The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-23
wakes him up to tell him "there are a
lot CT white cows" in his meadow.
Il. b. TERRY, Summit Co., o.
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
Winter wheat is good crop for feed
ing green, and comes in just after the
season for rye has passed.
Oregons wool clip last year was
5000, 900 pounds, and this years yield is
expected to be 100000 pounds
greater.
English farmers recommend plaintain
as sheep feed on such poor upands as
are scarcely capable of producing better
heritage.
The London Live Sock journal tells
thirteen lambs in four seasons three
threes and four.
The present high price of beef re-
minds the Chicago Inter-Ocean of the
inc when the children of Israel made
a calf of pnre gold.
The area OF land under sugar beets
this season in France is largely in ex-
cess of previous years, with the most
brilliant prospects of large crop.
Instead of o, erloading the market,
the unusually large sales of Jersey cat
| tie only seem TO increase the demand
for this favorite breed of dairy cattle.
In New England, apples are stored
on shelves in fruit rooms above ground.
The Garden says that experiments have
been made there with the American
plan of keeping them in barrels, and
the American plan is found to be the
best.
DIR. Glenn, the great California wheat
farmer, has 10000 acres i'm wheat, and
expects TO raise million bushels of
wheat this year. He has promised his
foreman bonus of 10000 if that guam
tity is harvested on his ranch this sea-
son. And it is believed that there is q
good prospect that the foreman will get
the "stake."
Many of the Ohio fruit growers be-
lieve that the continual propagation OF
Strawberries from runners of any one
variety will induce it to run cut in
time. Thomas Meehan believes that
when once bed of Strawberries has
the spotted leaf or other disease, con,
linually propagation from these will
soon cause variety to dwindle
away. No strawberry should be
propagatcd from plants which have
spotted leaves.
| ing gt86gthS rep99grtts from the ranch
the western cattle growers is quit,
flattering. The general condition O
cattle on the ranches is twenty per cen
J better than i'm average years. TIN
southwest shipments this year by tel
, per cent, while Texas will send twent,
J per cent more. Prospective high price
: for choice cattle should induce create
attention to cattle raising in New Eng
} land and New York.
At this date last year potato bug
were very numerous and destructive
Potatoes that were large enough, gal
, den plats, leaves of grass and weed
were infested with them, and their egg
/ were seen upon almost anything tina
came in their way. Thus far we hav
seen but few, have heard of no damage
and on inquiry learn that they are nc
. as plenty as last year. 1t may be ths
i they are only little late after all, BIZ
let us hope that there is really a shol
: crop of this pest.
Prices for farm produce are liable |
;, go up and farmers should endeavor [
y raise as much as possible. The hig
. price of beef is causing an extra lare
!, demand for fish. fowl and eggs that
Poultry buyers aafcr ldd&flgg65e eykft
!, for fowl and eggs for city consumption
: the price of eggs is expected to advance
Chickens will be in demand as soon .
= they are large enough for broiler
Il VealS are getting scarce Lamb mn
:, ton and pigs will be wanted, and it ma
! be counted practically certain that VIII,
:, ever has anything in the above line
: products to sell will get remunerati,
:, prices.