The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

A teaspOontul OF saltpeter dissolved IN
a gallon of water has been recommended
for killing rosebugs on grapevines.
Oil the inside of horse collars after
thoroughly washing them with carbolic
soap, which both cleanses and disinfects.
The farmer who has first-cass farm
implements is justified in disliking to
lend them. They are never so good after
they have been borrowed.
One man puts green food, like clover
and grass, in barrels and sinks them in
the ground as a sort of silo to preserve
the food for hens in winter
Joseph Harris says that to the farmer
the entire cost of cabbage-planting,
cultivating, harvesting, storing and
marketing-need not be over one cent a
head.
Frequent tillage is necessary to success
in the garden. Shallow cultivation
often repeated is one of the most efficient
means known for countcractng the eff
fects of drought.
A little soda as well as salt is recon-
mended to boil with cabbage, and affects
the flavor agreeably. For one head of
cabbage take pinch of soda equal in
bulk to a good sized pea.
Do not be afraid to pinch back your
watermelons. 1t is better to have one
good large one to a vine than to have
three or four little stunts that can never
ripen, and wouldn't be worth anything
if they did.
Peter Henderson says that he has sold
5000 worth of early cabbages from a
single crop on one acre of land; that he
followed it with crop of lettuce which
brought $40, and the lettuce with
celery, which sold for 5000.
Any one who doubts as to the best
way to have clear jelly is assured on
strong evidence and many proofs that to
allow the juice to drain through tlan-
mel bag without squeezing it will render
this matter easy and satisfactory.
A prominent breeder of Holstein
cattle claims that the introduction of en-
silage in his feeding has entirely pre-
vented losses from milk fever among his
COWS, from which disease he formerly
lost one or more valuable animals every
year.
In the work on feeding animals, by
Professor Stewart, it is stated, as the re-
suit of careful experiment, that ten
pounds of turni ps and one and half
pounds of corn will fatten young sheep
or lamb faster than three pounds of corn
alone.
Chickens are the delight and fancy of
children, and they manifest frequent de-
sires to aid the hen in her duties, but it
is plainly evident that "watched pot
never boils," so the hen who is molested
in anywise beyond absolute necessity
will fail to hatch even moderate pro.
portion of chicks to eggs given her.
A drink that is truly refreshing for
one suffering from sore throat or cold is
made by pouring quart of boiling
water over carefully washed handful
of Irish moss. Let it stand until the
water is cool, then strain through mus
lin bag; add sugar and lemon juice,
with a few thin slices of lemon, until it
is about like mild lemonade little Gin
namon is considered an addition by some
people.
A prize essay on corn reads: 'Plant
on rich sod ground Make the soil very
fine. Plant with a horse planter in
drills, kernel every foot. Drag with
a Thomas harrow once before the corn is
up and twice after. Cultivate every
week with very fine implement, but
never to exceed two inches in depth
Stop when you cannot get the horse
through the rows. Cut up when the corn
is glazed and bind the shocks with fine
enameled wire.
Preparatory to weaving the colt should
be accustomed to box stall "A short time
each day, lengthening the period daily,
says the Ohi0 Farmer. They should also
he taught to feed, to be handled, and to
become familiar with all sun oundings
before totally depriving them of the
dams. The most important thing is the
feed. Always feed scaldcd bran and
taXseed month or so before weaving
and the colt will not require so much of
the dam, and continuation of this feed
after weaving will supply every want,
kcepingup the strength and condition.
That plush may be cleaned is a fact of
interest; children's plush coats that have
become soiled on the front can be softly
and delicately sponged with a little
boraX and water without injury; tea
spoonful of powdered borax to nearly a
quart of water is the pr per proportion
use very soft sponge-and by the way,
a sponge may be softened by boiling it
in clear water; then take it out and rinse
it in several waters; if not softened suf-
ficEntly, repeat the boiling and rinsing
process.
There has been good deal of discus
sion lately in some newspapers as to
whether it is best to raise or to buy mich
cows. In Cattaraugus, and other New
York counties, the farmers long ago
were wise enough to procure full blooded
short horn bulls, and these have given
rise to style of cows which is very
prevalent there, and is Just what our
milk producers want They can be
raised there for about $50 head, cost
the buyer $50, and so the raiser has a
fair profit.
An address before the students of the
Columbia Veterinary college was deliv-
cred lately by DIR. c. r. Agnew. From
his own experience in farming he offered
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