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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
The Farmer on The Safe Side.

The farmer is apt to think the profession
al man, or the merchant, lives an easy and
luxurious life. In many instances their fam
lilies may do SO but with the eminent and
successful man of law, or sciance--the artisan
or merchant himself such a supposition is a
great mistake There are not under heavens
broad canopy a more laborious class Of men
than these. Labor of body aud of mind are
theirs, and that incessant See them early,
late, in season and out of eeason--their whole
energies devoted 10 their several calhngs with
out rest or intermission--an far too frequent
y to the premature wasting of life itself 1t
is no wonder that such industry, directed by
good education, land by this term education,
| mean the entire training of the boy to man
hood in its most extended sensc) and stmu-
lated by laudabe ambition. should lead to
success. Yet with all these appliances, the
abors of such men are often disastrous and
if not so, after a life Of anxiety, their tolls too
frequently end with but the means of a slen-
der support Compared with these the tolls
Of the farmer are light. Physical labor he
endures. it is true. and otentimes severe la
Dor. but his mind is easy. lie enjoys sound
rest. and good health. He has much leisure /.
in many eases more than is for his GOOD He
has abundant time to discuss politics, law, re-
hpion-eyerythine in fact button whatr relates
to his own profession. lament to say, his
mind seems less exercised than on any other
subject. Now let the same carly education
be given to the young farmer of an equally
acute intellect. that i. given to him who
chooses professional, mechanical. or mercan.
tile pursuits.-education each in his own line:
Let them start fair: Apply the same thoughts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
Rearing Calves.

The following is an extract from an essay
on Dairy Stock and its Management" reat
by Mr. Phineas Stedman of Chicopec, beior,
the Franklin Mass Farmers Club:
We come now to our second topic, viz.
" The management of dairy stock" 1t is OF
the first Importance that all farm stock be
kept in a thrifty, growing condition. 1t is
much easier TO keep young animal growing
than it is to start that animal after it has, by
want of care or proper food, been allowed to
stop growing. Could every farmer be prop
erly impressed with the fact that when a
young animal is fed only sufficient to main
tain its present condition and weight, that
amount of food is lost, an important point
would be gained. know of no single item
in which we suffer so much loss,
The best method of rearing dairy stock will
vary with different individuals. To rear
calves dropped in spIllg, good, and think
economical method, is to put two calves to a
COW, provided one not too valuable is at
hand,) and turn to pasture. | prefer, how
ever, to have them dropped in autumn, or be-
tween October and January They may be
allowed to take the milk from the COW at reg.
ular intervals, or be taught to drink the milk
and at three or four weeks old, skinned milk
may be substituted, and the calves will thrive
well, with the addition of good hay and prov
ender. For provender, know of nothin.
better than mixture of unground oats anC
linseed meal, in equal parts. At three month";
old, an ordinary calf will take two quarts o
this feed and II small quantity of roots, with
out injury, Calves dropped at this season
have several advantages over those droppe,
in spring. They usually receive better anC
more regular care, are better prepared to en-
dure the cold of the succeeding winter, an,
until they arrive at maturity, always hold al
advance of several months in age and size
while reckOned in the same class.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

Poor Economy,

II is poor economy to let your stone heaps
lay in the field year after year, and NOV
around them. My method is to pick my
rocks in piles in the spring, after narrowing
in my grain and sowing my grass seed, which
think should not be narrowed in only bush
ed or rolled. Stones can be picked much
cleaner and cheaper then than at any other
time. haul them off in the fall, after TAX
ing off the grain, if the ground is not too
wet if So any time after it freezes Any
farmer can find time to clear off his fields
and fit them for moving machine Clear
out all the fast rocks and fill up the holes.
See to it yourself, and don't trust il to the
boys. once well done is twice done.
1t is poor economy to drive your cattle to
your neighbors or to the spring to water week
after week, because your pump has failed
BY so doing you not only trouble your neigh
Dor, but you lose money every time you take
your cattle from the yard. If your pump is
old and worn out, get a new one at once.
lind the Moss pump to be the cheapest and
best now in use
II is poor economy TO hitch, colts in tho
barn floor, where they are liable to get hung
with the halter poor economy to keep more
hogs than you can well feed, and poor eeono.
my to feed meadow hay and straw to sheep
or barley to horses.
1t is poor economy to get in debt for any
thing you do not need, or borrow with ne
prospect of being able to pay.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
From the Country Gentleman.
Narrowing In Manure.

