The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Make some reasonable experiment
every yehr.
Increase the number of hogs. SO
long 6s people eat pork and bacon.
some use can be made of the meat.
In feeding grain to sheep feed n
small quantity often. Keep them dry.
and give them all the salt they want.
The winter evening should be en-.
ployed in reading Glccd and in am;.se-
mert. That is one way to make farm
life pleasant to the children.
Dairy farmers who sell 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 at any time you have & sraro
moment 1T would he we'll to look
around e2d see that all the toals and
machinery are u good order and ready
Or the spring wo-E.
Give TIE hogs the run of pasture
with good water and comfo1 teb!s
quarters to sleer, I'D feed ground
soaked feed, esd there will tie hand.
some profit on TIE Investment.
Give more attention to the garden
and truck patches. Aside from the
pleasure derived from eating freely of
fresh vegetables, you 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 protec.
zion.
10 get rid of weeds it is only neces.
sary not to allow them to rroduco
seed. If this is done every year thew
IRE sure to be exterminated, but il
must be tie object to destroy every
one.
Eggs from the large breeds. as
Cochins, Brahmas, etc, are not so ant
10 be fertile In winter as those of the
smaller breeds 1t is we'll to remem.
Der this when settin! for very early
chicks.
Famine occurs more in those sec.
tions where dependence is placed
almost exclusively upon single crop.
Ihere are always some crops that can
he secured, although all Others may
he n total loss.
The exact temperature for loosen.
the lair from tine skin of pig at
outcheriug is $50 The pig sb5pid
remain full minute in tic water nj
ais temperature to give time for the
hair to he looscned.
The four secrets Of success IN brood.
ing ore method, Judgment, apylic,.
ion and pntisncs. without Judo.
rent there can he mo- method. without
Method 20 application aud without
patience no success.
The Robertson COW ration. inc,uIino
p mixture of sunAower seed. gave an
Increase over older methods Of feed
ing, but not enough to pay for tho
extra trouble aud cost, said tho Yer
mont Station director.
Every farmer is, or ought to he. in
terested IN protecting Lis own pro.
ducts, rad every pou1d of butter prom
crly made and sold at q fair valuation
~
every other butter-makcr.
Bees can stand the severest cold for
a short time, but they cannot endure
month after month oft. The troubIe
IS they will consume all tee honey ina.
side the cluster They must mainta,,
the necessary heat, sad are unable tn
'hitt 'Aeir positions or secure supply
of food.
Every poultrymau finds moe or
less OF tho eggs In Tie basket Mt aioht
stained in such o. manner tha1 wesb.
ing with water will not remove e. =
he has really choice market ard
every egg ia Co be perfectly cles1.
many of these eggs must be throw
ont for the home table, a common
market Rubbing the stail with
homemade cider vinegar will remove
every trace OF stain aud leave the eoo
clean aud shining.