Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-08-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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Is there any speedy remedy for hop
hca?
Sprinkling with ice water, according
10 one farmers testimony, will quickly
clear hop vine of this pest. Cold rain
always lessons their numbers, though a
warm rain will increase them.
Are sunhower seeds ever fed to
horsesi
Yes, and are healthy feed for them in
winter and spring, keeping them spirit
cd and with sleek coats. One-half pint
per day is the amount usually given, and
It is claimed by some that these seeds
prevent heaves and other diseases.
How about red pepper for poulty9
1t has often been recommended in the
club as beneficial in poultry yards.
What is the usual allowance of grain
per head for hens for yearl
The consumption of grain by hens is
estimated at from one to two bushels a
year per head, according to the range
given the fowls; as for instance, hens
having through the summer wide
range would require only one bushel,
while those confined during the entire
year to narrow limits would probably
consume two bushels On q general
average one bushel and half would be
sufficient allowance of corn or mixed
grain for one hen. In return for this
outlay good breed of fowl will, if well
cared for, produce ut least 175 eggs per
annum.
How much paris green is required per
acre for exterminatlng the potato bug,
and how can it best be applied
One pound of paris green is enough
for an acre of potatoes for one season.
One tablespoonful in bucket of water
is about the usual proportion; this
sprinkled over the tops of tho vines
through common sprinkling pot is the
proper way of applying. A small patch
can be sprinkled with a little whisk
broom. Two or three doses usually do the
work. Paris green can also be mixed
with flour or plaster, and busted on the
leaves. Chemists have decided that
this poison does not affect the tubers
The small quantity advised kills the
bugs as readily as if moro were to be
used. Be sure and get a good quality
of paris green.
What can be done to keep roots from
rambling?
Lift them while the trees are young,
and shorten them if necessary a lew
times; this will bring them into forming
fbery roots near the trunk of the tree.
Farm Notes.
An editor possessed of common modesty
and sense, sitting at his table year in
and year out, would scarcely undertake
to instruct farmer who is in the fields
every day in the details of the business
of farming; but IN his general reading
and study he catches ideas and hints
which are often Of great value to some
of his readers.
If farmers would avoid suddenly cool
ing the body after great exertion, il
they would be careful not to go with
wet clothing and wet feet, and if they
would not overeat when in an exhausted
condition, and battle daily, using
much friction, they would have less
rheumatism.
AS much as 1 detost being in debt,
says writer, woul not hesitate to
recommend young man to run in debt
moderately for q farm, if he loves the
occupation, and who has q wife who
does not mind living on farm for
think with these requisites, if he be
cautious and frugal for few years, he
will be better off and take more comfort
on farm than in a city.
Two acres out OF one hundred il
wheat in California are put in by drill.
ing, while in Oregon there are ninteen
acres, in New York, Indiana and Mich.
gan each fifty, in Ohio sixty, and in
Pennsylvania and Illinois each seventy
acres. The gain by drilling, as com
pared with broadcast sowing, is put
down for the Eastern States mentioned
at from one-tenth to one-ffth.
We have had the chance to test this
season the following early peaches, al
grown within sixty miles of each other
and for earliness we believe them tC
stand as follows Downing {; Saunders
Alexander Musser; Amsden Bea
trice; Wilder; Hale's Early. We be
ieve these will ripen in the order named
if growing all near each other. AS t.
dN~AhcJ3 "O WOttlNt pun l1LSO ANOs 4 bu6l
as follows in order, Nos. 3, 2, l, 6,
In size we should put the numbers il
the following order 7, 4, 3, 2, 1,6.
About Boiling Eggs.
There is an objection to the common
way of boiling eggs which people d,
not understand. 1t is this The whit
under three minutes rapid cooking be
comes tough and indigestible, while tn
yolk is left out. When properly cooked
eggs are done evenly through like an,
other food. This result may be OBJ
tanned by putting the eggs into dis
with a cover, as a tin pail, and the
pouring upon them boiling water, tw
quarts or more to dozen eggs, an
cover and set them away from the stov
for fifteen minutes. The heat of tn
water cooks the eggs slowly and event
and sufficiently, and to ielly-Iike con
sistency, leaving the center Or vol
harder than the white, and the eg
tastes as much richer as fresh egg
nicer than stale egg, and no perso
will want to eat them boiled after tryin
this method once.
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