West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-08-05


Their Is certainly not normal IL he
doesn't appreciate this fact and ar.
range the work SO the boy can get Off
and take In the sights.
Mississippi boasts OF one county In
which every white boy OF school age
Is working n piece OF ground with his
own hands as n part OF his education.
IL more boys were mixing some OF
this work in the soil with what they
get from books they would develop
into more wholesome and useful mem.
bers OF society.
A Wisconsin poultryman recon-
mends placing chickens afflicted with
gapes In barrel in which quantity
OF Stacked lime has been scattered,
his contention being that. In its efforts
TO fly out. the chicken VIII stir up and
breathe In enough lime dust to kill
the cape worms. which may then BIO
sneezed out. Care should be used that
the chickens treated do not get too
much lime. and the remedy should not
be used with chicks less than half
grown.
Omaha has n students organization
that Is known as the Alfalfa Hay
club. 1t is their belief that beef
steak and alfalfa is a balanced ration
and an excellent energy producer for
mental as well as physical exercise.
The alfalfa ration is given In the shape
or gems, pancakes. mush and cake the
tender and nutritious portions OF the
plant being finely ground and bleach
ed III this ration does as much for
these college boys rs for hogs and
beeys in the feed lot they may be
counted on to get there with both feet
IN the 40 dash and In wrestling with
Greek and Latin roots
A precious lot OF the governments
money is still being wasted every year
through the printing and distribution
OF SO many thirty to sixty page bulle-
tins. which from the standpoint OF
value for the average farmer might as
well be written In Hebrew and San
Skirt Not only does the farmer not
have time to wade through them, but
the average country editor does not. A
fair regard for the forest conservation
policy, concerning which so much Is
just now being written, would seem
to suggest the propriety of boiling
down q good many OF these treaties
and thus sparing the trees from which
the paper is made.
Once in n while there is an orchard
which Is too thrifty TO bear fruit, the
case being analogous TO the farm ami
NAL which gets so fat that 1t will not
breed satisfactorily. This difficulty
with the orchard may be helped some
by removing mulch IL there IS any.
blowing the orchard and growing some
crop which will remove surplus moist
ure and energy from the SOIL Another
way or toning the trees down is to
prime heavily or to remove narrow
strips or bark running parallel with
the runk.. This last expedient should
only be tried as last resort and then
only by one who understands the lob
and Will not overdo 1t.
The number OF mice which will be
on hand to threaten orchard trees
when the winter SHOWS are deep may
be materially reduced IL piles OF mulch.
nay or other litter are removed by the
nrst or September. Many of these
piles or litter will be found TO contain
nests OF from FIVE to eight little naked.
squirming mice which are very easily
dispatched. The writer remembers
removing some ten or more cocks OF
grass from the orchard about the time
mentioned and in almost every pile
there were just such n bunch OF little
mice, which would have been able Il
DO a world OF gnawing by mldwinter
mad they been left undlsturbed.
very little has been done rs vet
along the line OF testing silage as n
ration for lambs. The Illinois expert.
ment station has, however, been con
Quoting some feeding experiments
along this line and the results have
been very satisfactory. Six lots OF
lambs OF the same age and weighing
an average Of ninety-three pounds
were Ia the feeding test One lot was
led no siage at all, their ration being
l.42 pounds OF corn and 1.12 pounds OF
hay per day. The other Eve lots were
ted varying amounts Of enslage with
lighter rations Of hay and corn. At
the end OF the period It was found the
lot fed hay and corn only had made n
gain OF thirty-three pounds each. the
average cost per pound OF gain beinr
80 cents. The lot fed the most silage
had ration Of 11s pounds shelied
corn los pounds silage and ~
pounds hay, and during the period
made a total gain IN weight OF as.A
pounds, with an average cost per
pound OF gain OF 81 cents. II will be
observed that the lambs fed most
silage made a greater gain than the
others and az a cost OF nearly n cent
less per pound The feeding OF the
snage was not attended by any in.
/ furious effects whatever. The series
OF experiments would seem 70 furnish
definite and valuable Information for
a good many who have been consider.
/ tng silage az a possible ration fog