Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-08-24

would be worth double what 1T was before. |
1t can then be cultivated with the assur-
ance that it will repay cultivation. The
foul growth can be exterminated. The |
generous soil can be warmed in the sun, as |
far as needed, manures can be applied and |
will produce their natural effect Crops |
will mature and will be heavy. The farm
er will not spend his strength in vain upon
it, but will reap the fruit of his labor.
ID. Another case of half ton of June
grass per acre, is the dry knoll that has not
been plowed for twelve years. Perhaps it
has not been top-dressed in that time and |
the grass is thin and poor. Perhaps it has
been, and the grass is better but still not
above the inevitable half ton. Lose no
time in blowing that and properly enrich
ing it. Ifyou have time before August, |
pillow and SOW to India wheat and pillow in
about the tenth of September, it wouldhelp
enrich it. Otherwise do as you can, but
don't NOW it again until it is so enriched
and seeded that you may expect two tons
at least where you now cut half ton.
There are also old fields, from which the
stones have never been gathered, but over
which men have moved thirty years. The
crop is light but the soil excellent, and if
the owner could make those stones fence,
or fill the necessary bitches, then pillow,
smooth, enrich and reseed, every acre
would be more than doubled in value.
Might not every farm in Vermont be
thus treated during the next five years and
the products about doubled? Would not
the labor now expended in raising hops be
much more proftably employed in increas-
ing the productiveness of the soil, and en-
HANGING the value of real estate? With a
judicious outlay of labor, and little more
industry in the matter of making the sub
stratum better, it would seem possible for
farmers to double their productive capital
and be forever regarded as the benefactors
of their race
1t is pitiable to see land so unproductive
If man was made to till the earth, why
should he not till itwell? Why not make
haste to increase the product of his acres
if he would raise money, either now or
prospcctiycly? The money will be in good
paying bonds and it is very desirable that
every land owner should take some of them.
7. :. II. in Joodstock Haadard.
I WHY DO ANIMALS NEED SALT?-Pro-
fcssor James L. johnson Of Scotland says
"Upward Of half the saline matter of blood
81 per cent consists of common salt, and
this is partly discharged every day through
the skin and kidneys. The necessity of
continued supplies Of ittothe healthy body
becomes sufficiently obvious. The bile al
SO contains soda Zone Of the ingredients of
salt as 4 special and indispensable constit-
ucnt, and 50 do all the cartridges of the
body. stint the supply of salt, therefore,
and neither will the bile be able properly
to assist digestion, nor the cartilages to be
built up again as fast as they naturally
waste" 1t is better to place salt where
stock can have free access to it thantO give
it occasionally in large quantities. They
will help themselves to what they need if
allowed to do 50 at pleasure otherwise,
when they become salt hungry" they take
more than is wholesome
SALT.-One Of the latest theories re-
garding the virtues of salt Is that it coun-
tcractS the effect of drouth. Scatter it free
ly over the ground on which crops are
dropping by reason of drouth and they will
revive, 50 it is said. 1t is also said that
salt is good for cabbages. Itmay be wher
mixed thoroughly with fertilizers or in
compost; that it is when applied directly
i, not by any means certain. We have
seen the experiment illustrated, and the re.
suit made apparent in the diminutiye size
Of the crop.
r CAUTIoN.-The insect known as the to-
mato worm is said by good authority to be
. poisonous and that its bite is fatal. LIE
those who cultivate tomatoes take warning
EATING DIRT.-The term "dirt-eating'
, is usually applied to politicians, and is re
ally political epithet. But we propose t.
, consider it in a hygienic light, just at pres
: ent and we are led to say word about i
= from the fact that we heard friend say
= not long ago, that sand was good for dys
J., pcpsia." The hint was taken from the fac
g that cattle and horses are often seen eating
Q dirt, and it was thought what was goo(
l for beast was good for human. The result
t verified the suppOsition. The friend allu
ded to said he thought his family ate tw,
e quarts of sand Il year as a medicine. IL
: says he cured calf Of the scours, by it
Y use, in twenty-four hours
t CURING HERBs.-It is said by nurse
:. that herbs, to be the most efficacous SHOULD
? be gathered before dog days begin. 1t is
= according to that rule, too late to do tn
|, work this year. But we should venture t,
5 do it, if we desired, and should take car
t to cure them in the shade, under cover
= Keep the dew, the rain and the sun away
n The same process should be applied to hay
: making, as far as possible.
> How TO PRESERVE SHEEP SKINs.-On
= part of alum to four of saltpetre, finel,
{ powdered and shaken thickly over the ski
u to be tanned, will be found to answer TIL
: skin should be stretched and nailed tigh
: either to a wooden frame or on foo
u where the air can get to it, Skins pre-
/, served thus do not damp, and bear a grea
u deal Of hard usage; bird skins can also b
saved in the same way.
l.. DRIVING A YOUNG HORSE.-In teach
= ing young horse to drive well, do nc
+ hurry to see how fast he can trOt. Kee
each pace clear and distinct from the 9th
f err, that is, in walking make him walk an
- do not allow him to trot. While trottins
% be equally careful that he keeps steady &
p. his pace, and do not allow him to slack il
% to Il walk. The reins while driving shout
f be kept snug; and when pushed to the to
f Of his speed keep him well in hand tha
i he may learn to bear well upon the bit, S
: that when going at high rate of speed h
f can be held at his pace, but do not allo
! him to pull too hard, for it is not only I'LL
i, pleasant but makes it often difficult t
J. manage him.
re 1t is said that one of the most powerfl