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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

FERN BED IN A Rustic FRAME-A beau
tiful and luXuriant group of ferns may be had
for the entire summer by any one who has n
large tree under which to plant them. If
there is wet or unsightly place under the
tree that never can be made TO look well, all
the better; choose that spot for your ferns
An airy place, shaded by the house, will do
nearly as well. To prepare the bed for the
ferns proceed in this wise Choose IL bundle
of stakes two and a half feet long, an inch
and half in diameter, and which still tight
ly retain the bark: drive these into the
ground in a circular or oblong form, rs you
may wish the bed to be; the stakes may
stand from twelve to eighteen inches above
the ground now weave in and out about the
stakes, basket fashion, grape vine until the
top of the stake is reached. You then have
what appears to be rustic basket. FIJI in
the bottom with sod. or earth rubbish of var
ious sorts, but leave room enough in the top
for good layer of forest mould in which
plant the ferns, which may be taken from the
woods as soon us the frouds begin to peep
above the ground.
1t is better to choose the ferns from plot
where they grow thickly, and take them up
so that they may be as little divided as posi-
BILE, and with plenty of soil uuLrok,u about
the roots. Fill your basket full of them, and
if you water them well in a few weeks Won
will have thing of beauty to gladden. your
eyes for many week to come. The basket
may be further ornamented by slipping seeds
of the cypress vine or morning glory between
the interstices of the grape vine into the soil
They will sometimes grow right inerrily, and
if trained about the basket beautify aud illu-
inmate it in very dainty and exquisite fash
ion. In lieu of the stakes and grape vine
wild grape vine can nearly always be procur-
-, oh, =, - 1
bottom may be used, which, if not already
Drowned by exposure, may be painted any
desirable color. If the fern basket is suffi-
ciently protected in the fall with leaves, it
may be relied upon for thrifty crop of ferns
the following summer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

The LARGEST CULTIVATED WHEAT FARM on
the glnlR is said to be the GrOndin farm, not
far from the town of Fargo, Dakota 1t en-
braces some 40, 600 acres. both government
and railway land, and lies close TO the Red
river, Divided into four parts, it has dwell
ings, granaries, machiue-shups, elevators,
stables for 200 horses, aud room for storing
1000, 900 bushels of grain. Besides the wheat
farm, there is a stock farm of 20, 600 acres.
In seeding time, 20 to 50 men are employed,
and during harvest $50 to 800 men Seeding
begins about April and continues through
the month, and is done very systematically,
the machines following one another around
the field, some rods apart Cutting begins
about Aug. s, and ends the fore part of Sep
TENDER, succeeded by the threshng, with
eight steam threshers. After thrcsling, the
stubble ground is plowed with great plows,
drawn by three horses, and cutting two fur
rows and this goes on until the weather is
cold enough to freeze usually about Nov l.
There are many other large farms in the ter
ritory and in the same neighborhood, aud
they are titled in much the same manner as
the Grondin. The surface of the land gen
orally is almost level, and the soil rich and
black. The product of one field of 2,3l5
acres is ~, 2S5 Observation-Disclosures weight
some - bushels to the acre. The average
yield of the Dakota wheat farm is from 20 to
- bushels per acre, and the concurring testi-
nony is that it is unequaled as a wheat region
IN the world
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

An ALPINE DAmY-We had counted large
ly upon milk for our food in this excursion
and we made our next halt Mt the hut of a
Sennerln who combines the entertainment
OF travellers with her dairying industry We
took seats on porch at the shady side of the
house, and at n table where two cowherds sat
facing each other eating "ScLmaru" and
milk from the same earthen basin. A SINH
lar basin of milk was set between us and two
iron spoons We're furnished u.s. Preceding
writers on Tyrolean travel had emphasized
the badness of the food, and a thoughtful
friend in New England had urged on our ac-
ceptance dyspeptic preparation of parchcd
and sweetened wheat meal with which 10 sup
plement our insufficient provendcr This had
lain unused and unneeded III our satchel all
the way from home. Its time had now come,
and we soaked it according to prescription, in
our milk.
The cowherds, finishing their meal, rose
from the table, crossed themselves, stood fac
ing the east, and devoutly repeated q long
prayer, with due genuhection and bowling of
the head, and then trudged away to their
work. The woman of the house showed us
her simple dairy and her loom, inspected our
novel outfit, and sent us ON our way rejoicing
She could spare no hay for our horses, and
we marched on to the hut of a bald and bare
footed little old man, who made us welcome
and stood in blue-eyed wonder as we told him
we had come from beyond the great sea. His
loft not only fed our beasts, it furnished Jane
n fragrant couch, where for two hours she
slept away the WEAKNESS of her saddle, and
awoke refreshed for her further ride.
This was my first Alpine dairy, and very
good example it was of the summer home of
the mountain CONTENDER, with an open hearth
in the smoky front-room and comfortable
looking bed in the mik-rOom The old man
makes both butter and cheese from a herd of
n dozen COWS, and his employer sends regu-
larly from Kasteruth to fetch the product to
market For five months the cows are kept
here in the mountains, and during the hay
making season the whole vast alp is gay with
throngs of young men and women, with work
and music and dancing. When We saw it the
harvest was over, and only the cattle-tendcrs
were left, In another month it would be
quite deserted, its great clevation-from 5000
to 1000 foet-subiecting it to carly killing
frosts. 1t is a compact rolling plateau of the
richest grass land varied by occasional wood.
thirty-six miles in circuit, and belongs mainly
to the neighbOring cOmmunes of Sess and
kastelruth: a. II. WariH& Dr., Ia Har-
paris .tor Mag.
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Farm and Household.


Prof Greasy of the Amherst agricultural
college has just returned from an inyestiga-
ton Of the dreaded pleuro-pncumonia among
the cattle of Greenwich, Ct, on the New
York state line, and it would appear from his
reports and those Of other experts that there
is good deal of the disease within limited
area of Connecticut and New York state.
DR.. Greasy, with f. II. Hyde, chairman Of
the Connecticut cattle commission, and Sec
rotary Gold Of the Connecticut board Of agri-
culture, have made Il thorough examination of
the infected farms in Fairfield county, Ct,
DR.. Greasy having received authority to nves-
tignte all doubtful eases. They found many
new cases. solomon s. Mead OF Greenwich,
Ct, has lost five cows and two calves from
the disease. lie bought n calf in New York
city September l, aud il was dead the goth of
that month. His first COW died November =,
the second Il month after, and the other three
before the middle of last March. He has had
~ cattle that have been more or loss affected.
On the farm of Daniel NJ. Gritlins, adjoining
Moads, three cattle have died, and yoke of
oxen are sick. Abraham Reynolds. in the
same town, has lost four cows, and has large
herd exposed several of the animals showing
pronounced symptoms Of the malady.
The great sources of infection are West
chester county, n Y, and New York city and
vicinity. There are several infected herds in
bedford and other Wcstchcster towns. In
New York state the authorities have power to
slaughter herds of cattle in which the disease
exists paying for such animals as are found
not to be diseased In Connecticut quarau-
timing is the only resort, and several herds
have been placed in quarantine There is
evidence that the disease Is likely to break out
in herd where it has once existed aftera con
siderable period Of immunity. For instance
Reynolds got some cows from Bedford N. Y.
five years ago and lost many from this disease
lie has had no trouble from it for three years
until recently, when it broke out with consid-
cradle virulence
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

An esteemed correspondent at Essex, Vt,
inquiries when is the proper time to skim
milk and whether it is always desirable to re-
move the cream while the milk is sweet Now
this is n difficult question to answer in n few
words, partly because there are 50 many 9th
or conditions connected with butter making,
all of which lnny have an important bearing
on the question. Under certain conditions,
we would prefer to have cream sour when
taken from the milk, or certainly very soon
afterwards There is probably, no month in
the year when dairymen are so much annoyed
by bnd behavior in cream as in November,
and Mt II time, too, when the milk may be
kept an indefinite length of time without sour
ing. We might answer that, when milk in
clnes to keep sweet for a long time, we
would prefer to have the conditions changed
so that it should sour, and when it sours too
readily, WE would eudeavor to keep it sweet.
In July and August, milk set in open pans
without ice, and in warm room, inclines to
sour too soon, before the cream has time to
rise completely. At this time we would change
the conditions so that it shall keep sweet
longcr. In cold weather, the cream rises so
slowly that it often becomes bitter in the pans.
Here more heat is wanted, even though it
tends to sour the milk. So, we would say, in
cold weather keep milk where it will tend to
grow sour in forty-eight hours, and in hot
weather keep it from souring in less time than
tweuty-four hours.
We prefer to have milk that is set in open
pans ready to skim in from twenty-four to
thirty-siX hours, the year round and just
FcGly N sour when removed, but not really
sour nor thick, like cur,lled milk. We pre-
fer to have cream slightly acid when it goes
into the churn, summer and winter, because
it usually comes to butter more readily, while
the quality is equally good as from perfectly
sweet cream. Milk that has become so sour
as to curdle and remain in insolublc flakes
will be caught in the butter in the form of
white specks, much to its injury both in fla
vor and keeping qualities Simple souring,
in its early stages, is not injurious to cream
for making good butter-N e. Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

