Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-30


low Old beets are out of market. with
new selling at 81 per bx; carrots 81 "a
per bX. Bunch beets, bunch onions and
bunch carrots are selling from the farm
ers' wagons at 35Q75c per bx. as TO
quality
Mint is quoted at soc per bx; cress. 4Oc
per bX; parsley, $1.25 per bx.
The most important feature in the
fish situation is the advance in the
price of mackerel owing to the light
catch of the Cape Shore fleet. Very
lew vessels have made large hauls. and
the total catch so far landed does not
amount to over 1000 barrels. Last year
at this time the Cape Shore catch was
over 1000 barrels. But several schools
Oh mackerel have appeared on this
coast, and some of the vessels returning
from cape Shore have made good hauls
Oh mackerel in the lower harbor, off the
south Shoal lightship Other lots have
peen taken off Rockport, and some in
the Block island region.
Nhlle 1t seems that the Cape Shore
catch VIII be much smaller than last
year, there are fair prospects for the
shore Heet, and the summer catch may
yet be up to a full average. The mack.
erel taken this week off our coast are
OF mixed sizes, large medium and
small, and show considerable fat for the
| season.
Inc only change to note in Goldfish is
little easier feeling on shore fish, which
nave been offered more freely. All the
other Kinds are steady, with fair de-
mand Tor the season. The demand for
poneless fish continues to run consider
ably ahead of last summer, and this
aosorbs large portion of the picked
cured cod arriving. The supply of
dry bank cod is quite moderate and
| prices are steady.
The picked herring trade continues at
standstill, there being no stock here nor
| any demand to speak Of Supplies from
the new catch are not expected until
some time in July.
The demand for smoked herring is
light, as usual in summer but prices are
| steady.
There has been a good supply OF cod
| and haddock all the week, and prices
have ruled on a fairly level rate, with
| moderate trade Receipts for the week
! l,14770O pounds. Halbut in fair sup
| ply and steady. Bluefish have been
scarce and higher. Mackerel less
! plentiful, and receipts from Nova Scotia
show falling off. Eastern salmon in
| good supply Very little demand for
shad and the season is about over.
HOLSTERS have been a little more
plentiful, but not enought to cause any
material decline in prices. Sales at 16
to is cents per pound, including raw and
boiled. Last sales. by the crate, SIG.
Clans in fair demand at steady prices.
! Nothing of consequence doing in oysters.
No farmer can afford the loss of one
third of his crop. Yet potato growers
who do not use bordeaux mixture often
| lose more than this. The results of the
| eight years trial at the Vermont expert
ment station show average yields of 29f
bushels an acre where sprayed and l73
bushels where not sprayed. The prac-
tlce of the Vermont experiment station
is to use paris green for the beetles dur
ing June. During July and August two
or three applications are made of Dor
deauX- paris green mixture. This mix
ture consists of six pounds copper sui
phate, four pounds lime, one-half pound
paris green, one barrel (40 or 80 gallons)
water. Stake the lime and dilute with
about one-half the water; dissolve the
sulphate in the other half, then pour this
Vitriol solution into the lime water. mean
while stirring thoroughly. Add the pari!
green and the mixture is ready for use.
| Spraying of early potatoes is begun
about July l, and of later potatoes about
the middle of July. A second applica
ton is made two or three weeks after the
first. A third application follows two
or three weeks after the second, If needed
Some years this third application doe:
little good; other years it saves the croI
from late blight or rot.
The object is to cover the upper surface
of the leaves with thin layer of the mix
ture. There is no danger to the vine
from using too much and most men maxi
the mistake of applying too little. In {
small field the mixture may be put OF
with a sprinkling can. For an acre o.
} more a spray pump is desirable. Thu
best way to begin Is to have a good
, strong pump mounted on a barrel whicl
J can be carried through the field in eithe
, a common one horse wagon, or better, OF
= a special two-wheeled cart (wheels 81,
feet apart to straddle two rows, viii!
> the horse walks between them). One o
two hose with noZzles, run from thi
= pump. can be directed by one or two men
:. Each hose should be 10 feet or more il
length.
4 A good spraying outfit is largely HON
E made. and each man will soon modify tn
g details of this method to meet his ow
r conditions. The above suggests goo
way to begin. Spray promptly and thor
e oughly or not at all.