The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-18
FARM NOTES
Timely Suggestions for the Intelli'
gent Aariculturists.

Timely Suggestions TOR the 'hte'i''
gent Asriculturists.
A community cooperative laundry IL
to be esta blisheod In Polk county.
Wis, In connection with the local CO.
operative creamery. This is the result
Of the offer of $500 for such an enter
prise by local banker and like prize
by Professor Henry of the State Agri-
cultural college The laundry is to be
organized along the same lines as the
one at ChatfieId, Mimi, which has been
In successful operation for the past
year.
Z Celery cabbage is the name OF a new
horticultural product which has lately
appeared in some oflthe larger mar
kets. 1t resembles large stalks of Gel.
eryf with civ exception that thq' tops
look like Head iettuce. PM 'taste is
chiefly that of cabbage with a slight
celery flavor. The vygeyble is used
for slaw. salad, in. SOUPS. looked With
meat and for garnishing. 1t may also
be eaten raw with salt or eooklA like
cauli1ower.
The ihiportation Of eggs into this
country Grom Russia and China duty
free is sure to decrease the price which
the poultry raisers of the country. will
receive for their eggs, but it wilF tilso
put a crimp in the game which the
cold storage chaps in large centers
have been playing for years past Of
buying eggs OF the country merchant
at from Is to is cents per dozen in
the warmer months Of the year and
getting from 20 to 60 cents per dozen
for them in the winter
A satisfactory formula for making
grating wax is as follows: Take one
pound of talow or linseed oil, two
pounds Of beeswax and four pounds Of
rosin. Melt these ingredients together
slowly and pour while still hot into a
tub of cold water. When the mixture
Is cool enough to handle 1t should be
nodded into balls of convenient size
with the bare hands, and the balls
should be wrapped lin creased paper
and laid away for use. If the weather
during which the wax, is to be used
should be warm the amount Of rosin
should be slightly increased.
For all practical purposes cubic
foot Of silage in the lower half of a
silo will weigh about fifty pounds.
Hence to ascertain the weight of silage
remaining in the silo it is only neces.
sary to get the number of cubic feet
This is determined by multiplying the
diameter of the silo by itself and the
result by .7S which will give the area
In square feet of the surface, and null
tiplying this result by the depth in
feet of the..silage will give the cubic
contents. The total weight Of silage
would be got by multiplying the cubic
contents by the weight per foot fifty
pounds.
In view of the fact that the price Of
horses has dropped all the way from
S25 to $40 per head for different types,
1t is the opinion of those who have
made close study Of the horse mar
kets that, with prices rs they are now,
there is little money in raising the
lightweight, general purpose horse,
with the possible exception Of the high
class saddle horse. However, there Is
reason to believe that the demand for
tn. heavy draft animal will continue
with prices such that the grower will
realize q good margin Of profit. The
situation above referred to should have
a suggestion for the breeders of horses
the country over.
When n fellow (man or woman) has
been through the ordeal Of having all
the remaining molars In his head yanlI-
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