The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-06
Clipped and Condensed.

A FLOCK of sheep at this season will
keep down the weeds and grass on
small plat, and will also distribute their
droppings evenly over the field. Sheep
are considered renovators of worn out
land.
EARLY cabbage may be set out as
soon as desired. Keep the young plants
well hoed and the soil loose. To hasten
them in growth sprinkle teaspoonful
of nitrate of soda around each plant
once week.
AN exchange tells of man who took
to the mill forty bushels of wheat,
twenty bushels of oats and ten of corn,
and had them ground and mixed for
hog feed. He reported very favorably
upon the results.
Sow millet, buckwheat or Hungarian
grass on wheat land as soon as the
crop is harvested Gf the land is not also
in clover) and plough the green crop
under, using lime in connection with
the green manure.
BEES never make an attack while in
quest of honey, or on their return, I'M
til they have entered the hive, says a
writer. 1t is only in the hive and In
its vicinity that we may expect them to
manifest this irascible disposition.
THE asparagus bed should be raked
clean of leaves or decaying vegetable
matter that may cucumber the surface.
1t should be raked into the paths, and
after the crop is cut raked back on the
bed, after applying fertilizer to act as a
mulch.
No manure is necessary around
young trees the first year. They will
have better and more roots the second
year, and will then make faster growth,
while manure that is applied the first
year will lessen the inducement to in
crease the root capacity.
Do not cease planting peas, but as
soon as the irst early plants are above
grow plants for the second crop, and
follow with others. Peas can be had
in abundance through the season with
but little labor compared with their
value on the farmers table.
IT should be seen to that rack Of
clover under dry roof is provided for
sheep and all kinds of cattle, where
they may pass leisure hours. There
need be no fear of eating too much /;
nor, if the racks are properly con-
structed, will much food be wasted.
IT is useless to grow onions, no mat
ter how rich the soil may be, if the
rows are not kept perfectly clean.
Weeds and grass will destroy an onion
bed in short order, as onions prefer the
land undisturbed by other plants; hence
the ground must be kept loose and fine.
THE largest hop crop in the world is
said to be in Yakima county, Washing
ton, aud contains 600 acres. There are
several in that state of 300 acres and
upward, while one in Alameda county,
California, of $50 acres, is to be in
creased by 400 acres more, which will
give it the palm for size.
PERMANENT pastures may be made
of one species of grass only, but the
feeding value is increased by having a
variety. The variety should be selected
with regard to their habits of growth
as hardihood, durability, the part of the
season during which they grow and the
feeding value of each.
JOSHUA A. WHEELER says in the
Practical Dairyman: For late fall and
early winter COW feed we have found
nothing equal to green oats. They can
be sown on wheat stubble from August
Is to 20 in favorable seasons. They
will be fine seed from November until
the ground is covered with snow.
BEAN poles cut and sold to gardeners
in towns and cities are source of nc
small revenue to many owners of wood
lands. Straight young white birches
cut twelve feet long and the poles sharp.
ened at the butt will readily bring two
and three cents each. A large single.
horse wagon load was recently sold in
Hampden county, Massachusetts, for
from $l2 to SIS.