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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
THE GAME OF LIFE-A noMILY.

There's game much in flshion-I think it is called
euchre,
Though have never played it for pleasure lucre .
Iu which, when the cards in certain conditions,
One of them in confident tone,
al think may venture to go 1t alone"
While watching tho game, its whim Of the bArds
A moral to draw from the skirmish Of cards,
And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife
Some excellent hints for the battle Of life
Where-Whether the prize be ribbon or throne,
The winner is ho who can go it alone.
When great Calico proclaimed that the world
In n regular orbit was ceaselessly whrledi
And got not convert for all of his pains,
But only derision and prison and chains,
at moves, for all that was his answering tone,
For he knew, like the earth, he could go 1t alone.'
When Kepler, with intellect piercing afAr,
Discovered the laws Of each planet and star,
And doctors who ought to have lauded his name
Derided his learning and backenod his fame,
81 can't wait" he replied, "tlI the truth you shall
owns"
For he felt in his heart he could ego it alone"
Alas for the player who idly depends,
In the struggle Of life upon kindred and friends,
Whatever the value Of blessings like these,
They atone for inglorious ease,
Nor comfort the coward who finds, with groan,
That his crutches have LEFT him TO Ego it alone"
Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and gold,
The unfortunate owner may fairly regard
As, each in his way, most excellent card
Yet the game may be lost with all these for your own
Unless you have the courage TO Ego it alone"
In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or in love- it is ever the same,
In the struggle for power the scramble for pelf
Let this be your motto-"rsiy on yOmssDF"
For whether the prize be ribbon or throne,
The victor is he who can ego It alonS!"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
AN EXPERIMENT WITH MUCK.

Several years ago had near my house
third Of an acre Of ground in grass. 1t was
run out and needed plowing up. | dreaded
to put the pIow into it, as | was sure of
large crop Of cobble-stones every time l did
so. l finally concluded to try the effect of
top.dressing, and accordingly put on, the
last of November. sixteen loads, (.wenty
bushels each) of muck in which two pigs
had run two months. 1t lay so thick on the
ground il made it look like a plowed field.
My neighbors said would have to plow it in.
In the spring, as soon as the snow was off, l
went over it with rake, breaking up all
Jumps not dissolved by the snow. The
grass soon came up, at least ten days before
any other near it. In June it was so stout
and lodged had to cut it. Ia August l
cut it again, getting a heavier and better
crop than the first. Putting the two crops
together, l cut by actual weight five
tons per acre OF good, well-cured hay, and
could have cut later in the season good
growth of roweu. The next season the same
piece of ground produced two as good crops
as the first and continued to do so for FIVE
years with an occasional light dressing of
ashes and plaster.-Cor. Mirror and Farm
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25

these sons Of the mountains, do l owe the
preservation Of my life. Had been almost
anywhere else, should not now be writing
for the Lire Stock Journal Perhaps this
circumstance fixed the impression Of these
peculiarities.
So far as could learn, there is less atteu-
ton gwen to the manufacture Of cheese than
to butter but still the cheese product is large
II is nearly all made in factories, while the
butter is mostly made iu families. The
cheese seen was Of good quality and some of
II very choice.
The milk from the mountain pastures is
very rich, aud less OF it is required to make
a pound Of cheese than, generally, in New
York. Oct. % and 2G, the milk being de-
livercd once day, the mornings and nights
mixed, the latter being not skinned but
"dipped," which means dipped off the cream
down to the blue skim-milk, made pound of
green cheese the ourd being well worked
down and ripened, from eight aud one-third
pounds of milk.-L. B. Arnold, in Lire
Stock Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
DAIRYING IN VERMONT.

