Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-07-16

that this industry is destined to be an i'm
portant one, l should not advise you to
invest in it without first thoroughly in
forming yourself as to its details and
what difficulties you would be Likely to
encounter, which you could do by con-
ference with the owners Of the ranches in
Texas
The farmer who rises early and gets
his team out while dew is heavy on the
grass or soil gains increased fertility to
his soil by his earliness. Dew contains a
considerable amount of ammonia, and
this turned under by plow or cultivator
is absorbed in the SOIL When grass is
plowed under wet with dew there is an
additional advantage from the greater
readiness of wet grass to rot quickly.
Market chickens may be pushed to ad-
vantage by frequent feeding, besides
having free run, if possible, while they
are growing and before they are put up
to fatten. After ducks have passed the
delicate stage and have their feathers,
they may be given frequent feeds of food
to give them rapid growth and size. The
earlier they are sold after they become
marketable the greater will be the pro-
fit.
A correspondent of the Western PloW-
man says almost any variety of corn can
be obtained by careful selection of seeds.
For variety that could not be injured
by wet weather, he gathered strong,
healthy cars that hung down upon erect
stalks; and for best results in shelled
corn, ears with deep grains and small
cobs, bearing grains the entire length.
He advises trying this a few years and
noting the results.
You should keep a disused coal oil bar
rel half full of the strongest lye, into
which to drop every bone that comes from
your table, or else pack them in alternate
layers with unslacktd d lime. They will
become so brittle that you may have them
broken fine and spread them broadcast
and the lye, if you have used that, can
be diluted with many times its bulk of
water and be applied wherever potash
would be serviceable. This liquid, OF
soapsuds, is the surest possible dressing
for caulifower and cabbage.
Chickens are valuable outside the ques.
tion of eggs and flesh. A full grown
hen will yield from two and "a halt
ounces to four and one-half ounces of
feathers and down. The feathers serve
for bonnet decorations, the ornamental
ton of military shakos, and for busters.
The averaged sized feathers are employed
for beds and holsters, the down for pill.
lows. But the latter classes are not held
in as much esteem as the same from
geese and ducks. When the feathers are
plucked, they are placed for short time
in bakers oven, after the bread has
been wit drawn to kill the insect germs.
before they are sent to market.
No matter how thoroughly corn land is
fitted, the period of time after corn is
planted before the rows can be distin.
guished is critical one. If rains come,
the soil is beaten down hard, and if they
do not come then the surface becomes
cloddy and dry. Just as soon as the cul
tivator can be got in it should be. 1t is
not necessary at first to cultivate deeply
so the teeth may be spread widely enough
to take the whole surface between the
hills. After this, closer work may bt
made by going twice in a row, putting
the cultivator close to the corn on ont
side, and in going back hoeing the op
posite side. With a careful horse, wide
awake man with the cultivator can S,
take the weeds out of the hills as to MAKE
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