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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30
Cheap and Good Smnke.Honse.

A Western New-Yors farmer publishes
his plan of SMALL cheap, and good smoke
house, which, as it may contain some practical
hints for our readers, we append;
No farmer should be without good
smoke-housc, and such one as win be fire.
proof and toerably secure from thieves.
Fifty hams can be smoked at one time in a
smoke-house seven by eight feet square.
Mine is six by seven, and is large enough for
most farmers ] first dug all the ground out
below where the frost would reach, and filled
il up to the surface with small stones. On
this | laid my brick floor, in lime mortar.
The walls are brick, eight inches thick, and
seven feet high, with door on one side two
feet wido. The door should be made of wood
and lined with sheet iron. For the top
put on joists, two by four, set up edgowisc,
and eight and a half inches from centre to
centre, covered with brick, and put ON a
heavy coat Of mortar. | built small chim-
ncy On the top in the centre, arching it over
and covering il with % single roof in the usu-
al way. An arch should be built on the out
side, with a small iron door TO shut it up
similar to a stove door, with hole from the
arch through the wall of the smoke-house,
and an iron crate over it. The arch is much
more convenient and better to put the fire in,
than to build fire inside the moke-house,
and the chimney causes a draft through into
the snokc-house Good corncobs or hickory
wood are the best materials to make q smoke
for hams The cost of such % smoke-house
as | describe is about $50.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30

IMPROVING MEADOws-At no time can q
farmer tell SO well where the unproductiy,
spots upon his meadows are as just after tn,
crop Of grass has been gathered from them
Almost every meadow contains knobs and
plants which do not produce well, and som,
of the meadows very many of them, and Il
they were collected into one place the farmer
would be surprised to see the amount Of land
he worked over without profit
good top dressing in September Of barn.
yard manure, light seeding with timothy
and thorough narrowing will remedy the mat
ter Upon sheep farms whore manure is not
abundant, the best mode to yard sheep nights
upon the barren places, is by means of a
portable fence. Sheep manure is one Of the
best fertilizers we have, and by the above
method a wonderful growth of grass may be
obtained upon land heretofore almost entirely
unproductiye.
BY the use of salt or grain the flock can
be yarded easily. They should be as COM
pact as it will do and preserve the health OF
the animals, and let out early in the morning.
Yarded in this way they will not gnaw the
grass, as some would suppose, so as to injurc
the roots, for in a few moments their tramp.
ing and yoiding spoils the feed, and the grass
and manure are matted together. This is a
cheap, profitable and the most certain means
of renoyating barren meadow land-Ohio
Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30

PRoPAGATING CURRANTs.-This is usually
in the spring but those who have tried pro-
pagating from cuttings at other seasons Of the
year, have met with good success, and com.
mend fall instead of spring for doing it.
The reason given is that currant wood can he
turned into plant the year it is grown, by set.
ting ary time from August to November
The best way is, to make square, clean
cut; make the ground mellow, that the root.
lets may meet with no distractions, and then
push the dirt closely around the bottom OF
the cutting. The fall is decidedly the best
time to commence operations, because, in SO
doing one gets a two years growth in one.
If it is very dry, some mulching will be re.
quired, but generally, at this season, the
ground is warmer than the atmosphere, and
ninety-eight per cent. of the sets will live
Ohio Farmer
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30
For the Waterman and Journal
amount of Seed r0r Polntoes.

