Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-09-08

before planting out.
The overlooking of any kind OF breed.
ing stock is calculated to impair fertility
and that species Of thriftiness which
prompts to activity and the full working
powers Of all the vital organs.
Fruit that cannot be sold may be dried,
cvaporated, made into cider for vinegar
or jelly. In this manufactured form II
can be kept MS long as necessary and sold
when fait price can be secured.
The Rwal Ncw Yorker notes that where
the ground is covered to depth sufficient
to keep out frost, with some rich manure,
asparagus can be cut earlier than when it
has to wait for the frost to thaw out of
the ground.
In buying pigs for breeding stock the
best is the cheapest, though it cost q
little more money. The reason why
breeders justify themselves in saving
lunts is because some men are thought
less enough to buy them at low price.
Use the scales on the farm in order to
more accurately keep an account Of all
sales and purchases, as we'll as the amount
of food allowed. Every meal should be
weighed, and the gain or loss Of flesh
carefully observed.
A contemporary says: "Dip soft wood
posts, such as willow and poplar, into
coal tar, and the wood is made to last in
the ground equal to the best seasoned
oak" Any person can satisfy himself Of
he falacy of this by trying the expert
ment.
Straw may be rendered more valuable
by being cut in short lengths and mixed
with chopped hay and grain. 1t will
greatly assist in increasing the amount Of
coarse material, if so fed, and the prac-
tice is much more economical than that
of using it for bedding entirely.
In order to guard against flies the
stable should be thoroughly cleaned
often. A sprinkling Of the floors with a
mixture of teaspoonful of carbolic acid
and two gallons of water will disinfect
the STALL while the manure heap may
also receive an application with advan.
tage.
Among the new and less known points
on insecticides are the following: Mix
pyrcthrum with four or five parts of flour,
Gas lime water for the cabbage worm Is
made by rubbing the inside of casli
with q spoonful of gas lime and filling
the cask with water. Burning straw over
the strawberry plants for the tarnish
plant bug has proved quite successful.
The effectiveness of pyrcthrum is In
creased by the addition of alcohol.
One kind of clover plant is rs nearly
worthless as any wecl that grows. This
is the common sweet clover, which
grows thrifty by the roadside on the
poorest land. 1t is great pity for it
starts early and grows luXuriantly. Even
when young and tender, cows will not
cat it, nor will any other stock that VIC
know of. 1t is fair bee pasture, but not
better than white clover or many other
plants good for other purposes.
Never use coarse litter, as it pays to
cut it with cutter, and the animals will
enjoy it better, while its fine quality will
render it more capable of absorbing the
liquids. All bedding should be used as
much for its absorbent qualities as for
bedding purposes, and the labor of pass
ing it through the cutter wiki more than
be repaid when it comes to the time that
the manure is to be hauled, as it will
then be fine and easier to handle.
Apple trees arc often starved in other
ways than by neglect to manure. The
apple borer leads to starvation oitener
than poor soil. The supply of food is
cut off by every move the oorer makes.
Get the borer out somehow, even If by
wire and jack-knifc. If not soon done
they will quickly get themselves out, and
after they have left be sure to keep them
out. Paper put on in May and then
torrcd with tar gas Or printers ink will
keep them out. One paper will last three
years.