News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-02
Darn Notes.

Iowa leads the country with 90, O00,-
600 bushels of potatoes.
The next Vermont state fair is to be
held at White River Junction.
New York dealers exported 14,247
boxes of cheese in one week recently.
III. W. Hardy of West Grafton got
$40 for % turkeys at Thanksgiving
time.
Don't wait for two feet of snow be-
fore cutting the yearly supply of fire
wood.
Leonard w. Shaw of Ossipee Center
killed hog 16 months old that weighed
733 pounds dressed.
OF the weather predictions last year
of the national weather bureau 81 per
cent. were verified.
More bogus butter is sold to con-
sumers in Massachusetts than in any
other state in the Union.
Prof. Roberts propehsies that the
coming COW will be hornless and the fu-
ture dairyman will have no dog.
that fruit trees require rich soil. 1t
says that the most perfect fruit in that
state grows on poor knobs.
The idea that eating tomatoes can in
any manner cause cancer is utterly
baseless. Ii is remarkable that such
superstitution ever started, and still
more SO that it has any currency since
its total falsity has been shown up re-
peatedly.
Frosted bits are cruel instruments of
torture if thrust into the horses mouth.
Various forms of bits are now made
with coverings of rubber or leather,
which, being comparative non-conduc-
tors, do not freeze TO the tongue at the
first touch, like iron. In the absence
of these, always take the frost out of
the bit before they go into the horses
mouth.
A slight top-dressing of manure, ap-
piled just after the ground has frozen,
will be the best protection for late
sown wheat. 1t will be all the better
if thrown on the first fall of snow,
which it will protect from slight thaws,
and thus give the grain double protec-
ton.
Those who have used green wood
understand how wasteful its moisture
is of the heat obtained. Wet coal is
Just as Objectionable, except for the
fact that the heat it gives in burning is
so much greater that the waste is not
noticed. The woodshed or coal-bin
should therefore be not only covered,
but protected so that it may not be wet
by snow drifted upon it.
The value of lime in the poultry-yard
cannot be overestimated; experience
teaches that there is nothing more
effective as an insect-destroyer than a
thick coating of whitewash made of
fresh lime and an infusion of crude
carbolic acid. Cleanse the house thor
oughly before applying, and cover
every accessible portion of the wood
work, especially the perches and the
sills on which they rest. A generous
fumigation of sulpher and tobacco is
also advantageous.
Horses need special care in the early
winter months. When pulled up after
rapid driving or heavy hauling, they
should never stand in the wind and
cold without being blanketed. Neglect
of this brings on many cases of colo,
pneumonia, and other fatal attacks.
Never leave horse in its stall for the
night with the wet and mud still adj
herring to its feet and legs.
Make fresh dust baths and sprinkle
hens slightly with carbolic acid. Pro-
vide a plentiful supply of grit or sharp
gravel. Keep feeding troughs and
drinking-vessels clean and wholesome.
And toward the close of the moulting
season make a number of nice new
nests, for hens thus cared for will pay
for the trouble by heaping your egg
baskets when the market is at its best.
In the house-culture of plants Sc
rious question is, how to keep the red
spiders away. Every precaution to
prevent their attacks should be used,
such as keeping kettle or saucers OF
water among the pots. Sponges filled
with water and placed among the
branches of large plants have a very
noticeable effect, as the evapOrating
water comes directly in contact with
the leaves of the plant, SO that the
spiders become discontinued and
leave.