Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-30
Agricultural Items.

FuUR THOUSAND noNrs OF cheese were
sold at Utica, n. Y, the other day, to go TO
Glasgow.
GroRGr WAsmNGroN is credited with
introducing mules into general use for farm
purposes.
Az eastern debating society STRIVING TO
settle which IS the hardest to Keep, a diary
or an umbrella
TIM RrcnNoND Why says that this is
the most uniavorahle season for tobacco
known in Virginia for many years.
4 fvr-YEAg-oLp nEwEn belonging to
Rev. Mr. Jones, of Canaan, n. H., made one
hundred aud fifty pounds of butter in fifty
days ending september eth.
\ NEW YoRk NrwsnoY lately sold a small
pumpkin to man for thirty-hvc cents, the
purchaser thinking he had bought a large
California orange
TnE ROYAL AGRicrIrRAL SocETY's
show at Bedford England, covers forty-eight
acres; and visitor who wishes TO inspect
all the cattle and implements must travel ten
miles.
S.B. MErENpY, Of Amherst. has shown the
editor of The CdbiHtt &" hog weed nine feet
in height, and over three inches in circum-
ference at the trunk, with heavy top very
symmetrically proportioned
Az agricultural implement manufacturer
in Maine has just received an order from
England forone thousand giindstone frames
This is the fourth or fifth season that he has
made a large number Of these frames for the
English market.
sixty THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD IS
offered 10y the French minister Of agricuL
ture for the discovery Of an cilicacimls and
economical means Of destroying the plNlloX-
era or of preventing It's ravages" This. it
viii be remembered, Is the insect that is de-
vastating the French vineyards
As AGRtcuLrunAL Authority saws that
as soon as corn is glazed 10 the tips of the
ears it is ready TO cut, Corn cut before it is
/ fully ripencd makes heavier and sweeter
/ grain than that which is suffered 10 remain
| until dead ripe. The fodder of early cut
corn is much more valuable than the late
out-a item of much importance in this
state.
VIZ raise annually in the United States
nearly one hundred and fifty million bushels
of potatoes. representing % money value 0i
about SlO0OOO,0OO to the CONSUMERS. Asau
article OF food it has greater value to us
than any other that we call root crop. Twcn-
ty-iiyc per cent. of the weight OF the potato
is solid, dry substance, and OF this 625 per
cent is starch.
FLESH and fat are more easily put upon
cattle in September than later in the season,
when the weather becomes colder, In cold
weather extra feed is required to maintain
animal heat, which is food lost to the owner.
Ii it requires four extra bushels of grain to
maintain the animal heat of an OK in Novern-
her more than ,neededin september, then it
will cost the farmer the price of four bushels
of grain more 60 put the same number of
pounds of fat and flesh upon his OK in No
vemher thanit would in September, and nine
times out of ten lac receives lower price for
the late beef than he does for the early
\ PENNsYLvANiA FRrIT-GnowFRof more
than local reputation gives some seasonable
hints on gathering fruit, which though not
perhaps exactly new. are worthy of notice
No fruit he SAYS should be gathered during
a damp time, and especially when the dew is
plentiful in the early morning. OF course
good fruit should always be carefully picked
of by hand, and not shaken before taken,
as a scratch or bruise is sure TO lead to decay
Pears should be gathered before dead ripe .
and spread on blankets in cool room, and
covered with blanket. BY this means the
fruit will be beautifully coored and better
Favored than ii not thus treated. Peaches
should not be picked till they attain then
, full size, although it is not necessary to wait
for them TO hecOnp mellow,