Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-19
NOTES.

The United States produce 80 per cent Of
the grain and 30 per cent Of the meat Of the
world
Besides aiding digestion, salt is inimical to
worms, and whore horses, young and old, can
always have access to salt, they will not DO
troubled much with worms.
A foot-noto in the New York Tribune rec
ommends painting with coal tar the wood
work of the stalls of gnawing horses. Thor
ough saturation with kerosene is also said to
be permanent cure
The annual cheese product of the United
States, for an average good season, is now es-
timated at 400 OOO 600 pounds, and the but
ter product at 200, 600, 600 pounds.
Most eastern farms are too large for the
capital employed by their occupants. The
amount Of produce might be doubled If such
farms were reduced in size one-half, and the
same amount of labor, fertilizers and brains
used as on tho whole.
The COW population of the United States is
12,G11, AS, or about one COW to every four
people This only includes milch cows, and
their value is estimated at $40, 800, 99G, an
average Of S27 per head, based upon their
prices in different states.
The Minneapolis Tribune says that goats
are tho best lnnd-ceaners known, and men,
tious that herd of 1000 entirely cleared
5OO-acre piece Of brush land in three years.
/ So complete was the work that not a yestige
of underground was left.
| It ia not well to keep sheep too closely hous-
ed, even In winter, for they will stand very
/ low temperature if kept dry but If left out
/ for any length of time while II is raining or
showing, the fleece will retain the moisture,
and the animal will suffer from cold even in
moderate winter weather.
I L 4. .N.i. II,
nitrogen as 81 tons of fresh stable manure,
and as much phosphoric acid as 10 tons of
fresh stable manure. But one ton of manure
contains more potash than five tons of bone
dust So bono-dust and ashes make a com
plete fertilizer.
Alabama tax returns show that the state
has S3O5, 600 worth of farming implements
and mechanical tools and S35i,0O0 invested
in guns, pistols and dirks.
The Califoruiaus are beginning the expert
mont OF ostrich farming on rather an extensive
scale. A carload of the birds was sent to
Southern California one day last week by way
of the Texas aud Pacific railway. The Texans
are now ngitating the subject of investing in
ostriches rs a remunerative industry.
Certain kinds of wood of great durability
when used alone have, when Joined together
a very destructive influence upon each other
joined to cypress, decay is induced in boil
woods, which ceases, however, as soon at
they arc separated.
The surest way to ascertain the age of sheer
is by their front teeth. They are eight il
number and appear the first year all of on,
size. The next year the two middle teetl
fall out, and in their stead grow two large
ones. The third year a smaller tooth appear
, on each side of the two large ones. Durini
the next Cor fourth) year, there are six larg
teeth. In the fifth year all of the front teet
are large. After that the only way to deter
, mine the age of sheep, is by the worn appear
auce OF the teeth.
A. L. Monson, Bristol's bee aud honey man
is manufacturing section hive, aud has MOI
in haud an order from Scotland for 80, 90
| sections. The production of "puro bred
10 swarms of bees is becoming quit an industr
among the Champlaiu Valley farmers. BE
g yards containing from 80 to 800 hives are nj
2 merous and the terms, "full blood
thorough and 'pure-bred" are use
e so frequently by these apiarists as to excl
q the Jealousy of their brother farmers engage
+ in breeding the famous thorough bred
Cte.. Spanish Al-riuO sheep