The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-09
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Through the over production of meat
Of low grades prices on all grades have
been lowsred.-Pdirie Farmer.
Let your horse stand loose, IL possible,
without being tied up in the manger.
ton induce bad habits.
Too many farmers work in the field
until il lie too late or they are too tired
to work any longer, and then when they
need rest give what strength they have
left to planning their business.-J. E.
Read.
The most hopeful feature among the
agriculturIsts in Connecticut today says
the Connecticut Farmer, is the general
perception among farmers that In union
their is strength for them as well as
against them,
The silo is simply an air tight, water
tight box in which green succulent herb
age may be preserved as we preserve
green fruit.-A. j. Cook. agricultural
College, Michigan.
Herds and Flock call attention to the
profit to be derived from little care of
the lambs. Every lamb saved means
from $3 to IS in tho owners pocket six
UT elRuJ mOuLn6 nenCe,
EARNING Of this kind pays we'll and
one great reason why it does not pay in
so many instances is that the men do
not put enough faith in their business
to cause them to put more money, labor
and brsins in it"
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman calling attention to the stale
ment of a speaker at a winter meeting
Of the board of agriculture who said that
he could make butter at a cost OF ten
cents pound for feeds says:
Horses have a peculiar horror of death
and especially dread death among their
own kind. A horse that is absolutely
fearless of inanimate things will be
frightened beyond measure at the sight
OF dead horse lying by the roadside.
The hest bred animals are never to
good for the business farmer. With
good cows well cared for there is as
much profit as from manufacturing
The COW should be looked upon as a
machine for converting raw materials
into market products.
Prof. Brooks gives the record of some
of the cows at the agricultural college in
Japan which are descended from the
herd of Mr., ]. D. W. French saba after
her first calf at two years five months
| old gave for one year 5000 pounds Of
milk, The record for one year of Take
was 5000 pounds.
The Breeders Gazette says that butter
Is colored in winter because the public
demand it and that 1T is the producers
duty to place his goods before the con-
| in tho haof likoA hN nil "
Is not this argumet too broad? 1t is the
same argument that the cleo men use to
excuse themselves for coloring their
goods in order to make them initiate
| real butter.
Give breeding sows a run to grass in
the summer months and feed sparingly
of grain, II they have good grass feed
let them depend on that entirely. AL
ways salt more or less, especially just
before they farrow. In winter quarters
continue their natural food as nearly as
possible, giving plenty of roots and
steamed hay. Above all keep their
bowels open and never think Of such a
thing as a SOW troubling her pigs.-W.
E. PendletOn, CT.
In the report from the department Of
agriculture on the peach yellows it is
stated that the cause of the yellows is
probably some micro-organism. The
spread of the yellows from diseased buds
to healthy stock points strongly to some
cOntdgium pirttm as the cause of the dis
ease. Prof. Smith suggests that prompt
destruction of affected trees by fire if
practiced throughout the community
will greatly hinder the progress of the
disease. In the union OF fruit growers
there Is strength and safety. Its meth
DDS of restriction must be supported by
the strong public sentiment, backed by
a suitable law.