The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-21
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

For disordered liver try Beecham's
Pills.
Pears Soap secures a beautiful COM
plexion.
From now until sap starts is a good
time to trim fruit trees.
Don't try to raise too many breeds,
and by all means avoid mixing them.
JIG. Davis Old Soap is the cheapest
and best soap on the American market.
Every farm should be an experiment
station by itself and carefully studied by
it's owner.
Keep your young trees well trimmed,
II saves severe trimming when the trees
are larger.
The best way to renovate an old straw
berry bed is to pillow or spade it up and
set new one.
Iron oxide makes very good paint
for the running gear of wagons, and is
cheap. 1t makes dark brown color.
Bondholders will find Salvation Oil a
sure cure for govt or rheumatism. 1t is
sold by all druggists for 25 cents a bot
tie.
Agricultural chemistry is the child of
this century, and the common farmer
has not yet learned the irst rudiments
Of it.
The nutritive value Of pumpkin seeds
is said to be four times as much as that
OF the body Of the pumpkin without
them.
O.cs ard grass makes an excellent soil
ing crop. But il requires rich soil. and
for hay is best when cut just before bios
soming,
Farms as we'll as farmers have their
individuality. What is good for the soil
of one farm may not be good for that of
another.
Rye straw preserved unbroken is worth
more per ton in Boston than the best
hay. Market gardeners want it for hot
bed mats.
When potatoes are steamed or boiled
for fattening hogs, the addition of pump
kins, seeds and all, adds materially to
the value of the food.
Without system nothing can be sue
cessfully done. This applies emphati-
cally to farming as to any other occu-
patton followed by man.
There are certain laws and principles
that apply to farming in all its details,
but no fixed rules can be laid down that
will meet every emergency,
No crop 10 better for soiling than Glow
er, as it is full Of nutritive elements at
all stages of its growth. and can be used
at any time before ripening.
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apart to allow of cultivation between the
rows, il not between the hills. There is
nothing gained by crowding.
There is as much IN saving as in earn.
ing. The economical hired hand often
has more net cash at the end of the year
than the farmer that he works for.
When the seeds are fed with the rest
of the pumpkin, either by slicing, pulp
ing or cooking, there is no danger of
their hurting cows or other animals.
You do not need in your apple orchard
all the varieties that grow. Be content
with the leading varieties, and few
early ones to give you the range of the
season,
As far as possible or profitable raise
all you need TO use on the farm. 1t saves
transportation and this often would
make up for any loss in the cost of pro
duction.
Long rye straw is always in demand
by horsemen for bedding purposes, II
has other uses. 1t therefore pays to cul
and thresh it with fail. The brighter
it is the better.
No man knows everything about farm
ing or anything else, and no man could
carry such a fund of knowledge in his
head if he should acquire it. He need'
books for reference.
Many a man has too much land
Chats what's the matter with him.
he Is land poor. When he spreads biz
manure and his labor over so many acres
both are mighty thin.
Man has only just begun to learn hi
own capabilities and that of the soil
When he masters the problem of vegeta
BILE and animal nutrition, he will become
master of the situation.
To own a number of acres of land
pillow, SOW them, and harvest the croE
does not constitute farming, True farm
ing increases the annual yield without
tue bOli VI ITO lOibiilty.
Every farm is different from every
other farm, as every farmer Individually
differs from every other farmer. Hence
the best results in farming require care
full, special study of every farm.
Scientists tell us that the stringy part
of the pumpkin, including the seed, con
tains 25 per cent. more of dried matter
than all the rest of the pumpkin, and il
worth twice as much for feeding,
Agriculture is the oldest art known tt
man, yet less progress has been made il
the knowledge and management of thu
soil than in any other line of human in
vestigation and experimentation.
While every farmer should possess thu
most effective implements and tools re
quired for the cultivation Of the soil, 1t il
not necessary that he should buy and ex
pertinent with every rew invention.
Sweet clover, which is generally con-
sidered nuisance, makes excellent feeC
when young, and most kinds of stocl
are fond of it. II cultivated and cut be
fore blossoming, it makes good hay.
We heard an old farmer say "Al
ways put your labor where you do youl
manures." lie made money at farming
But he believed in few well-manured
acres instead of many half-manured.
Many fail with orchard grass because
they cut it too late, when it has turned
to woody fibre. On rich soil, it is ranl
grower, and three crops, averaging three
feet each, have been cut in a single sea
son.
1t is folly for any man to try to ge
along with farming without the use Of
books. Most things known about farm
ing have been printed in books. To read
these is to profit by other peoples exper
ience.
The man who is engaged in any line o.
agriculture should post himself by read
ing the best writer's on the subject. They
are generally practical men. and give thu
results of their own experience and re
Elections.
To overwork the women folks, crowd
the boys and make a drudge Of yoursel
will never secure success 10 farming
Intelligent planning to tighten the work
and make home agreeable is surer roaC
IN Auccpaa