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PROSPEC"TIS
e'0-E@gIan5 Farmer and Gor3.r<r>
E0DrDUI

Nea0-EngIand Farmer and Go73.rsr'5
THIS is a weekly paper, devoted to Ac.
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Economy It is conducted by THonA>
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OF many of the best practical Cultivator>
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tile and useful to the farmer and gardener.
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A weekly report ofthe sales at BrigL
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and occasional drawings of Agricultural
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Boston. Dec. 1885
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CUTTING FODDER. FOR CAT
TT F

The winter food for domestic animals
is always an article of importance both on
account Of the quantity required, and its
value. THERE'S scarcely any place where
good hay will mot at some season of the
year: bring several dollarsa ten. Every
means, therefore, by which it may be sa-
we'd, or the nutfiment it contains applied to
the best effect, should claim special atten-
ton. q 1t is asserted on high. authority,
that by cutting all kinds ofdry fodder be-
fore feeding to cattle, at least one half is
savedjbu even supposing the saving to be
only one-third, it is evident it would in
few years amount to no small sum- where
any considerable number of animals are
wintered The labor of outing is indeed
something, but very trifing where good
| machine is employed. Among the straw
cutters of which we have had an opportu-
nifty Of witnessing the operation, Green
stands pre-eminent in excelence.* AL
though it is worked by hand, its motion
is so easy that one man may turn it with
facility, and cut all that another man car
place in the feeding trough working with
activity, and having the hay or straw close
at hand Two bushels of cut food art
easily produced in a minute. If the frs
cutting should not be fine enough, it may
be passed repeatedly through, until it ha
been reduced to any degree of fneness.-
The expense or labor of cutting ftdde
with such machine as this must of cours'
be exceedingly small. And if driven b,
horse power, far less SO. And when it il
considered that in addition to the improv
ed quality which it gives to hay and straw
other coarse feed, and especially the larg
or main stalk ofcorn fodder, which is high
ly nutritious, but generally rejected b,
cattle, may by cutting and mixing with
little meal be fed to them, the advantage
to every farmer who feeds farm stock t.
any extent, must be obvious.
Yet notwithstanding this, what vas
majority pursue the old wasteful course
Few men would think of throwing fit,
dollars In bank notes into the fire ever
winter, then why should they pursue
course which causes, in effect, an equa
loss?
( Instead Of the knives cutting obliquely Thy
SG,cing motion) in most straw cutters, thos
in this machine cut perpendcularly iEto the ha
or straw, and consequently are less liable to b.
come dull by use.-Month1y Genesee Farmer.
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GROCERY STORE

THE subscribers are opening a store
L in the basement story of Frost's
building, where they offer for sale, low.
the following among numerous other arti-
cles:
Superior SUGARS of all kinds-loaf
and lump-New Orleans and Havana.
Also, New-Orleans and Porto Rico Mo-
lasses; Sumatra and Java coffee; choco-
late
An assortment of TEAS, of a superior
quality-Young Hyson-Hyson Skin
Green and Gunpowdcr-Old Hyson-
MISUNDERSTANDING and Pecco-all of
late lmportations.
Also bunch, box and key raisins; figs;
prunes; citrons; oranges; lemons; mace;
cloves; first rate articles of spice of all
kinds; pearlash; saleratus; spermaceti can
dies; herring; mackerel; oysters, and
FLOUR.
People of the village and vicinity, want
ing any of the above named articles, are
respectfully invited to call and examine
Tor themselves. Inspection Of articles for
sale will cost them nothing, ifthey do not
wish to purchase.
CHURCH s. ENOS.
Brandon, Dec 81, 1885.
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AGRICULTURAL.
e., From the N. Y. Farmer.
MANAGEMENT OF EWES.

