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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-24
CITY BULLETIN.

OHIoAa0, MOCK ISLAND PACIFIC =. n
Trains leave Rosk IIland-soHe sAsr'
Day Express and Mail, w.
Rock Island Accommodation, e'vO y ~
Nigh RKPross, V''' p ~'
come WEST
DAy Express and Mail, e'ao -
NishI hTprsss, $40 p. n.
Rock Island Accommodation.
.. Bureau Junction. Leaves Bureau Junction.
S.00P. m. $50 q. IN.
The Day Express and Mail leaving here At
siI5 a. m, oOnnsets st Bureau Junction at 1918
9. IN, for Peoria.
The Night Express leaving here at 1889 Pm.
sonnscts At Bureau at 1850 p, IN, fer Peoria.
WESTERN pNIoN R.h
soIua ORTIZ LHkvH. AERIVn
nkprsss a Nail, $50 o. m. $50 p. m.
Mixed Passenger, 4:l5 p. N. 1910 IN
COunsSts with all roads for the east and west
ROCKFORD, N. ISLAND 81. LOUIS R. n
Between Rock Island and Sterling
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
PLANTS GROWING IN WINDOWS.

Thousands who try to grow plants in tubs,
pots or boxes, fail, mostly because they al
low the pots to be exposed to the hot sun.
Now we never see the roots-that is, that
part which draws nutrment from the soil
fully exposed to the sun 10 state of nature,
and this should teach window gardeners to
shade the pots and boxes in which their
plants grow. Another cause of failure is al
lowing the leaves to get dusty. The leaves
being in reality the lungs of the plant, it is
imperative that they should be kept clean.
| have often been asked why plants did not
do well in windows, and it is generally quite
difficult to answer without seeing the plants,
but most Of the failures occur from the caus.
es have named, for it stands to reason that
if half the roots OF plant are burned off
repeatedly, and the leaves are killed with
dust, sickness will be the result. 1t is easy
to clean off the dust by taking a small broom
or brush, dipping it in water, aud flirting it
over the plant two or three times week.
Try it.-Prairie Fdrmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
THE BALDWIN APPLE.

Not more than one in ten Of those who
enjoy the superior flavor of the Baldwin ap-
pie knows from whence it originated. For
the enlightenment of the ignorant ones, we
would-say that this peculiar species of fruit
came from seedliug planted by Josiah
Pearce, ESQ., Of the town of Baldwin, Me.
From this stock innumerabe gratis have ex-
tended the fruit far aud wide but from a
weil-known law Of extension, the Baldwin
apple is rarely found in perfection when far
removed from the place where it originated
In Maine the color, texture aroma, and So
ldity of the apple leave nothing to desire,
being in truth so delicious, that it might
have been akin to the one said to have
brought difficulty upon our mother Eve. In
other localities, where the soil, climate, or
culture have proved uufriendly, what is call
ed the Baldwin apple may often be found
total failure, being puffy, iusipid, and subject
to early decay
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06

