Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-20

elgnt lncneS, tnereOy turning up TIE
cold hard subsoil upon which nothing
could be expected to grow, but would
bring up the first season but one inch
of new soil which by exposure to at
mospheric influences for one year
would become as rich as the rest of
the soil, and perhaps OF itself act as
a fertilizer. This course should be
continued from year to year, until the
required depth is gained.
| p. Holden, would not pillow in the
fall, because much of the best sol
would be blown away during the win
ter, if the ground happens to be bare
SaIiman Thompson believes that in
soil plowed in the fall great many
worms would be destroyed by the
frost.
p. Holden thinks that the worms
would get below the action Of the
frost.
J. ID. PettengiU once plowed q
field designed for corn in the fall, but
from some cause a small portion re
NAMED unplowed. On this part of
the field the worms did great damage
to the crop, while on the fall plowed
portion, the worms did no damage.
Joel Dauis does not believe in the
utility of blowing in the fall and again
in the spring, thinks once blowing
will do as we'll. Thinks it is not q
good plan to stir the soil among crops
in very dry time.
j. III. Putnam. Would practice
just the reverse of the above, stirring
the ground as often as possible wher
dry.-BeILows Falls Times.
There is a constantly increasing
call for Ayrshire stock, and the prices
for well bred animals have increased
rapidly in the last few years.
There is a chemical process for ex
tracing the butter from whey, making
a very good article. Skim milk shoulc
not be fed to pigs. 1t is too valuable
Cheese made from it brings II cent;
a pound. The whey from that may bt
fed to the pigs.
CHICKEN CooPs.-Thc great an(
general fault in chicken coopS, is thei
closeness. In such coops chickens
or rendered weak and sickly. Many
persons, to avoid this, have one end o
the coop open lath work; this onl!
half answers the purpose, for although
the chicks will have plenty oflight ant
air. the coop is not rat proof. Tn,
coops that | use are, | think, just tn
thing. They are large and strongl
built; one end entirely composed OF
woven wire; the other is Hath door
used only to let the hen in and out
this door has shutter, to be use'
at night or in inclemcnt weather. o.
one side ofthe coop is an opening, run
ming the whole length oft, with stri
, on hinges above it; in the day tim
this strip is fastened up against tn
coop oy means of a button; at nigh
it is let down over the opening, and sc
, cured at the bottom by another button
} This coop, you will see, combines e'
erything. Plenty of air and light, "a
l and storm proof, and warm, if the wiz
= end is next a close fence or house
The coop is also easily cleaned b
opening the lath door-CouDtry Gen
tteman.
GREEN Crops FOR Cows AND HORS
Es.--The farmer whose pastures are :
luxuriant that his cattle and horse
find abundant feed from May to NJ
= vember, in the open fields, may pOsS
bly, dispense with green crops for foe
,, der; but not so with the majority
9 During the hot days of summer tt
grass dries up, and their beasts SUITE
- for nutritious food. unless they hay
. provided a supply of sowed corn, oat
\ miIlet, or llcerne, which can be CT
daily and fed to them 10 the stable
. Mich cows which are fed abundant
with this food, will almost invariab
, net their owners one-third more mo-
= ey during the season than they won
: if forced to depend on pasture alone
- and horses, too when similarl y fed wi
grow fat ADD sleek in a surprising
!. short space Of time. Last summer v
r. took large horse that had been ru
= ming idly in pasture, losing flesh d.
stabbed and fed him with gree
=. sweet corn, and in two or three weeI
- he became "as fat as butter" al
: might have been sold for 500 mo
: than he would have brought when ia
- en- from the pasture. We have gene
- ally sown sugar corn in drills tor
N soiling crop; it makes excellent fee
and although it yields less in quantit
- it is more nutritious than comm,
;, white or yellow corn fodder. 7
y southern white corn, however,
~ greatly priced as a green crop by n
: nv farmers, and is used almost excl
&c sively in many parts of this state f
n that purpose. Many of our reade
70 report very favorably in regard to IN
~ let; few have tried lucerne, and Ii
n it; others use oats and Canada pc
" mixed, for soiling cattle. All gro
4 well on proper soil, and we again
- mind our readers that it is wise to sc
~ at least one of these crops for SUNNI
r. fodder.-Mdine Farmer.
CURING HAMs-Will you please publ
III in the Ploughman one of the best recei
- for curing pork hams, also the best way
Ill preserving them through the summer.
as Respectfully yours, A SUBSCRIBE
Mt Thompson, Feb. 10, 1869.
es The quality of hams depends somewl
- on how the hogs are fed but more up
w the manner of curing. TFey can be ms
ed as tender and delicate almost as chicke
as The following compound of articles ma
n good pickle To one hundred pounds
" hams use eight or nine pounds Of rock s.
Id two ounces of saltpetre, two pounds
as white sugar, one quart of the best syr
Id four ounces of saleratus, and one ounce
=, allspice. Boil these materials together
u0 ten gallons of water, and take off the sci
when the hams may be packed in ban
he and the brine put on cool, adding a Iii