Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-09-28
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Vermont sheep-breeders have begun to
reap q rich reward for their skill and care in
breeding the Spanish meriuo. flock Of ] 10
sheep which were selected from the hocks Of
different breeders in Vermont, are en- route
for Mr.. John Hay, Of Australia, who already
owns ", 600 sheep on his two ranches In that
country. These sheep brought the breeders
the handsome sum Of $4,000 Four Of the
rams cost 81, 600 each. Az the freight from
Vermont to san Francisco was 81, 600 and
the steamer charge from there to Australia is
Sl5 per head, these sheep will cost $50, 500
when they reach the importer - IOiod Home.
Stedd.
Smith Hunt of Barton is said to have the
largest apiary in northern Vermont. His SO
swarms of bees have this season produced
1900 pounds Of honey.
The honest farmer is accused OF buying
oleomargarine oiand mixing II with the home
product, which may account in some instances
for the wonderful amount OF butter made
from a few scrubby cows.
The Germantown, Pa, Telegraph notes the
fact that as the western states arc steadily
coming into formidable competition with each
other in the production of tobacco, fruit,
cheese, butter, vegetables, etc, the east is
coming back to wheat-growing, and urges the
seaboard farmers to Jump in, raise all the
wheat they can, export the surplus to Eu.
rope, and thus arrest what is called 1.-THE drain
OF the agricultural districts to supply emil
grants to the west. In fact" It says 1.-THE
eastern farmers have suffered in many ways
from policy wholly adverse to their inter
ests, which has built up the west at their OK.
pense."
Another new machine for the kitchen is
advertised A dough. mixing and kneadinR
contrivance. II this comes into general use,
how are the cooks to get their hands clean ?
An estimate, which seems to have been
made with considerable pains, says the
number of melons raised in Georgia this sea-
son was not far from 6, 500, 600. About L. POO
200 were eaten in Georgia, made into syrup,
opened for the seeds, or left on the vines.
Three acres Of land produce two carloads.
There are about !, 200 melons in a carload.
The cost OF raising carload is not far from
~ and that of gathering and loading is SIS.
The average net profit is about $40 to the
carload. The total profit on the Georgia
crop this season was nearly quarter of a mill
ion dollars
A Kentucky paper says that the breeding
OF fast horses has been much condemned
but it has done immense good to agricultural
interests. It has turned the farmers not bel
lied, bang headed, stumbling, staggering
plug into a smart, bright, quick stepping
horse that can do twice the amount of work
his predecessor was capable Of and trot of
10 market or to church in a quarter of the
time
Experiments made at Hutchinson, Kansas,
are said to settle all controversy about the
possibility of making sugar from sorghum.
sugar refining company has produced from
sorghum cane a sugar Of bright grade, perfect
ly crystalized and without the sorghum taste.
'Buttered eggs" are a new luxury in
which Gothamites are indulging There are
old women in the city who get from the au.
thorities the right to keep hens, which are
domiciled in the cockloft Of the house. and
they keep boys watching them till they Law
an egg. No sooner is it laid than il is din.
ped in melted butter, and the shell, which is
yet warm and susceptible absorbs the flavor
OF the butter, and they are said to be very
fine. They bring from 60 to so cents doz
en-.
Preserving potatoes for the table in summer
by slightly heating the surface, and thus de-
sHoylng the eyes, was recently suggested in
the New England Farmer as a method worthy
of experiment. j. q. Adams Of Green coun.
ty, Pa, writes to the New York Tribune that
the plan is practiced in his county to con.
siderable extent. The eyes are destroyed by
simply pouring scalding water over the tubers,
winch are then Immediately dried and nut
away, when they will keep indefinitely. Mr..
Adams says be knows whereof he speaks, for,
being in the grocery business, he often buys
and sells potatoes treated by this process
feeding of sulphur, mixed with bran and
cracked corn, has been found to be eficacious
IN keeping away ticks from sheep.
Says practical fruit grower: Zone DAVIS |
work at trimming in September or October |
may be worth three in winter or early spring. !
Large wounds, made after the sap has com. |
menced flowing in the spring, rot back to the !
heart. Trim all trees aud vines when the |
leaves begin to fall or as soon az the fruit
would be ripe"
The fig is said to be a sure crop in most of
the southern states and the cost Of cultiva
ton is trifing.
wonderful story is told about a horse
owned by Alonzo Hayes, of Kittery, Me. Mr..
Hayes has been in the habit Of wetting this
horses hay and sprinkling it with meal.
The other day he wet the hay, but forgot the
meal. Soon after, while in the other end of
The stable, he heard the horse coming out of
his stall and shouted to him to go back, which
be did not at once do. Upon going to the
stall he found that the horse had taken the
pail containing the meal from its place and
1ad put its contents upon his hay to the
great astonishment of his master.