The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-23

joint. Treatment should be directed to
the abatement of the inflammation, which
gives rise to the pain, and also to pro-
mote absorption of the new growth.
Apply tincture of iodine daily over the
joint with brush.
A Du Paige Qll) farmer claims that
for three consecutive years he has
obtained sound apples, free from worms,
on trees in his orchard, by sowing three
or four quarts of salt under each tree,
while the fruit on trees not so sailed was
all injured or ruined by the codling moth.
The ground in this case was under cult
walton, and he had never tried the salt
remedy on trees growing in ground that
was seeded down.
The Rural Ne,o Yorker, which processes
to have tried all the popular breeds of
fowls, gives this conclusion For eggs,
black Hamburgs or white Leghorns, the
first preferred. For table, market and
eggs, Plymouth Rocks; second choice,
light Brahmas. 1t claims that wheat is
should be given them twice a week in
winter, as also bone meal for forming the
shell, and that, to make them lay well in
winter their food should be given them
hot.
Hoes, shovels, plows and other imple-
ments not needed for use this winter
should be cleaned by securing, or, if
rusty, by vigorous rubbing with kerosene
oil. Then oil both wood and iron and
put away where they will be safe and not
in the way. The oil toughcns the wood
and keeps the iron from rusting. Even
better would it be to paint the wood on
machines that have been once painted
and from which, the paint has worn off,
but the oil Will answer good purpose
without the paint.
A correspondent of the Farmer and
Fruit Gro1oer recommends the use of com
mon salt as cure for ''red rust" the
deadly scourge of our native blackberries
and black raspbcrries. 81 throw salt
freely among the old canes and a small
handful plump at the root of every one
where detect any signs of rust BY re-
peating this sailing every week where
rust is seen it will soon go away and leave
you good, healthy plants. The black
berry is capable of using almost as much
salt as the asparagus plant, and but little
fear need be felt of using too much
When harness become rusty, says an
exchange, give new coat of grain black.
Before applying this wash the grain side
of the leather with potash water, cold
until the grcese is removed. After the
leather is quite dry apply the grain black
and then oil and tallow. This fastens
the color and makes the harness tleXile
and soft Grained harness can be cleaned
by cloth moistened with kerosene, but
should be Immediately washed and oiled
afterward. Washing harness with warm
water and soap soon Injuries the leather.
All varnishes, and backing containing
varnish, are injurious.
George F. Lord, of Elgin ILL.,, keeps
one hundred cows on 800 acres of land
and has not raised pound of hay in
years. The corn is sowcd in drills three
and one-half feet apart, and about the
time it blossoms it is cut with a selfrak-
ing reaper, cutting one row at time the
machine throwing it off in ganels. When
sufficiently wilted, it is bound and set in
large stacks and allowed to cure standing
on the ground until winter sets in, when
it is hauled to the barn. He secures
about seven tons of cured fodder to the
acre, worth as much as the best hay. He
is one of the most successful dairymen in