aud Adderney cattle has been noticed by
Prof. Low and Col. 10 Contour. Youatt,
however, seems to think that the Ayrshire
breed has originated from a cross of the
HOldernesS with the Highlander the for
mer giving the milking properties, and the
latter the hardness Of constitution and small
size. The prevailing color of the Ayrshires is
red aud white 10 various mix lures some.
times they are wholly red, but believe new
er wholly white, which is rather curious, for
in the Shorthorn, which is also red and white
in all proportions pure white animals are
constantly occurring, as if there were an in-
nate tendency to that color.
As Mr.. Caird has remarked, the great de-
mand for dairy produce has in great meas
ure made the Ayrshire breed. 1t has been
developed from variety OF different ele-
ments by Il process of selection. The great
mining aud manufacturing population of the
district in which the breed is located has Civ
en- rise to constant demand for milk and
butter, and the climate and soil being both
favorable for COW feeding, there was strong
inducement to cultivate dairy farming, and
to select such animals us were most noted
for giving milk. We see that there were
importations of Dutch, Alderney, and Dur
ham cattle-all good dairy breeds. Wemay
bo sure that the best milking COWS were re-
tanned, and the worst ones got rid of as soon
as possible. The necessity for acquiring
good COWS would sharpen the powers Of OBJ
servaton in regard to what constituted the
outward signs Of a ilk-producer, and thus
the judgment would bc educated as to the
points to be looked for. Carry on this pro-
cess for generations, and you have the result.
Just as the dense manufacturing population
of Lancashire and Yorkshire has developed
the Holderness breed, so has the great seat
of Scotch manufactures developed the Ayr.
shire.
The Yorkshire dairy COW is just an Ayr
shire on large scale. Al the essential
points of the animal are similar. The fine
neck, light fore.quarter, deep rib, thin skin,
lean back, good udder. Even the color is
very much the same, but there is consid-
erable difference in size.
These dairy breeds, and, in fact, most
great milking animals, are distinguished by
having lightncss of iore-quarter, sharp
ness at the top of the shoulder, with rather
a small girth round the heart, aud gener-
al leanuess along the back. Now these fca-
lures are disapprOved of in a feeding ami
NAL, and the question is, can we get rid Of
these features without damage to the milk?
can we get right developement of fore-quar-
ter and good girth round the heart IN
tirst-rate dairy COW, or are the two things
incompatible think the evidence | have
adduced is sufficient to encourage US to at
tempt it, and to make us hope that we shall
eventually succeed in uniting good feeding
and growing properties with irst.rate qualih-
cation for the dairy.-National Stock Jour
nal
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
Gbe Dairp.
THE AYRSHIRE.

The Ayrshire is the type of dairy ami
NAL, and it is very proper that those who
rear them should make the development OF
the milking powers their main object. Let
them go as far in this direction as they can,
so that we may see what sort Of animal will
emerge from the continued cultivation of this
special feature. The origin of the Ayrshire
breed is not very exactly known. 1t seems
to have arsed by process of selection made
with view to the production of milk and
hardness of constitution, without much re-
gard to anything else. Very likely there
has been a mixture Of various elements, for
We learn that there wereimportatiOns of Dur
ham cattle by the Earl of Marchmont in
1850, and Of Dutch cows by Mr. Dunlop,
of Dunlop, about the year 1850. There has
probably also been an infusion Of the Alder
ney, or breed of the Channel Islands for
Quayle, who wrote the Agricultural Survey
of Jersey, states that the Ayrshire was a
cross between the Shorthorn and the Alder
ney; while Colonel le Couteur informs us
that Gen. Andrew Gordon, when Governor
of Jersey, about the end Of last century,
sent some of the best cattle to Scotland. A
veterinary book, published at Glasgow in
l794, likewise states that the Dunlop cows,
which were considered the best mixers had
been produced by crossing the native COWS
with bulls brought from the Island of Alder
ney,
The general resemblance Of the Ayrshire
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
WINTER BUTTER MAKING.

am willing to give some Of my exper-
fence of twenty-five years Commence to
heat the milk when the cows are first given
corn fodder, which manage IN this way -
Strain the milk in tin pans, filling only half
full-a little more or less will make no diff.
erence; then. as soon as convenient, set the
pans Of milk on the stove, where let them
remain until roughness or wrinkIed ap-
pearance on the top Of the milk is no.
tioed, Gf the milk gets too hot
the only harm will be less creamy, then take
it in the milk room or cellar in a cool place
until next morning. when bring it up in a
warm room, and let it stand until the next
day. when it is generally ready to skim.
When treated in this way it will not do to
skim much under forty.eight hours. My
plan is to skim morning and nights milking
both at the same time in winter.
1t does not hurt butter for the cream to
sour-rather aids in churniug, making butter
come sooner. The cream kettle | keep in
the cellar until the day or evening before |
wish to churn then, if convenient, set near a
coal stove or one that fire is kept in all
night. In the morning, before churning,
try with thermometer il should be at the
temperature of 62s If not convenient to
set the cream near warm stove, setting the
kettle ir hot water will answer every pur-
pose.
Many persons object to heating the milk,
because the milk somtimes burns to the bot
tom of the pans. To avoid this set pans
with water on the stove and place the pans
with milk in these, and the difficulty is at
once avoided.
If butter needs colOring, would prefer
carrot, which is prepared by scraping Of the
outside aud washing then crate into small
portion Of the cream and strain this into the
whole. For churn Spaine's is a good one,
with large opening for putting in the cream
and taking out the butter also can take the
dashers out, wash and clean more easily.
would say never wash butter uye as lit
tie water about butter as possible. This is
my experience, having washed butter to my
satisfaction, always having it go strong in a
few days after. | have tried many ways to
avoid heating milk in winter, but have
found nothing as satisfactory as what | have
given.-COr. Rural N. Yorker.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
Pen-SpGGferS.

