Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-31
TALK WITH FARMERS,
Don't keep more live stock on your
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Poultry to fatten rapidly, must be,
like hogs. restricted to a limited space.
Freedom and fat arc incompatible.
The farmer can live without the favor
of the public The crops depend upon
his own industry and upon the gentle
rains and dews sent from heaven.
In agriculture, as in other matters
you must invent capital before you can
get an interest or profit. That capital
may be in labor, or money, or manure.
The Iowa State Register says farmer
came to town with load of corn, ac
compauied by his good wife, who bro't
two dozen chickens. The chickens sold
for more than the corn.
A farmer says it is safe enough for all
practical purposes to calculate that 5l2
cubic feet of hay in NOW will weigh a
ton. He recently tested the matter and
found the rule remarkably correct.
From the vast establishment of the
wealthy, to the tulip bed of the florist,
or the potato patch of the cottager, there
is in gardening perpetual source OF
recreation, instruction and practical ben
eft.
| A raw countryman. gazing at gar
den in the vicinity Of Boston, in which
were several marble statues, exclaimed,
'Just see what waste! Here's not
less than six scare-crows in this ten foot
patch, and any one Of them would keep
the crows from five acre lott"
At discussion upon the most proita-
BILE disposition of straw, by an English
farmers club recently. the preponder-
ance Of opinion was in favor of treading
down into manure by sheep fed on clover
and turnips. In this country good
straw risk is valuable property to the
sheep raiser.
Sunfowers are raised in Watowan
county, Mimi, for fuel The oily seeds
in the flowers make hot fire, and the
woody stalk, when dried, furnishes a
good substitute for cord wood, which is
very scarce in that region. 1t is esti-
mated that two acres will produce
enough to last an ordinary family
through long winter.
The Turf, Field and Farm says those
keeping horses should, twice a week,
throw in handful of salt and ashes
Mix them by putting in three parts salt
to one of ashes. Horses relish this and
it will keep their hair soft and fine 1t
will prevent bots, collie, etc. A little
ground sulphur mixed with salt and
ashes and given once in two or three
weeks, is also beneficial. All domestic
e animals will be thus benefited.
: REMEDIES FOR STAGNANT WELLs.-
The water in wells frequently becomes
foul from various causes, sometimes
from the soaking into them of surface
water from rich land, where there is {
: large amount of vegetable mould
sometimes from there being too large al
amount of water in the we'll, which i
: not drawn off, stagnates and become
offensive. A body Of water remaining
undisturbed for few weeks is liable t,
become foul, which if occasionally agi
tated would remain good. If stagnan
: water becomes unpalatable it may b
t rendered drinkable by pouring it from
e one vessel into another three or fou
: times, letting it fall two or three feet
t By so doing it comes in contact with tn
oxygen of the air which purifes il
Another method of purifying water is
e filter it through sand or charcoal. !
q hogshead two-thirds full of sand, can b
II set near the well-the water pumped il
e to it, hole made in the bottom, covere
$ with sponge, and the water will pc
e colate thro' and purified. A chain pun
or bucket is the best for the well, as
J. agitates the water every time it is useC
IS | have remedied the trouble Weste
IT ner" speaks of by filling up the well wit
20 pure sand, so there will be but three
:" four feet of water in depth, or by pu
IL verizing bushel of charcoal, putting
to in coarse bag and suspending it b
D. meath the water in the well, causing
< to sink by placing a stone IN the ba
y Another cause for bad water is, wht
re a we'll is sunk into blue or marine clay
a. the decomposed shells in the clay affe
70 the water badly, and give it the taste
u sulphur or bilge water Probably
io adopting some Of the above mention
Vn methods Westerner can purify t
NC water in his WELL
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A correspondent sends the st. Alba
MESSENGER comparison of wages and e