Dairying is successful aud profitable in
Vermont. The butter from her hills, where
ever met with, is Of the first quality, and
more skill was shown in its manufacture
than found in the far.famed county of
Orange, in New York. Notwithstanding all
the hard obstacles of a high and rugged soil
and cold climate, Vermont is really taking
the lead Of the western world 10 the line of
butter making. This fact will become ap.
parent to any observant dairyman, upon at
tending the discussions at her State Dairy.
mems Association. Nowhere unless it be
in the southwestern counties Of New York;
is the butter interest so we'll organized,
studied and discussed, as by the State Asso-
citation Of Vermont. The lead their noun
tain state has taken in butter production, is
due to the energy and enterprise of her yeo-
manry In travelling through the state l
was often reminded Of the boast Of ono of her
citizens, that "the chief business in Vermont
is raising men," Among her farmers one
everywhere meets with the Intelligence and
tact, and also the high moral qualities that
usually characterize the true sons of Yankee
sires. Nowhere has the blood of the prime
val Yankee come down with purer strains
than appear in the hardy dairymen among
the Green Mountains A circumstance oc-
CURED, while l was sojourning in the state,
that fOrcibly impressed these peculiarities.
l was taken suddenly and severly ill--"sick,
nigh unto death"--And to the ready tact and
intelligence, as well as kindness Of one Of
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
MARES AND FOALS.

The separation of foals from their moth
ers is attended with some risk and trouble.
To the foals it is trying ordeal, especially
it they have not previously been used to eat
ing corn. Restlessy seeking for their miss
ing dams, they do not feed well, and lose
strength and flesh. Left out in the open
fields in their imperfectly nourished state,
they suffer from cold and inclement weather.
Every autumn we see some succumb to in.
famed lungs, whilst still more die from pow
erty OF blood-diarrh9a usually being the
prominent symptom. Such losses are mex.
cusable, and in great part preventable. I'm
less foals have got used to eating oats or
other concentrated food, when weaned they
should be kept in yard or roomy box for
several days, until they have forgotten their
mothers, and become accustomed to their
change of food. Whilst thus in compara-
lively close quarters it is good plan to hal
ter foals, tie them up, and lead them about
Such lessons thus early given save much af.
ter trouble, and enable the colt to be caught
or handled at any time. Within a week the
colts may be again allowed to run at grass
during the day, but night and morning they
should regularly have serving of oats and
chaf. Ordinary yards and boxes are un-
suitable places for foals, unless, like young
thoroughbreds, they are systematically exer.
csed for two or three hours daily. To en-.
sure size, strength and muscular develop.
ment, colts, whether for agricultural or 9TH
or purposes, must have constant exercise.
Inaction dwaris and enervates, they get top
heavy, weak on the limbs and soft in their
feet, whilst time aud training rarely make
up for such early mismansgement. Hence,
alike for future usefulness and for health, it
is desirable to allow foals plenty of room
when first weaned, and throughout the win
ter to have a run daily for several hours.
Brood mares at this season also demand
intelligent attention. For some days after
the ioals are taken away from thom, the
milk Of course continues to be secreted, and
must be drawn away at first once daily, aud
by and by at longer intervals. Good moth
ers troubled with an excessive secretion,
with tenderness or hardness of the udder, OF
becoming feverish or otherwise out OF sorts,
should have a dose of aloes. Mares sepa-
rated from their foals should be restricted to
dry food. For several weeks, especially il
they have been living on grass, they are not
in condition for hard or long continued exer-
tiOn.-NOrth British AgricHlturiSt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
WHOLE NO. 212.

dress, but in vain. Then they sent in their
petition to Congress, but it was near the end
of the session and the members had not time
to attend to it, and the petition was dis
missed. But before they adjourned they
had time to pass bill increasing their own
pay, and reaching back and helping them
selves to extra pay for the work they had al
ready done and been paid for once. A mar
riod man employed in the treasury was COM
pclled to go away on account Of his health.
He was gone nine months, and during that
time his wife fully performed the work be-
longing to him. He had been receiving
$500 per year, but on settlement all she
was allowed was at the rate of 5000 per
year, because she was woman.
But she hoped for better things in the
onward march Of this great nation. Our
country is further advanced than any other
nation ever was. We are beyond all exam
pie, with no chart to guide us, nothing but
Gods guidance to lead us in our onward
march. In the race Of progress America
takes the lead, and others follow in her
wake
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25

