Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-08-22

The first dairy fair was held in Wisconsin
III 1870, and now Sheboygan county has 30
cheese factories.
New Jersey has swung into line and passed
a law against the manufacture and sale of
oleomargarino in that state.
Nearly 5000 600 acres of land in Germany
have recently been diverted from the cereals
to sugar beet culture. The sugar itself yields
profit, and the refuse makes excellent feed
for cattle and honcc tends to make the coun-
try Independent as to meat.
The castor bean plant is said to kill grass.
hoppers by the million. 1t is also useful in
killing flies multitudcs of which arc found
doRd on or under tho plant.
Giving salt to animals ia often neglected,
yet il is rs important az watering or feeding
for upon it depend the health and productive
capacity of the stock.
Sir j. b. Lawes says that of dry food eaten
by sheep it has been found that these animals
stored up an increased weight ~ per cent,
while cattle only laid up an increased weight
s per cent; or, in other words, 81 pounds of
dry foods increased the live weight Of sheep
as much as l2l pounds did the live weight Of
cattle. There is, therefore, according to this,
a greater profit in feeding sheep.
The idea that sorrel denotes a sour condi.
ton of the soil, because the sorrel leaf is it.
self acid, is an old notion long since exploded.
Lime and ashes have been recommended to
correct this supposed acidily. They will of
ten prevent the sorrel, but they do it by en-
couraging the growth Of clover, which, with
good catch, will usually keep down all an
nual weeds.
| j. G. Goodhue of Vershiro in regard to
| the common white weed or daisy, says
Manure your land as highly as posi-
| bic. The richer the soil the less harm the
daisy will do. Our best grasses being well
fed will choke out the daisy, and while you
cannot exterminate it in this way it will put
in weak and subdued appearance He ad-
vises all who are free from il to keep 80 by
vigilance md perseverance,
The amount of the crop of strawberries
next year will depend much upon the treat
ment of the bed this year. strong growth
late in the summer and during the first half
OF the autumn will give good crop next
| year. Scatter manure between the rows or
about the stools, and work it into the surface
soil with steel rake or hoe, if in the gar.
den, or with horse culture in the field Keep
the runners cut and fine growth will be the
result.
4 correspondent of the Country Gentle
man thus describes u cheap creamer Get
timer to make cans twenty inches deep and
eight inches in diameter, with balls and GOV.
- cents each. Next, have the carpenter
make tank of pine plank two inches thick,
III substantial manner, as large as needed.
tank eight feet long, two feet wide and two
deep will give an abundance Of room for the
cans. A smaller tank can be used, but the
larger one will hold more water which will
keep at a more even temperature than in the
smaller one. The cans hold about two pail
fuls, and your correspondent can easily esti-
mate how many he will require. He will
find it M advantage TO have few surplus
cans, IN case it is not convenient to skim Just
on time The above outfit, with a liberal
supply of cool water, will give as good re-
suits as any of the creamers offered and not
cost anything like the sums asked for the
patented affairs
DR.. G. E. Dobson, writing in the Lancet,
gives the following as n thoroughly effective
treatment for a coryza, or common cold Put
about drachm Of camphor, coarsely powder
cd or shredded with knife, into a shaving
Jug and fill the latter half full of boiling wa
ter Make piece of brown paper or news
paper into Il cone, and fit the large end over
the face, and the small end over the mouth of
the jug. Then breathe freely, taking the
steam at each exhaation into the nostrils and
also forcing it over the outside of the nose
and adjoining parts of the face. The cam
phor steam is thus made to act both internally
and externally. 1t is well to wrap the Jug in
a wooden cloth to keep the water from cool
ing, and better still to place a small spirit
lamp beneath il. This treatment should be
kept up from 10 to 20 minutes, and repeated
three or four times in as many hours, till en-.
tire freedom from pain is experienced