The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-02-16
H0es need I be ted o.tea.

used enough.
Bees winter poorly on honey dew.
fruit juices or cider.
It's sure sign that a horses teeth
need looking after II he voids whole
grain.
Incubator chicks are never intest-
ed with rernin when the are
Matched
Slow decay Is Just what proves best
for a supply of potash. phosphorus
and lime for the trees.
"LimDerneck." in chickens. is
caused by the absorption Of poison
found in decayed animal food.
Sorghum. cut and cured when the
heads are slightly brown and the
seed in dough. makes fair winter
feed.
As to the best time to market,young
stock. IT is. as . general proposition.
when they are in finished market
condition.
A handful of oil meal given to the
horse once a day will keep him in
good condition and makes his coat
soft and sleek.
Ten COWS that average 500 pounds
OF butter fat per year produce as
much as 20 COWS that average only
$50 pounds per year.
OIL meal is being shipped by the car.
load to Europe. where 1t is fed by
daiFymen. 1t would be to our advan.
tage if this were fed at home.
A man should have a good strong
hand and he should know how to use
it in order to get the milk out of the
uddeF and get it out rapidly.
Chopped onions are very good for all
kinds Of poultry. Onions are not only
invigorating. but are excellent when
the fowls are subject to colds.
The precaution against possible
danger. where work is pressing and
farmers want to get their corn in
out OF the way. is ventilation Of the
crib.
Onions must be kept in a dry, clean
place, although protection from cold
is not so necessary. In fact, freezing,
with moderate thawing out. makes the
flavor milder.
A pail of milk standing ten minutes
where 1t is exposed to the scent OF
strong-smellinS stable. or any other
offensive odor, viii imbibe faint that
will not leave it.
Well fattened young stock always
sells at a good price. and 1t is general
ly better TO let the condition OF the
animal rather than that OF the market
determine the date of selling.
With good milking cows. well fed
and well kept. milk can be produced
at a cost OF 65 cents per hundred and
butterfat for 16 cents per pound. This
is an average for the year round.
If some of the brooder chicks are
not quite so thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves if pos.
sible, where the stronger ones will not
run over them and rob them of their
feed.
There is so much difference in the
composition Of milk from different
cows that many large butter and
cheese factories now test all the milk
they buy. and pay for 1t according TO
its butterfat content.
The automobile has not spoiled the
horse market nor has the Incubator
spoiled the demand for Biddy. One
Nebraska firm alone reports the sale
of $4,000 incubators the past season,
yet hens are higher than ever.
While our hardest varieties of
roses may endure the evaporation Of
our trying winters. they will. how
ever. come through stronger and give
better results the coming season II
they can receive fair measure Of
protection during the winter.
Scraping old apple trees to remove
loose bark is good practice when
combined with judicious pruning. 1t
makes the trees look better and do
better and 1t reduces the number of
insect hiding places Once in three
to five years is often enough to do It.