Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-03-26
NOTES.

DR.. Edison Of the Washington health board,
discourses upon the presence Of disease germs
in the ice supplied for household use. He says
that instances are recorded in the practise OF
almost every experienced city physician where
typhoid fever or It's aiiiiliates have been devel.
oped after using ice taken from unclean and
miasmatic waters.
new use Of hens feathers has been discov-
cred in France. After the feathers have been
pluoked from ducks, chickens, turkeys and
other birds the plumes which have been sep
arated from the stalk are placed in bag and
subjected to rubbing between the hands, as
in washing clothes In few minutes the a .
bres are separated aud form perfectly homo
geneous and very light down for coverings
and other household articles.
James J. II. Gregory of Marbehead told
the farmers at the institute held in Peabody
that there was as much forest in Massachu-
sets now az any time for great many years.
An old wood chopper who is at work In Bris-
tol county says there is less prospect OF the
forests in Massachusetts, giving out than there
was 80 years ago Those who tremble lest
New England become a bare tract in a few
years can philosophize and cheer up.
When COWS gnaw boards give them char
coal mixed in the mes', and ground bone
They should also have roots and a sprinkle
eat up barrel in winter, but when summer
came they ate no more wood. The stomach
ia disordered. Give them some ulphur also
Feed more bran and meal
Mr. d. L. Roberts of Royalton, n Y ,
writes the Planter and Stockman that he
planted the Russian sunflower seed in his
garden. His crop was l25 bushels, with two
tons OF the fodder. He does not state how
much land was devoted to the crop, but says
he can grow five times as much chicken aud
COW feed with sunhowers az with anything
else. The seed is also good, in moderate
| quantities. for horses and hogs.
The Patrons Insurance Company OF Olio
has been of great advantage to those who
have insured in it The association was in
corporated in 1877 and is now carrying risks
to the amount of 81 OGG 600. The entire
! losses up to the present year amounted to
only 81, 1853 90, the average annual rate OF
assessment being thirty.six and half cents
on the thousand dollars Insured.
A recent invention of a sheet-iron covering
for cotton bales is exciting some attention
in the South. The covering can be used agaI
aud again until Il is worn out IL the inven
ton proves to be successful it will he of great
value, a. much cotton is burned while in tran
sit, and several pounds from each bale are
lost in various ways.
Perhaps il is not generally known that bar
ley, like the pine tree, grows all over the
world. 1t is grown alike in Arabia and Nor
way, and it will vegetate and grow at a 10 wei
temperature than any other small grain. L
never blights nor ru1ts, and will make some
thing on almost any kind Of land and under
any circumstances though good, rich, dry
soil suits it best. 1t il fine feed for horses
and mules, and when cut before It is fully ripe
the straw is equal to the bet northern hay.
The first herd of cattle known on the con
tinent of America we're brought by Columbu
on his second voyage. From these, and frou
other small herds brought by, later Spanish
navigators, the wild cattle of South Americt
descended. In 1858 the Portuguese took cat
tie and hogs to Newfoundland aud Nova SEQ
tia The Canadian cattle were introduced il
1908. In 1920 Virginia had 500 head OF cat
tie. TIE most stringent laws were passed
prohibiting the killing of any domestic AMI
NAL. In New England cattle were introduced
iu 1924 1t is said that for time prices wer
regulated by color, a red calf being cheape
than a black one because it was more likel,
to be mistaken for deer and killed.