The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Rape Will produce ten tons of for
age on an acre of good land.
Not hard work, but poor care, de.
stroyg the average farm horse.
English farmers are finding that
they can grow alfalfa to advantage.
Rape has twice the feeding value of
green clover, and is even more palata-
bic.
Lean sheep may be turned into
field OF rape, and taken ont fat two
months later.
Save the soap suds for the garden.
They make an excellent fertilizer for
tomatoes, and should not be thrown
away.
If when the turuips come up they
are too thick to make good growth
thin them out. Unless this is done
the crop will be failure.
\ good fertilizer fer the garden is
said to be one bushel of wool ashes in
which has been mixed five pounds of
nitrate of soda. We should think this
would make n good combination.
When onions get ripe their tops
break down, and they should be pulled
and carefully dried and stored away,
or wet weather may cause them to
make n second growth or rot, either
of which would spoil them.
Ifthc tomatoes show disposition
to rot on the vine, pick off every one
that has spot on it and throw it
away as 1T serves rs n center of infec-
ton. Some varieties are worse il this
respect than others and should not be
planted
Spring wagons, or wagon with
much hay or straw, should always he
used III moving bees, rs they should
he i1rred as little as possible. Rough
handling muy move the frames or
break out the newer or poorly fast.
eneI combs.
TO provide shade for hives standing
IN the sun we are advised to cut long
grass and pile it on the hive six inches
or more deep, unchoring it with two
or three sticks Of stovewood. If
cover and NIL are lifted it will last
lat through the season.
Make a drinking fountain for your
chicks 10y filling n tin can with water
and then turning 1T upside down on
flat dish or tin can cover. This will
let out just enough wntcr TO supply
their wants, but not enough to drown
in, and it is always clear
Eggs broken within the hon usually
cause death. Wash the vent with hot
water TO relax tho tissues, then apply
sweet oil, pass the finger mp the owl.
duct AMI remove ns much Of the
broken shell ms possible. Unless the
hen is valuable 1t will not pay.
The pure bred cochcrod that sells
for about 3 Is not one Of the kind
We see at tho large poultry shows.
But he is an excellent bird TO use on
common flock worth n dozen scrubs.
inbred and akin TO the hen as we see
them IN common use among neglected
farm poultry.
Watch tho squash vines and if any
Of them shows disposition TO droop.
you may he sure there arc borers i'm
tho stalk Mt the root. Scrapo away
the soil and look for tho holes. and
when found split the vine with "a thin
bmdcd knife, MS carefully ms possible,
AMI dig out the borers. Then return
the soil, heaping it over the vine at
the base, and the splitting will not
hurt il.
1t is very difficult to get the best
radishcs carly except by hot house
cultivation They need warmth and
the ABUNDANT supply of nitratos that 90
with it. But fresh stable manure is
apt to encourage the growth of worms.
The soil should be rich from manure
applied in previous years, aud il more
fertility IS needed, give in the form of
nitrate OF soda This will mate rapid
growth and the clear skin which de-