Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04


\ correspondent OF the New England Farm
er gives the following on house flies
Flies are propagated in the summer in the
compost heap principally -mostly in horse
manure They delight in the fresh droppings
of the horse, penetrating quickly into the
loose texture and depositing great number
of eggs. which hatch in a few hours. varying
according to warmth Of weather and degree
of heat of compost. In from four to seven
days, the maggOt comes to maturity, creeps
To the side of the heap. and takes the chrysa
lis form. 1t then appears like small egg,
and is of dark brick color. In about two
days more the perfect fly appears, working
It's wings a little, to get The - hang of his
new existence, and then flies directly into
your houses, dear inquirer, and alights on
your Eice food. After wiping his feet and
luxurlatlng on your good things for "A time,
ne goes back to the barn to increase and null
tiply- Having learned much by observa-
ton, we put our knowledge to practical use
by letting the horse remain in the stable in
the summer about six days, presenting great
attractions TO. the flies that escape me, and
those of my neighbors. They will soon pro
duce countless thousands of maggOts. We
then heat about six pals of scalding water
and while one rases the heap, another
dashes the water, which literally straight
ems them out. Pitching the scalded mass in
to the pig-pen. we permit the process to be
repeated. 1t Is not a particularly pleasant
operation, but far better than to fight them
after they are in the house. he women will
be glad To heat the water if the men will ap-
ply it, and both will be pleased with the sue
cess of the plan if well followed up.
BUsnY Pastures" \ portion of my pas
ture il overrr1n with hr., Les and rnuIlop
thereby causing great loss of feed. Cattle
are obliged to gnaw the grass close, and con-
sequently grow poor, and in this condition
come up to the barn in the fall and remain SO
through the winter. How can best eradicate
the evil complained of? = SUBSCRIBER
Plow up your pasture and put it in con
ditOn. You may cut bushes till the COWS
come home and they will grow again, and 50
of brakes. The mulens easily be pulled
up and kept out. but bushes and brakes keep
one at work If the pasture is rough and
rocky. SO to be difficult or impossible to
pillow. put on sheep, after cutting the bush
es, and keep them on two or three years.
Stock rather bard and they'll do great deal
toward subduing the rough growths. They
won't live on brakes and bushes n regular
diet. but at times in the season they relish
them, and they turn the very shrubs into
fertilizing manure. In about three years of
their grubbing. you may put your cows
again and go ahead Of course common,
low priced flock would effect this object as
well as any, and if they need little extra
feed give them pint of cotton seed meal
each night when the pastures short. 1t
keeps them tame and manageable, and adds
to the richness of their manure. A top dress
ing Of plaster would do your pasture good
probably Pl0ugamdn
At the Agricultural College at Cirencester,
England, a field Of ten acres ofwheat in a very
forward state, was divided into two equal
parts ut the first of April, and one hundred
ewes with lambs put on one portion and left
there sixteen days, in which time they had
eaten the wheat close to the ground
These five acres were harverted four DAYS af
ter the other part of the field. AMI appeared
fully equal to the rest, but did not yield quite
so much. The difference was made up by
the value Of the feed to the sheep.
correspondent of the Mirror and Farmer
Who has been down South, says, that during
the war large quantities of cotton were hauled
by ox-teams from Texas to Mexico. Both
Texas and Spanish teamsters were employed.
The Spanish oxen were yoked by the head :;
the Texan by the neck, or in our usual STYLE
Working thus together the superiority of the
head gear was manifest that it was gcner-
ally adopted by our American teamsters. He
wishes that few yoke of steers might be
trained to 50 walk Spanish" and be exhibited
at our Fairs.