Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-07
Seasonable Notes.


pcCiallY OF breeding ewes lHNl ulc III "al
condition for the duty expected of them.
Those who have been starving and neglect
ing their stock, have trouble aud loss in store
for them, and are going to have a good deIl
to say about farming not paying. this spring
LOUSY STOCK.
Lice do not trouble well fed stock, usually;
but when you find them multiplying upon
your cattle, it will pay to kill them by direct
applications, as well as good feed We have
always found that oil or lard. rubbed along
the back and behind the horns, would kill
these ye1nin the quickest; but the water in
which potatoes have been boiled is recon-
mended by some.
HORSES AND MARES.
When horses are shedding their coat, they
are very sensitive 10 cold, and liable TO take
cold L not well rubbed down and blankcted
after being used. Feed literally and groom
well at this season Don't turn a lot Of
horses. mares and colts outof the stable into
the yard or field together, after hcing shut
up all winter. They feel SO well that they
often kick one another. and do serious injury
swiNE.
Raw roots for sows, before farrowing, are
said to prevent the disposition to eat their
pigs, 10y keeping the bowels loose, and thus
obyiating that feverish condition which be-
gets deprsved appetite. If you do not
breed your own stock, now is the time to
look out forpigs Get those from a thorough
bred sire, il possible.
pEAs.
Peas are i much more valuable crop than
many think. No feed makes richer manure
than pea meal, and nearly all kinds OF stock
like it and do well on it, Peas should be
sown early, and ON light land should be
plowed in rather than narrowed four inches
is none too deep. The land should be in
good condition from manuring the previous
year. If not, then apply ashes and plaster
fresh stable manure makes too heavy a
growth of vines. If oats and peas are grown
together the land may, and indeed ought to
be richer In order to get the peas in deep
enough it is a good way to scatter them in
every third furrow when blowing, and then
SOW and harrow in the oats.
ROOT CRors.
Mangolds and sugar beets should be put
in as soon as the land is in fit condition to
work we'll. On heavy land it is good way
to sow them on ridges made by throwing
two burrows together. We like best to plant
them foot apart in the row, thrusting in
two seeds in place with the thumb and
finger, about an inch deep. At the frsthoe-
ing, wherever hill has failed, or been taken
by the worms, put in a pinch of ruta-baga
seed which can be thinned to a single plant
at the last hosng, and thus give full occupa-
ton to the land. For main crop We prefer
to cultivate the ground two or three times
before putting in uta-bagas and carrots, as
we thus get rid of tops of weeds, aud these
roots will make full growth if put in by
the tenth of June.
POTATOES.
If you grow for market, let your main
crop be market sort, that is, sort that is
popular and well known. Both Early Rose
and jackson Whites are standards in the
Boston market sometimes one and some
times the other stands the highest, according
to the quality of the crop. But the Rose
will always sell, and as it is much more pro
ductiye than the jackson, discount OF a
few cents on bushe can be borne on them
Try some of the new kinds, sparingly. We
think very highly of the Snowflake. Fol
feeding or starch, grow the most productive
sorts. The White Brooks Seeding suits II.
well for this purpose.
SPRING GRAINS.
Wheat and barley should be picked il
strong brine, or a solution Of blue yitriol
and dried in air-slacked lime before sowing
as preventive of smut. Sow as early a
the land can be brought to a fine filth. Thu
/ later the sowing, the more seed should b,
used. Heavy, plump seed, free from all fou
seed, is essential to a satisfactory result. !
dressing Of two barrels OF ground bone an,
two bushels of salt, moderately wet up Will
four barrels of good ashes, is a splendid az
plication to any spring grain. This i
enough for one acre, and its results will b
seen in the grass as well as the grain. |
the land was well MANFRED with dung tn
year before, this application is much bette
than second dressing of stable manure
giving less straw, but more grain.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
Raw ground bone, if pure, and costing no
over Sl5 per ton, is cheaper than anythin
else for grass or grain. 1t is best composite
with ashes. Burnt bones, the preparatio
of which we described at length some week
ago, are extremely valuable, Superphoi
pilates will pay on turnips and corn, and o
potatoes in old land. The trouble has bee
that they have been too high priced, and III
reliable in quality. We have never seen bu
one make of phosphate that seemed to /
perfectly reliable and uniform, and that
the Cumberland" made at Portland, Me
under the superintendent of Mr.. Goodal
for fifteen years Secretary of the Main
Board of Agriculture.
MANURING.
Manure literally, or not at ALL 1t doc
not pay to dribble it OUT put on enough t
make a full crop. tits far better if manur
is scarce, TO fully manure one acre, than I
scatter the same quantity over three or fou
acres. In this matter emphatically, and i
every sense, it is the liberal hand that nal
eth rich.
BUILDINGS,
As soon as the weather permits open AN
clean out cellars, both at house aud barr
whitewash all the wood and stone work, an
stop all rat holes and cat holes
FARM HELP,
Make your engagements early, for the SCI
son or the year. Pay man all he is WORT
aud don't hold back his pay, or try to pa
him in bitch-pups and other dieker, aitt
having promised TO pay him in none
Never bind yourself so you cannot discharl
a man for impudence, dishonesty, profanit
or ilthiness. Insist on decency, and the
treat him as a decent man ought to be treate'
GROWING GRASS.
d. IL is getting TO be more and more the en-