Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-09-14

NOTES

It il stated that nne.tenths Of the apples
exported are Bildwins
Tea culture is growing in the South and
the plumber Of families who use the domestic
leaf is increasing.
Calfornia's orange crop ia the largest over
known in the state.
Canada has a cheese king in the person Of
Mr. d. NJ. Mcpherson of Lancaster, Ont,
who controls no less than Gl cheese factories,
capable Of turning out from %, 900 to $4,000
boxes per month
1t is not too late to plant strawberr II
they get good start now they will bear next
spring.
Never drink water about which there is
any doubt, until it has been boiled to kill the
dangerous germs it may contain, il a popular
rule at the present day.
The Canadian grain crop is not promising
this year. Corn is below the average and
| potato IS are not up to the mark. The hay
/ crop is exceptionally large.
| Cows should not be allowed to run in or.
chards to pick up fallen fruit. They will get
very uneven supply and many days 30
much as TO dry their milk. Besides, il the
trees are pruned az low as they should be,
COWS will injure the lower limbs
A gardener in Baltimore who has a number
]
bers, keeps hive of bees in each house for
the purpose of distributing the pollen.
Ex-Governor Stanford, of California, re-
Gently bought II, 900 acres adjoining his big
vineyard at Vina, in that state This gives
him one great ranch of over %, 900 acres,
about quarter of which is planted with
vines. The Governor intends to plant it
all with the best wine producing and raisn
grapes.
7. S. Gold of West Cornwall, Conn, says
that the worm which produces gapes in chick
ems is propagated in the ground He has
grounds so infected that it is impossible to
raise one out of dozen chicks when allowed
to range on it, while adjoining fields are en-
tirely free from the malady
The French Minister of Finance publishes
circular to people in the country warning
them ag inst destroying tOads, lady bugs aud
birds, which he pronounces friends Of the
farmer, aud therefore important to the pros
perity of the country Such a circular is
needed in this country, especially to preserve
! toAis, which are almost universally under the
ban OF every boy big enough to raise stone
loads in the garden are worth at least shill.
ing each. They benefit the farmer by de.
stroying potato bugs, and other injurious in
scots
The Chicago Inter- OCEAN claims that hay
can be shipped proftably from the West be-
cause the improved method in baing over
comes the disadvantages of being far from
market. In the West improved presses and
wire are used in balng hay, and a third more
weight is put into the same space than in the
Eastern states, where old fashioned presses
and wooden hoops are used.
Farmers do not often keep bulls more
than two or three years, because they be-
come dangerous as they grow old. But these
immature males cannot get the best stock.
The higher priced pedgreed animals have
better care, are kept so long az they are ser
vlceabe, and in this ono cause of their supe-
riority consists. There is a general imprcs
sion that bulls of Jersey breeds are apt to
become vicious early and it is suggested that
this is because they are petted too much
while young
The amount of the crop Of strawberries
next year will depend much on the treatment
of the beds this year. A strong growth late
in the summer, and during the first half of
the autumn, will give good crop next year
Scatter manure between the rows or about
the stools. and work it into the surface soil
with steel rake, or hoe If in the garden,
or with horse culture in the field. Keep the
runners cut, and fine growth will be the re.
ult-CouHtry Gentleman.
Mr.. Samuel Miller Button, Mo, tells the
Germantown Telegraph that if fresh fodder
] tOIl n hlhChtu Win blTAW-Wuthl OF Oht- In
alternate layers Of foot of the latter to
three inches Of the former there is no dan
ger of sporting, rs the juices of the corn are
absorbed by the straw and the latter is rem
dered so paatabe that cattle eat it all greedi
ly without waste.
The Country Gentleman says it is good
plan to cut aud burn the oxcrescences formed
by smut on the corn crop, as it will prevent
the increase of the fungus The latter re
tains it's vitality for two years, according to
some authorities, hence it is well to plant no
corn for that time on land known to be in
tested by it.
A great return for a small investment is re.
allied by purchasing small soldering outfit
for u boy. He becomes at once useful
become as new after the transforming touch
of his soldering iron, and there are great pos
sbilities in tin cans and small pieces Of tin ;
, sugar sifters and tunnels are among them.
am convinced that lack of interesting occu
patton is the prolific source of most bad hab.
its that an idle boy acquires that parents
feel this, and many are likely to fall into the
error of providing too many finished play
things for them. l: seems that the aim
should be to give them tools with which they
may exercise the imagination, and with which
they may construct articles that do not yet
exist.
on our fourth page to-day will be found a striking
and instructive illustration Of the comparative worth
3 market.