The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-11-11

tented and thrive better on a@newsthan
old range. Frequent change. of range
for them is important at this season of
the year.
Steady occupation is what counts in
any business, especially in farming, for
in this employment day or an hour
wasted is usually more than loss of time,
for it is opportunity gone.
1t Is never good policy to divide a
farm in small fields, for it is waste of
land, waste of time, and oppressive in
crease of fencing that becomes burden
some tax in construction and mainte-
nance.
The best drug for poultry is carbolic
acid. Get pint of the crudest for fifty
cents, put one ounce in one gallon of
water, and sprinkle it with a broom all
over the chicken house and its furniture
once month.
The merino is hardy and, being active
and industrious, does not require that
care which is often necessary for the
larger breeds. Hence the farmer is en-
ablcd to make profit from the merinos
on locations not at all adapted for the
mutton breeds.
1t does not pay to haul dirt from one
field to another, yet Virginia farmer
states that he has made it profitable to
haul clay on light sandy soil, but the
work should be done at time when the
teams have very little else to do, as it is
laborious and requires time.
Use plenty of muck or mari in your
manure. Mari is an excellent material
as an absorbant, and is more valuable
aftel being mixed with the manure than
when used alone. A compost of mari
and manure is one or the best top
dressings for grass that can be used.
Setting hens should not be fed while
on the nest. They need all the exercise
they are likely to get; too constant set
ting makes them of bird disposition and
difficult to manage when they come of
with brood. Eggs will stand wide
range of temperature without injury.
1t is better to turn the fall apples into
cash, even if but small price be OBJ.
tanned for them than to let them rot
under the trees. While apples possess
some value as food for stock, many farmers
do not seem to realize it, and, if not sold
at the stores, the apples are allowed tc
decay upon the ground.
Seed corn intended for next season
should be thoroughly dried, or it will
not answer. If perfectly dry it will
endure very severe cold, but if con
tanning much water in its composition
the extremely cold weather will injure
the germ. Dry it we'll and hang it VI
in dry place of even temperature.
This is the way one good farmer got {
permanent supply of pure water: HI
laid about 1000 feet of tile for draining
a wet piece of land on top of hill
thirty or forty rods distant from thu
barn. The supply of water was so per
manent that he set cask to receive the
water at the outlet of the tile, and will
lead pipe conducted it to his yard.
No better investment can be made b,
those who love hardy flowers than to Civ
them top dressing of rotten manure il
the fall of the year. Many persons us
fresh manure for protecting roses ant
other half hardy things. In this fresl
condition much salt, and many thing
are killed instead of being pro
tcctcd by it.
If we would keep our plants fror
fungus diseases we must study the law
of health as they affect vegetation ant
practice good culture. Florists oftel
ignore the laws of plant life. For IN
stance, day in and day out, they waite
or syringe, whether plants need it or not
The plant should never have water whel
it does not need it and excellent drain
age should DO applied to carry waite
rapidly away.