Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-04-29
NOTES.

All persons who have an orchard should go
over it carefully now, cutting of all twigs
which have the eggs of the tent caterpillar
deposited on them.
The plum and cherry should be grated very
early, before the buds begin to swell. Pears
and apples may be grated even after the
buds break, if the scions have been preserved
in dormant condition. Grating the peach
seldom succeeds in the North it is better to
bud in late summer.
When a SOW is kept in close pen, and does
not have access to the ground or grass, it is
an excellent plan to give her frequently Gin
ders or,cOal ashes, which she will eat greedily,
charcoal, sulphur and salt--all of which help
to promote digestion and keep her stomach
in healthy condition. Warm drinks should be
given for "a hours after parturition.
Insects, caterpillars and larvae are not de-
stroyed by heavy frosts or intense cold. Com
mon caterpillars are uninjured by cold of IL
degrees below zero, and after being frozen
hard are nevertheless revived by return of
heat; hence the gardener must not depend
upon this source for assistance in Kidding him
self of these pests.
The air-bubble or air-cell in an egg is at the
round or blunt end. 1t contains the air which
is to supply the chick during the process of
incubation. 1t is known to contain greater
proportion of oxygen than the'air we breathe.
AS the chick increases in size the air-bubble
grows larger, and when on the point of hatch
ing it occupies one.fifth of the whole egg.
The slightest perforation of this air-chamber
will prevent success in Matching out. About
the nineteenth day of incubation the air-cell
is ruptured and the chick breathes with its
lungs. 1t is at this date that the lively move
ments seen in eggs placed in water are obser-
vable.
The Scientific American suggests to farm
ers the following method of getting rid Of
stumps upon their farms I'm the autumn
or early winter bore hole one or two inches
in diameter, according to the girth of the
stump, and about eighteen inches deep. Put
into it one or two ounces of saltpetre, fill the
the hole with water and plug it close. In the
ensuing spring take out the plug and pour il
about gill of kerosene oil and ignite it. The
stump will shoulder away, without blazing
TO the very extremity of the roots, leaving
nothing but the ashes"
A breeding SOW should be made tame when
young, so that she may be handled. Sowi
will breed well for number of years, and old
ones are much preferable to young ones, as
the pigs will be larger and grow faster. II
will pay to take considerable trouble to make
them docile.
| WIN. ii. Hills OF FlalstoW, N. H., says his
idea about the distance apart that corn should
be planted has undergone a radical change
within few years. Formerly he believed thu
hills should be wide apart now he think
they should be as close as they can be worked
| with horse-cultivator. He has found mos
double ears when his corn stood thickest. H,
| plants three by two feet apart, and leave
four stalks in hill. He thinks level culture
the best raised So baskets of corn from one
quarter of an acre of land, of which 70 pound
of ears made "a pounds of shelled corn. D
H. Goodell of Antrim, N. H., says he raiset
last year 1893 bushels to the acre from old
worn out, bareback pasture land taken VI
two years ago. To raise good crops of corn
the land must be fed literally with the RICH
| kind of food