Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-04-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,


Market tho eggs before they aro
stale.
Breed ewo lambs at two years old at
tho earliest.
Three-year-old hons produce strong
or stock than pullets do.
Two pints of onts, two of bran and
one of corn mako n good ration for
the eve.
Good birds aro cheap enough to
mako it unnecessary to breed from
poor stock.
Some people stamp their eggs with
q rubber stamp, giving the date on
which they were laid.
Sheep sniff at ensilnge, and if in INV
large quantity they will cat very little
and then reject the remainder,
Rolled oats arc tho best for hens.
but crushed oats are nearly rs good,
and on the score of economy better.
The rooster eats as much rs hen
and makes no return. He is an ex-
pcnsive ornament if he is not needed.
The value of cut clover hay, scalded
and fed with bran and ground oats.
cen not DO over estimated as IN egg
food.
The Brown Lcghorn hon that took
hrst prize Mt tho last New York chow
had six spikes on her comb, though
five are preferred, other things being
equal.
Remember that when you feed meat
for eggs it should be lean. If Won
want to fattcn them quickly feed n
pound of crude tallow with soft food
once day Tor twenty hens.
The practice OF feeding sheep MS lit
tie as possible is ruinous to profits.
There is no economy in keeping the
grain bin locked in the management
of any kind OF stock.
In commencing in the sheep bust.
ness do not get too large o flock. You
may about kill the flock before YOU
get used to tho work, and in that case
1T is better to practice on few.
Wire fence us an insufficient shelter
be, been SO much written about that
it snould be we'll understood by this
time. f\tho writing has not con-
WINGED anybody, experience should
have done SO.
If the eyes of hen are swollen, it
is pretty sure that she has taken cold.
kub sweet oil over her face, comb and
wnttles, and put her in barrel at
night There is probably II. draft
somewhere in the roosting place
Close it up.
In building your house, if you hayo
two myers of boards with paper be-
tween, always leave space Of an inch
or two between tho boards, for the mir
o circulate through. otherwise you
will be troubled with frost and damp.
ness inside tho house.
Never jump to the conclusion that
every sore foot in flock indicates tho
presence of contagious foot rot. There
may BIO good many pretty sore feet
and yet not be contagious foot rot.
II is we'll enough, however, to be on
the safe side and separate sore footed
sheep ut once.
a good rule to follow is to feed your
hens about as you would your COW,
only cut the feed finer. Chopped up
clover, or even corn fodder, will prove
beneficial alike to hens and COWS, and
what will produce milk will also help
along the egg crop. There are few
things better calculated to make hens
lay than sour milk. Mixed with tho
morning mash, it is tho best of food
for laying hens.
During open weather 1t will be we'll
to watch out for lice. Examine the
perches, at the ends, and if there is
the slightest evidence of their detesti-
BILE presence, get some gasoline and
sprinkle the place thoroughly. I'VE
prefer gasoline to kerosene. It Kills
instantly, soon evNporates, and leave
no smell behind. BE careful to have
no matches where it Is nor fire in any
shape, as it is explosive. But it will
kill lice.
The muscles of pigs snout arc ex-
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