St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10
Ghe farm and Garden.

Che farm and Garden.
Tie BEST Tine FOR CUTTING CRAFTS.
In several publications we notice that
the cutting of gratis in the fall, ''or before
the sharp cold OF winter Injuries their vi
tality," is highly recommended. Dircc-
tons are thus given how they are to be
preserved through the winter. They
may be packed away i'll boxes OF fine
damp moss, damp Sawdust, or buried i'll
the earth or sand" There is Il great
deal more added which we do not think
worth while to quote. This mode may
be 4 very good one, but We have never
tried II and Just now do not seem i'll the
our grating, and have been successful.
We never cut our crafts before February,
and if the ground is not frozen, stick
them i'll AT the foot of the tree, then the
variety is known without labelling. Ii
the ground is frozen thcy are tied up,
the bunch labeled and buried under a
shed in a rather dry place. We have
set seventy OF these gratis pcar) at one
time dh"d crc'y one q Mcn yrcw. Once
on time we employcda profc-scd graft
cr, who brought his own scions (p!umS)
and set thirty-two for u, cray Que Of
rLich died. The following spring we
thought TO try our own hand at it, and
set sixteen Qlum>) on a tree fifteen years
planted, the CRAFTS cut L. usual in Feb
ruary, and eleven OF them grew. This
we thought WAS doing pretty well with
plumS If the gratis are carefully pre-
served and properly set, it makes no
difference whether cut i'll the fall or
spring.-Gcmaqto~m TchIlHh.
FEEDING ROoT5.-Those who feed
turnips, manccls, and other roots, should
be careful and remove from them all The
earth, and in order to do this, it is wei
to wash them fpossiblc. 1t is true tia
if the roots be smooth, there will not
much dry dirt adhere to them bat W,
say the cleaner the better for the GOOD o
the teeth of the animal, if for no Other
good reason. They should always b,
cut before they are fed, and when larg,
quantities are consumed it is far better
to use Il root cutter or sliccr but whcr
few, the roots can be cut quickly an,
well 10y placing them in clean box IN,
using a spade or shovel for the purpose
We like once or twice 4 week 10 sprinkI,
a little salt over them before feeding
and we have observed that the cattle ar,
quite fond of salt, and seem to crave it
WIEN TO DEr \ lIEIFEE-lt Is gen
cIalI Y conceded nowadays that, to rais,
4 cow which will rive the most milk il
proportion to the amount of feed she GETS
the hci(cr should come in at two year
old, or earlier; that for months previou
TO her calving her udder should be fire
qucntly manipulated, SO Us to cause
tendency of blood TO it, and lis larger de
vclopment; that she should calve fat
that after calIing she should be mike,
three times Il day, rs ECar s hours apar
rs possible that this should be kept u
rs long rs her ulder fills, and after til
twice a day; that she should be mike
close up 10 her second calving, whic
should take place ut the end of yeal
All this is TO develop 10 as high dtgrc
a. possible the milk-ploJucing tendency
OF course the growing, young -bearin
and milk-producing animal should be fe
with nutritious food in abundance, an
be warmly stabbed in winter.
FARMERS Ice IIOUsEs.-A youn
farmer is writing series of intcrestin
articles TO the Boston JounuL The tw
following are among his latest:
One more job is we'll done. Law
got my ice-housc filled with very 600
ice, about eight inches thick | cannc
conceive why more farmers do not %
ice. 10 be sure it is poor time t
sound It's praises now, with the thcl
mometcr down almost to zero. but an
man who has had Il liberal supply of
one season, would be loath to 20 witho,
it any summer atterward, if the nettin
of it did necessitate little hard work i
cold weather. 1t is necessity as much =,
a luxury TO the farmer. 1t insures Lii
sweet milk and butter, that no amour
ct care can give him without. La:
summer, thanks to the ice, did not los
one churnirg of cream. The butte
would come, come quickly, and com
ilaiu ana OF good color. In all nv ey
perlence OF butter making without ice.
never knew n farmer or farmers w;f
who did not lave more or loss trorrIo 4,
make good butter, or often any buttor !,
, July and August. Sometimes mon,
hours labor was spent in churning an,
/ then the whole was Il total loss. VII
little ice, this is all avoided, and tb
butter is kept hard and firm until it an
pears on the table or reaches the market
Nor Is it less convenient in keeping fresl
meats and vegetables, while in the sicl