Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28
AGRICULTURAL.


Are the harvest tools housed?
Briers cut now will receive a severe
check.
Wet muck is usually about nine-tenths
water. a
wire worms are not the cause of scaly
potatoes.
Take time to decide what kind of wheat
you had better sow.
In the heat of summer see that the fowls
have plenty of fresh water.
Have YOU bought the flock of sheep you
thought of fattening Don't delay.
Nature manures on the surface,--re-
member this and don't bury manure ten
inches deep.
We know one farmer who raises hun
drcd acres of timothy or more annually
for seed, and it pays him well.
Keep the surface of the wheat field mel
low, to preserve the moisture and thus aid
the seed to Vegetate readily. Above all
else allow no weeds to foul the land by
seeding.
Examine the second crop of clover for
nudge if these larvae are present, make
hay of the crop, and thus add To your
supply OF feed, instead of harvesting for
seed when there can be none.
What becomes of all the over-praiscd
new kinds of wheat, oats, apples, grapes
and other things that by scores are offered
every year? The fact that not one in fifty
of them is heard of ten years after their
introduction at Il high price, should lead
CultiVatorS to take little stock in novelties.
The high price of all new things is at the
hottom uf the husinass Leave the costly
nvnori,nnnte to nthnru Won n,nv hn S,,rn If
- new SORT is rrnliv rood if viii NOT he lost
to tha would o,.nE II ,nt, nrn not oun nf
the first to invest We advise this because
we want to save you money.
one days work now applied to weeds
in the corn mr. oth nor hood rrons may snvp
n dnzan jnv's InhnI nnvt vnnr It'ie' the
fnv nlnnts thut esroned the carly cultiyn-
tiny and now GROWING rnnLlv townrds
mafnritv and = FIJI cr1n Of nI,mn seeds
that mnke most Of the future trauhle in
this Inc Clnnn them ont and if 1nv
nlot,ts nre hevond dowerin1 hurn Them
InnrnvinT poIled ar "li0olev,, Cnttln -
The uucstinn is sometimes Heard ..ron
nnlind cottIn bn GOOD miii,ers -, II i. thn
Shnnrnst unnSausa to cunnnea that horns
hnve nnvt6ing to do ,vifh tbe NH, unyy
IiornS ma nai7bnr nsofnj or n, nnunentaI
rvrnnt from tbn forca of hahit Thev nrr
On the othnr hond nom trnuhlnsnIn1 and
dnnrerous ms thn many cases every vrnr
of 9cciLn,,ts ANA a>cr tinntb rncnIt NJ,
from nnrsnns hni,'r ho"lnI 60 f. NAV.
Uurn nnI thnr,. my nov bn fnund "a dnirv
} rnnnnsed nf horni1.c ,nttIn ,vn hn,o MOI
hpnn alta tn LAWN thot ,,v .ncb "re lass
productive than others. Were the breeds
Ey RraednS ,' fro, ~, .nIact"d ualp oniv
for a considerable time. excellent milking
or other qualities might become estab-
lished, and we believe demand could
easily be worked up, for such improved
STOCK An improved breed OF luOleys
MU.'''' "i'ol" almost inc '"e"l l""ii'S
1 0'n r.. W.T., WIN,
- is lnrIiur in fnrtilitv Tho host ,r.v 70 ~,
p nlv nnnTrn i rs n tnn- dressino nttsrnln,v
/ inc. \ single coat of manure thus ap
. plied has raised the Weld per acre from
T. twenty bushels on unmanured parts +,
TWEEN y-elght bushels on mnnured parts
in the following crop. The gains to sin
gle Held or more at this rate can easily ht
- rtckulcd, and the figures Will afford al
y me argument needed IN ihNor OF minur
= lII "H many acrtS as PoHSiplc' ne inner
5 anu pi.tel me manure Is lor inns purpoS'
- lnG ptl'er pains should De taken TO I'll
f ,t.,' u;th IA 49, 1'" I,oei
t no ,' i',,, tiC
a nioWed rnInd fnr IaIiverim the u'ni,u ,'r,
dnnr yiI Tina ,Inv.i,, ~ ',,i,r
if the lands are narrow these may II,
started across the field wide enough 10 nc
commOdntp n row of manure niles whirl
NAV then he deposited by driving ninnr
l side the freshly turned earth
= Orchard and Garden.
Mulch the peas.
Dou,t ,v,t,, tho ,,r,,,, ,,i,,oa
n,,'.', Wv
I"P"S"'c SooseperrIeS ny stoollh!
: p.,l ,,l, f.;,:
Il agus
Strawberries set out now will give Gro,
next year.
Inc Concord grape originated as one on
ol test Oh @%'ooo seedlings.
l. IL ihe leaves on the grape vine ar
aouiu' llt ana rank, mp out such as shad
l. wy, r,l '''''
q ~, tieiS ncc'ts slcHt uea! Vi moisture
- ~, Dil .hls account eroWlhS IL Ill trehche
g Of ,ytnri,'r ''''"S'' "'0''''9e vi 'ie cas-
~ ,r''ii
- u w. w. Sol''oi Secreia nave peen dNulge'
i ~ /" 9.''oG I Haiuehci' hallely iilana@
l., " ii'Nc Il t'FSc compost Eeap, ana alloy
y. ,,' " oo''7 " ~ ~ 'ee''
"a WY "a aii"eilels VINO nave ilSht, wei
q H era sou SOW onion seed III the iall
l. not e"iis p'ilcIlhS III the spring. In
:, luNo oll'ul'l ne tbNtltu lightly Win COaHS