Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-08-30
NOTES.

~, Mass, j. about go acres. of which nearly
81 acres are in seed Havana.
notwithstanding the injury to the grain
crop in Minnesota and Iowa. it Is still lci,y-
I'd that the total wheat crop will reach 400
600 600 bushels.
The value Of our sugar import is more than
four-fold the value Of the yield Of all our gold
mines.
The great wan, in farming is more stock
and more manure. Exhaust all your home
resources in baruyard manure and materials
for the compost heap before investing largely
in artificial fertilizers
variety Of wheat. known in England a,
ilaliatS pcdr~,o wheat; the result Of careful
selection. l.- heal. six to eigl. iuchc. in
length, ill j throughout with plump % NJ
Of more than average size.
In Pennsylvania the crop Of apples exceeds
anything befora known. In Washington
county an entire richard wa- sold ut two cents
per bushel, hard picked and delivered
4 Minnesota inventor produces sugar from
! cornsta!ks and 1t is thought his machinery win
prove u great benefit to the agricultural inter-
Csts.
An experiment. with the coffee tree at san
Diego. Cal, shows that it can be successfully
| cultivated there. 1t grows as thrifty as the
orange, olive or fig tree.
Though SO blind for 30 years that he cam
not distinguish light David Mapes Of South
| Haven. Mich. continues the most intricate
! kinds Of caniage-making. III, work is as,
| good al any, and his earnings have supported
! his family and purchased farm of 10 acres
An area Of ~ acres devoted to hyaciuth
| growing. by Dutch florists. n.a- Haarlem is
estimated to bring in areycuue Of nearly : 100.
| 600. In so bulbs were exported 10 the val
ne Of So. 500: and in 1852 tho village Of
Blomeudaal, "Thc Valley Of Flowers, sent
forth no less than : 900 eco worth
Cabbage has superior value for feeding
purposes. English ca.tle-fcedurs assert that
their beasts progress faster on cabbage, mix
ed with plenty of fne-cut wheat straw and
cotton cake, than with any other vegetable.
Cabbage contains one part flesh forming sub
stance to three of hoat-producing, while in
| potatoes the fesh-formng is only one to
twenty. Cabbage is also rich in mineral mat
ter.
There is now on the way to New York what
is probably the most wonderful chronological
collection in the world. and strange to say
it has been made by an old actor Mr.. Hon.
~ Edwards of California, who will be the
stage manager of the 30 ton theatre next SER
son. He began the tash when only ten year,
of age. Since that time by purchase, person
al effort in various par, of the world. and d
system of exchange with something like l3i
correspondents he has secured 10 less thar
5000 species, comprising 2Gj, 900 specimens
Windgal!s in the horse are the result of Sc
we're work. The back sinews are encased in
fine sheath, which contains synovia. or rs i
is commonly termed 'joint-oil" The use o
this oil is to facilitate the motions Of the two
great hexer tendons one upon the other Sc
when the pace is too fast or the labor too On
ergctic, the delicate membrane which secrete
the syuoyia becomes iritated The conse
quencc Of irritation is increased secretion
More joint oil is poured forth than the natur
al oac can contain. The membrane, there
fore, bags out at those parts which are weak
est. Windgalls generally appear on the hin'
legs. because these members generally do tn
heaviest part of the horses work.
At Cornell University an estimate has re
Gently been made Of the annual crop Of see,
produced by some of our weeds. Dandelion
5 POGO; ox-eye daisy, 1900; dock, 1900
burdock, 1000; May tweed, 10000; re,
poppy, $4,000. After reading these figures
. the only wonder is that these weeds can b
l kept down at all. In fact, however, but
I small portion of the seed gets planted. See
2 may remain in the ground several years, onl
/ to become weeds when the g.ound is stirred
l In evidence of this, the professor refers to
r tobacco field wher, tn seed had been allow
/ 1'A blt gtdl ~ II u h.rA' itAA VI teii ga
i afterwards tohNcco plants appeared in thu
, hsld from this seeding.
Coffee is native Of Arabia, supposed b
soLle to have been the chief Ingredient Of til
old Lacedomoiiian broth The use Of thi
l berry was not known in England till the yea
1857, at which time Mr. ID. Edwards, a Tul
a key merchant on his return from Smyrna I
/ London brought with him a Creek of Paeus
70 named Pasqu-t Ru5soc, WAo used to prcpaI
coffee every morning for his master. T.
, wards neighhors became so numerous as vi
!, itors at breakfast TIM that in order 10 Z,
Il rid of them, be ordered Rossee to open a col
: fee house, which ho did in Cornhill. Tn
I was the first cnTee-hOuse openodin London.
y In the medical Record specific is give
for the troublesome eruption produced by III
y poison ivy so common in our woods. Tn
specific is bromine, which la, 'eCn success
> fully used in ut least forty ca,.e. The bromir
: is dissolved in Olivc-oil, co-moi,ue, or glyce
n inc in the strength OF from tn to twent
- drops of bromine to thu urrc' Of OIL and Il
- mixture rubbed gently pr ,lu affected pa
=, three or four times a d", The bromine is
. volatile that the sc!uti,i should be renewe
\ within twenty four hoUt, from its preparation
= The eruption never ,Ntend5 after the fir
thorough application, and it promptly disal
pears within twenty flour hours il the appl
cation is persisted ill., aal the patient is entir
lv etr.I