Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
FARM CHIPS.


Thorough drainage of land is the founda-
tion Of success in agricultural aud horticul-
tural pursuits. On its proper accomplish
ment everything leading in that direction
depends.--The People.
The great interest which our country at
large has in the shorthorn race of cattle;
both of capital and pride, is full reason
why every particular of their history should
be well understood by breeders.-Kentucky
Stock Record.
1t is said that hen will eat ono bushel of
corn year, aud lay l44 eggs; and that one
pound of eggs is equal to one pound of beet,
the latter being regarded, however, as bet
ter producer of muscular strength than the
former.-Americdn Cultiuator.
The horse is to-day our best friend-al-
ways ready to lend us his power for our sup
port and good. Why not, then, watch over
| him, protect him from cold and hunger, sup
ply him with all the nutritious food his sys.
tenn requires, SO that his muscles and teudons
may be elastic and his large hazel eyes sparkle
with life 2--Colemdn'S Rural World.
1t costs no more to erect pleasant home
than the reverse. The rooms should be
light aud airy, with good furniture, pleasant
pictures on the walls, magazines, books and
papers on the tables-it should be home in
short, to which your children will hereafter
look back with longing and regret, as their
FIRST idea of an earthly paradise.-Prairie
Farmer.
1t is our ambition that the Farmer shall
have an individuality of its own. 1t aims to
fairly represent in its columns, every depart
ment Of agriculture, and it has been,
aud will continue to be, open to
the discussion Of questions affecting the rights
and interests of farmers, not only as farmers,
but as citizens and tax-payers.-KanSas
Farmer.
There seems to be constant cry coming
from the soil for more food, more manure,
more to recuperate the exhausted soil and
restore the waste that for years has been
going on. The time has come when we as
farmers must look about us and devise
every possible means to save and utilize
everything within our reach that will i'm
prove our farms and increase their product
iveness.-MirrOr and Farmer.
1t is a good plan to place pans or even
teacups of water here and there among the
plants in rooms where there is a possibility
Of frost. The water 10 these vessels must
freeze, at least upon the surface before the
plants will be affected-aHd in freezing, the
water gives out quantity of heat to moder-
ate the temperature about the plants. Tubs
of water placed in the cellar will exert the
same influence therein.-Rural NetC Yorker
Those who first introduced into our coun-
try the improved breeds of stock, who paid
from one to five thousand dollars for a Me.
rino buck, or Durham bull, or who paid
the high price for Berkshire, a Suffolk or
an Essex pig, were laughed at as examples
Of folly, but where is the sensible man who
does not now see that they were benefactors
and promoters of their country's good ?
Rochester Rural Home.
Sometimes disease will fasten itself on t
tree and pervade its whole system anC
when gratis are taken from such tree the
trouble goes with it. In this way diseased
condition is often distributed quite uncon
sciously by the propagator. Sometimes thi
peculiar condition does not produce actua
disease, but there is a sort of lack of vigol
which leads to inferior results.-Germanto,O
Telegraph.
There is no question as to the value OF beet
as food for mlch cows. They are nutritious
and increase the flow Of milk very perceptibly
in comparison with ordinary feed. The fol
lowing analyses will show the relative nu
tritive value of beets, compared with pota
toes and red clover: