Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-12
NOTES.

The Hessian fly has attacked the wheat
plants in southern Indiana and Kentucky.
The hog crop" out West this year is about
- per cent larger than last, $50, 600 hogs
in 1879, against 3,37s, 600 in ISIS.
The total production Of honey in the Unit
cd States has for years past averaged about
fifty million pounds annually. This year the
supply is estimated at half that quantity, ow-
ing to a failure of the crop in California, and
partial failure in other States.
The managers Of the Maine Beet Sugar
Company state that the yield of sugar Leets
the past season, in that State, ranges all the
way from two to thirty tons to the acre
the average nine and one-Ealf tons. One
farmer in Norridgewock reports lOt tons on
half an acre. The Company have some TO-
600 tons Of beets on hand which are being
worked up at the rate of l2j tons day.
Samencss pals upon the appetite a varie-
ty of food encourages il. good farmer
loves to see his animals eat, and the more
they eat and BEAUTIFULLY digest the greater
are the owners profits Cut or pulped roots
will be found the best basis for winter feed
ing, and with these, corn fodder and Oat straw
may be given literally, saving the hay until
the early spring.
The President of the California State Vini-
cultural Society has reported GO, 600 acres COW
cred with vineyards, numbering 40, 900, 600
vines and representing with the land, a cap
ital of sac, 600, 900.
we note an increased disposition TO pur-
chase New England farms aud it is the opiu-
| ion of those who are in the best position
to judge, that this class of property is certain
to improve in price during the next few
years.
Within n few weeks the Oneida community
| N. y. } have lost some valuable horses by d
disease which broke out suddenly and proved
alarmingly fatal. Stagnant water near by is
| thought to be the cause. Farmers should
| never permit stagnant water on their prem
| ises, while neither horses nor cattle should be
allowed to drink it.
Thousands of tons of Linhurger cheese are
| produced every season mostly in the States
of New York aud Wisconsin, at a cost of less
than half that of the imported article. 1t finds
its market, and is consumed mostly by ouI
German-American population. 1t is more
| profitable to the farmer and maker than any
other kind of cheese, because from given
quantity of milk more weight is obtained
and better prices are realized.
An agent of Troy, n. Y, WOODEN pills
| purchased a few days ago 10000 pounds OF
wool from one man in Ohio at less than 90
cents per pound. The lot was the clips of Il
years the grower having sold his crop at s
per pound in 1864 and has held ever since
expecting 10 get as much. The wool was
Saxony, and weighed q pounds per fleece.
It has always been thought that ears Of
corn have an even number of rows, and il
slavery times the question was discussed il
Richmond, Ky, when a negro claimed that
he had seen ears with an odd number of rows
His master promised him his freedom if he
would find such an ear, and in the fall, wher
the corn was harvested, the darkey appeared
with a sound ear Of thirteen rows, and got hi:
free papers. Recently the negro confessed
that in roasting-ear time he cut out one row
of grains in an ear with a sharp knife, bound
the ear together again, and in gathering tins
knew Just where TO find it.
The following is good recipe for worm,
in horses Powdered poplar bark, two
ounces; powdered sulphur, four salt, tire,
ounces; mix well. Divide this mass into
twelve parts, and mix one with the food ev
cry night. This will not only remove worms
but will also tone up the digestive organs 81
that the parasite cannot find a foothold
Three parts wood ashes and two of salt,
tablespoonful fed daily with the food, is
simple and effectual remedy.
Fuehsias, after being exhausted with bloom
ing, should have the terminal shoots Of all tn
branches clipped of then set aside for TIVE
or three weeks, giving very little water; thel
repot in a soil composed of wen decompose,
leaf mould, mixed with a sprinkiing Of goo,
n garden soil few rusty nails, and layer o
charcoal at the bottom of the pot to secur
good drainage In few weeks new shoot
full Of flower buds will start all over, growin
rapidly.
Every housekeeper should have high sea
like an office chair, on pivot to turn easily
and with a small kerosene heater for the irons
which stands on the end of the table and cost
a dollar, can do large ironing without ris
ing, and without the fearful ache of tired fee
and back. Whether work is done sitting o
standing, she should vary her position for
few minutes at the end Of each hour, sittin
if she has been working about the house, 0
getting into the fresh air if she has been sew
ing steadily. A light rest taken so helps Won
: derfnlly through the day.