The practice of giving thorough harrow
ing to manure, after IT has been spread, seems
to be unknown to many intelligent farmers.
We know of nothing where the same amount
of labor accomplishes more useful results.
Manure, as commonly spread upon the sur
face, when turned over with the pillow remains
in the form of buried stratum, but slightly
intermixed with the soil There are few men
who spread manure without leaving it more
or less in Jumps, which may be partly or com.
pletely covered, and which do very little good
in this shape, and often positive harm in sea-
sons of drought. Instead of this practice, 90
over the whole thoroughly with sharp har-
row, which will pulverize both manure and
top soil and mix them together The blowing
which then follows will BIO easier and more
perfectly performed, aud there will be much
better interniixture of manure with the earth.
An experienced farmer has assured us that,
according 10 his own experiments, the useful
effect of fresh manure is at least doubled by
such thorough intermixture. In dry seasons
1t would be still more important The adyan.
tages of spreading manure in autumn for turn
ing under in spring, are becoming well under
stood and thorough narrowing Just before
blowing seems to give it the finishing touch.
For spring application, as for corn, roots, &C.,
the previous narrowing should on no account
be omitted
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

BAKED HAM.-perhaps few people ever
think there is any w,y TO cook ham except 70
fry or boil il; but il is much better baked
Take a small.sized fresh ham, remove the
bone and oil the cavity made by its removal
with dressing made just as you prepare il
to stuff turkey. Lay some clean sticks il
your pan, and lay the ham upon them. Bak,
slowly two and half or three hours II III,
ham is salt, you must soak il twenty -foul
hours IN good deal of water, changing il
once or twice during the time.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
1lem jEnrh Column.
BATCBELoR,sHAIRD DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye IL the host in the world the
only true and perfect Dye, harmless reliable nsanta-
neous no disappointment ridiculous tlns remedies
the III effects Of bad dyes nvigoracs and leaves the
Hair sof and noau'in black or brown Sold by all
Druggists and pcrfumors, and properly applied At
BATCHELORs WIG FACTORY iG Bond IT.. NY.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
VERMONT CENTRAL AND sUIIt
VAN RAILROADS "''
SPRING ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing fprN 10, laos
TRIMS COMO SOyyU avn A. ,es,

Leave Montpelier at q 81 n. M, PCS .. M. ian.
Mail Train leaves st. Alhhns at G.l5 o. IN an z M
meets NJ burlington with Rutland Road Mt Whit No ,on
Junction and bellows Falls with trains Tor rost iei
ocser Sprin gcld, and with trains on pasgumfse "9
arriving In New York at lnl5p. m. " H.,
Day Express leaves Montreal nj $40 n. m ~ Ia
at 10 a. M, Ocnsburgh ut $50 o. NJ Rousos poini a
q. me- for Boston, &C. arriving In Boston via Lowell
1879 b. M. 'a
NshtLxprcss leaves Or,cnshureh 1T Iigpam =,
fcal nt 800 D. M, Rouso's Point at 80 d. m M lo'
at $50 u. IN. arriving in Boston at 40 A. M eonn,ln
AZ Fellows Falls with Cheshire Railroad for B"'f lg
Worcester, and with vermont Valley Railroad for S1
nod &c.. aud arriving n New York at i2D p in F''4'
TRIMS CONG NoRTH dND TESr.
Leave Moutpclierat 2loa no., SIS .. in.. a0n.,
Sos D. m. 'H
Tor Burlington, st. Alhans, Montreal, &c. u"
Mail Train leaves Boston via. Lowell nt 5nIn t, .
q. n. ior Burlington st. Alhaus Ogicnshurgh aud A.,
trcnl. ''N'
Accommodation rmn leaves Northnoid al gon...
ur Burlington Rutland. st. Adams, Rou.o's Point ~
douihurrli' 6c. 'H' VIZ
Nieht Exprc.. leaves Bcllows Falls ut lO.0tp.m
cplNing passengers from Vermont Valley failr6,d is
ine New York 90 1915 y. M, and nom Cheshire R,1
road, leaving Boston 20 $50 J.. m connecting nj NM
Nvcr Junction with train leaving Boston nj d.Ol AZ b,
1ur-h connecting with Gutnl Trunk trains f5I ~
West %"
sleeping ears sre attached to both the nirbt FIRM.
Trains running between ST. Adams and Boston MA n,
Auaua nni springfield
Through Tickets nr Chioaro aud the Wost for ais b..
the principal station. O.. MERRILL. san
So. AlNHus April DID, lHn-,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
Hints on Butter Making.

