Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-06
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TIL CORN CROP n NEw ENGLAND.

TIL CORN CROP n NEW ENGLAND.
\ correspondent ofthe Boston Journal says
| shall not recommend the planting of field
corn hy New England farmers look upon
it a. one of the cheapest things We can buy
for use on the farm. and the dearest crop d
raise. don know bat there Is a profit ID
it. hut never found any when | have grown
il. and when | have seen any calculation IN
any agricultural book or paper of profit on
a corn crop. / could usually % over Il
again. and correct the account by the prices
Of labor or manure in this section and il
would show a loss. There are but few parts
of New England 50 far from the lines Of
railroad that they cannot send away other
crops and buy corn in return, 50 that the
corn Will cost les than it does 20 grow the
corn. know it is handy 10 have, and
50 Is the fodder. and - i the money that
the potatoes. onions or turnips Will sell for
that Won could raise with the same labor.
When ! get a hundred bushels of corn for
raising q hundred bushels Of turnips, and
can grow the turnips on quarter Of an
acre Of ground, | shall not plant corn. |
had a. lief take care Of an acre of turnIpS
A. two acres Of corn. and in ordinary years
il viii sell for much more money. " But
want the fodder. says one of the advocates
Of tie corn crop and | want the turnips
that are not fit for market 30 feed out, and
unless they all grow large ! would rather
have what would grow on an acre than two
acres Of corn fodder and if they all grow
to q merchantable size ] viii sell them and
buy corn or hay if ! need it.
But an acre Of corn sOwn in drills viii
give more fodder and better fodder than two
or four acres in hills, and there Is the ad-
vantage of being able to cut It to feed green
if the pastures tail, which you would not
ike. and could not afford to DO By y0ur field
corn and if not needed in the summer. it
can be cured for winter use. Just try put
ting in one acre Of sOwed corn ana one Of
turnips. instead of the four acres Of field
corn, and ! warrant that You viii not re-
turn to the field corn again. especially if YOU
put on the two acres tie amount Of manure
and labor thar you would have put on the
four.
SAVE TIE BEST FOWLS FOR BREEDING.
1t i the worst possible policy to kill all
the best and handsome fowls. and save only
the mean and scraggy ones TO breed from.
This Is precisely the way TO run ont your
stock: for like tends TO breed ike. and the
result is. that by continually taking away
the best birds, and using the eggs of the
poorest, your flock Will grow poorer and
poorer every succeeding year.
1t would seem a though this was too plain
to be insisted upon. but, in fact, - line upon
line Is needed 1t Is the crying want of
the poultry upon the farms the country
through, this careful and intelligent seiec-
ton Of the best for breeding.
Nothing Is lost by little self denial to
start with. The extra pound or two of
poultry flesh that You leave on it, legs. in
stead Of sending it to market. Is a. good
seed. ard viii bring forth tenf0ll and twen-
ty-fold in your future broods. Save your
best stock for breeding.-P0ultry World
TIE ENGLISH SPARROW.
At late meeting Of the American Insti-
tute Farmers Club. a communication was
received from DR.. Thomas Holmes, of VII
liamsburg, Long Island, who wrote Of the
English sparrows and said
They are Of little or no utility: they will
not touch the caterpillar; they do destroy
the miller when he Is young, but will not
touch him when be gets his growth. About
this time Of the year they commence on the
fruit. They pierce the bud of the peach
while it Is in the milk. and draw this out to
feed their Young. and thus destroy the form
ing peach. They destroy the miller which
forms the measuring worm, but do not
touch the worm itself The grape they at
tack as soon as it Is soft enough for them to
draw out the Juice. They are also very de-
structivo to plum and cherry fruits they
attack all flower seeds and pull up all seeds
of grain except corn, this they do not touch
until it Is soitcned in the ground People
from England, Ireland and Germany all tes-
tify to their destructive nature and depr--
dations upon fruits and grains and flower
seed. have learned from people in Eng
land that they have to employ boys with
bells and brass cymbals to drive them away
from the newly sown seed. No scarecrow
can frighten them away. They also use
clapper boards. In Europe a price is set
upon their heads, and vigorous warfare
carried on against them, but it has been
found impossible to destroy them. In my
opinion the sooner the crusade iscommenced
against them here the better