About twelve years ago gentleman engag-
ed in business in New York city purchased a
farm in the interior of the State, and set
about improving it in accordance with his
own tastes and notions. The farmers about
him ut first laughed in their sleeves Mt his at
tempts at book farming" and predicted GER
tain failure as the result of his experiments.
Being an admirer of the beautiful, his first
move was to surround his place with shade
trees, and give orders for their careful atten-
ton and culture. He next employed the col
umns of a local paper to prove to his neigh
bors the advantage of trees, not only for
shade and shelter, but also rs u means of pro-
lection against storms. A circular was print
ed and distributed, setting forth the matter
more fully, and giving directions as to what
varieties to plant and how to care for them
after being set Meetings were called and
the subject discussed, until ut last the neigh
borhoOd caught the spirit OF progress, and
regulating mania set in. The highways
were adorned for miles, and yards heretofore
bare Of shade were now adorned with beau
tiful supply The good influence of that
mans example spread until the leading roads
in the whole town were converted into ave-
nues of shade, and al uua!tIRctive village
transformed ut length into one of the most
lovely towns in central New York short
time since the place was visited by gentle
man from this city-a son Of the party who
first led the way in tree !ahtug-and it was
with difficulty that he =, cosl2ed the spot.
The old farm and the noigAbors' farms and the
village streets were adorned with graceful
elns and naples from twenty to thirty feet
in height. Strangers had heard of the place,
and attracted by its beauty, had chosen it for
their home, and fine residences now grac-
I'd the shady avenues. The old farm, which
his father had purchased for Sl1, 900 has
been since resold for $50, 600, and a like adj
vance in property had taken place through
out the town. This gentleman "builded bet
ter than he knew" We doubt whether with
NIL his far-sghtedueSs, he ever expected such
results as have followed from his efforts .-
So Pau Press
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

IMPORTANCE OF PBopEr SEEpING.-N. G..
Pierce of Westminster write, to the Amcri-
can Cutivator; II have noticed OF late that
some writers advocate heavy seeding on rich
grounds, and light seeding on poor grounds.
Such n practice l believe To be "a mistaken
idea, the very reverse being the tru, method.
Uniform seeding is very Il, ~irahlr upon uni.
form ground, but farmers must discriminate
bcteween rich and poor hand. 1 have found
10y experience that rich and highly cultivated
soils do not require as much seed rs poorer
land. In sowing rye, oats, barley and wheat,
put on pretty good amount of seed if the
soil is poor, while if rieh IL very much less
quantity of seed will answer On rich soils
each seed will throw out large number of
straws to help fill up the space around them,
while on poor soils this will not be the case
Within few weeks past have had many
applications for my method of raising corn,
and have cautioned every one against too
heavy seeding upon rich land. Where the
hills are made three by three feet, three stalks
in each hill is a full abundance In field or
garden where the soil is rich, be sparing of
the seed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23
THE VERMONT
MONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY MAY 28 1879.
Asters.

These remarks from an English journal
concerning this magnificent garden flower,
are timely and reliable, but it should be re
mcmbered that the English climate is n month
earlier for flowers than that of New England.
For early u,tyr, here it is best to start the
plants in the house or greenhouse in April,
and late ones out of doors late in May or ear
ly in June. "Asters rank amongst the most
beautiful Of halfhardy ANIMALS, and whether
grown in pots for the window, in beds as dec
oratve plants, in choice soils for the produc-
ton Of exhibition flowers or in out.of the
way spots to furnish an abundance of cut
flowers, they are full of beauty and useful
ness. The astor includes several divisions.
the most striking Of which are the fiat petal
led reflex blooms as represented by the Vic
toras, the incurved kinds rs found i'm the
Pwouy- lowered section, aud tn" quilted forms
rs found In the Gloh,-hoW,r strain. and
the dwarf or miniature iag'ls comprised in
the bouquet classes, which are more effective
in pots or as cdgmgs to beds than the taller
kinds. April is the best time to sow Sc, ds Of
all kinds, and if two sowings ar made. one
at the beginning and the other ut the end Of
the month, the advantage will he found in
greatly prolonged autumn bloom As u half.
hardy annual, seed should be sowu in pans
or boxes under glass, giving plenty Of light
and air as the plants grow, and when large
enough they tl'ou'd l.. pr.t q oui uto "a
cool .u.u. or uad lnrd lights ur in some
sheltered spot Whl" do 3 ,un have shndc
and protection until Thoroughly established
From this bed they may he lifted the end of
May with nice balls uf soil, and be- placed Ell
thor iu pots or ia beds MS required For an
ordinary Howcr-bed the soil should be dug
deeply, and receive good dressing Of ma
murr; into This the plants should be- placed
tlt q. tftfsltt.
tful mass of flowers will follow. The astcr
is II gross feeder, and thry,s well in a rich
dressing of manure and plenty Of moisture
II is well to pinch out the centre bud in all
plants MS soon as developed, and also to thin
the remaining ones down to about four or
ive for each plant; these viii ho all the finer
and more perfect IN consequence. Some thin
shading will materially save the bright colors
of the flowers. In all cases it is well to plant
out in an odd corner all the remaining un-
used plants from the seed bed. as these will
furnish charming lunches of flowers for the
house, and save those in the lowor-bcdS for
their legitimate use.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-05-23

