Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-02-12

state Of facts, utter annihilaton OF wool grow
ing and manufacturing was only prevented
by the law ia depressing futher importation,
and inspiring confidence in the future, when
the immense surplus should be exhausted.
II has produced all the advantages that its
most sanguine friends could claim for it, in
preventing in a large degree, ruinous depress-
ion and the sacrifice of Aocks, and in paving
the way for entire success in the future, which
shall benefit every interest Of agriculture and
every branch Of industry.
CuLr1vArrNa HoED CRops-There is hard
" more servioeabe implement upon TIE
farm than a good cultvator or horse hoe
Never employ manual labor on the farm when
you can use horsepower, and not use horse
power when you can substitute steam, is a
SAYING well worth remembering. The graat
art Of making farming profitable is IN economy
Of production. Manual labor is expensive,
and any machine driven by horse power that
will expedite work and lessen expenditure
adds. according to its efficiency, SO much to
the farmers profits When there IS any con-
siderable breadth Of hoed crops, a good horse
ho,r or cultvator will, in given space Of
time, d. the work Of many men at triAing
cost
Curr1NG WooD Nov ia The best time for
cutting the years stock Of wood the snow
is shallow, The trees may be cut close TO the
earth, and there is no unusual obstruction to
driving the team over any ordinary ground.
There is less danger OF corking horses or
oxen than where the snow is deep, and be-
sides there Is now IN most woods much vast
ing material that may be rescued from de-
composition and be made serviceable in The
household. The broken branches, the pros-
trste pines The up.urned cakes, should all be
worked up into fuel
There is science in preparing wood,
which experience has demonstrated Wood
should be cut of an equal length and tha not
less than four feet, measuring one scarf; 10
should De cleft except it be quite small for
large round sticks, as indeed any round wood
will not readily season If the bark remain en-
tire. Birch, pine, hemlock and beach are es
p chilly difficult OF curing.
In pilng wood, whether at the door or
in the forest, ifitis to be exposed to the wealth
or, by an means put the bark upward. thereby
forming natural roof for the protection Of
the sohd wood. Wood will not only keep
brighter and sounder in this way, but viii
pack more closely. Wood dealers understand
this, and ia buying select the piles thus cord.
ed, but 10 selling, they reverse the process,
and loading into cart, put the bark down TO
make the measure hold out. these are hints
worth remembering, whether the reader buys
or SELLS wood, or cuts merely for home USE
Wvor G Foimer.
TAINTED BAREeLs.-Mfs, A. x. Austen,
Ill, says hey can be cleaned Dissolve O
Tablespoonful Of strong potash 10 two gallons
Of rin-Water, over the fire Heat the water
to near The boiling point Rinse around so
as TO reach every part ofthe barrel, and stand
to cool vlth the cover on. Then give good
sounding and pour out. Rinse with sc.ld-
ing tain-Water and stand 20 cool as before.
Raise the cover occasionally TO see il the bar
rel is sweet, which can be told by the smell
of The steam. Rinse throughly iu cold water.
Il not cleaused by one operation, repeat tue
process"
SoFr-sHFILED Cos An English poultry
manager suggests the following treatment:
When a hen lays this sort Of an egg, and
not habiualy, the occurrence is generally ac.
conn anied with hard or full crop. la that
clse, IL is owing to Indigestion, to be treated
with one or two tea-poonfuls OF English gin.
One cause is said TO be overlooking when
dropped from the roost, and If il is not too
high from the floor, or if they fall on straw,
may be saved entire, and used for puddings.
As 20 symptoms, experience will make known
the indications, and the lime when hen j.
about TO pas: one Of these eggs, by appearing
somewhat duh and uneasy when walking
q about; when proper precautions should be
taken 20 secure IT,, and prevent The Other b, n.
from gobbling it up, The writer has favor.
.it hen, which always regularly drops thesD
eggs from her roust, and never lays any 9th
ers, and has done so for these five years past
although in perfect health
Probably the medicinal effect Of American
gin would be quite as efhcacious as tha. G.
j. " English we give this statement for wha
} it is worth, with the remark that the troubl,
r. l. usually considered due TO the lack Of lin
= ia the food, and this is supplied by giving Il
d hens shells, bones, and other forms of lime