The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Farm Notes.

!" NV'Ooe
LAND upon which sorrel hourishes
will be greatly benefited by an applica-
ton of air-slacked lime.-American
Cultirator.
ARE you sure Hadn't you better
try drainage?-Ow Country Home.
AND some good manure and more
valuable crop. With good cultivation,
sorrel is very insignificant weed.
SHADE for the pasture, but sunshine
for the garden.
SIR J. b. LAwEs says, in the Agri-
cultural Gazette, that there can be no
doubt that well-made red clover silage
is very good food for fattening oxen.
FROM the milk records of the Michi-
gan State Farm it appears that the aver
age annual yield of six Shorthorns was
5000. 16 pounds, of six Ayrshires 3,525.-
80 pounds, and of two Jerseys 4,949.5
pounds.
" Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN says that the
first duty of the statesman should be to
increase the production of the land.
Here is grand chance for our farmers
to become statesmen says the Rural
Ne,C Yorker.
IT is a good time to soak felloes of
wheels with linseed oil. A good way
is to put oil in shallow trough, raise
the wheel Just so that the felloe is COW
cred and turn it.. We have practiced
this successfully for years.
THOMAS G.. FRENCH of England says
that of all the vast Improvements of
the present century, he looks upon
silage as second only to the general in
PRODUCTION of the turnip in the impor-
lance of its bearing upon agriculture.
Now comes the time when the farmer
sits down to his dinner of salt pork and
potatoes and thinks how many times he
has eaten of the same fare. 1t is good
time for him to figure out how much he
has gained by not keeping up his gar
SINKS, cellars, cess-pools and all
such places may be easily and cheaply
disinfected by pouring into them or
sprinkling about them pail of water
in which pound of copperas (sulphate
of irony has been dissolved. Lime and
ground plaster sprinkled about the sta
bles and hen-roosts will serve an eX-
cellent purpose.
THE Massachusetts Experiment Sta
ton is to have new buildings for its
accommodation, the present legislature
having recently appropriated money for
the purpose. The work of constructing
them will be at once begun. In addi-
ton to this, the appropriation for car
rying on its work was doubled. This
shows the appreciation in which it is
held.
SIR j. B. LAwEs says: GAS we have
not yet established as a fact that our
soil has furnished all the nitrogen re-
moved in leguminous crops, we should
be quite willing to accept any results
which show that the atmosphere is the
source. AT the same time, we think
it better to consider that the soil is the
source of the nitrogen, until it has been
proved that the soil cannot supply it,"
WE find the following in a conspicu-
GUS place in - Fruit Notes" in recent
number of an esteemed western con-
temporary: In purchasing trees, the
greatest possible care should be eXer-
cised in the selection of the party from
whom to buy, as it is extremely difficult
to distinguish between some of the
various races, and many are sold for
!! Gyprian and Italian trees that are moth
ing of the kind" Were the above fruit
note set in column headed Bee Notes,
and the photography little changed,
it would be. good reading, and contain
some excellent practical advice. Farm
and Garden.
CLASS legislation, manipulated by
lawyer representatives of thepeople for
the benefit of corporations and monopo-
lists, and that works directly or indi,
rectly against farmers interests, is the
text of a long communication by Mas
sachusetts farmer. This sort of talk is
well enough in its place, but the remedy
is to be found mainly in the farmers
themselves. 1t is their business to look
after their own interests, and nominate
and elect candidates for local, state and
> national offices who will be true to
those interests and to the interests OF
: the general public. If farmers will
look out for number one, the dangers
referred to will lose half their weight.
1t is the inactivity of the people, or OF
any class, that permits schemers to de-
velop buses.-HomeStead.
THE Springfield Republican records
the following incident as happening al
Westfield: E'While the members of 9
professional base ball team who re,
Gently visited the town were cooling
their heels on the curbstone in front Of
: the Wilmarth Hotel, after supper, al
honest old farmer happened along
and, seeing the lot of sun-burned young
, men, stopped and asked if any of then
wanted few days job haying. 'Wha
do you pay?' inquired one of the
,, amused ball-tossers. 'One dollar ant
, a half day and board ye,' said the
, honest yeoman. Pooh we get {
= good deal more than that playing bal
an hour or two day. what! air "
ball-players? Wen, l wouldn't give
,, a peck of nubbin' pertaters for tn,
!, whole grist of ye,' was the disguised
reply of the farmer, as he moved on
. Wasn't the old farmers estimate O
: professional ball-p'ayers about right?'