The SQUASH BoREE. i went into the gar
den one day last summer when the Hubbard
squash vines were just beginning to run nice
ly, and found them with leaves wilted and
some of them beginning to turn yellow. l
found upon examination that the stalks had
been punctured a little above the roots, and
they were SO far gone had little hope of saw
ing them but | had read that tablespoon
full of saltpetre, dissolved in pail OF water,
sure cure-so l determined to try it. 1t seem
ed like rather weak solution for desperate
eases, 80 made it about four times as strong
and put quart or more on each hill, My
faith was very weak but the next time Wis
tied the garden the vines We're as vigorous as
ever, and We raised fine crop of well ripen-
ed squashes. Cor. EOuHtry GeBtLemaH.
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VALUE OF CANADA THIsTLEs. Frequent in
quiries having recently been made as to the
best treatment of this weed, we give the ex-
perience of y successful cultivator of several
hundred acres, whom We recently met, and
whose uniformly heavy crops show that he
does not often make mistakes in cultivation.
He confidently asserts that n heavy crop of
Canada thistles is of more value to him as n
fertilizer when plowed under, than crop of
clover lie would therefore give more for
land densely covered with thistes than if en-
tirely free from them He thinks thcy draw
largely from the atmosphere while growing.
The crop is allowed to grow carly in summer
till near the period of blossoming. 1t is then
plowed under taking care that every plant is
covered. Three additional plowings Mt inter
walls through the season, to keep the plants
always covered, finish the work of destruction
to the thistles thoroughly intermixmg the de-
caying vegetable matter with the soil --rcduc-
ing the whole to so excellent degree of pull
verization, that the cost of the blowing is
more than repaid 10y the condition of the land
for autumn sown wheat or other crops
COuHtFV Gentleman.
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F. K. BARRO W S.
For Sale!
THE SMALL VILLAGE FARM AND BEAUTIFUL
RESIDENCE KNOWN AS
B Il L A I r."

Pleasantly situated Greenleaf street. West Bratlc-
boro, w. only six eight minutes walk from post
office, stores, churches Academy and other schools
The farm consists of nine acres Of land, of which
about two are woOdot aud pasturage, watered by q
brook; the other seven being level arabic and highly
productive, with frontage Of than fifty rods on
the street, thus affording good number Of eligible
building lots.
The dwelling house, Of two stories, having good
cellar yeranda in front and ON Que side, and l.
part with domer window, contains fourteen rooms
all arranged to accommodate either one or two
families, The other buildings include barn, sheds
carriage apartments, ice house, hennery, sc.
The place Is supplied with an abundance OF both
well and running water at house and barn The fruit
trees, nearly all in their prime number more than
$50, aud include all the best varieties Of apples few
pears aud ounces The street is lined with thriving
sugar naples for shade; the grapery, Of young aud
choice vines, Is ample and wen placed the fences
walls, bank-walls, underground drains, and buildings
Of every kind are all well arranged, well made, and
in good repair.
For further particulars inquire Of the proprietor
the premises, or address ''BRIAIR,"
40 West BrattlebOEo, VT
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FLoURS.

IN these ddyS. Whcn IOW Dl'dttcs
Of FyOHF are being SOid HHCier high
SOHHdihD names. IL dOcS WcU for
purchasers to HHOW Whdt hcy are
buying. I IRISH to sag I am stu
SeLtiHD those CcU hnOUH brdHds
Which I hare sOld for SO MANY
gears. The OHiy concentration
Which Mey need is 4 TRIAL. Iri-
ceS mat cannot be beaten.