Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-03
Farm. Garden and Household.

for cheap ice chest: Take two dry
goods boxes, one of which is enough
smaller than the other to leave q space
of about three inches all around when it
is placed inside, Fill the space be-
tween the two with sawdust packed close
ly, and cover with heavy lid made to fit
neatly inside the larger box. Insert
small pipe in the bottom of the chest to
to cary off the water from the melting
ice. For family use thishas proved
quite as serviceable and as economical
as more costly "refrigerators."
VINEGAR FOR APPLE lToTHs. -Sher-
lock S. Gregory wrote to the Farmers
Club "For several years, until last
year, we have had apples much injured
by worms. But hearing, through the
American Institute Farmers Club, that
the moths Of flies which deposit the
eggs producing the worms may be de-
stroyed by hanging vessels with diluted
vinegar in the branches of the tree, we
tried that remedy, and caught n large
amount Of the insects, and the conse-
quence was that our fruit was unusually
free from worms. The moths were fed
to laying hens. The vinegar we used
was made of sorghum molasses, and so
far diluted that it might properly be
called slightly acid sweetened water.
Old tin cans were used. wrote you so
that if any use is made of this, it may be
used before the time is passed when the
the proposed remedy can be applied"
DANGER IN DOSING HORSES. There is
no doubt that more horses are seriously
injured by iniudicious dosing and care
less treatment than in any other way
A veterinarian writes that drenching q
horse with fluid medicines, even if the
latter are of an Indifferent nature, like
milk and molasses, is always very dan
gerous but is extremely so, first, when
the drench consists of substances-for
instance, oil or grease-to which horses
have q natural aversion secondly,
when the sick horse is suffering with a
disease which is attended with fast
breathing, like pneumonia, collie, &c. ;
and thirdly, as is often the case, is
poured down in forcible manner; for
in such cases it frequently happens that
part of the liquid enters into the
laryl,X and goes down the windpipe into
the lungs, and causes there an inham-
nation, which frequently becomes fatal,
SIGNS OF Coop Sou.-J. B. Smith, of
Patmos, Ohio, said in the Farmers Club
that he had written something on soils.
He now added: Climber in q measure
indicates the character of the soil: that
flat white-oak land is poor; that shell
bark mostly grows in cold, wet land;
that flat beach and sugar lands are good
for summer crops and grass, but not for
wheat; that rolling beach and sugar
lands, where large poplar and blackwell,
nut abound, are fine grazing lands, and
produce, when new, large crops of all
kinds of grain, except wheat, when it is
wiutcr-killed; that large white oak and
chestnut, growing together, and black oak
and hickory, indicate a loose subsoil
and that lands where the water soon
sinks into the subsoil are much the most
valuable for grain; that a soil that will
raise large crops of all kinds of grain, and
then clover and timothy, and after they
run out will come in with green grass
and white clover, is the best"
ORCHARD and NURSERY. Trees newly
set last spring ought to be heavily
mulched.
Insects will appear upon many of the
trees in the orchard and nursery. 1t will
require constant watchfulness to pre-
vent their ravagcs, both on the foliage
and fruit.
.SeecS,-As fast as fruits ripen, save
the seeds, if it is desired to propagate.
Seeds of many ornamental trees in the
nursery require to be sown as soon as
ripe.
Seedlings of evergreen and other forest
trees require to be shaded from the hot
sun by means of brush, or, what is bet
ter, n latticc-work of laths. A mulch of
hay or straw between the rows of larger
plants will prevent the growth of many
Weeds and thus save time and labor in
wedding.
GrqflS set in the spring will require
looking after now, as the stock often
sends out new shoots, which rob the scion
of nourishment.
.SuckerS should be rubbed off whenever
they appear upon budded or grated
stocks.
CherTieS. Care must be used in pick.
ing not to injure the bark OF break any
limbs.
Thinning Of fruit should be continued
this month, II not already finished.
The CORRECT WAY TO LOAD HAY
As soon as the hay-rigging, shelving anC
ruck is filled even with the corners, anC
the hay is well trod down, place large
forkful at each corner at the rear end
after which lay a third forkful between
the two corners to hold the hay in it,
place. Let the first forkfuls of hay be
laid out as far as practicable withou
falling to the ground. Let the loadc1
be particular to start both corners ~
nearly alike as they can be built will
hay ; then lay course of forkfuls OF
both sides of the shelving, and thir(
course in the middle to bind the QUITE
courses in the most desired place. The
| loader should keep continually moving
to tread the hay down firmly as fast az
; it is pitched to him. AS soon as two
courses have been laid and well bounG
: on by middle course, about hal
; way from the rear to the forward, com
mence at the front corners of the rig
ging and lay a course of forkfrlls towarC
the rear end, finishing the first course
; near the middle of the rigging. Now
that the foundation is laid, let the load
er commence again at the hind end lay
large forkful on each corner, binC
: them in their places by forkful laid al
the end between the corners, after which
lay another course of forkfuls over the
foundation. Let the corners be laid first
and keep the middle no fuller than ever
with the top of the corners. If the cor
ners are carried up true, and the course
be well bound on by laying hay in til,