The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-07


The expense of operating the garden
may be cut down considerably if care is
taken in saving the seed as the several
vegetables rpen
If the raspberry canes are shipped
back they will send out more side
shoots and thus give more bearing
wood for next seasons crop.
There is nothing calculated to pro
duce neighboriness when there are
unfenced chickens on one side of ting
line and unfenced garden on the other
Pieces of glass or oil soaked rags
should not be allowed to lie about in
the hot sun near buildings. More than
one disastrous fire has been started
from such a source.
A tiled and sweetened tract of land
is usually a very productive tract.
With land prices as high as they are,
no land should be allowed TO loaf be-
cause it needs thing.
One always gets a good return from
the time spent in sharpening the tools
with which he works. Besides this
there is the satisfaction that comes
from working with sharp tools.
In setting sweet potato vines the
earth should be ridged up to about
five inches in depth and eighteen
inches wide The vines require little
cultivation and do best in sandy soil.
Unlike cats and dogs. pigs are not
carriers of the common diseases which
atllict humanity. Because of this fact
some one has recommended that folks
have pigs for pets instead of dogs and
cats.
In case of chickens being poisoned
10y getting hold of salty food. 1t is well
TO remember that a teaspoonfuI of
castor oil given as soon as possible
after the salt is eaten will flush out
the system and often save the birds
Kind treatment has almost as much
to do as balanced ration i'm gettin.
best results from dairy cows. The
most successful dairymen are invaria
bly, those that are on best terms and In
close touch with their cows as individ
uals.
Plant lice of all kinds are sucking
and not eating insects This means
that 70 get rid OF them one must use
n soap or tobacco solution which kills
by contact rather than a poison which
adheres to the foliage on which they
gather.
To quite an extent the extreme Of
fects Of drought may be overcome 10y
frequent stirring OF the surface soil
This prevents the formation of q sun
dried layer of earth and allows the
subsoil moisture TO rise and be used
by the growing vegetation.
The fertilization Of the red clover
blossoms is effected by the service
which bumblcbces render when thcv
visit the blossoms for sweets. and il is
because the bees do not appear in time
TO 90 this work FOR the first cutting
that it is not saved for seed purposes.
An insane patient in a hospital of a
western state lost his life the other
day because he wore a red bandanna
when lac went out to care for the bull
on the hospital farm When caring for
these gentlemen it is r-etty good
idea to have the bandanna deep IN
ones hip pocket.
In view of the number of little chill.
dren that yearly lose their lives as a
result Of being scalded with hot wa
ter or OF getting hold of phosphorus
or rat or fly poison. IL would
seem to show monumental carelessncs>
or indifference on the part OF good
many parents. II hardly seems neccs.
sary 60 suggest that such dopes should
be kept out Of reach of the little kids
There have been SO many instances
Of fire started from haymows in which
large quantities of improperly cured
clover or alfalfa hay have been stored
that there seems little ground for ques
uoning that the fires were due To-
spontaneous combustion. This belief Is
So generally accepted i'm European
countries that the farmers there sci
dom store their hay in large quantities.
\ reader of these notes who has q
lne raspberry patch has for the past |
two or three years placed between the |
rows every bit of available mulch im |
the shape II leaves, grass and litter |
he could get hold or This plan is good |
Just 80 long as the raspberry canes are
hot attacked by any funCous diseases
In such event the litter furnishes
larbor for the disease and should b. |
The infected canes should |
ilso be burned. the remaining bushes
'prayed with bordeaux and the sol. |