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant
who finds peace in his home.
Douglas Jerrold defines dogmatism MS
puppyism come to maturity.
If you wish to make an impression, fall
down in the mud. 1t is sure way.
Why is man that can't NOW rs good MS
dead? Because he is no mower.
A good hotel keeper is a man that one can
always put up with.
Carpets are bought by the yard and are
worn by the foot.
Ifyou court young woman, and you are
won and she is won, you will both be one.
Sailors are not necessarily making plum
duff when they are stemming the currents.
Sin in the soul IL like silver in the flesh (;
mortfkashun IL tho natural way tew git rid
ov IT..
Wise men are instructed by reasoui less in
telligent men by experience; the most igno-
rant by necessity.
A young man who keeps II collection OF
locks of hair of his lady friends calls them
his hairbreadth escapes.
What is that from which if you take the
whole some will remain? The word whole
some.
Happy is the country tina has no history
as the school-boy said on being logged the
third time for not knowing who was Henry
the Sixth's wife.
On woman with red hair who wrote poe
try; Unfortunate woman: how sad is youl
lott Your ringlets are red, but your poemi
are not.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
COIN HOME TODAY.
ny WILL NJ. CARLETON.

My business on the jurys done-the qulbblln all is
I've watched tho lawyers, right and le and gave my
verdict true,
stuck so long unto my chair, thought would grow
ini x
And IL do not know myself they'll get there agin.
But now the courts adjourned for good and have got
my pay
I'm loose at last and thank the Lord I'm goin home
to-day.
I've somehow felt uneasy like, since first day come
down,
Iii an awkward game to play the gentleman in town :
And this ere Sunday suit of mine on Sunday rightly
sets,
But when wear the stun week, it somehow gals
and frets.
I'd rather wear my homcspun rig of peppersalt ana
gray
III have II on in half jir when get home to-day.
I have no doubt my wife looked out, as well as any
As well as any woman could-to see that things was
done;
For though Melinda when Pm there won't set her foot
out doors,
She's very careful when Pm gone to tend to all the
chores
But nothing prospers half 50 WELL when l go oil to
stay,
day.
The mornin' that come away we had little bout
cooly took my hat and left before the show was out
For what said was naught whereat she ought to take
Odense;
And she was always quick at words and ready to COM
But then, she's first to give up when she has had
her say;
And she will meet me with kiss when go home to-
day.
My little boy--Pn give em leave to match him, If they
It's fun to see him strut about and try to be man
The gamest cheeriest little chap, you'd ever wantto
see!
And then they laugh because think the child resem-
bles me.
The little rogue he gees for me- like robbers for their
prey;
day
My little grill can't contriye how 1t should happen
thus
That God should pick that sweet boquet and fling it
down to usl
NV wife she saws that han some face will some day
make stir;
Ana then laugh because she thinks the child resem-
She'll meet me half way down the hill, and kiss me
anyway!
And light my heart up with her smiles when 90 home
to-day.
Iftheres heaven upon the earth, fellow knows 1t
when
He's been away from home week, and then gets back
again.
If there's heaven above the earth, there often I'll be
bound,
Some homesick fellow meets his folks and hugs em all
around.
But let my creed be right wrong or he 1t as 1t may
My heaven is just ahead of me-Im gon' home to-day
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06

most Of the trees look so healthy and vigor-
olis that do not see how any visitor who
raises fruit trees ior the sake of fruit, and
not to pasture stock under them, can ever
ngain say much in favor of high training"
One OF the strongest arguments in favor
of Iow'heoded trees is that, by the low branch
ing, the trunks are protected from the sun
and wind. This is very important advan-
tage in IL cold climate. But if in the mild
regions south Of the great lakes so admira-
bly adapted to fruit raising, the best fruit
growers prefer low trained trees after many
years trial, it would seem that the question
is settled as to this superiority everywhere.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
For the VERMONT FARMER.
REMOVING STONES FROM TIL
LACE LANDS.
Dalton, AroostOok Co., Ne.

