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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
EARLY CHICKENS.

1t is now time for those who want to have
early chickens, and particularly those who
are raising any of the pure breeds and expect
to send their chickens to the fall shows, to
make up their breeding stock for the coming
season. 1t is mistake commonly made at
this season of the year, to put too many eggs
under hen. Seven or nine are enough for
the largest hem for if she is so fortunate as
to cover them all, and not allow the outer
ones to get chilled she will not be able to
cover her chicks well during the long cold
nights Of early spring. tits particularly essen
tial at this season of the year that both food
and water and dust,bath be placed where
the setting hens can have convenient access
to them for short exposure at this season
ehills the eggs.-Live Stock Journal,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
@ortitulturf.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE JOURNAL OF INGLESlDE, MOI,
ny HoRTENsIUs.

Reform in Grape Culture.
Last fall my grape vines were grubbed
up, and their trelises were cleared away
Thereon hangs a tale Six or eight years
ago, when the grape mania was at its height
over the whole land from Maine to Caliior.'
MIA, caught the fever. travelled far to
visit vineyards and to sit at the feet of sage
vinegrowerS | read everything relating to
the subject which l could lay hold Of The
very word grape had a mysterious charm for
me, and found fascination in attending
upon the growing vines. At that time fee
Bile hot-house vines, with stems no larger than
crows quill, and a very few roots contorted
with agony at being compelled to wander
from side to side in little pots, were selling
at prices ranging from fifty cents to five dol
lars; collected most Of the best advertised
sorts At that time DR.. Grant was issuing
from Iona Island in the Hudson his wordy
catalogues, eXtolling in unmeasured terms his
oNh hSN ahN Jul nov Niho-
yarlists in the precise and laborious methods
of vineyard culture which he had adopted
from French and German books. So l be-
came disciple of the doctor, and chose for
my vines the borders about the house and
rich plot in my garden. The soil was light
loan. 1t was nearly black with vegetable
matter, and was already deep from cultiva.
ton; but following the precepts of our
great authority | trenched the soil eighteen
inches deep in the garden plot and three
feet deep in my borders. Into the latter
was worked large amount Of compost etc,
but the garden being very rich l hoped to
obtain fair results there without 50 complete
preparation. will now confess was tired
of ditching and wheeling manure before l
got through with my borders, and wanted to
compromise with the doctor.
Well, in this soil SO prepared | set my
vines, and for several years trained aud
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
THE INCREASE OF THE ORDER
OF P. OF n.

One of the most astonishing things in the
history of organizations of any kind, is in the
growth of the Order of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry. Five years ago there were only one
or two subordinate Oranges in the Western
States; two years ago there were only about
a dozen in Iowa, now there are not less than
eleven hundred Oranges, with a membership
of about 60,000; in Illinois about 300
Oranges; in Minnesota over $50 Oranges;
in Wisconsin about 200; in Nebraska some
75; in Kansas perhaps so; in South Caro-
lima about 200; Mississippi so or l00-in
fact it is difficult to keep up the progress of
the Order. For the past three weeks we
have published an average Of So new Oranges
every week, and in this weeks number there
are about so. We have had letters of in
quiry during the past ten days from the
most remote parts of the country, asking us
about the Order, and how to proceed to es-
tablish it in their states, including Maine,
California and Texas Verify the people
are awake and seeking light, and the infor-
nation that will enable them, as producers, to
act together in.olevating their own profession,
and securing their rights from their Oppres-
sors. In nearly thirty states the banner of
the Order has been uniolded, and the
Oranges have been established. .-Iol0a Home.
stead
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
INFLUENCE OF STOCKS.

