Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-15
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Texas is first with her state fair, which
opens ut Houston, May 10. for five days.
David GILES. of Barton Landing, has
colt 2years 10 months old that weighs twelve
hundred aud forty-two pounds.
Importers of Cotswolds usually select
g ny" faced sheep rs being harder, and at the
same time as purc-bred rs the white-faced.
Gray ftocs and legs, and good foretops, are
considered rs requisite by tanciers Of Cots
wolds.
The Utica Herald has reports from 1876
factories, in % counties in New York, which
are expected 10y their proprictors to have the
milk from 5000 more cows than last season
80, 900 COWS in all. Three of the E,cto-
ries reporting are new.
The executive committee Of the New York
State Grange mt recent meeting recon-
mended that librarie. he established in sub
ordinate oranges that oranges should not be
organized in large cities. and that ut the
meetings of the oranges, subjects Of interest
tn the farmers Of those localities should be
the principal subjects of discussion.
Those who have tried il and ought to
know, say that tho ravages of the cut worm
on corn may be prevented by soaking the
seed in II solution of copperas. For each
bushel of seed corn take one and ona-half
pounds OF copperas, pulverize il and dissolve
IN water enough to cover the corn. Soak
the corn in clean water ~ hours, and then
put II into the coppcrs water and let it re-
main IL hours more. dry with plaster or ash
es.
An Alabama Patron says the grange to
which he belongs has adopted resolution
to plant hut ona-thlrd of the hand devoted
to corn and cotton, in cotton and plenty of
sugar cane potat"cs, oats, vegetables of all
kinds and this fall SOW wheat. Last year
ut this time the members of this grange, 30
in number. owed nj least $4,000. Now only
four members are IN debt, and $50 or go
will discharge them. No commercial fer
tilizcrs have been bought this year, but
homemade manure is being substituted at
less cost. Less land is to be- planted and
better cared for.
No great amount of sagtcity is necessary
to predict that the extreme eX posture of the
past winter will prove detrimental to the
grass crop; unless the weather should be
very favorable the crop will be- light. Corn
will be high. An acre ar two OF fodder corn
for winter use will save many valuable
stock from sacrifice. There is no trouble in
| curing il for winter use 80 that it will
keep in quantities Manure we'll, SOW it
early, in drills, and do not put in too much
seed.
a potato culturlst says he WAS educated TO
| plant three or four good-sizetl tubers in n
hill, but, much against his judgment, he
was finally induced to cut the seed, and for
seven years past has been cutting closer and
closer each season, until now he cuts as near
rs possible to single eyes, AM, plants in rows
three feet apart and ten or twelve inches in
the row. His success has been greater since
he adopted this plan. Each spring he sells
from half an acre of land 100 bushels oil
surplus. having used literally in his family
during winter, aud reserved enough fol
seed. lie prefers Early Rose, and his sol
and his tilage are excellent Another eX
perinIentcr records, IA the american RUrd
Home, that he placed large and small pota
toes in iuxtapositon in the same row, an,
in adjoining rows, and found that. when
planting was followed 10y moist and favOrt.
Bile weather, there was but little difference
in results; but, when drought followed
the large potatoes took the lead and held il
through the season, yielding much larger
crops.