Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-22
FARM NOTES,

Stale bread mOistened with sweet
milk II recommended highly ~ good
feed for o young chicken the first lev
days, When q week old they may DO
ied on cracked grain scalaed, When
old enough to eat grain, feed them
plenty oi II,
When every farmer comes 10 that
point when hc knows that his land II u
medium through which crude ferlllil'
Ing elements pass In becoming food
vegetables, fruits, grains, flesh lao will
feel the Importance Of variety Of
products rotation Of crops-and the
value Of animals IN the economy Of the
farm, A. our country grows older
farmers will from necessity bG more
thorough students Of thelrp Iession
Gmbs In the head Of sheep are hc-
lioSod 10 be caused hy the gadhy, which
deposits its eggs IN the nOstril Of the
sheen daring the summer and autumn !
although they cause much pain they
arc not usually fatal, 10 pre- cnt them,
apply tar 10 the noses Of the sheep,
occasionally, during July aud August
or smear the feeding trougls with tar.
10 cure the sheep, when tho HWbs are
once hatchcd, blow tobacco smoke II
the nostrils, or syringe the nose with u
dccoction Of tobacco.
NJ Pauchon, French observer has
been making experiments on tho GER
mination OF beans, llo states that black
or violet seeds absorb more oSygca than
white or yellow ones, though more
ppid gormination IL observed IN the
latter, Carhonic acid is said to he in
hailed In greater quantity from white
than flom dark seeds, "Iho more fro
qucnt and pronounced augmentation oi
the seeds Of Northern land, Is, there
fore" says NJ, Pauchon, "a favorable
circumstance for the growth of these
organisms under the peculiar light-con-
ditions to which they are subject"
The disease called the black plague
has again broken out among the swine
on Long Island, \. Yp this limo Mt
Jericho. Within the past week over
| thirty fine hogs have died from the dis
ease in and around that place There
appears to be no hope for nm animal
when once taken down with the disease,
as nearly every case thus far has proved
fatal. The swine sicken and die sud
denly. Tho malady completely battles
the veterinary surgeons, who disagree IN
naming the disease, some declaring that
il is the black plague, while Others
claim that it is not The same plague
DESTROYED n large number Of swine on
Long Island about year ago
The tanners and hide.dealcrs Of the
United States, in convention at Phila
lelphia, appointed Il comnittee to con
fer with Western cattleraisers about
the proprety of abandoning the prac
tice of branding stock, which materially
iniures the hides. The committee vii
waste its time on any effort of the kind
When the cattle of the West are all KEEP
in Enclosures, but not until then, vii
anv proposition he considered, Many
Years ago, for like reason, the cattlemei
were petitioned to abolish the branding
iron, and it was suggested that smallo
brand upon their horns instead OF thei
hides would sufficiently identify the
animals, but the suggestion only exciteC
the derision of the nncheros.
In those cases where the grub OF th'
canker worm has not been prcvente,
from getting up the trees to lay thel
eggs, the canker worms themselves ma,
be eilectually destroyed by the applica
ton of teaspoonful of Paris green to t
bucket of water. Paris green is no
soluble in water, so the mixture mus
be stirred as it is applied. The applica
cation is made when there is littl'
or no wind by force pump, th'
water being drawn in a wagon OIL
both sides of the rows OF trees, 81
that all parts can be thoroughly
sprinkled. One application is sufficient
and it is perfectly harmless to the tree
and fruit. This is very cheap remed,
and easily applied. The canker worm
mature and leave the trees from tn
twentieth to the twenty-third of June
They should be killed, however, as sooi
as they fairly make their appearance
before the leaves have fully grown
and before the worms have had time t.
do serious damage.
This is the month when all things o
the earth are growing and waxin!
strong and vigorous. 1t contains tn
promise and potency Of fat harvests 10
the farmer. The farms, so lately brow
and bare, are now entirely renewed il
their verdurous clothing Work is pro
ceeding all over them at a round pace
that the crops may be got in, the weed
cleared away, the soil made mellow b.
hoeing, the grass cut in its juicy green
ness. and the cattle male contented i
the pastures and by the shaded springs
If home in the country ever looks at
tractive and dear, it is during this pres
ent month. A desolate home now
desolate for all the rest of the veal
June renews all places with its wealt
of beauty. Enjoyment can be had nov
and on the freest terms, or it cannot b
= had at all. Let us see to it that not
day in the month be los, that not
q, =, drop of its precious wine be spille'
!, The glory of the year is all about Il
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