The Virginia enterprise., 1910-05-27

Work is the famer's capital.
Potato tops are good for potato
tugs. ..-< ~ .
Cow stables must be we'll lighted a1d :
ventilated.
Animal food is essential for geese
and ducks.
Put the pighouse in good condition;
winter is coming on.
A horse of quality will outsell q
coarse grained one any time.
When the hen no longer lays In her
nest, the wood block comes next.
Keep milk away from all other
foods as it 10 great absorber OF
odors.
It is poor policy to feed inferior
grain to the horse especially to the
work team.
TO produce their full milk-giving
capacity, COWS should be kept as free
from disturbance as possible.
HOrniess cattle are preferred by
feeders and shippers, and they will
usually pay a premium for them.
A horse which rears backward is
never safe for riding. One can never
tell when he will fall over backward.
Though exercise is good for the lay
ing hens, we wouldn't advise having
the dogs chase them for that pur-
pose.
A COW that is a hard mixer, due to
construction of the muscles at the end
OF the teat, may be cured, If properly
treated.
Remember yourself when building
poultry houses and plan them so that
you may take care of them with the
least amount of trouble.
The bruise on an apple may not at
once develop into rot but it will make
brown spot which disfgures and
lessons the value of the fruit.
Dairymen generally like cows with
| out horns. They are much easier to,
handle, there is less risk Of their be-
ing injured and they take up less.
| room.
During the busy fall days, don't for
get to provide for the heL's diet az
we'll as for other stock: whsle prepar-
ing dainties for the table, hoard up
| some for the hens.
Prepare the nests and place nest
eggs in them, 20 the pullsta will learn
to occupy them. 1t Is important that
the pullets be early taught to lay in
the nests provided for them.
Farmers with silos arD inclined to
feel and show greater independence
than their neighbors without them.
They say they don't care so much
what the season is, they ave sure Of
lots of good feed.
A new sheep disease has been
found among focks in central New
York state, known as gid" and is
| said to be the first case in .his coun-
try Gid is q brain disease, being q
form of staggers and is >often fatal.
The family cat needs watching:
Cats prefer young chickens to mice or
rats. Many valuable chicks have dis
appeared in this way and the cat
looks innocent. After you have muz-
zled your own cat, then look out for
the neighbor's cat.
| After the wheat field has been plant
ed open up drains with the Now for
leading of surface water. A few
hours work spent at this will mean
the saving of much wheat from drown
Ing out. There will be much rain be.
tween seeding time and harvest.
Nitrogen is contained in great guam
titles in the air above us, but Il can
not be purchased and used with profit
in farming, except under special condi-
tions. Glover and other leguminous
plants can draw all they require from
the atmosphere by means of bactsria
that live on their roots.
It Is not possible to maintain our
lands without clover and it is best to-
SOW clover and plow it under. It Is
desirable to clip the clover two or
three weeks earlier than it would be-
cut for hay and let it lie upon the,
ground, and this helps the second
crop, which may be cut for seed; then
the straw should be put back on the
land.
It is interesting to note just how the
cowpea crop benefits the soil upon
which it grows and increases it's pro-
ductive capacity. In the first place
it does so by increasing the supply
of nitrogen, which it transfers from
the air to the soil by means of the
tacteria which live on the roots of the
plant This added supply of nitro
gen serves also to increase the growth
of the plant as we'll as enriching the
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