Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-09
Seasonable Notes.
A GENERAL CLEARING ur.

At this season Of the year. when most OF
the live stock are in the pasture, and the
barns and granerios are nearly empty we
should take time for a thorough clearing up
An the buildings should be SWEPT repaired
white washed, and protected against depre-
dations by insects or vermin. Let everything
be put in order for the incoming crops This
is a good time 10 make any necessary changes
in the stables, looking toward a more com
plete saving and more economical handling
of the manure, both liquid and solid.
THE CATTLE ~ PASTURE
should be frequently looked TO, and exam
ined to see that they do not lack any thing
for their thrift and comfort Sec that the
drinking places are accessible to all, and that
they are well supplied with pure water I'M
contaminated with the products Of either
vegetable or animal decay. Examine each
member of the herd or flock to see If they
are in perfect health Look out for the
sheep-killing dogs, and If your sheep show
signs Of having been worried, place poisoned
meat about in the pasture whore dogs would
enter. Cut the meat in smallish pieces, about
a mouthful in each, make an opening into
the middle Of them with knife, and insert
one or two grains Of strychnine. 1t is best
to have it weighed out into doses by the
druggist, and have each in a separate paper.
Go for every sheep-killing cur promptly, and
don't depend upon recovering damages. The
men who keep that kind Of stock are rarely
responsible.
BUTTER.
Now is the time to make the best and
the most butter. Butter is very low, and
only he who will make a first-rate article can
get living price. Vermont loses millions
yes, millions Of dollars on her grass crop by
having it worked into low-priced butter
We ought not to make an ounce OF bad but
ter, but we do make it by the hundred tons.
Those who make it usually think ii is all
matter of favoritism that enables their
neighbor 10 ret five, ten, or fifteen cents n
pound more than they themselves realize
They probably think it is also matter of
favor that the same neighbors get fifty or a
hundred more pounds of butter TO a cow
than they do. And they are right. If you
want favors from the COW, treat the COW
right If you want favors from the consum-
ers Of butter, make good butter.
Roor CROPS
Have you sown any beet or rutabaga seed
yet If not, it is not yet too late to realize
moderate crop of the former and full
crop Of the latter. If beets already sown
come up scattering, or are destroyed by cut
worms, plant the gaps with rutabaga seed
and 90 make afull yield Any time in June
or early in July viii do to sow the English
turnip and with barrel of good super-phos-
phate to the acre, a large crop may be made
reasonably sure. If the seed is scattered
thinly among corn at the last hoeing, a large
quantity may be grown at slight expense.
IN TUE ORCHARD.
Look over your trees, and watch for the
nests Of the tent caterpillar. They may be
rubbed out with stiff brush, early in the
morning, or killed by drenching them with
strong soap suds from a large syringe. The
latter part of June is a good time to remove
branch or two from tree, but heavy prun
ing should be done in March or April. Cover
all cuts of half an inch or more in diameter
with grating wax. This is very important
if you want sonnd, healthy trees. Mulch al
young trees set this year, and if the weathe
il dry and hot, water them freely. If Tia,
leaf lice, or aphides, appear thickly on you
trees, sprinkle the leaves with decoction o.
tobacco and soap or soap suds alone
When numerous, they viii injure a tree
badly, and often kill young ones. They are
particularly destructive to plum trees. For
sprnkling trees there is no better implement
than Pages pump and sprinkler, sold fol
five dollars by most seedsmen. We woulC
not be without it for ten times its price. 4
is also excellent for washing windows ant
putting out fires.
cURRAST WORMS.
Sprinkle the bushes when wet, with pow
dered white hellebore, 10 be had of mos
druggists at about thirty-iye cents a pound
II you have many bushes, it is more econom
ical TO mix two tablespoonfuls Of the hele
bore in pail of water and sprinkle it upol
the leaves.
HAVING.
The value of early cut hay is becoming
more and more understood. Upon warm
moist, sunny meadows, grass will soon be il
its prime for the best hay, and DO not fail d
have your mower all ready for the work a.
soon as the grass is ready. Our large farm
ers are not all yet posted upon the value o.
tedder in the rapid curing of hay. Grass
after it is cut, is in constant dangar of in
jury until it is safe in the barn, and it il
easy to save the cost Of tedder in singl
season Of catching weather. After the gres
has been cut, keep the tedder going all tn
time until about three o'clock Then put i
your horse rake and get the hay into wine
rows and cocks while it is hot The next da
twill only need to be opened and shaken II
after the ground is hot, and it may be the
rushed into the barn and moved away will
out danger.
GREEN FOLIAGE CROPS.
The best of these is corn, planted not to
thiekly in drills, and well cultivated till
shades the ground. But rye, oats, and Hun
garian grass, or millet, are all useful az
iuncts on dairy farm. The rye and HUI
garian grass must be cut early to be palat'
BILE TO the stock, or OF much use in keepn
up the flow Of milk. Peas and oats may b
sown for curing as hay, or feeding greer
even as late as now, but the land should b
rich and in good tilth Two bushels
each 10 the acre may be sown.
THE GARDEN.
The most important crop TO be looked a
ter at this season is the weeds. A shar
steel rake viii make havoc among them,
used when they are small, and in wei
managed garden hardly any other tool
needed for the purpose. Between the row
and where the weeds are too large for III
rake, scufle, or push hoe is useful in
plement Set your bean poles before tn
vines begin to run, or they will not climl
Thin out beets, carrots, ETC., etc. Hoe tn
cabbages often.