Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-03-08
NOTES.

Maine raises more hay than any other New
England State.
The mouth of the horse at five years old
contains forty teeth.
The corn crop of Illinois for 1877 is est.
mated at 269 $50 742 bushels and the value
S77, 562,679.
A durable black paint for outside work may
be made by grinding powdered charcoal in
hnseed oil, with sufficient lithRrge as dricr
thin for use with well-boiled linseed oil
Gen. Toombs says that if the people would
only learn the art Of curing the leaf. as good
tea could be produced in Georgia as in China
Tea has been planted and grown there for
nearly 40 years
1t is n curious chemical fact that the sub
stances required to form salt are both of them
poisonous-chlorine and sodium. No one can
use either of these articles separately with
safety.
The pig in its wild state is still found in
France and other parts of continental Eu-
rope, in India, Ceylon, Zanzibar and nearly
all the great eastern and northern countries
of the world
In China many odoriferous flowers are
much used in seeming teas. The best Sou
chy teas are said to be scented, more or less
with the curious green flowers of the Chu-
Ian.
Italy now stands fourth amongst the wine
growing countries of the world France rank
ing first, Hungary second. and Spain third
The annual average in Italy is at the rate of
about 12j gallons per acre.
To make waterproof oiled paper. for tying
over pots and jars brush sheets of paper over
with boiled oil in which dissolve Il little shell
lac carefully, over slow fire, and suspend
them on a line until dry.
That draa1al ~ Al.
loxera has appeared in the vineyards OF Vie
toria, Australia and is causing much alarm
A bill for endeavoring 10 eradicate the evil
has been introduced into the Colonial Parlia-
| ment.
When water has once been made to boil.
the fire may be very much lessened as but
little heat Is required to keep il at boiling
point. There is no advantage whatever in
making water boil furiously; the heat will
escape in steam, without raising the heat of
| the water
An eccentric and useful sheep is kept on
| steamer plying between San Francisco and
Stockton. He is trained to go out on gang
plank at landing when a flock is to be load
ed to show that the approach is safe, and to
act as pilot.
1t is the interest account that kills One
hundred dollars borrowed at six per cent.
with the interest compounded Annually will
amount TO SlS42 in fifty years. The same
amount borrowed at eight per cen; will
amount to S4G9O in fifty years. One thou
sand dollars at ten per cent. compounded viii
sum up to Sly, $50 in fifty years.
An ingenious water faucet, through which
water is drawn as cold as ice is the invention
of Californian. Boiling water placed in any
receptacle and allowed to run through will
be found cool and fit TO drink The faucet
contains numerous small tubes enclosed in
larger ones, and between the outside of one
and the inside of the other certain chemicals
are packed which produce the desired effect
To cut glass without a diamond. take any
vessel you want cut, and, having heated DO
ker in the fire until it is almost red hot, but
not quite, apply 1t TO the part where you wish
| the crack TO begin. Having held il to the
| part for about Il minute remove the poker
and wet the place; the glass will immediately
crack Having now begun the crack, YOU
may lead it i'll any direction, by merely draw
ing the hot poker in the direction you want
project is under way which if success
| ful, will make the great Colorado desert now
one OF the most barren spots in this country
productive and valuable tract of land A
| large quantity Of the seeds of the best varie-
ties of dates grown in Egypt have been plant
ed in that district and the experimenters are
| very hopeful for the result. The climate ana
| soil Of the Colorado desert is singularly like
that OF the richest date-growing districts of
| Egypt, and it is thought the date tree will
grow and bear therein without difficulty.
| The expectation of forest-tree seeds is as
Stunning dimensions in this country. Califor
mia sends $4,000 worth per year The prin-
| cipal purchases are made for Germany. Aus
tria England, and the colonies IN Australia
and New Zealand and at present the demand
| avoaadp fbA La l.. - Il.
pine, known also as the yellow fir, are most
in demand. The timber of that tree is as
! good as British oak for ship-building, and has
been found sound after eighteen years use
for this purpose. The South-Sea colonies are
| planting the California redwood tree extern
sively.
In nutritious value roots compare with hay
IN about the average proportion of one TO
three. If now it is considered that thirty
four tons of Swedes nearly forty tons of car
riots, and seYenty-four tons of mangold roots
have been raised in Massachusetts to the acre
and to each of these crops should be added al
least fifteen per cent. for the fodder value of
the yield of leaves which were not included
| III these estimates Of weights, clear demon
| stration is obtained of the increased amount
| of nourishment that may be secured from an
acre of roots rather than from an acre in hay
Within the past ten years, according to es-
| Inmates which have been made not less than
| II, 600 900 acres of the forests of the United
States have been cut down for fuel lumber.
railroad ties, etc. If the destruction and con
sumption go on, without greater efforts TO
| provide for the renewal of the supply, the
time viii come before long when the supply
will be exhausted The present generation
have duty TO perform in the line of tree
planting, but many take no thought for the
future. One man, Mr.. s. ID. Payne, of Ka-
sofa. Minnesota, has done his duty, 10000
J trees having been planted by his directions.