Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-02-13
5tonse, Garaen and farm.

CATTLE TRAMprNa.-A wild heifer be-
longing in the neighboring village, that
ought to have been "impounaed" for sun
dry previous msdemeanors, ran through
our gate the other day, as it was opened
for a carriage to pass. She galloped as
if mad, up and down the garden, over the
beds of bulbs, across the lawn, among the
shrubbery and elsewhere. We called the
owner to account for letting this animal
loose for the third time contrary to law,
and pointed to her deep footprints that
spoiled the grass and plants wherever she
stepped. He insisted that she had done
little harm. The incident set us to 6gur
ing the amount of injury done in this case.
and generally, when cattle or other heavy
animals are allowed to run upon meadows
or fields OF grain. Suppose COW walks
once around square field Of tea acres,
taking five steps to rod, and making
separate track with each foot. If the
foot tramp down or spoil a surface equal
to six inches square, the single journey
round will injure 500 square feet, Nire
cattle going three times round would
spoil half an acre, Let the arithmetieal
reader carry out these figures, learn the
lesson inculcated by them, and act accor
DINGHY, especially while the ground is soft
as it will often be between now and settled
weather in Spring.
Too MUCH KINDNESS To SHEEp-S. S.
Randall, the well-known sheep breeder
and author, gives, in the Country Gentle
man, his views concerning the great NOR
tality among young lambs in thu Spring
of 1862. In many sections, particularly
of Western New ork, these animals APP
peared to be wanting in physical devel-
opment at their birth, and thousands died
in short time thereafter. Mr.. Randall
is Of opinion that the difficulty was large
ly owing to the too close confinement and
high feed of the pregnant ewes during the
month of February. Fullness of flesh in
the mother is unfavorable to the well-be-
ing of the offspring before birth. They
should be strong and healthy but not fat.
1t is recommended to allow animals in
this condition, succulent food, as roots;
to feed sparingly with grain, and not to
crowd them in poorly ventilated sheds.
They need protection from storms, par
ticularly rain, with plenty of exercise AMI
pure air.
EARTH WORMS IN An APPLE TREE.-A
correspondent at Franklin, \. Y, writes
as follows: Standing under an apple
tree, discovered rotten spot in the
trunk, above my head, where limb had
formerly been cut off. | commenced
digging ont the rotten wood with my
knife when, presently, two carth-worms
fell from it. How came they there -
A bird may have inadvertently dropped
one in a crevice, aud the second one may
be its progeny; earth containing the
worms may have been thrown there. In
absence of positive knowledge, one guess
is about as good as another. They GER
tainly did not originate there sp0ntane-
ously.
MANY PIGs-A correspondent writes
that l. j. Halsted, Douglass Co lll,oYns
sow that brought forth 10 pigs on the
18th of December last He asks "who
can beat it ?" The same mail brings
letter from VIM. B. Lord, Kendall Co,
H., saying he knew sow in Windham,
Conn.,, which had three filters between
April 4th 1913. and March 1st 1912,
numbering Il, %, and - 90 pigs in
IL months That's the biggest record
yet to beat it some one will have to In
rent story.-Agrieultluist.
DAHLIAs AND AsrERs FROM SEEp.-"E.
c. P" Caledonian Co. VT, says that
where dahlia roots can not be obtained.
many have fair success with seeds. \
ten cent paper furnished, in four months
from planting, a number of perfect varie-
ties, as well as many worthless ones
The same correspondent adds that double
asters, which generally produce very few
seeds, may be made to seed freely by pull
ling out some eff the center forets or
petals, as they are often improperly call
ed. This practice gives the seeds the
needed room to develop.
ARRANGING HYAcISrHs.-A very sat
isfactory way, is to prepare a circular bed
say FIVE feet in diameter. Set the bulbs
in circles, one color to circle, and the
bulbs about three inches apart. Put the
reds in the outer circle, the whites in the
next, and the blues in the center. Such
bed viewed across a lawn, has a very
striking effect, far superior to mere me-
lange of sorts and colors. The ground
may be filled with ANNALS or bedding
plants, as soon as the foliage of the hya-
cinth decays.
CURcULIo-A NEW REMEDY.-A. p.
Richardson, Norfolk Co., Mass, thinks
that his success in preventing the attacks
Of the curculio is such as to warrant him
in suggesting his plan to others. As soon
as the trees blossom, their Trunks are sur
rounded by cotton saturated with kero-
sene oil. This is placed a foot or two
from the ground, and the oil is renewed
once or twice week as long as the curcu-
lilo continues to appear.
WINE FROM GRAPES ONLX.--tr the re-
cent session ofthe Illinois State Horti-
cultual Society, a committee, to whom
was referred the consideration Of the expe-
diency and economy of making Wine
from Rhubarb or Pie Plant, recommended
that the juice of Grape alone be designa-
ted as wine, and that all liquors. the re-