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Waking AID Keeping Cider.

There Is Just as much difference in the quail
ity IF cider, as in molasses, wine, beer, OF any
other liquid material made for family use ;
but not one half the attention is given to
making 4 good article that there should be.
Ii : too generally the custom to gather all the
refuse Of The orchard. and grind up rot and
worms. and call the juice obtained good cider,
but it comes far short Of it,
The apples should be clean and ripe when
picked, and of good varieties. Grabbed sour
apples will make cider of the same nature.
APPLES are better 10 be stored awhile in bin,
or large pile before grinding, and the cider is
improved by allowing the pumicc to stand
twelve hours before pressing Pure cider
kept in a cool place will remain sweet for a
long time, if not exposed TO the air, and
there are very many ways to keep it, by add
ing materials 10 check fermentation, or to
keep it from oyerworking. RackiDg off once
or twice after fermentation has well com
menced, and changing into clean barrels and
adding mustard seed, horse-radish, a piece of
Goldfish or oil. is much practised, and some
keep ii by heating before barrelaBg up.
One OF our exchanges advises bottling ei-
der, and gives the following directions
For bottiing, let the pumice lie in the
trough over night. The first run of the CT
der from the press is the best. Let the cider
work day or two, the casks being full, so
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11

that the pumice may. pass Oh at the bung-
hole. Then take an empty cash, clean and
sweet, put into 1T ten gallons Of the cider,
thrust into the cask through the bung-hole
an ignited rag sulphur match, suspended by
a wire from the buDg, to which it is to be
attached and after this another, and SO on,
till three or four matches have been con-
sumed. Then shake the cask violently, until
/ the fumes of the sulphur are completely
/ incorporated with the cider. Pour the cider
thus prepared into the cask in which you
propose to keep it for the winter Repeat
the same process until your cask is full.
Bung your cask tight, and let it remain in
the cellar till March, and then draw the ci-
der OF and bottle it Place the bottle upon
the bottom of the cellar, and cover with
sand. Some place the bottles bottom up. IN
a trench, or betwixt two bits Of josts, as in
this way the corks viii remain secure with
out Irvine or wire.
/ If you don't care TO bottle II, you can make
excellent cider in this way: Take pure cider
put it into clean casks then after the cider
has worked so as to be pleasant add to each
/ barrel pint of nustard-seed and bung tight
The cider will remain till spring Of pleasant
/ taste and sparkling appearance, when poured
into q tumbler.
\ CORRESPONDENT Of the N W. Farmer
gives to all lovers of this really excellent and
information. He says that cider if taken
when first made, brought to boiling heat.
and canned, precisely as truit is canned, viii
keep from year to year without any change
of taste. Canned UP 10 this way il the fail -,
it may be kept half d dozen years or longer,
as good IS when frat made. Il is better that
the cider be settled and poured of from the
dregs, and when brought to boiling heat, the
scum that gathers on the surface taken OF
but the only precaution necessary to the pres
ervation Of the cider is the sealing oft up air
tight when boiling hot.
Cider becomes sour by exposure to the at
mospheTe, therefore as long as q barrel is
kept full and bunged up tight, 1t will keep
good, but as soon as few quarts are drawn
off the vacuum is filed with air, and acid is
generated, which viii increase each day
thereafter, until vinegar is formed. 10 pre-
ventethe acid, oil has been recommended
As soon az few gallons have been drawn
out, pour into the bung-hole about half a
pint of clear sperm oil, or sweet oil if it is
preferred. 1t should Be warm when poured
in, and il viii spread IN a thin coat over the
surface. and keep spreading as the cider is
drawn out, and thus exclude the air without
giving any taste OF oil to the cider Ohio
Farmer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11
The Brittany Cow.

