The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-12
Farm, Garden and Household.


lily periodical markets Tor SPECIFIC agIl-
cultural products may be successfully
introduced in other districts than in the
butter center of Vermont. The estab-
lishment OF such markets as that ut st.
Adams is eminently desirable. They
are held in foreign countries, notably
in England, and have been for cen.
turtles past. They bring buyers and
sellers together and thus dispense with
the services OF the middlemai, who is
often a parasite on both. Business is
- facilitated, and currency, the life.blood
Of business, is freely and promptly cir
culated. The general establishment OF
such market in every district where
special productions seek purchasers,
EOnld result in q vast saving to the pro.
ducers and inmuch convenience to their
clients, Besides the necessary contact
between producer and dealer or con-
sumer in n certain sense would be pro-
ductiye of O better understanding be.
tween them OF the capabilities OF theone
and the needs OF tlIO other. The origin
Of the st. Adams market wns natural.
It grew, Il was not made. Circilm'
stances gradually brought it into exist
ence. Z" Buyers went through the conn
tryand bought the butter and cheese to
be delivered at st, Adams Bay, which
was n center Of shipment" "Then
commenced the market There are no
rules nor bylaws. Everybody who
wishes buys, and anybody who has any
thing toscll, sells. The buyers go be-
cause the sellers are there, and they are
there because the buyers arc there. T"
Before 1854 all days were butter days;
but since that time butter cars, sup
piled with ice, were run by the Central
Railroad once week, and Tuesday was
fixed upon as the most convenient for
NIL concerned.
Tho story Is worth considering for its
gratifying features of mutual assistance
and cooperation Of farmers, dealers,
and railroad company, which, in their
successful application to common end,
have built up business which Inns
amounted 10 q sum OF more than SlS,-
100000 since it's commencement, and
which is steadily increasing. From
butter 1t is natural to revert to the cows
which produce it. A paper entitled
"what Breed Of Cattle Shall We
Raise p informs us that tho Vermont
dairymen have found the Ayrshire best
adapted to their billy and somewhat
Bcanty pastures. Half.bloods nre pro.
ferred to full.bloods, and the average
produce Of such cows is 81 pounds Of
milk day, yielding lOI pounds Of but
ter per week. Tho hardness OF these
cows and their freedom from inhamma.
tory diseases, Us garget and others Of
similar character, is not theleast OF their
recommendations.
Parm Notes.
Let no farmer who wishes to raise o
luxuriAnt crop OF clover on his thin soils
fail to buy few barrels Of land plaster
and SOW on it Just as it begins to show
on the ground and before the hot days
set in.
y The practice of scalding poulty before
\plucliing has been very properly vetoed
w mnrket dealers. Fowls may be
Eutked with equal facility aud witt
better effect in preserving the flesh, i'm
m,ediately after death, and before they
have had timo to cool.
KgErSd Eoos.-Put into n tub onC
oHshei S-,-leked lime, thirty.two ounces
sais, e,ghtit othUss cream tartar, and add
WhteF until tAe mixture Will Deur up ~
egg. Into this put your eggs, and the,
will keep for two Scars, Fora small
quantity Of eggs, one ounce salt, one
fourth ounce cream tartar, one quar-
lime.
To MEND CHISA.-Take a very Nicl
solution OF gum arabic in water, AMI
stir into it plaster Of Paris, until til,
mixture is OF proper consistency. Ap
ply 1t with q brush to the fractured
edges Of the china, and stick them to
gether. In three days, the article
cannot be broken in the same place
The wilderness Of tho cement renders i
doubly valuable.
There can be no doubt but that to,
dressing grass lands in winter with fin
stall manure, or rich compost, is NJ
economical process. What the manurt
loses in ammonia is made up in mulch
ing, and II the manure isflrst fermentet
the waste may be even greater. Prof
Voelcker says that the ammonia OF ma
nure is generally one-half lost to til,
growing crops. But the soluble mater
washed into the roots OF the grass mus
certainly be saved.
A farmer says: My experience il
applying ashes to potatoes with the bes
results has beentO put OIL n singlehand
full to each hill soon after they art
planted and before they get out Of til,
ground. 1 have increased my crop one
half by so doing. By making MI exper
iment in tho same field, by leaving
row without ashes, I have seen the re
suit. / consider ashes better than
plaster for potatoes worth to me q
cents per bushel.
Cost OF wlnierIng stock.
As theexponseo Of wintering drystock
or COWS, is a subject of general intores
to the farming community, I give yot
the daily allowance and cost Of feet
used by some members OF the Pioneer
Farmers Club Of Westerly, II. /. Til,
calculations are made on the basis o.
corn at So cents per bushel, and hay N
$50 per ton /:
W.T. l horse, o Qt,. meal, OK Inlay per
:swS. 80 Il Sy sr A., ~
4. BIT horse gta. meal pcF iay..,,...... TO-
NIL, horse. N meal, u u ay.....,..,, 26,
YOKE OF oxen, ~ n hay each ...... BO
~ ats. meal for the Iair.,.......... III
9eovl, ~ y meadow ay........,.. "a
n qts. meal each, .,,...,.,...... H.,
]. @. g.; cattle, l09 n hay per day. ....... al
horse, is y hay per day, I n meal all
II. 81. ! horse,ls y hay per day, qts meal 49,
COW, 10 b LAY, ! bdii. stalls, ! 81. o.
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