Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

droppings dry away until much Of their
value Is gone. Throwing the manure in !
heaps and applying a little dry earth to .
tire heap daily will prevent loss.
There Is much difference in the quality !
c. Paris green, much that Is sold being SO /,
heavily adu terated that it is impossible |
to decide how much to apply. The i'm !
pcre poison Is believed to be injurious
to potato vines. perhaps because of its
impurity being applied stonger than it
should be, The high-priced pure Paris
green is cheapest.
d. A. Jones, of Beeton, Canada, uses
chloroform in intro lucing queens. He
is very successful, seldom losing a queen
when introduced in that way. He puts
a few drops of chloroform on rag or
sponge in the smoker, and, giving few
puts in at the entrance, stupefes them,
and by the time the bees recover from
their stupor they know nothing of what
has happened.
As milk becomes scarce, or the calves
become too cd to need it. they generally
have as hard time as at any period of
their lives. The grass at midsummer
often fails, and little grain given twice
a day will tell in the value and appearance
of the animal. 1t is hard enough to make
proSt from growing a calf up to the
age when it becomes COW; but every
chance is spoiled for success if it is not
kept well the first twelve months of its
| life
These points as to his method are
! oil, hv for h. In fp
ra Sc 400 bushels of potatoes to the acre:
Rich, light soil; pillow deep early in
spring; plant fit en- inches apart; cover
four inches deep, or more; keep down
! the weeds, but do not work the ground
after potatoes begin to bloom. The
main secret, he rays, is in selecting the
seed He always cuts off the blossom
end. One eye will yield more potatoes
= than two.
The time to pick duck feathers, like
/ fruit, is when they are ripe. This may
be learned by catching two or three and
pulling few feathers here and there.
/ If they pull hard and the quilts are filled
with bloody fluid they are not ripe; but
if they pull easy and the quilts are clear
you may know that it is the "be,t time
to pick" Ducks may be picked four
times year. Never pluck the long
4 tufts Of coarse feathers on the sides that
support the wings
The Sweet Pepper (Clethra Alnifoliay
is q neat upright growing shrub, with
light green leaves, fine white flowers, and
has delightful fragrance. 1t is native
of the New England States, and has for
several years attract ID the attention of
bee keepers as shrub to furnish bees
with honey at tine when flowers are
scarce. 1t ca be successfully trans
/ planted, and will grow on all soils, from
! gravel loan to black peat, as we'll a.
lime or slate soils.
Success in Horticulture depends vastly
more on the care bestowed on the plants
than on large amount of money ex-
pended. Yet for all this many people
will yearly spend great deal of money
on high priced and rare plants, after
ward giving them no attention. A bed
Of geraniums, petunias, lantanas and
oth.r easily grown plants, if we'll cared
for, will be more satisfactory than rare
plants which require the care and atten-
ton of an expert gardener.
DR.. B. H. Warren, the ornithologist,
of the Pennsylvania Board of Agricul-
ture has gone to great pains to ascertain
the true value of hawks and owls to the
farmer, and the result of long series of
experiments gives a showing favorable
to the birds, hundreds of hawks and owls
have been Kill, d, and the contents of the
viscera carefully examined A great
ma ority have ben fed almost exclu-
sively upon mice, beetles and other "var-
minis" injurious to agriculture, and but
a small percentage on poultry. An eff
fort will be made to secure the repeal of
that portion of the Pennsylvania law
which offers bounty for the scalps of
hawks and owls.
What is the best summer fodder is
question which farmers do not fully
agree on. Formerly it was the general
custom to SOW corn for fodder but ex-
perience has proved to the satisfaction
of very large portion Of the farmers that
this is not the best material to feed ont in
its green state; in fact, some farmers
have discarded green corn altogether
and consider it all unfit food to feed in
its green, immature state; if they feed it
at all in its green state it is only late in
the autumn when it is fully matured, ex-
perience having satisfied them that when
in July in its immature, green state it
not only does not benefit the cows but
that it is a positive injury to their
health.
Suppose you have some heifers to
break in, re member that gentle handling
is great factor in gaining their good
will and submission to being handled. A
heifer that has never been handled until
she drops her first calf needs to be edu-
Gated by gentle means. 1t is too often
forgotten that such animals are tim:d
and nervous and the boot or club is APP
pied to sublue them. THIS is all
wrong. A heifer tina is to be raised for
the dairy should be handled and made
acc stoned to all necessary manipula-
ton from the time she is a calf until ma
turity, in which case she will be little or
no trouble and make better COW. All
the dairy animals, old and young alike,
should be thought to regard their master
as their friend; rule by creating COP
tidence and never by force.