The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

those wanted for laycring. Go through
the raspberry and blackberry patches
and cut away the old branches that have
borne fruit. Thin out the young shoots
three or four to a hill. Top these when
three or four feet in length, and tie them
to stakes. They will be stronger next
year for it.
The latest remedy for cabbage worms
is that of ice water. or water but few
degrees warmer than ice water,
sprinkled upon the worms during the
heat of the day. An application in the
hot sun is said to cause them to quickly
let go their hold upon the leaves, curl
up, roll to the ground and die, while the
cabbages suffer nothing, but look all the
fresher for the application.
1t is not indicative of large crop
next season when farmers are preparing
to put in much larger acreage. In
their zeal the seed bed will be poorly
prepared, and more land will be sown
than can be fully fcrtiized. The better
plan, at least for farmers, is to attempt
only to seed as much as they can proper
ly prepare, and from which they can
confidently expect paying crop.
1t is not good farming to spread over
two acres the work and manure necessary
for one, even if you double your produc
ton of grain. Good farming would put
the work and manure of two acres on
one, and thus cause the one acre to pro.
duce the crop of two. The one may be
called 'diffuse" farming and is entirely
too thin; the other 'intense" farming
and will double the profit. 1t can never
become too common.
Sheep do better not to be kept IN large
flocks, and at any rate the number should
not be so large as to require the use OF
two rams. In the hitting season rams
fight fiercely, and often intlict bruises on
each other in which the fly often laws its
eggs, from which maggots in the head
are produced. These maggots can be
destroyed by making frequent applica-
tons of a solution of carbolic acid.
Spirits of turpentine will also kill them,
but the carbolic acid makes better
dressing for the wounds than the latter.
AS the cold weather approaches feed
plenty of bran-not so much for its feed
ing qualities as for its medicinal proper
ties; it keeps the animals in good,
healthy condition, sharpcns their appc
tites, and loosens their coats. When
mixed with corn meal or fed separate
there is some question whether it should
be given wet or dry. Farmers do not
agree on this matter; some contend that
if it is fed dry it forms an indigestible
ball in the stomach of the animal and
the feeding quality is largely lost,
whereas if dampened or made quite wet
the full value is received.
That the disease popularity known as
'hog cholera" is contagious is now gen
orally admitted; that it originates in
certain localities is also commonly be.
lieved. That its spontaneous appear
ance in a non-infected region Is due to
some violation of the laws governing
health is eminently probable. These laws
are being constantly violated by the
owners of hogs. On many farms hogs
have no opportunities for washing them
selves or for taking sufficient exercise
They are kept for months at time in
yards or pens which are filthy beyond
description. They are kept half starved
during half Of the year and stuffed dur
ing the other half.
The farmer who devotes himself to the
dairy business with the expectation of
making success out Of it, must not
spend much OF his time away from the
farm. 1t requires close personal atten-
ton, much more so than wheat raising,
and without it no one will be able to
make it pay. Raise all the feed you can
and feed all you raise. That is, do not
stint your COWS in order that you may
sell few bushels of or few tons of
hay from the farm. In feeding your
cows they will not only feed you but
your lands also. That which is sold
from the farm is gone forever; that which
is fed on the farm remains in the shape
of good manure, and good manure is the
best of all fertilizers.