Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-18

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ameter. In the spring take shoots of the
previous years growth, and cut off the buds
that would come under the ground when
the shoots are set. / cut them so that they
will not sprout. then sharpen the ends
of the shoots, and stick them in the ground.
Where the buds were cut off, they will
send out roots without sprouts. keep the
growing shrubs well pruned. Upon the
whole, however, think the old bush way,
with judicious pruning out of the oldest
and some of the youngest wood, is prefera-
BILE. There is fly that deposits its eggs
near the top of the stalk, which eats in and
destroys the pith for the whole length of
the stalk; but don't see that it hurts its
bearing, only that the stem commonly
breaks off where the worm eats out. | see
that some one of the club recommended
searching trees in the fall and winter for
the eggs of the caterpillar. | have only
two apple trees and when the caterpillar
forms a nest on them | take pole and
sharpen the end and wind a rag around it,
and wet it well with whale oil or petrole-
um, and with this l destroy the nest, and it
is never rebuilt. | have seen the cater
pillars several rods from the trees, crawling
on the ground, after being dispossessed by
this treatment. These caterpillars are very
injurious on cultivated fruit trees, but the
wild cherry and peach plum are their IA
vorites. / will state another item. A few
years ago a bunch of peach plums, within
stones throw of my garden, was covered
with caterpillars nests. Ipoured little
whale oil from lamp trimmer on large
number of nests, and they were soon all
deserted. -HOrtjcuLurist
| How TO MAKE SUPERPHOsPHATE.-
Canada Farmer in an article on this sub
ject says: ''The usual way with manufac-
turers of superphOsphate is to burn the
bones till they are calcined and brittle,
grind them to powder, and then add suf-
ticient sulphuric acid to dissolve the mass.
This, however, while it greatly cheapens
the cost of producing superphOsphate, les
sens its value more than one half, as the
juice and gelatine in and on the bones,
which form an essential part Of their manu-
rial value are driven off by burning, and
nothing but the mineral elements remain.
Bone dust is the ground bones without the
sui phuric acid added, and would be equally
ifnot more valuable than superphosphate,
if they were very finely ground without be-
ing first burned.
/ A home made article of greater value
than much of the commercial superphos.
t phate may be made by breaking up the
bones as small as can be conveniently done
When broken, place them i'll an old box OF
: barrel, add to them half their weight of
} sulphuric acid, and cover up to prevent the
fumes escaping during the process of dis
solving. Stir daily for two or three week.
, after. When the whole mass has become
r soft, and the bones dissolved, which take;
sometime, add sufficient dry muck, sawdust
burnt clay, or othor absorbent, to render
the mass friable and dry enough to be cas-
lily applied to the land, which is generally
done by drilling it in with the seed whel
sown; or, if applied to grass or grain crop
by sowing broad cast like plaster. On
hundred pounds Of the home made articl,
will go AS far as, and prove of more value
than two hundred pounds of what can b,
ordinarily bought from the manufacturers
Bones may be rOtted, as it were, by cover
ing them with Il heavy coat of unleache,
wood ashes, and sprinkling water or urin
over the heap; or, still better, putting then
:" into hole in the ground and keeping then
: soaked with the DRAWINGS of the barn yard.
q SWINE BREEDS AND TREATMENT.-W
h find in Western paper the following eS
: tracts upon the breeds and management {
d swine, from an essay by Theodore Brown
n The most approved breeds seem to hav
: derived their valuable qualities from eros:
n es more or less frequent between the sma
e and thrifty black or brown hog of Siam, {
r. the fat little China hog, which is whit
,e and the large, coarse breeds of Great Bri
d ain, possessing less symmetry and aptituC
= to fatten, but more hardihOOd, fecundit
,e and adaptation to our climate. The CHR
4r and ParkersOn was the favorite hog of OF
ne fathers. 1t was good spotted hOg-pe
"a haps more akin to the Bedford or WObur
I'd The Belts, a cross between the Berkshi
IN and Irish Grazier, was quite popular abo
r. twenty-five years ago, but defective in tv
te points it was too small in the chest, al
d had too little hair for its protection in wi
~ ter. The Suffolks also lack hair but ha
ne symmetrical, delicate, well balanced form
I'll and as they possess large proportion
D. China blood, they inherit the fattenil
d properties of this breed to a wonderful d
TO lgree. 1t is stated that their live and Dire,
so ed weights sometimes differ less than Oh
ell ninth. The Berkshires are more hardy a
i'll larger than the Sutfolks, and rival them
nj beauty and fattening qualities, with pr
haps less grossness of flesh. They are o
nv of our best breeds, but not so uniform
se large nor so beautiful in color, being blaC
m as two white breeds, one cross betwe
I'm the Berkshire, Irish Grazier and Wobul
ad and the other a cross between the Suffo
lat Irish Grazier and Chester Whites My
i'm suits in breeding and fattening these t
ilk crosses have been almost equally satisf
ac- tory and uniform. Either can be fatten
an at any age, but, for family use, make t
,iu most delightfully."- tender and delicate pc
id. when killed at less than year old.
tho pushed at the time they would make la
lch hogs at that age.
his With my ordinary treatment in rear
ms and four months fattening, | have had
lies former to weigh at ten months old fir
til one hundred and seventy-fve to two h
mi bred pounds net, and at eighteen mon
the old, with two and half months fatteni
the about three hundred and fifty pounds
get My Chester Whites, with ordinary tr,
Jew ment in rearing and three months fat
ter ing, weighed, at nine or ten months, al
one hundred and thirty to one hundred
D be forty pounds net; at fifteen months
ate hundred and eighty to three hundred
ON and when grown, say from two to tt
axe years old, from four to six hund