Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-09
AGRICULTURAL. A
March ON the Farm,


March to mature plans for the future
knowing very well if he does not. whe
the time for action comes he can not civ
that time for deliberate thought, neces
sary to avoid false steps. 1t is none to
soon to decide what crops are to be grow
on each field, and the kind and uuantit
oil fertilizers it is best to purchase. /
any experiments are to be tried the,
should bc carefully considered. tat the,
may not be entered upon without wei
matured plan.
Mending Tools. If this work has no
already been done it should be attende,
to ut once, for nothing tries one 8 paticnc,
SO much MS to find tool out of order
when business is 30 driving that there i,
no spare time to prepare it. Parts O
tools that require frequent renewing
should be kept in duplicate. To break q
plough point in the busy season and have
10 wait to send to the city for another
because an extra one has not been kent
Is not only very annoying but it some
times seriously interfercs with the work
oi planting The farmer should ALWAYS
Keep on hand small stock of various
sizo carriage bolts to replace any that ar,
lost, and to mend any unlocked for break
IN his tools. A small bolt put in in sea
son sometimes prevents q serious break.
down.
Oare Vi stock.-Cows that are soon To
Iohi. Ill should receive careful and regu-
Jar attendance. Overlooking with rich
food should be avoided, but good sweet
nutitious food should be eiyen. that
their health be kept in the best condition
nor should 1t ba forgotten that they sho1ld
nTo soDle exercise, us well as good light
'no ar una pure water.
Sheep that are dropping their lambs re-.
quire close attention. the least neglect
often proves fatal. While sheen nred
protection from cold storms and winds
they will not bear confinement AZ we'll as
many other animals ; they should tLrre-
fore be provided with Il spacious sLod
open to the south, where they can st,nj
in the sun and have good air and vet he
prtected from the cold Winds n FAN
weather, and kept dry durjuo storms
Early lambs command prlces SO high that
It pays to provide quarters So comfortable
that lambs coming the frst nf MI, ,,;,,
grow as fast as those that come the first
OF April, kept under ordinary condi.
tions.
Early Chickens ,p, ,... ,
warm sunny place bens sbo,II LII ho - suou
month for early chick. hnt ;f n", 20 'I. L..l .iis
wait until next month snr ,io a,,,,,,. 80 81
raise early chicks w;tI',r, onnl -, t' w
is to invite failure W,,.;, Ia,uis, I,is'ai,,,
windy month ond ynnmn ohiols IL, s"aiia u
comnellei to s,nnJ in ox,oseJ ,Jao,. "iiei, ..
only will NOT cr,w hnt "a. PSI, ",,ia ,,i;'i n1i
die. 90 '''e Will
Cu,tiuo Scinus fhor.,. AL ..,
sriuns shoulJ bo ont ,L,s "i' pun
fact apple md ncor ..;nn, tLn. ., ANU ~
set in Nav hoJ Lettor H., 49, ,,. .l s.I 70 ot
the month Y, k..r so;ons I, .nI '".t Vi
sho,,ld he nack.I ,,i',, i, W iuy
or tbey NAV be r,ocln,i H. r',;. 'o' e'I oI''"i
stored in anv c"oI ,ia,. la 0's' S s','o ana
them by INSERTING npa a,,j i, .I'n ~ ~noeP
leaving tLe ntbnp .',,I nrI IN 'n' etouiiu
weather they will keep in this wav hnt
we prefer to pack them away IN somo
secure place. Care should always be
taken tn keep each variety Ly itself and
have it plainly marked that there NAV ha
no mistake.
Purchasing trees. If AN orchard ia to
be set, the trees should be selected enrl,
and purchased from r.liohl. nartias
With the many reliable nur.ervmnn
which we now have tLere 10 no eyorso ,nr
purchasing trees of unreliable men. who
have no fixed abiding place. Never pur.
chase trees because the price is low but
purchase because they are good if the
price is low, so much tine better but n
poor tree is dear at any price
Good Seed.-Too much can not he said
in urging the purchase of cool .aol !.
is bad enough to lose a crep bsronsn of
the unfavorablc state of tho we,tber w6en
the seed is germinatinc but IN lose n go
because the seed swortbless is mn. oni,,p
great pecuuiary loss INF il il var, ,r,.;nr
10 mans good uatur. nftan s,;rs;,,a,' @S rs
A feeling that someone ouoht IN hn rsrri, p
handed, if not legally pun;sbad Tboja.,
safeguard in to nurcbas. seed in t;n,a 90
lest it in the house. " '''''' W
Tha uo,R.a r,,
,.j sLarIl L VI carry Pian'slhs not
Jonj hnttan, Laat 'eo' '"''''Ss requires
,lnss g ,,ot. , I,Nhr.H1 over the
7" ,,lo,,.i -. e.! ooi' ~ 54- U protect
,osI ~ ia.,, ,,t,i ,i, i,os', constant watchiui,
=, 80 tne p"'hts wen watereu ana
j. .;,h, G ,;' "n" .oMer tue sasii AT Just the
81. .iine' ?oiiiI'liles " single hours
~ uI, ,iont, =" i"ise .te snsh proves fatal to
oNt,hc.'ill5' itf VINO starts
= ~. pru sno".u MIST count the cost
- m"..nin8 IL II ms business takes him
'"H ii1ui nome most oi the time, he had
4 ,e''ei noaldoh the project until later III
,iI !. l. h's ss"son' OF arrange to have some one
he month n hot bed NAV h. started that
ir .;',h,s "su"i'f oe n',ehaou 10 mornings and
'in,s, Taa anu Ta ,nnuo 700 10 Il" very Well
,f,an Fam on. NC !is' pai' o. March
oi'eh Soou .,'he 10 LOOK after the
is best to improve the time in mendinr
p the fences, because it is n work thnt
iust he done before the spring
'ork IL over, and ii not done
ow, must be done at n season
,hen the work is more driving. On
ONE fnrms tbe wo,l or r,n,;r,nn fo,ons