The. following account Of successful
management Of sheep by gentleman OF
PhiladeIphia is taken from the Baltimore
Farmer, and well explains the secretwhich
many suppose the art consists in {: "On
Mr.. Barney's late visit to this city, | put
the question to- him, wherein consisted
his superior management of sheep2 He
gave the following reply: He said gen
tleman visited him not long since, and on
going to his sheppard, and viewing it,
asked him the same question. He show
ed at that time, from fifty ewes, upwards OF
sixty lambs, all lively and brisk, with a
loss, think he said, ofthree or four. The
gentleman observed to him that he had
his shed covered with dead lambs; and
asked wherein the secret of breeding lay.
Mr. Barney observed to him, you stuff
your sheep with dry food Yes, as much
good clover and hay as they will eat, was
the reply. You give them no water, but
suffer them to 60 out in time Of snow and
eat it as they are disposed to do?. Yes.
| Then, said Mr. Barney, there lies the Sc
cret, Your sheep fill themselves with
dry hay; they get no water; and they
have, not a sufficient supply of gastric
juice to promote thedigestion ofthe hay in
the stomach; they cannot raise it to cher
tie 5eud; they lose their appetite; are
thrown into fever; and cannot bring
forth their,young; or they bring forth a
| feeble, starved lamb, that falls off and dies
on the FIST exposure to the cold and rain
On the contrary, take care to provide
my sheep with good clear water in sum,
mer and winter. l feed them regularly
with hay through the winter, and give
them ruta. baga and mangel wurtze! eve
ny day. The ewes produce me 100 pei
cent. increase in lambs, You cannot
says Mr. Barney, get along without ruts
!. baga and mangel wurtzel.' The write
adds. that he had then just sold his sheel
for upwards Of sepentsem dollars per heaC
to the butchers.
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WATERING. PLACES.

Every farmer should endeavor opro-
vide good watering place for his cattle !;
some are very ineonveniently situated in
this respect, and others neglect to improve
the advantages they possess. Some far
mers water their cattle. at a pond or pud-
die, and when the snowand ice have accu-
INFLATED, the poor animals have to reach
down so far for the water that they do not
obtain half so much as they need. Many
watering places might be improved by a
large trough even were a few days spent
in turning or raising streams or in fen
cling out new watering place, it would be
time well spent
More depends on this business than far
mers in general are aware of; cattle must
have a plenty of good water, or they will
not keep in good condition. Where the
| water is inconyenient, the young, feeble,
and 6as6fuL, las Paddy would say) get but
very little. lit be. convenient, a trough
should be set, with one end about foot
and half and the other two or three fee
from the ground this viii accommodate
calves and sheep as wellas oxen and hor
ses. You should be as accommodating
to your animals as was the. carpenter tc
| the feline race, when he made a large
| hole IN the barn door for the old cat and q
small one for the. kitten; another advan
| tage, when the snow is deep the water vii
j be much more convenient By having ont
| end of the trough high : lie -9-1
III your watering place be in bleal
situation, put some boards on the northern
side, else Boreas, with hisrude blasts, vii
drive your cattle away before they drinl
4 enough they often shake their heads, AMI
make up faces, which show their grea
dislike In having this windy old fellow
putting in their faces, and whistliny
around their ears.-YGnkee Farmer
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THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.