In 8 valuable little treatise on Dairy
Stock" by Prof. John Gamgeo, OF the Royal
Veterinary College, London, under the head
of Cows for family use. the author says
Under this head we include every variety
Of animal which may adorn the nobIeman's
park, or occupy corner in the cotter's gar
den. Ltile riche, precedence al pClcUre
useful to the rich, a blessing to the poor,
should be the qualities Of the COW OF this
class, and we hold that in the very highest
degree is the object fulfilled by the Brittany
cow that i almost unknown anon. US though
it ls unmistakably the parent Of our much
vaunted Aryshires. There IS ample evidence
that the Brittany COW is essentially IN eni-
nal for family use, and she proves how Ut
terly wrong are those, who, IN speaking Of
the Jersey COW, say that milk producing
qualities are incompatible with tendency
TO fatten. We cordially admit that while
an animal IS giving much milk. an abundant
deposit OF fat cannot occur: but We do not
believe that yielding milk and yielding flesh
in It's turn, constitute two natures that are
Incompatible, and that to have the best meat,
We must get I'd of every tendency % butter ;
and to have the best butter, we must obviate
every disposition to iatten. Some town dairy
cows, but more particularly the Bretonne
COW, prove such an assertion TO be decidedly
false
most distinguished agriculturist, Mr.
Maclagan zPumpherston, says, in his report
on the Universal Agricultural Exhibition at
Paris, II the Journal Of Agriculture for 1856,
at page AT, that the Ayrshires received the
impress Of the approval Of foreign agricultu-
rists, By the rapidity with which they were
brought up-a rapidity unequaled by that of
any other breed, excepting the Bretons and
at page as, he adds, . There was no class
of animals in the Exhibition which met with
as ready sale, as the Bretons they were
the admiration of every one who saw them.
Small and beautiful with small head, full
large gaelic eye, amiable countenance, and
quiet disposition, they gained the favor Of
ladies, and are much prized by them as
pets. as for their milking qualities, which
are good
This hisl endorsement of these beautiful
little creatures is approved by some of our
leading agriculturists and cattle breeders,
by Sanford Howard and others, and we can
say from experience and observation, the
heifers imported last summer, only two years
old as they were, fully Justify the high po-
sition assigned to them by Prof. Gamgee
Mr.. Maclagan, and other foreign agricul.u-
rists.-New England Farmer.
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Grapes are bought BY the California wine
seventy cents per one hundred pounds, and it
is stated that In one thousand pounds scarcely
one pound of unripe or rorted berries has to
he cut out from the punches.
Mr.. Shaw of Arlington, lost fine cow
recentIy, in a singular manner. She got
loose in the night, ate two quarts of white
esso as' :ss fingered about two we Weeks
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11

DESTRUCTION OF SrUMPs--We have always
objected to the use of machinery of any sort
to take up large stumps in ordinary arabic
land, that they would take up inevitably a
large quantity of earth with each, and leave
a hole almost az Objectionable as the stump
and moreover that after the stumps were out
there was trouble in dIsposing of them. The
following suggestions which We take from our
neighbor, the Baltimore Weekly Leader may
be quite practicable, while they are not liable
to the same objectians. They are at least
worthy Of trial
- We have heard OF two methods OF get
ting rid of stumps, which. they appear
feasible and ine1ps nsive, we hope some reader
will try and report upon Bore with two
inch augur to the heart Of the stump; ELL the
cavity thus made with sulphuric acid. or with
crude oil of petroleum. In the first case, the
acid becomes the destructive agent within d
few months in the latter, when the stump
becomes saturated with the oil it is fired, and
will then burn out TO the last particle, like a
candle The American Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11

CANADA CATTLE. notice by an article
il ahe Prescott Telegraph that in consequence
of the scarcity of forage in many parts of Can
ada, farmers are obliged to reduce their stock,
and that thousands have already crossed the
line. The remark is made that it wouid be
hard 10 conceive what the farmers would have
done with their surplus stocks had it not been
for the American buyers. We see by the
same paper that j. p. Wiser & Co. of Pres
colt. who fatted $50 head Of cattle last year,
bridge this spring ARE again purchasing largely
If the finest steere and oxen for feeding this
season. Mention is made Of their purchasing
f;ne rair of oxen weighing 4O00lbs for $500,
a premium pair for $3.50, and 81 very good
steers at $50 each in specie. It appears that
49, are breeders as well as feeders, and took
rao:t of the premiums for fat cattle, and many
- otber classes at the late show of the South
Grenville Agricultural Sociery.-M E. Far
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goetY.
Eight it Out
a Campaign Song.
RI CAROLINE A. sPAULDISG.

