Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-04

Many persons arc ocI'llNCu vi 'iO W
luxury of plate ofgood strawberries, re-
because they entertain the idea that NJ
the crop is an uncertain one, and dill "
ficult to raisc-and, therefore, do not in
attempt it. Such is not the case Il
The strawberry is as easily produced D,
as the potatoc, and with scarcely more II
labor. The process is simply this ',
Get good plants and set them as =
soon as the ground is in favorable con-
dition in the spring, which may be
from the middle to the last OF April d
Even later than this will answer .
Have the soil in such Il condition a. Il
would bring good crop o. corn, and y
rather moist, than dry. Set two rows Il
Of the plants one foot apart, each way, $
and then leave path three feet wide. p
At the close Of the second or third p
year, let the runners fill this path. and .
that will make u new bed, when You a
make path of the original bed. In i
this way the plants may occupy the L
same piece of ground for an indefinite t
time. [
Keep the weeds out always. Cut
off all the runners until YOU wish them
to cover the path. Keep the soil mod
erately rich, aud give the plants plenty
Of water, and fair crop will never
fail.
Cutters Seeding, Hovcy'S Seeding,
Russell, Triomphc dc Grand, Wilson's
Albany. Boston Pine, Early Virginia,
and Brighton Pine, arc good varieties,
Select those best suited to you taste.
N f. Farmer. Il
The London Times says that the
feed of the poultry, at the great pouI-
try house in England, which is three
hundred feet long, the roost poles hol-
low and filed with cam ncOId wealth
er to keep the birds warm and pro-
mote their laying, consists ofcabbages,
green food and horse flesh twice every
day. Sunday, cross-grained barley; /
Monday, Indian corn; Tuesday, oats
Wednesday, boiled potatoes; Thurs
day, boiled rice; Friday, mangel wur-
eel; and Saturday, mixed grain
Added to this, handful of sharp grit
is sprinkled in all the food to promote
digestion; that sulphate ofiron is put
into the drinking water once, and
charcoal administered twice week,
and it will be seen that our high csti-
mate of the comforts enjoyed by these
cocks and hens Is not oycrchanged.-
The floor of each inner pen is covered
with some sifted soil some inches
deep, while the outer one has received
plentiful supply of stable dung, each
r,aterial being carefully turned with
spade twice in each week.
Hon. Edwin Hammond the cclebcat-
ed sheep man of Middlcbury, uses a
long slender tapering Hath to catch
sheen with. When he desires to
catch one, he reaches ont his sceptcr
aid pats the sheep on the foretop till
it shuts its eyes and becomes quiet,
when he gently approaches. In hold
ing sheep he seldom does more than
elevate the nose to q level with the
eyes, with his fingers.
INDIAN Com AS FUEL.-Fifty bush
els of corn will make a cord, and Is
valuable as the same amount of best
hickory wood. 1.-THE value Of the corn
is less than that of cord of hickory
wood, or its equivalent in coal, il
would be the cheapest fuel. At pres
ent, corn in Muscatinc, Iowa, IS worth
Is cents per bushcl, or 50 per cord
and hickory wood So per cord, show
ING balance in favor Of corn. Lee
us make a comparative estimate, a:
between corn and wood, Of the econo
my of growing fuel.
A ton of corn is worth six dollars
A ton of coal at the r. r. stations
costs ten dollars. lfthc farmer take
his corn in and draws out the coal
the cost of the latter will, on an aver
acc, be enhanced two dollars. The
ton of coal will cost twice what
ton of corn will fetch, and it is est
mated that two tons of corn will burr
longer, and make as good q fire, a
one ton Of coal.
Take care of the oxen as the war;
weather and the shedding of thci
coats spoil their appetites for DIR
food. lfpossiblc, give them a littl
something good to take.
A Knoxville Tenn. letter says til
wheat crop was much injured by Il.
very cold weather in February. Man
farmers are blowing up their whea
fields and sowing oats.
Hay shrinks about twenty-sevc
per cent between July and Januar
and bushel of corn-c0bs that weighc
nineteen pounds in November, weighc
only seven and half lbs. in May.
The grain cradle was introduce
about 1896.
NoTEs FOR FARMERS. is IL
time when the caterpillar and canke
worms eggs should be destroyed
The caterpillars eggs arc to be four
near the ends of the branches, ar
surrounding them like bracelets, glue
on. The eggs of the canker-worm a
in little patches near the joining
the small branches with the large
They resemble those of the caterpilla
but do not cncirclc the twigs. II
cankcr-worms which remained in Il
ground last fall, will begin to elm
the trees in about ten days. Put
stop to this. Protect the trees fro
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