AS the whole community is agitated
with measures adapted to assert the rights
and advance the interest of laboring men,
it would be we'll to consider for a moment
the claims of industrious women.
There is a strange and cruel mockerv
in the conduct of the lords of creation 10
the weaker sex. They are fond ofspeak-
ing in extravagant terms on the excellence
of women; they delight in manifesting
their refinement by unmeaning compli-
ments, and exhibit their gallantry in a
thousand superhuous attentions. Here
theirjustice ends. They call themselves
the defenders of woman-do they protect
her ! they praise her virtue-does their
conduct manifest a real respect? they com
passionate her weakness-do they sustain
her in poverty, cheer her loneliness with
the voice OF encouragement, or do aught
In any shape to supply her wants, or allie
vlate her affections! The world is a
scene of violence, where every man scram-
bles for his share of the pIunder-but
weak woman is constrained by her phys
ical lnterlority to stand apart and gaze
hopelessl Y, with little to sustain her or
her little ones but the stray fragments
which, may fall in her way She is still,
as in the olden time, cleaner in the har-
vest of life; and though her responsible
ties are equal to those of man, she is ex-
pected to suppl y all her wants and perform
all her duties upon the miserable pittance
which the reaper leaves behind him as un-
worthy to be gathered Such is the JUS
tice, such is the kindness of man to wo-
man.
1t may be admitted that man is gentle
and afectionate to those of the other sex
who may be related to him. Strange il
he were not. How unnatural would be
the ingratitude that would requite moth
er's pains, wifes solicitude, a sisters
tenderness, with harshness. How strange,
I ly cold and heartless must be the bosom
| which, not only insensible to the loneliness.
gentleness, and purity of woman. should
also prove alien even to the ties ofnature
Man has not been thus unnatural, for the
necessities of his being forbid it. But
what has he done for that portion of the
! sex disconnected with himself-the lone
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begin again 10 swell; the tempest lowers;
and everything threatens an approaching
storm. Will the successors Of the apes
ties refuse to pour the oil of peace on the
.billows of contention! ..s,~...
The ministers of the gospel, in Eng
land, are more engaged in the cause Of
peace than ever before There were more
of them at the last meeting Of the Peace
Society in London than is usual, and al
most all the addresses were made by them.
They are ready TO- act with the ministers
in this country, and have reason to be-
lieve, from conversation with the late Brit
ish ecclesiastical delegation to this coun-
try, that they will readily join in the an
nual concert of prayer on the 25th of De-
cember, in, favor Of the cause of peace il
invited by the ministers softhis country
The cause then rests with the American
clergy. Willthey refuse their aid! Can
they, do it and not deny their MASTER
There is no need Of ministers interior.
| ing with the politics of the day Simply
to meet, on the day appointed, with their
focks, and pray for continuance of peace
can give no offence to any party. fthey
have any faith in prayer if they have
any trust in the promises Of God, can they
refuse their assent Z j;
/ Churches as naturally look up to thei1
ministers for example, as scholars look t.
their teachers They cannot act withou
their head. If ministers refuse their aiC
to the work, it can never be done. and al
though God has promised that the TIM
shall come, when the nations shall lean
war no more, this event will not arrive
until ministers take up the cause of peac
in good earnest The cause Of peace re
quires a spec ial effort more than the caus
Omissions, of temperance, or anti-sIavery
1t is greater cause than either, for on
the two first mainly depend. -u
. Will not then ministers of the Gospe
give their influence to a great and goo
, cause, which cannot succeed withou
} them!
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Horse Po,oer Grist MiLs.-We have

Horse Potoer Grist lMiUs.-We have
before us a specimen of corn meal ground
in one of the horsepower .Grist mills
which is. becoming Sc, popular with the
owners of large, landed estates. The
bed-stome instead of the upper one runs,
and instead ofthe stones, which are burrs,
performing circular revolution, they run
horizontally. The grain resting on the
bed-stone is thrown. out by the centrifugal
force as soon as ground, which leaves the
meal ltoety though very 6ne.. The sam
pie before as is truly most beautiful one;
to the eye it looks more like Uheat than
corn neal, and yet when submitted to the
test of the finger and thumb, its delightful
granular touch indicates al once that none
Of that vital principle, which is the life OF
all -four, and imparts to bread its most de-
sirable quality, had been lostin the process
lof grinding. These mills reduce three
bushels ofcorn into meal In an hour, and
they are equally effective in producing
-four out of any other grain.
To gentlemen who have a large num-
Der of hands or stock, one of them would
certainly be a most valuable acquisition
enabling them as it would, not only to pro
cure supply of flour for the former with.
out going off their respective estates, but o.
feeding the latter also with ground food, a
thing ofthe first importance, both with re.
spect to the health of animals and to the
saeingof proyender, 1t is the opinion O
some of the best Judging farmers in Eu
rope and America, that by grinding al
grain fed to stock, and cutting and steam,
ing their hay or fodder, atleast one third
Hess will serve them, and that the animal.
themselves can be thus kept in better con
dition.-Farnper and-Gardcncr
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From tho Vermont Farmer.

