The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-02

Never sell the best stock You al.
ways need that kind in your business.
When the calf is taken from the
COW he must. Of course. be taught to
drink
Keep the poultry yards clean. Don.
have anything about that can breed
disease.
Read the nursery and seed cata.
logues and get in your order for trees
and plants now.
The breeder of to-day who succeeds
must be breeder feeder and an
all-around stock man.
Provide clean. dry bed and never
allow horse to lie on bare boards or
stand on wet manure.
Feed the brood SOW protein feeds as
much as possible, and avoid feeds rich
in fat-forming elements.
One cock to ten hens is sufficient.
and these should be separated until the
breeding season begins.
Never allow two or more cocks to
remain in the same inclosure with the
hens during the winter.
Provide plank or cement feeding
floor for the hogs. Keep 1t clean: It's
the hogs table. you know
Try shaving some young sweet corn.
or even field corn. for the young chicks
and see how they will 80 for 1t.
Keep ground charcoal before the
poultry at all times. It Is good for
indigestion and corrects sour crop.
Don't feed good food to poor lay.
ers and then grumble because there
is no profit in the poultry business.
If IT Is possible to make a good COW
from poor calf the extra cost will be
more than the calf was worth at the
beginning.
The loss of condition at weaving
time may be greatly reduced II the
pigs have been accustomed to supple.
mentay foods.
Most OF the milk used in Slam is
imported In condensed form. few Of
the natives keeping COWS or goats or
using their milk.
Look the spray pump over. Get all
the parts in working order during the
winter 80 as to be ready for active
work early in the spring.
II you want lambs for fatteninE
early thoroughbred sire OF one Of
the coarse wool breeds used on Merino
ewes will produce excellent ones.
Pumpkins Will keep fine in a corner
Of the cellar near the furnace. II there
Is no furnace in the cellar better
place for them Is a warm closet near
the fire.
Plant fruit trees on the uncultvated
spots along the fence lines and In the
fields. The investment is good-adds
both to beauty OF farm and to the
value OF it
1t is the poorest sort Of economy to
milk COW up to within a short time
that she is due to calve. Give her
so days rest and she will more than
make up for lost time.
The fight against mites and insect
pests must be kept up TIL the last one
has been driven out. Your birds can
not do well so long as they are aHict-
ed with these enemies.
II you keep gu.neas, turkeys and
chickens. build separate houses and
yards for them. II you confne all
three varieties IN one yard during the
winter It will prove disastrous.
Bees won't thrive IN a cellar where
there are mice or any disturbing IN
fireuce. It Is well to partition bees
of to themselves where It Is quiet,
plenty Of ventilation and little light
One reason why hens do not do we'll
IS because they are kept too long on
the same ground. The very earth gets
foul and fun Of insect pests Change
about every two or three years. II
will pay.
The common method Of cleansing
wool produces great quantities OF foul
liquors. containing valuable sub