The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-11-29
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


Every feeder who has given his hogs
close attention knows that after the hogs
nave reached certain stage as regards
TO growth, keeping any longer is an ex-
pense with very little profit,
There is no use, says the Rural World.
in Ignoring the facts that here in Ameri-
ca we can, If we will, produce wool as
cheaply as the people of any country in
the world, and sell it at as low a price
with profit.
1t is usually the freezing and thawing
more than the intense cold which in
Jures semi tender plants during the win
ter and now is the time to see to their
protection. Evergreen boughs aud
forest leaves are the best materials for
this use.
The refining and moral influence of
the beautiful, happy home can hardly
be over estimated, The hallowed mem
orles of such childhood will cling to
US through all our after life.-President
Wheeler, of Topeka, Kansas.
Vick'S Magazine for November saws :
The much despised skunk is great
friend OF the farmer in destroying IN
sects, and the few eggs he purluins from
the hen yard very poorly compensate
for the number of Doxious bugs and
worms he consumes.
The american Garden notices with
approval an improvement in the appear
ance of gardens by an increasing knowl-
edge of grouping and massing hardy
perennials. Give us plenty of the good
old flowers and walls covered with vines
and climbers.
The wood harvest. for keeping us
warm, and the ice harvest, for keeping
us cool, go right along together upon
the farm, without much reflection as to
how these artificial wants, from being
luxuries formerly, have become necessi-
lies and are constantly increasing in
their demands upon us.
While good many young men who
are raised on farms leave them and
enter other pursuits, there il occasion
ally young man who is raised in the
city. having all the advantages which
wealth can give him, who adopts farm
ing as profession and makes it a sue
cess. That an example of this kind is
beneficial no one can doubt, That Con
gresham Edward Burnett is such an
example, all who know him can testify.
p. w. Mo'eley
| An apple should never at any time,
while being handled and stored, become
cooler than the surrounding atmosphere.
IL il does not it will never sweat" =" for
this sweat is simply atmospheric,
moisture, precipitated upon the cold ap.
pie, preci ely as it Is precipitated upon
the outside of a pitcher of ice water in
summer. An apple cannot be made tc
sweat in any true sense. The skin OF
of all sound. smooth apples is nearly A.
air and water light as india rubber
DR., HOSkinS
The farmer who can't keep up the fer
tility of his old fields. had b tier 90 into
some other business. have been on
this farm twenty years and have kept il
up without buying dressing. The
drawb ck with many farmers is the
habit Of sending the best hay to b ,stnn
in tead Of u'ing it upon the farm.-A,
+ j. Brown
Many farmers and gardeners are neg
lec'ful OF business p i ples. 1t is not for
| PLEASURE that we grow fruit or vegeta
hles, but for the money hat is IN them
says a correspondent of the american
Gdrden He urges studying t. reduce
the cost Of culture, saying that he tries
to reduce the cost per acre each year,
but give 1t the same attention.
At a farmers institute in Maine last
winter w. d. Ferguson of Brewer said
he thought there was great waate in
feeding stock which in some instances
would account for the failure in making
the raising Of it pay. Too much hay
was fed at time and il was trampled
under foot and wasted. Attention to
feeding with care and regularity would
save more expense than many farmers
seem TO realize.