Connecticut western news., 1875-08-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Orchard and Nursery


 Orchard and Nursery
 Web-worms are often found in abundance upon fruit trees at this time if they are upon small twigs, cut these off and burn when they infest' large limbs, they must be removed by the hand.
 Large quantities of immature fruit are often found under the trees this is the work of insects allow the pigs the run of the orchard, or have the fruit picked up and the insects destroyed, to prevent a crop for the coming year.
 Bud whenever the bark is loose enough to lift readily, and when well-ripened buds can be had. Keep the sticks of buds moist until used.
 In order to get good prices for fruits, they must be carefully assorted and handled, as upon this depends the profit or less of the business. Every parcel of fruit should be so packed that there will be no danger of bruising in transporta- tion the quality should be the same throughout, that buyers can rely upon the growers brand.
 Around most places which have been long settled are to be found old trees, "AASA oSSAPJ ~ AtsA6O oPou oA E0Au0OAO ground, producing only indifferent fruit, and are too poor to renew by grafting :; these had better be converted into fire wood, and plant better trees next fall.
 Fence rows around orchards as well as vegetable gardens are often infested with poison-ivy and other woody weeds, which soon encroach upon the grounds if not destroyed. The best plan for kill ing all such is to take the fence up alto gether, where practicable, and after moving the tops off and burning, blow deeply this will soon destroy them if followedup persistently.-Agricslturist.
 A Difficulty About 1t.
 Says "Walks and Talks on the Farm .: I am insured for three years. pay $6 per thousand for three years. And I use steamer for cooking food all the time, and no objection. But if want to bring on 8 steamer to thrash with, must pay, as I understand the matter, $10 thousand extra for one year, and am then hedged in with @ set of the most minute regulations, neglect of any of which invalidates the whole policy. am insured for say $1O, 1000. I pay $60 for three years. want to thrash for two days. "Well, we will give you permit, provided you do so and so. You must have a pit of water under the fire-box, and have water con- stantly near, and you must keep special watchman every minute, night and day, and at meal times" That is all right, say. Anything to pay9 "Oh, yes, we charge $1.O0 per hundred" What, for two days2 stNo, for year, but you must only thrash one harvest" But I do Yonf xro1,&f # fovn IT o1r I~z insured with you for three years. I can thrash all I have to thrash in two or three days, and the steam engine will then be removed. How much extra must I pay for two days9 "One hun dred dollars" In other words, they ordinarily insure me on ten thousand dollars, at the rate of eleven cents for two days, but for two days thrashing with steam engine must pay one hun dred dollars extra A Hashy insurance agent, with cigar in his mouth, matches in his pocket, and no brains in his head, is much more dangerous article among farm buildings than steam engine. I think farmers should keep the ground on which he stands we'll saturated with water, and be very careful not to wet the choice specimen of humanity,
 short-Horns for the Dairy.
 The very common idea that short-horn COWS are useless for the dairy is 8 wrong one. The breeding of short-horns for beef has, to great extent. caused their value to the dairy to be lost sight of. Originally these were the best dairy COWS, and the first Duchess gave during the summer, while on pasture only, four teen quarts of milk at each milking, and each milking yielded twenty one ounces of butter. The value of her produce was then two guineas, or $10.5O week. Chas. Collins's COWS were heavy milkers, one gave twenty-six and one-half quarts at milking, another COW gave nineteen and one-half quarts at one milking, and a COW by the "Masterman bull gave thirty-six quarts of milk day. MT. Wastell, one of the original short-horn breeders, had COW that gave thirty-six quarts of milk day, and twenty-four pounds of butter week. These cases were all reported by the well known Mir. Bates, the breeder of the Duchesses. One of the heaviest milkers now living is cross bred short-horn and Ayreshire COW, which has given one hundred pounds of milk per day. It is an injus- tice to this valuable breed that their milking properties should be lost sight of in the endeavor to produce symme- trical carcass, which may add little to their value as beef-producers only.