The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-10-03
WISE AND OTHERWISE.


composed of one drake and five ducks.
By neglecting to properly care for their
tools and machinery, many farmers suf-
fer greater loss than the amount re-
quired to pay their taxes.
II both male and female have a good
record on both sides for several genera
tions, the progeny is pretty sure to in.
herit the good qualities of both sire and
dam.
Columbus discovered America and Ed
ison invented the phonograph, but it re-
NAMED for DIR. Bull to invent the remedy
Of the age, "Ihe Cough Syrup" the king
ly cure.
When no longer needed for use in the
fall, all farm tools, implements and ma.
chinery should be thoroughly cleaned,
oiled or painted, and stored away under
shelter in dry place.
The catalpa speciosa, or western catal.
pa, is hardy tree, of rapid growth, and
makes enduring posts for fence or other
purposes. 1t can be successfully grown
as high as 439 north latitude.
Every lady wants to preserve her bou-
quet of cut flowers. Then do not crowd
them, but give them plenty Of room and
fresh water. Showering the leaves &C.
casionally by sprinkling is help.
White ash is a valuable timber to grow.
Under favorable circumstances it is a
rapid grower. It's uses are manifold,
For tool handles and many uses of the
joiner it has no superior and few equals.
1t is asserted that in France 800 900
people are living in apartments without
| he ~. l. In
but is probably confined to the large CIT
les. Windows are modern sti'ution.
Don't water your plants too often nor
give them too much water. When the
soil looks dry, they need water. Good
drainage at the bottom Of the pot will
obviate some of the danger of drowning
the plant.
As a feat showing the possibilities OF
human enterprise, it is stated that tree
felled in Augusta, Ga, in the morning
| was turned into paper on which in the
I afternoon was printed the current news
of the day.
The Channel Island cattle probably had
the same origin, and they have been bred
under similar conditions. Hence the
strong resemblance in many points be-
tween the Jerseys, the Guernseys and
the Alderneys,
In caring for house plants great care
should be taken to keep the dust from
settling on the leaves and closing the
pores. The leaves are to the plant what
The lungs are to man. Plants need an
occasional washing.
Thorough washing will generally re-
move insects from plants. Fumigating
with tobacco smoke will kill many in
sects. But the scale bug must be scraped
off. This can be done with a soft tooth
brush and soapsuds.
Sugar makers know that the sap of
the soft maple is not as sweet as that of
the hard or sugar maple, but its sap
when boiled down about one-half makes
good vinegar, and if reduced sufficiently
makes very good syrup.
Not much is said about the cherry red
Devon, but none of the other breeds
breed so true TO their type, while the
Devon gives fair mess of quite rich
milk, the steers make excellent beef, and
no other breed equals it for the yoke.
A correspondent asks in an exchange !:
"Shall farming be abandoned Pn This IS
equivelant to asking if the human race
shall be extinguished. When farming
ceases to pay, life will not be worth liv-
ing, and both may as well be abolished
together.
Many young children become positive
ly repulsive with sore ewes, sore ears and
scald head. Such affections may be
speedily removed by the use If Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Young and old alike ex-
perience the wonderful benefits of this
medicine.
Have no guesswork about your farm
ing. Know what you are working for
and find out how to work to the desired
end. Have a specific purpose in every
thing you do. Do not be content to ex-
actly initiate. Study into the why and
wherefore.
Don't sell all your good animals be
cause you can get a good price for them.
Some are worth to keep twice as much
as others. Keep the best and dispose Of
the poorest, always using the best pure
blood you can get and breeding only
from the best animals.
Hungarian grass or mllet terminates
quickly, and the young plants take pos
session of the ground before the weeds
, have a chance to start. Thus the weed!
are robbed of sunshine and starved out
These crops, cut at the right time, MAKE
0 excellent dry feed or ensilage.
The following is given as a good way
+ to prepare rolling place or dust batl
g for fowls Lay rough floor of oil
boards on the ground, fasten boards on
the apartment with ten or twenty bush
lalo 81 Irxr Inafn 1,,af 81 81,
House plants need more care AM
more stimulating fertilizers than thos
grown under glass in the dollhouse. TIL
house plant does not get as much light
r and what it gets is usually from one side
a Hence it is always growing toward tn
= light. 1t requires frequent turning t,
keep it shapely.
!: The Jersey Bulletin strikes hom
u when it says Gull and kill is the Eng
fish rule for beginning to improve her,
of cattle. Select with care the calye
' that approach your standard. Rejec
without mercy all that depart from it.
Nothing less than this will meet tn
emergencies of the case.
!. In moist soil, plant potatoes nea
r the surface. In dry soil, furrOw an
!, plant deeper. Level culture Is best OIL
= = the dry soil, killing on the wet. Tn
J, potato requires two leading condition
$ "a moist soil for its fibrous roots to pen
: citrate and draw sustenance from, and
!. dry surface for the tubers to develop in
! Some claim that beer is nutritious
' Baron Liebig determined relatively how
much nutrition it contains. His decis
ion was that a spoonful of wheat flOu
contains as much nutrition as eigh
: quarts OF beer, while the nutritive ele
ments Of the -four are more available
and are not mixed with anything injur
ious.
The Engineer
OF the Wakefield, Mass, Rattan Works
G. N. Young, says /; In all cases of bill
iousness accompanied with those terri
BILE sick headaches, have found no 9th
er medicine that seems to take hold anC
do the good that your Sulphur Bitter
does. 1t is the best family medicin,