The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-29
Agricultural.

Never water a horse directly alter
feeding, especially ifhe is fed on corn
The hay cutter is the invention of no
one man. Almost every farmer has
had a hand in it.
Onions sown now and protected
with litter through the winter will pro-
duce early onions in the spring.
1t is much better to prepare and
plant beds of asparagus in the fall than
in the spring, as the growth Is much
stronger the next season.
Late experiments have shown that
seeds thoroughly dried are much slow
er in producing plants than the I'M
dried, while the crops yielded are con-
siderably greater.
S. S. Mayo last spring sowed one
bushel and twelve quarts of the new
Russia wheat, and threshed and cleaned
a harvest of twenty-eight bushels.
The Essex breed of hogs is rapidly
becoming popular in the West. They
are classed among the "small breeds"
but they are of fine quality, easily kept
and their meat delicious.
1t is advisable to prune grape vines
in the fall, when they are laid down
for the winter. The gardener has
more time TO attend to them then, and
the vines are apt to do better, as a
general thing, than when not pruned
until spring.
A president of q farmers club,
speaking of sailing butter, advises 81
on. pei pound. That depends on
circumstances. For St. Louis this is
too much to suit the general demand,
while New York calls for an ounce to
the pound. 1t is impossible to fix a
standard that will answer for all mar
kets.
The blooded sheep business bids
fair of reaching its old-time prices,
when $4,000 and $4,000 was often
paid for a ram. OF course these fig
ures are not paid now, but large prices
are paid for good sheep, fully one
third more than last year, and there is
Il call for all there is for sale.-Addj-
son County Journai..
A correspondent of the Rural Mes
Senger has had good results from the
application Of lime, wood ashes and
old iron put arouud the roots of fruit
trees hat we're not doing well, thus
restoring the trees to a healthy condi-
ton and improving the quality of the
fruit.
DR.. l.. Mclean ofthe Brooklyn vet
Urinary hospital, who has been exam
lining the COWS III several stables in
Brooklyn, asserts that one-third of
them are sick with consumption, pleu-
ro-pneumonia, Inflammation Of the
pleura, or lung diseases. The milk
from these COWS, he says, is poisonous.
1t is a convenient time now to get
out Il supply of muck, and should not
be lost by those whose land may be
much benefited by muck. 1t is a val
liable absorbent of liquid manure, and
contains considerable nitrogen, which,
decomposcd in the compost heap,
makes excellent plant food.
1t has become the custom to consid-
er farming an occupation Of all work
and any outlay in ornamenting the
farm is considered so much time and
money wasted, anything not yielding
a return being ignored as useless.
This is not right to the farmer himself,
and most unjust to his family. Be-
sides, the community have some rights
which are not respected when untidy
and unsayorY premises are presented
to their view.
Good milk is the cheapest kind Of
food we have. Three pints Of it,
weighing three and three-fourths
pounds and costing 8 cents, contains
as much nutriment as Il pound Of
beef which costs Is cents. There is
no waste in milk. When we eat bread
and drink milk we eat bread, butter
and cheese, and drink water, all OF
them in the best combination and con
dition to nourish the human system,
This we find in The Boston Journal oJ
Chemistry.
The majority Of American farmers.
living in the midst of all that is at.
tractive in nature, are ~insensible tC
the beauties of their surroundings, and
feel it incumbent upon them to work
early and late to increase their store.
and therefore never take time to APP
preciate what is really enjoyable
about them, or to create for their fam
lilies anything but the bare essentials
of existence. Much of the discomfort
: in farmers families could be remedied
by a little thought for their comfort,
education and pleasure.
The cheapest meat for the farmer is
mutton. Its cost is comparatively
small as the fleece from a good breed
will pay for its keeping. Then there
is an additional profit in the lambs.
When the animal is killed at home there
is the pelt. The pastures will also be
well cleared of weeds. With the ex-
ccption of poultry, mutton is also the
most convenient meat for the farmer.
A sheep is easily killed and dressed
by a single hand in an hour, and in
the warmest weather it can be dispos-
ed of before it spoils. Science and
experience both declare it to be the
healthiest kind Of meat, and a foolish
prejudice alone leads to a preference
for pork.
Set two strong posts firmly in the
ground, say ten feet apart. Some
rods from any fence. One post may