Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-02

Massachusetts Board OF Agriculture was
opened at Fall River, last week, with an adj
dress upon the agriculture of Bristol County,
by DR.. Nathan Durfee fthat place
G. j. Cheney. of Lunenburgh last spring.
made 1868 pounds of sugar from 2l2 trees.
In another orchard he had trees enough to
make up 700 in number, from which he made
in all 1915 pounds of sugar. One ofhis neigh
bors, Calvin Smith, did nearly us well, max
ing $40 pounds from 1870 trees.
A hog belonging to Pennington, Maine,
man met u novel death II few days since.
dove flew into his pen and was attacked by
his hogship. BY some means, when the dove
was being crushed in the mouth of the swine
it fluttered, in ITS struggles to get free, and
choked the hog to death. Both were killed.
The Weybridgc Farmers Club was to dis
cuss the question, as it for the interest of the
farmers of this community to sustain the club
and how can we make our meetings interest
ing?n Present the Pres. and Sec. Adjourn
ed one week. Present the secretary, who not
finding the meeting interesting, adjourned
sine die.
A correspondent of the Willamette Farmer
feeds his stock n tablespoonful of sulphur to
each animal, with their salt, once in two
weeks. When he has done so no vermin
have troubled them, and the cows have not
been affected with garget, nor his sheep with
grub in the head. He has practiced this
twenty years.
The question having arisen in n law suit
whether certain animals were sheep or lambs,
the decision was made, according to Hearth
and Home, not by the age which was fifteen
months, but by testimony rs to whether they
had their first permanent teeth. Legally
then lamb becomes a sheep when it gets its
first permanent teeth.
1t will be remembered that last year two
Associations of Bee Keepers met, the one at
Indianapolis. the other ut Cincinnati. Both
meet this year at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 9th,
It'll and 9Th of December. At this meeting
the officers of both Associations are pledged
to resign when both bodies will unite in the
choice of officers for the coming year.
A notion dealer in Charleston S. c.. lately
advertised for chinquepins, dwarf chestnuts)
and coon skin firm in the mountains soon
overstocked him. He wanted to write to the
firm to stop, but couldn't spell the word to
save his life. So he just got mad and enclos-
ed two chnqucpins in Il letter, and told them,
Please don't send me any more of these
damn things"
The Brandon Farmers and Mechanics
Club contemplate removing from their
rooms in Simond's block to Engels Hall in
the next block south Their rooms now are
up two long flights of stairs, while but one
flight is to be assembled in entering Engel's
Hall, which is much more commodious and
pleasant. They hold their meetings every
Friday evening, free to all
A woman owns and conducts the best farm
in England, according to n recent decision of
the Royal Agricultural Society, which gave
her the first prize 1t is farm of 400 acres,
devoted to pasture, grain and stock. The
soil was originally poor, but had been much
improved by skillful treatment. Only four
horses were kept, yet such has been the adj
mirable system of management taht they
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