Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-14
FARM NOTES.


with the view Of saving waste. There is
annually a large amount of loss by the use
of racks that permit the animals to pull the /
hay out in larger quantities than they re
quire while eating
1t is estimated that the area of unreclaim- |
ed swamp and marsh land in the United |
States that can be drained and brought un-
der cultivation is equal to that of all the |
cultivated lands, or nearly 300 00O, 600 |
acres Much Of this land could be reclaimed |
without great difficulty or expense, and |
would make farm land of great value.
The New York dairy market report notes
the sale Of 81, 600 pounds of butter from the |
Delaware valley, one of the largest, if not
the largest, made in single transaction in
this country, aggregating over $4,000. |
This butter sold at from % to &c cents, and
the supply was quickly taken up The West
is apparently short Of good butter, the top
price being almost fabulous
The American Cultivator recommends
mixture Of hydraulic cement and skim milk
for painting farm buildings and fences The
cement is placed in a bucket and sweet
skim milk stirred in until the mixture is of
the consistency of cream. The proportions
are about one quart of cement to q gallon
Of milk. Color may be added, if desired
The paint is cheap and durable
The careful experiments of Dr. Noelcker,
chemist Of the Royal Agricultural society,
of England, proves that manure gradually
depreciates by keeping under the very best
management, gaining i'll water and losing
in valuable organic matter, which is spent
in the fermentation How. then, must it
waste and lose under the ordinary exposure
in yard subject to excessive heating and
washing by rains
After painstaking experiments, running
through six months, with all kinds or ra-
tions, Professor Whitcher. of New Hamp
/ shire, found that cows fed 80 pounds of 81
lage and pounds Of rye hay. costing l l. 02
cents per day did as well as they did when
fed Is pounds of hay, 10 pounds cut corn
stalks and : pounds meal, costing in all 20
/ cents per day The silage was made from
| thlnly planted and cared corn. The differ
ence between / and 26 cents per day tells
the story why some dairymen make
money by dairyng and others do not.
When a root is cut off, SAYS Vick's maya
zine, 1t begins Immediately to heal by form
/ ing granulations between the bark and the
wood from these granulations spring nu-
merous fine fbrous roots In four or five
years the stronger ones of these push off
"a. i
/ 10y pruning or transplanting to keep them
within bounds. If the trees are carefully
dug two or three years after this root -prun-
ing process, it will be seen that all the f.
brous roots will be obtained as they do not
extend far from the tree Then, with
proper care in after transplanting success
is certain
Experience, says IA well known dairy
man, is necessary to success in darving.
and | have found the most expensive has
been that which have learned myself, and
the most profitable that which have learn
ed from others.
There is perhaps no article of commerce
which passes 10y numerals which is sold
with 50 little accuracy as eggs. The pur-
chaser may think when he buys six dozen
eggs that each dozen is the same, but if he
would weigh each dozen separately he
would find vast difference. Some eggs
are large and some are small and the JEFF
ferson declaration, that all are born equal
can have no possible application to hen
fruit
a.. h.. OH oil,
cides. At this season it may be used liberal
ly on the hen roosts TO prevent lice, which
do damage even in winter
One hundred years ago apples were not
much larger than plums, tomatoes were en-
tirely unknown. and many of the most val
liable fruits and vegetables grew in the
woods in the wild state in which nature
created them Horticulture has made won
derful strides, and is advancing every day
This inclement season suggests an added
reason why farmers who keep two or more
teams should have one of them oxen Often
there is something necessary TO be done
with a team on or about the farm in stormy
weather, when it is imprudent to take out
the horse team, on account of their liability
to take cold, resulting in cough, heaves
or pneumonia Horses are very sensitive
To inclemencies of the weather, and oxen
are not The latter can do the work in the
rain and mud without apparent harm to
them while the former are recuperating in
their comfortable stalls
Money honestly and laboriously earned
says the Boston journal, is apt to stick, for
the hand that has hardened and the brow
that has sweat in securing it are powerful
reminders of its proper value we'll
rounded, happy life is not TO be built up by
feverish speculation brought on by haste
to become rich but "A life reaches its fullest
peiection and acquires its greatest capabili-
ty for enjoyment when by moderate growth
its roots strike deep into the soil of perma-
nent prosperity and its branches increase
slowly till it reaches its fullest legitimate
maturity.
The skunk has at last found one friend
Wick Is magazine for November says The
much despised skunk is a great friend Of
the farmer in destroying insects, and the
few eggs he purloins from the hen yard
very poorly compensate for the number of
noxious bugs and worms he consumes
The Senate cattle trade investigating
committee has been in session in st. Louis.
Butchers from various parts Of the country
testified that their business had been paral.
yzei by the combination of dressed beef
men, whose operations date from 1876.
Many former well-to-do butchers are now
bankrupt
To prepare cider so it will remain sweet
the Scientific American recommends to dip a
stick in melted sulphur, set it on fire and
hold in half-barrel, then agitate it and
complete the filling
Age and experience in working in a rut
for forty years proves nothing, says a re
cent writer. A person making butter by
one old rule forty years may not know half
as much about thing as a student of six
months at "A first class dairy school, where
they are taught the cause and effect of
things
Don't overfeed one day and restrict the
supply the next Regularity in time and
quantity when feeding save labor and ex
peuse.
We do not produce potatoes or beans
enough for home consumption if the fact
that such products are imported are taken
into consideration If foreigners can ship
their products 1000 miles II reach ms No