The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-10-06
Agricultural.
In patient. faithful TOLL mt
Aid "a, . Master. let We wnta lh
Strengthen our hand % lahpf ON tnt III
Anil aud hs carly aud the latter ialhs

lie best way 10 bIcah hcu9 VI 80
eating is to break their necks, ana re-
stock with birds that have not acquired
the habit.
Haveg good stock, abundance of food,
save the manure, apply 1t TO gc0u
soil TO nourish profitable crops T.
jameson IN Watchmdn.
Never allow a mudhole to remain
about a well. II your water is muddy
and impure, throw in n peck of lime to
purify it. Ifanimdlculg appear in the
water throw in a half gallon of salt to
make them settle to the bottom
Maryland Farmer.
There was a time in the history of
this country that farmers occupied the
most prominent positions in the Gov
eminent, but they we've gentlemen "a
mind and manner, such as any farm
boy may become if he will devote the
leisure he can make to study and read
ing. School is not the only way TO
attain an education; in reality it is
but an auxiliary. Many well-cducated
men and women eve attended school
q year.-EG.
Americans must be getting up an
appetite for muttOn-a good thing to
do-jndging by the variety and inter
est taken in mildletwooled sheep. The
Leicesters have about run out-fulfll-
ment of prophecies made years ago
and the Cotswolds are reduced in num-
Der. The American stomach don't
want two inches of tallow or lard on
its chops or roasts, or in its hams.
The middle-wOoled more evenly blend
the fat and lean, and are Pdr-e1cet-
lence the mutton sheep.-Er.
AS hens grow older they Gas a rule)
begin to lay later in the season some
say fully a month later. Two-year-
old hens will very likely, in this lati-
tude, if the weather is ordinarily mild,
commence laying in February. When
three years old it will not do to expect
eggs before the month of March.
Young hens are the best layers. AT
ter the third year the decrease in the
number of eggs is very material, in
most asses. LPoultry Yard.
On one of the highest mountains in
Waldo county lives a family whose 10
children have a shop, containing tools
and lumber sufficient to construct all
desirable articles, in which they spend
their leisure time. During the past
summer one of the boys, Is years old,
framed a barn for his increasing flock
of ducks, having every brace and
beam fitted by rule, by his own hands,
without the direction of others. He,
with the aid of his sister, nine years
old, raised the barn, about 8 by 10
feet.--Mdine EG.
We are reminded of Horace Gree
lcy's advice to a young man of city
origin, who would be a farmer. The
sensible old man advised him not 10
buy n farm until he had learned how to
manage one, and that he might attain
to this desired end he would have him
hire out to some therongh-going farmer
and work for his board and lodging
and instruction for three years. He
suggested, too, that a part Of the con-
tract should be that the young man
could ask questions freely, and the
farmer was 10 answer fully and freely
and to be careful to give his reasons
for having work done at such time
and in such manner as the order called
for. We cannot improve on Greeley.
DIRECTING GROWTH OF HoRNs.-
Can YOU think of any way to change
the direction of n young heifer's horns
l have q Jersey heifer, and the horns,
instead Of growing out and then point.
ing in toward one another, grow out
and then up into the air like a Spanish
cow's.-A. r. c., San Francisco, Cal,
EScraping the horns on one side viii
sometimes direct the growth that way. ]
Eg.
HARVESTING PorAToes.-Harvest al.
ways in cool, clear weather when the
soil is dry, that the potatoes may
come out clean. Whether uneartheG
by hoe, patent digger or pillow, give
the outside moisture time to eyaporatC
previous to storing. Moisture is favor
able to heating, which in turn induces
decay hence it is necessary to have
the potatoes thoroughly dry, especially
when a considerable quantity is to bC
put away in bulk.
ATRUE SToRY.-I called at neighboI
SIS the other day. l need not say i
was cold. The west end barn doc.
was open, the cellar was open on two
sides. The cattle were standing on al
apology for a floor. Said |, neighbor
why do you have the dooropen this cole
morning? Well, | used to shut it, bu'
one roll is broken, and the other is OF
the track, you see, and | don't trouble
myself to shut It now. Why dom
you e~nclose4yoSr Cellar in the winter
Why, Mr.. Brown takes a full half
day every fall, tinkering up his barn
and saves at least two tons of hay b,
the means. Then, again, these crack.
and holes in the floor; the cattle ar
in danger Of breaking their limbs, i
nothing else. swell, they've got useC
to them" But they must be cold too
/ "Well, you see, they are alice thi
} morning" But they are lousy, too
"Well, poor cattle always are" True
and lousy cattle are always poor, an,
{, poor cattle are cold, and cold cattl
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