The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-03

himself with scrub stock or poor crops.
1t is a sad mistake for a man to
make good crop of grass into poor
hay.
Pure fresh air. day and night, is
one Of the prime essentials for keep
ing fowls in good health.
Most eepa-ators do their best work
with the milk at temperature Of
from IS degrees to s5 degrees Fahren-
helt
When the cream has been held at
churning temperature for period Of
two or three hours, 1t is ready TO be
churned.
good way to keep manure for the
garden is to I'll a large box, turning
1t over with a fork about once a
week and keeping 1t moist.
The government Is sending out ex-
perts to various parts Of the country
to teach fruit growers the best meth
DDS OF spraying their trees,
When shrubs are first planted they
should be headed back one-half or
more. but after they become estab-
lished they should be allowed to
branch at will.
One of the prominent symptoms Of
shoulder lameness in horses is a diff
fculty Of lifting and extending the
limb. which is particularly noticeable
when the patient is urged to trot-
The flea beetle is small, metallic
blue insect which Is destructive to the
fruit both as the larra and the adult.
Spraying with arsenate OF lead or
paris green is generally effective.
Some Of the amber honeys are
made from the aster. goldenrod. bone
SET, queen OF the meadow. heartsease.
wild sunAower. Spanish needle. su-
mac. magnolia and marlgold.
The earliest sown lettuce should be
of some Of the loose growing varieties.
For summer use plant cabbage lettuce.
or heading varieties. as the leaves
during the warm season will be whittier
and more crisp.
Soy beans shed their leaves before
the grain begins TO ripen: therefore
when hay is desired the plants must
be cut when half or more OF the pods
are fully grown. but before the beans
begin TO harden.
in cutting rape for soilIng It Is best
to cut about four inches from the
ground. II Is advisable TO arrange
the cutting so that each days product
viii be consumed within that time. as
the foliage soon willis and Is then not
relisbed so much
The sitting hen must not be dis
turbed. II eggs are laid in the same
nest With those that are Matching II
is often difficult to ten the fresh one
from the othnrs. hence partly patched
eggs are taken out instead OF the
fresh ones.
It IS well known fact among
farmers and fruit growers that black.
berries Improve the physical nature
Of the son through their root action
When they are removed from the ap-
pie orchard the soil Is left IN ideal
condition for the outer feeding roots
of the apple trees.
While 7 IS conceded that permanent
maintenance Of soil fertility without
live stock Is possible. It IS not prac.
ticable as statewide policy. because
II IS MOI the highest tyre Of agricuI-
ture and because few farmers can be
induced 10 comply with all the condi.
tons necessary TO make it effective.
Plant cannas one to two feet apart.
depending altogether If they be dwarf
or the tall-Growing sort. They IKE
very rich soil and plenty Of water
during the growing season. A mulch
of straw manure win help to con.
serve the water that is given them.
Cut OF all the seed pods as they
form.
Root Plants may be transplanted,
but It IS not advisable unless It we're
In the case of extra early beets start.
ed IN the hotbed o. turnlp-rooted rad.
ishes lifted out at thinning time. The
roots are usually III shaped, yet their
table quality is not injured. Long
varieties always become distorted and
are not marketable.