Colmans Rural says An esteemed cor
respondent in Ohio sends us the following
extract, taken from the Cincinnati Gazette,
and comments upon it as follows A few
years ago cut off and grated about two
feet above the ground lot of fve-year-old
Oolverts as they stood in the nursery rows.
grated them with the Rome Beauty and
several other varieties. Those that have
come into bearing are producing larger and
finer apples than those grown on adjoining
trees. now have one Rome Beauty which
measures 12l inches around one way, and IL
inches the other. am sure the way to inn
prove apples in size and quality is to graft
upon the strongest growing varieties; and
where young seedlings are used for the pur-
pose, one whole root should be used, instead
Of cutting them up into sections as nursery
men have been in the habit Of doing In do
ing this, only the strongest growing seedlings,
such as the Colvert, should be used. l hope
horticulturists will commence experimenting
in this direction"
Loveland, o., Nov 4, 1S72.-In grating
or budding on Seeding stocks, l consider it
highly necessary that the cions or buds
should be taken from trees that are bearing
the finest and best specimens of the variety
of fruit sought for-for am fully convinced
from my long experience that fruit grated
on Seeding stocks will paetake more or less
Of the nature Of such stocks. know that l
shall be met right here with objections, for
learned doctors hold to the contrary. 1
insist, however, that careful observation will
convince any man, or any committee that
what have declared is correct. But it will
be revealed more plainly in some kinds Of
| fruit than others.
In support of what | have said, L will give
a few facts that have come particularly under
my observation l once grated an English
white cherry on wild cherry stock. When
it came into bearing it bore cherries about
twO-thirds the size of an English cherry, the
1
color of the fruit red, and the favor near
that Of the wild cherry, viz bitter Another
time took cions of an early May cherry
and grated part of them on Mazzard stocks
and part on Morello stocks. When the trees
came into bearing the fruit was SO different
that each kind might have been called diff.
fsrent variety from the other. tru
Any fruit grower can convince himself of
the truth of this matter if he will take cions
from one apple tree and graft them into
twenty different young trees in his orchard.
When they come into bearing he will proba-
bly, find that the fruit of any two will not be
exactly alike. In my own neighborhood l
know many apple trees of our old standard
varieties the fruit of which has become SC
degencrated that they can hardly now be
identified even by the best judges Of fruit.
repeat then, that all nurserymen and
fruit raisers should be careful and select theil
cions and buds from trees in bearing, and
trees, too, that produce the finest and best
favored specimens of fruit NJ. YOUNG.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
For the VERMONT FARrEE.
A LETTER TO A FRIEND.
Mn der Enith .

My dear Faith:
"There are foam embroidered oceans
There are little wood.cad rillsi
There are feeble inch-high sapings,
There are cedars on the hills
God, who counts by souls not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me-
For to Him all vain distinctions
Arc os pebbles in the sea-"
You complain almost bitterly Of your pov.
erty and am not going to blame you for
fnd myself doing the same sometimes, but
when look with my eyes open, then l can
see, for " God who counts by souls, not sta.
tions," loves you and me, ay, and prospers us
too. Let us see. We always have enough
to eat to satisfy hunger, and if delicacies ID
not often drop into our fare, our health is all
the better for it. You and l do not have
more than one or two dresses, and those are
never nice ones, in year. As for our hats
we wear them two or three seasons, trim
them anew with the old ribbon washed and
ironed sometimes. Kid gloves, dear to the
heart Of women" we never could afford to
buy.
We 60 to church, we cannot have the
conscience to stay away for clothes sake, and
each thinks: " How shabby am No one
can care for me or think am anything" and
we shrink into corners. As for going into
company VIC don't try it much, but OCCASION
ally we are invited to somewhat rare en-
tertainment, and we declare we will not 60,
we have nothing to wear, but we want to so
much, and finally We yield saying What
did she ask me for She might knowI would
go, and ought not to for I've not nice
dress in the world" but stop, honest poverty
is no disgrace, and as for those who think it
is, We do not care for their opinion, and if we
have but little to spend on dress, we shall
learn that there are things SO much better
than dress. .T ...
And then books, and pictures, and flowers,
we could spend fortune for these if we had
it, but there would be so many flowers we
could not take good care of, nor have time
to enjoy all of them now we know and
love each individual plant OF pictures, so
many there would not be room to hang them
all now we get picture one year and a
frame for it the next SO when we do get it up
it is very precious and joy forever. And
books, if we were rich, fear we should buy
more than would be good for us we should
buy everything, and read them SO last as not
to get half their value. Now we get only
the best, we cannot afford to buy trash, and
read them thoroughly, and hold them in pre-
ciOus keeping ever afterwards.
| But hardest of all we have to work so
constantly, for we are poor, that our souls
don't grow. We gave up studying long ago,
we never hear lectures, we never travel, and
we can't find much time to read so we are
stunted and never get to be cedars on the
hills" but only " inch-high saplings." o
thank God, who counts by souls, not sta
tions," that He loves, torres you and me But
our station though lowly is not to be despis-
ed, because God placed us in it, and perhaps
it will keep US SO humble that we shall think
more of Gods work than our own, and so
find our lives by losing them.
Truly your Friend, ETHIOPIA.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
COOKING FOOD.

During recent conversation with an OBJ
serving aud skllful farmer, he said that by
soaking corn meal and then cooking it over a
slow fire for six or eight hours, the meal
would become expanded double in bulk, and
would feed swine twice as long as when mere
ly soaked in cold water. He had tried it on
large herd of swine, and the experiment
was made in December. The cost of the fu-
Ell must come out of the profits of cook.
ing, but this he had not determined .--Coun.
tn Gentleman.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
SEEDING LAND.

