Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

ihhM AMI OAlSpEN NOTES.
Water is cheap; SEQ that tho stock
have plenty Of it.
Tho general cultivation of sachalino
is not recommended.
Tho ''lnnd.poor" farmor's lifo ia
anything but pleasant.
Patience is whit will toll with n
miller during ily-time.
The up-to.dato farmer is continual
ly looking for new ideas.
Strive 60 secure n prizo for somo-
thing Mt your county fnir.
On good many of our farms too
many pumpkins arc wasted.
Fence your own stock in and make
your noighEor do tho same.
Feed your spring limbs literally il
it il enrly maturity TINT you want.
Dump II load of gravel in front Of
tho water trough to fill up that mud.
hole.
1t looks as if innoculation is tho
coming manner of getting rid of in.
sects
Tho wagon she'd is no place for tho
chickens to roost, oven if ii is warm
weather.
Every pasture shonld have Mt loast
ono trec in it, and, if possible, n run.
ming brook.
1t will soon bo time to secure Tho
runners that will DO needed from tho
strawberry patch.
If you have learned anything usu
ii, and do not drop bick iuto old ways
III tho barn or ON tho fnrm.
a good portion of tho second CROP
OF clover Gun DO used with very COOL
results for feed to fntten tho hogs on.
Experts don't like tho habit that
some farmers have of putting bride
on over halter. Use MS little harness
rs possible.
Nearly hnlf-million bushels of
onions nrc shipped into tho Unitod
States every year Can't our farmers
fill this gap?
Oil meal fell TO stock has tenlen.
cy TO keep tho system free, which
prevents fever or heating, hence it
hANhSo oh'Sh ihobSls
a growing animal should DO ma.lo
to grow bouc and muscle. 1t can BIO
fattened after maturity. and. ii in
good condition, in short time.
j. w. Sanborn. Direotor of Utah
Station, reports that two years export
ments in sowing oats Mt different dntcs
showed IL marked advantage in carly
sowing.
The value of any kind of fnrm stock
is largely determined by Its feeding
the first yenr of its life Breeding
counts for much, but feed aud care
arc important.
Give the littlo chicks chance to
run i'll the shade. They like sun
bath, but do not compel them to stay
in tho SIN or II close coop all the time.
Sun aud shade Mt will, with plenty of
exercise, fresh water and nourishing
food will mako strong, lloalthy chicks.
AT the Agricultural Experiment
Station nj .Champnign, ILL.,. they havo
tested the methods of corn culture for
five successive years. Faithful trials
with surface culture and deep culture
of this plant have resulted quito fnyor-
ably to tho method Of shallow cultiya-
ton.
Two specialties upon the farm fit
well in with each other -duirying aud
market gardening. The manure from
well-fed cattle eau he used in no bet.
ter way than by applying it to good
vegetable garden, and in time much
may be utilized from tho garden to
supplement the feeding of the COVE
One good reason why orchard grass
is exceptionally valuable for the farm.
er, it yields large quantity, and of
excellent quality, being considerably
more nutrititious than hay or timothy.
One other good quality of 1t is that it
comes into the right condition for cut
ting with red clover, while timothy
does not.
Fresh air is needed not only for
comfort, but also for health. SEQ
that the fowl houses are not foul
houses. we know of nothing that
sweetens poultry quarters better than
good coating of dry, fresh earth on
the floor every time the house is
cleaned, which should be ut least once
week this kind of weather.
Don't try to feed your young chicks
enough in the morning to last all day.
Ii you feed moro than they can get
away with Mt one meal it is trampled
down in the dirt, only to be picked
up later CD. dirt and all, in ferment-
ed and nnhealthful condition, that
must generate disease among the
chicks. Better feed them three or
four times day, aud in only such
! quantity as they will eat up clean.