Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-05-07

in attempting its growth in poor, exhausted
soils, as it will succeed in none but those in
good condition.
FENCEs.-Nevcr consider any thing has
been properly done on the farm, or its BUSH
ness commenced, until every fence has been
fully repaired, fallen rails replaced, walls
that have been injured by the frost restored,
and every prccaution to prevent making un-
ruly cattle and trouble among ncighbors has
been taken. Do what you do, well-be We.
ny careful not to undertake too much, and
you can hardly fail of success.
CAFES IN CnIcKENs.-Our correspond
ent, Gen. G. in Iowa, attributes the Gapes IN
Chickens, to breeding from too old cocks,
and says:
Whether the age of the male would
cause that disease ur not, | know not: but
/ can well remember the time, when cocks
were allowed to grow old for the purpose of
cock-fghting, that three fourhs Of the chick
ems died with the Gapcs /; and | have since
noticed that where none bat young cocks are
kept on farm, the disease is almost un-
) known, do not remember having seen
dozen chickens affected with j, in the last 90
years."
) GREAT YIELD OF CARRoTs.-Mr. Edg-
erton, of Mount Moriah, n. Y. says:
Sin 1889, planted eight rods Of ground
with carrots, in drills twenty inches apart :
they should be two feet when the ground is
suitably prepared: the produce was 80
bushels, or at the rate of / 900 bushels to the
acre. l measured one that was IL inches in
> diameter, and the same in length. l also
raised considerable quantity of Swedish
! Turnips, and Mangel Wurtzel. From the
latter, | could have selected 100 roots that
would have weighed half ton. am con-
WINGED there is no crop that better rcpays a
little extra labor than carrots, or that is more
' deserving of general cultivation by farmers"
Obs Corn PLANTER.--Mr. Calvin
: Odds, of Marlborough, Vermont, has sent
y US notice of new "Corn Planter and
Seed Sower," which is highly spoken of as
acting on simple and effective principles,
y dipping up the seed and dropping it at
!, , given points with great exactness. We arc
II always pleased to notice improved implc-
e ments of this or other kinds. Mr.. ODDS
e PLANTER received the premium Of twenty
0 dollars from the Franklin Institute, Philadel-
=. phia.
5 81 EXPLOITATION OF BoNEs.--We learn tina,
i Mr.. S. Titcomb, of Waterford Saratoga
& expectation twenty tons of bones at eight
i dollars per ton--and that the same person
lc has lately written to Mr. Titcomb, asking
e whether he could obtained further supply,
VS. and offering a, the rate of ten dollars per
st ton. That IA profit is realized by the cxpor-
M tation, we have no doubtful, we would ask
y whether it would no, be better to grind and
III use these bones at home, than to send tbs
ala
DIT and potatoes in return.
a. BREEDING CATTLE.--In the Interesting
III reports of the agricultural meetings at Sos-
g ton, furnished for the Boston Courier, by Mr..
Is Coleman, is a notice of the " Crcampot
s. breed of Cattle" produced by Colonel
Jacques, of Charleston, and an account Of
their qualities, &c. by that gentleman. In
the course of his remarks, he said, " He had
now Is cows and hercrs Of this stock-and
at his pleasure lie could breed his stock with
grunge color or yellow around the cye-of
:. a mahogany color, white bags and black
~ teats, as might be desired" With view to
III test his principles, (of breeding) he had gone
d largely into the breeding of rabbits and it
&c had required the ninth generation, and four
a. hundred to reach the point he aimed at
" WHITE CARRoT.-From some expert
IL ments that have been made with this root,
NC it appears that it will produce nearly or quite
- double as much on the same soils and with
as the same treatment as the common orange.
~ Whether it will be as valuable for feeding,
~ remains to be seen. Should it prove so, the
= Flemish carrot will be a great acquisition.
Y GREAT EGG.-Mr. Buckminster says: "A
~ gentleman from Nedford, showed us last
~ week the largest hens egg we ever turned
eyes on: its girth was seven and thrce-quar-
VI tiers of an inch, by six and a hall-,he fowl
was quite young, and had laid several eggs
&c nearly as large as ts-she laid three in four
" days, last week.
ANoTnER.-We have Just measured an
~ egg, taken from basket received from our
's friend of the "Three Hills Farm" and find
~ its grth to be five and three -four,hs by seven
:. and three fourths inches.
III "a LADY AGRcrLTURIsT."-We learn
from the Maine Cultivator, that at the las,
meeting of the kenncbec Agricultural So
- ciety, Mrs. Content W. aKlins claimed and
received the premiums for the best crops of
~ Indian corn aud wheat. The yield Of corn
VI was 1872 bushels of ears TO the acre, and of
W wheat TO 20 bushels. There were number
;, of competitors, but they we're fairly distan-
- ced by the lady.
vs. CURE FOR BLIND SrAGGERs-The REM
81 edy for this disease is simple, and has been
- used with great success | once had seveu-
y" teen sloats taken down IN day with the blind
81 staggers. My family supposed that they had
w. been poisoned secured each one with a
Of rope around his upper jaw, so as to keep his
-, head still, and with sharp knife made an
- :, incision in the forehead about two inches in
- length. | then loosened IN the skin on
Is each side of the cut, and filled the place full
-, OF fine salt-nothlng more. Fourteen of
~ the seventeen were well the next day.
;s have tried it repeatedly, and always with
- success, when taken in season. Care should
v be taken TO cat only the skin, and not let the
20 knife touch the bone. Charcoal is cleansing