Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-07

A good carding of animals at this season
stimulates the skin and thus assists the chang.
ing of their coats.
A chicken fancier stuck court plaster over
an egg found broken in the nest after the hen
had been sitting week and in due time it
gave chicken rs sprightly AS any of the
| brood.
An Iowa farmer estimates that the profit of
raising one two-y old Shorthorn steer for
market is equal to that on oyhtoen scrub
steers, which have to be kept three years be-
fore they are salable.
The largest hog in the country is Poland
China four years old this spring, lately on
exhibition at Junction City, Kan. His length
is seven feet, girth of neck g feet, girth of
chest II feet, girth of centre eight feet, width
across the hip 30 inches and weighs lj32
pounds.
Few realize the necessity Of manuring or
chards When once planted, the trees are to
remain on the same soil thirty or forty years
at least They in a few years exhaust the food
in the soil that they are most fond of, and
then they will cease to be productive and
thrifty unless properly fed.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
recommends clearing away the surface earth
from around the trunks of fruit trees, down
to the branch roots, and giving the trunk and
upper surface of the roots a good coat of
whitewash with salt in it. He says it will
greatly improve the appearance of the foil
| age
Cow peas, which have long been cultivated
at the South, are beginning to be recommend
ed to Northern farmers as food for cattle.
| fIha1 enid IN ba haitian
corn, and just as much can be got from the
same space without impoverishing the soil
They are sown in drills, any time after spring
frosts, for fodder. Poultry as well cattle
are fond of them.
Air Stacked lime will destroy currant worms.
In the spring examine the bushes often, and
when the lower leaves are perforated there
the worms are to be found. II the bush is
dry, first sprinkle with water and then with
| lime. Two or three applications will be suf-
| ticient for the season. The lime will njure
neither the bush nor the fruit.
The larger part of the garden vegetables
should be planted in long rows rather than in
short cross rows, and small, light cultivator
"a narrow one especially adapted-can then
be run between the rows, and the labor of
hoeing will be materially lessened Onions,
Dceth rhulhueh, etci Gnu ne hoWu III TINS
| manner.
The time is now at hand for the annual APP
pearanee ofthe apple tree borers. They make
an entrance to the tree at the base of the
trunk, and sometimes Just below the surface
of the ground. When young they are easily
removed with the blade of penknife or
small wire. The borer more frequently at
tacks young than old trees.
f. X, Ravens of Vergennes has sold his
entire herd of Attorney cattle, among which
was the noted COW bought by him from the
| Woodbridge herd few years since for $3.50
and which was said to have made over 20
| pounds of butter in one week on a careful
test. Ravens has sold over $500 worth of
cattle from this herd the past year.
The Chinese aud japanese excel all other
nationalities in the culture Of early vegeta-
bes, This arises from the fact that they use
only liquid mauures hence the growth of
the plants is most rapid. and, as natural
consequence, the vegetables are very brittle
and tender Lettuce aud radishes they force
rapidly, giving the plants a sprinking once a
day. Tobacco and the tea plant are also
treated in the same manner.