Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-06-07
rAnM AID oAnpEN MOVES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
DO you pay attention to tho foot CT
and legs of your horses and colts?
A great deal of wood ashes goes to
waste on many farms which would
mako excellent fertilizer.
In planting u novelty it is advisable
not to depend on it for n full crop, MS
the seedsu,on sometimes say too much
il its favor.
Market tho early hicks when they
are twelve or thirteen weeks old, for
by keeping them six TO scvon weeks
longer you will gain nothing in prico
whatever.
You must always be close observer
OF the habits of your laying hens to
mako them lny we'll. This obscrva.
ton enables you to learn what she
needs for her comfort and usefulness.
Turkeys will como homo to roost if
they arc fed regularly in tho ovcning.
Grain may DO fed entirely, but if
mixed with bread crumbs and scraps
from the table the turkeys will like il
much better.
Tho earliest green pens como from
tho dwarf varieties, and tho seed
should be planted us early rs can bo
dono safely. A few days III reaching
the market makes quito difference
in tho price. Tho earlier tho better.
In n variable climate Tho grower
must supplement such deficiencies Of
rainfall as may occur with fertility,
careful cultivation, strong seed, by
planting carly MS possible or decidedly
late, and i'll some cases by planting
under straw.
Mark your worthless fruit trees
before they aro forgotten, and pre-
pare gratis for setting on in the
spring. There is hardly farm on
which there aro not moro or less
worthless fruit trees which could be
changed into desirable ones by graft
ing.
The asparagus bed should be cleaned
thoroughly md 200 pounds OF sui
plate of potash, 100 of nitrate OF soda
and 200 of supcr-phosphate applied
per acre. 1t makes growth carly in
the season and for that reason the fer.
tilizer should be applied as soon as
possible.
Where potatoes are planted thirteen
inches apart in tho drills, with the
rows thirty-two inches apart, about
eight bushels of seed potatoes, if cut
to single eyes, will bo required TO tho
acre. From thirty-two to thirty-six
inches is the best distance apart for
potato rows.
The time has passed when fruit and
vegetables can be sold by the appear
anco of tho specimens on tho top.
Shippers may rely upon it that Nil
barrels ind boxes are inspected by tho
commission merchants nnd tho Gus
toners, as they have been taught by
experience to be cautious.
When pruning the cid orchard, and
removing n large limb, first saw q
then saw down from the upper sido to
meet that below. This will prevent
splitting tho limb. Use gum shellac
dissolved in alcohol o. thin, light.
colored paint to coat the wound.
Cuttings may now DO set to secure
plants for summer blooming, while
cuttings that a,e already well-rootcd
should he taken from tho sand and
potted or planted in boxes or flats.
There is ample time for growing good
plants of most varieties by planting
time. Get in plenty of fresh sand.
Plants under glass have to bescnre-
fully watered and ventilnted. 5All
plants in state of growth or coming
into bloom ought to be given liquid
manure ut least once q week. With
tho exception of plants in bloom all
should be gently syringcd OCCASION
ally. This, however, should be dono
in bright, sunny weather, and they
must not be Kept too wet.
Tho homo garden is now proper
subject for q fireside discussion AS
ruic these farm gardens aro sad par
odies on what good gardens should be.
If tho vito and mother had entiro
charge Of it, with the necessary ma
tcrial and labor to apply to it, it
would be a very different affair. She
knows tho valuo of q good garden
thoroughly. Mon are apt to under
estimate it.