Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-20
Hints for March.

Look through the heads of the fru
trees and see if there are any cocoons @
), excrescences on the branches if so, tax
u them off aud burn them at once, or tn
warm sunshine will soon produce in then
living insects, to prey upon the tende
foliage rs it expands and check the growtl
a and rroductivness of the trees. A wash
of suds made of carboic acid, soap and
water should be applied to the stem and
lower branches of the tree with a stiff
brush, to destroy the larvie Of such insects
as may have made Judgment in the in
terstices of the bark. A healthy tree
should present a clean, bright, smooth
bark. Remove all grass within one foot
of the stem and keep the soil porus. The
above remarks will apply equally well to
Grape-vines.
Horses, colts and cattle that have not
been we'll curriad and kept clean through
the winter, especially if not well fed, will
now present very shabby appearance
the coat will be harsh, the skin hard and
tight, probably infested with vermin. A
few applications of coal oil will remove
the vermln, and some cake meal in their
food will loosen the skin, making it soft
and pliable: give one quart day for two
or three weeks. and meantime apply the
curry comb and brush. Farm horses
that have been kept on hay through the
winter should now have some grain added
to their food to strengthen them for their
approaching labor, meanwhile they should
have some exercise every day: this should
not be done by turning them loose to play.
which subjects them to serious accidents
but by riding and driving, which not only
gives them exercise, but accustoms them
to being handled and keeps them under
proper control.
Some horses after running idle few
months require few training lessons to
bring them under proper control.
Ewes that are about dropping their
lambs should have special care-should
De looked after every day, late in the
evening and early in the morning. MANY
lambs are lost for want of such care
Every flock master should take pride in
having his flock to look well, this can only
be accomplished by personal attention l
which will always pay. Never forget the
a0llar interest in all farm stock operations.
a farmer should take an account of his
I've stock every month, or at fartherest
'nree months putting money value on
Every animal according to the ruling
prices at the time. This will show him
low much capital he has in live stock,
md whether it is increasing from time to
line. 1t will also make him more care.
III to keep up its money value by proper
are and attention; it will also afford him
nuch additional pleasure. When looking
t his team of horses he is at once struck
nth their cash value as per inventory, B
900 When looking at his herd Of dairy
ows, $4,000, at his flock of sheep, 5000 L
his herd of swine, $780,, of his poult-
y 500. Here is an aggregate of 49,. .
w according to his own assessment, an
'hlch, if put to interest at 6 per cent eS9
'ould net him $4,000; but by convert. is
lg the grass, hay and grain, grown on r
is farm should net him in cash and ma
ure at least one hundred per cent. If
'rmers would adopt mercantile system
accounts, they would succeed better :,
nd always have the satisfaction Of know.
'g how matters stood and regulate their
Epenses accordingly. pa
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