The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-08-07

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ssSlil feel better.
Rotation of crops together with thor.
ough cultivation operates as an effec.
tive fertilizer. especiallS~if some stable
manure is used.
Have the wrench attached to the
plow or other implement by strap or
wire SO that 1t will not be dropped
and lost in the field.
Emerson said. let man learn that
everything in nature, even notes and
feathers. goes by law and not by luck.
and that what he sows he reaps. Re.
member that.
To cock hay in the field for drying
every forkfuI should be laid snugly
not rolled-on the heap by itself.
Then the cock will be In flakes and
will shed the rain well.
1t requires bran, middlings and
ground oats fed to the brood SOW to
produce healthy pigs. Where too
much corn is fed the offspring is
deficient In bone and muscle
: Test has proved that the cattle with.
out horns fatten quicker, as there is
not the fretting and the worrying
among the cattle which is always pres
ent where the cattle are horned.
When the horse makes a mistake
don't lose your patience and holler at
him and jerk excitedly upon the lines.
Be sure he understands just what you
want and then in firm, quiet way
insist on his obedience.
A good boar may cost more than
mer and tongs thinking that literal
few dollars difference in price will be
more than repaid in one seasons
breeding. Penny wise and pound
foolish will ruin any stockman.
Experiments in North Dakota show
that oats that weigh most per bushel
are not necessarily the most valuable.
The best oat is the one that gives
most meat, and some varieties uni
formly give higher per cent. of It
than others.
Dairymen of Pennsylvania and the
dairy and food department of the state
agricultural department have com
bined forces to drive oleomargarine
and all other substitutes for butter out
of the state. An example worthy the
emulation of dairymen of other states.
The surplus peas from the garden
can be canned for the winter in the
following way: Fill the jars with
the peas, then fill with cold water
and lay on the tops. Place straw or
boards in the bottom of the wash
boiler, stand the jars on this, and
pour enough cold water in the boiler
to come half way up the jars. Put
the boiler on the stove with the lid
tightly closed and boil three hours
When the jars are taken out see that
they are full to oyerfowing and
screw the lid ON tight.
1t needs no extended argument in
these days to prove that the silo is
an indispensable adjunct of the dairy
farm, but 1t is well to remind our
selves of the many advantages which
1t brings. In the first place silage is
more palatable than dry corn fodder.
1t is succulent. which makes a salts
factory substitute for grass. Stock
will consume more silage than dry
roughage. 1t greatly increases the
number of animals that can be kept
on a given acreage. The silo assures
plenty of green feed during dry sum-
mers when there is shortage of
grass. Silage keeps stock in good
physical condition. 1t furnishes an
abundance of prepared cheap and
succulent roughage for all seasons of
the year.
The farmer cannot be too alert
against the swindler. There are all
kinds of schemes to catch the un-
wary. Out in Colorado a couple of
sleek fellows have been working a
stock food swindle. They approach a
farmer and ask him to be their agent
and to take a ton. They send, or
rather promise to send, a man to sell
the first ton. The farmer must sign
an order for the first ton and also a
note for s130. He is to sell the stock
food at ten dollars 0 hundred and
keep $3.50 a hundred for his trouble.
After the shysters get the note that
is the last heard of them nor does
the farmer receive the stock food.
The note eventually turns up at some
bank and has to be paid under the
law for the third party is always such
an innocent cuss that he has to have
his money good or bad.
1t would hardly seem necessary to
say that the hand separator needs
washing every time 1t ia used, and
yet there is so much carelessness
ereeps into the dairy sometimes and
things are just let go, that we feel
that we must drop reminder. Now
heed 1t.
Promote the cows to the butchering
pen who do not come up to the aver
age yield of the herd.
Seeing is believing. is an old say
ing, but just remember that the eyes
are not always to be trusted.