Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-04
AGRICULTURAL.
Farm and Live stock Notes.


Bones with marrow delight the hens.
Wood soaked in petroleum will last
much longer for it,
Devote the long evenings in part to
studying up your vocation.
C.ean fence rows tell more than words
for good farmer.
New York State dairymen are not few
who call winter dairying the best paving.
You can count very nearly on its taking
twenty-seven pounds of milk to make a
pound of butter ten for a pound of
cheese.
Common drain tile will answer, but
glazed pipes are better, for carrying the
waste water from the pumps.
1t has been proven beyond all contro-
versy that it takes more corn to fatten
swine that are allowed to run at large
tran If the same are closely confined
One cart of manure so old and fine that
1t may be spread almost like sand will
benefit the crops as much as two or posi-
Dly three carts OF Il coarse article.
a Pennsylvania farmer builds his ice
house in the ground, lining it with rails.
ana reports great success in keeping ice.
The cost of the affair is next to nothing.
When there is occasion to dry no a COW
that has just been fresh as sometimes hap
pens, milk her only when she is suffering
from loaded bag, and feed mainly on
corn meal and oat straw. SO saws n man
of wide experience with cows.
Fall manuring IF poor pasture lot is
to he brought into condition, instead of
! waiting until you pillow it, say for wheat.
| top dress it when the ground is frozen. and
| let the grass have the benefit for one wear
Inc thickenlng up OF the sward and null
! tpllcation of roots in the earth will add
materially to the plant food, and along
with 1t the mechanical condition of the
] SOIL Will be mIJCn ip1nrnVp1 hath # oh
AIDS Will greatly exceed the help which
the manure alone would give.
MIX for young stOck.-TestS have been
made at the Wisconsin Experiment STA
ton concerning the comparative value of
skinned milk and of corn meal and wa
ter Tor young pigs Two lots, each of two
Poland China pigs, eighty days old at the
beginning, were used in the experiment
With twenty-five days feeding on milk
and some clover alone, what we VIII can
lot A, gained 50l2 pounds. IN the same
time the other lut-wc Twill cuII II lot b
on rations of corn meal auI clover Gained
but ia pounds. Then the rul,iliitn Of
feeding as to the two lots 90. piL9 ~, re.
versed. Lot b, first fed ou {, I'm uoiI. wa,
now gwen the SKINNED nl'l. ir,.t .'uu IL
twenty-five days showed a cam Of scv
enty-nlne pounds. Lao; \ u.- I...,lIs.
changed to corn meal hlsir,I .. ,nlik A. |
at first, and the gain to these VIA, ON 81 e, |
pounds in the same time, sluNiu con
clusively the greater value ul SKINNED |
milk over the other for yuur stock. |
These results are not strange, however, as |
we think of it that milk is the most nltu-
raj food OF all young animals.
Manure savlng.-The shape and man
agement OF the barnyard has good deal !
to do with the matter. 1t should be of
such a grade-made so, if neceSSarN-that /
no water can stream i'll from the outside,
ana none leak away from within. Here
then, to this manure yard so to speak,
should be brought the waste straw. corn
stalks and other fodder, and the manure
OF the stable, ali to become thoroughly
mixed together 1T the straw stack can
be located in the centre of the yard and
the cattle are allowed to run in the same
enclosure In all pleasant weather, the
ScatterlngS from the stack will be quite
evenly distributed. If towards spring it
$ not all yet under foot, this matter can
be facilitated by cutting it down or pitch
ing it off from the top. Manure spread
over the yard i'll the way indicated will
keep its strength vastly better than if
thrown on piles outside the stable Win
dows to fernent and lose its vital princ
pie of ammonia. In the yard the manure
Is Kept from too great fermentation by
the moisture of the liquids, and the hard
trampng of the cattle, thus improving !
its quality for crops without loss BY this
course such an unpleasant and unprotita-
BILE thing as a dried out, fine fanged man
Orchard and Garden.
Mulch the traWberreS.
Subsoil or trench the garden.
Sorting should precede storing
Lift some parsnips for winter use
Vegetable roots keep well in coal ashes.
Lettuce under glass needs plenty of air
in all mild weather
The Long Island cabbage seed growers
report short crop.
Plenty of manure makes tender and deli
clous vegetables. Try free fall manuring
in the garden.
1t is claimed by high authority that
there are one hundred acres adapted to
grape culture in the United States to every
one in France.
Root cuttings afford the means of pro-
pagating hackberries and raspberries
For this purpose the roots may be taken
up and be prepared any time before win
ter Roots the size of ii pencil and small
er, are cut INTO pieces two or three inches
long. These are placed in layers alter
nately with earth in a box, which then is
buried III dry place until spring. In the
spring the cuttings are planted in drills
several inches deep, III well prepared earth
and the young plants soon shoot up Per-
haps you know of a wild bush which is re-
markable for large or fine favored fruit
IN such IA case the same might be increas-
Gu many lOlu LOT planting IN the garden |,
by the simple process described.
Flowers and the Lawn.
Cactuses now need rest.
Primroses require much light
Keep ivies clean of scale insect.
Air the fernery little every day.
Cinerarias will not thrive in small pots
Pot cuttings at the first sign of new
roots.
willows really seem to weep in these
days.
See that the outlets OF garden drains
are clear of obstruction.
Pansy plants are hardy, but suffer from
alternate freezing and thawing Cover
after the first hard frost with IA light coat |
of hay or leaves
Calais ought soon to be in their prime,
10 do their best they need nmnle Nrht