Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-10
rnrm WORT IN Lowery weather

During lowery weather when the chief
operations of the farm cannot he prosecut
ell advautageously, there are always Incl
dental Jobs that may be done provided the
work is kept iu mind and a purpose 10 ex-
ecute Is entertained
In many fields appropriated to pasture
more than half the ground is occupied boy
large bull thistles rank ragweed or punches
of dry and tough grass that NO animal will
eat When one Is III doubt as to what loh
% do next. send "a helper with the horse
mower Tor grass scytheJ 10 cut down all
weeds and dry grass IN the pasture fields
Ina a few days young and tender heritage
viii spring up. where the ground afforded
nothing but thistles and dry food that a hun
CRY goat would not eat
When storms prevent going TO the field
summon every idle helper to clean the barn
ana carriage house. Let all the cobwebs ne
swept down. lake out the window sashes
from the frames, and wash every part clean.
to let IN the light II the woodwork
needs painting. till the holes and cracks
with putty and apply generous coat of
paint. omen clean house why should
not men clean barns send a helper with
good broom into the granary and let MIN
clean every uiu. side and corner
When fruit trees of any kind grow too
iuXurlautly, clip OFT with shears or pruner
at the end OF a pole two. three or four
inches of the twlgs that have grown the
present season. BY arrestinr the growth
of wood, the sap viii be diverted 10 the de
velopmeuJ of fruit buds from which the
crop for next year must be produced
Don leave home on every lOWerv day
and tritter away valuable hours at saloons
aud places ui public resort. when there D,
so much work To- be done about the premises.
Make memorandum of little items of
work to bee done on rainy days Suppose
you should get wet htte-raiu viii not
iuiure YOU Your toes. fingers and nose
VIII not dissolve like sugar nor dehluesce
hike potash.
Grind and vhet the grass scythes grind
the axes and file the SAWS. Repair and oil
that harness some parts of which nave
long been tied together with strings Re
member that You can purchase new cock
eyes, buckles reIu-snap~ ami every other
part OF harness at hard ware stores for
only few cents each. Purchase a Saddler
aVl and some facing strings, and take a few
stitches where lines. traces and other straps
have begun To rlp. stitch III time vii
often save ulnety-nIne, avert a runaway,
and perhaps some fatal catastrophe which
might have been prevented 10y few min
utes work on d lowery day.
All implements that are to be used II,
more during the present season should 10,
washed clean and wiped dry, and the iron
work should bee oiled To prevent rusting
then remove the wheels. or certain parts
ami store them ~ the upper part OF somt
outhuIdiug, where they will be secure AM
out of the way. In some barns there Is
broad area of vacant room IN tine attic
Procure few stitf poles 10 extend from
beam 10 beam, on which lay some loos,
boards. and YOU will have an excellent plac,
To- store many tools and implements
In many Instances the weather-board.
have shrunk SO that there are large crack
between them. Now. when they are dry
and have ceased to shrink. remove them
Joint the edges and replace them over
maui and reconstruct a stable door that i
full of cracks
Make cold-chisel out of an old fiat til,
for cutting OFF the nails Heat one end O
the file Ia any nre 10 a cherrv-red color mo
white heat Then cool about one inch o
the edge end IN cold water. That edge en-,
will then be too hard Tor a cold-chisel
Watch the different colors of the steel
as soon as a straw color Is seen at the edge
plunge the entire file INTO the water. an,
the edge will he hard and tough and vii
cut without breaking -C Cor. Country Gcu