Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-06
AGRICULTURAL.



Gather leaves
Don't abuse borrowing.
Drain away from the well.
Keep sheep dry under foot.
Fast fattening, quick profits.
See that the burrows are open,
In fattening, study the likes of indivii-
uals.
Try light mulch of coarse manure on
wheat
Fifty years hence will see many less
fences in use.
Every farmer should have several good
ladders. Don't forget this in the winter
leisure.
Frost-bitten potatoes are good for only
one thing-to cook Immediately and feed
to stock.
Potato tops are well worth cartng to the
barnyard for increasing the manure pile /;
they are rich in potash. Left in the field
they dry up or are blown about to waste.
A little acquaintance with common law
is good thing for the farmer, and may
easily be had by the help of any one Of
the many good books on law for every
body. The long evenings are just the
time for Improvement here.
/ Fattening beeves should have little
/ v,
of all other live stock for butCherng TO
/ be sure extreme quiet promotes fat, but
/ this is at the expense of perfect health
and the best quality of meat With fowls
it is somewhat different, as they are up
and moving around most of the time,
even wheH closely confined, in way that
is equivalent to exercising the muscles a
good deal.
The Moulting Season. is no more
important season for bestowing good care
on poultry than during and Immediately
after moulting This process is in itself Il
taxing one on the system of the birds, and
following. as it does, directly upon the
! laying season, it is but natural to see that
the fowls now, If ever, need close looking
after Good feeding is of the greatest i'm
| portance there is little danger that it
will cause an excess of fat to The detri-
ment of the egg yield later. Even corn
will not fatten mouting hens. Properly
will soon begin.
The Buckwheat Patch.-Oats may fol
low on buckwheat well, better in fact
than either barley, corn or potatoes. Wher
the crop has been harvested in the fall, &
good course is to harrow the land thor
oughly, covering the scattered gram, anC
for tiilage. The grain that sprouts vii
desirable. With narrowing well, to re
duce the stubble, the land may be enough
cleared OF this grain to go to oats early II
the spring and if the soil is good, with
out re-plOwing.
NOVA young friend of the writer
has over his dressing case Il card with tn
word now on it IN bold type This i
for reminding him, wheneverhc has som
task to do that could easily be pushed OIL
to do it now. 1t is an excellent taliSmau
Every farmer should post the same wore
/ on board in II conspicuous place, ut thi
season especially, to remind him when t
, do certain jobs that need doing befor
winter You are aware that the stable
need new doors or windows to make theI
comfortable in cold weather. When sha
they be fitted up ? Consult the board
, The chicken house is full of gaping crack
: that let in sleet and wind, the roof IT
quires patching TO keep out rain. 70
know it. but don't wait and wait with tn
battening up and repairing, but do it mon
Stacks have poor caps on; vegetables nee
, additional winter cover young live StOc
, is in want of suitable shelter; building
: and tools need painting barnyards nee
draining. When shall these jobs be done
Z The three letters on the board will tel
Good intentions alone never accomplis
: anything Good intentions not backed b
the carrying out part of work lead to tn
!, loss of millions of dollars worth of value
! on farms every year, when the same cOul
= easily be saved If the work We're only dor
Y now