Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-05-10
FAn,I AND GARDEN NOTES.

MIKE somo reasonable experiment
every year.
Increase the number of hogs. Sc
long rs people eat pork aud bacon,
somc use can be made of the meat.
In feeding grain to sheep feed
small quantity often. Keep them dry,
and give them all tho salt they want.
The winter evening should be en-.
ploycd in reatling nlocd end in ams.sc-
ment. That is one way to make farm
life pleasant to the children.
Dairy farmers who cell milk in New
York City get an average of about ten
cents per gallon. This is less than
our dairy farmers get in Southern
towns.
If ut any time yen have e sraro
moment it would be we'll to lock
nroand ead see that all tho toa!s nn6.
machinery arain good order and ready
FOR the spring wo-l.
G;7e TIE hogs the run of pasture,
with good water and comfol tahls
quarters to sleep, s-d feed ground
soaked feed, aaG there will lie hand
some profit Oh tie investment.
Give more attention to the garden
and truck patches. Aside from the
pleasure derived from eating freely of
fresh vegetables, yon add to Your
comfort and save doctors bills.
Horses may take cold in the stable
when brought in very warm, especially
if cracks. permit cold draughts to
enter. The blanket should always be
used on very cold days as protcc-
ton.
To get rid of weeds it is only ncces.
snry not to allow them to produce
seed. If this,is done every yenr they
ure sure to be exterminated, but il
must he tho object to destroy every
one.
Eggs from the urge breeds, rs
Cochins, Brahmas, ETC., are not so apt
to be fertile in winter rs those of tho
smaller breeds: 1t is we'll to remem.
Der this when setting for very early
chicks.
Famine OCCURS more il those Sec
lions where dependence is placed
aim ost exclusively upon single crop.
There are always some crops that can
DO secured, although all. others may
be total loss.
The exact temperature for loosen
the Eair from tho skin of pig Mt
butchering is 100. Tho pig should
remain full minute in tie water Mt
this temperature to give time for the
hair To he loospned
\ The four secrets of success in breed.
ing are method, Judgment, applica-
ton and patience. Without judg.
ment there can be no method, without
method no application and without
patience no success.
The Robertson COW ration, including
mixture of sunAower seed, gave an
increase over older methods of feed
ing, but not enough to pay for the
extra trouble and cost, said tho YER
mont Station director.
Every farmer is, or ought to be, in
terested in protecting lis own pro.
ducts, and every pound of butter prop.
erly made and sold Mt a fair valuation
is paying factor il the interest OF
every other butter-maker.
Bees can stand the scyerest cold for
n short time, but they cannot endure
month after month of it. The trouble
is they will consume all tGe honey in-
!sside the cluster. They must maintain
the necessary heat, and are unable to
shift their positions or secure supply
Of food.
Every poultryman finds moro or
less of the eggs in tie basket Mt night
stained III such g manner thai wash.
ing with water will not remove il. IL
he has a really choice market ard
every egg is to be perfectly clean,
many of these eggs must be thrown
out for the home table, common
market. Rubbing the stain with
homemade cider vinegar will remove
every trace of stain and leave the egg
clean and shining.