The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-11-02

Save early pullcts for the winter
layers.
Road dust is n good material to scat
ter under the roots as an absorbent.
Fruit and poultry make n good com
bination as the fowls hunt for and con
sumo many insect pests and are the
better for the exercise it gives them.
Don't forget that skim milk and the
scraps from the table fed to the fowls
will yield greater returns than YOU can
possibly get from them in any other
way.
You cannot he too particular about
Keeping the poultry houses clean. and
II you will paint the roots once week
with kerosene it will be n great aid i'm
keeping down lice and mites.
Corn-fed hogs can hardly be any
thing less than lard hogs. lesson
which those who are aspiring to pro-
ducc the bacon hog, with its streak of
fat aud streak of lean, will do well TO
lay to heart
The old saying that there's more in
the feed than in the breed, may he true
In some cases, while in others the re-
verse is true The fact IS. that for
profit good feeding and good breeding
are both leading essentials.
Among the two-iegged frauds that
should be given walking papers" is
the travelling hog cholera doctor with
"sure cure" The chances are he
has more cholera germs on his boots
than his remedy ever destroyed.
by utilizing rough, bushy or foul
lands as sheep pastures, we not only
may secure a revenue from otherwise
expensive property, but the value of
such lands is enhanced thereby. In
considering sheep rs land renovators
and improvers, the term golden hoof''
Is no missioner
The power corn husker is no LONGER
an experiment; its practical utility has
been demonstrates and vet it will he
a long time ere the old husking-peg is
laid on the shelf alongside the hail. for
in very many cases the corn grower
can strap on his little peg and CRIB his
crop cheaper than in any other way.
There is a question as to whether il
Is best to sow timothy seed in front OF
or behind the drill hoes when seeding
TO wheat in the fall Location has
somewhat to do with the answer. On
heavy clay soils we would sow behind
on light, porous soils deeper COVERING
IS required and we would SOW in front
Because sheep will feed upon weeds
and bushes, picking mp much that
would he passed over by other stock.
is no reason that they should be com
PEELED TO subsist upona starvation diet.
They will not thrive upon hare pas
lures. Liberal feeding aud good care
are absolutely essential TO success with
sheep.
The sled corn-harvesicr is practi-
cal and useful tool. OF course. the
binder Is better i'm some respects. but
more complicated aud expensive. and
drops the soggy bundles on the ground
whence they must hc raised by mus
cuIor power while with Che sled cut
ter the stalks arc kept in nm upright
position
The calves should be kept growing
aud thriving right along by feeding
Thorn literally during the fail. They
viii cat shclIcd corn grccdilv. but
moro reliance should be placed upon
such grain foods as oats and bron
which build mp the constitution. whiio
zoo much corn tends to iuIfirv and
may cause the disease known rs black
leg.
Whore fowls do not hayc free range
81 Do absolutely necessary TO provide
them with green fool of some kind
such rs green clover or vegetables.
and If these supplies are suspended
Just beyond their reach so that they
VIII have to jump up 60 reach them
they will be the better for the exercise
us % hen ~ confinement with nothing
TO do is apt to be poor layer and n,ay
acquire bad habits such a. feather
eating.