St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-03
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ABOUT THE FARM.

Among the good things that are
looked forward to in the near future
by some of our farmers, is cheese
factory at West Woodstock or LIN
colnvile. In order TO start one,
from two hundred to three hundred
COWS must be guaranteed. Part OF
these have already been promised
Iohn 3. Stone, who recently bought
the Simeon Thomas farm, is familiar
with this subject, and will soon call
on the farmers of West Woodstock
and vicinity and show them that
there is money to be made IN cheese
manufacturing. His neighbor,
George Freeman, offers to put in
twenty-five COWS. Cheese factories
pay we'll in other places, why not
here?-[ Vermont Standard
An exchange puts in a plea for
artistic gardening, and says that
women, as general rule, are inclined
to do things in happy-go'lucky
style on general principles, that is in
reality very demoralizing and never
half satisfactory in the end. Is this
so!
1t is necessary for men who engage
in manual labor often to wear soiled
garments, but il they have the in
stincts Of gentlemen they will wear
them no longer than necessary. Few
men are so situated that they cannot,
in their moments Of leisure, appear
neat and clean, if they care to do so,
and instead OF any foolish quackery
about "the honorable signs oflabor,"
we need little healthy sentiment in
favor of cleanliness and decency. We
need to realize thoroughly that a
house without bath room is dis
grace to civilization: we'll be able to
work better and work longer If we
once learn that Womankind.
POTATOES AHEAD.
No crop possesses so much real
value as the potato crop. Estimat-
ing the yield at only 200 bushels per
acre, and the price at Acc per bushel,
we have $50 per acre as the value OF
the crop, while for corn, allowing
forty bushels per acre, and putting
the price at 30c, we have only SIP
per acre, a clear margin OF sos per
acre in favor ofthe potato crop, says
E. S. Teargarden, OF Iowa. If we
estimate the value OF the oat crop,
we will have, say, sixty bushels per
acre, at 25c a bushel, or SIS per
acre, leaving the potato crop worth
SOS more than the oat crop. If we
estimate other farm crops we will
find about the same difference in
favor of the potato.
NOTES.
Potato scab can be largely pre-.
vented by treating the seed planted
for three hours in a solution OF 2
ounces of corrosive sublimate in six
teen gallons of water.
Land that is full of hard clods car
not be expected to give good crops
Use the pulverizer and harrow unit
the soil is worked as fine as would
be desired for a garden.
Orchard grass is excellent for per
manent pasture; timothy lasts but
few years, and clover less. A goot
mixture is pounds red clover, 4
pounds timothy, IA pounds Ken
lucky blue grass and . pounds
orchard grass. The first two max,
the good pasture in the start.
The recent hard winter will b,
found to have injured all seed corr
that was not thoroughly dry anc
kept in a dry place. Test the seet
by planting some of the grains in I
box of earth, and note the percent
age of grains which fail to terminate
Take no risk on seed corn.
An Ohio farmer says that his 10'
stands of bees pay him more than al
the rest Of his sixty-acre farm, an,
do not require halfso much labor
Wherever alfalfa is grown bees shoul
follow; and even for the sake Of bee
it may pay to raise alfalfa, if it wi
grow in your latitude.
For the dairy, for work, 70
breeding and even for fattening, tn
quiet, docile animal is always wort
more than the fractions one. Til
latter is not only more troublesom
to handle, but it is disturbing ell
ment among the Others, and is ofte
an expensive animal to keep With
bounds.
Cows should be given their usu;
grain ration and little hay at nigh
for while after being turned on t
grass in the spring. The change frol
dry feed to grass may be gradual
brought about in this way.