Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-01-04

Rabbits, mice and other things go
to make the rearing of an orchard
unpleasant for its owner.
Giant watermelons grow in Diar-
bekir, NAsiatic Turkey. Some Of them
are as large as -four barrel
The majority of mistakes are made
In The poultry business In the over
loking of details In management.
Cold rains are much harder on COWS
than dry cold Damp cold penetrates
to the bones. Provide dry shelter.
Dairy products are now bringing un-
usually high prices, being above the
values usually seen at this time of the
year.
A colt that is well summered and
grain fed before being weaned in the
fall, suffers little setback when 1t is
weaned
0lGCp4 d year -Otu Nj ulOIG
gain faster on corn when they have.
only dry roughage, especially clover
or alfalfa.
Better COPY the farmer who pro-
duces his yields at the lowest cost
than the man who produces the larg-
est yields.
AS soon as the leaves fall and few
sharp freezes ripen the new wood, we
may commence to prune fruit and
shade trees.
Pumpkins have been in use for feed
ing cattle and hogs for many years
and are valued very highly in some
communities.
The Introduction of cooperative
testing associations would be source
of educationt and stimulus to all dairy
men and farmers.
The calf is the COW in the making.
Feed with that thought in mind Gen
erous feeding now ensures generous
milkings by-and5by.
Variety is of great Importance in
feeding all live stock for whatever
purpose except it may be the last
stages of fattening hogs.
Dairymen realize, perhaps far bet
ter than they have ever done before,
the value of summer silage in tiding
the animals over slim pastures.
All houses and nests should be
clean. The eggs should be kept in
cool. clean, dry places. and placed
there Immediately after gathering
Crushed oyster shells in enormous
quantities are imported by Germany
from England every year. They are
used by the Germans in feeding poul.
try.
Every eve in the flock ought to be
the producer of close. uniform,
clean coat of wool just as she should
be the producer of lusty, growthy
lamb s.
A ration for a dairy COW should full
fill the following requirements 1t
should be balanced, palatab1e. home
grown as near as possible, and finally
it shou4d-be economical
A Missouri fruit farmer, whose or
chard of $50 acres contained about
10000 apple trees, sold his crop this
season for 100000. storage com.
pany bought the fruit on the trees.
When one rides through dairy sec
ticn ii does not take very much inagi-
nation to decide whether the farmers
are making money or not. The APP
pearance of their places is sufficient
evidence.
The best pig to keep is that which
obtains the best sale in the locality,
and there is no ld@,bt that the best
breed for any individual depends
mainly on circumstances, and espe.
cially on local tastes.
A close, poorly ventilated stable Is
one of the most potent agents in the
spread of tuberculosis. If our cattle
could be kept out In the open every
day in the year, we would have very
little tuberculosis in cur herds.
Intelligent care and kindness, com
bined with liberal feeding, are the
best possible assurance against fail
ure in producing the choice animals of
every variety. An intelligent breeder
and herdsman can make anything of
his animals he desires in the form
OF quality, conformation. constitution
and dispositions
Horses seldom suffer from decayed
teeth, but because of the upper teeth
closing on the lower ones a little on
the outside points are sometimes
found which lacerase the cheek OF
penetrate the gums, creating a ten
derness that prevents the proper mas.