West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-11-25

In the vicinity OF the Greeley (Colo)
beet sugar factories oil the pulp which
shall be produced this season has been
contracted for by sheep feeders at
higher price than has ever before pre-
vailed.
Salt and ashes should be where the
hogs may have access 10 them when
they like. -Four quarts OF the former
should be mixed with bushel OF the
latter and placed I'm trough so that II
viii not be tramped into the ground.
a law lately passed I'm New York
aims to reveal animals affected with
tuberculosis by having them branded
on the forehead or right side OF the
neck with n known mark at least two
inches In length. This is In accord
ance with recently enacted pure food
and health laws, enabling the purchas-
or OF an animal TO know just what he
is getting.
According to figures which have been
compiled by experts in the French de-
partment of agriculture. n toad during
its life is worth so TO the farm on
which It lives, lizard so. n swallow
$20 n utmouse SO, robin 81. n bat
$50, an owl SO, n screech owl SIC and
n fern owl $50. II these figures are re-
liable the American farmer might we'll
take up the study of ornithology.
There Is no getting around the fact
that the neat appearance OF urban or
rural premises, as shown I'm tastefully
painted buildings, well kept lawn,
shipshape outbuildings and clean fence
corners, has much to do with deter
mining the price ut which n property
win sell. Good looks appeal to the
prospective buyer, and he is not neces-
sarily n fool because he is influenced
by these considerations.
A developing. thinking boy is always
interested I'm finding out some new
and better way 10 do things. For this
reason he will naturally be interested
In reading an up to date farm paper
that he may find how progressive
farmers are doing I'm other localities.
II there is no journal OF this kind in
the house the lads father should take
one for him. and incidentally the OLD
man may get some good out OF It
himself.
1t is only fair to the dairymen who
furnish the residents of towns and
cities with n supply OF pure milk from
tuberculin tested cows that the latter
the consumers-should pay n price
which will cover the added expense
which the dairymen are put to I'm test
ing their herds and the extra care they
have to exercise in producing n germ
and filth free product. There are two
sides to this matter OF n pure milk
supply, and this is the other one.
The rules adopted this season by the
Hood River Fruit Growers association
having to do with the handling OF the
apple crop provide, among other things,
that the fruit must be taken from the
trees only in the early hours OF the
day on cool days. The purpose of this
is that the fruit shall be cool when
picked and kept so while being boxed
md placed in storage. This precau-
ton greatly enhances the shipping and
keeping qualities OF the apples.
The amount OF wheat exported from
Argentina during the interval from
Jan. 1 to Aug. G. 1909. was s9G72.OOO
bushels rs compared with 121,57O,OOO
bushels for the same period last year.
These figures may have had some
thing to do in way of accounting for
the Patten wheat cleanup. which OIL
Gals Of the department of agriculture
were at n loss to understand on the
basis of wheat stores in the United
States at the time it was pulled Off.
If any reader of these notes would
put down eggs for use during the com
ing months n very satisfactory way Is
to take the strictly fresh and clean
product and immense them in solu-
ton made by adding to nine quarts OF
cold boiled water one quart of water
glass, obtainable at the drug store.
The receptacle in which the eggs are
to be stored. preferably n stone Jar.
should be scalded out carefully and
set in a cool place. Eggs treated I'm
this manner should keep from seven
to ten months.
The cold snap which swept over the
country about the middle OF October
caused utmost concern to many fruit
growers in Colorado. where apples are
primary crop. At Grand Junction.
receiving warning OF the impending
freeze, the ranch owners appealed to
the townspeople to come to their aid
In the harvesting OF the fruit and In
tending night fires I'm the orchards to
keep the fruit which there was not
time to gather from freezing. The re-
Spouse was hearty, and as a result the
bulk Of the crop was saved.
One OF the much debated subjects
among dairymen I'm the past has been
whether the butter fat content OF milk
is affected by the character OF the ra-
ton given the COW. The majority OF
dairymen seem agreed that fat cannot
be fed into milk, and this view seems
still further confirmed by some tests
which have recently been made at
Wye, England. In the test oils were
fed in varying quantity 10 several
rows, which were given grass pasture
twenty days at the close or the test