The farming community is very mucl
divided in theory, if not in practice, in regart
to the amount Of seed necessary to socur,
the largest and best crop of potatoes. Many
will admit that they seed too much, still dc
not make any effort to correct the error whcr
planting time comes, but rather hurry the
matter over by putting one, sometimes two,
whole potatoes into each hill
Now this seems to me a needless waste Of
seed To satisfy myself, last year planted
five varieties, part with four eyes and part
with whole potato in the hill the result
proved an equal yield, but those with the
least seed were much the best sized, while the
others grew many small ones.
During the past season have again tried
the experiment with one two, and four eyes,
and with a whole large potato in each hill
also, with small seed whole and large seed
cut from which | obtained the following
results -
With the small uncut seed the crop was
less, and the potatoes less in size, than where
large seed was cut, four eyes to each hill.
One eye to the hill gave me cighty-seven
and one-half pounds to the square rod, or two
hundred and thirty-threc bushels to the acre.
Two eyes to each hill produced an average of
one hundred and forty-four pounds six ounces
to the square rod, or three hundred and eighty
five bushels to the acre and four eyes to the
hill nm average of one thousand six hundred
and twenty-seyen pounds to the square rod or
four hundred and thirty-three bushels to the
acre. in four different trials while the whole
large potato did not quite equal the four eyes
to the hill, although there were a great many
small ones. Hence the conclusion that to
plant one eye to the hill is a waste Of land,
except to grow the greatest amount from a
small supply of seed Two eyes to the hill
although nearly Fifty bushels less to the acre
than four eyes, still this variation may be
overbalanced when seed is very scarce, as
only half as much is used. The crop seeded
with two eyes was much the finest, more even
and sizeable
To plant large or whole potatoes is a waste
OF seed and land both so many eyes produce
a great number of stalks, many of them not
thrifty, but draw the nourishment from the
soil, which otherwise would 90 to the de-
yelopment Of the root consequently light
crop, except of vines, is the result.
Upon the same principle, l would condemn
all varieties, either carly or late, that grow a
large top, proferring small top with large
bottom, because large top exhausts the soil
without any equivalent to the land or the
pocket.
In these experiments, as with the fertilizers,
| count thirty-fve hills to the square rod !
would also say, that in all my planting of
MANFRED land, placed the seed with cut side
down, also spread it when more than one
piece was put in the hill and when super
phosphate was used, was careful that it should
not come in contact with the eye of the seed
A. D. ARMS.
Montpelier, Dec. %, 1868.
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From the Ohio Farmer,
How 10 Make sheep Rack.


If sheds are used to feed sheep in, it is
always best to construct racks around next to
the walls, so that the hay may be put in from
the outside They are easily made by driy-
ing stakes Of scanting twenty inches from
the sill, and six feet apart nail on boards
about one foot wide at the bottom, and others
eight or ten inches above these. Cleats may
be nailed up and down once in ten inches, if
desired, so that each sheep may have a stall
by himself, but we do not approve Of this
plan if there are any horned sheep in the
flock.
Cut away the Notwithstanding from the
sill up eighteen or twenty inches put a grit
on the inside just above the opening to stay
the siding; then a board or two, cheated to-
gcther, should be hung by leather or strap
hinges on the outside. This door may be
raised and the hay put in without disturbing
the flock
1t is bad plan to enter a shed filled with
sheep carrying fork full of hay; the ami
mails are frightened, and in their rush to get
out the weaker ones are knocked down and
trampled upon, and the less fearful get their
fleeces filled with seed and chaf as the hay is
passed over their backs.
To make racks for outdoor feeding, take
six pieces of two-by-three scantling, three
feet long for uprights in the corners and CEN
tres of the Sides nail on boards the same as
before specified, and make the rack about
two and half feet wide hang boards in the
spaces at the sides, so that the sheep may be
kept out until the feed is ready for them ;
this prevents the liability of their being in
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Milking Ntnnnre.