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURB.-I
From late highly praised work on the
capital and resources Of the British En-
pire, the London Metropolitan makes
some extracts, for the purpose of prov
ing the immense importance to Eng
and of Agriculture, and the capital staked
in it, compared with that employed in
manufactures. According to table in
this work, the gross annual product of
Great Britain and Ireland, raised by the
combination of capital with all animate
and inanimate power, is 514,OO0,OO0k.
sterling, nearly half (which is from ag-
riculture. As the table exhibits the rela-
tive importance ofthe several great sources
Of the immense. wealth of Great Britain,
and is therefore Of general interest, we an
mex it,
Agriculture. R246, 100000
Mines and Minerals, 2l,4OO,OOO
Inland Trade, 48,425,OOO
Coastng Trade, 3,55O,O00
Fisheries, 100000
Shipping & Foreign Com 34,398,O95
Bankers-profts ofthis class, 100000
Foreign Income, 4,50O,00O
Manufactures, 48,O5OOOO
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LOST,

N the street, between Conants sto:e
! and Frost's Tavern, in Brandon, on
the evening of the 2lst Nov, or taken
from wagon under Mr.. Frost's shed,
a drab-colored over-coat, lined with
flannel, sleeves lined with tow cloth.
large capes, velvet collar, woven ker.
Sey; also one checked horse-bIanket.
red and black Any person having
knowledge of the above named articles,
Will confer favor on the owner, by leav-
ing word with Mr.. Frost,
ARTEMAS tLAGG
HneSburgh. Dec. 10. 1885.
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R246,OOO,OO0
G5l4,823,O85

In addition to poor rates and county
rates, which amount TO several millions,
the agriculturists pay 26,oOO,OOO, or one
half of the taxes of the empire The
amount ofcapital employed in agriculture,
is Set down at abouttwo millions of pounds
sterling, or more than one half Of the cap
ital of the United kingdom. According
to this estimate the national debt is equal
to one fifth of the whole capital of the en-
pire,
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STOVES.


THE subscribers have at their ware
house a large assortment Of COOK,
BOX and PARLOR STOVES, at whole
sale and retail, among which will be found
the well known "Conant Stovc," and the
improved Rotary Cooking Store.
The fire plates to the latter having been
strengthened, we can confidently recon-
mend the article for durability, and COM
Petent judges have already pronounced
# the best stove in use.
It's believed that our stoves possess er-
cry qualification to recommend them to
the patronage of the public, save an ex-
'ravagantly high price, which is matter
OF no great Importance, compared with
the quality ofthe article itself
PLOWS, CAULDRON kFTTTES
and HOLLOW WARE, constantly on
hand and most kinds of Castings made at
short notice.
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y @ones POE TRY. rrdf o51r
HUMILITY.

The. bird that scars on highest wing, = So. \
Builds on the ground her lowly nest;
And she that doth most sweetIy sing; ny '.
afsings in me shade when oil things rest -
In lark and nightingale we see ~ l.eGH.
What honor hath humility, cay TIalsa6....
when Mary chose '.the better part ",'
% she meekIy sat at Jesus feet; ne b':- .s 'E1
And Lydia's gently opened heart, b.. Fslc9- p d
dWasmade fpF Gods own temple meet ;ist.,s
--Fairest and best sdorn'd is she, t-, = ,.e, =
Whose colthing e humility -.,.-.t. d
N9EEfaH 10 til338T fthF f.BE' -Es aal- - #Ab
The saint that wears heavens brightest crown,
in deepest alteration bends xag-bGL
The weight Of glory bows him down,
The most when most his soul ascends
Nearest the throne Itself must be
The fooistool of humility. WY AIT
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No. l8.....VoL. VIII---Jan. %, 1886

