Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-10

smother the leaves of the tree. Vines
like Wistaria, that coil around trunk,
do iniure trees.
Poultry farming doesn't take a great
deal of land, but with good manage
mcnt the harvest comes every day; and
though it is small its multiplication by
all the days of the year makes a sum
that compares favorably with more pre-
tentious ventures.
The Southdown possesses power and
capa ity of transmitting its Characters
tics to the offspring and absorbing the
distinctive features of other breeds that
no other sheep has except the me;ino.
This quality is doubtless owing to its
purity and antiquity of blood compared
with other breeds of medium and coarse
wool.
For working purposes, the mule is more
economical than the horse. 1t eats less
and will do as much work. Sickness
among mules is an exception. 1t costs
less to keep them, less to shoe them-for
their feet are much harder than those of
the horse-and they are more patient
than the horse.
A Tennessee farmer made an applica.
ton of one handful of ground sulphur
and the same of salt to about a | eek of
ashes, mixed together thoroughly, then
applied it to the collars of the apple
trees that were badly affected with the
borer. He says the remedy killed the
worms and saved the trees.
Encourage the breeding of any class
Of horses that are better than those al
ready in your vicinity. Improvems mt,
if slow, is better than going backward.
Do not breed from cross-roa1 sta lions
because they are cheap. A neighbor-
hood of farmers may easily club together
and bring good draft stallion to i'm
prove their stock.
Start new plants if you want any young
ones for the house next winter. Select
cuttings which break readily when bent,
Insert in sand, in shallow boxes, and keep
the sand very moist Never allow it to
dry out or your cuttings will be ruined.
In two weeks cuttings of most kinds of
plants will have rooted. When two or
three leaves have grown put the young
plants in small pots.
Happy is the apple grower, says the
Fdrm J0urRG who has a few acres of
naturally drained side soil, mellow and
porous, and deep enough to permit the
roots of histrees to 60 down out of reach
of pillow, or drouth, or frost, and anchor
the nselvcs in the very depths of the
earth. Such is not easy to find, and
particularly in large bodies. but when
ever it is found by all means give the
apple chance at it.
If farmers will grow field of fodder
corn they will fnI that it requires less
labor in rorortioa to yield of produce
thtn any other crop that can be grown.
trmay be sown very thickly in the rows,
AMI should be harvested Just when in
the mi Ky state, 50 az to arrest the nutri-
tive matter in the stalk as it is passing on
its wais to the ears. Such a crop is
quickly grown, nee Is no hoeing, can be
cultivated one way and can be carried as
sool us cut directly to the barn for
storage.
Those who have once mastered the
weeds in their garden will never be sat
iatied to go back to the practice of fight
ih5 wv NOSoo NtullllS IhO D pIluS duu
summer and permitting enough to seed
in the autumn that the fight may be con-
tinued each year, but they will carefully
look over the gard during the latter
part of the season that they may remove
any weeds that have escaped the hoe or
the cultivator. 10 not give up the bat
tie with the weeds until the cold weather
prevents them from ripening their seed.
Amoniacal odors prevail in all stables
at this season if they are not kept very
clean. The best plan for doing this is
to give the stalls an overhauling in the
morning, removing the bedding at the
same time. Such method will admit
the - co every portion of the floors and
thoroughly dry them, thus preventing
fifth and greatly assisting to promote the
health of the stock. Escaping gases,
bad odors and dampness are at the root
of nearly all the evils that befall stock
when con ned in the stables and yards.