The New England farmer . 3. Lay fresh bones around their haunts;they will leave everything else to attack these,and when thus accumulated, can be dipped inhot water. 4. Pour two or three spoonfuls of coal oilinto their holes, and they will abandon thenest. 5. Bury a few slices of onions in their nests,and they will abandon them.—Western Rural. Barns in France.—The barns at presentcoming into use, are built of brick dove-tailedinto each other, no mortar being employed—and the interstices, ample for ventilation, willnot permit the entry of vermin. The formof the building is round, two or three s
The New England farmer . 3. Lay fresh bones around their haunts;they will leave everything else to attack these,and when thus accumulated, can be dipped inhot water. 4. Pour two or three spoonfuls of coal oilinto their holes, and they will abandon thenest. 5. Bury a few slices of onions in their nests,and they will abandon them.—Western Rural. Barns in France.—The barns at presentcoming into use, are built of brick dove-tailedinto each other, no mortar being employed—and the interstices, ample for ventilation, willnot permit the entry of vermin. The formof the building is round, two or three storiesin height, with zinc roof. I have observed afew days ago, an oat-bin, some two feet high,standing in a corner of a stable, and occupy-ing but little space. It is filled from thetop; the cover being secured by is a graduated scale that marks thequantity of grain daily withdrawn, and formsa perfect tell-tale in the event of dishonesty.—Paris Cor. California Farmer. 460 NEW ENGLAND FARMER. FECUNDITY OP MVErED PLANTS. •One years eeedlngIs eeven years weeding. BEDS are un-doubtedly de-designed as ablessing toman. They cer-tainly make la-bor anecessity,for they are astenacious oflife as a catthat is requiredto be killed ninetimes before she isfairly dead! Few persons areaware of the aston-ishing fecundity ofmost of the perni-cious weeds which in-fest our some countries,where large landed estates are held by singleindividuals, and whose incomes are very large,the most pains-taking investigations have beenmade in order to learn what a single weedplant is capable of doing in the way of propa-gating itself. We have before us some of theresults of these careful investigations, andfrom which we learn that a single coltsfootproduces from 3000 to seeds! Thewild mustard, 8000 seeds from a single plant!The chamomile, 40,000; the Mayweed, 45,-000; the burdock, 24,000; the red poppy,50,000; the wild parsley, 6000. All farmers have noticed the
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