The Virginia enterprise., 1910-10-14

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Chicks in large run will exercise
more and hence keep warmer and
healthier.
Do not feed the young chicks any
thing for at least thirty-six hours after
Matching.
Diversified farming and crop rota-
ton are the best antidotes for farm
mortgages.
Foul drinking water and filthy
drinking vessels are a prolific source
Of trouble.
The boar should always have q
large lot to himself, and never be con.
fined in dark, damp quarters.
Rape is sometimes sown on corn
ground Just preceding the last cultiva-
ton. and with timely rains the rape
will furnish a great deal of pasture
after the corn is harvested.
The farmer who has all the land he
can we'll tend to has no need of more
land. He would be much happier with
a reasonable amount of land, only
enough so that it can be we'll i'm
proved. fertilized and cultivated.
Some make practise in setting out
an apple orchard to plant peach trees
between the rows of apple trees, al
lowing the short-lived peach tree to
die before the apple tree natures.
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or
Rhode Island Reds will grow into hens
at maturity that will weigh from six
to eight pounds when fattened for
market, bringing more than a dollar
each.
Horses comprise nearly IS per cent.
Of the total live stock value of the
country, their figures being $2,276,363,-
900, as compared with $685. 900
for horses, milch COWS, cattle, swine,
sheep and mules.
In the selecting and buying of cat
tie select the most healthy looking
animals, and then determine positive
" with the tubercti2in test +.as tc
whether or not they are free from
tuberculosis.
If you have patch of rye use 1t as
a soiling crop for cows. You can begir
to cut and feed it when it Is about q
foot high. Cut only enough at time
for two days feeding. and store it ir
The first thing is to have everything
connected with the milk and milking
as clean as 1t is possible to make
them. The other essential is to COO
the milk as soon as possible after II
is drawn from the cows and hold II
to a low temperature till it is to be
used.
Many farmers milk cows of ques
tionable cleanliness in vessels known
to be impure and place the milk after
milking in a warm room, often neal
the kitchen stove. Such milk is not
only unwholesome for food at any
time, but it will soon sour and be
come unfit for human food.
Give the hen a good dusting with
insect powder two or three times dur
ing incubation, and good one as she
comes of with the chicks. Lice are
a great enemy Of young chicks, hence
care must be taken with the sitting
hen and her nest to see that no lice
breed during incubation.
Do not leave the cows out in the lot
as warm weather comes on, but keeI
them at nights in their accustomed
stalls with plenty of soft, dry bedding
It is more convenient to milk a COW
in her usual stall than In an open lot
where she may wander about at viii
or be disturbed by the other cows
The pen of breeding fowls should
be furnished with clean nests and the
eggs gathered with clean hands. Nc
grease or oil of any kind must touch
them. Eggs should be gathered fire
quently and stored in a mild and not
too dry place to prevent them from
chilling and losing moisture. They
should be turned daily while held and
set as soon as possible. Fresh eggs
are most fertile.
The ground for the future bean cror
is usually, If possible. fall or winte,
plowed, or at least plowed very early
In the spring. Soils producing good
corn crops grow fine beans. An idea
bean soil is a sandy clay loan en-
riched by barn fertilizers, or Glove,
sods, and as it loves a loose, deep soil
although shallow rooted, a manured
clover sod put to corn the season be
fore and well titled proves an idea
place for the growth Of the bean.
Before attempting to churn be sure
and ripen the cream properly. Do moi
mix any fresh cream with that which
Is intended for churning, within <at
least IL hours before churning. Don't
forget that sweet and sour cream doel
not cburn alike, and if mixed just al
churning time the butter contained IN
the sweet cream would go out in the
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