Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-16
AGRICULTURAL.


Don't pasture the hay lot close.
For early lambs couple the ewes this |
month.
Hurry up the husking; it's slow work !
for fingers numb with cold.
| Harvest the carrots, mangods and tur- |
nips this month rutabagas may stay out
until next month.
| In damp cellars all roots should go in
bins with Slated bottoms in dry ones on
the floor, covering with sand or straw.
By commencing the fattening this month |
! in earnest one can save one peck of feed |
! out of every five, rs against six weeks
later
In selecting seed corn choose the ears
that are well tipped, and with regular
rows small cobs are better than large, as
the corn on such is less liable to mould.
If an animal was overfed, and some
! feed remains in the manger, don't compel
it to consume the unsavory leavngs, but
clean all out and start in fresh, with u pro
per allowance.
The farmer of the eastern States, with
his ready market for poultry, eggs, live
stock, dairy products, fruit and the like,
gathers in money here a little and there II
little, III way to astonish his western
farmer-brother, who usually grows one
crop only and that big one.
Potato Harvesting. When so far into
the month, potatoes mad better be dug at
once, even if the ground is not AS dry as
one would like. In such an event, spread
| the crop out on a barn or shed floor to dry
so thoroughly that no dirt will adhere to
them. Stored when they are wet, and
decay Will be almost sure to follow
where cellar room is wanting, storage in
pits or heaps out of doors will answer;
but only on the same principle as one
stacks hay for lack of barn room, not
because it is better. In burying, cover
the heap with II foot of straw, and ON this
three inches of soil, afterwards increasing
this as the season advances.
Feed Poultry we'll ow.-By feeding the
young hens and early pullets with plenty
of oats, buckwheat and meat scraps now
they may be brought into laying by Il
month later After that if the winter
quarters are warm, and the feeding and
attention be properly bestowed, there need
be no diminution in the egg yield during
the winter season of high prices. The old
fowls, cockerels and turkeys should now
have plenty of good corn that they may be
fat and ready for Thanksgiving day. Feed
often and with regularity. Fretting for
food costs II great deal of fat During
mild weather the gain ought to be very
rapid.
An Annual Cleaning Up.-There should
be at leaS- one thorough cleaning up OF all
farm tools and machines i'll the year. and
that in the fall, not merely for the sake
of looks but for saving wear and early
wreckage. good cOating of kerosene
and lampDlack upon all the ironwork and
Il coat of pant on wood is what is needed
aflera first thorough cleaning, and these
Will put the tools through to next spring
about as good as new. The same practice
should apply to farm carts and wagons,
us well AS other implements. 1t should be
remembered chat there is no better month
in the twelve for painting woodwork than
this, for with moderately warm weather
like now, paint becomes harder and bet
ter than If spread previous to or during
hpt Npnt her In these 1HVS the pitpnt
readymXed paints are SO easily procured,
and they are 50 readily applied, by even
IA novice at the business, that there can be
no excuse for not thus caring properly for
the tools at this season
Orchard and Garden.
Dig vacant ground.
Planting should go on.
Add leaves to the compost heap.
Prune messy wood from currants.
Light injuries flavor, in stored fruit.
Prune gooseberry bushes in the fall.
Get around next springs hotbed loan.
Apples in bins should not be over six
inches deep
Manure the asparagus bed now strong
manure.
Lettuce and spinach. for next spring may
still be SOWn
Cabbage growing so fast as to endanger
them half out and leaving them to lie on
/. the side.
Neatness in packing, care in sending
and handling all bring good price, when
marketing fruit, irrespective of the kind,
or even the quality of the fruit itself.
Fall care of Young Orchards. This is
the best season for applyinga top dressing
: of manure, as then the strength will 90
early next season to developing the top,
while spring manuling may tend more
to help the flower buds, IA thing not need
ed in young trees. But III manuring care
should be taken to keep any strawy parts
, away from the trees, as straw here would
make homes for mice, and if food We're
scarce, they would feed on the bark,
girding the trees. For this reason, and
also because of its superiority, old and
fine manure should be the first choice for
/ the orchard.
Flowers and the Lawn.
Air the plants often.
Pot violets are in bloom.
Pack Gamma roots in dry sand.
+ Don't plant evergreens in the fall.
Palms are almost perfect house plants.
Early camelia buds should be breaking.
. Hardy roses do well in well drained soil
, if planted this month.
Let the word 'luck" be dropped from
, the plant growers vocabulary There is
it's all in the culture and the care.
Those in want of plant that will with
stand the fumes of gas in the house and
numerous other adverse conditions that
are death TO many sorts have only to pro.
, cure the aspidistras. There are several
\ varieties, of which the variagated one is
the most interesting.
e As Il convenient, safe and effective agent
= for killing plant lice we can recommend
4 tobacco dust. Procure the refuse dust
; from cigar makers, slit it with il fine sieve,
+ and dust the finer parts over any portion
: of the plants that are troubled. 1t Will
5 clear them away clean.
+ Dusty Miller.-Of the two common CEN
e taureas known 10y this name, both OF
of which come readily from seed, the one
| with the whitest and undivided leaves,
g known as G.. cdndidd, is II long time in
y making plant from the seed. To have
D plants, of this sort suitable for bedding
| out next spring, 1t is none too early TO SOW
% now. The other, or cut-leaVed species C.
1 IglIlHHOCurDu need not be sOWn before