Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-02-15
rAnN AID aAnnn.i NOTES.

If yonr dairy has no pedigree start
one ut once.
Manure the orchard occasionally,
especially the old orchard.
Ecmcmber that the egg shell is por-
Gus, an! that any ish OH it will affect
the inside iniuriousir,
Sawlust in the manure heap repre-
SCENTS so much inert matter; land
plaster is M absorbent that is also
fertilizer.
Eggs with dark yolks are much rich
er anl more nutritious than those
with pale yolks. The color of the
shell is an indication of tho richness
OF the egg.
Experiments in seeding oats indi.
cate that eight pecks per mere is about
the correct amount of seed to use, the
lnrscst yield OF grain being derived
from that quantity on tho land.
One of the most important points in
agricultural operations is thorough.
ness of culture. This applies not only
10 corn and other grain crops, but also
to SMALL fruits, young orchards, etc.
1t has been suggested that in neigh
borhoods where orchards are small
young men with pluck and energy
could get Il spraying outfit aad build
M II lucrative business spraying or
charls.
4 safe rnlc in fruit growing is to
plant goodvaricties, to Cultivate well,
not TO let them over5ear, and then to
sell rs near home rs possible, selling
rs good fruit rs though yol were ship
ping IL away.
An agricultural paper says that if n
cow gets choled with m apple or
potato, holding up it's head anil break
ing sr sgg in its mouth is a sure curs.
Tao sane remedy 10 recommended for
horses under similar circumstances.
Sow q plot to buclkwheat for bee
pasture. You will get grain enough
TO pay for the labor, and tho bees all
abundant honey supply. Buckwhoat
is one of the very best things you can
have to feed the hens during the win
ter.
Grass clipped from the lawn by tho
lawn mower is fine food for fowls of
any kind that are kept in confinement,
and if it is so used the lawn mower
may be made to pay for itself, and the
lawn be o source of profit as well rs
pleasure.
Hogs will cat tho spoiled corn,
wheat, oats, OF potatoes. Nothing
else will. Herein is the hog the hest
of farm animals. When feeding in
ferior grain or vegetables be sure to
feed plenty, and somo sound food ut
the same time.
Many times little chicks do not
thrive, and the only reason is because
they are infested with the largo gray
head lice. If the little fellows begiu
to droop look for the lice about the
head and neck. They can be killed
by putting n drop of lard on the head
and rubbing it into the down about
the head and neck.
To utilize tho feathers OF ducks,
chickens and turkeys, generally
thrown aside MS refuse, trim the plume
from the stump, inclose them in n
light bag, rub the whole rs if wash
ing clothes, and you will secure per-
fectly uniform and light down, excel
lent for quitting coverlets and not II
few other purposes.
Good butter can be spoiled with
poor salt as we'll rs by poor handling.
There nre plenty of good grades of
dairy salt, and it is great mistake to
use poor salt beca Use it is cheap.
Many creamery men have found this
out to their sorrow. A medium grain
is more desirable than salt in which
tho grain IS very iuo
If you are going 10 grow fruits,
mako preparation also to spray them.
Spraying not only gives crops of bet,
ter quality, of perfect fruit, but it also
reduces the wide difference between
fruit years and Of years, and thi.
helps to the profit; and by Kidding
trees of vines and fungi which prey OF
their vitality it increases their thrift
preserves their health and lengthen:
their lifs.