Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-05

Prspqrs iof hox marketing time.
II = dime 70 get the maehlnsFy I'M
der cover.
a hog cannot help being dirty in :
wet, hlthy pen.
To to have the water tanks under
some sort Of shade.
In milking II s. the last few pulls
that produce the profits.
A dog that worries stock has no.
business on the day farm
A good shade goes long way
toward thrift n the hog pens
To get the best results the COW
must be kept quiet and treated kindly
OIL Is cheaper than harvesters.
Good oil is cheaper than thin cheap
stun.
a screen dy trap setting near the
back kitchen door rfds the house Of
many nies-
There is going to be lot Of alfalfa
sown this tall. How much Of It win be
on your farm7
3
It pays to get out and do as much
work as possible in the early part
of these hot days.
One thing that keeps the hired man
ON the farm is neat. wellkept, and
well arranged farm.
A disk from an old pulverizer
makes q good anchor for holding the
end post Of q wire fence.
Milking the COWS clean and care
fully has tendency to develop per.
sistent habit of yielding milk.
1t doesn't cost any more to be clean
ly than otherwise. And there's moro
profit and satisfaction in it too.
Silage is highly relished by both
cattle and sheep, and is fed with
profit to these classes of animals.
Our advertising columns are inter-
esting this month Look them over
carefully. May find something you
want
Three tablespoonful OF formalin to
pint Of haIf water and half milk Is
an efficient poison to set where flies
eengregate
The silo should be placed where it
will not interfere with the sunlight en-.
tering the barn, or interfere with the
entrance or exits.
Supplement the short pastures with
those green crops you planted last
spring Didn't do It? Too bad. Re
member next time.
A little gunny sacking over that
poor cows or calf's back, when It Ii
picketed near swarms OF flies. will
help out the feed surprisingly.
Flies can't hatch without a manure
or dump pile to incubate In. KeeE
everything clean and there will be a
few million less of these flies.
Sheep and poultry go well to geth-
er, and when once the buildings and
fields are ready for them. how little
work, compared with other stock. II
takes to care for them.
| Many dairymen are giving their
cows simply maintenance ration
and then complain because there ID
no profit In dairying. Such dairying
don't deserve to succeed.
Don't neglect to cultivate the grape
vineyard up to fruiting time. The
surface Of the soil In the vineyard
must be kept mellow throughout the
hot July. and August days.
Skim the milk clean. The mill
containing quite a little butter fat
may be most excellent for the pigs
but butter fat at 20 to % cents 8
pound is expensive pig feed.
We saved up some Of our profits
from farming and invested in some
farm land few years ago. The re
suit may surprise yoy, but we made
/ 80 per cent on our investment.
The coal ash mulch Is certainly
4 good for gooseberries and also for to
matoes. Tomatoes mulched witt
sifted coal ashes will resist bligh
4 and keep green and fourishing longel
than without it.
Linseed meal is made by grinding
fiaxseed from which the oil has beer
more or less completely extracted
"Old process" contains more fat and
somewhat less protein than New pre-
cess" nnseed meal
AS matter of fact the farmer owe!
it to himself, personally, to be clos'
student Of advanced agriculture AMI
OF public questions. This Is the wa!
to keep the mind alert and active AMI
to keep mentally young.
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