Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-04-27

gone to the bottom of things" the drou,h
was not materially felt, and crops were good
A fact worth remembering - Irrguie your
lands Turn all the li"le brooks and run
ming streams, that are sufficiently elevated
for the purpose, upon your cultivated fields
1t will add moisture aud fertility to the soil
and vastly increase the crops of hay and
grain. Try it, and sec if it wont ---- A..
bout cutting timber. Do it while the tree is
in lis mos, rapid season of growth, and near
the close of the growing season. Saw logs,
cut in winter. decay on the outside. Those
cut in summer keep sound for years. Bark
for tanning purposes pcals easy in the sum
mer months and sells high in winter. Look
out for four or five dollars per cord for hem.
lock next season. Tho quantity for sale
grows less every year, and the demand great.
er and the price higher.--Posis should be
set top end down, if you would have them
last well. Salt is necessary for cattle
as well as luxury. Four quarts TO ton
Of hay, as moved away, is about the ngh,
proportion. It makes the hay more pula'able
and more nutritious Tor stock. 49, King birds
are beautiful ana useful Don't kill them.
It's a fact that they eat bees the dr0Hcs,
but never touch icerking bee They pick
ont the droncs, as all drones should be, and
destroy them.--Whc [ sow in drills is
said 10 yield ten per cent moe than broad
cast sowing, and requires o1e-iourth lesf
seed. Plense try the experiment. On a small
scale, and leave the result 10 future expert
ence.- Vooden Posts. As much Of the
length rs Is to be inserted in the soil, should
be charred. Gather your posts together in
the woods, and hayisg heaptd them together
over pile of comsuslble matter with top
ends resting upon each other over the cen
tire Of the mass, hnp on few arrsful Of the
same dry material, ,ni apply ire. The fuel
may be- renewed liom time To limo till the
posts are sufficiently chlrrel, whan they
may be Withdrawn. The bark, Of course,
should be first 'cmoyel In this way. the
work may be- 50 cilyani economic il'y PR
formed. In setting posts on lands LA.
bic To hea,', dig your post holes quite large,
and I'LL in with spent tanners bark. This
does not hcavc with the expansive force Of
the frost, and will aj in Keeping the fence
perpendicular. All the bark should be re
moved from the poss before setting them.
-Sionc.-As SON us the fros, Is out of
the ground set your boys lnl hrcl helps To
cleaning OF The co55e stones from stu1ble
lands, DO not pick iut, hcaps, but into a
C iri, aud convey thanlr1n the isd at once.
We would almost prcl,r not 20 pick them TO
picking and pilling thea into heaps on the
Land. such accumulMioni are always in
the way Of after liusbindry. sides, the
labor of constructing stone heaps, is labor
thrown away. You vii do well to rcnem-
Der this Gici. --Sech Plant and sow
none but the best. Ii rou discover head
Of wheat, or an ear Of corn ripcnng in adj
vance Of the rest of Tie crop watch and
save It to propagate from. H. this way the
natnraion Of mlny ye.Cables has been for
rarded many days, and in solnc cases,
weeks. The largest AID best developed
pee imens from your se,erul field crops,
should be selected and reserved for
seed. Attention to this important mltier .
VIII cost bu, little, yet be productive of in
ca'culab.c benefits in the lon! rnn. We
need not give any illustrations ID conoborato
the verify OF the obsrfvation every one
can adduce them flr hinialt, l5u1ucss. from
his own cXperiencc.--- .Nanurc Keep
your manure heaps covered. / YOU have
20 manure shed, or cellar, sprinkle the heaps
frequently IN the spring with gypsum or
charcoal dust. In this why yen may easily
save many dollars. --.laim is.-Let the
butcher take your sct ggy yearlugs and
older cattle your course wooded lambs and
calves. Like the lean kline of the
dreamer of old, they will doyour the fat OF
rather the food which should 6e reserved for
hcm, and give you no equivalent III return.
4 poor animal is always prof,lcss aumil.
md the sooner one is lide Of SUCH the bet
er it will be both for hls credit as farmer,
md for his pulse. There Is NJ comprums.
NJ he matter no side IS ues, as the poii-
icilns say, to be weighed or ,aken in the
estimate. ---foidioes. The best soil for
planting Is a sandy loan, bnt ON clay soil
he ground should be powed in the fail and
we'll injured, cIlher in the spring or fail, I
md Plowed in the spring, the deeper the /
better. Potatoes shoull b, pllnie as early
as possible in the spring.
We should prefer planting in drills, three .
eet one way, and eighteen inches the other
using from eight to twelve bushels of seed
per acre, aud no potatoes of less SIZE Ii N
len's egg TO be planted. X.