The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-03-12
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There was young student In chapel
SAID ~ think that snug little nap'll
DO me more good
Than ~ sermon couldT
And his snorcs softly rose in tho chapel.
There was young tutor behind him,
For ten seconds glared wildly to find him
Then he took out book
With his happicst look,
And seventeen marks he assigned him.
-IYale Record,
Iowa romits the taxes for five and
ten years respectively on land planted
to fruit and fruit-trees. 1t is said to
have been the direct means of clothing
more than 10000 acres in that state
with orchards and fruit.
A farmer should always think In ad-
vance of his work. The whole plan
must be laid down in the head, before
the hands are put to it. There is time
yet left for thinking over what should
be done in the next two or three busy
months.
One of the quickest and best rcme-
dies for lice in poultry-houses is said to
be kerosene oil, injected from a COM
mon squirt-can into every nook and
crevice. Two or three applications
will probably suffice to clear the house,
and soon the fowls will be found free
from the pest.
Five practical dairymen, living near
Hamilton, N. Y, have formed an asso-
citation for the purpose of breeding
Holstein cattle for dairy purposes. x
dozen superior animals have boon pur-
chased, and no pains or money have
been spared to start herd of the first
quality.
Laying hens need great deal of
limo, in order that their eggs may have
the proper thickness of their shell.
Nothing better can be given than raw
bones crushed fine. They are of
special value on account of the fatty
matter contained in their cells. Bought
bone-meal is, however, to be avoided,
as it is apt to contain putrid matter
which will sicken the hens.
The horses of Normandy, SAYS an
English writer, arc capital race for
hard work and scanty fare. They are
enduring and energetic beyond de-
scription, and keep their condition
when other horses would die Of neglect
and hard treatment. Moreover, their
docility is in keeping with their
great strength and endurance. For
draft and heavy farm work they are
unexcellcd.
To keep butter for any length
time, writes Mrs. S. NJ. Corwin, put
one-half pound Of pulverized loaf sugar
and one teasponful of saltpetrc (pulver-
lied and sifted) to ten pounds of but
ter. Work in thoroughly, and pack
in layers with fine salt between. OF
butter 50 prepared, she says, "the
longer kept tho BETTER" and she has
found it TO give perfect satisfaction to
purchasers.
Pruning deferred from the fall
should now be attended. Grapevines
should be pruncd the first mild dav.
but long before the buds swell, to pre-
vent bleeding. Remove decayed and
unhealthy branches from fruit-trees,
and thin out the tops to let in sun and
air. Shorten the last years growth of
currant and gooseberry bushes, and
thin out the old stems before they be-
gin TO grow.
An old stage-driver of long expert
ence, who was noted for keeping his
teams sound, always washed the Shout
ders and breasts of his horses as soon
as the harness was taken off, using cold
water Ill the summer and lukewarm
in the winter. After rubbing nearly
dry, he washed them daily with q de-
coction of smart weed Polygounum
hydropiper) in the summer, when
there was most danger Of CALLED shout
dcrs. In the winter the smartweed
was used about once a week His
teams never had sore necl1s or Shout
ders.
The female canker-worm is apt to
venture ont on mild days, and will as.
cend fruit-trecs and deposit her eggs
unless prevented. A band of stout
paper smeared with printers ink or tar
is recommended as simple and effec-
tive mode of stopping her upward pro.
gress. The tcnt-caterpillar's eggs are
deposited in rings on the small twigs of
apple and other trees, near their ends,
and can be readily seen on dull DAYS
they should be cut off, taking the end
OF the twig, and burned, thus saving a
much larger amount of work later in
the season.
Much of the court-plaster sold is poor
In quality, and some kinds are not safe
to use. The Scientific American gives
the following recipe for making a good
plaster:
Soak isinglass in little warm water
for seventy-four hours; then evaporate
nearly all the water by gentle heat !:
dissolve the residue in little dilnto
alcohol, and strain the whole through
a piece of open linen. The strained
mass should be stiff Jelly when cold.
Now stretch piece of silk or sarsenet
on wooden frame, and fix It fight
with lacks or packthread. Melt the
Jelly, and apply it 10 the silk thinly and
evenly with badger-hair brush. A
second coating must be applied when
the first has dried. When both are
dry, apply over the whole surface two
or three coatings of balsam of Perm,
Plaster thus made is very plisble, and
never breaks.