The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-19

standing in the furrow after the plow
has passed. Some degree of moisture
is desirable, not only for ease in blowing,
but because stirring the soil when moist
aids in the development of plant food.
A hand hoe which is never ground
will wear much longer than one which
frequently comes in contact with the
grindstone, but the extra amount of la
Dor that can be performed with the
sharp implement will be sufficient to pay
for a new hoe every three days, to say
nothing of the saving of muscle. 1t is
poor economy to work with dull axe,
scythe or hoe.
1t may safely be recommended to dis
card sawdust, chatf and all such mate
rial in the formation of hens nests. The
best material is clean oat straw, cut into
two or three inch lengths. Mix with
this few tobacco stems, and when the
hen commences to set sprinkle the eggs
with tobacco dust. The best place for
the nest, except early in the season, is
on the ground, sheltered from wind and
rain.
A carriage should be washed immedi-
ately whenever it is returned home soiled.
If wet mud be permitted to continue and
dry upon the surface, a white opaque
spot will afterward indicate the place to
which the dirt adhered. Again, We
hicle which is invariably left its coat of
filth until the subsequent morning, al
ways requires rcpainting and revarnish-
ing many months before those carriages
which receive proper care.
The Indians had no almanacs, nor any
means of knowing the day Of the month.
But their rule for planting corn was a
very simple and good one and that was
when the leaves of the hickory or but
ternut were of the size of a squirrels
cars. At this time the ground has be-
come warm enough to terminate the
seed and push it forward. Corn is a
semi-tropical plant, and more impatient
of cold than the smaller grains.
The common hop vine, grown as a
climber, has long been used in places
where it is desirable to cover considera
BILE space. 1t may be safely recommended
for piazzas, fences outbuidings, or to
hide old, or partially decayed stumps of
trees, ana we have even seen it climbing
bare pole Of great height, with the ex-
IRENE ends dangling in the form of a
lash, which by the "way side inn" is
quite suggestive to the way farer and his
horse.
Remembering that corn loves hot
weather, we shall better appreciate the
necessity for planting near the surface,
where the soil is warm. In marking out
only slight depression should be made.
If the planting is done with a hoe, lit
tie earth raked into the check rows to
throw the seed on is better than digging
deeper hole to bury the seed in. Where
the drill is used the tubes should be set
to place the seed as near the surface as
it can be well covered.
In Holland, said DR.. Baldwin, at the
Dutch Friesian meeting in Chicago, the
calf is taken from the COW Immediately
after birth. The COW does not see it as
a rule. The cows produce their calves in
the stable, the calves are taken away, and
there is no believing or moaning on the
part of the cows. There is a very great
loss if the COW is allowed to lick her
calf and remain with it for time, for
she becomes attached to it, and then it
cannot be taken away from the COW
without more or less uneasiness, and
there is loss not only in milk but in
flesh, more perhaps in flesh and the con-
dition of the animal.