Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26

Harrison Mcllcnry desired to know the
number Of hens necessary for a newly mar
rcd couple 10 keep, in order to supply their
table with fresh eggs daring the winter,
Also. are there NOT certain breeds of fowls
that lay two eggs day
Mr. SWipcs, m old gentleman with large
wen on one side Of his head that gave him
a doublc-hoadcI appearance, said. that be
had been engaged IN fowl culture for nine
teen years. and though he had succeeded by
cross breeding in producing q hen that
would lay two ersS per day, She was short
lived, and in the end her yield Of eggs
amounted to no more than the common
fowl who laid one n day, with an occasional
day oG-when she did not feel like work
Sixty healthy hens ought to keep 4 newly
married couple in eggs, but the result
would depend q great deal upon whether
they ate anything but eggs or not.
4 letter was read from a Middleburgh
farmer, asking whether " chess was injuri-
Gus to wheat or not?' \ tall, ,lab-sdcd
youth, with long curly hair stuck up with
| burdock hurS, arose, and removing the chew
Of plug tobacco from his mouth. SaId he
." did not sec how chess could possibly hurt
wheat. any more than checkers or do
minoe>, and he thought that the farmer
who asked such a question must he next
neighbOr to a fool with the do0ryard fence
knocked down"
\ boarding house keeper wished tho club
to furnish her with information as to the
best method of deodorizine skunk cabba &C
ard burdock leaves, 80 a to render them
more popular among her boarders as greens.
This question was referred to the Committee
on Vegetable, who are also trying to devise
some way by which onions could be eaten
on Opera Nights by lovers OF this juicy eS-
culent and music and who cannot give up
either.
" Can the watermelon be successfully cul-
| tiyated on sandy soil, in Il rural town OF
| four thousand inhabitants, and Thcologi-
cal Institute located near by, containing
one hundred and twenty students studying
| for the ministry This question excited
! considerable comment and loud discussion
/ among the agriculturi,ts present, and near
| Ivan hour and n half was spent in discuss
/ ing the same. IN old green grocer who
| had raised early and late vegetables for the
market for twenty years of hi- earlier liic
| said he could raise melons ON top of a barn
or ON billiard table. even, let him pick
| the locality and his neighbors. 1t was not
50 much the soil, nor season, that the melon
| depended upon for its perfection, as it was
] the pccuiarities of the inhabitants of the
country roundabout. Where there was an
excess Of colorcd citizens il was almost a.
impossible to raise paying crop Of melons
as it was to keep spring chickens unless they
roasted at night ina llerring's safe. 1hen
again colleges have n bad effect upon the
melon crop, and even minister's family ol
seven boys has been known to blighta large
! patch in single night In sections ol
country whore these draw backs exist, the
speaker had learned that the only method
to insurea 4 full crop Of melons, was to sta
ton Il man by each melon from the time il
was the size of hcn's egg until it ripened
This was expensive, but the result was al.
ways gratifying. As the fruit grew in size
and approached ripencss the speaker had
sometimes found it necessary to station tive
! guards,oycr each large melon, and ever
then, in communities where great fond
ness for these luscious products existed. ht
had known OF the insides of large water
melon being stolen and devourcd while tive
men with clubs and pistols were seated on
the shell, or rind, engaged in friendly con
I verse
\ motion to adjourn was here made and
carried, and the - United Order of Hay.
seeds" dispersed well satisfied with then
first meeting, and To assemble again Mt the
call of the President and Secretary. The
coming winter session promises to be pro
ductiye of much that will be instructiv,
and rich to iarmers---in fact to everybody
who attend. Lectures are expected from
the heaviest brains in the country, upor
1.-The Bumble-bce," 1.-The Pensiye Clam, :
= Is There Any Butter Stronger Than Th'
Goat, and kindred topics.