Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-04
Sarm Copies.
PRACTICAL NOTES.

Oneep are also USED as DAIRY AMI
mails in some countries. The celebrated
ROCKFORD cheese is made from the milk
of sheep, and in many portions of Canada
sheep are regularly MIXED and profit
ably.
a spirited horse may soon be rendered
spiritless by constant magging, twitch-
ing the lines, peevish urging and many
other wearing processes that fretful driv-
ers invent and practice.
The important fact is announced in the
journal of Mythology for 1890, by Profs.
kellerman and Swingle of Manhattan,
Kan, that smut of oats can be almost
wholly prevented by treating the seed,
before sowing, with hot water. The
method consists in subiecting the seed
for few minutes to the action of scad-
ing water; and, while it is found that
such treatment does not injure the
vitality of the seed in the least, it really
destroys the spores by means of which
the fungus is propagated. The journal
will be sent free on application to the Sec
rotary of agriculture, Washington, ID. c.
The instinct of the hen to set, especial
ly of the Asiatic breeds, needs some curb
ing, even for success in incubation. If
the hen does not get off at all to eat for
severals days, the eggs become added
from too much warmth and exclusion
from the air. Wetting the eggs is also
important, not to soften the shells, but
to prevent the drying up of their lining
inside the shell. which while moist admits
enough air through 1t to preserve the
life OF the germ. liens that set them
selves out of doors usually hatch their
entire setting. They are forced to hustle
for their food, are often wet by rain and
dews, and this keeps the eggs moist
Boston Cultivator,
Poultry raising and fruit culture go
hand in hand, and may be combined on
the same ground. An orchard is much
benefited by allowing fowls free range,
ms the crop of harmful insects is kept
down. In the heat of summer the Young
chicks will grow and thrive in the shady
orchard and pick up much of their living
on it. If the breeder lacks these adyan-
tages and is compelled to raise his fowls
In confinement, he may by extra care
raise fat birds, but even with the best at
tention they will never equal in beauty of
plumage and vigor of constitution and
size the country reared chicks that have
developed their muscles in many fora
SinS eXpedition.-[F anciers' journal
There is popular prejudice against
goats on account of vicious or offensive
pecuiarities, but, without doubt, more
could be made of them in many places
than from sheep, or even from cattle.
They are even more easily kept than
sheep, provided they are tethered to a stake
and changed once day. In Europe the
goat is the poor mans COW, furnishing
more milk than its size would lead one to
suppose possible. Perhaps if more care
were taken in breeding, then the milking
capacities of the goat would be material
ly increased They are especially adapt
| 80 ~ iOuSh "hu loShy
and browsing where other animals would
starve.-[ Boston Cultivator.
The farmers of Maine are taking a
lively interest in their public schools,
and are working, in their oranges and
otherwise, to have the elements of the
sciences taught there in way that will
interest the children and help them to be-
come intelligent farmers. There are a
few kickers, as usual. and the editor of
the Maine Farmer asks What have
those who so readily sneer at the idea of
the introduction of natural sciences into
our common schools to say to the fact
that throughout France gardening is prac-
tically taught in the primary and ele-
mentary schools? There are about 2S,-
900 of these schools, each of which has a
garden attached to it and is under the
care of a master capable of imparting a
knowledge of the principles of horticul-
ture. This is right to the point when we
remember thar France, no larger than
our own State of Texas, produces more
than half as much value of agricultural
products as the whole United States.
"Brag is good dog" but we cannot live
Oh dog meat alone.