Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-04-15
Agricultural.

THE OsIER WILLow.-Every lar
mer should have patch Of willow on bis
farm for his own use. Mr. S. Miller, in
the Germantown Telegraph, thus de-
scribes the many ways in which it Will
be found useful:
81 have two rows, making length OF
about five hundred feet, the plants Six or
eight inches apart. This affords me suili-
cient for tying trees into bundles in the
nursery tie up my vines, which are not
few; tie all my corn fodder. 1t is a
hand that rats and mice will not eat.
thereby saving much trouble and vexa-
ton when handling it in winter. 10 hold
a split post together at top, if well bound,
il will last for years and even might be
kept to tie oats some seasons when 1t Is
very short. Mine grow on common lime
stone soil, on level, having nothing OF
the swamp order about it; Was set wan
cuttings about two inches in length early
in the spring, making a growth OF two to
three feet the first season.
"They should be cut early in the spring
left dry, and before using can be soaked
for a day. When needed for baskets they
are usually left until the leaf bursts out
in the spring but this is exhausted to
tie stock. Last season | had quite a
number of baskets made Of the finest
kind sold near one hundred pounds OF
peeled willows, 10 addition to all the iy-
ing on the place. From November Ill
March We usually cut them nsI as We
need them. Among some six varieties
the Purple is my fayorite."
COOP VINEGAR-As | have seen
from time to time inquiries for making
good vinegar, l will give you the way }
made half barrel some two years ago,
which we have been using out of ever
since. aud is now better than ever, and
pronounced by all who have tasted it the
best for strength and flavor they ever
tasted in fact we never dare use 1t inIl
strength. In the spring had left sew
eral gallons of a barrel OF cider that got
too sharp for drinking, to which was add,
ed nearly as much soft water, lot OF re-
fuse moIasses, tho remains OF keg OF
beer left from the previous harvest, prob
ably another galon--two handfulls dried
apples, piece Of brown paper dipped in
molasses, to form the molher-then add
a cake of dry yeast, and let it go to work,
with a piece of musquito bar over the
bung. Then when fruit canning time
came, we had several kinds-raspberrieS
and strawberries) which, from imperfect
sealing, fermented; these went into my
keg-theu all the apple and peach par
ipgs were saved, put down in a stone jar
and covered with soft water, and allowed
to thoroughly ferment, these strained and
the liquor added 10 my keg, with little
molasses from time to time, and by the
end of summer we had excellent vine
gar; and we have been using, as said,
nearly two years from that same keg, sa
wing apple parings and fermented can
fruits to keep up the supply, or some
times adding water and molasses IT III
gets down much. There is fine moths
er formed in the keg, which acts the same
as the celebrated vinegar plant, convert
ing everything put in to vinegar Coaa-
try Gentleman.
STARTIHG EARLY PoTAToEs.-A
crop Of potatoes ready for the table early
in June, may be secured without great
trouble. Ii seed potatoes are brought
into warm room about the first o
March, the eyes will start rapidly, thu
nourishment in the tubers will sustain
them for two or three weeks, by which
time they may usually be planted out II
some favorable spot. OF course, car
must be taken in planting out not to brea
the sprouts. Or the tubers may be plant
ed in a hot bed Of moderate temperature
about :he middle of the month. Gu
them in halves, lay them flat side dowI
as thick as they can be placed, and cove
with about two inches Of earth. The
may be transplanted when two or thre
inches high. They should be remove
carefully, separating she roots with 9
little injury as possible. They will nj
be likely to yield full crop under tn
treatment, and may therefore be plante
more closely, say in drills thirty incht
apart, and twelve inches apart 10 III
drillr. Another method is to put piece
of potato in small squares of turf, 81
them close together in warm plaC
where they can be watered readily. o
cold nights protect them with straw
When large enough they can be set gu