Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-06-23
Things not to be Done.

Things not to be Done.
Sowing spring wheat without soaking
in brine, and rolling in line, is a thing
not to be done. According TO G. w.
Johnson, salt acts an important part in ger
mination and promoting the growth of
plants and lime, every one is aware,
seems to be necessary 10 some form to the
perfection of plants and their seeds. Both,
then, should be used in sowing wheat.
Attempting to keep cattle. sheep and
horses, through our long winters on straw
or even hay, without roots, Is thing not
to be done. Every good farmer, will
therefore make his arrangements SO as to
secure plentiful supply ofturneps, pota-
foes, or carrots. for winter and spring use.
These fed with the hay, will improve the
stock, promote health, and bring The ami
mails through the most trying season ofthe
year with safety aid profit,
Making yard ofthe highway. and al
lowing your cattle and sheep 10 be fed,
and to drop their dung where il Is lost TO
the farm, is not to be done. This prac-
tice, though ascommen,, is wretchee
one, and should be reformed altogether.
Feed your animals in stalls, if you can !;
if not, in yards. To do otherwise, is
wasteful ia the extreme.
Allowing your cattle in the spring OF
the year to go roaming about, poaching
your medows and pastures with their feet,
is thing not to be done. The small
amount of food they can get in this way
is a poor compensation for the damage
they do, and besides it destroys their rel,
ish for hay, without offering any substi'
tute. LII
Suffering animals TO perish for want oil
attention, at any season of the year, is a
thing not 10 be done But if any do die
accidentally, they should be converted to
use by being covered with earth, to alb
so:b the gases of oxygen and ammonia
that are the inevitable results of animal
putrefaction, and which are Indispensable
10 the growth OF plants.
Having your pig stye in such state,
or place, that your pigs shall not work
for living, is a thing not to be done,
They should have a yard into which
weeds. swamp muck, straw, and the scrap
ings of roads and bitches should be thrown
to be converted into manure; and if they
\ seem at any time reluctant to begin the
task of mixing such materials, a few hand
fuls Of corn scattered over the surface will
set them to work most industrously.
! Permitting the chips, pieces OF bark,
sawdust, &C., of your wood yard to accu-
mulate for years, is thing not to be done
| Remember that all, which has once fosm
ed part of plant can be converted into a
| plant again, and place all such matter.
where their decompositioE will be mos
useful, and soonest effected.
i Nearly every farm has some pond
marsh, or bog which receives large 2or
ton Of the wash of the cultivated land
and to allow this to remain without being
returned TO the soil, is a thing not 10 b,
done. There are some such places tha
may be considered as inexhaustible depos
its Of fertilizing matter. yet have neve
been drawn upon for single load, BY th,
neighboring farmers. Let those Wh1
4 have such deposits look TO them.
!, Allowing your work to drive you. is
thing not to be done. The man who i
half an hour behind bis work, finds labo
forever an uphill business. There is her
a serious mistake committed by man,
farmers. They lay out more work thai
f ltheY can do well, or in season, and lh
consequence is, nothing is done at th
!: zine, or as il should be. What you dc
!. do in season, and be sure to do we'll
IL Being content to allow single year I
pass without correcting some error, o
q making some Improvements in husband
) lry, Is a thing not 10 be done. In CONVEX
lsation with an intelligent farmer the othe
J dav, he remarked that the practice Of a
J fell behind their knowledge, or in oshe
words, none did as well as they kne,
4 how. To put the knowledge we acquir
: from our own or other experience 10 uss
: should be the aim ofeveryone. and woul
Q soon do away the reproach that farmer
!, are stationary race of men. - CaltirGtoi
The Hessian Fly.
III MEssRs. GAYLORD s. TUcKER.-InC
a1tlce piece, in the number forthis month
III March, headed . Ilessian Fly-A Lad
Q Observer Honor and praise 10 the Ia
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