the friendIess? What supporo or encour /
a gement does the widow with her flock of
little ones, or the unprotected orphan, or
the friendless female, receive from man =
How is her labor requited-how are her
rights maintained? what encouragement
do the laws extend to her; what support
is offered by society? what champions
spring forth in her cause!
The sturdy laborer complains that his
wages are low, and thousands in a mo-
ment unite and procure for him redress;
bat the widow may toll with superior as
siduity and :receivezless than the 1.-THE OF
the wages ofman-and who strives for
her? Is her labor less useful or ncces-
sary! By no means. Are her orphans
more readily or cheaply sustained than
the children of the1laborer of course
they are not. Yet she is allowed to toll
increasingly, and reteivesa pittance which
if quadrupIed, would be spurned bya man
laborer with scorn. Again the man COM
plains1 justly, perhaps, that twelve hours
labor is too much for his Herculean frame,
and he strikes for an amelioration of his
condition. The press is clamorous in
support ofthe POOR LABoRER; orators &
politicians espouse his cause and he tri-
umphs. But the lone widow sits at her
solitary labor, lying the needle with her
hands and rocking the cradle with her
foot. The sun rises aad sets upon her, &
the stars almost fade from the sky, before,
with fevered and exhausted frame, she
sinks upon her couch. But who, we ask
again, who strikes for the lone widow 3
who compassionates her wrongs, and as
serts her rights? Perhaps it will be as
serted that women have no rights Men
are entitled to high wages, but women
should not expect it! men must not labor
more than ten hours-bnt women may
toll day and night. Might makes right
and the woman being weak and unable Il
demand her fair share of the advantages
that result from labor, must consent to h
as she has been, the drudge and slave O
those who pirate about her beauty and thci1
chivalry.-Phll0de!phi0 G0=.
AS nearly as can be ascertained, The
number of persons supported for longer o
shorter periods of time in the year 1884
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americans. For
4786

1T is thus seen that Boston is more bur
dened by poor emigrants than any other
Atlantic city, in proportion to population.
In some otthe counties of New York, bor-
derlng on the Canada frontier, the evil is
still greater. OF 1877 persons admitted in
1888 into the poorhouse in Clinton county,
ION Lake Champlain) 1872 were foreign
ers, THAT is, 35 native Americans, to lj2
torelgners!I The foreign poor in Mag
ara county poorhouse We're in
1881 CT
1882 III
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Old Neaosp0pers.-Many people take
newspapers, but few preserve them; yet
the most interesting reading imaginable
is file Of old newspapers. 1t brings up
the very age, with all its hustle and every
day affairs, and marks its genius and its
spirit more than the most labored descrip-
ton OF the historian. Who can take pa
per dated halfa century ago, without the
tho'tthat almost every name there printed
is now cut upon tomb stone? 1t is easy
to preserve newspapers, and they will re-
pay the trouble; for, like wine, their value
increases with their.vears.
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G. w. & J. A. CONANT
Brandon, Oct. II, 1885.

N; B:-We again say that Stanley is
not the inventor ofthe Rotary Stove-and
we engage to indemnify any and all who
purchase or use our stoves, against his
claim. Eff
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Number If Newspapers published IN the
WorId.--A German paper says: In Spain
there are TIVE I've newspapers, in Portugal =,
seventeen, in Switzerland, thirty-six, in
Belgium, ninetv-two, in Denmark, eighty,
in Austria, eighty-two, in Russia, and Po-
land, eighty-four, in Holland, one hum
dred and fifty, in Great Britain, two hum
dred and seventy-four in Prussia, two hun
bred and eighty eight, in the other Ger
manic States, three hundred and five, in
Australia, nine, In Africa, twelve, in Asia,
two, and in America, one thousand one
hundred and forty -eight,* from which it
will be seen that there are more than half
as many newspapers published in Ameri-
ca with the exception OF France, which
the writer has left out, and we'll he may,
for she has so completely muzzled the
press, that there might as we'll be none,
and cast stain on her escutcheon which
it will be difficult to wipe off, than there
is in the whole world put together and
with rot one fortieth of the population
1t isno wonder then that this country bears
the reputation abroad ofbeing not onl the
happiest but the frccst nation Of the earth
when the press, which we consider to Ee
the "sentlnel on the watch tower" is left
free, not only to guard US against all en-
croac hments on our rights Off acts up tc
its profession,) but to difUse information
far and wide over the country, for vher
ever knowledge is there will freedom also
be found.
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AS nearl y as can be ascertained, the
number of persons supported for longer or
shorter periods of time in the year 1884,
in the Almshouses Of the four principal
American cities were as follows:
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Eighty years ago it required 81 days to
transport the mail from Philadelphia to
Boston. 1t is now done in SO hours
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*The number here accredited to Amer.
lea, but little exceeds half of what are pub.
lished in the United States alone
Ed. Tel.