crimson blush on exposed side |;
flesh white, very tender, slightly re.
ireshing, and mildly subncid. Truly
most excellent dessert and COOKING
apple. 1t ripens with us tie Inst of
august. Another comparatively new
variety is the Yellow Transparent, n
Russian variety imported from st.
Petersburg i'll 1870 by the Departing
OF Agriculture. The treo is hardy.
vigorous, upright, an early and good
lHarer; fruit medium; skin clenr
WNfe at first becoming pale yellow
when fully ripe; flesh white, tender,
Juicy and subacid; quality more than
ordinarily good. Season middle of
August. Then we have the Tetofsky,
another kussinn summer apple, very
hardy; fruit of medium size, some
times nearly round; smooth, with a
yellow ground beautifully striped with
red, and, like most apples of that
country, covered with whtish bloom
under which is shining skin; flesh
white, Juicy and agreeable. At the
best i'll August For later We have the
Ohenango and Gravenstein, both valu-
able sorts. or the latter too much
cannot be said in it's favor. n superb
aud fino looking German apple.
thought to be one of the finest APPLES
IN Northern Europe. 1t fully sustains
its reputation here, is nnauestionably
a fruit of the best quality, and shonld
have place on tho grounds of every
one having vacant space for zone
moro tree" The tree is vigorous,
spreading. forming IL large, broad
head, very productive and an carly
bearer; fruit lnrge; skin greenish yell
aud beautifully dashed and pen
cilled and marbled with light red,
deep red and orange; flesh tender and
crisp, with highly hayored aromatic
taste; A valuable apple for dessert,
cooking or market, and one that sue.
ceeds admirably wherever grown. No
mistake cnn be made in planting one
or more trees of this exceptionally
good apple.