The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-03-28

Farm and Garden Notes.
One of the essentials of soiling is
fertile soil
Every farm ought to have its expert
mental patch.
Top ventilators in poultry houses are
being vigorously criticised.
Onions thrive best in bed made firm
underneath but fine on the surface.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least.
If YOU are careful to keep the burrows
straight, you will do faster and better
blowing.
When cleaning out poultry houses put
the manure where 1t will keep dry and
not be leached out by rains.
The success of the seasons work de
ponds upon being ready with the early
spring and getting the crop in early.
Turnips and other roots should be
sliced for cattle, and not chopped, as
the chopped roots often choke them.
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly
through the year and through the years.
| In trimming the grapevines trim so
that the sunshine and air can have free
circulation among the foliage. Inmany
cases too heavy and close foliage induces
rot.
In no other way can the farmer so
radically do the work of nature to his
advantage as by using tile; for under
drainage both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the soil.
| If snails trouble rose bushes when they
start in growth place a few cabbage
leaves around the plants. The snails
will collect in them and can then be
easily destroyed.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overworked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm.
Keep the house plants we'll supplied
with water, but care should be taken to
avoid either extreme-making them go
without water too long, or applying too
much. Either is in urious.
The smaller the fed the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required to inclose a
given area; conversely, the nearer q
Square is the field the less fence is re.
quired.
Of great importance at this season is
the manure crop. Every shovelful
should go to the heap, not only for the
sake of clean and healthful stables, but
for the intrinsic value of the manure.
Keep all the manure piles well made and
compact.
A florist in England claims that a
rose bush, which has been bearing white
roses for more than thirty years, has sud
denly changed and now puts out only
red roses. The only cause assigned for
this is the enrichment of the surrounding
earth.
Packages for butter should always be
air tight Tubs and frkins should be
seasoned and the hoops driven tight,
1 and the outside filled with shellac var.
nish or oil and beeswax. This gives the
tuDs neat and clean appearance. The
tubs may also be lined with paratfine or
parchment paper TO protect the butter.
| White oak is the best materia for firkins
and tubs.
The hard Jumps on the bone at the in,
side of the fore leg, between the knee
and pastern, are splints If there is no
lameness nothing need be done, as these
growths are merely blemishes and do not
/ interfere with the use of the limb. They
are caused by the adhesion of the super
numerary bone, called the splint bone,
to the leg bone, and this often happens
/ in horses.
When horse is fed raw potatoes he
gets three quarts of water in each half
peck, and in cold weather. when there is
not much, if any, perspiration from the
skin, he does not require more water
than this every day. As long as the ami
NAL eats we'll and appears we'll and will
not drink when led to water there is no
need to force him to drink against his
will