Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-27
SOME FARM NOTES.
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rooms and ohsprings are worth to .
farmer $3S.23 each year. One days.
insect destroying by robins pays fol-
all the fruit they eat in a year.
Along in the nineties the suga,
beet excitement spread to the South,
ern States. The Virginias and por,
tions of the Carolinas were the scene
Of gread activity in beet culture at
that time. The mild climate, con.
slant sunshine and rich soils were all
supposed to be conducive to the best
results, but after the first years crop
very little sugar was produced in the
vegetable. So little, in fact, that the
industry soon became Improbable.
1t is now known that beets will not
produce a large amount of sugar,
except in a climate where the sun
shines steadily day after day st ex-
actly the right sesson and where
there is little moisture in the air.
The culture of beets is likely to be
confined to those northern, and are
such as described, and it is now be-
lieved that the area Of the beet pro-
duction will, like tobacco, be limited
in extent.
As TO the peach tree borer, / know
of no better way to get the borers
out than by using the small pocket
knife in the fall and late in the
spring. Hot water and some other
things are sometimes used to kill
borers, but l do not know that they
are successful. It is far better to
prevent the borers from getting into
the trees. As a preventive have
used white lead paint very success
fully. Take the dirt away from
around the trunks of the treee, down
one or two inches aud apply the
white lead paint on the trunk from
the ground mp to about eighteen
inches. Then put the dirt back
around the trunk. Do this early in
the spring before the eggs are depos-
tied. When the young larv@ hatch
and begin to cut through the paint
it will kill them. i have seen no
damage done to the trees by use of
the paint. Repeat the application
about every two years, as the growth
Of the tree will crack the paint and
let the borers in.-R. II. Price, in
Southern Planter.
ABOUT BEEF CATTLE.
The revival of the beef ef-feeding
industry in the Eastern States Is one
of the most hopeful signs of the
times. and deserves far more atten-
ton than it generally receives. We
believe q great future is in store for
farmers who take up this branch of
their business judiciously but with
enterprise. Proper selection of the
animals is of course important, but
luckily the choice of breed is more a
matter Of individual fancy than
else, for one can hardly 20
wrong with either Short Horns,
Herefords or Aberdeen Angus. As
much as $s,100 has been paid for q
Polled Angus Bull, and none of his
calves have sold for less than $500.
Mr.. Joseph Peirce, of Litwalton,
Lancaster county, is the leading
beef cattle raiser of the Northern
Neck. He believes in the Polled
Angus, and has just recently pur-
chased for q goodly figure fine bull
from Rosedale Stock Farms to head
bis herd.
BEWARE OF THE CALF.
Do not let strangers or boys play
with the bull calf. Many deaths
occur every year from too much "a
with this animal. You
may have confidence in any other
live stock on the place, bat you
should never have any faith an the
promises Of Q bull. The dangerous
bulls are those with whom familiar
ity of the farmer or farmers boys
breeds contempt Some dsy in q
Of ungoverened passion, he
will realize his power, and then there
is danger OF funeral. The same, in
. less degree, also applies to COW
calf; cow calves should be reared
gently, but not with too much
Familiarity breeds
contempt" in stock towards mankind
Is we'll as in man to man. There is
never any confidence to be placed in
ball, or in q man who cannot con-
troll his temper. 1t is hard to tell
which Of these is the most dangerous.
No man is safe with either of them.
ANGoRA GOATS.
Experience has proven that goats
10 we'll and thrive in every part of
the world, from South America to
Alaska. Some of the finest vine
gards in California have been cleared
BY Angoras. Lands formerly pro-
iucing nothing but brush, weeds
and ferns are now covered with
clover and blue grass. An lows
breeder writes as follows: "Their
value as brush cleaners can hardly
be estimated. Where three years
ago the ground was densely covered
with an underground of hazel, crab
tree, oak brush and blackberry briars
Is now transformed into the finest
blue grass pasture. At present /
have over 600 acres cleared mp snd
by Angoras." The aver
age fleece of the Angoras is to
8 pounds each, although / have
known them to shear 10 to 16
pounds. The mohair sells for from
30 cents to 81 so per pound. There
is more demand for mohair by the
large mills than is produced in the
whole Of Turkey and the United
States.
A large Angora ranchman in the
far West figures the profits on an
Angora flock in this way:
Cost Of 1000 1913 grade does, $4,000
Cost Of 20 thoroughbred bucks, 500
Investment. $500
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