Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-30

ted crop is only 5000 bales
Putnam, Conn, claims first-class honors
for young woman who is an adept ut plow-
ing, planting haying and harvesting and at
the same time is expert in household affairs
and II lady, teacher and musician.
Bears have been making havoc among the
sheep in Montgomery. Two full grown ones
were II short time since caught in a trap by
George Gushing, and II young one was caught
some weeks ago by Whiting Sheldon.
The tobacco crop in Connecticut now about
gathered, is enormous. Few if any preced-
ing years have produced crops to surpass it
in weight of leaf and all appearances indi-
cate that the quality will also be superior.
Over 800 acres are devoted to tobacco in
East and South Windsor, Conn, this year
greater in extent than all other cultivated
crops except grass; and the yield will be
greater, per acre, than ever before produced
The New Haven cheese factory of Addison
County, are using 1000 pounds of milk per
day, and turning out superior quality of
cheese. They are unable to meet the de-
mand for their cheese, which is marketed ut
good figures.
Christiansburg, Va, is in ecstasies over II
venerable turkey gobbler who has builded
for himself nest and is now gravely sitting
upon four apples. 1t is presumed that his
action is intended us grave satire upon the
wonien's-rights business.
For curing butter made in summer the
following mixture is used at the Orange Co.,
factories, viz:-For every twenty-five pounds
of butter, sixteen ounces of salt, one tea
spoonful of saltpeter, and a tablespoonful of
the best powdered white sugar.
The agricultural college at Amherst has
almost caught up with the older college in
the same town in its number of students. 1t
starts off on its new year with an accession
of 81, mostly in the freshman class, and pros
poets for the year are decidedly bright.
Two farmers, living five miles from Indi-
annapolis, named b. Myers and j. Todd, got
into controversy recently about the hogs
of one breaking into the corn6eld of the 9TH
er. AS result Todd was shot, and perhaps
fatally wounded, two balls taking effect.
A correspondent of the Portland Press in
Pscataqus county, says that the price of hay
is rapidly declining and it is now difficult to
realize 800 per ton. Farmers are freely buy
ing corn, of which they consider twelve BUSH
els, equal in value, to ton of hay for stock.
The st. Adams Messenger, which has q
taste for figures, reckons up that butter
enough to spread 100000 slices of bread,
with half an ounce EACH arrived at that
place recently for shipment. Wouldn't it
deduct n few hundred thousand slicesp
Hon. II. e. Root, President of the VT,
State Agricultural Society, was chosen dele
gate at the late meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors, to represent the VT, State Society in
the National Convention of Agriculturists to
be held at Nashville, Tenn, in October
next.
The cattle trade has taken queer turn.
Instead of driving cattle from Addison county
to Boston market to sell, they are bringing
cattle from the state of Maine, via Brighton,
to Addison county to sell, the ruinously low
price in Maine making the speculation re-
munerative. After being worked awhile in