Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-01-20
OUR FARM Rs
FENCE POSTS MADE DURABLE.

sooes wnsca ordinarily would soon
Decay Il SGT Ia the gruuad can be
made 10 last FOR p years oy simple
r. aEgasut with ereosose- - - OF ,os &
sc-calis q inferior" Wood arw sell
adapted 20 tins treatn suK TAI. IL
especially true of cottonwood ssP-n.
Siiiows sycamore, lo~-g grade prn-..
and some Of the gums. weua pr
perry treated. these woods GU. aasg
nnirrsisa cedar ard OAK, which are
becoming too scarce and too much In
den ana for other ses 10 allow OF
heir meeting the demands for fence
/ posts
Impregnation with creosote has
oeea greatly ch-apened oy the in.
troeuction of the open TANK which
cat re Installed al cost of from $50
/ TO SIS, or much lees IL an old boiler il
used. A tank with a bottom 4
square feet in area will suffice for
treating 20 or so 6-inch posts a day
or double this number when two runs
per day can be made. The aosorp-
ton OF creosote Per post 10 about as
/ follows: Eucaly plus, one-tenth gal
/ Tor; willow, two tenths gallon;
sasssf.as, ash, hickory, red oar, wa
t=r oak, elm. and maple, four-tenths
gallon; Douglas Or, quakiug aspen,
and black walnut, sixteenth gallon;
sycamore, cottonwood, and lodgepoie
pine, seven tenths gallon. The price
OF CT. osote Is about 10 cents per gal
Ion In tn. East and Middle West, Is
cents per gallon on the Pacific coast,
and p cents per gallon in the Rocky
mountain states. The cost OF treat
ing a poet will therefore vary from
TO Is cents. Properly treated, IL
should give service for at least 20
year,.
Experiments OF the Forest Service
show that with preventative treat
ment the durability Of iodgepole pine
in Idaho is increased Is years. The
cost OF creosote Is there relatively
high, yet by treating posts there Is a
saving, with interest at s per cent, OF
ents per post yearly. More i'm
lsr'ant than the saving, however, Is
the fact that through preventative
treatment OF! er woods are fitted to
lake the place of cedar, OF which the
supply is rapidly becoming exhausted
4 detail lied description of experiments
in preserving fence posts, together
win practical suggestions for treat
/ < them on a commercial scale. are
consisted in circular III OF the For
est Service. This publication can be
obisiIed upon application 10 the
Fores .er at Washington.
Question on Feeding Fowls.
/ Ia Ii well o feed wet or sloppy
f. ed TO iowis? Is beef blood good
ter chicks? WHAT ben, Il; Is de-
rived from charc a.?
Jv.T,
Too vet food causes diarrhoea,
dilutes The intestinal juices too much
and coon knocks the chickens OF
their leFs. Always salt and pepper
il little. a good dough may be
made Of corn meal, oat meal, wheat
bran and boiled vegetables mashed
IN the proportion Of one bird OF
each, vet with milk or water, the
: e rmer preferred. Wet food may oc-
cas- ioually be allowed as a variety,
bat dry food IS always better.
Bee: hood is excellent, being rich In
uisroe y, ard nearly approaches the
white OF an egg in composition. II
) msy be thiekeued with a mixture o:
meal aud bran, pm. in bag and boiled
or IL msy be mis- ed, IL fresh with the
regular soft food. Feed il only twice
or three times a week. as IL will cause
bowel discs Sc IL too much is given
Charcoal serves more as CORE c
i've than any other purpose, as 1t il
i: not d'gt s;ibls, being enc OF the most
J iDsoluble substances known. 7
correots acidiiy and also partially
selves as grit.
! Cow Holding Back Milk
) What shall be done with a COW tha
i. pc rsisis in holcirg back her milk1
Z p. b.
: s5EtiImss a strap buckled aroun'
he body directly In front of the u
. der all prove etfsctual. a ration o
: Gran TO De eaten during the process
OF milking will sometimes effect a
cure: but some cows can never b
5 cured OF the habit, once they hav'
! acquired IL. II IL best to begin Will
:. The calf and {. ain her properly. Tbs
2 FIRST calf may have been left with th'
n,othertoo long. and when taken ava,
she held back her milk. This habit
Of holding back tie milk Ii almost in
= iar..six- dfs In