Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-14
FARM NOTES.

nay IL BelnnB IN San juan county, OOl.t
for $500 per ton That is pretty well up,
but is still far behind what was seen on the
Comstock lode in early days, when hay
brought % cents and green grass 10 cents a
pound
Messrs Lagru and Levalle have arrived at
Montreal from France and intend erecting
five beet root sugar factories in the province,
the first of which will be at Berthier and will
turn out $3.50, 900 pounds of sugar annually.
1t is officially stated that 1893, 16j, 794 acres
of land have been granted by the United
States for rail and wagon roads. 1t would
make l, 23S, j36 farms of 100 acres each, and
its area is greater than that of the five states
of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Min
nesota. It's value at 50 per acre would be
1896, 331, 5sS
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer says
that he has found by experience that six
Cotswold sheep will consume no more food
than COW, and are more profitable. For
lamb of this breed, weighing 1875 pounds,
So so is obtained. He estimates that six
ewes will produce eight lambs per annum
and fifty pounds of wool.
An English mechanic has invented horse
shoe composed of three thicknesses of cow
hide, compressed into steel mold, and sub
jected to a chemical preparation. 1t is claim
ed to be more durable than the ordinary shoe,
is only one-fouth as heavy, does not split the
hoofs requires no calks and is very elastic.
Canada imported $50, 600 worth of cheese
u years ago, but now she exports $40, 00O,-
600 worth year, and her exports of butter
and cheese are 81 900, COO larger than those
of wheat The quality of the cheese has also
greatly improved, and this is ascribed to the
factory system.
A missionary of the Church of Scotland
writing from China, says Il forgot to
mention that at Chin Yuen we saw herd of
swine in boots. 1t seems that, having far to
be driven to market, the poor creatures feet
get knocked up; but give them q pair-or
rather two pairs-of boots, made of straw
they are enabled to do the journey without
risk of hurting their legs"
Pip in poultry is symptom of disease,
and not itself disease it is commonly an
affection of the air-passages, which compels
the fowl to breathe through its mouth, be-
coming dry in consequence. A hard sub
stance forms at the end of the tongue, some
times extending to the roof of the mouth
this causes the noisy breathing which pro-
duces the sound of pip.
New Jersey has an area of about 5000 acres
devoted to cranberry culture in Camden,
Burlington, Ocean, Atlantic. Monmouth and
Middlesex counties, and it is estimated that
there are fully Il, 900 acres of land in these
counties especially adapted to the cultivation
of this fruit.
Indian corn has been successfully used in.
stead of barley for malt in Great Britain. II
the discovery proves to be practiced on Q
large scale, constantly widening market
will be offered for the surplus crop of maize
in this country, and beer will be vastly cheap
ened.
DIR. Cutter states that the increase Of ner
vous diseases decaying teeth, premature
badness and general lack of muscular and
bone strength are greatly due to the impov
erished quality of flour now in use, the glu
ten being thrown away in order to make the
-four white. He urges the use of unbolteC
flour, and of eggs, milk and butter He de
MES that fish is brain food, or that Agassii
ever said that it was, and claims that butter
being nearly all fat, is better kind of brair
food than any other.
Ohio has lost one-half of its timber lands il
the last 10 years. In 1870 the State had 8,
| 749, 1888 acres of timber, in 1877 5,117,3l
acres, and the returns in 1880 will probabl,
not show over 100000 acres. The State il
the interval has been almost stripped of it
black walnut, very nearly the best wood Of
the temperate zone for ornamental carving.
West of the Mississippi the tree belt seems 4
be advancing westward and the tree average
increasing In Ohio each year sees more tree
less acres
In England the use of bean -four is said 4
have been resorted to in order to give du
tenacity and lightness to bread made from
| damaged wheaton flour. Boiled rice was EN-
ployed to increase the quantity of bread to b
obtained from a sack of -four. A sack of 2S
pounds should yield, according to Letheby
ninety-fv four pound loaves but by add
ing three or four pounds of rice, boiled TO
several hours in as many gallons of water, t
the -four, at least 100 four-pound loaVes ca
be got-a gain of twenty pounds of bread, o
more than per cent. By this use of rice o
boiled potatoes, which, being nearly pur
starch, are, perhaps even more efectual tina
rice, the bread is indirectly adulterated wit
water.
Maiden, Mass, man who has recent
opened silo says "rhen came the trial O
feeding; two of our four COWS ate it readily
but the other two would not taste it unit
meal had been sprinkled over il but at tn
next trial they all ate it greedily, and whe
meal was put side by side of the ensilage, tn
meal was left untasted till all the ensilag
was eaten, and it does one good to see tn
greed with which it is eaten. Our trial wa
pronounced a complete success by those pres
ent, with many compliments for our bein
foremost in adopting the new departure"
Alfred Reed, who constructed a silo ON hi
farm in Warwick r. l., last summer, is sal
istied beyond question of the success of tn
ensilage process, by which green fodder ca
be kept, whether cut and packed during
rainy or dry day Mr. Reed opened his sill
on the 3Oth ult., and commenced feeding tn
ensilage to his COWS. The butter made afte
ten days feeding is of excellent color, and r,
markedly sweet and pure in quality. Til
process of curing fodder is evidently worth
the careful attention of farmers.