Dedicated to the "Tanners." ;" Carpet-Baggers
and other - branches of industry F" lately arisen
he Ian
Strike the tent and raise the Standard
The fiIrlough is now ended
March, the foe is yet in aims,
The pass must be defended
Fight it out, against oppression,
For Justice suards.our banners;
Let traitors NORTH as well south,
Retreat before the Tanners"
Fight it out, ye Bows in Blue"
Fight it cut, We I" Tanners. :"
Fight traitors north well south,
Till victory crowns your banners.
Fight It out against dishonorl
The pledges keep unbroken:
liquidation is a word
= mar never should be spoken.
Fight Il out against :" Horatio:D
just let his g friends " discover
That patriotic :. Boys in Biuev
hetest this riot-lover
Fight i out, ye'' Boys. in Blue!D
EiEht II out We Z" Tanners
Fight rebel MODS, and seymour. too.
iii victory crowns your banners
Fight against = confederate debts
And claims fer burnt-up fences. J,
our "carpet-bags" are vet too email
TO nay sgeh war expenses
Fight Il out against reyyar6ing
Foul traitors, vet To taunt Is;
the graves al gettysburg are green,
And Libby prisons haunt Us
Fight it out, We " Bows in BIuer'
Fight /; out. re Tannersf ~
Visions OF Is.Inishsd spectres fioat
Above your wav ing banners.
right it out for brave Ulysses,
Whose vaIor saved the ynat.on:
show 70 the world that loyal men
Must Ill the highest station.
Then LET each man in this campaign,
From general down to drummer.
Just - fight it out upon this line.
n il should take all summer
Fight It out We IS Boys in Blue, 3"
ight IT out, ye d" Tanners e"
right for the gallant, EIoyaI Grant.
Till victory crowns your banners!
HavcrhiH, y. II, OCT ISIS
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11

may be immediately applied to the rocky
walls, a shoulder above being made, on which
to build the contracted part only.
The following. table, of the size and contents
of csterns, may be convenient to those about
to build them. For eac. foot Of depth. the
number Of barrels answering to the different
diameters, are as follows
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-11

The contents are doubled by increasing the
diameter FROM ten feet to about fourteen feet ;
and quadrupled if twenty feet in diameter
Country Gentleman.
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Ssasu o aCSnR south snF hAgt
Leave Montpelier AT S., x..2l7 rn and 10 IS r. Il
Mail Train leaves Houses Point ani receives
passengers from OgdeDsburgh and connects at White
River Junction and Bellows Fails with trains for Boston
Worcester. Springfield, and with trains Psssumpsc
r r.. arrives al New York Al 10 as PIN.
Day ENrREss leaves Montreal st SO -. Johns
II 10 - NJ, Ogdensburgh $50 A X. Houses Point
al 10, 10 A., tor Boston. &c. striving Boeton
Lowell al 1880 Pm.
NrGsr EEPREss leaves ogden.buryh al go. u M .
Montreal 100 ?. Roase's Point Al 50 p NJ 81
meeting Bellows Fails ith Cheshire r. r. fny Boston
and Worcester, and with Vermont Valley r. r. tor
Springfield &c. and arriving in New YORK l..
Trains & DING North and West
Leave Montpelier ~ e,40 T.. e,co.. X =. So p q
and SOS r.
DAY Express TsAiv leaves Boston via LoweiIars 90
NJ, tor Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal. &c aTrivin
at Montreal at 1000 Pm, OgtebsDnrgh at 1880
NAIL ISAts leaves Boston via Lowell, al 100
Lawrence and tlchburg al 80 Sonngh As
A NJ, tor burlington, and st. Adams
The trains leaving Boston via Fitehburg 80
ana Springfield az I-io An, connect at White River
Junction with tne Day Express train
Accommodates TRAIN leaves Nouhfield az -zs : =,
Burlington, Rutland. St. Adams, Ronses Point Os-
de nsonrgh &c.
MIGHT ExPRHss TsAfr leaves Bellows Fan, 4 90 4,
NJ, receiving Passengers from Vermont Valley z. R.
r. leaving Boston az $50 n connecting at White
Junction with frai leaving Boston Sur
lin Rouses Point, Non reai and Ogdensocsg con-
n-crIng with steamers aud Grand Trunk -ne
West.
Sleeping arg are attached 70 both the night eypres
trains running between ST. Albars and Boston
Abans and Springfield.
Through Tickets for Chics Wesr a,
tie principal stations.
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OWING TO THE pECTIJAR

