The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-05

noealIiy has much to do With tho
successful raising Of sheep.
It's the man behind The COW WHICH
determines the character 81 The dairy
a iairynlafls league has been organ
lied BY members 81 the grange in !
penns lyanla.
Nip the tips on new raspberry and
blackberry canes to force them 70 !
throw out side shoots and thus be:
come more stoclky. .l.1,;
Some one suggests adding q table.
spoonful Of sugar to the salt when
sailing tenrpounds Of butter 70 i'm.
prove the favor, Sounds as though. /
II might.
The sitting hen which is expected
to hatch eggs and feed mites at the \
same time has a hard task on hand.
Make her three weeks vigil as easy
as possible.
II you don't hunt the lice they will
hunt your chickens and keep them
from hunting for insects, and the re-
suit will be that hunt as you may you
will not be able to find any profit in
your flock.
The time to discover the weak place
in the harness is not when It breaks
at most critical time and perhaps
results in a runaway or a bad accident,
but is before the harness is put on the
horse. Harness should be inspected
frequently to note and remedy the
weak points.
1.-THE permanent greatness Of any
state must ultimately depend upon
the character of its country popula.
tion."-President Roosevelt. True,
indeed, and there is room for i'm.
provement among the people of the
rural communities. Ever upward and
onward:
"To him who in the love Of nature
holds,
Communion with her visible forms,
She speaks various language"
and to none more so than to the
farmer who is sensitive to every
sunbeam and every shower and who
loves to see and make things grow.
To defeat insect pests one must be
constantly after them. Keep dope
ready to apply in the pigpen or stable
the first time insects appear. Dip the
sheep regularly, watch the hogs close.
ly for lice and provide a cold, dry
stable for the COWS to hide from the
flies.
Prof. Vol and R. NJ. Cow are en-.
gagged in an interesting controversy
over the question, 1.-THE churn versus
the fat test as means Of determin.
ing the producing capacity of the
cow" Better the churn than no test
at all, but the more scientific and &C.
curate must be the butter fat test
ascertained by use of the Babcock
tester.
The influence Of dam upon her
foals may be equal to that Of the sire
and in some instance is no doubt
much greater, but the average num-
Der of foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight although
some have been known to produce as
many as IS. The average number OF
foals produced by stations that live
to the average age of horses is prob
ably not less than 400. The general
influence then OF a good stallion may
safely be estimated at many times
that Of good mare.
The notion which prevails among
some farmers that there is more
money in thin than in thick cream
delivered to the creamery, is mis-
take. Hoards Dairyman makes this
plain in case cited in a recent issue,
Farmer NJ. S. delivered 5,O0l pounds
of cream containing S17.S pounds Of
fat, average test 1876 per cent. Had
this amount Of butterfat been dellv,
cred In 80 per cent cream only 1850
pounds would have been delivered
and 2,445 pounds more Of sklmmilk
would have had a feeding value equal
to 4O7 pounds Of corn at IS cents
equals S2.4S. The cost of hauling the
9,445 extra pounds Of cream or but
termilk to the creamery was 1854
Thus this man lost, during the year
on account Of his wrong methods, a
total OF $9.07, an amount sufficient to
pay nine per cent. interest on the
price of one of the best hand separa
tors made.
Here is an English method of bot
Ting" fruit: Fruit used should be
sound and not fully ripe. After pick
ing over, heading and failing in the
case Of gooseberries, black currants
ETC., it is packed tightly down in the
bottles, care being taken to keep the