The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-12-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Keep the manure pile steadily grow.
ing.
Increase the feed of fattening ami.
mails.
Carrots are much relished by cattle
as well as horses.
The value of n pullet MS layer is
uncertain until she has been tried.
\ large-sized orchard needs con.
slant resetting in order to make it do
its best.
The extra care given during the
summer and carly fall to small fruit
of all kinds will be well repaid in the
crops next season.
Gather the apples carefully and sort
them over so that no bruised ones be
packed i'll the barrels to decay and
damage the others.
Improvement in breed is useless. un.
less there is corresponding improve
ment III the methods of feeding and
caring for the finer stock.
II the farmer Is ont of debt he is
much better of than the merchant and
manufactures who are in debt. There
Is comfort in that thought.
Trees lii nm orchard that is never
manfred exhaust the fertility in the
soil within reach of their roots. and
then fail TO bear as we'll as was ex
pected.
Gather all your ripe tomatoes, tho
poor rs well as the good ones. The
former nre excellent for stock of all
kinds, and are appreciated by poul-
try, who like to peck at them.
Do not feed your hens too much, if
they are confined without exercise. if
you do not want them to get broody.
Even the non-sitting breeds will be.
come broody if ovcrfed and under-ex-
ercised.
The proper season for turkey is the
late fall and winter In spring and
summer the meat is no longer Juicy
nor of good flavor though sometimes
served Mt that time, they are much in
ferlor to the winter bird for roast.
Have yours fattened at the right time.
In the early fall is the best time to
apply manure to fruit trees, that it
may get the benefit of the fall rains.
which wash its soluble parts into the
soil. This starts an early growth in
the spring. IL is not best that the
most luxuriant growth be made while
the fruit is maturing.
The younger pig the less meal it
VIII take to put on pound of pork.
1t IS well to supplement the pasture
with an abundant ration OF chopped
grain, that they may be kept growing
as fast rs possible. All grain fed them
should be chopped or ground. II pos
sfbie' IN the pasture give them shade
and running water.
Broiler raising wilt pay if it is made
an adjunct of reproduction. It
might also do by itself if conducted
by one having experience, but il is T.
good business for the amateur to keen
ont Of or to attempt only on very
limted scale. Eternal vigilance is the
price OF success, and sometimes the
payment Is made in vain.
Allow tho young turkeys to have
iui liberty at this season, but thew
should roost Mt tho BARNARD. under n
shed, aud not in the tree tops. rs OK
rosurc TO rain may cause roup, while
lhe frequent jumping to the ground
from high limbs causes lameuess. An
open she'd, with high roost will pre-
vent tho loss of many young turkeys,
and ITS use viii be to save much more
than Che cost OF tho shed.
Give tho poultry house an applicn.
ton oil hot whitewash before the win.
ter sets In, SO as TO finish any vermip
Tint may remain and also TO make the
interior OF the house light. The
wiitcwIsh on the walls and that which
may be spilled on the floor will serve
to purify the premiscs and keep dis.
ease away. II would not be out OF
place to apply whitewash ms often as
once amonth, and also to scatter air.
Stacked lime freely, for if this is done
ronp may he prevented better than by
any other method that can be used.