The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-04-11
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.


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Bees will fly three miles, perhaps moro,
for their food.
In Australia it is not necessary to
either house or feed sheep at all, as they
obtain their whole living the year round
from the natural pastures.
Luminous coal, Of which hogs will
eat from one to two pounds per day, is
regarded by the Prduie Farmer as "a sure
preventive OF hog cholera"
The price of cheese in England has ad-
vanced considerably Of late.
Give the house-cellar IA thorough clean
sing before the busy season arrives,
The .Sctentjtc American says a patent
has been issued for making mold boards
for plows OF glass.
Peas covered not less than six inches
deep are said to hold green longer than
those planted more shallow.
E. A. Hyde, OF North Bangor, n. T.,
uses coarse manure as mulching tor fruit
trees and his plums every year.
Mr. James Wood of West Sutfield, c.,
brags on dresstpg 472lbs. froia . Chester
County pig eight months AMI twenty one
days old.
From Jan. to March I, %, 800 bovcs
of cheese were exported from New Yolk;
last year, !tor same time, II, 800; til,
year before, 81 poe,
Orlinary roofing slate set purpendiculariy
in the ground so as to overlap about
three tourths of an irch, are quits
eff ctual IN fencing out roots rom bed
in a garden or yard.
A farmers wife, Of Ftzwilliam, n. H.,
says the temperature of an oven for bread
making is 2l2 to 400 degrees, AMI may
be readily tested by tho Thermometer.
Utica HuuH estimates that not less
than one thousand cows will he required
by the dairymen OF HeIkimcr County
alone, to make good the dairies afflicted
with abortion
The Poultry sl,, " at Worcester, March
Il and -, was largely attended, and tho
collection of poultry was the largest and
best ever made in New England. There
was l42 entries, mostly OF domestic fowls.
The Agricultural Commissioner thinks
Congress ought to adopt measures to meet
the emergency arising from the introduce
ton Of the cattle plague, should it mako
its dreaded appearance among our herds.
Some farmers on the Illinois river wash
their sheep by taking them cut in the
stream on boat or 10 rods and making
them swim ashore. After standing an
hour or SO, repeat the process. This is
found TO operate admirably.
a Mr. Amsden, OF Henry Co., Illinois,
stated at the late Wool Growers Conven-
ton, that during the past three years he
had shipped to New York 50, 500 worth
of wool, at a cost Of 1892. Had he mar
ketcd that value of corn at New York it
would have cost him $4,000 to do it.
A. w. Parker, of Mystic, Ct, has in
vented Wall-Building Machine. l6 feet
long, Il feet high at the peak. which may
be moanted upon the four wheels of
stout farm wagon, with which two men
can lit rock of five tons from its bed,
1t may then be drawn TO the wall and
laid upon the top course. ITS cost is soma
1925.
The State of Missouri, made free by
act Of January II, 1865, is more than
eight times as large as Massachusetts. In
addition TO her mineral wealth, her pro-
duclive soil and her mild climate, tho
streams which flow from her hills and
mountains furnish water power, which the
level prairie can never supply.
1t is estimated by the Cairo Times that
5000, 900 pounds Of cotton were raise
This season in that Pc ii of Sol / ,rn
Illinois which ships lis produce by tho
Illinois Central Railroad In the yicin-
ity of Carbonda.e, VIII re the business was
first started, COG 600 pounds we've raised
this year; ITS $40 rounds last year
3e,5aO the year before and only SEQ
pounds the year BET, re that, or 1862.
The worm which we mentioned few
weeks sine as infesting clover stacks at
the West, has been found at Auburn, NJ
\. On rtmoving IA stack of ciIver hay,
the bottom e it for two feet from the
ground, WIS found TO b. covered with
brown worms about five eighths Of an
inch long, tapeling both ways, ridged,
with the cxtremities little darker than
the center. The h y IN spots was wi 10
with their cocoons aud on un oading lha
hay the wagon was found alive with thao
active agents OF destruction.