The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-01

If the ground is full of worms, as is
often the case, give it liberal sailing.
Narrowing performs two Offices
mellows the ground and kills the young
weeds.
The best way to keep loose soils
from washing is to keep them covered
with a good turf.
If you use liquid manure, be sure
that it is not too stroug. A weak sOlu-
ton is all that is needed.
Keep up your dry feed, and espe-
cially the grain part, until the cows are
well established on grass
Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses cura-
tive powers exclusively its own, and
which make it peculiar to itself" Be
sure to get Hoods
We need cheaper transportation 'of
the necessaries of life, and less specula-
tive movements to enhance their cost.
DO not cultivate any more land than
you can properly manure. 1t is waste
of fertilizing material and labor.
If your soil needs only one ingredi-
ent to render it fertile, give it that one
ingredient. 1t would be waste to give it
more.
Potatoes are now planted cultivated,
dug and assorted by machinery.
Consumers are unable to pay higher
prices. Hence profit must come through
reducing cost of production and manu-
facture.
| Corn and wheat are easily improved
| by selecting the best ears and heads for
Seed. The earliest, largest and bright
est of both are the best.
"A hame collar and traces are about
all that are needed for bull harness.
See that the collar fits properly. Bulls
are easy to break.
If you cannot add blood cows to
your herd, add good grades. But make
no grade additions through the bull; be
sure that he is full blOoded.
When the soil becomes infested with
enemies to any crop it is wise to delay
the cultivation of that crop on that soil
until the pest dies out.
-Potatoe sorters are among the late
| inventions. Oranges and apples are
| sorted by machinery. Perhaps some
day we shall have an agg sOrter.
Chop off the heads of thistles, daisies
docks, ETC., and give them the least pos
sible chance to breathe and live. 1t is
very discouraging to them.
Put your ferns in the shadiest and
coolest place you can find. On the north
side of the house, where the sun does not
strike them is a good place.
Hogs rapidly turn over the money
invested in them Yes, and hungry
hog will turn over an acre of sod, while a
well fed one will root very little.
Put in your hardy plants as soon as
possible; no hurry about the tenderer
ones until the ground gets thoroughly
warmed, and the danger of frost is past.
The experiments of the Illinois sta
ton show that two and a half bushels of
oats to the acre in seeding secures the
largest yield and greatest weight per
bushel.
Don't fool yourself with Usage
orange for a hedge. We know lots of
western farmers that have such hedges
who would be glad to get rid of them.
They become nuisance.
See that your well, if you have one,
is free from rats, tOads, snakes and
other decaying and poisonous matter.
A good way is to fix the top so that such
things cannot get into it.
Sweet potatoes contain glucrose or
pure sugar at the rate of one to two per
cent. Cooking changes the character of
the saccharine qualities and renders the
starch soluble.
Prof. johnson says the temperature
of the calf's stomach, while digestion is
going on often rises to l04 degrees. This
is why young animals and children crave
pure cold water.
The average standard of living is
none too high for civilized beings. Hence
production and manufacture must be
adapted to the purchasing of the masses
or they must suffer.
DO not grow raspberries along the
fences, as it is difficult to keep the
ground clear from nOxiOus weeds. 1t is
better to leave space for the cultivation
of hoe crop between the berry bushes
and the fence.
Some one says the women are neg
lected by the inventor. This is only
partially true-ride. the sewing machine,
the clothes wringer, the sweeper, the
range, the egg-beater and numerous i'm
proved kitchen utensils.
The best medical writers claim that
the successful remedy for nasal catarrh
must be non-irritating, easy of applica-
ton, and one that will reach all the re-
mote sores and liberated surfaces. The
history of the efforts to treat catarrh
during the past obliges us to admit that
only one remedy has met these cOndi-
tiOns, and that is Ely's Cream Balm.
This pleasant remedy has mastered
catarrh as nothing else has ever done, and
both physicians and patients freely con-
cede this fact The more distressing
symptoms yield to it.
Prof. Budd is in favor of growing
buckwheat in orchards, as it shades the
ground, keeps it cooler and moister, and
permits the roots of the trees to feed
nearer the surface. 1t is in a measure
protection against drouth.
The South Dakota Experiment Sta
ton bulletin declares that for feeding
purposes, when a hundred pounds of
sugar beets are worth 10 cents, that of
one hundred pounds of rutabagas is
worth 10 and of turnips only IL cents.
Why should the parlor be kept in
shade and made the gloomiest room in
the house? Will little fresh daylight
fade the carpet? 1t is better to fade that
than to give wan and sickly hue to the
inmates of the house. Let in the sun
light with its cheer.
The principal injury done by weeds
is by robbing the soil of moisture. The
nOurishment they take is not of so much
as it is small and goes back
to the soil. They also rob small plants
of sun and air. There is no profit in
them.
Three men recently rode into Port
Jervis, n. Y, behind a bull in harness
and driven with reins. This is better
than making the bull vicious by shutting
him up in yard or stall, and we doubt
not he enjoyed it better, if he was kindly
used.
DO not be afraid of putting windows
in your barn. There is no danger of too
much light. Years ago, when there
were as many open cracks as boards,
there was no need of the same care about
light and ventilation. The tight barn of
calls for both.
BE sure that your privy has no COM
with the well through drain
age. Many wells are rendered unfit for use
by such connection. The well acts as
drain, and the bottom of the cess pool
being higher than the water in the well,
the drainage through the earth is natur-
ally to the lowest point.
u. S. Govt Report, Aug. II, 1889.