Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-01-26

able. You know get better profits on my beef
pork and mutton, than any other man in the place.
Now this does not come from any direct hint, like
the wheat, but froa good many suggestions that
have picked up in reading the Agriculturist and
from the course Of reasoning that have been led
into, by reading in it what others do, and think,
and say
Mr.. SHlifh.-You are another subscriber TO the
Agr7culturist, Mr.. West; does il pay2
Mr.. Wsst.-Pay? Yes. You know what good
cabbages and potatoes had last season. Why,
the csbbages were worth doublean other in town,
for market or for home use. | had 400 heads,
worth cents a piece, extra and they only cost
90 cents extra for seed. My 26O bushels OF pota-
toes are all engaged for seed at sl5O n bushel.
when other kinds bring only 80 cents. That's
$3.50 clear gain, for the Sli extra paid for seed,
and the $50 paid for the Agriculttrist. Il
was through this paper that learned about both
the cabbages and potatoes. Its editors are care
full, intelligent men, on the constant lookout for
anything new that is really good, while the paper
abounds in cautions against the poor and unproit-
able
Mr. Smth-What sayyou, Mr. Taylor? Does
it pay to invest 81 80 in the Agricult,rist2
Mr. TayJor.-Most cee'a ainly. A hint in the
paper led me to look aftsk certain insects at the
proper time, aud the result was, had 100 barrels
Of splendid apples which brought me a clean s.
per barrel, and this you know was better by 81,
than the average price here, or $i6O. Then
have read so much about good and bad Grapes,
the method of treating them etc, that | can beat
the town in raising grapes pro6taby. My son,
William, got a kink in his head about tomatoes,
from something the Editors said, and sent for
some seed He made more money on the crop
raised in his spare hours, than cleared by half
the farmers in this town.
Mr. Smth-Lets hear from Mr.. Crane.
Mr. CraHe.-l only read in the paper what was
said about hogs-what kind paid best, how to feed
them, and the like but il you will call around and
see my porkers, and my expense account, I'll bet
piPpin can show fifty dollars more of pork for
the same money, than any other man here. And
this comes from reading what other men think and
do. But Wife ought to be here TO speak. She
and the girls read the Agricidturist next to the
Bible. They think the household department is
worth more than all the fashion magazines in the
world. They say, it is so full Of good hints about
all kinds Of house work. All can say is that we
do have better bread aud cake and Wife says,
the cake don't cost so much as it used to. She
has learned from the paper how hundred other
house-keepers do their work
Rso. Corey.--Let me say, also, that Mrs Crane
and her daughters have added good many beau
tiful but cheap homemade fixtures to their parlor
and sitting rooms. which certainly make their
home more attractive. They told me, the other
day, they got these up from pictures and descrip-
tions in the Agricuiturist.
-hfs AfNttos--AhN nALhFF ud1 uDN hioWNh lAo W
take the paper; thought must squeeze out enough
to do SO this year. My school boys have bro 1ght
me some copies to look at, the past year or two
and find the Boys and Girls department of the
AgriculttTis the best thing ever saw. 1t is full
of items, etc, that amuse and at the same time
instruct the children. Why, | could pick out the
boys and girls in my school whose parents take the
AgricuttRrist, Just by hearing them talk-they are
so full OF new and good things they have learned
from the paper The paper has many beautiful
engravings.
Rep. Corey.-As small as is my salary, would
have the paper lift cost s. ayear, instead of Sl5O
The fact is, it helps out my salary. My little gar
den plot at the parsonage has yielded us almost all
our table vegetables, besides many beautiful llow-
ers. The 4gricuittvist has been my constant
guide. knew but little of gardenng: but this
paper is so full OF information about the best
things TO plant and sow, when 20 plant, and how
to cultivate--all told in so plain and practical
way, by men who seem 10 tax from their own eX-
pe1eace, that know just chat to do, aud how TO
do it we'll. The high moral tone of the paper, its
common sense, the 1t takes OF all parts OF the
Farm, the Garden the Orchard-the Household
work, and the Children as well, with its hundreds
of beautiful and instructive engravngs-make it
the most valuable periodical have ever seen.
heartily wish every one of my parishioners would
take it for himself and family 1t would awaken
thought and enterprise, give interest TO the town
anu utlktpOfuOOu ldlks htluldNt Improvement
introduce new and profitable crops, animals and
implements and add to our wealth Take my ad
vice, and all of you try the paper year. The
Sl.5O it costs is only three cents a week, ana it
is worth that any way Why the large and beau
tiful engrayings worth many times that.
Mr.. Davis.-I took the Genesee Farmer last
year, and as that has stopped, thought L would
take new paper.
Mr.. Smith The " Genesee Farmer" was not
really stopped. The Publishers of the Agricuitu-
rist invited Mr.. Harris to Join the Farmer to the
Agricuturist, and put his whole force into the
latter paper They paid him large price for his
office, and moved it with everything connected
with it to their office. So the Agricuiturist is re-
ally two papers joined into one, and OF course bet
ter, think we better 90 with Mr.. Harris TO the
Agricaturist, that has been published for twenty
five years, and has hundred thousand circulation,
which, as Mr. Knox has told us, supplies the means
and facilities for giving us great deal more for
the same money. Mr. Harris carries on his large
farm, and in his " Walks and Talks on the Farm" ="
and other things he writes for the Agrieuiturist
he tells great deal about all kinds of farm
work.
Mr.. DaUis.-Put me down for the Agricuitttyist
Mr. Smith.--I am glad to do so. | know you
will like it, The January number, which has just
CONT TO hand, is alone worth the cost of year.
See here, Showing it, there are 40 pages, twice
as large as the magazine pages and there are thirty
fce engrayings in it, two OF them full page saza
and see how beautiful Why I'll give any man
who takes the papers year, a dollar aud a bali
in goods out of my store, If he says at the end Of
year he has not got many times his moneys
worth.
Mr.. BWler.--Put me in your club.
Mr.. GreeRe.-And me too.--Mr. BroWR.-
And me.
Mr.. Smith.-I have no interest in the matter,
except to do good thing for the place. You can
join our club, or any one who desires can get the
Agrietilturist for all of 1866 Volume 25) by
simply enclosing Sl50, with his name and post
office address, aud sending it to ORANGE JUDD d
Co., Al PARK Row, New YoRK Cry. The pa
per always comes prompt and regularly, and, what
is good thing, it stops when your time is up,
without you having to write about it. predict
that there will be plenty Of others next winter to
talk as Mr.. Rich, Mr. West, Mr.. Crane and Par
son Corey have done tonight
THE LosDos TIMES concludes an elaborate re-
view of biography of the late President Lincoln,
published in London, as follows; Every one
must believe in the Divine and not the human
government the flo world who sees how the North
ern people were carried through that period OF
tribulaton, for the highest estimate of Mr.. Lin
coins powers would not justify the opinion that he
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