Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-08

ly examined and analvzed the French 10
sweet ensilage) and the sour fodder 0
Austria decide in favor Of the former. a
being more nutritious. healthier and pro
ducing better milk and butter In vari
ous places in Massachusetts it is being
satisfactorily used, and 1t is probable tha
in time it will be introduced uniyersallv
Notes.
More than one-half of all the barle,
produced i'll the United States is raised in
New York, California, and Wisconsin.
The average yield is 23,j bushels per
ncre, and the total product will reach Is,
OOO,O 900 bushels.
As timothy grass seed, if sown at the
same time as winter wheat, is apt to
crowd the grain too much, the better way
Is to wait three or four weeks, until tie
wheat is well mp, before sowing the timo-
thy. Sow Just before Il rain, and 40 hnr-
rowing or bushing will beneeded.
When an orchard requires fertilizing it
IL best to do this all over the ground and
not TO apply manure only near the recs.
This produces large growth of roots
close to the trees for roots grow where
the soil is richest. Orchards need lime
aud ashes more Shan manure. and these
soon produce healthy. smooth bark.
Agriculture uhoys the laws of nature ::
science eudcayorh 10 ascertain and explain
them. Science may attend upon aglicul-
ture as Il guide aud stimulus to the best
excrtion ; but it IS the patient and pru-
dent and experienced farmer who knows
what land he needs, what crops he can
raise, what fertilizer he requires. and
what Labor he can best apply. It is the
union of practice and science which
makes farming perfect. -Lorjay
When short-hom breeders shall take
tine same pride in the performances Of
their fayorites at the milking pail MS the
breeders of the Jerseys and Holstoins
now do, and work us hard to reach such
results, but little doubt exists that their
labols will be crowned with the produc-
tlon of the large, well developed dairy
COW, whose offspring will be equally III
nous fur lifting the beam at Il heavy
weight when motur,d for the market. --
f. H. tuikias.
In Switzerland ipr its seeming capacity
probably the most wonderful dairying
country Ill the world, the cattle Of the VI
rlous cantons are quite distinct The
owners generally arrange for an animal
inspe elton when the best cattle for breed
ing are selected. The race L. large, re-
markably persistent III rcpeatiug the same
characteristics, made hardy hy mountain
climbing, excellent fuI milk and for beef.
It is believed if more known in this coun-
try they would take high place. rs they
are Of the most thrifty habits, eating
what is set before them and picking up Il
living III pooi pastures.
Intwo and hnli tons ot clover hav. or
In an acre of clover sod of corresponding
quantity, thcr" will he. both tor grain
and straw, cnoiigh phosphorir acid for Il
crop Of u bushels, Of combined nitrogen
for Il bushels, of potash for lO2 bushels,
of magncsia for 100 bushels, and of lime
30 bushels In other words, the clover
hay or so contains enough phosphoric
acid for more than double an average
crop, enough nitrogen for more than four
average crops, and potash for more than
SIX average crops of wheat. With such
igures before you, do YOU wonder that
farmers are surprised ut the large crops
they can raise on clover sod? luu see
also why lands in rotations with clover
can endure the heavy tax of two crops of
wheat IN succession without Il complete
exhaustion. But when body of clover
Is plowed i'll with sod, we reach result,
that round ont that figure OF Oriental
magnlficcnce : "The pastures are clothed
with iiocks, the valleys also are covered
over with corn they shout for Joy, they
also sing, '-Prot B,W.