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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05
The Garden in InIX

60 with me, kind reader, and let Us make
a slight examination Of a friends vegetable
and irult garden. Ii is not professional
or ameteur 5, but only plain farmers gar
den. Look at those carly potatoes The
owner has taken several messcs from them
already tor his table. How did he manage
to obtain potatoes 80 early? lie merely took
some extra pains to sprout, plant and care
for them. Then here are peas, which he has
been enjoying for several weeks and there
are spring beans, too, with corn that looks
as If be might have succ,tash soon: cucum-
bers to substitute for lettuce, rsdishes. &c.
of which he has had an abundance polc
beans In the blossom, with some set bed
of asparagus, which looks Is il it had given
the iamiy good supply; sweet potatoes
that look as If IN the early TALL they might
rival the productions of more southern and
warmer climate peas that have gone by
and later ones conf z on egg plants, pro-
ducing fruit which is a substitute Tor egg
during the annual vacation of the bddies
with a large variety OF other vegetables
which we must not stop 10 mention all thrifty
and promising. All these have been thor
oughly cultivated, Notwithstanding the de-
mands Of the other farm work, and yet this
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poetrn.
The Childs WISH.

/ long to lie, dear mother
On the cool and fragrant grass,
With the calm blue Ky above my head,
And the shadowy clouds that pass.
And 1 want the bright, bright sunshine
All round about my head;
IwiI close my eyes, and God vii think
Your little one is dead.
fhon Christ viii send an angel
To take me up to him,
lie will bear me slow and steadily
Far through the ether dim.
lie will gently, gently lay me
Close by the Sayiour's side,
And when I'm sure that I'm in heaven,
Ny eyes III open wide.
Then TIl look among the angels
That stand around the Throne;
Till find my little sister,
For know she must be one.
And when I've found her-mother,
We viii go away alone.
VIII tell her how we've nourncd for her
All the while that she's been gone.
o, shall be delighted
To hear her speak again.
Though l know she'll not return 10 US
To ask il would be vain,
so I'll put ny arms around her,
And look into her eyes;
And remember all / say to hcr,
And all her sweet replies.
And then I'll ask the Angel
To take me back to YOU,
lie viii bear me slow and steadily
Down through the ether blue.
And you'n only think-d dear mother,
That I've been out to play
And gone 10 sleep beneath a tree
This sultrv, summer day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

