Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-10-03
NOTES.

The plants called "potted" are the runners
of the old strawberry plants rooted in small
pots that have been sunk in the ground in
convenient places for the purpose. The small
pots are soon filed with roots, aud the plants
and balls OF earth are turned out without dis
turbauce, aud when transplanted grow right
on and make almost full crop of fruit next
year Layers, or the runners rooted in the
open soil, are much checked by the moving
and do not recover until the second year.
quart of oatmeal in pail of water will
fresheu horse after hard driving and pro-
pare his stomach for more solid food
The value of ensilage as food for sheep is
said to be equal to grain in many respects
According to DIR. Bailey of Massachusetts with
ensilage mutton could be produced for moth.
ing if wool was 80 cents per pound Eusilage
enables the tl1ckmaster to crafty the appe-
tite of the sheep with a variety of food AZ
variety of grasses may be preserved in the
silo
SCOT is one of the most valuable of fertili-
zers and should be carefully saved. That
from coal is superior to that from wood 1t
is rich in nitrogen, and benefits all crops to
which it may be applied, as well as being an
excellent remedy against the attacks of many
kinds of insects
When horse has good appetite and eats
well il is good indication of health and ca.
pacity to undergo labor. For such horses
nothing can be gained by attempting to i'm
prove them with condition powders or stimu-
lants. A good feeder can, in nearly all cases,
be relied upon.
An exchange says Kansas farmer who
had nine head of sheep put the money that
came to him from the sale of the mutton and
wool into more sheep. In nine years he had
100 sheep, worth $1,000.
Edward Clark, the architect of the capitol
at Washington, in his annual report notes the
success of his attempt to transplant over 100
trees, averaging foot in diameter. To adapt
! them to removal their roots were cut off about
| 81 feet from the trunk. The operation was
regarded as hazardous and was characterized
as AL iujudicious and disastrous one All of
| the trees, with two exceptions. have flourish
ed, and are growing more rapidly than others
in the same park.
Danger turks even in the corn6elds of Kan
seS. A narrow escape is described by a local
paper: "a painful accident happened to a
son of Barney Heeney of Union township a
few days ago. His mother sent him to the
| cornheld for roasting ears. He had to use
ladder TO get up to the ears, when he climbed
| out upon an ear and proceeded to saw it of.
| He thoughtessy sawed it off between himself
| and the stalk, and was precpitated to the
| ground, bruising him severely. Had it not
been that the shade of the corn had kept the
| ground moist, he would have been killed"
Mike Mallory is considered the largest farm.
er in Shrewsbury. He owns the Coperas hill
farm, comprising over 500 acres, milks 81
cows and works two pair of horses and one
| yoke of oxen. He threshed out over SOC
bushels of oats, recently, and 100 bushels OF
barley. BE turns off from $4,000 to $4,000 O
year, receipts depending on the price of farm
products, He has three reliable, industrious
boys and four pretty girls, and not a drone in
the hive.-iState nelos item.