Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-09-06
NOTES.

In harvesting corn do not lose sight Of the
value Of the stalks for fodder. Save II as
much as you can by gathering IL ns soon rs
YOU can after the corn is picked. Binding in
small sheaves is a good plan
The cottonwood telegraph poles used on
the Southern Pacific railroud have sprouted.
and give promise Of supplying Il continuous
line Of shH,L trees
Capt Kennedy. a resident of Nueces Co..
Texas, owns tract Of land containing 800
square miles on which are pasturgd $1,000
cattle, 1j.Obo horses and mules, and 1000
hogs.
Schools o. forestry ore among tie lat ed
vocational institutions of Europe G,unsnr
has niue institutions whore forestry is tat -hi.
and Austria, France Italy lussia. Portugal
Spain and Sweden have similar schools.
The Menuouitcs introduced the custom o.
using twisted hay for fuel into Minnesota.
and it is found highly advantageous in th.
prairie regions. steam saw and gri-i i.iH
at Worthngtou is run with this sort of fuel.
which is much cheaper than wood or coal
and quite as good for heating purposes.
American agricultural machinery in France
has captured EIGHT out of the eleven prize of
fered 10y the Agricultural Society for ,I,o1.-
tionM merit, while the United States ugricul-
turul display in the Exhibition has been
awarded a diploma Of honor and ia, United
States educational exhibit has been awarded
gold medal
Among q lot Of green corn brought &C. the
Baltimore market the other day was ava ear
that forcibly recalled Pharaoh dream What
seemed to Doe "a very large ear while boo the
hus6 proved to be u medium-5iZ,d cur with
several small, ones growing around g. Al
We're well p' ..ned. and if they had been per-
uiitted to mature one stalk would Law, Yield
4 sr. a. I'll ~, r.r ..E. .
ING to the iuterpr tdtiou put upon phumoA'-
dream by Joseph this abnormal ear " corn
would seem TO IN licate eight years Of plenty.
A new pest j. creating alarm among the
Connecticut fariacrs-a siX-leggcd ''yvil-look-
ing brown hug, larger and fatter thnu the
potato bug with wide body and small
head. He despises potatoes and devutes him
self to ripened or ripening corn. beginning at
the tip and voraciousy deyouriug ID. kernels
as he marches toward the butt II e il said to
fly like lightning" There is scarcely d gar
den or corn-feld in Merden which he has not
devastated. The corn bug is also reported in
Burlington town Il miles distant from Mer-
iden. where he or some other pest is likewise
gnawing away the grass roots so extensively
that whole acres will suddenly turn brown
and sere. Ii will be great calamity if the
potato bug is to be followed in his rnyages by
the corn bug and the grass bug.
The Delaware peach growers figure ont a
very profitable season in spite Of. or rather
IL consequence Of the short crop They esti-
mate the full yield this year. at one million
baskets, and count on about 5000. 600 clear Of
ell expenses Of picking and preparing for
market The average price realized by those
who were fortunate enough TO have fruit this
year has-bcvn more than for several years,
and they have realized Us much for O. single
la.l.t Gov lt.1F n l,v.v. I.
ly they like short crops and iarg- price,, bat
those whose orchards are bare Of fruit are not
so happy. The army Of pickers who count
on the peach season as their harvest time FOR
earning money have to o. considerable extent
found their occupation gone, while consump-
ton everywhere has been largely curtUiled 10y
short production and high prices.