The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-31
Farm and Garden Notes.


Rinse all dairy utensils in cold water.
Have you got up good pile of wood'
Feed that that you expect to feed
you.
Com alone is poor federation for any
animal.
@ high cranberry is recommended
ornamental shrub.
your hens a variety of food; q
s0H- will be found beneficial.
not feed raw corn meal dough to a
7.e owl Let it be steamed or scalded.
ry farmer should keep few sheep,
not for the wool alone, but for good
mutton.
While many approve, there are those
who, after trial. are opposed to the
practice of dehorning cattle.
Much good feed is wasted because Of
improper feeding with proper food
ration, there is practically no loss.
The prices of bran and oil-meal are too
high. The great mass of farmers must
feed corn and oats, with hay and straw.
Give your stock good coat of fat.
Give your land good coat of manure.
Give your implements good coat OF
paint.
Swiss cattle, imported into this coun-
try and scattered in small herds here and
there, are said to be giving satisfaction
as hardy, serviccable animals.
The general sentiment, as expressed
by Iowa breeders, is that the steer should
be made to weigh 400 to 1900 pounds
at twenty-four to thirty months old.
The sheep is said to be the animal o
the golden-hoif. 1t destroys weeds and
enriches the land, and also feeds and
clothes its owner. 1t is the all-purpose
animal of the farm.
If you want to really improve youi
stock, don't fit, like bird, from breed to
breed decide on the breed you like best,
and the one best adapted to the object
you have in view, and stick to it.
Bear in mind that a leaky canopy-top
stable with self-ventilating side walls is
a good incubator of colds, coughs, pneu-
monia and all sorts of disease, and that
filth furnishes suitable medium for the
culture of disease.
Apple shippers should use clean, new
uniform standard packages every time.
Understood barrels work against the
grower. The man who ships well
packed apples is the man who will make
money in the long run.
Dry days until spring, when rubbish
nd dry grass in fence-corners, along
edge-rows, in orchards and elsewhere,
ill burn close to the ground, are good
avs in which to fight chinch bugs. Let
lere be purifying by fire.
A wire fence is the costliest wind.
reak one can provide for stock, and the
roft expected from the feed from the
ay loft and the bin may be blown away
through loose unbattened walls and
cherries, wind-swept yards.
If you are a bee-keeper and any one
proposes to have pickle factory neal
you, encourage them all you can, for be-
side the profit from the cucumbers, the
nectar which they furnish will enable
the bees to gather a good harvest.
Old wells in the fields should never bt
boarded over; fill them up. They otter
cause injury to stock when boarded, as
the boards rot and Unexpectedly fall in
A large number of animals are annually
lost by old wells or sinks in the fields.
Some farmers have, in past seasons, Sc
cured hundreds of dollars from bees and
yet carried on their regular bushes!
with no special difficulty. In severa
cases, and for several successive years
the proceeds of the apiary have exceeded
those of good farm.
Winter pasturing is getting quite
common where bluegrass can be sue
cessfully grown. All kinds of stock ea
it with relish, and do well On it wher
the snow is off the ground. Horses viii
dig down to it and do well, with quite
layer of snow on the ground.
AS kerosene has been found excellen
when used in soap suds for washing
care should be taken not to apply soal
suds to peach trees or sprinkle it on tn
ground around them. kerosene is al
most instantly fatal to peach trees, onl..
few drops being sufficient to kill
vigorous tree.