Some one, in a late number of the FARM
Err made inquiry concerning the advisabill-
ty of removing stones from cultivated fields.
| have forgotten the name, as the number is
not at hand, but if | remember right the editor
advised the removal ofthose oOs;ructiveto to good
tilage, at once, as their remaining IN or on
the land could not possibly be Of any benefit
to the same. certainly hope that our
lands here in Vermont are not SO light as to
require a covering of stones to keep the soil
from blowing away, nor so poor and cold as
to need their presence to secure sufficient
heat, in conjunction with that ot the sun, to
produce a crop.
have sometime read of farmer, in a
state south of here, who used to pile the
stones in his fields, on seeding down to grass,
in little heaps, and when wanting to plow
again would spread them over the ground,
under the impression that they acted bene-
benefcially upon the crop he desired to raise.
This certainly required a good deal Of la
Dor, and should have had corresponding
result to render it profitable, but it would
require considerable argument and faith to
convince me that this repetition of stone-
picking and scattering again would pay.
! There are too many farmers, by far, who
pay little attention to removing the stones
from their fields. In some cases they are
not picked at all, but are left to be forever
in the way of plow, harrow, and cultivator,
entirely preventing even fair system of
tilage In others they are placed in small
heaps, all over the field, taking up the land,
affording retreat for vermin, in the way OF
all farming operations, and nuisance gen.
orally.
In these days of improved implements and
machinery, their successful use necessitates
the removal of stones and other distractions
from fields where they are to be operated
They are in fact the great Precursors of an
improved system of farming, aud where
they are employed confer a double benefit
Progressive farmers will not, if possible
to prevent it, seed down field to grass
encountered with stones, neither will they be
left in small heaps scattered over the field
but will be either put into under-drain OF
wall, if possible if not, into large piles in
some out-of-the-way place.
The better way to get rid Of small and
medium sized stones that interfere with the
plow is, when turning over the sod, to take
them out of the furrow as they are uncover
ed, when they can be removed out of tn,
way and prevent further trouble. This t.
many may seem slow and tedious process
but it is a most thorough and efectual one
and that is what is wanted.
With large stones different methods hav,
to be employed to secure their removal, bu
these should not be left to cumber the fields
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
ST. JOHNSBURY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER

if possible with not too great expense to get
rid of them.
Those owning stony farms have this con-
ISOLATION, that the soil on these lands is usu-
ally good, and If they can succeed in remov-
ing these distractions they have good foun-
dation on which to base future profit and pros
perity, and should work with courage, hav-
ing "respect unto the recompense OF the re-
ward" that awaits the diligent and faithful
in any calling or occupation, temporal as
well as spiritual Il. r. TowLE.
West Berkshire, W.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
Correspondence.
For the VERHoNr FARMER.
THE FRATERNITY OF AGRICUL-
TURE,

