Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-04-16

There are $50 patents for manufactured
butter registered in the patent office.
j. E. Crane OF Middlebury, treasurer OF the
Ohamplain valley bee -keepers' association,
has an extensive apiary, which yields him a
neat income.
Throw physic to the dogs" Don't tam
per with strong drugs for your horses unless
you fully understand their nature or have
more horses than you want.
Use the brush freely during the shedding
season. II il better to take the loose hair of
this way than TO have IL flying in your face
while following your teams.
The Poultry Keeper says that the average
number Of eggs from any breed of hens-no
matter what's rarely over 100 In a year.
And we guess the estimate is nearer right
than those Of the farm papers that claim from
1876 to l75," says the Rural New Yorker.
II is a fact, proved by observation, that the
milk and butter qualities of cows are often
more derived from the sire than the dam. A
good bull will thus oheaply work a revolution
in the value of cows bred for the dairy.
The chances for success in life are much
greater for the boy who has grown up on the
farm the industrious habits formed aud the
evenings spent at home give HIM the stamina
which enables him to win in the battles Of
life
Some OF the best corn lands in Indiana are
the bottoms of ponds which have been drain.
ed, but in certain of these the working Of the
soil on warm days causes an intolerable itch
ing, followed by burning pain in the skin for
some days. The cause Of this is found to be
the minute spicues of sponges which once
grew in the pond and remain in enormous
abundance in the dist.
The champion hog that was killed in Rhine
beck the other day in the presence Of 5000
persons, for weeks before It's death had to be
fed with spoon He was 40 fat that be
could not feed himself, and 20 a small bow
and big iron spoon were employed. The
boy had no sinecure, for the hog ate half a
barrel Of swill daily, but the boy learned to
love the fat hog, and wept bitterly when he
was slaughtered.
farmer near Blakely, Ga says that his
gransries are free from rats because of "ra
snake" great pet on the plantation, who
daily visits the corncribs aud catches any
stray and indiscreet rat that may be lodging
among the corn.
Shedding Of the hair in spring is one oil
| the provisions Of nature, and If the matter !,
left to nature alone it will be done better thar
If you try to assist with some stimulant q
other. II your horses conditions are wha
| they should be, the matter OF getting rid Of
the coat OF hair will be done quickly.
1t Is well to remind those who are fighting
insect enemies that in the use of sulphur i
is dangerous to use the word fumes" a.
many persons will understand this as meaning
that sulphur must be ignited as we product
the fumes Of tobacco. This would DESTROY
all plant life as well az insects; but the sui
phur placed under hot sun or on pipes Of
hues, and 80 warmed to degree lees than ig
milton, gives of vapOr that insects do no
like, without being dangerous to vegetation.
In view Of the belief entertained by a mum
Der of people that our country is gradual,
drifting into landordism akin to that which
Expresses Great Britain, it is gratifying I,
find that small farms are not being consoli
dated into larger ones. There are few farm
in this country that contain more ia ~ lOO
acres. Out of 22j, 900 farms in Illinois Their
are only Gi9 with that average, while il
Michigan there are but 81, and in Kansa
only 235. Only three companies have mad
large purchases of land in Texas
Melon and cucumber seeds require higl
temperature to germinAte and yet especial,
with melons, they need to be planted yer
early to have a season long enough to per
fectly ripen their crop. This may be accom-
plished, even without hot house. by plant
ing seeds in squares Of sod highly fertlize,
and placed in boxes in warm place near
window. When warm enough outside, thes
squares may be transplanted into the ope
ground. II is some work to do this but
will be we'll repaid by the earliness aud eY
oellence of the crop.