Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-23

For both the best and strongest,
That with the earliest race began,
And has outlived the longest
Their cities persisted long ago;
Who the first farmers were we know.
Perhaps our Babels too will fall;
If so, no lamentations,
For Mother Earth will shelter all,
And feed the unborn nations
Yes; with the swords that menace now
VIII then be beaten to the pillow.
r.. II. Stoddard.
To FATTEN PoULTRY.-Poultry to
fatten rapidly, must be like hogs, re-
stricted to limited space. Freedom
and fat are incompatible.
To PREVENT HENS SETTING
To effectually cure setting hens, put
two or three chickens in the nest with
them over night, coop them together
the next day, then taking the chickt ns
away from her, she will cluck around
a day or two, and then begin to lay
eggs again.
MOVING MAPLE TREEs.-J. B. Still
ter, Waverly, n. Y: Maple trees can
be transplanted with safety. If you
wish to remove large ones lose no
time in digging about them at some
distance from the body Of the tree
while the ground is frozen, so as to
secure large ball of earth unbroken
about the roots. After it is complete
ly lOOsened the tree may be hauled
out of its bed by a team upon a drag
or stoneboat and thus transferred to
the place where it is to he planted.
If we were to choose, however, we
should prefer small trees for trans
planting, to mourning the work and
expense Of transplanting large ones,
unless we had an experienced planter
TO manage the business.-RurM New
Yorker
The largest kitchen in the world
is that of Liebig's Extract of Meat
Company's establishment at Fray Ben
tOs, on the river Uruguay, South
America. The building covers an
area OF 10000 square feet. In one
hall there are four meat cutters, which
can dispose Of 200 bullocks each per
hour. There are twelve digesters in
which the meat is boiled by steam
They can hold altogether 144,00C
pounds of beef About 80 oxen pei
hour are actually slaughtered for thi,
immense establishment.
CURCULIO-PRooF PLUMs.- There
are two kinds of plums which are
claimed to be quite proof against the
ravages of the curculio-the Colum
bia and the Hiuckley. In the former
the curculio deposits its egg as il
other plums, but when the Larvae ar,
hatched, they are generally drownec
by an unusual flow of juice. In thu
Hinckley, the eggs never hatch out
and when the crop is abundant a con
siderable proportion of the plum,
wholly escape being stung.-Home
stead.
ANT HILLs.-A correspondent OF
the American EntomOlogist says tina
few sliced onions, buried in the an
hill. will cause the ants to leave it
A gill OF kerosene oil, poured int,
the orifces of the nests, will secur
the same result.
Hollow Horn IN CATTLE. Cal
roll, Crestline, Ohio, writes: IT
cure the hollow horn or head i
cows, take the yolks Of three eggs an
one spoonful of black pepper, on
spoonful of salt, and SCOT enough t
make a paste. Fill the three eg
shells full. Take the tongue of th
COW in the left hand, and put the tire
shells of paste down the throat wit
the right hand. 1t never fails to cur,
have practised it for thirty years.
ONION CULTURAL cOrresponder
of the Maine Farmer writes: " In IN
four years experience in onion raj
ing find there are three essentii
points to success: First, be sure thu
you have good seed, or your labC
will be in vain /; second, plant q
early as possible; third, don't be spa
ing of manure. Hen and hog manu-
is best. Fine barn-yard manure wi
answer by using more in quantity thu
of those just mentioned. Ashes mai
good top dressing after they a
sown. The variety that | have ust
for the last two years, is the ear
yellow Danvers, and it is the best fl
this vicinity.
NORWAY OATS AGAIN.-To salts
ourselves as to the quality and weig
of the Norway oats we have visit,
the store of Messrs. Jones & Clar
No. 20, Liberty street, to exami
the oats which they are sending OF
day by day. They are of excelle
appearance, and from specimens exl
bited of root, stalk and head, tn
certainly show remarkable grow
and yield. We publish the followi
letters which must close the matt,
except that we deem it proper TO sta
that so far as we have seen we dee
Messrs. Jones & Clark to be hone
able men, and that they are filling
ders each day as soon as received ::
NORTH RANDOLPH, Vt, Jan. %.
D. w. RAMsDELL,-Dear Sir
much is being said about your N
way Oats, that | deem it my duty
give my experience. In the spring
'6S | procured one bushel of yc
seed. | had a piece OF ground me
uring three acres, all of which v
MANFRED exactly alike and from {
piece measured one acre and SOW
the oushel of Norway Oats; on
other two acres | sowed six bush
of selected seed from my conn