SdH.-The government tests OF Onondaga
salt for preserving meats and the more recent
tests for butter under the superlntendance OF
the New York State Agricultural Society
must show to any unpreiudiced mind that as
good salt D. made at the Onondaga salt works
as can be made anywhere. The company put
up an article especially for dairy purposes
under the brand OF " factory filled dairy salt
and Lieut.. Governor Alvord, at the American
Dairymens Convention last winter, in Utica
affirmed that the company would pay Tor every
pound Of butter or cheese that was injured by
the company's salt sent out under TINS brand
We use this brand OF sait IN our own dalry
and believe 1t to be equal to any OF the Tor
eign salts In ORDER however, to be sure oil
a pure article we would advise parties tC
order direct from the company or from rs
known and reliable agents.
Salt per Pgund.-As to the quantity oil
salt to be used for butter, something will de-
pend upon its manufacture, and the market
for which it is intended. The Orange county
butter-makers, who obtain the largest price.
for their prodact, use at the rate of pound
and two ounces Of salt for q batch of twenty
two pounds of butter For winter butter OF
butter designed for winter use. a little more
salt is used at the last working
Washing ont BWtermHF.-lhere is diiler.
ence in opinion among butter-makers m regard
to washing out the buttermilk. we are
strongly impressed that butter Will Keep best
that is properly washed. 1t is the Gaseous or
cheese particles ia the buttermilk the decom-
position of which causes the butter to become
irowy or rancid. The more perfectly these
are expelled, the better VIII the butter be
preserved sweet aud sound. Washing prop
erly, to our mind, secures best that result
II is certainly much less work to get rid of
the buttermilk by washing, than by the
"kneadng process besides there is less dam
ger Of spelling the butter by ovcworking,
since overworking Injuries the grain rendering
the butter salyy 1t Is claimed by some that
when the buttermllk Is worked out without
washing, more delicate aroma Is retained ;
and this principle is observed in llolstein and
Normandy whore a very superior butter d,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

THE HEALING POOL.-IIoward As
4 ISOLATION Reports for YOUNG MEN on the Err.
RORs, ABUSES aud DISEASES which destroy the man
~ powers, ana create impodmentsto MARRIAGE, with
free Of charge. Address Dr. j. SKILLIN HOUGHTON.
! Howard Association Philadelphia, Pa.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

a WARRANTED to remove al drsire Tor Tobacco. or
money returned This great remedy H excellent ui-
pctzcr u impart tone and ygor t0 the system Sa0k-
ere dpd thtwers for FORTY gcrrs Catef Price Finy Cents
per Box, post nee. treatise the injurious effects Of
Tobacco with notices from the Pros. references and
tmonials ntesng IL great success. sent free Agents
wanted. Address Dr. 7. r. ABBOTT, Jersey city, Now
Jersey.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

1nE ARr oY GRINDING TooLs.-All steel,
however refined, is composed of individual fl
bres, laid lengthways in the bar, held firmly
together by cohesion; and in almost all farm
implements of the cutting kind the steel por-
ton which forms the edge, If from a section Of
bar, is laid in and welded to the iron, lon
gitudinaly, so that it is the side of the bundle
of fbres, hammered and ground down, that
forms the edge. Hence by holding on the
grndstone all edge TOOLS as axes, drawing
knives, knives Of reapers scythes, knives of
straw-cuttcrs, etc, in such manner that the
action Of the stone is at right angles with the
plane of the edge; or in palmer words, by
holding the edge of the tools square across
the stone, the direction of the fibres will be
changed, so as to present the ends instead Of
the side, as cutting edge. BY grinding in
this manner, finer, smoother edge is set, the
tool is ground in less time, holds an edge a
great deal longer, and is far less liable to mick
out" and break -GermaRtoicn Telepaph
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
Sheen Shearing at Shelbmrne.

