News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-08
FARM NOTES AND HINTS.

IL REGARD to securing good, sound
seed corn for next years use, the main
point will be to select and lay away the
best ears IN n warm place while in the
process of drying. They Will not be
subject to freezing until after the usual
water of vege tatiOn is gone. Seed Sc
lected in the early milk stage and
thoroughly dried will be found to ger
inmate more certainly and quickly than
that from ears which ripened in the field
but We're subject to severe freezing.
The corn crop of 1879 was remarkably
good one and furnished sound seed for
the next crop. The following wear the
corn appeared quite as sound. but the
seed was SO had that the stand of 1881
was poor. The crop was short and very
much shrunken from dUouth in 1881.
but the seed obtained from it terminated
remarkably we'll There was little or
no sound seed corn in the crop of 1882.
PAINTING OUTBUILDNGs-Afa farmer says
Farmers who are thinking of painting
outbuildings viii find that the applica-
ton of q coat of crude petroleum lessons
the amount of paint required and VII
cause the wood to last longer. A wash
which L have found very satisfactory for
outside work is made by Stacking clean,
fresh lime, mixing it with water and
adding to each peck of lime half a pound
of sulphate of zinc. This wash may he
colored to many desirable shades. For
cream color, 1 add yellow ocbre: and for
gray, lampblack dissolved in vinegar. p"
MR. W. W. HIGBEE, reporting to the
Practical Farmer experiments in refer
cnce TO cropping orchards, SAYS wheat
always proved detrimental. even when
the land was MANFRED. In one instance
half the space sOwn to wheat put the
applet back Two years as compared
with the other half; aud the same grain
raised once among thrifty young plums
ruined them" Oats, though less eN-
hausting, are also objectionable for this
use: corn and potatoes answer good
purpose, The PhiINdcIDhia RCcord
cites evidence to the same effect. Fifty
peach-trces with wheat grew only three
inches; an equal number adjoining, with
potatoes, made a growth the same year
Of from one and one-halt to two feet.
EGes.-Tas. Levett. Of Queens county,
\. Y, says u have succeeded in
keeping eggs fresh aud sweet for months,
when l placed them daily, as they were
taken from the nests, small eud down.
in dry fine sand. They must be kept in
a cool, dry place. aud the sand must of
course, be thoroughly dry. A uniform
temperature of about So degrees IS best
Tor them.
PORTABLE FARM FENCE.-I will de-
scribe portable farm fence that l have
used which gave good satisfaction. [
use three boards, II feet long and 6
inches wide and 3 cleats feet long
and 6 inches wide, : cIeats
being nailed on one side of the
panel andI on the other side about
foot from either end of the panel. The
boards are spaced inches apart from
the top downward. These panels l set
in straight line, tapping about foot
ut the ends. | cross stakes over the
lap, with Il rail in the stakes to hold the
whole affair together. This fence Is
easily and rapidly made, and if good
stakes are used and well driven it Will
10 good service for years, or can be
easily removed if necessary.
WoRKlSG BU1 Teri get butter of q
uniform color and good grain by work
ug it slowly and until the salt is thor-
Dughly and evenly absorbed. | dis
covered long ago that when [ work it
lard and fast l have butter that is salvy
md hard Ike, and let it remain after
he first SLOW working in the tray for
several hours. Then l work it enough
% remove all the buttermilll and mould
uto rolls and set these away until they
become hard and firm. If it is for
market, [ then cover with cloths cut in
pieces Of exact size and wet with brine.
Mrs. c. b., orange County. Ny.