National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-03-15
Farm, Garden and Household.

GRAFTING PEARS ON OAKS. W G
Burke, Glen Mills, Pa, grated a con o.
pear on the root of an oak, and it grew
vigorously and bore fruit very early
Did the root sustain the cion until i
formed roots of its own, or did it unit,
with it =? A. S. Fuller said very likel,
the cion threw ont roots of its own he
doubted If any union was formed be
tween the oak root and the cion.
BONE MEAL FOR Cows. Hon Harris
Lewis of the Farmers Club to whom was
referred the inquiry made n few weeks
ago about cows eating rubbish, replied
by letter, saying that bone-meal was
needed. 1t might be fed to them in small
quantities, like salt, or if two hundred
pounds per acre should be spread on the
pasture, it would furnish the cows with
bone material for n lifetime. On sandy
land, gypsum would have II similar effect
one hundred pounds per acre was the
right quantity.
TIN-MLKING PALS. The old wooden
milk-pail is very properly being alto
together discarded by wise dairymen.
Tin pals are easily kept perfectly clean,
and this is now recognized ms the chief
requisite to success in making good
cheese or butter. As soon as the milk is
poured from the pail thorough scalding
and washing should be given to it, and II
sweet and airy place should be set apart,
not only for milk pals, hut for all uten-
sils used in the dairy. ANY foul odor or
mold will affect, to certain extent, even
tin, while wood will very readily absorb
it.
How TO PRESERVE MEADows-D +.
Easton asked the Club if bone dust,
ashes, lime, and guauo would keep a
meadow fertile without barn yard man
IRE. Ex-senator Geddes said if meadows
were dressed occasionally with bone
dust, and each alternate crop allowed to
grow without cutting, and fall down end
rot on the ground, they Will remain in
good order for many years when they
became sod-bound they should be well
narrowed in tn spring, and some fresh
seed sown. j. Crane recommended ashes
and plaster or lime occasionally with the
bone dust. Mr.. Smith had seen meadows
IN England which had been said to have
been mown for centuries, which had no
manure, but of late years dressing of
guano was applied.
THE FARMERS CLUB -Moles, accord
ing to Mr.. Smith might be destroyed by
placing pieces of apples in their holes,
on which arsenic had been sprlnkled.
Hams had been kept from flies, by
the Chairman, by packing them in bar
rels with pine shavings between them.
Mr.. Geddes kept hams from the flies in
dark smoke house, in which the fire was
placed beneath an arch of brick perfora-
ted with holes for the smoke to pass
through. - Essay on bees the Chair
man announced that the Secretary, Mr..
Chambers, had been preparing a paper
on bee culture for two years, and it was
not yet nearly ready. Pumpkin seeds
were declared, by Mr.. J. Crane, to be
bad for everything but hogs they caus-
ed poultry to be weak in the legs, the
hens could not become ROSTERS, and
ducks could not even waddle if allowed |
to eat them. - Water pipes, according
to Thomas Hogue, of Pa, should not he |
less than an inch and half in diameter. |
TRAVELLING BOXES FOR Fowls. Ship
ping poultry III coops, is dangerous to |.
the health, limbs, and life of the in
mates. To avoid this danger, the |
american Agricatwist gives an excellent
plan for box or cage, from which we .
gather the following: The box should he |
OF light lumber, pianed on the inside. |
and well put together. Size Is to 20 .
inches each way. Instead of lattice on .
one side, cut hole in the box five or
six inches square, cover this with woven
wire nailed on the outside. The whole
side may be used as door, and fastened
to the box by nails, screws, hinges and
hasp, as the shipper may think best
On one side of the window, inside, fas-
ten the feed-cup, and on the other, the
water-cup. A hand-hole should be made
In the center of the top of the box suffi
ciently large to admit the fingers of
large hand; grain may be dropped
through this hole, in case the package
should be delayed along the route. The
water holder may be common Junk
bottle, inverted in a small tin cup and
securely fastened, the bottle with wire.
and the cup with nails, to the side Of
the door. Fowls thus shipped, it is
said, will go from one part of the coun-
try to another with but little risk of in
jury