Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19

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Rape is one Of the best crops for
temporary hog pasture.
1t is as easy to teach colt good
manners as faulty ones.
The quack grass problem is largely
q matter Of poor drainage.
The separator shosa never be al
lowed In the barn or near It.
Never raise colts from vicious
mare. Like often produces like.
The horses should be given at least
one feed of mixed hay once day.
Many stations are used too much
to produce large per cent. of colts.
Trees should not be planted on a
high slope. for the soil is likely to be
too thin.
Never attempt to keep summer
butter for early fall prices because IT
will not keep.
The horses cannot rest while fight
ing flies. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
It is a mistake to keep young tur-
key hens every year, particularly
those Matched late.
DO away with binders on the horse.
Their use Is cruel practice and
cause many eye defects.
See thatsyour brood sows get plenty
of exercise, so that they may produce
largeA healthy htters.
The hens simply cannot, and will
not I'LL the egg basket and feed lice
and mites on their bodies.
The man who is trying to keep hogs
without pasture and forage crops is
fifty years behind the times.
Don't expect an old horse that has
worked all his lifetime to do as much
as he did when he was young.
A man should be kept In the silo,
spreading and packing the corn as
fast as it comes from the cutter
In training mules for use on the
farm it is best to begin by using them
or light work during the third year.
Corn silage is just as valuable for
carrying over stockers and feeders as
it Is for fattening and finishing the
beeves.
Sell your wool on rising market,
Nine times out of ten you will miss it
If you try to keep It for something
better.
Demand for good, productive farm
property Is steadily increasing. Some
very high prices are paid for well
Improved farms.
Sheep will live and thrive on much
feed that is of little value for other
stock, but that does not imply that
they can do without.
frequently put little cayenne pep
per "A the dry mash. 1t will serve to
keep them in condition. A little salt
should also be given.
The sooner manure is spread in the
field the smaller the loss of fertility
incurred and the smaller the amount
of labor required to handle It.
The common disk harrow is more
generally used than any other imple-
ment to cultivate alfalfa, and when
properly adjusted does good work.
Cowpeas have value in crop ro-
,tatton because they serve the double
purpose Of producing crop OF feed
and fertilizing the soil at the same
time.
The great majority of diseases are
due to bad management and housing,
including cold. damp and ill.venti.
lated houses; rich feeding. impure
water and lack Of exercise.
1t requires three months or more To
grow q broiler. much depending upon
the weight desired, the stock and the
care Boilers shrink about half !
pound each when dressed.
The beginner who has q nice aoex
OF pnllets to winter over viii ind II
more profitable to avoid forcing for
high-priced winter eggs IL such birds
are 70 be used as breeders next
spring.
It does not pay to doctor fowl
that is hopelessiy III or suffering from
I contagious disease. The latter are
never permanently cured, and win
transmit their weakness to their Oh.
spring
Don't slam the three days-old calf
around because he doesn't drink
poadiIy. 10 set kick In the RIBS Tor
something he can't understand ID i
hff f0uwh On him