Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-02-25

ton. A painful in a milk-room which is not
well ventilated will also answer the p6zpose
of purifying the air. ~
The Germantown Telegraph knowsa "cbick-
en- expert who grooves his hen roosts from
end to end, and fills the groove with mix
ture Of lard and sulphur in equal parts, by
which means he keeps his fowls free from
lice. He recommends also little Of the same
mixture applied to the neck and rump, and
under the wings of the fowls.
A. s. Gardiner of Ypsilanti, Mich, in re-
spouse to challenge to produce an ear Of
corn with 900 kernels produced q basketful
of ears averaging foot in length, and none
having less than 300 kernels TO the ear. One
specimen had 1863 kernels. The variety is
yellow-dented red-cob il was planted in hills
four feet apart each way, and yielded 100
bushels to the acre.
The sugar crop of the world last year was
Q, 422, 9sS tons, of which 1,s43,9SS was cane
and /, 5G5, 900 beet root sugar. Cuba pro-
duces one-third of the cane sugar, and Brazil
Java and the Philippine islands each about
one-seventh, 80 that one-half the oane-sugar
in the world is grown by slave labor under
the Spanish flag.
The army worm having run its career as
the chief insect pest for 1880, Prof. Riley, a
leading bug authority at Washington, prom
ises an entirely different visitor for next sum-
mer in the shape of the 17-year locust, rein
forced by the 13-year. The former will de-
vote itself chiefly to the Western aud Middle
States, while the latter will appear in the
Southern.
Thirty million bushels of grain are used
each year by the brewers of this country, and
5000, 900 bushels by the distillers.
A farmer near Logansport Ind. lost 40
sheep by dogs recently in one night. 1t was
too much for him, and he took his gun and
set out Before he was satisfied he killed 23
dogs belonging to his neighbors.
This is a good time to trim pine trees. The
frost will prevent the bark from starting of
when the limbs are cut close to the bodies Of
the trees, as they always should be, so that
the wound will heal up quicker. The best
time to commence to take of the limbs is
when they are small enough to do it with a
pocket knife, and follow it up every year or
two until the tree becomes large. In this way
you get clear timber worth double the price
of that untrimmed.
Sunhower seed is recommended as food for
poultry. 1t gives glossy appearance to the
plumage, is excellent for stimulating the pro-
duotion Of eggs, and fowls are fond of it. A
| Russian variety has lately been introduced
into this country, which is remarkable for the
size of its flowers. Specimens of it exhibited
in Philadelphia measured 1S TO 20 inches in
diameter
Save lameness and coughs by an immediate
covering of your horse after drive, if only
stopping for few minutes. Do not cover
the horse with blanket when he is in exer-
else, not even in storm but rub thoroughly
and cover after the animal has found shelter.
A hsh-preserving company has been organ
| lied IN Philadelphia with O capital of 5000,
| 0On yVhOaa nhiaat IL n fraava and
shad and other salt water fish in the United
States, and market them at times when the
fish are not in season.
If your house-plants are troubled with the
aphis or green fly, sprinkle the leaves with
tobacco-water and you will soon be rid Of the
pest.
A singular circumstance is reported from a
hot, dry valley in New South Wales. Last
year the drought there was of long duration,
and the denizens of the apiaries suffered
much from it. This year the bees have
made provision against similar emergency.
They have filled a large number of the OK.
ternal cells in every hive with pure water in
stead of honey. 1t is thought that the in
stinct of the little creatures leads them to an
ticipate hot summer.
good cement said to resist the action OIL
fire and water Take half pint of milk and
mix it with an equal quantity of vinegar, SC
as to coagulate the milk separate the curds
from the whey and mix the latter with the
whites of four or five eggs beaten up; the
mixture of these two being complete add to
them quick-lme which has been passed
through a sieve, making the whole into {
thick paste of the consistency of putty whei
used. This cement has been used to close
fissure in an iron cauldron for the boiling o.
pitch, which has been in use for five year
since, without requiring further repairs.