7 man can hardly see where he has been obliged
| to Ell ploy any time that ought to have been
! given to other farm crops. But he has not
yet got through with planting succession
crops, for he Is about to put in more sweet
corn, cucumbers Tor pickles, turnips, &c,
that yet have time to mature. This, with
strawberries, salads, &c, he is enabled
to produce from his garden, from having
highly fertilized, deep worked and thorough
" fined the soil, to start with, and then
planting in season, watering with liquid
manure, when necessary, and doing every
thing at the propec time and in its season
Go thou and do likewise.
Asparagus The bed has given Us a good
supply, and now we should compensate it by
sumo stinualnt like superphosphate or other
fertilizer worked IN among the roots, or cover
with compost manure an inch or TIVE thick,
alter cleaning off weeds, SC.
BeaRs.-Gathcr and use as they fill, saw
ing lew Of the earli. st to 90 20 seed or ripen.
Early varieties Hlay be planted for late crop
OF string; they Will be fine for pickles or Tor
canning.
Bcefs.-E1rly varieties may be planted for
winter use. Any surplus VIII be good for
greens or tie COWS.
CaJJage and Cauhfot0ers may be still
planted out for late crops there is little
danger OF providing these ~ too great album
dance, as any not needed for family supply.
are readily disposed Of ~ the stock.
+ COMPLIANT Crosby's Early. or some
other equally good early, for late use, dry
inG, Sc.
Cuc,u,JeJs may ne planted for pickles
/ Hoe and water till the plants cover the
ground guard against insects. Save from
tne early crop Tor seed. seed five or six
j years old, where carefully preserved, Is best
+ Tor planting, growing a larger proportion Of
ruit To vines. Cider vinegar il best for
I picking
i CluTanE These furnish a most excellent
acid Tor the system and may be eaten freely
with good effect, either right from the bush
or at dessert. Make Jelly, preserves and
wine from the ripe fruit. When the fruit is
gathered is a good time to prune and thin
out. / have never been troubled with the
currant worm and do not know from czl peri
cree what it is. The b0rer, or apbi, ana
scale need looking after q destroy tucn.
I HerLs-Thc best mode Is 10 gather wien
m blossom, and cur and dry in thc shade
or house
Iaseris-Thc gardener will be continually
looking out for and destroying all injurious
ones, as they are destructive alike to fruits
and vegetables; any means Of destruction
are commcndable
Manure all backward plants by liquid ma
nnre or top dressing. u You manage right
You can drive plant as You can pig
/ MIJuy.-CIltivate same cucumbcrz.
A llt stone on board under specimens VIII
induce earlier, more even ripenmg, and they
VIII not have That earth taste 70 such an ez-
tent
OuiouS Weed and cultivate without
the mag.ot trouble them, push away the
DIRT little and try pouring on boiling Wa
ter Seed may be sown thickly in good soil
% provide sets Tor spring planting
PeaS-If late or autumn peas are desired
or those free of bugs Tor sc,d. they may he
planted now ami Il well cared for they viii
mature a crop although more likely II mil
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and they are done for. The stalk dies in
the ground but you must cut them SO close
to the ground tbst you leave no leaves on
the stock, else they will not die. About the
end of June | found generally the best time
TO cut them but it depends on the season
In pasture-fields, trey are soon cut with
scythe. In wheat and meadows they have
10 be cut with a knife. Never mind tramp
ling down a lirtle wheat or timothy. You
Will save it all getting rid of dock. | kill
burdock by cutting off when the burs are
formed, and putting a handful of salt on the
top of the stalk - Mr.. j adds 81 found out
how to kill docks by cutting clover early
This is encouraging, and IL an additional
reason for endeavOring to grow large crops
Of clover that must be cut early. Docks do
not seed till the second year. If cut off the
first year the root viii throw up several seed
stalks the next season, and the process seems
To do more harm than good; but if the cut
ting is della we'd till the second year when the
seed is partially formed and the plant nearly
exhausted | have no doubt Mr.. j. Is right
in saying that it will die. We may
assume that the only way to kill docks the
first year is to pull them up by the roots, or
else cut them below the crown but the sec
ond year, cutting them alter the seed IS par
italy formed, is better than pulling for il
pulled, there is so much vegetable matter
stored up IN the root that the seed viii ripen
after tie plant is pulled up. 1t is a capital
thing for farmer 10 get the ide fully estab-
lished that weeds can be killed Many
people seem to suppose that weeds spring
from the soil. And yet the soil can no
more create a weed than it can create
a man or monkey. Kill all the roots in
the soil and cause all the seeds 70 grow,
and then kill the young plants and you have
land free rom weeds. | do not suppose that
ihis can be absolutely attained in practice,
bu a thorough conviction of It's truth will
stimulate our efforts. Our seasons are ex-
ceedingly favorable for the destruction Of
weeds, and yet one of tie most marked char
actcristics Of our agriculture is its weakness.
The weeds carry off half our profits.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

JNbERDRAIAISe.-Ata Pennsylvania agrI-
cultural society. tie following statements
were recently made by a Bucks county farm
err lie began by draining four acres, in
which he put down about 1000 lcet Of tile,
something over 60 rods 70 an acre, the drains
being about 10 feet apart The work was
done IN a very thorough manner, the bitches
being four feet deep, pipe tile with collars
were laid, the mains being three inches in
diameter, and the latcrals inch and three
.oarths The collars, by holding the ends OF
the pieces evenly together, give every piece
"a chance 10 run It's tull CAPACITY OF water
+ tightly stretched cord was useI for regu-
iatug the grades Of descent, an operation
winch always requires cJnsIderaol. care and
some engineering ingenuity. Alta ugh the
whole work was done IN the most thorough
manner, and obviously somewhat more ex-
pensivelv at the start than most IN icrdrain-
ing, yet the increase IN the crops has been
the owner at least 20 per cent. not the IN
ye-tment. his money doubling every five
years Another farmer 10 the same county
mad two acres Of land, previously unfit 70 r
cultivation, drained IN this thorough man
ner, that yielded I25 bushels Of corn IN a
year, or at the rate 81 - l-2 bushels per
acre.
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1stbere any way to prove that carbonie

