News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-05-19
ADVERTISING RATES.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Glover begins to draw sustenance
from the air as soon as it's seed is ex-
hausted. That is why we can use il
on poor land rs "A renovator.
If clover is TO be ploughed in let
the work be done when Che plants
are about TO blossom. DO not allow
any crop TO seed that is 20 beplough-
ed under.
The habit Of shying at unusual
sights and sounds makes many "a
good horse unfit for road purposes.
In many cases this habit IL acquired
by harsh and angry treatment
On the AK handle two feet may be
laid off into three-inch spaces. II IL
best to mark the spaces by driving
in shingle nails a quarter of an inch
deep, break them off and smooth
/ them down with % Gle. These meas-
slras -'a'''. s'.'f's' rxs1icht.
IL the peach trees are falling and
contain much deadwood. cut away
every portion of the dead-wood and
allow new tops to come out. Ifthe
borers are kept down a peach tree
may be renewed in this manner. IL
seems to thrive best with severe prun-
ing.
A Rochester commission merchani.
addressing the western New York
horticultural association on points
in Shipping" said that II growers
would sort each 100 barrels down TO
seventy-fve, they would receive Just
as much money, and save the extra
barrels and freight.
The pinkeye of the horse is said Co
b an inflammatory bilious fever
cosely allied to the malarial fever OF
humanity. 1t is really due to mala-
lria-that is, bad air. The pestilent
atmosphere of the common stable,
and much worse. of the close, damp
dark, basement stable, is a prevalen
cause of this disease.
Garden tools should be light. Ever
ounce added to the weight Of
hoe over that required for the pur
pose is n tax on the strength OF the
persons using the tools. The hoe Is
mostly required for light surface
work and not TO dig into the soil
II the soil is to beloosened deeply use
the cultivator or horse hoe.
One days raking with n light rake
when the weeds are just beginning to
appear will save a weeks work later
on, and any young plants grown as
crop will be benefited thereby. IL
is by taking advantage OF these mt
nor matters that labor is saved. In
the field the harrow will be found use
ful when weeds are starting.
Cottonseed oil and linseed cake,
! dried grains, malt sprouts, corn and
bran in small quantities viii supple.
| meut large quantities Of straw, huy
corn, fodder and cnsilaue m the win
ter feeding OF sheep. Buy whntcve
of this sort you can purchase TO th
best advantage in your special loru
ton.
According to Dr. Hoskinz. thr,
o. ounces of hellehOre dissolved in thr
, gallons Of hot water viii destrC
onion and olbhagn mnggots
! soon as q tOuCln, Chem. Remove
) portion Of the soil SO as Co give Il
be- poured ia. but "a syrintro hrip- I
it's application. a gill or 80 20 IN
hill or plant.
Milk can easily be tested for foreig
taints by heating a small quantit
to n temperature of 1109 or 115'
At this temperature il will be yer
easy for the average nose TO e.
what, if anything, is the matter wit
the milk. Milk tested i'm this wa
will reveal the hog pen, the COW sta
BILE, filthy cans and various othe
taints.
Grass is n crop that can be pro
duced with less labor than grain, an
no farm is complete without grass q
: some kind. Hay brings a highe
price, inproportion to cost, than an.
other crop except fruits and vegeta
bles, and when the hay is fed to stoc
a greater profit is made. It shoul,
be the object of every farmer TO pro
+ duce grass of some kind. II one va
riety will not thrive try another.
, Do not be tempted to get seed d
! the ground too soon. When th
J warm spring DAYS come, and the oT
D portunity for work is inviting, pa
5 thence must be exercised. In this 81
mate we may have frost any tim
e until May, and TO get seed in too early
j unless of the hardy plants, ma
s entail n loss. When the ground
d not well warmed plants viii not max
n any headway, even if they escap
frost.