Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-02-01
NOTES.

According to statements made in tho Phil
adelphia Record, coming from an extensive
produce dealer in that city, there is n new ar
ticle in the market known as Huene, another
imitation butter which is far superior to ei-
Their oleomargarino or buttcrine, is quite pal
atable and wholesome, and sells at from 20 to
% cents per pound. II is so exact counter
part Of genuine butter that the statement
goes on to say that three .fourths Of the but
ter coming from tho West is Of this article,
and that the best suone is sold side by side
with creamery butter, and in point of quality
is equal to it. The principal factory is in
Detroit, whence large portion of suene
is forwarded to eastern cities II is said to
turn out eighty thousand pounds a day.
The National Live Stock journal suggests
that it is good plan to be watchful of the
calves at this season, as the busy dairyman
is likely to overlook them. Sudden chills and
exposure to cold winds and wet weather cause
loss of flesh and stint to their growth
which will afterward cost heavily in extra
feed to overcome. They need good food and
warm quarters if they are to be kept in good
condition.
The President of the Elmira IN. Y Far
mers club grew a crop of sorghum for syrup,
but, as II was injured by frost, he thought
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prise the flow Of milk was increased, and he
is satisfied that he derived as much profit
from it as IL he had converted it into syrup
The New York Times says that lime seems
to be preventive Of rot in potatoes in the
cellar. Some potatoes that were rotting and
were picked out of heap of forty or fifty
bushels were put into corner and we'll dust
ed with air.saked lime. They stopped rot
ting at once, and the decayed parts are now
dried up. There is no disagreoable smell
about them.
Professor Shelton found that pigs kept out.
side of the barn required 5.95 pounds of corn
in order to produce one pound Of pork, while
pigs kept under shelter and made comforta.
bic produced one pound Of pork from 4. &c
pounds Of corn. As the difference in the cost
may be the difference between profit and loss,
some idea Of the value of good shelter and
warmth may be gathered from his expert
ments.
Hon. George F. Lord of Egin, H., keeps
100 COWS on 800 acres Of land, and has not
raised pound of hay for years. The corn is
sowed in drills b! feet apart, and about the
time it blossoms it is cut with a self raking
reaper, cutting one row at a time, the ma.
chine throwing it of in angles. When sufli
GENTLY wilted it is bound and set in large
stacks and allowed to cure standing on the
ground until winter sets in, when it is haul
ed to the barn. He secures yield of about
seven tons of cured fodder to the acre, worth
as much as the best hay.
An old farmer, who has carefully test,d the
matter thinks that he can secure better re-
suits from scalding the feed for his cattle
than by steaming or any other method Of
cooking. He puts the cut feed in his trough,
pours in hot water and then puts on meal,
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closes the tank. This operation is done in
the morning, and by evening the food thus
prepared will be soft and palatable. He al
ways prepares in the morning the food that
will be used in the evening, and vice versa.
Stock fed in this manner will come out at the
end of the winter in fine condition, aud with
smooth and glossy hair, indicating perfect
health.
Excessive railway competition is giving the
grain shippers from Chicago to the sea board
the extraordinarily low winter rate of twenty
cents hundred pounds on grain There are
eight roads fighting for the business which
five carried in 1850. In busy years the rail.
roads have heretofore demanded thirty to
thirty five cents per 100 pounds on grain win
ter delivery. Such a reduction should help
our export trade.
Cheap silos, built of plank, are Just as good
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clared j. Il. Brown, president of the New
York pillow company and one of the most ear
nest and persistent advocates of ,usilage, in
lecture at New York the other night. Mr..
Brown went on to say that ens!lage enables
farmers to produce milk at one cent quart.
Since the introduction of the new process
es for taking from bran nearly every particle
OF starch and gluten, it is much less valuable
as feed than formerly. But farmers have
learned that it is really worth much more
than they used to suppose. PrchaiiIyT6e
nutritious anI ..isnurial values of bran as Civ
eG "A the old tables would not hold good as
regards the modern article but for milch
cows, to be given with other feed, bran is
still worth what it costs. 1t should be bought
early in the season, for invariably the price
advances towards spring as the demand in
creases and the supply dlminishes.
The popularity of the little fawn. colored
Jersey COW has brought sudden wealth within
few years to the island of Jersey. Last
year 2OOO OF these animals were exported
principally to England and America. In
Great Britain the Jersey COW is a possession
which it is usual only for titled aristocracy TO
enjoy. No old time park is now thought to
be complete until herd of thirteen saffron
Jerseys are to be seen browsing among the
oaks. The arabic soil of the island is very
fertile, renting, on the average, at SEQ per
acre by the year. The generous soil frequent.
ly returns its cultivators $500 per annum in
crops alone.
A French authority says that boots and
shoes may be made permanently water proof
by soaking them several hours in thick soap.
water. fatty acid is formed in tho leather
by the soap, which makes it impervious to
water.
Skim milk fed with little oil meal and
oats was found excellent when fed to calves
at the Wisconsin experiment station. The
young animals were kept healthy and grow.
ing, but not fat.