The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-24
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


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Remember that apples keep better In
damp, moist cellars than In dry ones.
In the latter they become dry and
shrlveled. In the former plump and
Juicy.
When young poultry has been allowed
to contract the habit OF roosting In the
trees no time should be lost In break
ing them OF II. Confinement 10 the
poultry-houso and yard for day or two
will generally effect cure.
II IL the opinion Of many that . fowl
fattened quickly will make . far mere
JUICY and toothsome meal than chick.
One thing Ii certain, Q thres-yeay-old
fowl will mako much better broth for
an invalid than six-months chicken.
The weight Of hons eggs ranges from
hfteen 70 twenty foul. ounces per dozen.
A weight Of twenty-five and one-hslf
ounces may be taken ~ . fair average
for good.sized eggs, although . weight
Of nearly four ounces IL mot unknown
for single specimens Of eggs.
Merino sheep will Yield from ten 10
twenty pounds Of wool per head, and
the Cotswold oven more, while scrub
sheep give only from three TO dx
pounds. Tho fne sheep eat no more
than tho scrub and produce much more
hesh, 10 say nothing Of the superior
quality Of both wool and flesh. There
fore keep only good sheep.
Stable manure IL preferable 10 any
other fertilizer. No farmer can afford
10 waste his manure. All Of II should
be saved and utilized. In many Gases
farming would be more profitable II
less land was cultivated, with hiahss
fertilization. One acre highly MANFRED
should pay better than three but hall
MANFRED and half cultivated.
According to Professor Miles tosds
live almost entirely upon slugs, cater
pillars, beetles and other insects,
making their rounds ct night whom the
farmer ID asleep-snd the birds, too
and tho insects are supposed to be
having their own way. French farmers
understand these facts 10 we'll that they
purchase toads at 30 much dozen and
turn them loose.
II plants are properly watered and
enriched 80 as to be healthy and
strong they will not be infested 20 any
great extent With vermin. The beat
way to get rid Of them il to brush them
OF into dish Of water with Q soft. dry
brush. A small paint brush Il the best
Tor this purpose. The above remedy Il
the best and the least trouble, and, Il
taken In season. Is effeotual.
Stables, says o writer, should be
warm enough so that horse may be
comfortable without blankets, then the
blankets will do good service a. cover.
tngs when the animal il left standing
out In the street. The practice Of
covering horse with . blanket In thu
stable, to be removed as soon % he IL
taken out, Ia like Q man wearing his
overcoat indoors and taking il OF whom
he goes out into the open air.
". b. Benton, Of Loudon county,
Va, says: "About twenty-five years ago
I commenced to pick out . small guam.
tity OF the best ears Of corn when husk.
ing. The corn thus selected was planted
By itself. and had better yield than
the rest Of the field. Every year dnce
! have been saving more each year,
picking out when the corn was husked
and spreading out In loft until spsins.
When I first commenced saving seed Ii
took 600 ears to make . barrel, while
In the Last few years II has taken but
266 ears TO make barrel. The corn il
white, hinty. and weighs over fxty .six
pounds TO the bushel."
We should have the potato rows q
near together In field culture O. would
afford Just room for using the oultivatov
between them. and NO more. Five row
TO the rod only seems Q suitable width.
but this distance makes IL very easy 70
calculate the amount of crop by digging
parts Of the field and measuring the
ground. We refer now to such varieties
q do not make very heavy growth Of
vines. The Early Rose ID still con.
sidered BY the majority Of farmers q
the standard potato, and the distance
named Is not too short for this variety.
We would plant from twelve TO sixteen
inches apart In the rows. cutting about
two eyes 70 each piece planted. -Nss
England Farmer.