The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-01-04
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
When the fowls are restless and con-
stantly picking their feathers they are
infested with vermin.
When the manure * hard aud por-
ton Is white it indicates healthy con
dition of the digestive organs.
When the edge of the comb and wat
ties are of apurplish red and the move
ments sluggish there is something
wrong.
In working two horses harnessed TO.
Sether, care could be taken to have
them rs nearly mltched, rs to strength,
rs possible
As remedy for roup in its first
stages try burning tar and turpentine
in the poultry house after the fowls
have gone to roost.
y white caIceolaria is one of the new
I floral acquisitions 1t is n native of
Chill and makes a beautiful plant for
the window garden.
Some white varieties of corn are bet.
ter than the yellow and some yellow
varieties better than the white. Color
has little to do with quality.
Timber thai is placed in or upon the
ground should first be thoroughly sen.
soned, rs it will then last much longer
than II put IN use when green.
A farmer does not have to skin
sheep TO get its wool, but the average
money lender in dealing with farmers
does not treat them thus humanelv.
Sunfower seed is an excellent food
I,.,
than corn. 1t is fattening and gives
the fowls bright lustrous plumage.
When young poultry, especially
! duckilngs. appear to have n sore throat
and swallowing is difficult, it is the
symptom of the large gray lice on the
neck
When fowls lie around, Indifferent
to their surroundings, they are too fat.
aHd$ieath from apopleXy, Indigestion
or liver complaint will result unless
the troUb.2 is corrected.
II a fowl has bilious look. with
alternate attacks of dysentery and cos
tiycness, it is suffering with liver com
/ plant. lack ofgrit overlooking and
idIencss will cause this trouble.
III in need of some cheap power for
pumping, churning, Smelling corn.
making cider, etc, get good wind.
/ mill aud utilize a few of the thousands
horsepower going to waste all around
/ you.
Fowls which are fed and cared for
regularly will thrive much better ON
| the same food than another flock which
I Is fe irreguIarly rs to both time and
7 quantity. They will lay much better
aud will be more free from disease.
Speaking of cows. contemporary
tells of one that in "tcn months
gave NJ 800 pounds of milk"
yielding ''}2 pounds Of butter" n
fact which speaks volumes i'm favor of
thoroughbreds as compared with
scrubs
According to experiments made. it
+ has been found that as between coli
/ tonseed meal and liuseed meat the
/ former is superior fer feeding farm am.
imals, but the difference between
these cattle foods is not of special i'm.
/ porinnce.
As rule. says Gardening. all her
| bnceous plants should be cut down TO
/ within few inches Of the ground be-
/ lore taking them mp late in the fall az
+ ter frost has destroyed their foliage.
+ This is as true of those that are trans.
/ planted in the open ground as of those
| that are housed during the winter.
An old fashioned flower. very seldom
/ seen now, is ono once commonly known
as Blackberry Lily. 1t has rather
small, bright orange. lily-lil,e flowers.
/ that are Spotted like ~ pard. and
/ tine seeds when ripe resemble nothing
so much u.s. % biz ripe blackberry 1t
IS This which gives the plant its com.
mon name
/ We Judge of farmer 10y his farm.
and of n farm by what we see in pass.
ing it says q contemporary TfnIl is
. neat aud tidy, fences and outbuildings
as wella dwelling house i'm good re-
pair; If tools. wagons ami machinery
arc housed and painted. and animals
sleek aud conioutel. we are satisfied
/ thnt the owner is % goo farmer aud is
prosperous
/ It's NOT necessary for the fowls TO
/ hayo unlimited range. as frequently
/ urged, and i'm most iustaucssitis hurt
/ lul rather than beneficial. I'm breed.
. ing fowls under domestication, their
I conditions Of life are changed IN most
respects, and it will not do to- endea-
vor 10 approximate TO the wild state
IN one particular and not others. as
he Will soon fad tlev will noe bor