The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-16
Farm Notes.


asparagus beds when used with rich
barnyard compost.
Orchard grass is very early in growth,
and furnishes good hay. II starts ont
fresh Immediately after each moving.
A spoonful Of paris green in pail of
water is recommended for killing eau
ker worms. IL should not be sprinkled
such as lettuce, etc.
Red raspberries should be 90. two
feet apart in rows, and when kept well
worked the first year they will fiji up
aud form continuous hedge of plants
good for ten years or more.
1t is lamentable that so few farms
lave supply of small fruits. Many
farmers never have berry of their own
reising, while that most hardy fruit,
plenty.
Cabbages respond quickly TO Fl equent
hocing. II Ia one of the crops upon
which too much labor can not be DO.
slowed. Ttey should he cultivated
"fien, even when there are no weeds
among them.
Common grating wax is made by
taking one part tallOw, three OF bees
wax and fOnr of rosin. and melting
Them together over q slow fire. Melt
the rosin first, and put in the other in
gradients after. stirring well to-
gether.
A north room In house, properly
ventilated, is better place to keep milk
In summer than half the so.called milk
cellars In the country. To obtain the
most cream and boot res~i.s s~;Ih shov,ts
stand sc hours before skimming.
Charred corn is excellent 10 feed to
hens in order to increase their egg-lay-
ing capacity. 1t Is not desirable to feed
1t as their general food, but portion
of it every day will be found bene fetal
Char the corn on the cob pretty thor
Oughly, taking cre not TO reduce any
part of IL to ashes.
In arranging perches for fowls allow
six inches for each bird. The percl
should not be placed high when there
is no space for the birds 10 fly down will
gradual swoop, as Is natural to then
when roosting In open plnces. Tire,
feet from the ground in confined places
10 high enough from the back wall t.
keep the tail plumage clear.
Breeders have noticed that remark
able development of the tendency t,
lay on fat Is usually accompanied By
delicacy of constitution, a diminished
secretion of milk and 10 ss offecundity
Very fat animals are not likely to b,
good breeders; in fact, the excessiv,
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powers.
Keeping bees in the old-fashione,
box hive is entirely ont of date. TIL,
trouble with II is that the internal econ
Omy of the colony cannot be regulated
but the bees mnst be left to do prett,
much as they please. 1t is fact ofteI
preached but seldom practiced that bee
need management and care the same a
horses, cattle or poultry, or any othe
kind OF farm stock.
Experiments prove, SAYS the German
town Telegraph, that ia order TO insnr
The beet growth OF grass seed IL shoul,
he very slightly covered with earth
When covered To the depth of an incl,
only about one half the seed will ger
inmate. and If covered with two incbe
ihere Will be no growth. The kind
thus experimental with were red an,
white clover, timothy and orchar,
grass.
Eggs are an article of CHEAP an,
nutritious food which we do not fin,
on the farmers's table in the ouanrii,
which economy demands. It ia pro
badly because they do not understant
now valuable eggs are for food. On,
pound OF eggs is worth as much fo
food as nearly two pound of beef
They are easily digested, If not damag
ed In cooking, and NAV be eaten wifi
IMMUNITY by children or invalids.
Charcoal Is not a fertilizer. Ii /,
almost indesirncible, and wholly insol
able ~ water. II Is of great value as 8
disinfectant and deodorizer, absorbing
many times its own bulk of ammonia.
cal gas, and acts as storehouse OF
ammonia and moisture, giving them
out ~ needed by plants. Its mechani.
cal action IL to tighten the soil, and Il
tends to purify 1t and keep 1t swee t,
flaits take their carbon from the air by
their leaves, aud not from the earth.
The practice of thinning potato vines
TO two stalks In the hill, when they ex.
coed that number, has been annual with
correspondent of the American Guilt
vator, and his father before him, for go
years This IL done at hoeing time, the
superfuous (weakest) stake being
treated az weeds. The effect is, as NAV
oe supposed, an increase of large.
handsome tubers. The object of chi.
ting seed TO single eyes Is In part 10
prevent overcrowding and competition
ofsssiks.
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