Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-28
agricultural Stems.

The farmers south of indianapolis have
been making maple sugar for the past three
weeks.
A larger amount of wheat is being winter
ed over IN the stack IN Wisconsin than ever
before.
A flash of lightning killed u farmer and
one Of the horses he was driving, Mt Cham.
paign, ILL.,. last week.
A man in Hardin Co., Ill.,, found n lot OF
oats in n good state Of preservation fifteen
feet under ground, while digging well.
Texas is credited with 3,49i, O43 of the cat
tie in the United States, estimated to be
worth Sl3,5s4,272, or less than 81 head
A man ut Moshervile, Mich. amuses
himselfin feeding seven bushels of shelled
corn day to 1000 chickens and turkeys.
Ten thousand cattle have been fed in Mi
ami Co., Kan, this winter, aud yet there is
more corn remaining in the county than ever
before ut this season of the year.
Kansas farmers say it will take l2, 900
bushels of their corn to pay for the recent
entertainment given the Nebraska Legisla-
ture.
j. w. Sanborn OF chinatown has been
appointed u member of the New Ham pshire
Board Of Agriculture, in place Of Thomas
Cogswell of the same town, resigned
The drift soils OF the Connecticut are adj
mirably adapted to the cultivation of tobac-
co, but OF late years the rot has seized the
crop. probably from the land having become
"sck."
S. r. Holmes, of Riley, Mich, sold five
trees, four blackwalnut and one cherry, for
5000. He has 100 acres of land for which he
paid Sl.2Oe, three years ago. lie WAS offered
that amount for eighteen trees.
The first cheese factory in the State (and
the second in the United St,tes) was estab-
lshed in Richmond. in 1858, by Hon. f. d.
Mason, now President of the State DAIRY.
mems Association.
Two steers lately sold by II. II. Atwood
of Ford Co., Ill.,, weighed 2,l6O and l,s4t
pounds respectively. The age OF the animals
was in the first case three years and foul
days, in the second three years lacking iif
teen days.
Geo. G. Hitchcock, of New Preston, Conn.
is reported to have II pair of turkeys that h,
has refused $1,000 for The gobbler stand
nine feet high in his bare feet, has feather
two feet long, and his gobble can be hear,
six miles when the wind is right.
Dr. Louvel has been awarded prize o
$500 by the French academy of sciences, 70
designing an apparatus for keeping grain il
a vacuum, or rather within vessel in whc
the air is so rarefied rs to kill any graniver
GUS insect.
The farmers of Missouri and Kansas mr.
turning their attention to the raising of tn
castor bean, considerable demand 70
which is springing up Mt st. Louis, where
is manufactured into oil for lubricating pur
poses.
Half pound of shot judiciously admins
tered to sympathetic cats at this season @
the year. will bear fruit in increased hour
ofslumber throughout the summer and hav
a tendency to prevent corner in the chick
en- market.
big excitement was caused in Farming
ton, n. H., n few days ago by the escape of
furious bull who ran in the highway for sew
eral miles frightening travellers, teamster
and others at a high rate. and was nc
brought down till he was fired Mt eight times
The Baldwin Apple, says J. A. Donaldso
of st. Joseph, Mich, is more largely plante
mt that place, and the demand for the fruit
greater there than any other variety, al
though the quality in that region is poor. Blu
early bearing, great produotiveness an
fair surface carry the majority.
A Vermont farmer sent to an orphan asy
lum for Il boy that was smart, active, brave
tractable, prompt, Industrious. clean, plous
intelligent good-looking, reserved, and mod
est The superintendent wrote back tina
unfortunately they had only human boys i
that institution,
A writer IN the Country Gentleman SAY
he has raised some Ayrshire steers and fine
them square, handsome cattle, good worker
lfexcolled by any for work, it is the Dcvon
A pair now on hand, four past, weigh 1904
lbs. They keep rs easily and flesh ~ quick
ly AS any cattle he ever owned.
An extraordinary hen in Maine cackled wit
admirable regularity, but never laid AN cyl
, An eXasperHting irreguarity like this Il,
( mauded scientific attention. The hen WI
sacrificed, and the post mortem develope
the presence of twenty-five good eggs in
| si.le this ncomprehensible hen.
, Fuchsias. from seed, according to tn
Rural Ne,C Yorker, may be easily propaga
ed If the SEE d pods are allowed to remain o
the plant until they begin to decay, and the
washed from the pulp Sow in sifted lea
: mould and sand, an eight of an inch dee
water, and rs the plants become larg,
change to larger pots. The seedlings usua
ly vary widely from the original.
The Westminster Farmers Club M
March II, and chose the following office
for the year ensuing; President, FenelC
' Arnold Vice President, George p. SabiI
Secretary. John b. Morse; Assistant Seer
tary and Treasurer, NJ. w. Davis; Director
NJ. w. Davis, 7. II, Reyes, ID. q. Wrigh
! II. Floyd, VIM. p. Gage. VIM, r. Kimbal
Geo, W. Pierce.
. The United States has become the leadin
: cheese producing country In the world; AT
: from an expectation of one million pounds
! 1859. the amount has risen to 80 million
: 1872. Ten years ago England and Hollar
were famous the world over for the superio
. ity of their cheese. Now the eplcures of f
rope prefer the products Of American chee'
= presses TO "Stilton." "Cheddar,' and Il
once favorite brands of Holland,
There is no farmer but should take OF
4 good agricultural paper, and il he takes b
! one paper, let it be one devoted to his int
est. But in general the opposite course
n pursued, and the farmer takes some polite
sheet devoted to the interests OF the vel
7 class that is expressing him, and II he ca
afford it, and feels liberal, he will take son
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