Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-12-27

An Ohio dalryman, who claims Il
have weighed the skinned milk To-
10 swine and the gain IN flesh there
Of, says 100 pounds Of skimmed mill
will produce three pounds OF pork,
One Of the principal causes Of tn
superior quality Of Dutch butter, o
which a large quantity is sold In IN
London markets, is the extreme dc
gree u eleanlihess observed during II
management,
The best forage crops 10 produce Of
tho side OF the roads ara white Glove
and blue grass, They ara ornamental
a. Well ~ useful, and the peeulart
Of tho location Is very favorable Il
their growth, The ground Is wei
drained by tho ditch on one side, AM
Is kept ferlllzed by the dust that rise
from the Travelled road, Neither o
these two plants grows to such heigh
that II interferes with foot travel wheI
Il Is desired TO walk along tho side o
the road,
The length Of time that a COW goei
dry has quileas much TO do with he
value a. q milkeT a. her butter pFoduC
per week, Going dry for long periOC
Is q matter Of habit, and II q yOuhI
heifeF Is not MIXED until pretty nearly
her time for calying, her value a. |
COW will be greatly lcsscned thefeaf
ter, After drying up once for tire,
or -four months before calying II Il
very difficult TO got q COW 10 give {
paying amount Of milk later than thli
date ut q subsequent time,
AZ soon ~ COWS are put on dry feed
the milk falls of, hut II they are wei
fed what Is lost in quantity IL gained
In quality, A COW that II milking
should have At least two quarts OF
mixed corn meal and bran daily. with
~ much challcd hay ~ she will eat,
A COW will usually cat two bushels OF
the chat in u day, Some roots In
addition would DO useful. Dry COWS
should have ono quart daily II will
not hurt COW TO take on q little fat
At this season, nor make her milk any
less when she comes In,
Dr. Sturtcvant madeNn examination
Of the depth 10 which the roots Of the
potato run, A plant was selected
which grow on q high ridge, the seed
having been planted six inches deep,
A trench was dug at the side TO cX-
pose the soil, and the roots were washed
with u stream Of water turned against
II, laying the iibers bare. One root
was found reaching thlrty-four inches
below the top Of the ridge, or twenty
eight below the tubcrs, The deeper
roots appeared most nbrous. Very
few roots were found above the tubers,
For several years after u writer In
the Pyacticai Farmer began raising
wheat he could not get the yield higher
than twenty-thrco bushels per acre,
although the land was rich enough TO
raise large crops of grass, corn and po-
tatoes. The wheat was top.drcsScd
with rotten manure, but still the yield
was no greater. Then the two-horSc
sulky cultlyators came around. lie
bought one and used IL freely in con-
ncction with the harrow and roller,
and the next year without any manure
his wheat yield jumped up ten bushels
per acre.
The brown Leghorns ! find to be the
best layers; and of all varieties there
are none ut the present day receiving
more attention than the brown Leg
horns. ] find them to be far superior
to the white Lcghorns. In color they
have a decided advantage over their
white brothers, who always look as if
they were afraid Of soiling their white
coats, and look pale and sickly. The
brown Leghorns have n dark, rich col
ored plumage, which makes them very
attractive and perfect beauties. |
would never exchange mine for the
white.-Journm Of agriculture.
With insects and diseases on va
rious trees fruit raisers have good
reason for Encouragement. One of
the hardest to cope with of these dis
eases is the black knot on cherry and
plum trees, fungus growth, some
what similar tosmut on corn and other
grains. There is no better remedy or
preventive known at present than cut
ting off all the twigs five or six inches
below the warts or knots and burning
them. AS the disease may he carried
from tree to tree for a considerable dis
lance through the air by means of
spores, which the knots throw off as
they ripen, it will be necessary to de-
stroy the knots, not only on the trees
we would save, but also upon all others
in the vicinity. A worthless wild tree
standing by the roadside may become
the nursery of the disease, from which
it will spread to all the valuable tr es
on the farm.