St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-18
The Farm.

The Farm.
IIIGH PRICED CoLTS.- Henry :. Rus
sell OF Milton. (near Boston) sold at
auction last week fourteen yearlng
..FraIuaught" colts. and one 10y ''smug
glcr," at an average price of $500. The
following is Il list of the colts, age. prices
and buyers:
"FcbiuaiN." ell. colt FoaIed Feb
ruary %. ~. Dam. Black Pearl. 10y
impaired BaIr"Wnir. out "t the cclc-
hratrd trottcr. Lady Sutton. Bought
10y j. II. Rathburn of Albany. for S:I5O. |
Faith" bay tilll. Foaled April >.
I-7l. Dam. Enlmic. 10y Volunteer.
Wu. H. Russell. $40.
Pawn" ch. filly. Foaird April >.
I-7l. Dam. Ruth, 10y franklin, he hy |
old Black Hawk. f.. l.. Tildcm, $50
"FcliN." bay colt. Foaled April l}.
Ia. Dam. Bessie. 10y Ethan Allen. l..
:. Cunningham, 100.
"Flrak." blk. iilIy. Foalcd April 10.
I-74. Dam. Darkness, by Ericsson.
William b. Martin, S625.
''Free-font." ch. tiIly. Foaled April
-. l-7l. Dam. imported Camela. an
Irish Fox hunter. p. II. Flood. S425.
"Foragcr." ell. colt. Foalcd April
~. l-7l. Dam. Mimi, by Ring%old. :.
6. Ward. New York. S,i5O.
''Frcshman." CHI colt. Foalcd April
y. ISL. Dam. Favnritc, sold by Mr..
Ogden of Kentucky. as IA daughter of
old Mamblimo Chief. Samuel G.. Ward,
New York. $500.
Fancy" cl. flly. Foaled May ,.
1871. Dam. Fannie Green: pedigree
unknown. Il. b. Forbs. $500.
"Forlune." ch. tily. Foacd May 3,
1871. Dam, imported Maud. 10y King
of lIanovcr'S horse Bruck willow. and
ont of Il mare belonging to the famous
family of OIl"tt tr"tteIS of Moscow.
Maud has trottcd i'll 2:2-. o. F. Eaton.
SOD.
"Friar," blk. colt FoaIed May I.
l-7l. Dam. Lady Balch. by Rising
sun. Fred Adams. $500.
"Faicon." ch. colt. F"alcd May I.
l-74. Dam, IIamhlrt"nian. 10y Rys'lyk's
| lIamhl,t"miln. f. l.. Willis, S725.
"ForcStcr." bay colt. Foalcd May
20. I-14. Dam, Lady Eleanor, 10y old
Mambrin" Chief. :. G.. Ward, New
| York. $50.
"FraIuaught'S Last. = blk. colt. Foal-
ed June y. l-7l. Dam. Jessie Wales.
we'll known is having the fastest double
harness record. 2:274. \ Boston gen
ilcman. 5000.
Pine fly" hay colt. Foalcd August
-. I-7l. BY Smuyglcr. Dam. Ella
/ ElIWo"d. with record of 4:,..'. Joseph
Bennett. SllOO.
llrT WATER FOR CNERAGE WORMS.
We tried, last year. u number of RENE
dies ton The, cabbage worm. an insect
to" we'll known I" many persons ;> Il
v"laci"u- eater of the pulp of the leaf
The sprInklng of red pepper did well :
hut the best. simplest, cheapest and
MIDST efficient WAS applN ing hot water.
II may lie WRONGLY applied, t" the in
jury at destruction OF the plant and
it may he properly applied doing no
injury and killing the insects. Fill II
Watering pot with boiling water. and
I pIinklr the infested leaves only Ton Il
second or two. 1t does its work very
quickly on the WORMS but the leaves
being thick are not heated MOI injured.
/ The older tho heads hecome. the less
the danger. The operator must plac-
tee and spoil Il few plants to save the
rest. The water, by the time it reaches
the plants will Ice several degrees below
] l'bllllH ne lllUSl lltltlllllIlt IbN NV lI11
how long the hot water will do its work
before becoming To" cold. AT the same
tinlc he must ascertain 10y experiment
how long hc can cnntrive to apply the
hot water before the leaves arr injured
10y it. Il very little time will determine
these points. Co"nt,y gentleman.
WEEDS. / PtucGcm Hjnt Guilt
,r,.,,Iu..ll, b,t
is Il hard and IN easy way to do things
We have often spoken of the Importance
of KILN. weeds before, they came up.
on before they have reached Il tenth of
an inch in height. 1t is then done with
the single stroke of Il steel rake if in
Il gnIdrIl. "r 10y the single passage of a
light harrow, on the field. 1t is often
hard to beat this truth into the heads
of Iah"rrIs. We therefore tried it 10y
marking the time required for each
mode. lay the watch. y bed of flowers,
containing eighty square feet. is rakcd
once Il week. Whether the weeds appear
"r not. II requires four minutes for
each rlkiug: and for the entire months
of May. June and July. forty eight min
utc>. This leaves the bed perfectly
clean and mellow. and the plants have
The best possible chance. If the ground
Is full at foul seeds, they will come up
III warm. moist growing Weather in one
week. and once ur twice their green
points had just appeared when the
weekly raking WAS given. In another
he'd at equal size. where this is ommitted.
they came up III Il week. and in two
more weeks are from three to six inches
high requiring over one hour to clean
4 all ont 10y hoe and hand. This must he
repeated every three weeks. or four
times in the three months. requiring
halt Il days work to keep the weeds
under for the three months. and even
then doing it impcltrctly. " CO"nty
gentleman.
Squibs.