If you have any land to seed shis spring,
suppose you try part Of it without grain.
This practice seems to be gaining favor where
ever hay is Of more account than grain. If
you have a rich, moist piece of land that
ought to be made to produce two or three
crops of hay in n season. try orchard grass,
at the rate of two bushels of seed to the
acre, with eight or ten pounds of clover and
a bushel Of June grass. This is heavy seed
ing, but if you will manure literally you
ought to get heavy crops of hay.-N. E.
Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

-" should like to ask the gentleman
who signs his name w. ii. W., from St.
Johnsbury, few question through the FAR
MER; they may interest others as well as my
self How are your pans set 7 How many
pounds can you boil in one day7 How much
good hemlock wood does it take to make
100 lbs. 2 II call hemlock the best.) My
pans are a little smaller than yours, and set
one back of the other by good mason, but
l could not boil in the sap from 400 trees.
l tap $50 trees, and am thinking Of putting
in heater. My townsmen are using them
at great saving of wood and time,
g. II. LINCOLN.
Woodstock, April IA, 1873"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
Woodstock, April IA, 1873"

-" do not see any space in your pa
per for inquiries. l would like to inquire
if you know anything about the Ames Plow
Company's steel sidehill plOw2 Are they used
in your vicinity7 If SO, how are they liked 2
have never seen one of them, and do
not know whether l should like them. If they
are not liked what sidehill plow is considered
the best to turn on moderately level land,
free from stone7 also ease of draft would be
great consideration. If you can give me
any information either by letter or through
your paper, it will be thankfully received.
II. ii. COLLINS.
johnson, March 49,"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
Correspondence.

Articles that are BRIEF, PRACTICAL and 10 tAs POnt,
s receive tAs preference for this column. Ten iinss
Of whdt you know is better than column of ohdt you
guess.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
WHOLE NO. 1875.
GaOies' department.

We particularly desire contributions 10 this column
upon all SUBJECTS Interesting 10 our lady readers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

The question whether a man shall adopt
dairying as a speciality or not is one which
every farmer must decide by considering
his surroundings and cOnyeniences for sue
cessfully and prOftably carrying on the bus
iness. The essential features that make up
a good dairy farm are too we'll known and
understood to demand a lengthy notice. 1t
is desirable to have rich and well watered
pasture, meadow OF moving field that yields
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25

The man most likely to make his mark in
the world.-One who cannot write his own
name.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-25
Gbe 9airp.
DAIRY FARMING.

Paper Read by IL, w. Vail, OF POmfret,
at the Farmers Meeting In Bethel, Jan.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

FAT OF MISSOURI
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
In the Circuit Court of said county, April term
1913, 2ord daytime End, 1873.
Cha. les NJ. Ihomns, administrator Of IN. cs,,,o
oil George Gillespie, deceased,
vs..
Conard Sourwinr and ,Jcbp r sm,r~
ITO the said Conrad Sourwinc, your mr.. hcr,h,.
l. holiiieti that said riaintiT has conn,nce;l
is"itu against You inu said small in said ,.n,rt
py letitioh anu attachment, in which ii is nj
iese'f tiiat You and said SIu.ii are indebted 10 said
tiaih!lh, us administrator us aforesaid. uDon n
lfpihlssorF Hote IN the sum of three hum nj rcd
dollars, bearing 10 per cent int.rpst -
sifo lS,loO, The amount Of two credits ,n,ior.,,I
On salu note. And the prayer of said p,Iitinu ia
ihat Judgment may be ryntierv,l against y,sr, a,i
naiH small Tor The balance due ON sai,I n5t, afr,
u,t!ucting said credits. WI "i'sf
ANA you are further notified. that yo,,r nro,
eItE mas been attached, and unless Van 49,, ~
!. ihehcAt term OF said court, 10 Ia, hoIII.n -,
~ court mouse, IN the city Of Lexington an r.
an nay OF August next, and ON ,r bIfnr. ~, ~
siNlhday thereof, 1.-THE terra shall so ian, oa ~
tnie, AMI II not then before the rnJ ofthe ,a ~
nnu answer said petition, the same will In. ii.ra,,
And II Is further ordered, that n co,r h.roor,.
punished In the Lexington Weekly Iit,, iicancer
newspaper printed in said county of Iafsr.ttc
. /" weeks sticcessively. the last insrrtfon RI
DC az least four Weeks before the commpnr.n,an,
oil me next term of this court.
true copy. Attest:
III. BARKsDALE. Clerk.
by Z. T.. DANIEL. d
ha'hpuh@ nrafes, attorneys for plainfiu: a
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
STIERlEF,S SALE DEEp
ne, IT'D BISpp

