The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
of stable manure, with heavy top dress
ing of coal ashes, is the best treatment.

of stable manure, with heavy top dress
ing of coal ashes, is the best treatment.
Tin vessels so worn that the iron is ex-
Aposed are not fit for use in the dairy, and
Should be discarded. Sour cream VIII
be unpleasantly affected by remaining III
contact with the iron.
A solution of hyposulphite of soda is
as an excellent remedy for
chicken cholera. A teaspoonful dropped !,
carefully down fowls throat three
times day hardly ever fails to effect
cure.
A good sheep dip is made of twelve
pounds of tobacco and six of flowers OF
sulphur to fifty gallons of water To this T,
some add little concentrated lye, say
pound or two, and about the same guam
tity of arsenic.
1t is well known that pruning an Or
chard too severely does far more harm
than good All that is necessary is to re-
move the dead limbs and unfruitful
branches. An important part of fruit
culture is to know when to let the trees
alone.
It is a prevalent notion that to secure
early vegetables one must plant on poor
/ SOIL MS Is 1ulSC Ill ElOSl CuSCS. llC
ground needs to be loose, well drained
and to have a warm exposure. Under
these conditions n very rich soil will give
early crops.
1t is we'll known among observant
poultry-raisers that those breeds of fowls
which are large layers and non-sitters
possess an almost insatiate appetite for
animal food. 1t is the qualification of
this appetite that makes them such inor-
dinatc layers.
Regarding the plum curculio Professor
Riley, the United States entomologist,
says: 81 find nothing superiort to the jar
ring process that was recommended years
AGO | place no faith in the repellant
powers of strong-smelling substances
which we find repeatedly recommended
in the agricultural press"
To hatch poultry successfully, either
by natural or artificial means, Il tempera-
ture of from 102 to 104 degrees is needed.
This may be produced either by the pa
rent birds, by fire, or by the sun. 1t is
well known that in ancient times the
Egyptians Matched chickens by artificial
means, using buildings somewhat like
ovens.
Pear trees are much more apt to grow
tall and spindling than apple trees. They
often get so tall that it is next to impos-
sible to secure the fruit from the extreme
top. TO cut back the main trunk when
the tree is old is not commonly advisable.
The evil is best remedied by preventing
the tall growth by keeping the central
shoot cut off when the tree is young
e ho
}0raer, who has been experimenting il.
planting potatoes, large and small, cut
and uncut, says he has never been able
to detect any difference either in the
yield or quality of potatoes raised from
large or small seed. But he has in every
case noticed marked difference in the
results obtained from planting cut and
uncut potatoes. This difference was in
yariably in favor of the former method.
Strawberries delight in rich, cool. damp
soil, although one not positively cold or
undrained. The runners and dead leaves
from the plants serve during the summer
as Il mulch. If one is particular to have
these leaves and runners removed, they
can be pinched off and left on the ground
as a mulch. If one has small bed and
is particular about its appearance, he may
apply covering of loose, light sawdust
between the rows, or an inverted layer of
sods may answer the purpose
If wheels for farm wagons, have fouI
: inch tires horses will draw two tons ovel
} soft ground as easily as they will draw
one ton if the wheels have narrow tires.
The following is a Southern man 5
. method of feeding a COW; If you want
Il large yield Of rich milk give your COWS
7 every day water slightly warmed and
} sailed, in which bran has been stirred al
l the rate of one quart to two gallons oil
, water. BY this daily practice the COW
| will give tifty-two per cent. more milk
r Immediately under the effect of it, and
5 she will become so attached to the diet
} as TO refuse to drink clear water unles.
} very thirsty. The amount of this drink
r necessary is an ordinary pailfull at tim(
morning, noon and night.