Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15

with last year, ut nearly Is per cent, which is
equivalent to million and one-third acres,
leaving the present acreage from seven and
Il half to eight millions. 1t is assumed that
the crop cannot exceed three million and II
half bales, and may fall to three millions I'M
der combination of unfivorablc circum-
stances.
Referring to the wheat prospects in the
Grand Traverse (Mich.) region. the Hcruld,
ofTraversc City, says :-"Whcat never prom
ised better in this vicinity than at present.
The timely showers of last week gave it u
fresh start and it is coming forward most
luXuriantly. Should no misfortune bcfll it,
the crop will be much larger than any ever
before raised in this part of the State"
Horace Capron, commissioner of agricul-
ture, has resigned, and it is understood he
has accepted commission from the govern
ment of Japan TO develop the agricultural
resources Of the island of Yesso, ut II salary
of $4,000 per year. Mr.. Capron has been II
most efficient officer and we only trust his
successor will be us intelligently and honest
ly devoted To the agricultural interests of the
country as he has been.
The Keene On. H. Republican, says that
Mr. j. s. Button of Jaffrey for IL long time
had missed one of his hens, which finally
made its appearance in II most feeble and
emaciated condition. The mystery was solv-
ed by the discovery that the fowl had acct
dentally become imprisoned in narrow
space behind some farm implements, where
it had remained twenty-seven days without
food or water, lis reduced bulk finally ena-
bling it to escape.
Copperas, or sulphate of iron, is very OBJ
noxious to rats. Mix it with whitewash pre-
pared in the common way, adding the cop
peras until it is quite yellow Whitewash
the whole cellar wall, sides and ceiling, Civ
ing two coats of it if the underpnning is not
well covered mt first. Scatter the green crvs-
tails of the copperas in every crevce and
chink in the walls; throw it broadcast into
the corners of the rooms, and your rats will
make grand stampede for other and more
agreeable quarters.
Col. Warning author of the Ogden Farm
Papers" in the AmcricHn Agriculturist, de-
nounces the use of stinchions, and we agree
with him. We have always considered them
II cruel device, II barbarous relic of the past
Col. Warning says :-"As to stanchions, Il go
agin 'em, that's flat | think them an inven-
ton of the enemy-of comfort and thrift. 1t
is true, they are convenient and eflectual. A
cow once locked in between stout stanchions
is us fixed as man with his head i'm II pillo-
ny, and think about us comfortable. My
cows are tied with three foot chains and
broad collars around their necks, and it is
evident that they are much more comfort;-
BILE than they would be in stanchions."
The store, No. AZ Ia Sale street, lately oc-
cupied by ID. w Ramsdell Il Co., and known
rs the headquarters for the sale of Norway
oats, is closed. From appearance it does not
seem likely that it will ever he opened again
as Il mart for the wonderful sort of horse
feed that has been sold there. Even the two
bundles of prodigious DAT stalks that so long
graced the windows, IN engraving of which
formed conspicuous part of the trade mark
of the concern, have been taken away. The
person whose likeness was displayed in the