Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22

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Spray potato plants for bugs.
Use barnyard manure for fertiIizing
Study the comforts of the cows and
young things.
No kind of young stock grows SO
fast draft foal
Raspberries are propasated by seeds.
sucker plants and tip plants.
The currant must not be cultivated
deeply. for it is shallow-rooted plant
Twenty acres of good corn put in
the st1o viii feed 80 COWS for whole
year.
The raspberry and blackberry like
the strawberry. will succeed on any
good corn soil
Water the horses before feeding
When fed first there is often more
danger of collie
Care should be taken that the COW
does not have to wade through filth
In the barnyard.
Very few farmers take enough time
In Afffn0 Ao1d For Mo Git
corn or potatoes
Watch sweet clover. It begins to
look as II 1t had very valuable place
among our farm crops.
Horses that are clipped dry OF fast
at night. This is better than having
them stand around in heavy wet
coat
- teaspoonful of coal tar to a peck
of corn. moistened with little wa.
ter, is said to be a protection against
gophers- S-5----55
To be on the safe side cabbage
plants should be started in soil which
has not been previously used for cab
bage culture.
The production of pure milk means
obtaining the milk under scrupulously
80, clean conditions and handling it In
cleanly manner.
Farmers make more clear money
from flock of hens than from any
other livestock. but they are more
careless with them.
Much may be done to increase the
value of woodlot by cutting out the
#unsound or unlikely@trees which are
crowding more valuable ones.
When buying sprayer, get one
that throws mist spray, as no other
will get the solution uniformly distrib-
uted over all parts Of the plant.
Where orchard trees have been heav-
lily pruned early in the season. many
water sprouts or suckers" will be apt
to grow In the center OF the trees.
The chief value of alfalfa meal
over alfalfa is that it Is all fed up,
and thus saves the waste impossible
TO prevent In woody or coarse alfalfa
The horses and oxen should be kept
In good. thrifty condition, not too fat
by regular grain feeding throughout
the year.
The fertilization of the crop is only
one of the several important consider
ations In growing crop: seed, prep
nration of the soil and cultivation are
equally important
The best way to start in the poultry
business is to get few hens and set
them on good eggs. These should al
ways be bought from reliable breed
er and should be from pure-bred stock.
Barnyard manure is the best gen
eral fertilizer to use about young
fruit trees care should be taken,
however not to pile it up about the
tree trunk az 1t is liable to burn the
bark.
In order that the hen may be able
to manufacture eggs she must be
given material that will not only build
up the wasting tissues but will also
furnish the right ingredients to make
the eggs.
The biggest acreage of fodder crops
that ever was put into the ground is
going in this spring In the northwest,
because the farmers who had poor
crops last year are tired. they say. Of
paying high prices for hay and corn
and other commodities. and they are
going to raise plenty Of stock food
this year.
Potatoes should not be MANFRED in
the drill Plant on clover sod ground,
and apply 500 pounds Of high-grade