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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
Getting in Wheat in Wisconsin.

A gentleman Of this city, few weeks ago
went out into Walworth county to do some
business. At that time the country was alb.
Sorbcd entirely in tie securing of tho harvest
and the gentleman had great deal of troub.
lc in finding anybody to home We will
let him tell his own story;
l stopped at the house Of my friend
B, and knocked all the skin off my
kuucllcs at his front door, but could not
start anybody, and just as was going away
a passer-by, in answer to my inquiry, said
that b was getting in his wheat l
then went oy>r iuto another part Of he town.
to where our old schooImato, Squire RI,
resided. walked in at the open door, SIT
down in the parlor few minutes, and no one
appearing, | walked up stairs and down
stairs, but couldn't find a soul.
when got around on the porch again,
the same fellow came along who had answer
cd my question before, and l hailed him;
Is the Squire in town .?
Getting in his wheat, reckon
Well, where is his lady?
She's helping the Squire
And the young ladies =
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
Apples.

There is scarcely an article Of vegetable
food more widely useful and moro university
loved than the apple. Why every farmer in
the nation has not an apple orchard where the
trees will grow at all, is one Of the mysteries.
Let every family lay in from two to ten or
moro barrels, and it will be TO them the most
economical investment in the whole range Of
culinarics. A raw mellow apple is digestcd
in an hour and half; whilst boiled cabbage
requires five hours. The most healthful des-
scrt which can be placed on the table, is a
baked apple, If taken freely at breakfast
with coarse bread and butter, without meat
or flesh of any kind, it has an admirable Of
feet on the general system, often removing
constipation, correcting acidities, and cooling
off tebrie conditions, more efectually than
the most approved medicines.
If families could be induced to substitute
the apple-sound, ripe and lucsous-for the
pies, cakes, candles, and other sweetmeats with
which their children are too often indiscretely
stuffed, there would be diminution in the
in the sum total Of doctors bills in a single
year sufficient to lay in stock Of this deli
cious fruit for whole seasons uso.-HaVS
Journal Of Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
.ree(1 Mlt. .GQrmer ,
MONTPELIER Vt.
Thursday Morning, Oci. rs, 1869.
Agriculture as a Pursuit.

In farming as in manufacturing there is
the raw material, capital invested, and pro-
duct, and it may be well to calculate as to
this raw material and see III what way it
affects the products Of the farm.
II is a fault that most farmers have, Of
thinking that they are little better than
anybody else, and do not need any further
knowledge, especially in agricultural matters.
Such it is impossible to make any favor
able impression upon; but there are many
others who learn something new every day
have learned to think and experiment, and
reason upon their experiments Did it ever
enter the heads Of these men that all fertil-
izers are to the farm what the raw material
is to tho manufacturer? Give q cotton-mill
astint Of cotton, and require it to produce
given number Of yards--won't the quality
and thickness be in comparison with the
amount Of cotton furnished and wont it be
rather thin So with the farm. You with
hold nearly all the manure and sow and
plant over double what is manured--Won'
the product be the same as the product Of
the stinted cotton-mill? But supposing the
fertilizers were all saved, tho scattering par
ticles carefully scraped up, and tho muck
bed drained, and pile Of compost equal to
the product demanded applied, does any one
doubt the result?
The great difficulty in farming is want of
proper attention to raw material. The ma
terial is becoming exhausted, and the crops
are thin, and not very strong at that. But
how shall l get this raw material? Why,
the cotton manufacturer who is intending to
furnish thousands Of yards Of fabrics buys
his raw material where he can buy the
cheapest, but he never gives up because it is
scarce or high. He we'll knows that to pro.
ducc he must have something 10 produce
from. So with the farmer. Manure may
be scarce, may be high-pricod, but if the
farmer expects to get nourishment out Of the
soil, he must first put nourishment in. As
to the manner Of obtaining this manure much
has already been said. In the first place
save it-rake up around the sheds, house
barns and out'houses open the muck.bed
and transfer the muck to the proper place
for composing; dig up the loan, the turf
and collect the leaves, Or anything which viii
enrich the soil, causing two blades of grass
to grow where one has grown.
But remember, by all means, that unless
you furnish as much as you take away, you
cannot expect to have crops. The STATE
Legislature is taking an interest in thcs
matters, and we are in hopes before the clos
of the Session, that such an interest will hav
been awakened as will lead to complct
understanding in this matter, and pave tn
way for such action as will bring all thcs
questions properly and ably before the PEG
pie, that those who wish to be informed ma
be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
The Cleaners.
The busy, busy cleaners!

