Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-29

stunted calves don't make good
cows
If you can raise . good steer why
raise poor onei
The pig eating SOW il usually the
result Of bad feeding.
Learn to handle harness fast, on and
on. It saves SO much time.
The world keeps finding new uses
for corn and corn products.
A roadside filled with tall weeds Il
q great harboring place for flies.
Get the old hens started for market
as soon as they have laid their litter
out
The most eloquent friends the silo
has are those men who have fed
silage
r.
One good thing about the incuba-
tor. 1t never leaves the nest before the
job is done.
A little salt daily for the cows il
better than the weekly sailing on SUM-
day morning.
ryta tra1z5;1,1s, hxo, should MT nnlv
be good individual. but be backed by
good ancestors.
Sunshine is natures best disinfect-
ant and the pens and houses cannot
have too much Of it.
Clover is an exceptionally good
cattle roughage. but at present prices
its use is quite prohibitive.
BOOSTERS Of all breeds should be
separated from hens when they mott.
It takes them longer than hens.
Pigs allowed to make their beds on
manure piles soon become scuffy and
affected with a dry hacking cough.
II the heifer doesn't show up we'll
with her first calf and give promise OF
being profitable COW better get rid
Of her.
There is no question but what the
thin blanket keeps the flies OFF, but
however thin it may be it makes the
horse warm.
If one of your hogs gets a grudge
against another, put them in sep,
arate pens. They will do better and
grow faster.
II hog dies on the farm, no matter
from what cause, take no chances, but
remove the body a long distance from
the feeding lots and burn it.
Removing stumps certainly pays.
They not only occupy space which is
valuable but they also cause all sorts
OF trouble and inconvenience.
In punching. alfalfa should be
handled by hand, as punching with
rake loses many of the leaves. Rain
is very Injurious to the cut hay.
Provide shade and shelter for calves.
Keep salt and fresh water before
them all the time Dehorn before fly
time Halter break every calf while
young.
When one growth of alfalfa is re-
moved, another one comes on inn
mediately But If the first growth re-
mains while the second one starts,
then the second suffers.
When the pigs are taken out Of
| the pasture this fall they should not be
turned suddenly into the cornfields or
fed all the new corn they can eat.
Make the change gradually.
When strawberries are through
| fruittng, remove the mulch and give
cultivation II the plants have made
a rank growth, NOW off the tops of
| the plants with the mower.
It is the very poorest sort of policy
to store potatoes intended for seed in
basement in which there is fur
| mace as 1t usually results in a lower
ing Of the vitality of the seed.
|
To in any way skrimp the food OF
a growing animal, chicken, pig, lamb,
calf or colt, is to invite sure loss A
thrifty, growing young animal If
kept thrifty and growing, is always a
money maker.
A low down, handy-wagon is of
great value in orchard and garden
work. Such wagons are easily loaded.
The tires are wide and they can be
taken into fields where the ground is
too soft to use narrow tired wagons
Ducks kept entirely on land, must
have deep drinking vessels, SO they
| can get their heads under water.
Where shallow vessels or troughs are
used they gum up about the eyes, be-
come listless. sit about, lose their ap-
petite, and eventually die.
The three sizes of roasting fowls
small, medium and large can best be
secured by the Wyandottes, Ply