The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

1t never Injuries an orchard to manure
| it,
Peach trees must be cultivated to
do well.
Winter made plans make good
autumn harvcsts.
Wood ashes are never wasted when
used rs n fertilizer.
To get size among tree fruits, cult
vate often and thin.
The gooscberry ilourishcs best in a.
heavy, 10y, bat not wet soil.
Do not waAl sick animal. Rest +
better thnn medicine, especially where
the trouble results from lameness or
sprnin.
Every farmer and stock raiser should
own n pair of pinchers, rasp and
drawing knife for cuttin and Shipping
colts hoofs.
Poor seed never male good crop,
and dull pillow point is never econo.
mIcaI. Only the best preparation pro
duce3 the prize package result
Though experience is tho best
teacher in poultry raising, yet many
useful hints may be learned from tho
successes nn failures Of your neigh.
bors.
Tue only way to be rs goo | n farmer
rs your father, is to try and be bet
ter ono than Ire WIS. A good farmer
forty years ago would be back mum.
Der in these progressive days.
has been con lucting extensive expert
ments in sheep feeding tho past win.
ter with great variety Of foods in
various combinations Clover hay
with grain gave the best results.
Remove any diseased fowls from tho
flock, that the rest may have no pos
sib'e chance for coutagion. Scaly
leg is especially contagious, and a
single fowl affected bv it, If left to run
with tho ~ t, will soon coutlnin1to
the whole lot; and it seldom pays to
attempt to cure o sick chicken o..
TOBACCO with best burning quality
is grown on carbonate Of potash as n
| fertilizer in Germany, next best on
sulpEate OF potash. In tho Connect.
cut valley, sulphato OF potash gi ,es
better leaf than muriate. bat cotton.
bull ashes best Of all, evidently be.
cause they furnish the potash in form
OF carbonate.
By crossing We often procure large,
weIl-deyelopcj chickens, which. often
surpas5 iR size and development either
OF their purcsbTs parents. OF course,
for breeding purposes these chickens
are worthless. but they. were not. bred
for that end; they develop m mt and
eggs, and II they do tls work they
answer th1 ends of their being.
Leather as n fertilizer hat no vllno.
whether untreated, steamed, roaste
or pu'verizel It contains from six
to eight per cent. OF nitrogen but is
inso'ubIc, and it may he years before
1t will decay IN tho soil sufficient for
plants to take mp its nitrogen Hence,
ln Connecticut aud some other States,
the law forbids its use in any form as
nm Ingredient OF commercial fertili.
zers, without an explicit printed Ger.
tiiicnlo Of tho fact conspicuously fxel
to every package.
Currant nul Rooso5crsy bushes
should be prunc by cutting cut all
the old and ron yh stems, md ,cavin.
not moro than five or six OF tho best Of
the thrca-ycar oil ones. Two Ct The
best OF the last yenr shoots may DO
Lett TO come on TO replace as many Of
the old ones removed each sprinG.
The new shoots taken ouS may ~
planted foe new plants rs they will
grow quite readily, and make bcarinz
bushes the third year. Liberal man.
uriny aud stirring OF the soil about
tho bushes greatly help to make large
ond abundant fruit.