is there any way to prove that carDonle
acid comes out with the breath or from
the frc, or do you only gness at it
Nobody has auy business to guess any
thing in chemistry answered Johnny, with
much dignity. Everything ought to be
proved until there is no chance of mistake.
There is a very simple and very easy way
of showing the presence of oarbonic acid.
| wish had some lime water
i think here is some, Johnny. You
dropped a piece of the lime into the water
in the wash basin That was an hour
ago: it must be lime water by this time 2
Was it cold or hot water ,
Cold
That is all the better, Sally, because
cold water dissolves nearly twice as much
lime as hot Now, pour the lime water
into a tumber and bring me a tobacco
/ pipe.
johnny was like other boys, and liked
to show off and order his sister about when
he had a chance As soon as she handed
him the things, he put one end of the pipe
/ into his mouth and the other into water in
the tumbler and began to blow his breath
/ through It, Pretty soon the water began
to turn milky.
You see, said he, the carbonic acid
unites with the lime in the water and
7 forms a carbonate Of lime. This is not
soluble in water, and so separates in this
white form and whtcus the water. If
should keep on blowing until all the lime
had bcea converted into carbonate, the rest
of the carhonic acid would be absorbed by
+ IL . iy-y, 4
10 it. desolycs carbonate Of lime, which
pure water will not do and ii a little
while We shonld sec the carbonate dissolve
again. This property Of dis,olvine miner
ais which carbonic acid water has, Is a
very valuable one. | tell YOU.
4 should think it was, agreed Sally,
If, as you told Us the other day, it helps
to dissolve those minerals in the soil that
plants need to make them grew
That's it, exactly, was the answer.
Its most wonderful thing. think -'
johnny didn't tell what he thought, for
just at that moment the stick Of wood he
was sitting on rolled over, and he went
back, with his head on the ground and his
heels in the air.
johnny, johnny cried his mother
from the window What is the matter
I've lost my center OF gravity, said he
dry y, a. he got up and gue-9 its time
to 20 for the COW
We must have thy hydrogen Gas this
evening, said sally and as Johnny turned
to -ay aI right, he noticed how much
prctticr hi. sister locked than he ever
thought 81. aiI. Poor Sally She had
i...l 4rattr, ..u+ 30. I.ra#If. , fi+fIa lao thi-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

In Germany the culture of fish is an i'm
portant source of income TO the inhabitants.
In northern Bavaria the whole country is
spotted with fish pond. Wherever there is
a marshy place, or the lands need to be
drained. tn y catch the water in fish pond.
Many farmers realize as much from their wa
ter crop as from their land crop, and 1t
might be similar in this country were farm
ers to give heed to their interest. There
are few of them in the interior towns of
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine who
could i make from their trout brooks, and
ponds connected Herewith, incomes much
larger than they could do from their grain,
corn and potatoes. Some Of them are reco1-
nlzing this fact, and are preparing to go
into pisciculture scientifically.
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Poetry.
a iSiOn of Rest.
81 ASsoS d. p RANDOLPH.


The full round moon, TIE cloudless sky
Where now The lingering frost distiils
The tranquil river rolling by,
And outline clear Of sOmbre hue.
The trees their spectral branches lift,
DER meadows brown aud gardens bare,
While on the ground the shadows drin
Or float upon the dreamy air
The day. with veXing air opprest,
Gives place to night and thoughts serene,
And brings, with CONSCIOUSNESS Of rest,
4 sense Of glory yet unseen
% holy trust, . peace profound, -
Here, in the silence OF the night,
pass as one Ger halIowed ground
To some unknown, some Pi-gah height:
FROM whence the ID slant stars are near,
These cool gray hills seem far away;
While in the changing light. appear
The heiaIds of the coming day.
Not day that gives to me once more
The common round If toll and care
The burdens 90 morning bore,
And each 10 morrow -u.Imu bear.
The contact with life mcaasr things
That SOILS and would my soul possess,
or dim f0rgctiunc-- that brings
Not rest, but sense Of wcauncs-.
o hoHer life, % clearer lay,
That here my heart with rapture iH-;
When will these shadows dim away,
When burst thy hight beyond the hills,
Yon moon, in light cGulgent, fade,
These Offering stars obscure their fires
Come, promised hour, too long dela5 ed
And bring what now my =1ul desires.
Peace, thJnkle-s soul; dost thou behold
Gods glory % forget his will
shall he such beauty here unfold
To make thee more impatient -uIz
shall visions Of ani-ht Ike this
The purpose 81 the day uuucrvc.
And dreamy thoughts of future bliss
Unfit thee vet I'd wait auJ serve
Fade ont. Sc stars descend, @ moon,
here spreads the clear horizon rim
Come day OF toll, and bring The boon
They have who watch ard wait for IIim
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