The busy, busy cleaners!
From the early dawn Of day,
The golden ears they gather,
Which strew their sunlit way;
They do not waste their moments
In idle play or mirth,
But grasp with eager fingers
The produce of the earth.
Are you at work, dear reader
Not in the harvest field
But in some path of duty,
Which precious fruit will yield :
Toll on with faith and patience
Labor with all your might;
Soon will your deepening shadows
Tell The approach of night.
The cheerful cheerful cleaners !
With glad and willing mind
They seek the scattered treasure,
Aud JOY in labor llnd'
List to their playful speeches
Look at their merry smiles
Tho hriaht rovayd before them
rboir o.dnops task bocuiles.
90 lorVh' on, 0"r''''"" "1''S
In prisk ana happy mo0u'
And gatherin with gladhess
Your golden stores OF good;
Your field is rich and boundless,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25

SrRING WHrAr-Good Crop Mr.. AL.
pLcu5 Bachelor, of this town, raised, the
present season, q field Of four acres of spring
wheat, which yielded thirty.tvo bushels to
the acre.
The soil is clay Ioam, and dosoaads slight
Iy to the southwest. Mr.. Bachelor pur-
chased the land q few years since, at forty
dollars per acre, which was thought by some
n large price.
Calling tho thirty-two bushels $50 per
buShcl, and the straw$4 per acre, the crop
amounts to So per acre, very good return
for one year.
Spring wheat is mostly raised here in this
vicinity, and considered much safer crop
than winter wheat. j. r. WALKER.
Springfield, VT, Oct, 1st, 1860,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
Weedg.

One Of the speakers, while discussing the
subject Of grasses, at the Yale agricultural
lectures, remarked, that olo main cause Of
the dimunition Of grass va5 the prevalence Of
weeds AT present nearly one third Of the
plants in cur meadows are weeds, Much ig-
torrance exists among farmers. Very few
know the names Of tho grasses growing on
their farms; nor can they distinguish ono
kind from another. They attend too little
to the comparative nutritiyo values OF tho
different species, the soils best adapted to
to them, and the special purposes to which
they are applicable.
Every year increases tho demand, and con-
sequontiy, the value Of the hay-crop; its i'm
provement, cultivation, and increase, ahould
command far greater share Of the farmers
attention than it ordinarily receives. The
sowing months for this latitude. August and
Soptombor-aro now past yet the coming
spring will afford an opportunity fer attend
ing to this matter AS to the best kinds of
grasses, there is still much difference Of
opinion. Allen, who, perhaps, is the most
reliable authority We have, says that timothy
for cultivation in the northern portion Of the
United States, is the first in the list Of the
grasses. 1t is indigenous to this country
and aourishes in all soils except such as arc
wet, too light, dry, or sandy; and it is found
in perfection On The rich clays and clay-loams
which lie between 80 leg. and A deg. north
latitude. It is q perennial, easy Of cultiya-
ticn, hardy, and OF luxurious growth, and On
its fayorite soil yields from one and half to
two tons Of hay per acre at one cutting"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25

WINrERING CADBAGE.-A farmer who has
been very successful in preserving his cabbage
till spring, says " | have practiced for four
years the following mode Of wintering cab.
bage, and it has proved so well, l give it for
the benefit OF others My cabbage is left out
TIL there is danger from frost. The heads
arc then cut off, with a few coarse leaves,
and if winter does not seem to be upon us,
thrown into heaps, and covered with litter of
some kind, till winter seems to be coming in
earnest. Then the cabbage are put in heaps
by placing them on the groupd-threc from
the bottom course, two from the second and
one from the top. Make your heap as long
as you wish-Paok them close by putting the
largest at the bottom, and keep the stem end
up. Cover ten to twenty inches or more
with EARTH without any straw. The earth
must be in proportion to the frost. A little
frost will not hurt them if the cabbage are
not taken out till the frost has left them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25

PEARs IN VERMONT Pears will flourish
in this State, as we'll as apples, with proper
care. l have tree which Is bent in every
branch under its great burden, and several
lesser ones Of excellent varieties which arc
doing we'll. Plums, cherries, and all the
berries do as well here as anywhere under
proper culture, and | think oven the Libe-
rian plum peaches can be made to flourish
and pay as a luxury, if moi for traffic. Sew
eral kinds Of grapes arc doing wholesome
of excellent quality. But all fruits need
knowledge and its application, to make them
perfect and proGtablo-a quality in which
most Of us are too deficient. A due share Of
scientific effort will raise the standard and
receive the reward.--W s, b., IN Reposi-
tory.
The above correspondent does not give
the town, or portion of the State, from which
he writes, and we somewhat doubt the entire
correctness Of his remarks, as applied 10 all
parts Of the State. However, we shall be
happy to be corrected.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25
Early Fattening Of Animals.