Now is the time to fiji up the barn yard;
with the full supply of dirt Muck, if il
can be got, is worth double anything else
but il il cannot, good black soil is the next
best. A good way is to take the earth, two
or three burrows wide, from the outside of the
lot which is to be plowed and planted the
next year, and if this does not give supply
take the two burrows that you would turn to-
gether in setting the field out into lands"
BY so doing you keep your walls clear and
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A Ton OF Hay DY MEAsuRE-It is Il
matter of considerable dispute how much hay
in the NOV ought to be allowed, as ton in
weight Some assert that cube Of 10 feet
square is required, or ] 900 cubic feet; while
others place ii as low as feet square and
3 feet deep, or only 392 cubic feet Now,
both of these cannot be right, neither can any
measure DO fixed upon to hold good under all
circumstances. Hay, at the bottom OF the
NOW, will be more solid than at the surface,
and the whole will be very much affected by
the quantity Of grain put on top Of il, tif
any and the depth Of the bay.
But having occasion to sell ton in my
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30

barn, to be sure of the quantity for future
reference, | measured off space Of : feet
square on one corner Of the NOW, and cut
down feet deep, and found the hay removed
weighed 1920 pounds, thus making AS GU
bic feet, good measure for ton Of hay it
was taken from the surface, upon which 200
bundles Of good oats had been stored. The
hay was II feet deep.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30

leave the lot perfectly Lowell, and are some
times melted to do more in this line than
would otherwise he done, from the fact that
your field is being improved while your yard
is rcplenishcd by what will by-ard-by benefit
your whole farm.
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Advertisements.
VERMONT CENTRAL AND SUN
VAN RAILROADS.
WINTER ABRANUEMENr

VIZ 10 ANNANb EN- EMIT
Commencing Nor. d., 1858
TRIMS coma SoUTH an EAsr.
Le.ye Montpelier ~ s.i{ a. M, 2.l7 D. M, e5,n ~
Mall Ifnn lcave8st Alnnsat Gi1j a. M and ~ ~ ".
a. Burlington with tho Rutland Road at White pie's
Junction aud Bellows Fails with trains e,r p iss.f
hOlcoster, Springfield, and with trains on p,s.,,'
r. H. arriving 10 New York ne l0.i5p M F''s
pay Express leaves Montreal nj si0a m "a J,i,r.
AZ lO o. M oadcnsiur1h no iOJ p. NO., lodge ID Nslt
leave a. 20 y. ni kpuses Point 1875 ID. m tor Bs.
Aep arriving Ia Boston via. Lowell at ln.lIp d. u '
Night Express leaves Oaicnslur1h 90 ID ~ o. I'M u,
ltcal 90 ii D. No houso,g Point at 3. 90 b. m 81 IGn
" im ~ M arriving m Boston nj $40 m oonfiaaiia,
a. bellows faa WITH Cheshire Railroad for Boson mi
worcester atd Will vermont Valley Railroad ff Sprlf
ieii' &c. aud arriving 10 Now York Mt i2.3i D. M
TRAiys GOING NORTH an WEsr.
Leave Moulpcllerat 2.iOa NJ, s.o0a.m., 35i Dan.
1lI D. M.
Dny Express looycs Boston viz. Lowell az sfos.o
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Lawrence aud Fliehuurg at 1870 o. M springfield at 81
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Accommodation Train Leaves Northdeld at Tt5 a IN
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Night Express leaves Bellows fnlvn az 1910 d IN 20
sewing passengers from Vermont valley RAILROAD sy
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TUE SUBSCRIBERS having purchased The oniire In
forest Of DnSyis LASr, IN the late firm Of Lane
Pikin Brook would respectfully announce that they
will continue under the n and lo Of PrNfN 3RocF
The business heretofore carried on BY the above partner
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JAS. W. BROCK.
Montpelier. Aug ~. 1903
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ITS PURITY AND EXCELLENCE.
ltlda wgll-known fact that many articles used In va
rious Anilo less aulteratsd, but IL s not
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In every family Is aduiteraod 10 a large extent. For
mery nOur and starch used but latterly In In
gredient called Terra Alma, White Earth,n Is used
Now, as tho Holidays are near, whCt large amount Of
Confectionery will be consumed u "a important every
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from any dcletcrous matter.
II Is better far better ior Parents b refuse ali Conc-
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Purchasers DESTROYS 81 pure article, will guarantee
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