SALT AND SoLs.-Sllt can be used 70 adj
vantage on light, sandy soils, but not on
stiff cay. Ii Is supposed to act mainly as a
chem cal agent in di solving silica, which civ, :
strength 10 TIE straw, by forming the I'd
shining, external coat. This has been shown
by experiments, in which the ash Of wheat
straw gave about five per cent. more silica
when grown on land nanured with salt than
that from straw grown on precisely the same
soil without salt. Four hundred weight per
acre was applied in instruments, at different
seasons or tie year. The relative yield was
as seven OF good t. five Of inferior grain IN
favor Of the field manure with salt. Vocl-
exert experiments on a calcarcous clay loan
IA clay containing some carbonate of lime
showed that salt on such soil produced
scarcely any gam in the yield OF grain,
while 1t slightly diminished the weight OF
straw. Mixed with nitrate Of soda. a sui
stance containing much nitrogen, 1t produced
better results than the nitrate alone. 1t may
therefore be laid down as general rule that,
except on true sand, salt should be mixed
with tie nitrate which is imported from
south America under the names Of Cubic
nItra and Chill saltpetrc.
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vt Il recent meeting OF the American Ia
-titutc Farmers Club, Jerusalem artichokes
were exhibited, and Dr. Hcxamer said it was
remarkable that this plant should 20 out Of
fashion as an article Of food. One hundred
years ago the Jerusalem artichoke was con-
sidcred superior TO the potato They will
produce more 70 for farm stock than any
other root. Cows and hogs prefer them TO
potatoes. Deacon Reade predicted that
within four years they would be more grown
for farm stock than any root. The Objec-
Jions TO this root should have been stated as
we'll as the recommendations, Every farmer
who mas planted the Jerusalem artichoke in
field or garden knows that it is almost impos-
: bic to get rid Of 1t, the smallest root
will grow. In fact, the plant becomes a
troublesome weed. The root is not so pal
atable or nutritious as the potato, and is not
SO suitable for culture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

The MANAGEMENT or CLOVER HAY Clover
should be moved as soon as it is well n bios
som. There is no necessity to wait for a
brown head there VIII be plenty to be
en- before the crop i well down. Cut when
the dcw is of, and allow it to dry until
afternoon, when it should be shaken up and
turned before the dew falls If a tedder is
employed, it's constant use will tit the clover
To be put in cocks the same day. If turned
by hand ii may lie until the noon Of next
day, when it may be put in cocks, made as
high and narrow as possible they viii shed
rain better in tins shape, and, if caps
are ure1, a square viii be strongly recon-
mendcd, and the above size is sufficient, as
the top only needs protection. Put up and
thus protected the hay may stay in the field
until It is all made, when it may be hauled
together. If any cock should be damp inside,
spread for few minutes 1t Will dry rapidly
Clover cured in the cock is much more valua-
bic than that dried in the sun, and wastes
less in handling. Put away tt e first cut hay
by itself, in place convenient for use in
the spring. Cows coming in early in the
spring Will thrive on this hay the milk will
be largely increased in quantity, while the
butter VIII come easily, be free from white
cur1y spccks, and in color viii not BE far
behind that from June grass.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

laDIA RUBBER lSEXHAUsriBLE.-Ihc belt
Of and around the globe, five hundred miles
north and five hundred miles south Of the
equator, abounds in trees producing the gum
OF India rnbber They can be tapped. 1t II
stated, for twenty successive seasons, with
ont injury and the trees sand so close
that one man can gaeher the sap Of eighty in
q day, each tree yielding, on an ayersge,
three ta9lcspooniuls dairy. Forty thousand
of these tree have been counted in a tract Of
country thirty miles long by ei .hty wide
There are in America and Europe more than
one hundred and fifty manufacturers Of India
Rubber articles, employing some five hun
dr-d operatives each, consuming more than
10000, 600 pounds Of gum per year, and the
business is cJnsid red TO be still in its in
fancy But to whatever extent it may in
crease, there Will still be plenty Of rubber to
supply the demand
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-07-05

ERADicATING DOCKs.-Mr. Harris, in his
. Walks and talks on the farm, =" says:
Our venerable friend, John Johnsto n.
writes will tell you how to eradicate docks
nd no humbug, and charge nothing. Cut
them OIL close to the ground when the tops
ire inDy out, but the seed not fully formed,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Vermont Cehiral n: a. '
SUMMER AHhAN
Commencing Monday, May D. 1871.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST

AIMS GOING SOU IN 49,
Lave Montpelier s. a.m., e5 ana ~, M - Al
IL I'm leaves Osdensbure Al 600 P'li;'
,,nsar6a n connecting White River s",' , ,,
and Bellows Fails wh trains tor Boston, m pa
e. and n White River Junction WIN - 80
,,-tr PaiJre7d az south Vernon for SpThsh7iu anu
Ns,t, YnrS at CIRCUITS Corner TOT New honu" H..
nav Express leaves Montreal a. 9'uo An, - .b
At 10 % am, ogden~burg Al . ~ d'hi-, 81 sa1s a,
: n N, Nnoers junction At l0.ip am, Il
Is no NJ arriving ia Boston wa Lowell al ~ % i p
~, mess leaves Ogde nsburs at 90 PIN FAlts-
h :, = n m Mooer's Junction $50 pm, Monte 81 AZ
10 .,', =, White River Junction and Bellows Falls
with trains Boston aud " re ester, 60 - -
Rrston ~ 10 a.ni. South Vernon WIN uSs 10,
Spriueheli and NeW York arriving =" Nc" i'iA a.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Lave Montpelier 40 and SEQ am, and SO ano
ntv Fxcrss- leaves Boston via Lowell A. 600 am
Ttnv At 81 a.m Rutland at 4lo p-n i"T t,nL ~ y 70
, and Gplen-bura at - % am, making connections
"r Nh. ,i tr harrington and 81 Adams leaves Bos
t,,, MI, InvaI al ZOO am via Lawrence ahd ''i
hureh al so Springfield al " q ~ 'i' ~,
nyys Fails n A. pm White RIVER junction I'D pm
arriving in s.. Aihans 20 3. 10 pm -o, ana
epriuciieIt at go connect al " hite RIVER 'u'
ton with Day Express train .-
Accommodation Tram leaves NJ iiis 81 Z I. - N
Rutland ~ > 81 am. Burlington az 20 M i a.
bans at 1905 pm, arriving IA tlgd-ishhis, al -,
Night Express leaves ufonts tornef az -" IN
south Vernon ar o@ pm receiving paS7.l.Seta .
Connecticut River Railroad, ieaEi"@ New or a.
IaI5 ~, Springfield G-i5 pm be"@s f5,'s VI ~
i-ul-. connecting " ~ u'A-s .., ~ lt-Ifra rive,
leaving Boston ai $50 o. M con eeit'4 ai w "tir ~
uIrirrfo- 81 Af-sus Montreal, * arriving 30 N"h
rre7i n aol a.n.. l.tsnur-a li-i4 am. eng q
O-deu-,ur. h, i--l pun, CONNECTING "ith '''ti'
Trunk Railway and steamer Tor the Vet
~Ieep.us car attached o. he might ENPrS !fa.g
runningAerveen Montreal and Hasi"i', ana "' '-ei-
and Springfield and ~. Ab'fS and Troy
Drawing Room cars an aay LAsrs-e if-'"- ".'H''.
' Tnroas l lete,< r cbicss an The ves sale al
Tire pttn !, -, ,.,,,I-s,s
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Wilmington Market.

WILMINGTON. September l4.-TUkPaSTISE.--
There has been no change worthy OF no.e IN thls
article sluce the close Of our review. The market
has been quiet and the demand only moderate.
The price has remained unchanged. anu tne re.
ceipts both by river and rail- have been llght tne
market closing a. So rs for yellow dip, ana S4 M So
for virgin. On Wednesday lot OF l2o DDS OF yei.
low dip, selected for shipping, SOLD at 80 70 per
barrel. .,. ,vood oa
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Owing to the good ad.
vices from abroad. the market for TINS at,lcIe
during the week Just passed has been very urn,
and Steady advance has been obtained. the safes
have been large, aud all offered has been readily
taken. Tne receipts have been light a9d the
market closes very firm at 50 cents per gall n.
RosIN.-Since the close OF our last the market
for lower grades has been less active, and both
strained and No. 2 have declined. There has
been better feeling, however, for the last few
days, and we think former prices will be obtain.
ed. No. and pale have held their own and the
price has ruled unchanged. The receipts by river
have been scarcely worth noting anu by rail- only
moderate.
TAR.-There has been very little Inquiry for this
article since the close OF our last. and very rev
transactions have taken place. The market has
ruled quiet and no change OF price has been
made. The receipts have been light and only
reach about 800 bbls, the market closing at 81 Is
per bol.