Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-11-20
Earn, and Garden Notes.


Every kind of bulb grown in pot
should be repotted every year and have
a change of soil.
Many farmers do not keep their sta
bles as clean as they should for the COM
fort and health of their stock.
1t is not good management to be I'M
derstocked, but it is a good deal worse
management to be overstocked.
A correspondent who C aims to have
proven it, says that 100 hens we'll man
aged will bring bigger returns than one
cow.
How many farmers know that we'll
managed garden of a single acre may be
made to furnish half the sustenance of
family.
The injurious effects of stimulating
dairy COWS to ali over production of milk
and butter is recognized fact, and the
sooner owners of fine breeds recognize it
the better.
In packing apples for shipment the
fruit should be piled two inches higher
than the head, so that when pressed down
it will not shake by rough handling in
the cars or in being delivered.
The manufacture of wax is the most
costly item in honey making and this is
a loss that can be readily avoided by
using artificial combs. When the bees
have only to provide honey they can pro-
duce much more, and the new swarms
will be earlier and more prolific.
The best time to prune grape vines is
as soon as possible after the leaves have
fallen. If left until spring it is apt to be
too late before it is attended to, and
there is always some loss of vigor in
vines encountered during several months
with large mass of useless wood.
Now that feeces of sheep are becom-
ing long again they need protection
against cold storms quite as much as
from the severe cold of winter. Wool
soaked with water chills the skin, while
coating of dry wool is proof against
the severest cold. The chilling of the
skin by wet wool Injuries the fiber of the
latter, beside the danger to the sheep
AS an argument in favor of the soiling
system, an English breeder says that
cows will always search after the sweet,
est spots in grass field, thereby travel
ing long distances at the expense of
much valuable time that should be de
voted to rumination and rest. When
confined, however, they are Literally sup
piled with everything they require.
1t is said by those who have tried it
that dressing of potash in available
form is an excellent application for
and Other - L
ripening is delayed. The difficulty is
in forming the seeds where considerable
amounts of potash are needed. If this
is supplied the ripening goes on apace.
Another advantage of potash manures
for fruit is that they do not stimulate ex.
cessive growth of wood, as barnyard and
stable manures often do to the lessenine
of fruit production.
The farmer, as rule, wants a large
COW, as he thinks as much of the beet
qualities of his cattle as of their dairy
qualities. A large COW, though, on the
dairy farm, where the COWS are only
kept for their milk and no attention is
paid to the calves, would be considered
expensive to feed. A large animal will
eat more than the smaller one, and every
item of expense, however small, must be
cut down as low as possible in these
times if any profit is expected from
dairying.
Considering the fact that large par
OF even the best milk is water, and that
drank by the COW, the necessity of Civ
ing cows in milk only the best water
will be better understood. So far from
the COW absorbing any offensive sub
stance so as to leave the milk pure, the
very reverse is the case. The female
giving milk is usually healthy, for the
reason that whatever impurities exist il
the system are carried off in this secre
ton. AS soon as COW is In any way
out of condition her milk is unfit to b.
used