Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-29

pau OF potato water, and worked it in well,
and never have failed of killing every louise.
1t is safe and cheap medicine, and will not
do the least injury to any animal. | have
used tobacco, unguentum and other poisonous
things, and came very near killing one OK.
O. FOSTER.
Timbridge, w.. March %, 1868.
KEEPING IcE.-One of my neighbors sug
gested to me some time since, when was
putting up my ice, that | could preserve it
better by covering it with a few coarse, heavy
blankets before putting on the sawdust, and
happening to have Just that kind of blankets at
hand, | followed the suggestion. and after
spreading on the blankets, put on twelve in
ches or so of sawdust. 1t has since occurre d
to me that l made mistake-that the blank
cts may prevent the escape of the moisture
that is constantly arising from ice in warm
weather, and cause it to melt more rapidly,
is the case when there is not proper ventil-
alton above. W. q.
We see no objection in the use of the blank
cts neither will they probably do any harm,
being porous. The sawdust alone is amply
sufficient to protect the ice.
To FREsHEN SALT FIsH.-Many persons
who in the habit of freshening lnackerel
or other salt fish, never dream that there is a
right and wrong way to do it. Any person
who has seen the process of evaporating
going at the salt works, knows that the
salt falls TO the bottom. just so it is in the
pan where your mackerel or white fish lies
soaking and, it lies with the skin side
down, the salt will fall to the skin, and there
remain, when if placed with the flesh side
down the salt falls to the bottom of the pan.
and the fish comes out freshened as it should
be. In the other case it is nearly as salt as
when put in
HE BEST BUTTER.-It has teen prove
that cows make the richest butter when they
first 90 to pasture in the spring that they
produce the hardest butter when fed on drv
food; that butter made during the fall is best
for keeping. The Town Of Rennes, in Brit
tany, is noted for it's peculiar butter, the milk
of the previous evening is mixed with the
warm mornings milk, and the mixture allow
ed to stand for two or three hours, when the
whole is churned. Those who practice this
plan claim that they thereby obtain a larger
amount of butter, and Of a more delicious
flavor.
YELLOW WATER IN HoRsKs II saw by
the last Farmer that a certain disease was
manifesting itselfa among the colts of Vermont,
which | call yellow water. We had two
horses troubled with it last spring, and two
or three of the neighbors, one or more |
took three quarts of blood, and then gave the
horse two or three quarts of a tea made of
cedar boughs, twice day, in his provender,
with some mild physic,-I used salts and sui
phur, and the result was, they all got we'll
in short time, and were put to harder labor
last summer than ever they were before, and
have not seen Il sick day since
SORE Nose IN SHEEP hen my sheep
went to pasture last spring, one of them had
a sore nose. By the first of June it had spread
all through the flock. Just at the right time
an article in your valuable paper came to
hand, and as it benefited me, and may benefit
others, l will here repeat it. 1t simply
to smear the nose with tar and sulphur. In
my case it cured them at once, and shall
never let my sheep go to pasture again with
out it
Improving farms in Massachusetts, cheap
er than in Illinois, and there is great want OF
buyers Let the farmers be hopeful; their
Irish servants will save enough from their
wages to buy them out.
They who have the hop fever and who are
preparing to plant largely, will be glad to
learn that large part Of the hop roots in
Wisconsin have winter killed, for this will
give them better chance.
In the American agricultural paper farm
machinery is illustrated by decently dressed,
smart looking men ; in the English papers,
by heavy clodhopper with suspenders
across his back, or by women following with
rakes.
Some Of the correspondent Of the Cdndda
Farmer have recently been at the trouble of
stating cases of knowing failure in the use of
the hazlerod as an Indicator of the proximity
of water, in the hands of professed mediums
After the sugar season is over some farm
ers in New York fill up the bit holes with
nicely fitting wooden plugs, which it is be-
lieyed facilitate the healing of the wound
made tapping, and preserve the vitality Of
the tree.
The farmers of Winnebago County, Wis
consin, apparently satisfied with hop raising
thus far, are going into it on a large scale
this season They are procuring hop poles
in immense quantities, and the number of
roots put in, this spring, will be as large as
il any previous season.
1 correspondent of an exchange says that
feeding wheat fields down close after the
ground freezes in the fall and winter, is GER
tain death to the fly.
VIM j. Watson near Battle Creek, Mich,
raised 10000 bushels of corn last season.
Some so acres ofthe best land averaged l30
bushels of ears to the acre.
The new Japan wheat is said to yield 90
bushels to the acre, and there are 90 pounds
to the bushel, which yielda 40 pounds of flour.
There seems only one troublc-lt Is nos wheat
A writer in the Prairie Farmer says that
successful farming requires abundance Of
teams. great variety OF implements, quick
nerceptions, cool head, sound judgment, and
readiness for all emergencies.
/, barrel of potatoes is worth as much as Il
barrel of the best app es, and next year every
me will try to do his best Sandy, Sraveiiy
I'll is best. Use only wei. rotted manure.
plough deep, keep clean, and pray
Orchards should be cultivated as faithfully
- cornfields-cover, grass and all kinds of
mali Grain. are injurious to fruit trees.
Io,d crops may be raised between the rows,
While the trees are young
Tennessee has bad good winter and prom
cos a laryc and ce rtain fruit crop this year.
The Albany Argus SAYS by reducing the
.haat TO -four, the quantity of The latter
ar a tide water this year, compared with the
nrres ponding period last year, shows an in
ua.se of GOA ,74O barrels Of flour.