The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Provide for the Chickens,


hunger drives them to the garden in
search Of food they are met with tor
nado Of sticks. stones and clubs; and
yet these same fowls are expected to
supply the farmers table with eggs, and
II they fail to do it, 1t Is claimed that
fowls are not profitable, and no matter
when the hen dies she owes her owner q
quarter.
Eertilizers for the Garden.
The question of manuring the garden
ia one that might be profitably con-
sidered. Experiment has shown that 1t
pays to rotate different kinds OF manure
from year to year. Among the arti-
fetal manures used for gardening pur-
poses are Peruvian guano, bone flour,
blood and bone fertilizer, and refuse
from various manufacturers, such as
sugar-house refuse, fish scraps, Irefuse
hops, glue waste. etc. Glue waste,
either raw or oomposted, makes an ex-
cellent fertilizer for corn, and when well
composted with muck, earth, or rotted
manure. may be used for some other
crops. This substance heats violently,
and frequent turning and free use Of
water may be necessary to keep it from
burning"
Cucumbers for Pickles.
Those who plant cucumbers for
pickles only do not wish to plant the
seeds early, and often when the proper
time comes the soil is very dry. A cor
respondent of the American Rural
Home says that in such cases he sue
ceeds by soaking tho seed for twenty
four hours, and then planting them In
the hills with one inch Of rotten manure
and then moistening the ground if the
same is very dry. I have, in this man.
ner, planted cucumber seeds for pickles
In dry and hot weather. and had them
up In three or four days. and In splendid
ccnditi on between rows Of onion sets
and never touched them until the onions
had been removed, and thereby received
q double crop from a piece of land
which otherwise would have been one
crop.
Health Hints.
Eor poisoning from phosphorus. as
when children suck matches, give 6
tablespoon Of magn, sia and then
freely. gum-arnbfc water; less magnesis
II only a little phosphorus Is taken.
II troubled with wakefnlness on re
firing 10 bed eat three or four small
onions; they will act as gentle ani
soothing narcotic. Onions gre also ex
oellent 10 eat when one Is much exposed
to cold. a.-t
HSorseradish Culture.
There are certain crops that may be
Chased as uncertain" There isa GER
tain demand tor them, but this cannot
be increased, as the consumption is
limited; and small excess In the pro-
duction causes an over-supply, and
prices fall. Such crops are constantly
6uctuating, the high prices obtained in
ayear OF scarcity induce many to grow
them, and the next year will be one OF
glutted markets and low prices. Again
the culture will be abandoned by all but
few, and prices 60 up again, and so il
continues, an alienation of extremes.
Those who grow such crops in moder-
ate extent year after year, no doubt
make money in the long run, while the
outsiders who take them up only after Q
season Of high prices. not only make
nothing themselves but prevent the
regular growers from making it. Hops
are such crop, tobacco to a certain ex
tent another, and on smaller scale
horseradish. just now, to judge from
inquiries there Is likely to be another
horseradish boom; as many ask how tc
cultivate horseradish, indicates that
those who have never cultivated the
crop. think OF trying it; indeed, somt
know 30 little about the matter, thai
they ask where seeds OF horseradisf
may be had, and how much is needed
for an acrel Such are evidently moi
aware that horseradish seed would b.
curiosity that few persons have ever
seen. The plant blooms freely. bu
IN this country. at least, fail
20 form seeds. Horseradish Il
always grown from sets, obtained il
preparing the roots for market. Thes,
are about the size of an ordinary lead
pencil. and four to six inches long. Al
they should be planted Fright side W
with caQe" the lower end is cut with ,
slant. and the top square. These set
are to be had of the seedsmen generally
Regular market gardeners grow horse
radish 10 the best advantage. as the,
put 10 on the same ground with theil
eriy cabbages or beets, planting 1t be
tween the rowa. Early cabbages ar
set eighteen inches apart In two-foo
Rows. and the sets are put in midway be
tween the rows. and as far apart as tn
cabbases; when grown between beets
those are In rows, eighteen inches apart
and the sets put In every two feet be
tween the beet rows When 1t is grow
% crop By itself. the horseI adish set
arr put at the same distances, {. e.
eighteen by twenty-four inches. Whe
grown with other crops. 1t Is kept dow
IN the hoeing. until they fare of, whe
b has the ground 10 itself. The set
ase put m with long dibble. takin
care that the top Of the set Is about tire
inches below the surface. When grow
between market garden crops 1t is a
wa5s sure OF rich soil, and fine roots al
produced; when grown by Itself. tn
soil should be we'll enriched. 1t shout
always be dug In the fall on early spring
and never be allowed TO grow MOI
than ono season. II may be planted an
sine during the month Of May. In til
hmily garden the same rule should /
ohsnvel t. o.. to always dig ID after on
season. II left longer IL gets such pol
ssnuisn Of the soil that II b difficult
eradicate u, and II becomes a troubl
pcme Need.-Rural Nes0 Yorker.
The steel industry Of the Unite.