Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-16
FARM NOTES.

4 dry season is the time to clean out the
wells, as it can then be done properly. A
well should be thoroughly cleaned at least
once year.
When storing the farm implements away
brush them over with kerosene. 1t is eX
cellent for preventing rust and for protect
ing against dampness.
If you are troubled with white specks in
butter stir the cream every morning before
it is churned, an the specks will not APP
pear. SO good butter-maker says.
II has been discovered recently by mcdi-
cal men that "lump jaw as it is called,
or Jumps found on the jaws Of cattle, are
sometimes caused by decayed teeth. 1t is
not known how much the poor brutes suf-
fer with toothache.
An experienced farmer advises giving
newly weaned calves one or two table
spoonfuls of lime water in the milk they
drink. This will correct acidity of the
stomach, if any exists, and prevent it, if
none is present.
The warmth of the body of an animal
in the winter time is produced from the
food. The more warmth created the more
food necessary. The more the animal is
protected from the cold the less warmth to
he provided. TO save food, therefore, the
stock should be provided with good dry,
warm quarters, the most important point
being 10 guarl against draughts of air from
cracks or CreviCes.
One of the commOnest and most stupid
faults seen in stock-raising is the semi
starvation of young animals, calves and
colts particularly. With good care their
growth is more cheaply obtained than at
any other time of life, and yet young ami
mails are almost sure, with ignorant farm
ers, to be raised on a diet that premature
" dwarfs them for life. And it is one OF
the most difficult stupidities to root out OF
an ignorant mans mind.
The wild COW gives just milk enough to
rear the young, and then 'dries up" The
modern, high-bred dairy COW does a good
| deal better than that, especially when SHE
| gives from 20 to 90 pounds of milk day.
But the wild COW, or one but a slight re-
move from her, can still be seen on good
many farms where owners hate 'bOOk
farming and abjure and despise milk
records.
Mice-girded trees can be easily saved il
attended to i'm time by using sciOns two o.
three years old to bridge over the girdleC
part. Editor Thomas, of the COuntT,
Gentleman, reports the case of 1000 girdleC
pear trees saved in this way. The owner
at his suggestion, employed three hous
carpenters TO do the work, because the,
were accustomed to handling tools, an,
they did it nicely Four scions were use,
on each tree, and not one tree was lost O
failed to make a good growth.
There is no surer sign of careless, sloN
emily farming than the presence of cOmmo
burdock about the premises. This is of
en- the result of negligence long years be
fore, as burdock seed attaches itself I
places where termination is impossible
and thus lives until it has a chance t
/, grow. Merely cutting the top down eve
with the ground does no good. The plan
should be cut one or two inches below til
surface and the hole filled with commo
salt. This, when it comes in contact wit
} the root, causes it to rot, the salt meltin
and eating its way so far into the root thu
/ recovery is impossible.
2 Four varieties of millet were tried on Il
} Ontario experiment farm last season. I'll
2 variety giving the largest yield was Chr
) and Indian millet, introduced from Il
; East Indies by Prof. Saunders. II
somewhat coarse, and gave a yield of ti'
t and a half tons of cured hay per acr
4 German millet gave the next largest yiel
0 viz, four and three-quarter tons of hi
V per acre. This variety takes p days Ion
i er to ripen than the common millet, and
9 also somewhat coarser Hungarian gra
comes next with four days longer than Il
common millet to reach maturity. Con
1 mon millet was also tested and found
s rpen earliest of the four varieties, al
J, gave the smallest yield, viz, three and
quarter tons per acre.