Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-26

1t is fact well known to owners Of poul-
try that the occaional use of o-aions to be
mixed and fed to poultry with their other
feed is one Of the surest ways of keeping a
yard of poultry in health.
Mr.. Lawes Of England used to savithat the
/ best farmers were on the poores t land and
| the poorest farmers on the best land. There
/ is no doubt that the tendency of cultivating
very fertile land, especially if it be cheap,
is to induce carelessness in farmir %.
An experienced orchardist saws that apple
trees two years old are better for setting out
than those of a more advanced age and will
produce fruit as soon after being II ansplanted
all other things being equal, as ees four or
five years old.
As soon as the weather become mild and
open hyacinths. narcissI crocuses and tulips
that have remained above grorint should be
planted out in order To succeed tho Sc planted
in Autumn. Llacs and other deciduous
shrubs should be examined an d dead wood
cut out. Old struggling branches and suck
ers should also be removed. Tie after may
be planted out if it is desired to in crease the
number of shrubs.
We're itno4for the improved MACH merry now
in use upon our farms, particularly reapers,
mowers and threshing machines. t would
be utterly impossible to supply the home
consumptian Of grain in this country. Sup
posing the grain was all cut by the Of d fash
Toned sickle, the price of -four would be so
high as to prevent the laboring classes in our
cities from using the article
The London Gardncr's Chrouic7 saws
that probably hundred different yarie ties of
plants have disappeared from the Island Of St
Helena since goats were introduced there DR..
Hooker said that after lapse of twenty gea rs.
after his first visit to the Island, he h I'd
searched IN vain for trees and shrubs III. It
had once grown in abundance there.
At a larte agricultural meeting tho chan =
man read brief account from a Californf a
paper OF a machine recently put in operatIo
IN that State, and which has ent, thrash ed,
cleaned, and sacked the wheat from twenty
acres IN ten hours, with only three ms N to
work It, 10 this member replied, that
while such a machine might work on the
Pacific coast, where the weat her is 70 dry
that the wheat is capable of icing th,.ashed
at once as soon a. cut, it would be US eless to
attempt to wor on any system of this kind
IN Those part, Of the country where rains are
lNIutut-
In th' correspondence Of the Ohio Farmer
occurs lie following 80 have had 25 cows
70 mil A. and found timothy and wild grass
The best. To feed in winter, use shorts.
5ro' nd oats, shorts and corn neil: shorts
ma &c moremilk than clear meal; oats ground /
io better than either; but corn meal with /
lcrts makes richer milk but no more OF it I
. have fed potatoes largely they do t0lerab- /
ly well, but milk day or two old gets strong. /
Ruta baga, turnips and carrots would not do .
for me to make butter from the milk; but Of .
all the roots | ever tried, sugar beet is the
best. heard pumpkins were good to make
milk and tried them. | had twelve mixers
! divided them; feds with pumpkins three
weeks, and all run on grass alike. Those
that had pumpkins gave not a gill more milk
than the others, but believe it was little
richer.