Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-19
NOTES.

Close planting of potatoes is coming into
fashion, not only with those growing small
potatoes but with those growing for market.
II single eyes are planted the tubers will be
all of good size, and the hills in trenches need
not be more than foot to fifteen inches apart
The grains of corn that grow on the ends
OF stalks with the tassel will produce new va
rietes if planted by themselves. It is in this
way that many curious and sometimes valua-
Bile novelties are secured. Varieties produced
from seed grown this year ought to be adapt
ed to unfRvorable seasons if the conditions of
the seed affect the future plant, as is general.
ly believed.
Massachusetts company, with a capital of
1000, 900, of which the Secretary OF State
Henry B. Pierce is president and ex Con
gresham Harris and Col. Taylor of the Boston
Globe, members, has Just completed the larg-
est purchase of land ever made in southern
California. The company will engage in raj
sin-growing on a wholesale scale.
From recent experience the pear seems
likely to take the place of the apple as the
fruit most easily grown. 1t has been the past
three years more certain bearer than the ap-
pie, is less affected by insects and has no dis
ease excepting blight, which may be kept in
check by prompt cutting away of affected
parts
All manures deposited by nature are left on
or near the surface. The whole nature of ma
nure is to go down into the soil rather than to
rise from it. There is probably very little if
any loss of nitrogen from evaporation of ma
nure, unless it is put In piles so as to ferment
Rains and dews return to the soil as much
ammonia in year as is carried of in the at
mosphere.
Experiments have shown that the best paint
for the iron portion of wagons, agricultural
.
wrought or cast, is red lead. 1t perfectly pre-
vents rust, even where the iron is exposed to
dampness. 1t is elastic, and does not scale
| of by the alternate expansion and contraction
/ of the iron, If the color is Objectionable, it
may be concealed by coat of some other
/ kind of paint. The best red lead, which, up
on being rubbed, shows no small crystals, is
to be ground in old, raw linssed oil. No
drier is needed, as the lead itself is an active
! drier. The paint covers we'll and should be
used soon after it is prepared. Am Agricul-
turist.
A Putney item in the Mirror and Farmer
says; Fred L. Houghton, proprietor of the
"Houghton farm, the well-known grower of
pure Holstein stock, has enlarged his silo this
season, by carrying it up from the floor, by
timbers and plsnks, eight feet, 80 that its
present capacity is 1876 tons. He has got it
filled with ensilRge, and, besides has an acre
or more that he Is unable to press in.
"
Paines Furniture Manufacturing Establishment in
Boston should be visited by all who are about TO pur
chase furniture.
In conversation wise man may be at a loss where
to begin, but fool never knows where to stop.
81 trOuidHt be WithOu Dr.. BeHsOH's Celery and
Chanlomiie Pills II they cost 81 pill. They cured ne
Of neuralgia Of nine gears standing Joseph sny-
der, PaIions, Pa. 5Oc. box at druggists
"For four years, write Knapp Weeks Of Waltham,
Mass, 1--WE failed 70 help one OF horses that had
stocked legs Elhss Spawn Cure cured him, howey-
err
II you have built castles in the air your work need
not be lost. That is where they should be- but put
foundations under then,
John Young OF Troy, Vt, says; 81 used Browns
| debility, and Am restored to health