ID important relations which they sustain,
r-auLaI!on. and the oices they perform, cub
alany suherBss Freedom from these cousribCte
small degree 10 their happiness and welsre for
none can he happy vino al. Not oIs but O
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prea.tare decline. Nor 10 II pleasant 20 con
phys relief ~ the=e various delicate
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PORK MAKING.-ln warm weather hogs
lay on flesh and fat twice as fast as in cold,
il they are well supplied with good feed
If they have access TO a clover field they viii
grow rapidly, and if "a little grain Is given
daily, but . small amount of corn Will be re-
CURED in the fall to fit them for the barrel.
Sweet apples make good feed, but sour APP
pies are If but little value TO them.
Economy and should be exercised in
pork making cooked grain is at least one
third more valuable than raw and ground grain
better than the whole Brand and mid
diings from wheat or rye. mixed with milk
whey, or slops from the kitchen make n good
summer feed
Many farmers are in the habit Of allowing
their hogs to run in the pastures and get only
what they can gather until frost comes :;
then they are put up and faUted on corn fed
on the ear. When corn is worth but twenty
cents per bushel, and slow sale at that, this
process may do, but at prices paid for corn
during the past few years, the grain required
to lit hog of common grade tor the butch
er, would bring more in market than the
pork it would produce.
If hogs have no other place than the pas
ture or public highway to run in, they had
better be confined in pen, for they will lose
as much flesh in their wanderings coumon
grass will furnish. In the pen they may be
kept growing in warm weather without much
expense, by use of mill-feed and swill.- Ohio
Farmer.
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FEEDING WHOLE GRAIN TO CATrLE.-1t is
an expensive system of management TO feed
whole grain to any kind of animals. All
kinds of cereal grains are provided with
tough hull or skin, which the digestive pow
ers of most animals will not dissolve; conse-
quently, if the skin is not broken before the
grain enters the stomach, the kernels viii
usually pass off with the droppings. without
affording the animal that swallowed the grain
any more nourishment than fragments of
wood of equal size.
During the month of August last, the
writer procured quantity Of horse manure
for top dressing strawberry plants, and in a
few days after the mulch was spread around
the plants the unbroken kernels Of oats vege
tated, so that the entire surface Of the ground
appeared as geen as lawn. This fact showed
conclusiyely, that much Of the grain had new
er afforded the animals that swallowed it any
nourishment at all.
Young horses having sound and sharp teeth
viii sometimes crush every kernel. But old
horses with poor teeth Frequently swallow
half their mess of oats without breaking the
skin Of the kernels
W hen mills are at a distance, and people
will persist in feeding whole grain. it will
always be found more advantageous to soak
the grain at least twenty-four hours before
using It.
ouppose, iof example, 4 tealnster Is accus-
toned to feed team eight quarts Of Indian
corn and oats at each feeding, say three
times day. Let the grain be put in a pail
and covered with warm water every time the
team is fed. This plan would require three
pals when team is fed three times daily
Warm water is far better than cold water,
as cold water, in cold weather, will soften
the grain but little. Transfers NAV rest
assured that it viii pay well foE all trouble
to soak all grain before feeding tn Y.
Times.