Trusting in the fraternity and oneness of
interest among those who look to mother
Earth and the labors Of their hands for the
supply Of their wants and the ful6llment of
ourgreat mission for the general good, |
wrote to a stranger friend on the shores of
Lake Champlain for information how acorns
could be obtained. But even my confidence
was surprised in receiving by mail four pack
ages of the much-desired seeds for. planting,
with an accompanying letter showing that
my stranger friend,-a man Of some fortune
aud much literary culture,--had with his
own hands paved over the leaves and gath
cred the acorns where the scarcity would
hardly encourage hogs to hunt for them ; and
all this for person aud for region that he
would probably never see, and from whence
he can hardly expect au equal return.
By the politeness of the accompanying
letter, more than by the acorns, my thoughts
are deeply stirred to the common brother
hood of man, the children Of one Father,
and unless forfeiting our kinship by deprav-
ed sel6shness, heirs to the same kingdom by
a common Redeemer.
This beautiful thought, the ideal Of poet
ry and the pole-star of reforming sects, has
certainly some reality among us who till the
soil. We car and do rejoice in each others
best success, because the richest harvests of
the fields are the inevitable boon of the COM
mon good. All are blessed in every new
discovery. Even the eye of poverty is pleas
ed with the beauties of taste that other
bands have cultivated, and the Incidence Of
the poor is stirred to better purposes by the
full garners Of the rich.
How readily do we all exchange and scat
ter our rare seeds, only caring to know
where they will do most to beautify the face
of Nature, and make glad the heart of the
hungry. The first apples Of the wilderness
are divided and sent to every peighboring
cabin.
Why is this not so among the learned pro-
fessions? And, more especially, how passing
strange that the sacred office purporting
to be so purely mission of humanity and
self.denial should be so perverted as to be
made only the means Of selfpromotion,
shrinking from no degree of trickery or vio-
lence to accomplish the purposes Of ambi-
tion All who have had peep into Ando-
yer Kitchen or the more digni6ed church
councils do not need the rehearsal Of facts
too painful to relate in this connection, but
we will put on the smiles Of common joy
to know that some Of the rich gifts Of our
Fathers love are beyond the reach Of sacer-
dotal corruption and the wrath OF wounded
sacerdotal pride. 1t may make 'he house of
prayer place of merchandise, and even "a
den of thieves" but it cannot snuff up the
fragrance of blOssoming fields.
NJ. r. KEEP.
Dalton, ArOostOok Co., Ne.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06

krummacher illustrates simplicity by the
following fable;
The angel who takes care of flowers, and
sprinkles dew over them in the still night,
slumbered on spring day in the shade of
rosebush. When he awoke, he said
"Most beautiful of my children | thank
thee for the refreshing odor and cooling
shade. Could you now ask any favor, how
willingly would | grant !"
"Adorn me, then, with new charm"
said the spirit of the rosebush, in beseech-
ing tone.
So the angel adorned the lovelest of fow-
ers with simple moss. Sweetly it stood there
in its modest attire, the moss rose, the most
beautiful of its kind. So the costliest orna.
ments are often the simplest There is no
gold nor jewel, nor sparkling pearl, equal
to the "ornament of meek and quiet spirit,
which is, in the sight of God, of great
price,"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
9urtitultmre.
LOW HEADED TREES.

A correspondent of an exchange, referring
to the magnificent orchards Of the great nur-
sery firm of Elwanger and Barry at Roch-
ester, says;-
1.-The very common prejudice against low
trained fruit trees, think would get severe
shock by inspecting their specimen orchards,
where can be seen hundreds of trees, perfect
pyramids, and branching from the ground,
loaded with the finest fruit, much of which
Sosm;ngv Sm I S Sbie % 70 bid defiance % to Sny wind
short Of u tornado. They seem to be 50 adj
mirably adapted TO bear heavy loads the
fruit Is so perfect and so certain 10 os-
cape much injury, If blown of, and
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06

good farm, divided in upland aud lowland,
running out upon the fertile valley of Lem
on Fair, which stretches of to the cast
Cor. Middle6ury Register,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
EPIZOOTIC.

Gayly the cavalier mounts IN the morning,
Dashes the spurs in the sleek, glossy side,
Pedestrians plying, railroad trains soorning,
Swift on his thoroughbred charger he'll ride.
Ah mettlesome rider, brave charger, beware!
Each breeze bears dstemper. There's Death in the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
Continued nert leeekl

The driver of grocery cart, who lot
basket of eggs fall, says that truth squashed
to earth may git up and git, but he'll be darn
ed If eggs WILL
You think justly, feel rightly. Yes, but
your work-produce IT, What are you do
Ing in this world for God and manP
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-06
WHOLE NO. 1O5.
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