The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-13
FARM NOTES

FARM NOTES
While young chicks are veryNgreedy
for anglew0rms. it is generally be-
lieyed that attacks Of Rapew0rms' to
which they are often subject are trace
able to emitting The eartliworms. which
are often Infested by, the .eapeworms.
which are small red WORMS With two
luonss AZ one end.
The lafvac OF mosquitoes, commonly
Known as wrleglers. that hatch In pools
or Other. containers of sfHpnant water
May be dispatched ly pouring Oh on
8" surface at the rate or an ounce
fifteen Squire feet Of water The
ii Shoaid be applied to the wrter nj
Intervals of uhogt Il week.
If the horse is old and its teeth are
In such condition tina, they cannot he
put Ia shape By Veterinarian. 1t Is
Il lhattel' br slinli.e humanity ana good
management to See that the grain the
morse eats is ground. This should be
generous. for the animal will not he
able to laaGtcate its ronghage ruti0n
MS it shvuld ssf'
This matter OF the men having to
wait for dinner for some time after
they have quit their days work ~ Just
ds bad hut 10 worse oitcusc than the
good wife having 10 wait for the men
folk after She has dinner ready. Being
late In either ease Is trying to the 9TH
or. and instances Of botli should tie re
duced 10 abuinimum.
The nurseries Of the Wisconsin state
forestry board have nearly ".0DO,0D0
little coniferOus trees ready for trans
PLANTING In the state forestry pre-
serves. Forty men are engaged in the
work of transplanting and the yaiie-
ties being set include Norway, Whine.
Scotch and western yellow pine AMI
Norway and Colorado blue spruce. &
In case Of all farii animals and poul-
try IL Is far better to exercise every
possible prccautioH that will keep them
In guod lleahh Than TO be careless In
this regard and spend atgood deal of
time la doetoring them after they get
sick Not all outbreaks of disease can
be prevented. but where proper care
beforehand will TO so the necessary
precautions should be taken.
The chief advantage of the dirt road
that Is well crowned-that Is. higher
in the center than at the sides-lies In
the fact that the rain falling thereon
has chance To rGn off without mois-
lening the cnrth to any considerable
depth. However. a road that Is Well
crowned will not give hard surface
for any length OF time unless the area
at either side is well drained.
Not having the modern conyeniences
Of Ice and refrigerators, women of
some portions Of Central America have
custom OF cooling water by swing
Ing II rapidly In carthcn iars by means
of leather straps fastened 20 their
n,cts. When the water IS deemed
sufficiently cool the women give ,iie
FAIRS II twist and catch them right side
Iip without splitting an, OF the water
4 st. Paul CMinnA man has applied
for n patent on rather unique steel
riRin cnr which is designed 30 he self
unloading. The car Ina lnanholes on
top Instead CO doors for loadng The
interior Of the ear Is like nm elongated
bowl with rounded s,irfatc gradual
Ell toward the reuter of the bottom Of
the car, through q hole la which the
grain passes by gravity Ia unloading
4 poultry raiser living near Amazon.
dl. Mont. reports freak egg laid 10y
one of his hens Outwardly the egg
seemed 10 be merely n large egg. he
the common double yDlsed product,
and measured eleven and a half IN hes
IN longitudinal circumference ond clsht
inches IN ghth. However. on being
broken the egg was found To coniain
another large egg just Inside the slril.
end the second egg when broken Was
also found 10 contain an egg of about
normal size
Attending single farmers intitutc
may not impress one with the impur
lance Of 1t as an educational insitu-
tlon This is the better realized when
Il Is known that for the year ending
June 80, 1913. there were 20.Gi0 farm
institute sessions held Ia folty-ene
e;ates and territories. These meetings
wore attended by nearly i.oO0OOo l'co-
pie. required the service ~ 1896 con-
ductors and represented an outlay of