- Vf e.
WHEREAS, Emanuel Easter, and R,lcec,
~ Easier his wife, did by their certain decd
OF trust dated the 18th day of August, A. u. 1871,
ana recorded inthe Recorders office within and
FOR the county, of Lafayette and State of Missouri,
m deed record number eight (), ON PAGES mum,
pr ~, ID ard us, on August the 4lh, 4. D..
iod, convey TO Thomas \. Iidball rs trustee,
The following described rea! estate and personal
PROPERTY, situate in the county of Lafayette and
~, two e., three GJ, four g., live %, SIX @l.
seven "a eight, 81, nine GD, sixteen {lG), scy.
f fsn, n GDs eighteen usl, nineteen tla), twenty
Hook number sixty:-eishu (6s s. Mi i'm in 'f int fi% adl, II
shown upon the plat Of SAID addition. now on
filc III the Recorders Office for said ruunty of La
Iayease, anu on which said premises is situated q.
sie.'h houilnS mii!, together with engines, boil
erS anu ali'irlSnaliccs thereto belonging; all of
which ;irr conveyed 10y said red of trust 10 s,id
assigns or legal representative, all indebtedness
then existing, or Thereafter 10 H. contracted nv
incurred by said Emanuel Easter. And whereas.
sa,u EMANUEL Easter subsequent to The cxccutio,,
Of said deed OF trtls:, lid eYecnt. ".rI
deliver TO VIM. Morrison 4 Co. two certain
In palhoih mss noiGs, Tue first for s., go, dated Jan.
interest from maturity ut the rate OF t., ,,ar
cent per annum; the other for s., hI3 7-lo0 cents.
October, Is7a, with interest from maturity Mt ,b n
rate OF ten per cent per ainum, bo;h OF which
a no.es WIRE T. given for money loanei and which
aihouht III the aggregate TO 81 $3.50 I-IOG, and IL
now due and unpaid. And whereas, the nnSigr.
saShe,l shefiii of Lafayette county, was on fle
.o.n ',ay OF December, A. D.. 1874, at the De-
seinoer Term of The Lafayette Circuit Court. an
pointed by said court trustee to execute The
bow ~ OF said deed Of trust in place of Thomas.
Sa aruoai, VINO has len the Stale,
!, NN3p w., dhereiore, by virtue OF The provisions of
salu iced oftrust, and the orier Of said Cirruit
ronr., :, me said sheriff as trustee, ut the written
fe4ue'aoi the legal holders of said notes, Will.
on saturday. the 18th day of .Jurv-
A. y. 1873,
between the hours of ten O',loct !, M
g CLOCK p. IN. oftiiat day, at the court hanse 5onr
ne cits OF Lexington, county of + sfnyett, an.i
STATE OF Missouri, in accordance with ne NAN anu
, ,ins IN san trust deed contained, prod, I'd 70 III
e y npo.e deseribed real estate and ;ersorai pro,,.
e.,{ OF 80 much thereof AS may be nee..ssarr =,
ptpitS srnaue, TO the highest bidder for can a.
saiSIy said notes, interest and costs of,,is ~, 70
sh.r;r WM. YOUNG.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09

I'nNEN up by Jesse Schoticll. Iiying ~ -
- iagton township, in Lafayette col5tv MMis-
os y W., p,i posted before The Undersigned ,tusiiee
State a fore Fl LexinSton wlship. county and
,mo stray narrs, described as foii.ws. ta.wif !,
avn n "neoa Day, black legs, name and tail, right
= v. ~ sur on the RICH, thigh, l5h hands high,
HISWh, both hind feet white above the tlastern
oia sauaie marks, lth hands high, years
ana RAPpratsed TO 40 dollars, by VIM Erskinc
SWW,aosn, accounting 70 law, to appraise the samc-
wlness my hand, this day aud date above
"iia ash u. CLAYTON.
'eTS Justice oC the Peace,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09

When aae rznricsc mskrsfss moan.
AMI a,c aicclstes tateact
When the eobbler fn hissiait
Beats his head seas64x che ~aiis
Wake. oh. waks. fe,nsed sieeaer'
come, asasSeversasni ne KEEPER
whsn Isl fsIe n,sSa orcns ard shasS
Awatse stars have baiis fe.r hassi.
Whsa shs al HI wisds blow thst, noes,
Aed he chimney y s,rcposess
xAxe. oh. wsh9. WA heaiy ~siee;-rs 8
Come, aaI 1oa disluas tie kerler.
When the top-bset s'eSiy wtags,
Aud the mue,,it ,urns,lfe 2ing ,
When the Ice braats k%rttiedraa.
Hangs On hedsei,s silver thums
wa&cs'h, wsSe,-n,! e'oss your reapcss
For they come. tie ws,eafai k,rpsrs-
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
Public Administrafor,s Vo1;..

