The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-03-31
TIE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Blood and refuse meat rubbed upon
the trunks Of trees will keep away mice,
and rabbits.
II any new varieties Of seeds are tried
use only small quantity at first, until
you are sure that the soil and locality
are favorable.
Do not allow the cattle to tramp overI
the mowings when the ground is soft
enough to retain the Imprint Of their
hoofs wherever they 60.
Carbolic acid is very useful as pref
ventive OF insect ravages. Radishes may
be protected from maggots and or
chards from borers by its use.
Sugar beets are the only saccharine
plants that permit of preservation with
out appreciable loss Of sugar. Hence
their Importance for sugar manu-
facture.
Upon nearly every Canadian farm
certain lot OF land is devoted to roots
(sugar), beets, carrots, mangel-wurzel,
etc. These are as essential to cattle as
the potato is to man.
The dead bark from the trunks and
larger limbs Of trees is best removed
during thaw. A wash Of whale oil or
soft soap applied with brush gives
emooth, healthy appearance.
Never set hen in box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house il
possible to do otherwise, as the eggs
dry too fast and lose their vitality.
Much better success may be expected II
the nests are made on the ground.
Strawberries are much more prolific
when four or five different varieties are
planted together, although each variety
may be perfect enc, than il but one
perfect variety were planted alone.
The opinion has generally prevailed
that little bran mixed with meal would
produce more pork than clear meal,
but in some experiments lately tried it
was found that clear meal made more
pork than mixture Of bran and meal.
Keep all stables, pens and sheds in
perfect cleanliness. They should be
we'll ventilated and not too warm, which
is unhealthful. Filth is too often
cause of disease. We seldom hear OF
trouble from sickness where tho stock
are we'll fed and have clean skins, pure
air and dry beds.
The Flemish farmer scrupulously
collects every atom OF sewage from the
towns; he guards his manure like a
treasure, puts roof over it to prevent
rain and sunshine from spelling it he
also gathers mud from rivers and canals,
and excretions OF animals along the
highways for conversion into phos.
pilates.
The value OF all manufactured fertil-
izers depends upon their solubility,
and these manures should all be appro-
pristed by the growing crops. To ex-
pect any such fertilizing matter to re-
main in the ground for another year is
TO presume that the fertilizers are not
properly manufactured. Bone dust,
however, will remain III the soil several
years.
When corn on the ear is fed to horses
they masticate it much more slowly than
il the corn was shelled. AS a conse-
qucnce that on the car is better digested.
horse requires more time to eat corn
on the Car than If fed either meal or
shelled corn. II the horse cannot have
time to masticate full feed of un-
shelled corn, then it is best to feed
something else
II possible have your fruit garden
separate from your vegetable garden. 1t
is poor plan to put blackberries, rasp-
berries, etc., along fence rows. where
the fruit is sure to be poor ipsquantity
and quality. There are too may large
farms lacking in fruit So littB soil is
required in the culture OF vines and
small fruits-and they conduce so large
ly to health, and consequently to hap.
piness-that no farmer should fail to
cultivate them.