The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-02-16

will iniure the soil.
Give the hens plenty Of room. plenty
Of ventilation. So shall your egg bas.
ket hold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown that
some other factor is necessary than
feed.
Chemical preservadves in milk are
considered injurious to health. and are
forbidden by pure food legislation in
many states.
Two smaller silos are better than
one big one They are easier to fill
and easier to feed from and the silage
keeps Just as well.
The dairyman who has a good sup
ply Of forage and feed and a bunch Of
good dairy cows to feed it to will strike
pay streak this winter.
The best way to treat manure with
acid phosphate is to use 1t as an alb.
sorbent in the stable the same as is
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs. as a rule, sell for less per
pound in the market than hogs. In
the market swine under 100 pounds
in weight are classed as pigs
Nothing so stimulates the entire sys-
TEN OF the hog as pasurage. and 1t is
especially beneficial during the win
ter months, whenever It can be pro-
vided.
The value Of manure does not de.
pend wholly upon its fertilizing prop,
critics; it adds humus to the soil. 1t
is especially beneficial to gumbo and
to mucky soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for It. milk is fully as econom-
ical source Of nutrients as other ami.
NAL foods, but dearer than most staple
vegetable products.
There is every indication the specu.
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have in storage. This
will have tendency to make prices
good again next spring.
Tillage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence Of the air and
sun, giving the newly sown seed a
warm and invigorating bed which is
a necessity to perfect termination.
Tender roses and other half-hardy
plants that must be left outdoors all
winter. should be protected in some
way. Wrappings OF straw. or cover.
ings Of leaves. soil or manure, are
needed.
The production, care and applica.
ton OF manure is given the least con-
sideration of the three, in this coun.
try. caused. no doubt. by the bound.
less extent OF virgin soil. found by
our forefathers.
Sometimes a pullet wishes to lay
but cannot because her egg organs
are weak. They need Strengthening.
Add little oil meal to the soft feed.
and give little chopped raw meat in
addition to the regular ration.
Although the factor OF keeping clean
both milk and cream may not appeal
to some farmers as much as 1t should.
there is one phase Of the subject that
may. That phase is cleanliness as a
guard against the dissemination OF
disease by milk and cream.
Successful feeding does not con-
sist in chucking out about as much
feed TO a certain number OF hens
just so often. Success means the
study Of your focks and feeding &C.
cordingly; different quantities at DIFF.
ferent times. with variation in kinds
for there are not two tiocks that re-
Quire exactly the same treatment.
Corncobs are often allowed to 90 to
waste because they rot so slowly that
they are not available as fertilizers
This difficulty may be overcome in
part, at least. by running the cobs
through corn crusher. This breaks
them up in small pieces, and they
will rot much more quickly. II this
crushed material is spread upon the
land and plowed under, much bene-
fit will result. This fertilizer is espe-
cially good for orchards.