Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-31
PARM,

Tar should never DO applied 10 fruit
trees II DESTROYS the bark not only
where il issupplied, but where II washes
down,
Dig out tho bOrers frOm peach trees,
Watch for gum 90 b0Tings Just around
tho collar Of tbs tree, then with q knife
dig the insect out OF destroy II by run
ming a wire into tho hole,
Statistics show that the annual con-
sumption Of eggs ~ the United States
Is about 10, GOO, 900 barrels, The poultry
marketed Or eOnsumed Is estimated At
100000 900 pounds, valued vt s6s,OOO,'
900,
For general purposes on the Arm,
castor oil, with q little kerosene added,
il tho best lubrleaiOr and preseWer
For saws, mowers, buggies, etc, u fur
nishes more body, with less gum, than
most oil, The amount Of Kerosene, u
any, TO DO added, must 10 governed 10y
the purpose for which Il il designed
The time for seeing 10 the security Of
next years strawberry yield Is immedi'
ately on stopping picking this year
Dig, pillow or seaiity deeply between
tho rows or IN lines through tbs mass,
and clear tho hills or rows ieit Of every
weed, however small, Some add to this
severed looking treatment that OF moving
of tho leaves. and they declare that the
plant gets iis summer rest all the better
and more completely for II, starting then
with tho August rains into luxuIlant
September growth which ID tho making
Of tho fruit beds for next years espan'
sion,-Nep York Tribune,
Stacks ofoats icarelessly put together
are often destroyed by exposure, Every
farmer may know that the heads OF bun
dles-of every bundle-shOnld 10 kept
higher than tho butts or straw end
But indifferent hands often place the
heads lower, or at least on q level WIN
the butts, thus inviting mildew and de-
cay, II oats arc TO DO saved for seed, II
II best 10 walt until they ripen fully be-
fore cutting, II the straw and leaves
are TO DO used for food, II II best to cut
while tho oats arc in the dough state,
and while the leaves and stems are still
green. Dat straw 30 harvested Is thought
to 10 very much more nutritious than
corn fodder, aud nearly equal 10 timothy.
Many, indeed, cut aud house outs the
same ~ hay, and believe II to DO fully
~ valuable,
In French work on pruning, translat'
od by Prof Sargent, the following
rule II given "Their system IL based on
the fact that as wood IN alone formed by
descending elaborated sap, wound
made on tree can only DO recovered
with healthy new wood when It's entire
circumference " brought into direct
communication with the leaves by means
OF the layer OF young and growing cells
formed between tho wood and the bark
To mako this connection II Is necessary
TO prunc In such manner that no por'
ton of nm amputated or dead branch
shall DO left on the trunk, Tho cut
should always be made close to and per-
fectly even with the outline OF the trunk,
without regard to the size OF tho wound
thus made. This IL the essential rule in
all pruning, and on its observance the
success of tho operation depends"
Tho census bulletin on agriculture
shows that the past ten years have been
the most remarkable period Of agricul'
tural growth in the history Of our coun'
thy. The entire cereal product OF the
United States has made the enormous
advance of nearly 100 per cent During
the preceding decade the increase was
but ~ per cent, while between 1850
and 1860 it was 40 per cent. The yield
of wheat alone has advanced from 2S7,.
DOC, 900 to 456, 1000, 900 bushels, gain OF
70 per cent. while the product OF Indian
corn has sprung from 7G0,OOO,OOO to H.
772, 000,O0 bushels, IN increase of l33
per cent. The enormous productive
capacity of the great West and North
west is shown by the fact that seven
tenths of the wheat crop OF the United
States is grown in the states of Illinois,
Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Cali
fornia and Wisconsin while the three
states, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri to-
gether produced in lS70-the year cover.
ed by the census retuns-upwards OF
800. 100000 bushels of corn, or more,
than tho yield of tho entire country in
1869. Verify tho United States will DO
able to feed its own rapidly multiplying
people, and also to supply Europe with
bread and meat whenever needed.
The best way to cure milk fever in
cows is to prevent it, and in order to
prevent it we would recommend during
the flush of green food in summer to
keep tho COW in the barn for week or
ten days before calving, and fed with
dry hay, except that the change from
green food to dry should be gradual,
lest sudden change should bring on a
constipated condition of the bowels. No
grain of any kind should be given at this
time. This treatment will prevent q
great flow of milk before calving, and
milking should be avoided except in ex.
IRENE cases, for milking encourages the
flow of milk when the opposite condi.
ton is required. The great danger is
during the first three days after calving,
when the COW should be carefully nursed
with bran mashes given warm, avoiding
drafts and exposure to taking cold
After this time the COW may gradually
come to her full feed and a correspond
ing full flow of milk. With this treat
ment there is not much danger of that
dreaded disease that caused the death Of
the Belle of Scituate. The very best
cows are in the most danger from theil
natural tendency to great flow of milk
hence these cows require the most car
preparatory to this crisis.-Ploughman.