Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-13

POSoiDiS
woody tissue.
The Illinois Legislature has passed law
providing that any person bringing into the
state seed of the Canada thistle, in the
packing OF goods, grain or grass seeds, or
otherwise. and permitting the SINE to be
disseminated and ycgctate, shall be liable
to fine of $500; and any person allowing
this thistle to mature and disseminate its
seed upon his lands shall be subjected to a
penalty of SIS.
The latest horticultural device is that OF
removing the stones from fruits by pl ocess
of gradual reduction, by extracting the pith
from shoots and grating them on stocks, and
their own branches. for successive seasons.
The experiment has been perfectly successful
with the Malaga grape.
The latest style of swindling farmers, is to
appoint individuals as agents for the sile OF
a combined washing machine and wringer
with an allowance of Sc on each machine
sold, then induce them to sign an order for
Sl25 worth. which order, being equivalent
to note, is sold and sued.
The 4merican Journal Of Horticulture
says " There is no better fertilizer for
strawberries than ashes. We remember that
one Of tie best crops we ever had was raised
when the onl y manure used was wood ashes.
All soils will not alike be benefited by such
an application but it is always safe to
ashes in connection with other manures. II
ashes only are used, there are fewer weeds,
seed can be introduced by the manure.
\ FARMER Of much skill and experience.
says the Mass. Plonghmaa, gives it as his
opinion that such a winter we have been
having is a natural prelude TO an abundant
fruit year. The ground has been steadily
frozen, and covered with snow-free from
the alternate freezings and thawings which
are injurious to the trees, and weakening or
destructive to the fruit buds.
The Baltimore Gazette says We regret
to learn that the disease known pleuro-
pneumonia is committing great rayages
among some OF the finest herds OF cattle In
the vicinity of Baltimore. Tie suddenness
with which cattle attacked, the extraOr-
binary mortality. and the alleged contagious
nature of the disease, are giving rise To
great uneasiness among our dalrymen and
stock breeders.
a LADY correspondent OF the Pennington
mo Hera d furnishes that paper with the
following recipe for making paradise
. Buy one acre Of ground. Feace it.
Build a neat cottage on it. Marry an angel
in hoops, and take her home II the cottage.
Go home to the cottage yourself Abstain
fr IN all villainous drinks Join the church
md become Christian, live upright before
God and man, and you have gainei all the
original happiness that has survive the fall.
Fur years ago. an agriculturiSt on the
Isle of Man pl intel sing grain of barley,
producing the same year 500 grains These
We're sown, and the second years product
was about half a pint. which were aga n
sown. and yielded fourteen pounds. and on
being sown again last spring realized this
year seven bushels.
The Prairie Farmer gives Chicago market
reports of twenty five years ago, Is which
winter VIII at Is quoted at - u 46 cents per
bushel. partly lyable in trade Corn was
then ID to IS cents per bushcl; oats 10 10
l , cents.
AN OLD farmer informs the n z. Farmer
that after an experie &c Of forty years he
tinds no food - good to keen cattle IN heart,
and especially for cows and sheep when com
in, as scalded oats He says that the
calves and lambs Will be healthy and active,
and that his loss of lambs is OF rare occur
renee.
A C,RREspo> DENT in Maine recommends
tom ,toes as a cure for gtrget in cows. and
also says that he finds peck Of them fed to
a healthy milch COW a. beneficial as the same
amount Of potat )es. HIVE others had ex-
ericnce in this matter
The veterinary editor of Wilkes SPIRIT 81 the
Times recommends the following for scratch
es in a horse Take sulphate of zinc. one
drachm glycerine. two ounces apply
every morning.
The wool clip Of Buenos Ayres the present
wear. is estimated at 100 900 pounds, and
will be worth twelve millions of silver dol
lars.
Otis Dean of East Peterborough Mass , has
flock of 81 hens, mostly white Leghorns,
which laid during January and February, 80
dozen of eggs.
1t is estimated that the California wheat
crop of 1868 will amount to thirty millions
of bushels, which will place that State a the
head of the wheat growing States of the
Union.
A statistician has figured out tho arabic
land in the United States 1t amounts to 81.
900 900 farms of LOO acres each, or $500, :
900 ZOO acres.
Chloroform is said to be a cure for bots in
horses. Give tablespoonful with twice the
quantity of gum arabic. 1t is equally etfec-
tive for collie.
Graft cherries, before the buds start in the
least. and make clean cut, not split, in
the bark of the st cS.