Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-11

Fairfield, Secretary
The Boston Transcript says that since Il
has seen the OK doing the work of the horse
during the wet weather, il has no doubt that
this is the storm which falls on the equine
OK.
If farming is not generally profitable as
compared with other pursuits, the reason for
It is not difficult to fathom. +" Anybody ="
cannot be farmer, and when this idea once
obtains belief farming will be the gamer by
it.
The farmers from all parts of IIilsdale Co..
Mich, report the appearance of wheat, on
the ground where the same has been urcov-
cred by tho rcoeht thaw, as very promising
more so than IN any previous season for
some years.
Mr. r. G. Hill, of Elmorc, lost, the pas t
week, two of his best CotswOld sheep; this is
no ordinary loss, us those sheep were worth,
to Mr.. Hill, 800 EACH MS their lambs were
already ordered at $50 per head.
A. j. Benedict, Esq, of Cornwall, has n
heifer that ut the age of 10 months and %
| days produced n calf that weighed 80 lbs. Al
7 weeks the same cali weighed 40 lbs, and
sold for 5000 aid had received no feed but
the milk of its dam.
One of the coming trotting mares is Rosa
lind. She is u young mare and has now II
record of 2;2la. She is game high bred
mare and her owner is about to match her
against Occidcnt the famous trotter of Gov.
Sanfords, from the Pacific coast. Rosalind
is by Alexander 5 Abdallah--thcreebre half.
sister TO Goldsmith Maid Colman's Abdal-
lah, Jr., and II hundred other good ones.
p IL the estimate is correct, that there is in,
! tins country one dog to every five persons
| this would make 5000, 900 dogs in the United
States. The consumption of 100000 Of
these dogs would fatten 5,OOO,O0O hogs, each
worth $l2, or $50, OOO,OOO in the aggregate.
Add to this few millions for slaughtered
sheep, and we shall begin to understand
what it costs to enjoy the luxury of having
many dogs.
And now the poor horses are attacked
with new disease, which does not affect the
head but the legs, making the victim so weak
that it is with difficulty the animal can
stand. This now disease makes its first ap.
pearance ut Portland, Me-, where several
eases are reported, but none have us vel
proved fatal It is to be hoped it will moi
make such It thorough sweep of the country
as the other epizootic.
The experiments made on the farm o.
Cornell University the past two years
show distinctly what was before known to
many, that varieties of the potato which sue
coed well in one locality may entirely fail in
another. The Granite State" for exam
Pile, which produces over 200 bushels pei
acre in some parts of New England. yielded
almost nothing at Ithaca. The Pcachblov
yielded hut little in 1871 and nothing in 1872
The Early Rose averaged the greatest pro
duct of lI0 sorts tried, and exceeded Bresee
Peerless.
The following is one of series of resolu
tions passed by u farmers club in Illinois
THAT, in view of the fact that the cost oil
sewing machines is from IS to 81. or with tn
BILE and all complete from $40 to $780, while
they are sold ut from $50 to 1926, we are Of
ten reminded of the fact that we pay enor.
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men. Now, therefore. resolved, That W,
will use old mowers, reapers and plows
wear our old hats, coats. pants, and bOnnets
and paddle our own canoe generally, until
we can purchase ut prices somewhat CORE
spending TO the prices we get for our produc,
and labor.
Mr.. Webster.of Columbia, Tenn, observ
cd II large black eagle flying of with TWEEN
Gy-iive pound pig, the other day, and brought
him down by bullet through his wing Mr.
W. 5 dog rushed upon the bird of freedom rs
soon rs no struck the ground, but instantly
repented of his rashness, and retired from
the contest II one-eyed dog forever. The ca
gle was finally killed by another shot, anc
when the pig felt the cruel talons relax
their grasp on his back. he brushed off tn,
dust, thanked his preserver IN few well
chosen grunts, and trotted back tc his styc