The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-02
Farm Notes.

which will not grow into more money.
Selling off the young, thrifty, growing
stock is what keeps many afarmerpoo
Iowa has six hundred fifty creameries;
Illinois, four hundred seventy; Wis
consin, four hundred thirty; Mime
sofa, one hundred thirty-nine- making
total of one thousand six hundred
eighty-nine in four of the northwestern
states.
A MARYLAND farmer wants to know
if any one " can give any good reason
why the government should send free
to the farmers common (easily obtained)
seeds any more than they should send
shoe-pegs free to the shoemakers, or
nails to the carpenters" We give it up.
A MASSACHUSETTS strawberry grower
reports that his strawberries, although
planted in land infested with the de-
structive white grub, were not at all
disturbed by them, and he ascribes this
immunity to the fact that the roots were
dipped in Paris green water before
setting.
OUR Country Home says " The farmer
in politics is fast becoming reality.
The recognition by the President of the
rights pertaining to land is of itself
significant of the growing power of the
landowner. Gradually, too, farmers
are increasing in numbers among the
lawmakers and executors. And, though
we regret to say it, the South is taking
the lead in this direction, though
naturally, as most of her leading men
are farmers"
THERE are said to be carried off from
the soil nine pounds of lime in twenty
five bushels of oats, and fifteen pounds
in thirty-eight bushels of barley. There
are thirty-fve pounds of lime in two
tons of clover, one hundred forty
pounds in twenty-five tons of turnips
and two hundred seventy pounds in
nine tons of potatoes. Some soils con-
tain an abundance of lime for thou
sand years, while other soils require an
occasional application of lime as a
fertilizer.
A CORRESPONDENT of the american
Poultry Journal says that even upon a
farm small flock of hens will do bet
ter than large one, unless they are
colonized in different parts of it.
However," he adds, " small flock
upon farm is not the same thing as a
small flock upon an acre or two of land.
On the former, hundred or there
abouts would be considered a small
flock, while upon the latter, twenty or
thirty would be a pretty good-sized
flock to live and do we'll"
WHO so lost to all that is toothsome that
he cannot be coaXed into good humor
with generous piece of huckleberry
pie? Will not some of our enterpris-
ing horticulturists please try the posi-
bilities of the humble huckleberry? 1t
has been neglected for centuries, and
allowed to grow wild on the mountain
sides or pine plains, annually robbed of
its load of fruit, which it never fails to
produce. Let us now see what selection,
cultivation and the judicious raising of
seedlings may do for it! Is there any
reason why it should not be as good in
flavor as now, and as large as the largest
cherries?
SECRETARY CYRUS T. Fox of the
Berks County Penn.) Agricultural So
ciety remarked, at recent meeting, that
it would pay to have covered barnyards,
which would prevent the manure pile
from evaporation and afford protection
to the cattle from the bleak winds of
spring and autumn. In driving along
country roads he had seen streams of
black manure cOursing from the barn
yards. The heavy growth of weeds
along the roadside, fostered by this
drainage, gave evidence of the strength
of the fertilizer of which the farmer is
deprived. The manure heap is the farm
er's gold mine, and nothing will bring
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increasing its size and quality.
THE great secret of binding grain
well is to use thick band. Draw the
band moderately tight; then if you
have large band you will make it very
tight around the bundle by the twist
you make before tucking. If you use a
small band you cannot do this, for you
have no purchase. A large band is the
secret of easy binding, as it is of tight
binding, for you have the advantage of
leverage and do not have to pull the
band tight by main force. Good bind
ing consists in using thick, double
band; in gathering up the grain clean
in Strengthening the bundle, when
needed; in putting the band near the
center, little nearer the butt than the
head; and in making the band tight,
tucking it towards the butt.-Form and
Garden.
A MANUFACTURER of soap knows
the different ingredients he needs to
produce the soap he wants and the
effect of the different articles he uses,
and therefore buys those necessary and
uses them in the proportion needed to
make the soap desired. If he did not
know the nature and effect of the differ
ent articles he used, it would be a mere
chance if he made what he desired. 1t
is the same with farmers. Those who
know the relative effect of the differ
ent constituents entering into the
growth of plants use the articles that
will produce the desired results; but if
ignorant of the nature of the articles
used, and the form and condition in
which they exist, it is chance if their
crop proves what they desire or expect.
Boston Post.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
Inter Ocean gives recipe for the COM
plete "cure" of sheep-killing dogs.
Nothing provokes," says the cores
pendent referred to, ga man so much
as to kill his dog. Whenever a sheep
of mine is killed in the pasture, con-
slider, for the sake of peace, that wolves
have done the deed. leave my dead
sheen where | found il and place a lot