The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-09-14
These IS noney IN beea.

There is money in beea-
Start an asparagus bed. 1t thr.veu
on sandy soil.
Sell OF all the ROSTERS except the
prime ones for breeding
The breed OF white hogs is rapidly
disappearing from this country.
The good roads movement Increases
the pleasure OF moving over the
roads.
Some men never discover where
fence is weak until they attempt to
climb over 1t
Even city man can come to the
front with small flock Of poultry IN
his back yard.
No COW which averages less than
one and one-half gallons Of milk per
day can be kept at a profit
Take the chill on the water for the
mare. and feed her carefully and keep
her quiet for number OF days.
The man who said shat the best
poultrymen on most farms are the
women" knew what he was talking
about.
1t is more difficult TO secure the
seeds q forest trees than any other
kinds Of seeds. since there is so lit,
tie market for them.
Beets may be canned or picked and
saved for winter use. When vegeta-
bles are scarce they will be greatly
enjoyed II saved in this way.
In Japan there are 1872 people for
every 30 acres of land and 256 cows.
256 doukeys. and 512 swine for every
square mile of land in the kingdom.
1t is not fair calculation to take the
average of the herd as the basis OF
computing annual profit from the
dairy. Let each individual stand on
her merits.
The sitting hen should be given a
new. clean box for nest. filed with
the cleanest OF material. Place her on
the new nest and give her the eggs
in the evening.
4 No animals are bred that are capa-
Bile of supplying the largest amount Of
rich milk and storing away the largest
amount of flesh and fatness in their
bodies at one and the same time.
| Most people find that the yearling
hens lay more eggs than the older
hens. but some chicken raisers claim
that the old hens eggs are better for
Matching, because they are more
strongly fortified.
! Good food never creates the char
acter nor temperament Of COW, nor
makes OF her good dairy animal.
any more than it never makes a good
COW out Of small mixer: II is use
less to make the effort
Water or moisture is always on the
move. When 1t rains 1t soaks the
ground, and as soon as 1t stops raining
It starts Its upward movement by capil.
larry attraction. 1t travels from one
soil particle to the next and so on until
the soil becomes what we call dry.
It must be apparent to every un.
prejr6tced thinking man that II the
dairy farmer wishes to obtain the
greatest profit in his dairy he must
grade up his herd by one OF the pure
bred bulls Of one Of the four great
dairy breds. Ayrshire. Guernsey. Hol.
stein or Jersey.
All stock will be healthier and will
thrive better II salt is kept where
they can help themselves daily rather
than at intervals. Medicated salts are
now put up and solo mat are better
in every way for the stock than the
common salt usually used besides be-
ing better conditioner.
The soil has wonderful absorptiye
power to hold on to Its moisture. for
II We place some soil in the oven and
drive OF the moisture by heat and
then examine these soil particles I'm.
der powerful microscope We will find
each soil particle coated with thin
film Of what is termed microscopic wa.
ter.
Shade and water are important mat.
te-s in connection with grazing cattle
and the more nearly natural the condi
tons can be made, the better. In a
pasture which contains no trees. /,