Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-18
unpruned. To grow grapes, prune
the vines and let the roots run.

the vines and let the roots run.
An experienced poulterer says that
the best way to break hens of egg
eating is to break their necks, which is
probably correct
1t should be borne in mind that the
fatter a breeding sow is kept, the more
liable she is to destroy her pigs by
lying on them or eating them up.
Unground grain should be fed to
fowls at night, because it is slowly
digested and fills up the long interval
between sunset and morning better
than soft food.
Collaborating should begin at the
birth of the colt, because he then in
stinctively shows his fear or timidity
of man, which should then be COM
pletely dissipated.
1t is well to give horses double
amount of feed on the evening pre-
ceding long journey, and only half
rations of grain or little hay on the
morning of starting.
A correspondent of the New En-
land Farmer says that where the land
is new and rich in mineral elements
there need be no fear of black knot in
plum and cherry trees.
Good hogs lose about twenty per
cent from live weight to dressed. BY
using good lard press, fat pork will
lose about seventeen per cent in rem
dering. The loss would not be so
great with leaf lard.
The practice of running hay through
a hay-cutter and reducing il to as short
pieces us possible,and then mixing with
corn and sending to an ordinary grist-
mill to be ground into provcnder for
poultry, has been followed for several
years by certain breeders with good
results.
TO prevent the old fowls and half
grown chickens from eating the choice
bits away from the little ones, use
feeding boxes made of foot boards. six
feet long and four feet wide, with
Slated tops of lath. These are placed
on blocks of sufficient hight to allow
the small fry to run under and exclude
the taller ones.
The Germantown penn. TelcWuph
does not know how lime can be used
with better results than in the rcnova-
ton of old pastures. Lining
meadows or old pasture lands with say
thirty bushels to the acre has an effect
upon the condition of the crop of grass
that few farmers would believe with
out giving it trial,
ii. p, CloSson, in the Vermont
Farmer fayorS the liberal use of fer
tiIlzcrS in preference to manures, HAY
ing had excellent success where they
were used several years in succession.
He thinks the saving in expense in
application quite an item: also there is
an advantage in the fat that weeds do
not thrive as well Us in stable
manurcS.
A dry substance like wool or saw
dust for hens nests abstracts moisture
from the eggs and ruins them. The
hen, if left to herself. will make her
nest on the moist earth. At the |
bottom of the nesting boxes place a
damp sod of earth and mold it into
IA concavc form. This dampncss is
beneficial, as it supplies the moisture
the eggs lose during the process of
Matching,
An ounce Of nitrate of soda dis
solved in four gallons of water is a
quick and good Stimulant for bulbs, to
be applied twice a week after the pots |
are filled with roots and the flower
spikes are fairly visible. A large
handful of SoUt or about pint. tied |
up in a piece of old canvas and i'm
mcrscd in the same quantity Of water
for Il day or two, will give you q safe |
and excellent stimulant; also good and |
safe is Il quarter of a pound of fresh
cow-dung mixed in Il large garden pot |
Of water and used as required. ANY |
of these stimulants will do good, as
the whole of them applied alternately
will benefit bulbs that need more sus-
tcnance than the soil affords J