Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-02-06
Farm and Garden Notes.

A paragraph is going the rounds of
the exchanges to the effect that eff
places infested by mice be plentifully
treated, especially the holes, with Scotch
snuff, the pests will disappear"
The best material for constructing a
silo, according to the decision of the Es-
sex Mass Agricultural society, is stone
and cement, and the best material for
weighing down the ensilage is stone.
A Wisconsin farmer claims that for
ten years he has grown good crops of
potatoes, where others about him failed
on account of the ravages of the beetle,
by planting couple of flax seed in each
hill.
A lady writing in the Practical Farmer
says: Zone of the best places in the
world-if one cannot have a greenhouse
in which To keep roses is the kitchen.
There is always more or less moisture in
the air from the cooking, and so long as
the air is moist the better the growth Of
your roses"
Thousands of dollars are lost to horse
owners and the country each year by the
carclessness with which the colts are
handled during the first six or nine
months Of their existence. Like plants,
If they are stunted in the start it is very
hard to get rapid, healthy growth out
of them alterward.
Apractical poultry keeper recommends
the following weekly diet for evening
feed: Monday, wheat; Tuesday, corn
Wednesday, wheat; Thursday, oats; Fri
day, wheat; Saturday, soaked barley
Sunday, buckwheat or Egyptian corn.
The morning feed should be always
ground, often cooked and rather eiabo-
rate and diversified.
In skimming the cream off from milk
there should always be milk enough
SKINNED with the cream to give the
butter, when churned, a bright, clean
look. Butter churned from clear cream,
with little or no milk in it, will usually
have. an oily OF shiny look. This shows
that the grain of the butter is injured.
Every consideration ought to be given
to the saving of manure. The stables
should have drains that will carry off
the liquids to muck heap or reservoir,
and whatever manure is thrown out
should be carefully protected. Sheds for
composing muck, sods, ETC., may we'll
be used, in which pits are sunk and
moisture applied as may be needed.
The gizzard of fowls is admirably
adapted for grinding the hardest grains,
and it is we'll to give it something of this
to do. Feeding fowls with meal and
water or soaking grain for them is a
Of 1ohOr oh,
thrive better on whole wheat or screen
ings than on meal mixed with water.
The drink needed is better given separ-
ately.
Following is the formula for the
government harness dressing: One gal
lon of ncatsfoot oil, two pounds of bay
berry tallow, two pounds of beeswax,
two pounds of beef tallow. Put the
above in pan over a moderate fire.
When thoroughly dissolved add two
quarts of castor oil, then while on the
fire stir in one ounce of lamb black
Mix we'll and strain through fine cloth
to remove sediment; let cool.
Onions cannot be kept we'll in damp
cellar. The secret OF keeping onions is
to have them thoroughly dry when they
are put in the cellar, and keep them SO.
Also keep them cool, Onions that are
not wanted until late winter or early
spring may be stored in dry loft and
covered with foot or more of hay OF
straw. In this position, if the weather
is tolerably even, they will remain frozen
all winter, and be used as desired. They
should not be thawed out until wanted,
In some places it is desirable to get rid
Of hedges. This may be done while the