Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-09-04

Successful asparagus. growers on
Long Island plant the roots four feet
apart each way.
A wash with carbonic soap frequently
applied is advised as saving annovances
to horses from flies.
By making a we'll at the intersection
of four fields all of them can be supplied
with water at the same time.
1t is economy to use for mulching
some material that can be dug with the
ground after it has served that pur-
pose.
A Fayette county, Mo-, farmer has al,
ways averaged twenty-five bushels of
wheat to the acre by sowing one bushel
of salt to the acre.
correspondent in an exchange claims
that dipping the tip-end of nails in lard
lnsures there being driven without diff
Guilty into hard seasoned timber.
The craving for salt by animals is not
a result of feeding under the care of
man. While this country was all forest
every salt spring was frequented by deer.
1t is stated by several who have tried
it that handful of salt in the hill for
squashes will save them from the maggot
which works at the roots and DESTROYS
the plant.
When you try an experiment, be
thorough and do not jump at conclu-
sions. Observe the weather and the
condition of the soil. Unnoticed items
often change the result.
A farmers wife says that three table
spoonfuls of ground Java coffee given
to sow in a mess will cure sours, and
less quantity given to calf or pig will
never fail to accomplish the desired re-
suit.
Put Paris green on the potatoes as
soon as they come up. The beetles eat
little while after they come out of the
ground before they deposit their eggs,
and if they are killed then it will pre-
vent such rapid increase
A tablespoonful of saltpeter just after
dropping her calf is good for COW, to
prevent parturient fever or swelling of
the bag. This is the remedy prescribed
by an old farmer, who has used it thirty
years with unvarying success.
1t has been found that rubbing tar
and parafiine, or other equally strong
smelling substance, along the spine of
grazing cattle will keep off flies, and the
beasts will feed in peace, while others
not so treated will be seen racing madly
over the same field.
The best way to apply salt to paths to
destroy weeds is as follows: Dissolve the
salt in water, one pound to one gallon,
and apply the mixture with watering
pot that has a spreading nose. This will
keep weeds and worms away for two or
three years. Put one pound to the square
yard the first year; afterward a weaker
solution may be applied when required.
Unless sheep run in an orchard, which
is best, some shelter should be provided
for them during the extreme heat.
In an orchard their droppings will mainly
be found under the best apple trees,
where they will do more good than any
where else. If they are sailed on tar
they will tar their noses, and thus pre-.
vent injury from the fly which lays the
egg that makes the maggot in the head.
One of the advantages of late planting
of potatoes is that something may be
done to the crop after harvest. If plant
ed so early that all the killing up has to
be done before harvest, the field is sure
to become very weedy, and the crop will
be materially decreased. This is more
especially true of the large growing, late
varieties, which, even when planted
early, will hardly be ready to dig before
frost kills tho vines.
Lampblack mixed with strong vinegar
will mark sheep so that the name can be
read for year. but will not I'M are the
wool, as is often done when sh eep are
marked with tar or paint The English
practice was to slit or notch the ears, a
mark requiring a quick eye to detect in
flock, but which once made lasted a
lifetime. BY changing the places on the
ear, using one or both, and varying the
shape of the cut, great number of
marks can be made to identify the prop
erty of different owners.
The rapid growth of barley, and the
dense shade which its broad leaves make
over the ground, is an effectual check on
the growth of most we0ls If to be sown
with wheat after the barley is off there
is an interval of six or more weeks, dur
ing which millions of annual weeds may
be destroyed on an acre. If the growth
of Canada thistles is entirely prevented
after the first of August, as it may be
where barley stubble is plowed early,
this pestilent weed may be made harm
less. at least for the following season.
The plan of keeping cows continuously
in milk without allowing them to have g