The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-08-14

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Sour niiIs Eood log the 2llttls
ohtcka as ven .as5 tlpo bis ones
BE careful in yonr dealings with the
man whose horse g afraid Of him
Avery common mistake In the hand
ling OF breeding stations Is oyerteed5
ing.
Save all liquid manure by earth
thrown ON the door and bedding
placed over this.
When butter is OF flavor the liberal
use OF lime water ia washing viii
work wonders,
Weed the old strawberry bed but he
careful not to disturb the roota with
hoe or cultiYator until after fruidng
The COED farmer is no whose farm
shows AN increase Of fertility each
year and whose stock are always on
the up grade,
Don't leave too many eyes on pieces
when cutting the seed potatoes, Too
many stalks mean too small potatoes
TO be profitable.
Meager rations may economic on
the feed but they find their inevitable
reckoning day when 1t comes to bal.
ancing the accounts.
The low-headed tree has long since
demonstrated its superiority over the
high.spreading tree. II is easier to
prune, to spray and to pick the fruit
Two points must be considered in
marketing lambs: The condition of
flesh and the condition of the market.
Good flesh and good market give good
profit
AS soon as "red.rust" fungus ap.
pears in the black.cap or blackberry
rows dig It. using care in doing 80
not to scatter the fungus on the
healthy plants.
Red top and alsike will make good
growth on that piece of ground which
is too wet for crops II the ground is
plowed In a dry time and then thor.
oughly narrowed.
The box stall in a stable proves an
almost indispensable feature many
times during year when the special
occasion arises for caring for a sick
horse, or other stock or for the calves.
During the farrowing season make
memorandum of the hogs which
prove the best mothers with the
largest and healthiest litters and then
keep them as long as they will breed,
Crows and blaCkbirds will not touch
the corn II before sowing the seed is
stirred in a kettle with little gas.tar
and then little plaster, 80 that each
grain iB slightly coated. It will not
injure the corn.
Feed theSfaTm through the COW. The
It1bTIn III turn VIII blNo Sou otSSA ASSN
for the COW. There's the farmers
endless chain system that keeps the
farm ON the upgrade and puts money
In the bank for him.
A half.hour spent with the farm
tool in making sure that 1t is in per
feet working condition before taking
| to the field may save you half days
work in repairing the damage which
often results from taking things for
granted.
"When wool prices fell few years
ago. the keeping OF sheep on thou
sands OF New England farms was
abandoned, but a change has taken
place and focks are again finding
their way back to the farms much to
the Improvement of conditions. Sheep
growing Is a paying business most
anywhere.
A good enough cutter for seed po-
tatoes and one with which rapid work
can be done may be made from an
old case knife fastened In the end of
"a plank which is fastened to a box
ON which the operator sits The bas.
ket is placed below the knife and the
potatoes drop into 1t as they are push.
ed on the knife.
1t 10 a plain proposition that the
farmer who Is compelled to sell his
grain crop at particular time cannot
make the profit he would II he were
able to hold 1t for moro favorable
market. This being true does not II
behoove him TO study how he may con.
troll the situation and dispose OF his
crops at the most favorable time.
One reason why the profits Of the
farm look SO small In proportion to
the income Of the city chap. is that
the living is taken before the profits
are figured and with the city chap the
profits are figured before the living
is taken out, In other words the
profits OF the farmer is net. while
that of the city man is made to look
next to the small end OF nothing after
all living expenses are paid.
In feeding experiments at many OF
the gtate COLLEGES it has been proven