1t was my good fortune to attend the first
sheep shearing of the season, ON Tuesday
last, at Shelburne VT, and the display of fine
wool sheep was very good, considering the
locality, as the men in Chittenden county,
who have gone into fine wool raising, do not
lay claim to as great perfection and excellence
as the farmers of Addison county. In fact
the enterprsing sheep fanciers of Shelburne,
Burlington and vicinity, have obtained their
best bloods from the noble Aocks of the
Messrs. Hammond, Wright Stowell and 9TH
ers of Addison county, and consequently We're
prepared to make a good show, on this occa-
sion. Although it was a wet day, some two
hundred of the yeomanry of Vermont were
present, with a good brass band from Char
lotte, and everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves "muchly." Such exhibitions must do
good ms they show to what perfection the
Merinoes can be bred. aud what wonderful
amount Of wool can be grown from this class
of sheep. The farmers present could see for
themselves, and not take any mans statements
for granted.
What say you, sheep-growers of Washing
ton county, shall we not have such an exhibit
tion in some town within the county during
this spring season?
We gathered few items for publication
OF the result of this sheep-shearing festival
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
WE GREAT PIN.wORM REMEDY

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or any other Worms safely aud thoroughly expelled
from the system by the use Of In. Goulds Pin.Borm
Syrup, without Injury 10 the health Of the most delicate
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Ram Teg--Fleece, 10 SIG lbs.
Weight of Carcass, 70
Eve Lamb--Fleece. IL s-l6 "
Weight of Carcass, 40
Henry Thorp, Charlotte, had
year old Ram--Fleece, % $40 lbs.
Weight of Carcass, 1913 o"
Henry n. Newhall, shelburne,
had
Two year old ewe--Fleece, l6t lbs.
Weight Of Carcass, SO /"
). n. Weston, Colchester, had
] Ram--Fleece, 1916 lbs
Weight of Carcass, SO
There were others that sheared finely, but
as we left before the festival was over, we are
not prepared to give any further particulars.
We hope o'v county will awaken to this
great interest, aud bring together their best
bloods for exhibition. a
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-22
The Western Trade.

The establishment of line of steamships
between this port and Liverpool, is another
step towards securing that Western trade
for which the cities of Virginia are fighting
so industriously.
We need not now dwell upon the natural
advantages of Charleston as port, or its
excellence as market; but taking Nash.
Vile as starting point, it is hard to see
how Norfolk or any other riparian town can
hope to compete successfully with this mar
itime city. A correspondent of the Nash
vile Banner, few days ago, touched the
quick Of the subject, in saying that Nash
vile is two hundred miles nearer to Charles
ton than it is to Norfolk. Corn shippers
have already found this out, as is proved
by the immense quantities of grain already
sent to this point. Then, again, cur through
freight arrangements with The West are
compact and complete. The "Green Line"
cars bring freights from the West to Charles
ton without break eff bulk; and economy
and vigilance enable our roads to bring
corn from Nashville to Charleston for thirty
FIVE cents per bushel, while the charge
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UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.
Sc " A NEE.

RT. REV: WEI. NJ. GREEN, D. D., Chancellor.
RI. REV. c. 7. QUINTARD, D. D., LII. D.. Vice
Chancellor.
Trustces-The Bishops Of North Carolina, South
Carolina Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and Arkansas e1 obico.
and one Clerical and two Lay Trustees from each
of said Dioceses.
The Board OF Trustees of the University announce
that they will open the Junior Department at Uni
vcrsity Place, on IVcdne'day the 10th day of Sep
tcmber nex', under General J. GORGAo, of Ala
ban a, ca Head Master, distinguished graduate OF
West Point. very highly recommended by General
Lee and other Lending iren OF tie country.
Desiring to make the school simply self-sustain-
ing, the Trustees have fixed upon the sum OF S3CU
per year to the entire charges except matrcu-
lation fee (S1Dl ani medical attendance. Students
will be required to furnish their sheets pillows,
cases and towe's. Payment will be required SEMI
aAnually in advance.
The first term will close December Is, and the
School will reopen, after the Christmas vacaton, on
the 10th day OF February. reminding In ses ion dur
ing the summer except short recess.
Communications in reference to the School should
be addressed to GEO. II. F FAIRBANKS Esq, II easu-
rer of the University, University Place, Franklin
County, Tennessee.
The location OF the University the beautiful and
salubrous plateau of the Cumberland Mountains is
too well known 10 require description.
Persons coming to University Place change cars at
Cowan station, Nashville and Chattanooga Eailroad,
and take the Ut the Tennessee Coal Company to
University Staten 70 miles, on the University do.
man WILLIAM MERCER GREEN,
September Chancellor.