National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-18
Farm, Garden and Household,



First be sure to secure n good oualit,
OF the right kind OF plants. The Eng
Ash Cluster stands far in advance of all
or ny other variety, both for produc.
hveness and quality of hop. We should
be rs cautious in selecting the variety
OF hops us we would be IN fruit.trecs,
seeds, &c. The English Cluster hop can be
prohtably grown IN any climate or soil
that will produce any kind Of grain or
potatoes.
As regards profit TO the grower, | say
hrst, at low average Of 800 pounds
per acre, and at n low average price Of
40 cents per pound, the crop would
bring 5000 per acre. The expenses OF
cultivation and harvesting are to be de-
duced thereirom. Some fix the ex-
perse of production as high AS 10 cents
per pound Others as low MS 3 cents
The variation depends on the number of
pounds produced per acre, as n light
crop costs nearly rs much labor as n
heavy yield.
My experience teaches me that an av-
erage yield Of hops can be grown at an
expense not exceeding seven cents per
pound, making an expense of $l05 per
acre deduct this from the 5000 and the
grower is left in possession OF n net
profit of 1896 per acre.
To start with, the plants will cost
about S22 per acre. The next year the
vines need polling, which can be done
ut an expense of about $50 per acre.
Many farmers have plenty of poles upon
their own land which will cost them
nothing but the time and labor of cut
ting and hauling them. After the plants
and poles are once secured, there will
be no additional expense in that direc-
ton Tor twenty years or more. The first
crop will, or should, pay all those ex-
penses and leave profit of 1923 Der
acre, and a paid-up investment for
twenty years or more. Last year, 1872,
good hops sold readily at the growers |
door for fifty and filty-six cents per |
pound, many of them realizing from
SlO, 600 to $4,000 for their crop. No
wonder they are the most jovial and
happy lot of creatures on earth. -Rurai
NeW Yorker.
Corn In Hills and Drills.
At the Michigan Agricultural College
in 1868, two plots of land were set apart,
substantially equal in character of soil,
each measuring forty-eight rods in
width. The ground was plowed Nav
D, ana manure was spread evenly and
worked in by cultivator and harrow.
Fellow Dent corn was planted May 81
IN rows four feet apart I; one of the plots
being planted in hills, the other in
drills. The plots were cultivated and
hoed June 10, and again July 7 the
plants being thinned so as to leave the
same number of stalks on each plot. in
Guiding the equal distribution of plants
throughout the subdivision of the plots.
As nearly as possible, each of the two
plots received the same amount of labor
and cultivation. The stalks were cut
Sept II, and stacked in good order
,hree weeks afterward the corn was !,
lusked and weighed. The stalks then
'gain carefully stack Il, and were haul
"a and weighed, in good condition,
)ct ~ The corn on the portion plant
"a IN nils was better in quality than on [
nat planted in drills. But the drilled
portion produced seventy four and one t
ixth bushels of shelled corn, and three t
ons o. stalks to the acre, against sixty i
i'e and one-half bushels of shelled t
on, and two and wo-thirds tons of
talks per acre produced by the portion
n hills.-Rurai World.
How 20 BroiI Fish,
In the first place, says Pierre Blot, Y
he fish must he fresh, the fire sharp,
nd the draught good When thor |
ughly cleaned and washed dry the fish h
With towel rub it inside and outside Il
Nth little butter, and salt and pepper a
on both sides also. Set on the fire. s
urn over now and then in order to pre- C
ent the charrlng of any part of the fish. S
t does not matter how MANY times it is s
urned over provided the fire is sharp h
nough to broil quickly. As soon as Il
one place the fish on warm dish, the i
inside up, spread butter mixed with !
hoped parsley all over, and sprinkle t.
emon juice all over also. Serve quickly.
Let our readers bear in mind that Il
lnegar is no substitute for lemon Juice "
II this case. n
Many amateur fishermen believe that Il
hey can cook fish better than any cook, is
because they relish it better when on a t.
shlng excursion. They have two adj a
over the cook the first is the W
reshness OF the fish, and the other is a W
ance that no cook can make-hunger Sc
Inc Old saying about cooking fish is, il
be good, fish must 90 from the water al
the pan, and from the pan to the O
louth. tc
The American Indians say, As soon 81
$ caught, bleed it; as soon as blod. al
lean 1t; as soon as cleaned, cook it as b.
Don as cooked, eat it. OF
Treatment OF Frozen Trees. r'
Mr.. Hanford of Indiana stated. at the p
'cent meeting of the Michigan Pomo- Y
,glcal Society, that in the cold winter tl
1906 he had a peach orchard of thrifty az az
Dung trees absolutely killed to the IA "a
low line, and of course total loss as q. q.
n rs appearances indicated or expert u
nee could suggest. Knowing, howev- IN
r mat the trees had been vigorous and W
lat their roots must possess consider P'
ole power OF reproduction, he proceed
1 10 cut OIL the entire top of every tree
lat had been killed, and left nothing
Ut unslghtly stumps throughout the
'chard. The spring came on: adj We
'nced somewhat he watched his is,
jumps with anxiety; found that nu- an
erous buds started out from these va
uos, put forth their shoots aud made a
growth, and in two years he ne
I'd as good and healthy an orchard as is
lat which had been cutoff by the frost. er
nee that time he has frequently had W,
'casion to treat other trees in n SINH
manner, sometimes cutting off in nc
red branches only, and has almost he
,iformly had good results. But it is bl
'cessary tocut off the injured branches in
frozen tops as early as nnssihle after