Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-13
WHOLE NO. 331.
FARM CHIPS.

Japan has government sheep farm Of
1900 acres.
One hundred pounds Of grass, consumed
in doors by cow, will produce seventy.One
pounds Of solid and liquid manure.
Toads are said to live from twelve TO six
teen years, and one toad is no record as be-
ing thirty.six years old.
James j. Thomasof Union Springs, N. Y,
is reported TO have killed twelve acres Of
witch grass in one summer by weekly plow-
ing
Grasshopper clubs are forming in all parts
Of Nebraska for concentrated and voluntary
efforts in waging war against these insect
enemies.
Long-faoed Antwerp pigeons sell in Eu-
rope to fanciers at prices varying from S25
to $3.50 each. That's a large sum to invest
in pigeon.
TIE Canadian government has prohibited
the Importation of British aud European
cattle, on account Of the prevalence Of the
rinderpest.
Some idea of the immense yield Of wheat
in California may be gained from the asser-
tion ofa San Francisco daily paper that, af-
ter the next six months, at least cargo
day Of California wheat will be landed at
various European ports.
The entrails of sheep are now used for
The manufacture of betting at Oakland, Cal.
They make very strong and durable belt.
They are first cleansed and soaked in brine
for several days and after that twisted into
ropes or woven into betting.
Eighty-three per cent Of the laboring
classes Of England use buttermilk as food,
and ffty-three per cent use SKINNED milk ;
in Sweden and Denmark sleeps milk is
used in Switzerland, goats milk in Lap
land, renders milk and in Tartary, mares
milk.
The Nebraska legislature has provided
for grand grasshopper war. Road super
visors throughout the State are authorized
to order ont all the voters in their respective
precincts to do twelve days work each, in
killing grasshoppers, for which each of these
home guards is to be paid So per day in
county warrants. Besides this, grasshopper
war clubs are being generally formed through
out the state.
Last June western farmer turneo 1VV
shotes, average 125 pounds each, into q
twenty-acre clover field, kept them there
four months and October they averaged a
weight of 230 pounds each, or gain of near
ly 500 pounds ofpork to each acre of clover,
besides the land was well dressed with hog
manure. Feeders claim that hogs fed on
clover during the summer months are in fine
condition to finish off on grain in the fall.
The decline in the grain business of New
York has produced considerable apprehen-
sion there lest that branch of the export trade
should be diverted to other places. Tho
statistics concerning the amount of grain re-
ceived at the principal shipping ports OF the
country show that Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Boston are gaining at the expense of the
great commercial emporium. For the first
eleven weeks of this year there were received
at New York 5,7l4,53l bushels against a
total Of All 1852 bushels for the same Pc
riod last year. While Baltimore receded
from on aggregate of 1880 ,260 to 6,72S,25
and Philadelphia from 5,369, $50 to $780,.
900; Boston gained from l,7S7,ls0 to
3,148,644. The New York Tribune attrib-
utes much of the gain of Boston to the great
ly increased demand for consumption in the
manufacturing towns which depend wholly
or IN part upon Boston for supplies fact
indicating an improved condition of industry