The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06


A putrid carcass polluting the air of q
pasture will spoil not only the milk OF
the cows running there, but also the en-.
tire contents of the vat into which the
tainted milk is poured at the factory.
Use white hellebore to kill insects on
vegetation when the value of the plants
will warrant the expense. A tablespoon
full of the powder in two gallons of
water is amply strong. Apply with a
spraying syringe.
Hens that steal their nests usually
hatch every egg. One reason is that the
eggs are commonly on the ground or
where they will be occasionally moistened
by rains, and thus some water is sup.
piled to preserve life in the embryo
chicks.
Don't neglect the lawn. 1t is not rs
important as the wheat crop perhaps;
but it deserves better treatment than it
usually gets. Don't grow timothy in
front of the house and thus try to make
the ground provide hay and still look
like lawn. 1t cannot be done.
Chicken cholera-Take epson salts,
dissolve in water wet the hominy or
corn with it and feed to them. If they
will not eat it put teaspoonful down
their Threats. Those who have used this
remedy for the past two or three years
find that it stops the complaint at once.
In an experiment with 100 plum trees
farmer busted five trees with air Stacked
lime just as the blossoms were falling,
and repeated the application every two
weeks several times. From the five trees
so treated he secured good crops of
plums but on the remaining nincty-five
trees the curculio did not allow single
plum to mature.
A Pennsylvania farmer last year sold
over Sc, 900 acres worth of potatoes from
twelve acres. lie fertilized with q COM
post of hardwood ashes and oyster shell
lime, plowed deep, planted medium sized,
well formed uncut potatoes three feet
apart, gave level cultivation and cult
waited often. From one hill he took forty
one fine large tubers.
Let any farmer compute the sum which
n full annual crop of apples would pro-
duce, even at low rate per bushel and
he will be surprised to find how much
more valuable his apple orchard is than
any part of the farm devoted to grain
growing. With good management and
manuring a full crop OF apples may be
grown every year. with rs much certain
ty as any grain crop, and with less ex-
pense.
Near market sweet corn will usually
sell for much more than its value for
feeding purposes, but after all has been
sold green that can be it is only fair to
give the cows chance. They will eat
ears of sweet corn with great greediness,
and their effect in making a rich yellow
cream can hardly be exceled by any
other feed. An extra patch should be
provided every year exclusively for feed
ing purposes.
a useful hint in relation to making a
fence for n sheep pasture is given by
correspondent of IHe RurGl Neto Yorker.
He writes; / am not IN favor of barbed
wire, unless used exclusively for cattle.
1t is too dangerous for horses and sheep
l have built a sheep fence with five
strands of plain wire, and having fas-
tened piece of wire to the top strand,
passed it down around the second, and
so on to the bottom. One or more of
these in each span according to the dis
lance between the posts prevent the
wires from spreading apart and letting
the sheep through. Perhaps pickets
stapled to the wires would be better;
but wire is cheaper and can be more
quickly put on. For horses, put one OF
two extra strong wires at the top, and
hang light pole or strip of board to
the top wire.