West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-05-28

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Since the old Jersey hos" came
fresh there has been living I'm the writ.
ers home. Before that for a couple
of months 1t was Just existing.
A plentiful sowing OF beets or man
gel wurtzels this spring Will furnish n
nourishing and succulent ration for the
milk cows next fall and winter and ono
that they will greatly enjoy.
a slow rain of from one-half TO
three-quarters of an inch. which soalSs
into the ground rs 1t falls, does more
real good than the three inches which
comes down in buckets full In the
average thunderstorm
The thing that makes the bur oak
hard tree to transplant Is also respon-
sible for its standing more drought than
many other varieties OF trees-a tan.
root which goes down deep until it
strikes stratum of permanent mois-
ture.
The broad gauge, patriotic citizen II
ne does not have n heavy load aboard
will drive his team in the center of the
newly graded road. 1t is very natural
to leave this preliminary travel on n
new road for the next fellow who
comes along
The blue grass pasture furnishes an
almost ideal and properly balanced ra-
ton Tor stock. This is indicated not
only by the relish with which they cat
the grass, but the good it does them
In the matter OF growth or in milk or
meat production.
1t Is questionable whether II paws TO
try to veal calf that can only be fed
skimmllk ration during the first three
or four weeks. After this time the but
ter fat in the whole milk ration may
be In part substituted by shelled corn
and boiled haxseed meal
Unlike most other members of the
clover family. alsike does well on wet
soil. 1t should be sowed in late sum
mer or early fall when the ground can
be worked to the best advantage and
when maximum work shall have
been done in the matter of killing weed
seed in the soil.
Good feed, kind treatment and n re-
liably made cream separator are pretty
sure TO mean success with the dairy.
or course 1t is taken for granted in
this statement that the members OF
the dairy herd have been tested and
that only those that are paying their
board bill are on hand.
IL is due to the children in the home.
but particularly to the good wife.
whose view of the outdoor world Is so
often circumscribed by II, that the
front yard should be utilized for some
thing beside n chicken ranch or a hog
lot Hogs are all right in their place.
but tbat Is out back OF the barn.
Some one has said that the forests
of the country are one OF natures sav-
ings banks. Accepting this statement
as substantially correct. IL is fair to
state that whole lot Of bank wreck
Ing Is going on IN the suicidal and short
sighted forest policy which is being
followed by the commercial interests
OF the country.
In the mammoth wheatfelds OF fine
Pacific coast states harvesting opera.
lions are done on a scale 10 correspond.
machine called the header and
hauled by from twenty 70 sixty head
or horses or an immense gasoline trac
ton engine and cutting a swuth four
teen feet IN width heads. thrashes
cleans and sacks the grain in one
process
Very few enemies OF the rose bed
VIII be able 10 do it harm 81 IL IS
given a thorough spraying every morn
Ing with the garden hose with the wa.
ter under good pressure. SPRAYED az
often as this, the lice, slugs and other
pests are not given time enough ia
prosecute their work, being uncere
moniously knocked or by the force
OF the water
Inasmuch as dirt is the common
name for microbes and bacteria tine
less dust and dirt there are at milking
time the freer from germs of various
kinds VIII the milk be. The most care.
Col dairymen not only SEQ that the
back and sides are brushed carefully
before milking, but that the udder ana
teats of the COW as well as the hands
81 the operator are carefully washed.
These precautions simply mean clean
mix and make possible nrst class
butter product
While q good many fakes and swim.
dles are worked upon folks who are
entirely unOnending and not o. blame.
the vast majority are made possible
because Of the eagorncss ON the part
OF the victim 10 get something for
nothing. or o. least n good deal more
than he has reason 60 expect as % re.
turn from n legitimate transaction.
Where folks get taken in in this way
they are entitled 90 no sympathy. ne
they merely get q dose Of their own
medicine 40 q slightly dlfIeTent form.