Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
HInt- 70 Young Farmer.

life, remember that industry, economy
and integrity will ensure success, and
form the best capital that can be en-
ployed.
Plow deep. The wealth of the soil is
not all within six inches of the surface.
Cultivate thoroughly if you wish to
reap abundantly. Do not waste your
means, and fritter away your time by
raising a crop of noxious weeds with
your cane or cotton or corn.
Keep a watchful eye upon the farm
and its surroundings. But it does not
follow that you should imbibe "eye-
openers" at public houses, beer shops,
or corner groceries.
Shear your sheep at the season when
you shed your coat for the season. Then
be careful that some smart travelling
agent" does not pull the wool over your
eyes and shear you.
Dress your lands with fertilizers
rather than yourself with broadcloth.
The one reimburses the amount ex-
pended with interest-the other returns
nothing. but continually clamors for
further disbursements.
After your crop has been raised, it
will be wisdom to raise any mortgage
which may be resting upon the farm.
This will raise heavy load from your
mind, and raise your courage and spirits
beyond measure.
Do not curry favors with the rich or
great. If you must do something of the
kind, just curry your cattle and horses.
This will do them good, and benefit you
also.
When by reason of inclement weather,
you cannot cultivate the soil, it will be
wisdom on ynnr l>o~t to cultivate the
mind. A valuable harvest will reward
all earnest and faithful culture.
Never allow yourself to be inveigled
into running in debt" When you are
tempted to do 80, go into your field and
plant an extra acre with some edible
crop.
The sheriff is an undesirable acquain-
lance. Avoid him as you would pesti-
lence. This can easily be done by pay
ing cash on the spot for everything you
purchase.
Remember that everything of value
we honestly obtain is the result of dill
gence and intelligence. Do not, there
fore, expect prosperity unless you are
willing to work for it.
Make the collection and composing
of fertilizing materials constant en-
ployment. The odor of your manure
heap should be more attractive to you
than the smell of the whisky shop.
OF course you will become the owner
and raiser of stock. No farm is COM
plete that ignores stock raising. Get
the best, which is always the cheapest
in the end. Give scrubs wide berth.
Never purchase farm utensils because
they are cheap. Cheap tools are an I'M
mitigated nuisance. The best work.
man in the world cannot make a good
job with them. 1t is economy to buy
the best, no matter what the price may
be.
Household Hints.
A very good dust-brush may be made
by cutting crosswise strip of bed.tick-
ing into fringe, and lacking it around a
wooden handle.
Save the bags and pieces of wrapping
paper. 1t is good plan to fold them
smoothly when you have emptied their
contents, and lay them together in a
box. Put away all the strings. They
are great conveniences,
Never allow a rip in the carpet or a
loosened place on the stairs to remain
without attention q single hour. A
stitch or tack in time saves nine, some
times twenty nine. Never let servants
leave dust-pans or brushes lying on the
stairs, and never set them so bad an ex-
ample.
If one can produce a little new milk
Immediately after the ink is spilled on
linen, and wash out quickly, there is nc
difficulty in taking out the stain. II
this cannot be done, rub wet salt on the
spots, and expose it to the sun; wash
out after a few hours, and if the stain is
only partially obliterated, repeat the
process. Bi-carbonate of soda mixed
with water is otter efficacious.
To clean soft mahogany, or other
porous wood, scrape and sand-paper il
usual manner; then take a sponge anG
we'll wet the surface, to raise the grain
then, with piece of fine pumice stone
Gree from stony particles and cut the
way of the fibres), rub the wood in the
direction of the grain, keeping it moist
with water; let the work dry, then wei
it again and the grain will be much
smoother and will not raise so much
repeat the process, and the surface vii
become perfectly smooth and the texture
of the wood much hardened.
Test for the Capacity OF Cows.
A commission has been appointed by
the governor of Pennsylvania, to ex
anime and report on the merits of sys
tenn which undertakes to determine il
advance the probable yield of milk o
COWS, by certain marks upon the ami
mails. The marks are chiefly in respec
to the disposition and mode of growth
of the hair near the udder, and pre-
diction can be made with certainty, i
is said, as to whether the future GOV
will be large producer of milk if tn
observation is made on the young calf
even shortly after birth. The discover
er of this popularity was French stocl
raiser, M. Francis aGuenon; he frs
promulgated it about forty years ago
Since then the theory has found favo
with several French agricultural socie
ties; M. Guenon has received medal
and pecuniary rewards, and many stocl
raisers in Europe ore said to base thei
estimates of the value on cattle upol
this system. The mark on the animal i
called an escutcheon. The mode b
which the value of the system will b
tried in Pennsylvania, is first to hav
the State commissioners inapect tb
marks on series of COWS in sewers
stables, and make record of the ind
cations without communicating any fact
that they observe to the owners of tn
animals. These records are to be sen
, to the secretary of the State board c
agriculture. The owners of the COW