Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-06-12

make, but also easy to clean and dis
infect and does not get u Of order.
A minimum estimate of from 5,000,-
300 to 100000 horsepower is placed
on the water power that is now going
to waste in the Appalachian mountains.
The trellis should be ready for the
sweet peas soon after they come up, as
the tendrils do not take hold so well
Il the vines are allowed to grow some
lime without a support.
Lubricating oil not only saves wear
and tear on the axles Of vehicles and
machinery, but 1t reduces pulling strain
to a minimum. The rule for oillng
should be little and often"
More small chicks suffer from over
feeding than from undertaking. The
little fellows gizzards are pretty small.
and for this reason they should be fed
frequently, but rather sparingly.
If stalky bushes are desired the new
raspberry canes should be pruned off
when they have reached the right
height. Such pruning also tends to pro-
luce more bearing wood for the com
ing season.
With good steak retailing at all the
way from 20 to 80 cents a pound there
ought to be little question that there
will be good money in the cattle bust
ness for any farmer who will follow It
consistently.
Johnny bread and milk is a balanced
ration. 1t is good for the Riddles and
their parents and is one of the cheap
est as well as most nutritious ratiOns
that can be prepared. More folks
ought to eat Johnny bread and milk.
They are poor and sorry folks indeed
TO whom the woods with their flowers
md birds have no deep charm. Per
haps a love of the outdoors can be
cultivated In just the same way that
t can be crowded out and smothered.
Anyway, it is worth trying to develop
it as one has opportunity.
Some rape should be sowed In a por-
ion of the cornfeld just before the last
cultivation. Three or four pounds to
he acre should be enough. The land
night just as well be growing rape as
weeds, and the rape will furnish a fine
pasture in the fall, particularly If a
portion Of the field is fenced off and
logged down, -rvsur'rs""
The Nebraska experiment station has
issued a bulletin on underground sllos
which should be of value to all farmers
Interested in this cheap method of saw
ing fodder. In the main, the under
ground silo seems to give good results
where the soil is well drained and is OF
such consistency that there is not seri-
Gus trouble from cave-ins.
Fewer sheep were produced in the
United States last year than the year
before and fewer the year before than
during the preceding year. In the face
Of this decreasing supply of mutton the
demand for meat products has been In
creasing. This ought to mean a safe
margin of profit for any who engage in
The sheep raising Industry In the COM
ing years NS&xea&aIsnH,Ss
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A friend who has an alfalfa field
that has been established twelve years
brought the writer on May 8 a sprig
pf n of the plants that measures
thirteen inches long, showing a most
vigorous vitality. Living as they do
year after year, alfalfa plants develop
immense root systems, starting growth
early In the season, and are able to
withstand extreme drought
A farmer whose chicks were bother
a good deal by hawks devised a
Jan which enabled him to trap thirty
Of the marnuGers during a single sea-
son. He killed Il good sized rabbit,
stalking the carcass down securely by
anchoring II 10 n couple OF stakes. He
then set two or three steel traps at
intervals about and close to the bait
In walking around their prey the
hawks would get their feet caught In
the traps.