The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-24

the barn or stable. If poor butter is the
result the housewife or dairymaid is not
the one to hold responsible. If COWS are
well bedded, and the mixer uses due
care, there will be much fewer conf
plants of ill favored butter.
Fields that have been newly seeded
should have the stones gathered in heaps
before the cold weather for removal The
removal may be done when the ground
is frozen if those fast in the ground are
placed in heaps. The roller in the
spring will press into the soft earth the
stones too small to be easily picked up.
1t should be remembered that for wins
ter grain the best use of the roller is to
compact the seed bed before putting in
the grain. The rough surface left in
drilling is rather an advantage, as it pro-
tects the grain from the severity of win
ter. There are, however, seasons and
places in which after seeding is advisa-
BILE.
The fall is probably the best time to
top dress grass as the rains now due make
growth which prevents the coarser par
ticles from washing away. The winter
SHOWS and rains carry the valuable por-
tions of the manure among the grass
roots which will be responded to by an
earlier and more vigorous growth in the
spring.
Every fall there is great deal of re-
fuse gathered around the fields, which
should be piled up and burned. Much
of it will consist of weeds, whose final
cutting has not entirely prevented seed
ing. If left till spring these seeds will
fall to the ground, and burning the re-
fuse will then miss one of its most i'm
portant objects.
The gizzard of fowls is admirably
adapted for grinding the hardest grains,
and 1t is well TO give it something of
this to do. Feeding fowls with meal
and water or soaking grain for them is a
waste of labor. Even young chickens
thrive better on whole wheat or screen
ings than on meal mixed with water
The drink needed is better given separ-
atcly.
The fall is the best time to deepen and
clean open bitches. The grass and
weeds that grow on their sides should all
be removed, so as to leave a free course
of water. Especially if willows have got
a foothold on the banks, they should be
pulled up by the roofs. 1t is impossible
to keep an open ditch in good working
condition where its banks are infested
by willows.
1t is generally supposed that no
animal will eat bean fodder excepting
sheep. 1t may be important to know
that, after a little use of them, cows be-
come very fond of beanstalks and win
ont than in ,oro faropoo IN noOI how
Refuse beans may be boiled and fed to
fattening hogs, mixing at first with
other grains until the animals become
used to the new diet.
Fuchsias are raised from seed by flor
lists who wish to obtain new varieties.
The plants are brought into bloom in
about a year. The millions of plants
yearly raised are produced from cuttings.
Pinching in the ends of the shoots of a
! fuchsia probably rctards its blooming
somewhat, but it causes numerous
branches TO form, and improves the shape
of the pant and makes possible the pro
duction of greater number of flowers.
The fine dust from much travelled
roads has considerable manuring proper
ties. Some farmers have used it as a
divisor to more evenly distribute phos-
phate in drilling grain. 1t is excellent
to cover hen droppings, as it absorbs
the ammonia which would otherwise es-
cape. In cities the street scrapngs con-
sist very largely of the droppings from
horses, and are readily appropriated by
market gardeners and farmers living
within few miles.
DIR. Sturtcvant has been counting the
heads affected by smut in plat of oats
of different varieties, apparently not
much injured. He found that 6 1-2 per
cent. were destroyed. Contrary to the
belief of many farmers, it was shown
that the oats growing on poor, thin soil
were worse smutted than that which
grew stronger. This indicates that de-
ticicnt vigor predsposes to the disease,
and suggests liberal manuling, especial
ly with mineral fetilizers, as possible
remedy.