The philosophy Of increase OF fat in AMI
mails is, that the digestod food not needed to
supply waste in the SYSTEM is laid up in the
form Of fat around the muscles, ready to be
absorbed again into the circulation if needed.
Waste is induced by exercise, or use Of mus
cles, and also by combustion in the lungs, of
the digested food, to supply animal heat
Hence, the same amount Of food given in
warm weather will, if digescd afford a great.
cr surplus Of fat than when fed in cold wealth.
or. Hogs or other animals intended for fat
tening should be shut up the month Of Sep
tomber. Many advocate making the size Of
the tattoning pen so small that the animal
will have but just room to stand or lie
While confinement favors rest and disposi.
ton to fatten, too close quarters are moi
healthful for the animal, which needs mode
rate exercise to promote digestion. The DUAL.
ity of the flesh produced must be somewhat
impaired by any confinement that interlerea
with the health. The appetite may be kept
up by change of food, frequent supply Of
green vegetables, such as corn, cabbage leaves
pea-vincs and the refuse of the garden.
Cooked food digosts much moro easily than
raw, and is in a.condition 10 yield more nour.
ishment and is also better rclishcd By mos!
kinds Of stock. Cleanliness in the faltening
pens should not be overlooked. Although
pigs proyerbially are filthy, they arc not really
so they do not delight in The chluvia Of theil
own dropPngs, as any one can sec by notice
ing that they generally appropriate one por
ton OF thepon to filth. An occasional wash
ing and scrubbing with soap suds will conduct
much TO their thrift-aIl animals keep in con
djtiQp more easily when the skin is kept clear
and healthy,
PUrRIDwY IN WrLLS.--Sometimcs the
water in wells suddenly acquires q putrit
taste and smell, rs though some animal mat
ter was undergoing decay therein, yet which
upon careful examination is found not to be
the case The H9mestcQd tolls Of such al
instance, and II. rene y was found in th(
thorough agitation Of tho water, by worbin!
chain pump for tSo hours, bringing Tx
water more or less in contact with the air
The next day the water was as sweet as ever
In the case Of a cistorn of filtered rain wa
ter the same remedy Of agitation was re
sorted to with equal success.
Mr.. L. D. Richardson, Of Orange, raise,
potatoo, the present year, fourteen inches
IN circumference, and sixteen inches long -
Isn't that whoppor?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-10-25

Mr.. L. D. Richardson, Of Orange, raise,
a potatoo, the present year, fourteen inches
IN circumference, and sixteen inches long! -
Isn't that whoppor?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27

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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
WILL. BE PUBLISHED ON THE lgrH EovEnBER
w ROYALTY IN fHg NEW WORLD;
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Bt KfHAHAR cOkSWAlLfs
Being panorama OF tur The Ara Andinr 70
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NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY 27
BOARDING. AND LoDoIso.

A FINE SUIT OF ROoxS To LEr-oy SECOND
"a floor back Psror and extension and pleas mi
Room fou,th door 70 let single
and their wives at lis Second House with
al the modern i'm rovoments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-28

Irs EFFECT FAR.-We take the following
brief synopsis of he effect Of the current attitude
Of the South with reference to the continuance of
the Union upon the business of New York city,
from the Herald Of yesterday:
at will be seen that since the 9th OF November
thens has been an alarming falling OF In the sale
and manufacture Of articles dependent to any great
extent upon southern trade, and that not less than
1900 operatives have already been discharged,
and are out of employment at this critical time,
just when winter Is setting in with ali Its severity
" Not only have orders ceased to come from the
South, but many orders on the books of our man.
ufacturers, varying in amount from IS 600 to
SIS 900, have been recently countermanded. The
branches Of trade which have suffered most are
the carriage and harness businesses, clothing
boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries, and
wines and brandies. In all these the sales have
declined to such extent to render IL necessary
10 discharge the workmen in various proportions,
some houses throwing out three -fourths Of their
hands and some dismissing the whole. Any CON-
ment upon such state of affairs is wholly I'M
necessary; the facts speak stronger than words u
But the knife is cutting equally both ways
The interstate trade in negroes, out of which the
people Of Virginia make millions annually, has
also entirely ceased, and the value Of the produce
OF every description in the hands Of the farmers
OF that State has already deprecated quite thirty
per centum. The state Of affairs in Culpepel
county tells the tale foYcibly. That county alone
exports annually about one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars worth Of slayes-the surplus oil
It's slave population. Not single negro has been
sold from it in the last three weeks, we appre
bend, because prices have gone down fifty pei
centuIn- Nor can its farmers find a market 70,
the large quantity Of wheat they continue to hold
except by taking one dollar per bushel for sucf
as they were getting dollar and forty cents fo
. month ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-28
sr,-,, Of the Morning Press.

