News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-26

feeding bran is they feed fSs~
meal with 1t. When they feed aWeR-
balanced ration. of which bran is n
part, they will find the milk all right.
In case ola tenant farmer who pur-
chased fodder and grain and fed il on
the farm, 1t was held that the ma
nure made consequence belonged TO
the tenant, who was at liberty TO re-
move it from the farm. New York
Tribune.
want no such ferment nor bepin-
ming of putrefaction as a "starter"
III fine butter, but rather the slow
and natural ripening of the cream
which 1t acquires by age when H. is n
sound product and stands i'm n clear
atmospheric. ID. Curtis.
Cornstocks serve well to cover such
plants as need a slight protection
from frost. They prevent sudden
thawlng of the plant after they be-
come frozen, and as the thawing is
more harmful than freezing. the corn
stalks can be put to excellent use.
by having place for each tool or
Implement the work will be expedited
IN the spring. Put the farm imple.
ments away in good condition. oiling
them well, and where you can reach
them without being compelled to ret
something else out of the way to do
| so.
1t is not generally known among
farmers that the same food that
makes pound Of dressed beef would
make n pound of butter At the
present price of cattle the farmer rets
about five cents n pound for his
| dressed beef, while butter is worth
fifteen cents.
T.. l.. Squirting OF North Dakota
brought a flock Of 25Osheep through
the winter in fine shape without any
grain at all by giving them millet
hay, with feed Of sugar-beets two
or three times week. He sows half
a buShel of millet TO the acre aud
cuts 1t when it is half ripe.
The large yields of grain the past
season can be repeated nearly every
year. Only one bushel more i'm the
| yield of wheat on every acre makes a
| differences OF millions &C bushels. nna
it can more than be obtained bv
thorough cultivation and the use OF
fertilizers and selected seed.
| Drainage adds to the growing sen
| son. II permits of the soil becoming
warm much earlier in the spring. and
! it also retains warmth in the soil
later in the fall. 10 gives greater adj
| vantages to the roots of crops.
changes the condition of the soil and
permits of better work at less ex-
pense.
For the first time in many years
the few persons who have apricot
trees along the Hudson river have n
fair crop of that fruit. Generally the
curculio forecloses on apricots very
soon after the fruit sets. but this
year they couldn't manage all the
fruit. Apricots and nectarines are
unknown to multitudes.
Milk set in milk pans in pantry
at temperature of 609 to 659 will
raise more cream and butter than
milk set in cooler pals at n tempera-
ture of see. Milk to which fifty per
cent. water has been added will raise
more cream when set at - than
the same TO which no water has been
added. n. Muncey.
"The Artic plum" has been put on
the market by ysome enterprising nur-
seryman as curculio proof, but Ca
madam writer gives il a black eve by
saying that il is too nearly worthless
for the curculio's attention. Ii is so
poor that the instinct of the parent
curculio passes it by as almost sur.
death to its progeny.
The model Shropshire at present
yields a mutton carcass of from 80
to 12O pounds at two years old and
a fleece that weighs some seven
pounds. The fleece is superior to
that of the famed Southdown. The
wool belongs to the medium or short
length. 1t varies somewhat i'm length
in different specimens of the breed.
To run a farm, large or small,
without a well-arranged chicken de-
partment would seem TO lack fea-
ture that would be noticed by nearly
everyone, and cut off n steady sup
ply of ready money for housx 49,
purposes that would be soon #.
regretted Poultry is no douh
able, and to many a pleasS
time rather than a labor. -
BY mistake a farmer spread all his
manure on n small piece of ground.
which he regretted, but when, upon
harvesting his crops, he secured as
much as had formerly been derived
from three times as much land. ne
found that he could produce a great
er profit with less labor than bv cul-
tivating larger areas, and his regrets
were changed TO eXultation.
An exchange says that the reason
the ounce is not more largely grown
is because its good qualities are com
paratively unknown, and hence the
demand for it is slight People must
| be educated to the use Of any fruit.
| If enough is grown TO give thcm an
| opportunity TO secure suppyat
moderate prices the demand wiDgrow
commensurately.
1t will take some monthfto make
the new crop of apples intciirst-elass
/ cider vinegar. The scarlty OF ap-
Piles the past two or tire years has
had its effect in makingcidg vinegar
scarce and dear. Besides, the cheap
ness and abundance of vegetables
and fruits haveincreasedthe demand
for vinegar, as pickling's with cheap
vinegar the easiest ant cheapest way
to put up fruit.
The Utah cxperinsnt station bulle-
tin saws: utah yotatoes are 34.34
per cent. richer than the average.
Those who p,y fifty cents for the
average of ,he country, could, ac-
cording tc these figures, afford Co
pay 67.1i cents for Utah potatoes.
Encouraged by the railroads, Utah
should be able TO ship East during
favOring years large quantities OF
potatoes"