Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-04-02
Farm and Garden Notes.

An Ohio man had hen that laid a
double-yolked egg every other day, and
on the between days she laid two eggs,
one of which had shell while the other
had none.
Stumps are a great nuisance on land
that is cultivated. Now, while the ground
is soft, is good time to twist them out
by horse power, claiming long pole to
the stump.
A farmer of experience in wool grow
ing says that there is more money in
growing wool at even twenty cents per
pound than in loaning money at ten per
cent. interest.
A contemporary thinks the rushing of
light hogs to market, from fear of hog
cholera, must tend to make pork high
another year. This not certain. The
hog is prolific.
The COW, when yielding milk, needs a
warmer stable than the OK. If we draw
from her twenty pounds of milk daily
that is at the temperature of 100 degrees,
we must in some way furnish her with
the means of restoring the caloric to the
system.
The shepherd should breed for size
weight of fleece, evenness of distribution
over the body, for length of staple and
fineness, for vigor, healthfulness and con-
stitution, and as a result he will soon
have a flock of large thrifty sheep,
which will yield him each season feeces
of the highest merit.
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greater care and judgment than in feed
ing. While one COW will only fully
utilize from four to six pounds, careful
test will no doubt prove the cow that
consumes ten pounds will bring to her
owner larger net profit than the COW
that consumes but five pounds.
The curing of clover in the barn de-
ponds upon how it is stored. Some
barns are tight and have solid floor at
the bottom of the NOW, while others have
cracks in the walls and a lot of loose
rails for the hay to rest on. While a
tight barn may sometimes keep green
clover, like silo the other will not
The iris, in its many varieties, is one
of the best garden tubers. They increase
rapidly and all the varieties are hardy.
The iris has a wide range of color, and
some of the blooms strikingly resemble
some of the varieties of valuable orchids
All of the family are of the easiest of cul-
ture, only requiring considerable mois.
ture.
The cross-bred fowl is often larger
than any of the breeds of fine bred stock
The prizes for dressed poultry in Eng.
land have often been won by cross-bred
birds, just as in the race of cattle mon.
grel steers frequently carry away the
prize for latest weights. Blood from
pure varieties, however was used in max
ing the cross always.
Diversified farming means fields OF
grain, meadows and pasture; q kitchen
garden and orchard; lawn with trees
and flowers. breeding mares and milch
cows sheep, swine and poultry. Live
stock is the groundwork, AMI will hold
the soil fertile. Get that which is supe.
rior in all the departments. From the
best is where the profit comes in.
Lilies are easily cultivated but they
will not thrive on low land unless it i
thoroughly drained. Water at the roots
or wet heavy SOIL is fatal. The sol
should be light and rich. 1t must be re-
membered that it is not the bulb that
needs feeding, but the roots beneath. II
ANIMALS, or some light pudding plants,
are planted between the bulbs, they viii
serve to keep the surface cool and moist
Prominent horticulturists do not recog
nize the power of salt as preventive Of
flower blight on the pear, apple and
ounce. They do not think there is any
preventive of pear blight unless it may be
some application of sulphur, which mus
act, however, in its capacity as a ga;
rather than as a solid. Others think the
only preventive is to cut off the affected
parts of the tree, or even to cut the af
fected tree out of the nursery