The Hntsliigsnesr, under the head Oh voices
from the People," gives numerous expressions OF
popril.r sentiment against secession, which have
reached Il from various parts Of the South.
The IHreIIigsntg, In response, we suppose, to
an article in the Constitution yesterday, recon-
mendilg the former journal as 4 candidate for
the orgaHship of Lincoln, on account OF loyal
service rendered him, as 1t alleges, in the late
campaign and since, says:
1--WE think Il due to our courteous neighbors
Of the CONSTITUTION to say that, although we may
have but seldom &C knowiedged our obligations to
them we have not been unobservant Of the KIND
attentions they so often bestow on the Nationai
InIligsneer, or inssasble to the spirit Of candor
with which they constrre our editorial course
Such amenities In journalism, and. 80 consclsn-
tious regard for truth and propriefy pee ome the
elevated position enjoyed BY the Constitution,
and lend a grace to a print which speaks by au-
thority Of the Government"
The CoaStitxtios reviews at length the " Edin'
burph Review on the United States and Mr.
Buchanan,s Administration, defending the Presi-
dent against criticisms Of the Review"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-28

SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVIS, Of Mississippi
reached Washington yesterday morning from his
home-Mississipp HIS many friends in this sec.
ton will be glad to learn that his health appear,
TO have been much restored since he was las,
among Us. The information he brings from the
South is such as to make II plain that the only
hope Of the continuance Of the existing Confede-
Iacy lies in prompt action on the part Of the non
slaveholding States that hold positions upon the
slavery questionswhich the South regards as a,
war with her constitutional rights, through which
they will accord guarantees that hereafter abe
shall have no just cause OF complaint on such ac
count
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-28
The Prospect.

In TO today we have seen nothing to induce
rs to believe that there Is now in all the
Southern States a single public man Of any party
not In favor Of the adoption Of some measures
that shall end either In secession, or In In
ducIng the North to change the policy Of Its
majority with reference to slavery. IL there be
any such, except, perhaps, Mr.. John Minor Bolts
and Mr.. Henry Winter Davis, the manifestations
Of public opinion upon the subject have been
such as to close their mouths efectually; for not
a single man az the South has spoken or written
line since the result Of the Presidential election
was known, in advocacy Of the policy CT having
the slayehOlding States remain passive under
what Is conceived to be the tendency Of that
event so far as the future Of American slavery 10
concerned.
While this fact Is significant beyond expression
of the determination Of the South to bring the
current slavery controversy TO end as soon as
possible, we are glad to perceive that within the
last week the demonstrations in favor Of a con-
sentative course to bring about that result have
been overwhelming in every State except South
Carolina. True, in every other slaveholding
State disunionists per Sc are endeavoring to STIR
up the popular mind to the purpose Of placing
the future Of the whole South In the keeping OF
South Carolina as a self-created dictator; but the
weight Of southern popular denominations 10
already heavily against any such policy.
Thus We see daylight breaking In the favor
with which the policy of general Southern con-
vention or consultation has been received through
out the South, as explained above. A great va
riety of schemes to be carried out by such a con-
vention are being urged, all Of which look to the
main point of the settlement Of the controversy
between the two sections Of the Confederacy with
out resort to the final expedi-nt Of secession, for
which the South is utterly unprepared industri-
ally; and for which she can only be 50 prepared If
come it must, by and through carrying out meas
ures to make herself in her Industrial necessities
In a great measure independent Of dependence
upon the States from which she may be called on
TO separate that separation may be forced upon
her; she will doubtless be If, having ceased fol
a single year tc buy threefourths Of what she now
buys from the North; and If. also, having created
In the meanwhile other modes for the transporta
ton of her products and imports coastwise and
across the ocean.
In that year Of preparation the ownership Of
millions worth of tonnage may be transferred from
the North 70 the South, as well as many millions
Of capital now invested In manufactures, by her
(the South's) approaching policy Of eschewing
trade with any State denying what she holds Il
be Der rights under the Constitution.