Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-07-10

the less the air circulates through the
mows, or the less exposed the hay is
to the weather, the better for the hay,
and the less liable it is to heat. He
thinks that by closing all cracks or |
avenues, for the winds and storms, |
what heat there may be in the hay is
equally disseminated through the
entire mass without injury to the hay !
but if the heat be forced from the out
side surface to the centre, the out
side. hay will be bright while the CEN
ire will be more or less injured
sometimes burnt and mouldy. ~
Having thus experimental he will
always store his hay in barns made
tight as practicable, Notwithstanding
there may be theories based upon
practice to the contrary. Another
fact he thinks he has learned from ex-
perience, that cattle thrive better in
the winter when at temperature a
little above the freezing point. If
kept so warm and close as to sweat,
or to become moist, they will lose
their appetite and not feed well. No
doubt it is better to have the barn
cool rather than too warm. But we
apprehend the cattle in our State suf-
fer more from cold than fir ON warmth
during our long, hard Writers. They
need the right temper ature in the
barn as much as their owners do in
their houses. A very little trouble
will regulate the temperature of the
stable, but this little trouble is some
times avoided, much to the injury of
farm stock. If cattle have no souls
they have flesh and blood and bones
which are sensitiv to the changes OF
the atmosphere, and farmers ought to
think of that and govern themselves
accordingly. If these animals could
speak they would often tell tales not
very creditable to their owners. How
true it is that merciful man is mer.
ciful to bis beasts. and it is often quite
as true that cruel man is cruel tC
his beasts.
If there is place of torment in the
wide universe those persons will inc
. it who cruelty treat and abuse those
= animals that have not the use OF
=; speech to make known their miseries
q nor the power to defend themselve'
6 against such cruelties. The good ant
- amiable Cowper has said that h'
: would not enter on his list of friends
y the man who would needlessly set hi
n foot upon a worm. 1t is better t.
e step aside and let the reptile live.
y. How TO GET BIG CROPs.-As
"a rule, farmers are much more anxiou
O. to get big prices than big crops
lg There are few farms whose averag
eS production could not be doubled in
ut very short time by more capital an
~ labor. 1t is safer to use capital j
Cd farming than in almost any other bu'
mess. The credit of the plough
he quite as good as that of the loom 0
II the anvil, and the capital will come i
IS it is called for. Use more manure
d and get thirty bushels of wheat wher
'e you now get fifteen, and eighty busl
a els of corn where you now get forty
~ The quantity of grain grown per acr
u is mainly a question of manure an
lie tillage. A big compost heap makes
Y full arain.hin-W With hirh- mannrini
d, gradual bringing up of the subsoil
% the surface. With the present horse
e. harrows and cultivators, nearly a
Is the cultivation can be done by hors
20 power, at a great saving of expens
IL and a great increase of the crops
III Plan for big crops this season.
r. To KEEP BUTTER CooL.-Place
lis cake of butter in saucer, and set
nd upon a common dinner plate. POI
ur the plate full of water, but not enoug
d. to run into the saucer, and place owe
er. the butter common porous fowe
he pot which is just large enough to su
he round the saucer and stand in the W
ill ter. If the fower-pot has hole
je.' the bottom, close it with cork. s.
lat it all in a cool place, and occasional
TX, drench the whole with cold water
90 fit is arranged in the morning, ar
ky properly attended to during the da
,es the butter for tea will be nearly ;
he firm as if kept in an ice house. If Il
nd fower-pot be wrapped with clot
n it will be still better.
:, PRESERvATIvE AGAINST THE TURN
~ ~ FLY.-A great many remedies al
~ methods have been suggested to pr
W W. vent the attacks of the turnip fly, wht
~. ~ the plants are in an early stage {
90 growth. One method, which hi
proved of considerable service, is tn
er- of sleeping the seeds in oil, and the
on busting them with sulphur just befol
M sowing. Another remedy is, that {
it'll mixing lime and SCOT together al
nd busting the plants. This mixture hi
en- proved very efectual in protecting IL
Ter young plants as they put out the fir
lat leaves. Little damage is done by tt
re turnip fly after the rough leaves al
Id formed; but its place is filled by OF
in er insects that feed on the leaves, tt
he most common of which is the blae
hit beetle. The best and most effectu'
in way to get rid of all insects, is to pus
ng forward the growth of the plants /
10, manures applied at the time the see
lly is sown.-Er.
~ FoRKING BARNARD MANURE Owe
Cd This is essential to rotting vel
cd When corn stalks, straw and ordul
~ of animals are all trod down frml
during the winter and spring, the al
m is effectually excluded, and the mat