Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01

The amount Of nitrogen supplied in ma
nure is very much in excess of the
amount recovered in the increase of the
crop.
1t is the general opinion among poul-
try men that very fat fowls do not lay
well. Hence excessive feeding is con-
demned.
To make economical pork the pig
should be kept in a continuously grow
ing condition from the day of his birth
until he is delivered into the hands of
the butcher.
Do not plant trees in the garden.
They will not only shade the growing
crops to their detriment, but what is
worse, will secure their own nourish-
ment at the expense of the garden, rob-
bing the vegetables and plants of the
elements of fertility.
|" When potatoes are fed to COWS they
ought to be given in connection with
other feed. The average ration of po-
tatoes ought not to be more than one
fourth to one third of the entire feed.
Raw potatoes ought to be cut in slices,
and boiled potatoes ought to be
crushed.
In planting young trees an Indian far
mer mixes the soil that he intends to fill
around the tree with one bushcl or more
of fine chip-dirt. This is rich and slim
ulating, and holds moisture well. In
the fall he usually scrapes the tree trunks
and washes them off with whale oil soap
and water
Coal ashes may be utilized to a good
advantage in the hen house by sitting
them around on the floor. The fine
dust that flies about and settles ON every
exposed surface will do no harm, and
that which falls on the floors and under
the roosts will act as a disinfectant and
deodoriZer.
Where hogs cannot be allowed to run
at large, as is the case on many farms,
F. d. Curtis, an excellent authority,
favors the planting of artichokes and
sweet corn, or the sowing of oats, rye
alfalfa, the object to secure more green
food than is given in the common way
of raising hogs.
Horses troubled with heaves should be
fed little dry food. Glover hay is es-
pecially Objectionable, not only from the
dust with which it is filled from imper-
feet curing, but also because horses like
this hay so much that they gorge them
selves with it. Cut straw, we'll mois.
tened and sprinkled with meal, will
make feed that will restore horse not
too far gone with heaves to activity and
usefulness.
A line of any kind of trees along @
fence will injure the crop for some dis
lance inland. Some trees are worse than
others, the hickory and butternut being
such gross feeders that they are said tC
poison the land which they cover. In
most cases their bad effects are seer
much further than the droppings OF theil
leaves can reach, and especially with pc
tatoes or other root crops, which need al
the moisture the soil can furnish.
A few fresh bones finely crushed ar,
excellent to make hens lay. Partially
burning them will enable any one tt
pound them in small pieces with little
difficulty They contain lime in mucl
better condition Tor making the shells o
eggs than it can be got in oyster shells
which are frequently recommended. A
proof of the want which bones supply
laying hens will eat them far NOR,
greedily than fowls which do not lay.
Smearing the shells with linseed oil i
reported to be a good way to preserv
eggs. Rub the oil over the egg with tn
tip of the finger and suffer it to becom
dry on the shell. Eggs rubbed owe
with flaxseed oil in three months los
four per cent, and in SIX months fou
| and half per cent. of their weight, anC
when opened were found to be fresh
with the smell Of fresh eopa E0Ua mn