Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-10-12
Farm TOPICS,

principal objection " It's nse lies ~ tho
great diiiieuity which attends is curing
and preservation, Another objection is
found ia the fact that sometimes ihe
second crop eEeiies in horses an unusual
aud eEhausiing flow 81 saliva, When
either Of these objections ara present,
II better 10 dispense with its use en-
tiIely, 50 far as tlie horses arc eOneemedi
but otherwise II is good and safe food,
Every farmer who belongs 10 real
live farmers club can always count on
his bread being BATTERED, We do not
mean by this that II isa sure road 10
wealth, Int II il q safe One, A farmer
IN spending one evening IN week dur
ing winter with his brotherh farmers IN
the discussion Of matters apertaining ~
his welfare On tho farm, exchanging
opinions AMI learning all tho different
why's and Wheref0res VI his neighhOrs
on tbs farm learning how this ono and
that one pl0s, s0ws, haryests, and u
thousand other useful and instructive
facts about tho iarn and farming, gath
ers information that u worth mole 10
lin than silver AMI gold,
II Is only in recent years that any
thing like lee culture has been attempt
cd IN this eountry hut the business las
become an important industry, more
than $4,000, OOO pound 81 honey being
annually produced aud sold, The trade
IL principally carried on by large capi'
talists, who often have from $500 10 o.
900 swafms Of bees, IN California the
bees are Harmed Out"-that IL. apiarles
Of 100 swarms or 30 are placed IN tho
the grounds oi farmers, generally rom
three 10 four miles apart, The farmers
receive fixed rent Or u share Of tho
honey for their compensation, ~ may
10 agreed upon, On IA average, Que
acre Of ground " estimated 10 support
twenty-five RWarmR Oi bees, nnd the
yield Of swarm N generally about ilily
pounds u year
The practice Ct feeding soaked shell
com during tho summer and early au
tumn months, h one generally followed
by tho large swine misera Of Illinois,
II soaked on tho cob, the grains swell
up aud tighten 10 the cob, 40 that the
pigs experience the same trouble In get
ting them on that they ilnd with the
new corn when II N first aud firmly rip
cncd but II first shcllcd and then
thoroughly soaked, II ~ easily masticat,
ed but II IL not no palatablc, aud N
not eaten with such relish IN now corn
while In the milk or doughy state, When
feeding soaked corn wo have usually fol-
lowed tho practice OF alternating II with
dry shcllcd corn, ono or two days In the
week, aud We have thought that our
pigs always did better under the pmc,
ticc than We confined exclusively to the
soaked corn diot,-Ec,
There IL not farmer IN the country
who raises his own COWS hut who knows
that tho future value Of Il COW depends
upon tho first years growth ~ q calf II
the calf Ia half starved, stuntcd aud III.
used, there Is not one chance IN ten that
when il reaches the proper ago twill |
mako agood milk COW. Tho calf must
have tho best of food and enough Of IL
tho object 10 to make the maturcd ami.
nal iirst.ratc milk COW; aud indeed
IL is necessary, too, those with ycarlings
and two,ycar olds attention should DO
given in such n manner that insures the
animal plenty of food Hay il plenty
and cheap in this state, The pastures
should be good not perhaps rs prolific
~ they were when tho cattle had the
range Of the prairics-as they did few
years ago--but the tame grasses of every
variety promise TO do 80 well and they
afford tho very best Of food for the stock
in tho summer, and IL is very desirable
that calves should run from this time OF
tho year until late autumn in good
patch OF grcon grass.-kmSdS Farmer.
Tho pear orchard may be trimmed
during the latter part of autumn or the
first part of winter. The grass should
be destroyed by blowing and by thor
ough cultivation, or by n heavy mulch.
ing. Where il is practicable IN orchard
may he very much improved by cover
ing the whole ground with a heavy coat
of manure, say fifteen cords to the acre,
and covering it with fine evergreen
brush, deep enough to prevent the grass
from growing for several years; this is
better than blowing the land, as it does
not cut of and destroy all of the roots
near the surface, but rather invites them
to grow, and the decayed grass roots
and brush, together with the manure ap.
piled, will force good growth of not
only roots but also tops. The mulching
keeps the land cool and moist, which is
Just what the pear wants in our climate.
In trimming the trees they should he
headed in, and all partially dccayed
limbs removed. Where large limbs are
cut of, the wound should be at once
covered with white lead, thin enough
to put on with paint brush.
The sample of ensilage corn which nc
companies this note was grown on my
farm in Belmont. You will notice that
it is not fully tassclcd out, consequently
not fully grown. l think it will con-
tinue to grow until the 18th or Goth of
this month, at which time | shall COM
mence putting it into my silo that
have been constructing shis season. The
capacity of silo will be about $50 tons,
anu i nave SlN acres Ol tlllS cOrH grow
ing. 1t will stand from 10 to II feet
high, with very wide, long and thick set
leaves, from five to six inches wide. and
stalks from one and one-quarter to one
and three-quarters inches through. The
seed was called the Blount ensilage
corn. expect the six acres will yield
sufficient quantity to fill my silo. 1t
was grown on newly broken pasture
land, on very high hill, situated in
Belmont, nearly as high as Arlington
nights. The manure used came from n
stock yard at Watertown, and was COM
posed of the droppings of horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep, etc, being the scrapings of
the yards. carted it on the ground in
winter and spread about five cords to an
acre, plowed it with chilled
jointer pillow as soon as the frost was
out of the ground. The ground was
then narrowed, and the corn planted
about the LIST of June, in drills four feet
apart, using about 500 pounds of fertil-
izer to an acre.--COrr. Plommm.
A FAMOUS BLANKET.
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