~ VinLE Is hereby giyin to all persons. creJ;.
MWxH n nj anh others, Int stcd la the estate ",
an ar W he,s,one, deceased, that, in pursuance n,
mill. ultei May 10, ISIS, the trntiersirns,i
l l"n,i administrator of.Laiayette county MI.
S"ari' h;ls taken charge of said estate. "s
immed pGisen S,r indebted to said estate will make
G ,,s AGAINST said estate, are reluirYsI 70 aMhh1a;gs
;he lao 70 me LOT within one wear from
rom anx ! hs sad erler, or they may be preclude,i
nrs not exhibited within two Wears of IN , G.a,n,s
aia order' they will be forever barred "a'e oi
g4o NJ. CHAPMAN, Pub. Admit
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
TRUSS rE,s SALE,

WY As, Benjamin Fish and Isabel.
ttns.t, jistCd' i5th day OF Stay. A. d. ISL @f.u and
recori"a in book No: !, on page a2i, in Tho lie.
%coricr's Office within and for Lafayette county,
signed trustee the follow ing described real estate
situate, lying and being in Lafayette county
aforesaid. tO-wit:
The lots anil parts oflo:s, known and d~csigna-
ted on the plat OF The First Addition 10 The w II
NOV city Of Lexington, on record in the Re-
,corder,s Office aforesaid, as follows Lot No.
nlne ~, in Block No. ~, anil part oflotS ten 40,
eleven IN, and twelve tia), in said block Ii,
bounded as follows: Commencing ut the north
east corner of lot twelve Ger, in block -, IL being
the corner Of Laurel street and an alley running
through said block; thence west will said alley
one hundred and acy feet to the northeast corner
of lot nine % in said block; theme, with the line
separatinylo lots nine 90 and ten QW in said block
>0a'li forty feet to n stake; thence east In Il line
parallel with said alley one hundred feet, to i
stake in the line between lots eleven III and
twelve t!2) thence north with saidlist mentioned
line twenty feet, 10 4 stake; thence east IN n lin,
parallel with said alley lifty feet to Laurel STREE.
thence north With said Laurel street twenty feet,
TO the place of be.iunin..
Also. that part Of lot seven %, in block IL.
which is bounded a. follows: Commencing nj
t.ic northwest corner Of LOT seven a., In BLOCK q;
thence running east with the alley, running
through sad lhst mentioned block iifty feet, TO u
stake in the lin" of said lot on said alley; THENCE
south on = line parallel with laurel street forty
feet TO q stake; thence west Oh a line parallel with
said ALLEY last above named lif:y iest, to, u stake
III Inc line Of said lot on Laurel street; thence
north with said Laurel street forty feet, to The
place of beginning.
There is situated on this last described par, OF
lot se"en u two story brick carriage it0use. and
on parts al lois ten, eleven and twelve, in block
-, there is situated n large brick and frame
iStah'r, known rs Ftsh's livery stable.
In fri'st. 10 secure the prUinisSory notes therein
n,rLtionc'i; a.d whereas, d, iuui; has been made
IN The payment OF said notes, and they ar. now
pist diitp now, therefore, in pursuance of the
terms Of said decd offrust. III the request of the
h"ider= Of said notes, / viii, on
Thursday, the Tan dRy of August.
1873,
iictwcen the hours of nine O'Clock in the forenoon
and 1--we O'Clock in the afternoon OF thrt day, be-
fore III" court il"uSc door in the city of Lexington
III me county Of Lafayette aforesaid, proceed Ia
sell az public SendIie to The highest bidder. 70,
cash. the said real estate, or so much thereof Ms
may he necessary, TO satisfy the costs and .eX-
cribed.
Given under nv hand, this June 3C;li, 1873.
E2 SENOPlIOS RYLNSD, Trustee.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-09
oi s"turday 4 18th day of July.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Ellis OF administration upon the estate of
~. lua.stan y SON Were granted to the UNDER
1 M y ~ surviving partner o. said partnership law
dne rrSeats Cot,r. Of Lafayette county, ON he hi
arsin =, sIne, ISIS. All persons having claims
M saia e',irt Tor within one year from
M aate, or they may be preciudsd, and If sail
will be forever barred. e"o years tney
,ets-st HAIRY D. TuyrsALL, Admir-.