Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-06-05

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birds.
Guinea fowls make a good deal of
racket, but they are the most persist
ent bug eaters of all the domestic
fowls.
The Tamworth hog is not particular
ly appealing to the eye, but is never
theless the best bacon type In the
whole range of hog breeds.
I Every farmer who makes q business
of using broad tired wagons should
have his good sense recognized to the
extent of a remission of his poll tax.
1t is a truth that all of us ought to
| realize more fully than we do that
both good and evil thoughts and i'm
pulses grow weaker if not put into
action.
Pigs may be "ornery" on occasion,
but a hen that gets it into her noddle
that she doesn't want to sit where the
owner wants her to set her takes the
medal from the pig.
Every sparrow's nest that can be
raided and destroyed before the eggs
are incubated means just so many few
er Of the pests to grow up and harass
other birds that are worth while.
The pieplant roots should not be dis
turbed after being set out until they
have had a chance to 'get q hold"
Otherwise the early pie will be about
the only one the family will enjoy.
The bugs or weevils that the par
tcular housewife often finds at the
bottom of her -four bin are there usual
ly because Of the carelessness Of the
owner Of the mill where the cereals are
ground.
In the planting of lima beans a far
better stand will be secured If care Is
taken to place each seed carefully with
the eye downward. The cotyledons
are tender and brittle as the bean
terminates and are easily broken off;
hence the reason for the above sug-
gestion.
lady reader who has had consider
able experience with poultry and who,
incidentally, has raised a good many
show birds stated the other day that
q Of
poultry that she does Of her children.
If they get colds she warns them up
and gives them a dose of quinine, and
for other ailments other remedies.
Small patches of quack grass may
be eradicated easily by covering them
with tar paper or heavy pieces of
wrapping paper. Where the pieces or
strips lay earth should be placed to
make the area covered as nearly light
and air tight rs possible If the quack
grass doesn't get any air for three or
four months it simply kicks the buck
ct, like any other organism.
AS the warm weather comes on 1t Is
wise as well as merciful precaution
to furnish both poultry and animals at
pasture with some sort of shade. This
should not viewed as a matter Of senti-
ment, but utility. More than one farm
er during the intense heat of last sum-
mer had cattle die because there was
no shelter they could find from the
broiling sun during the heat of the day.
Loss to stock In pasture from electric
shocks that follow wire fences may be
almost entirely prevented If the wires
are grounded. This is done by taking
wires three and half or four feet long
and attaching the end to the top wire,
giving 1t a twist around each lower
wire and showing the free end into the
ground eight or ten inches. The
grounding wires should be placed along
the fence at intervals of five or six
rods.
stream from a farmer whose hogs
have died of cholera and who leaves
the carcasses lying around has re-
course under the laws of a good many
states. In a case which came up re-
Gently in the writer's home county
one of these careless chaps had to pay
a stir fine and costs for this offense.
action being brought against him by
his neighbor, whose hogs contracted
cholera from his own.
1t Is quite generally admitted that
when a SOW eats her pigs 1t is because
she is out of condition and has an alb
normal craving for food elements that
Are not furnished In sufficient amount
In her regular ration. The element
most often lacking is protein. which
can be furnished in the shape of high