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


Horned cattle cannot
A good grindstone Will ese heap
of time on the farm,
IN spruce tree t,esda cnilly
after planting.
Sow rape With spring ggaln 90 aa
to make pasture after the GFain ~ %
Land which ID soaked With Gtagulnt
water win not raise good crops. prain
1t II you would use It
Remember the best kind % rs pull 50
the one which comes from hatd mtins
cles and q busy brain.
Save the pea straw for the nheeb
as they prefer Il to all other foddetB
save perhaps that OF clover hay.
Don't forget that poultry like G1rilti
milk as we'll as the hogs, and they
give good return in incrs1aed eEg
production.
Avoid dust IN the barn az milTin8
time. Never handle bedding or hhs
at such time. Walt until milhng %
out Of the way.
The poorer the soWs the create 80
the necessity OF using o biBh.gEe do
boar In breeding That 10 IL the hero
is to be built UP.
The shrInkage OF corn In the corn
crib is considerable during . season,
and hence the holding Tor q hithc
price is eften a questionable policy
Give good caro- to the young chicks.
Disease and yermine are more eAally
prevented than fightiRg them attor
neglect has caused the hock 70 fall .
prey. to them.
Cultivation has more to do With
good crop production than any other
one thing, Keep at It. Put In Q liek
whenever you can and the harvest
will reward you,
According to decision by the agTi.
cultural department all cheese made
from skim milk must bo labeled ~
skim milk cheese before efiered Tor
sale iu the markets.
Crown gall may be easily conveyed
from tree to tree by the saw or knife
which has been used to out II out OF
the diseased tree. The knife should
be diBlnfected after each use.
sterilized skim milk 10 bettor for
the calf than unsterilized according
to Investigations by Prof. Otis, OF Wis
consin. He found that there was lesp
tendency to scourS and fewer ION
feed" days.
Integrity 10 great factor n the
work on the farm. The farmer cannot
deal deceitfully with his coll or hio
stock without having II react upon
him. Good. honest. faithful work u
the only kind that Will bring results.
Kindness Is the hrSt regulate n
the breaking OF colt. Why should
you go at the nervous animal ham
anindifterent quality Of animal, but the
"breRklngg 10 necegBary1 10 sure
the colt understands what you want
and then gently but firmly onforcO
your commands.
China'a representative al WaShing-
ton has asked our goyeTnmOnt fer
seeds and samples Of eYery variety oe
plant of recognized impoFtanee raised
In this country. A compliment 70
American agriculture and Q sure
enough indication that China = Wak
ing up.
How did you como out In laying
your plans for rotation OF crops this
year? Didn't think far enough ahead
and 90 the old routine was fOlloMedf
Start now and plan for bottof rote-
tion next year. Study TO ind Whieh
parts OF the farm need fertility the
most and put those parts into pasture
or meadow az soon as possible.
A Maryland farmer 10 reported -
have q white Wyandotto hen that layD
empty egg shells. II iS Said The shoilg
are large, well-shaped and fesomblG
an Ordinary egg, but they eontai
neither yolk nor white matteR. Thg
hen lays one such egg each Gnys
Empty-headed farming Is &. a.foatuT0 in
some localities, and perhaps thls ~
Is emulahng the example oG ~
owner.
English municipalities are cor
cernsd about the milk supply, % HOn
az are the large American eltlee
The excessive infant mortality -
charged to bad milk, ana q BIN heS
Been introduced IN parliament pfoyld
ing for the establishment IA cities oG
10000 or over Of municipal MIX
dopots. A clause OF the bin directs
that milk specially prepared for ecti-
sunIption by Infants under two years
Of asS shall be soid
The CheeRfnl l1dn.
Give us. oh, give ua, cfteg Catlyie
the man who sings at hiS work. 30 hie
Occupation what II may. he IL e0unl 70