Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29

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Keep the apple tree low.
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Cold does not Kin insects
Ice should be cut when IT i sound
and solid.
Plenty Of salt ought always to 60
With dry feeding.
A half fed colt win never make
first-class draft horse.
Rapidly lie one Of the great essen
tials In milking COW.
Never whip horse when he SHES.
1t win Increase his fear.
In many cases it Is safer to dehorn
cattle In winter than in summer.
Flavor II the one great quality OF
butter fat over other kinds of fat.
Quite often the flavor In butter is
spoiled by making the cream too sour.
The flavor Of butter depends main.
" upon the cream previous to churn-
ing.
Lead the colt with halter. A bit
will make sore his mouth and dispo-
sition.
The COW is an animal that delights
in warmth. and 1t pays to keep her
comfortable.
Absolute comfort and contentment
should also be enjoyed by the steers
at all times.
1t is well to give the fowls quarters
an extra bedding of hay and straw in
cold weather.
The old saying had IT that the old
sow's pigs were 2 weeks old the day
they were born.
Every poultryman at this time Of
year Is trying to seek out the causes
Of poor Matching.
Ground limestone is useful in any
soil that is SO deficient In lime that
there is sourness present
A sheep will contract a cold much
more quickly in draughty barn than
| 1t will right out In the open.
The high-headed tree is easier cul-
tivated, but the low-headed trees
makes the fruit picking easier.
The length OF the stall should be
adjusted by the size of the cow, and
always used by the same COW.
Rabbits are very particular about
their food and any faint on the tree
will keep them from injuring It.
Nothing better than camphorated oil
for an udder Inflammation. For
scratches OF sores apply yaseline.
The city dealer profits by the lazi-
ness Of the grower, by grading and
repacking his badly assorted fruit.
There is nothing like silage to keep
the dairy cows appetite on edge
throughout the long winter period
Each bedded cow or horse will make
large two-horse CARLOAD Of good
quality manure for each month stabbed.
The price of horses seems to be
rather on the down grade, although
good ones sell nearly as high as ever.
One way to save feed bills is to pro-
| tect the COWS from flies during the
summer and the cold weather in the
winter.
Horses are very FOND OF variety,
and fussing always pays in the bet
ter condition and greater usefulness
of the horse.
Good feeding does not consist of
stufing the horse for number Of
weeks before he is put to work on
heavy grain feeds.
The number of acres required to feed
herd OF 20 cows In full milk will de-
pend largelN upon the condition of the
ground and the season.
Beans are not as good a feed for
live stock as peas, simply because
they are not as palatable, the cows
don't like them 80 well.
Many farmers have yet to learn that
COW cannot live upon. an unpalat-
able ration of corn and straw, and do
anywhere near her best.
The silo should be its widest popu-
larity in the corn belt where the corn
stalks are allowed to deteriorate and
largely waste in the weather.
The Matching season for the egg
form 10 March AnriI and NAV FIR