Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-09-19

Chicken lice revel in heat. dampness
and filth. The first factor cannot be
eliminated during the summer months.
but one ctrs reduce the last two nam
ed to a minimum.
While crop of milet is considered
by some as harder Oh the land because
other crops do not DO 50 wei after it.
it really takes from the soil only about
the same amount of fertilizing ele-
ments as crop of wheat or corn.
Wild backberres attain their great
est perfection in low shaded wood lots
where there is abundant moisture in
the soil This should give sugges-
ton as to the best conditions for grow
ing both blackberries and raspberries
commercially.
Every housewife has opportunity to
reduce the high cost of living or the
cost of high living by making more
general use of the cheaper cuts of
meats. which are just as nutritious
pound for pound as the higher priced
cuts, and, if skillfully prepared. are
nearly as toothsome.
There is good money in raising little
! chicks for the early markets in the
large cities If one is fixed for it and
understands the essentials Of success.
If the chicks are kept growing from
the shell they will weigh from pound
and three-quarters TO two pounds at
eight weeks old and will fetch from
80 to 40 cents a pound.
| A simple method of testing the vital
ity of seeds like those of elephants. to-
matoes. etc. is to put them In weak
brine The seeds that swim on the
surface are light and should not be
used. The density of the solution. va
rying with the amount of salt in it.
will regulate the number of shriveled
or light seeds that will be rejected.
Before the farmer or gardener pays
an outlandish price for fancy varieties
of nursery stock vines or trees for
which great claims are made he would
do well to consult some person of ex-
perience in his locality or drop card
of inquiry to the director Of his state
experiment station for the purpose Of
ascertaining the value OF the variety
of plants offered for sale.
The department of horticulture of
the Panama-Pacific exposition offers a
cup for the finest unnamed new rose
never before exhibited. Competition Is
open to all. The exposition will be
opened Feb. 20, 1915. and the mildness
of the climate will make it possible to
have the horticultural exhibits grow
ing in the ground for at least seven
months before the opening date.
1t is a fortunate thing that the theO-
retical calculations of the entomolo-
gists do not pan out in practice. For
instance. they estimate that If the
young of each of the twenty or more
generations of the corn root louise re-
produced on an average forty young
the last generation in the season would
contain 31900O000, 900 for each louise
of the first generation in the spring.
If there is any man in the world that
ought to appreciate a bathtub with
hot and cold water on tap. it is the
farmer who has to bear the heat of
the sun and come in contact with dust
and dirt of titled land and haying and
harvest fields during the busy summer
season. A souse of this kind at the
close of the day. with pure soap and
finishing with rough towel makes a
nights rest healthful and refreshing.
The writer chronicles with much re-
greet that the martins have disappear
ed from the village in which he makes
his home. Two or three pairs came
back to their old haunts at the accus
toned time. but they seem TO have be
come discouraged by the omnipresent
English sparrow and went elsewhere
Being, as they are, one of the most
CHEEKY and sociable as well as most
valuable insect destroyers we have, the
decrease in the number of martins
from year to year, and their disappear
ance from any locality, is a distinct
loss.
', Professor Forbes of the University
of Illinois. who has done lot of inves
: tigating into the work of ants i'll corn
! fields. has made a number of expert
ments. which seem to show that OF
of tansy has IA strongly repellant eff
feet upon ants. AS method of appli
cation he recommends treating bone
meal or any other powdered fertilizer
with the oil of fnnSv and then drnn