Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-08-14

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Powdered milk put up In sacks is the
latest. This kind doesn't get sour.
Rust and blight in a patch or field of
beans are greatly aggravated If one
walks through or works in them when
rain or dew is on.
Late peas, string beans and Golden
Bantam corn may still be planted with
good prospect that they will produce
toothsome dishes for the table.
The fly killing campaigns Of years
past seem to be bearing fruit, for in
many localities there was not one fly
on July where there used to be
twenty.
A friend who has tried both June
and August planting of alfalfa says
that his August seeding has given him
the best stand and has also meant less
to contend with in way Of weeds.
1t was probably overstated bit, but
mighty good tenant farmer that the
writer was talking with the other day
stated a truth when he said that he
counted his dog as good as man.
A California poultryman lost twenty
six chicks recently as a result of their
getting shingle nails stuck in their giz-
yards. There ought to be suggestion
here for those engaged in the chicken
business.
The acreage Of the 1914 oat crop is
estimated at just about what it was
for 1913. Its condition on June is
estimated to be 2.5 per cent better
than it was on June l, 1913, and per
cent better than the ten year average
After July /, when the rooster Is no
longer needed for breeding purposes,
he serves his country and owner best
by being made into pot pie. Fertile
eggs lose quality much more quickly
than those that are not, and the hens
will lay just as many eggs If the roost-
er isn't around.
If gapeworms infest small chicks
they may be dislodged from the wind
pipe of the birds by twisting about q
small feather therein, when the chicks
are able to cough them up. Angle
worms often harbor with gapeworms,
and If the poultry show signs of being
infested with them they should not be
allowed to get at the worms.
Land in the vicinity of the great
Assouan irrigation dam in Egypt Is
worth from $3.50 to $1,000 per acre.
The factor that gives it this high value
is that each acre will produce SOC
pounds of high grade cotton, worth
500. The irrigation works of the Nile
valley have made it possible for H.,
100000 people to live on 100000
acres.
One will not 60 far wrong in locat
ing in q new section if he is able t
secure at reasonable price land tina
will produce clover or alfalfa. 1t II
preferable to buy in section wher'
artificial irrigation is not needed, bu
even If the land needs ditch waite
and this is available the land is al
right, for 1t produces that which has
definite value and for which there II
always a strong demand.
A farm demonstration has been de
fined as "a man Of practical farm ex
perience with an agricultural educa
ton, working under the joint direction
Of the farmers, the state agriculture
college and the United States depart
ment Of agriculture to assist in deter
mining the best agricultural practice
for the community in which he is 10
Gated" A man who measures up t
this standard ought to be a practica
and valuable factor in any community
The other day a Kansas farme
whose alfalfa field was threatened wit
invasion by a horde of army worm
and who did not have on hand an
chemicals usually recommended fo
their destruction made use of his shee
dip, each gallon of which he diluted /
seventy-hve gallons Of water. Thi
was put in a common hand sprinkle
} and sprinkled on the worms as the
were advancing across the road. Thi
was too much for them, and they cur
ed up and quit business. The plan