Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-09
Farm, Garden and BeasehOld.
90 How Much Land for a Govt


We asked two experienced Wisconsin
dairymen: How many cows viii a
good dairy farm Of 100 acres support In
WI an average season, keeping besides only
- the horses needed, and, perhaps, a few
hogs to use up the whey, &c. ?"
One, who has been many years in the
businesses this was in private CONVEX.
-,T sation, we do not mention names-said
that ON his farm of that size, on which
were twenty acres thickly covered with
TIMBER, and worthless for pasture, he
could keep forty. The others estimate
was forty, also for the 160 acres. OF
- course both included the use of such
land as was necessary for the usual
orchard, garden, &C., but not for the
production of anything for sale except
- the products of the COW in milk, cheese.
s'-e-or butter. Both of the dairymen to
whom we refer believe heartily in the
value of sowed corn, believing it a
cheaper feed than hay. One says that
he would want one and a half acres of
r' pasture Tor each COW, to last until after
haying. After that time he pastures
the meadows, and feeds green corn-fod-
der, &C., with the usual pasturage for
each COW for the whole season, also
feeding corn-fodder in the fall. He so
plants this that while it produces a
large amount of stalks and leaves, it
also natures considerable quantity of
corn. On this he relies largely for the
winter.-Western Farmer. n.
Alleged New Potato Disease.
A new potato disease is described as
having made its appearance near Jena,
differing from the one commonly known
- In ITS directly attacking the tubers and
81 not The leaves. The tuber becomes
covered by purplish felt, which is the
INV inv Df n f,p, Il, ~ A l.
potato is sometimes apparently not
s,,4Is penetrated by the ipycelium, the con-
trary being the fact in other cases. In
the latter event, the tuber becomes
sa' completely destroyed by canceraus
- disease. The fungus belongs 20 the
genus Scterottcunl, and, according to
Prof. Holliss, the remedy will probably
rH@@be the same as in the ordinary potato
7v dlseasa-namely, the selecting of early
Kinds, using only mineral and no ami
NAL nor vegetable manures, and with a
careful selection of the best adapted
soil. The Rev. M. J. Berkely, the emf
r nent fungologist, however, has lately
announced that this is the well known
Copper Web" which some years is
~ very destructive to asparagus, mint,
and other crops, and has been known,
to some extent, to attack the potato II
is figured in Tulasne's Fungi Hypo-
g@i, under the name of Rhizoctonia.
aosS7Et & ia Baking Apples. --s.-
ne do not think that housekeepers have
cooked apples nearly as often as they
should. There is nothing more whole
some for dessert than apples baked il
F"@ various forms. They should be cored
put in dish with a little warm water
each with teaspoonful of sugar ovel
it; bake until soft, and serve cold witt
cream or good milk. Or make an apple
float, by taking dozen tart apples
when cold, add the whites of two eggs
beaten; then beat the whole until quite
stlt; having made previously a sof
custard with the yoll1s, using about {
pint of milk Or make an apple pud
ding, by filling the cored apple will
nutmeg, sugar and butter make bat
ter of one egg, -four and milk, and pou
around the apples Or pare core anC
q spice say ten large tart apples bak
until nearly done put away to get cold
49,. then prepare icing as usual Pour Of
the juice, lay the icings on the tops ant
sides as thickly as you can then return
to the oven to just harden and set. T.
be eaten with cream, but if you haven
r that, good milk will answer, if you cal
get it.
Cure For Chicken Cholera.
Eg Treatment, if it is to be effective, i
to be begun at an early period. o
course. all possible sanitary measure
are to be taken. The remedies consis
of local and general stimulus, and laud
anum to soothe and to stop the dis
charges. Wright recommends the fo
lowing, to be given every three hours
Rhubarb, grains Cayenne pepper,
saa grains laudanum, 10 drops. "Admir
istering midway between every tw
doses teaspoonful of brandy, in rattle
less thun its bulk of water, with tiv
dropsof McDougal's fluid carbolate i
each dose. Carbolc acid, in sma
doses, may be substituted for the ca
bolate, if not accessible" The yarG
should be disinfected with carbolic aci
as a measure of prudence and for tt
same reason it is better to separate IL
sick from the well fowls, although IL
disease is not proven contagious I'll
suggestion of administering to all IL
fowls fluid carbolate Tor else carbol
j, acid( in their water, and the latter COG
is mirable.-Poultry World.