Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-05-12

ITEMS FOR FARMERs.-Among the wonder.
fu trees with which the Creator and Ssstaincr
of the World has adorned and beautifed il for the
benefit of man, is the Bread Tree, on the isands
Of the Pacific, and the Cow Tree, Of Venezuela,
in South America, for supplying a part Of the
world with bread and milk from the forest. Tie
bread Tree rises to the height of thirty feet and
attains to the size Of a mans body, and the fruit
grows to the size of child's head. For food, it
is gathered before it is ripe and baked or roast
ed becomes wholesome bread, with the taste Of
fresh wheat bread. The Cow Tree grows in
rocky situations, high up the mountains, and
when its trunk is pierced, there flows from it a
sweet and nourishing milk. 1t is tolerably thick
and free from all acdity ami of an agreeable and
bamy smell Have an eve 20 the young
pigs, when they first begin to eat slops from
the dairy. Sour milk is apt to make them
scour. aud stint their after growth. Care to
prevent the disease is cheaper and better than
any remedy to cure 1t. Sweet milk is as much
better than sour for pigs. es it is for chiidren.
- Eggs-Put the tongue TO the larger end
II warm, it Is fresh or put the egg into pan
Of cold watcr-if new laid, it will sink immed-
ately, and so, in proportion to its freshness. a
rotten egg, like body long dead, will float on
the top Of the water. -- Bmier.--Neyer buy
it for its good looks. Taste it-smell it. But.
ter that is speckled with pinky spots, and has
milky appearance, will soon become rancid for
the reason that the butter milk had not been
thoroughly expelled. These hints are given a.
well for the benefit Of the producer as the con-
sumer They are both alike Interested in hay.
ing none but good butter in the dairy and OF
the table. - Pioics. A cheap pillow, at five
dollars, costing three dollars per annum in re
pairs, and near as much more in loss Of team and
time, is denrer than one of Robinson's Lyon
Flows, at ten dollars, requiring no repairs, be-
cause made "upon honor" - In selecting
poultry, choose the fat and full grown. bu, not
old When young and fresh killed. the eyes
are full and bright, the skin thin and tender, the
breast bone pliable, and the legs and comb
smooth. 1t is not SO with old and lean ones.--
Bee hives, suspended by iron rods, or the
legs placed in pans, filed with water, will be
htpA litt ii'ih creeping luseNNo. a ttcaH muse
is as comfortable for bees. as for men, and al
honor to all presiding Queens --Once upon
a time, in a hot day, good deacon and his hired
man, in the moving field, were pushing head
with their scythes in the grass, the hired man
taking the lead. All upon sudden, the hired
man was brought to a stand still. whats the
matter ?" cried the deacon" Wasps ~ echoed
the hired man. "Pohn said the deacon, The
wicked flee when no man pursueth but the
righteous are as bold as lion," and taking the
lead himself, cut but swath or two, when
swarm of insects settled upon his ears, and the
deacon beat retreat. " Ana !" shouted the
hired man" The prudent man foreseeth the
evil and hdeth HIMSELF but the simple pass on,
and are punished"