Of cold air by its increased specific gravity,
by Prof LOOMS; or the preservation Of ice
and frozen material since the drift period, by
Prof f. Hitchcock, as well as various other
scientists. Yet few simple experiments
seem to disprove it. 1t is well-kuown
fact that the natives Of India have from
ancient times produced ice in elongated
wells, or deep bitches, by means of evapora.
ton placing water in small shallow dishes
with straw around them, more compact at
top, aud then forcing a current Of air through
the straw causing rapid evaporation, and
consequent freezing of the water in their
pans. The freezing of water under the re.
ceiver of an air pump, by the rapid cvapora-
ton of ether, is also familiar experiment,
and the principle is carried out in the by.
grometer, where the cold produced by the
evaporation Of moisture from the wet bulb
Of thermometer is sure indicator as to
the amount of such evaporation. Believing
that the open well would allow the ice
around it to thaw away if left in the drift
period and that the specific gravity Of
cold air would be no greater at this particu.
lar well than in others, and so it could not
freeze from that cause, suggested that
the we'll be covered to prevent that oontinu-
ed exit of air heavily charged with moisture,
which ever came from it with quito a cur
rent. If the cold was produced by evapo-
ration 1 thought it would not freeze. 1t
was so covered last winter and no ice col
lected. 1t was, however, left open on a
warm night and froze over but after being
closed several days the ice disappeared,
though during the spring months it could be
formed by leaving the cover open. think
this solution to agree with scientific facts,
and that the porous nature Of the soil allow
ing current Of air to pass through it would
be ample cause for ice as found. The OBJ.
lection may be made that clay interviewed
between this loose drift and the surface.
This is just as it should be to get this effect.
The clay is in patches and not continuous
over the entire gravel bed, and the frost is
found beneath the clay because the Ovapora-
tiou could not pass directly upward, and as
result would pass through the gravel,
bringing about the effect produced, Again the
coating of the stones with ice above the
water as they are always SO coated when
freezing takes place, shows that it is taken
from the air, frost like, as frost work is thus
formed in cold weather when the atmosphere
is charged heavily with moisture.
LanenJurgh, W. II. A. Cutting.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
For tho VERMONT FARMER.
THE BRANDON FROZEN WELL

About mile southwest Of Brandon viii
lage there is well near forty feet deep, the
water of which has the popularity Of re-
naming frozen all the year. La 1888 the
owner of the property began the usual exca-
walton for water. After passing through
soil and clay to the depth Of fourteen feet
bed Of frozen gravel some fifteen feet in
thickness was encountered. When taken out
it contained bits Of clear ice and when thawed
it rendered the material almost dripping wet.
After digging through the frost, and into
clean gravel some two or three feet, water
was found. The excavation was then car
ried deep enough to furnish sufficient water,
and stopped on a clean pcbbly bottom, into
which an iron bar could be crowded down
its length. In 1859 two other wells were
sunk by the Boston Society of Natural His
tory, seventy feet from this we'll, towards the
south, and also the same distance northwest.
Frost in one of those pits was found in diff
ferent layers, the first being no more than
two inches thick while the last they did not
pass through, but it must have been several
feet. The other excavation was not carried
deep enough to fud FROST if it existed, but
as it was carried below the depth in which
frozen ground was found in the other valley,
it is presumable that none would have been
found.
Though perhaps this well has attracted
more attention than others, it is not an iso-
lated instance. Many years ago there was
similar well dug at Owego, N. Y, and
there are several in Europe. These wells
continue to freeze over to great depth in the
winter, and usually contain ice the whole
year.
Various theories have been given to ac-
count for this phenomenon as by the sinking
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
For the VERMONT FARMER.
GREEN MANURlNG.

Many agricultural writers and speakers
advocate the practice Of green manuring. l
am not radically opposed to it, but still
think it too slow farming for the fast people
of this century. There are but few who
have the courage to pillow under green crop
that will pay for harvesting. They think
they can't afford it the use of the land is
lost while the crop is growing; the crop is
needed for fodder, and there will be a quan.
tity Of manure from the feeding Of it. On
these accounts the farmers of this country
will be slow to adopt the practice, in spite of
the benefits which are said to accrue from it,
and its being SO timo-honOred and ancient a
custom. Undoubtedly it is of great benefit
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
THE BATTLE or MONEY.

Mrs Livermore's address at the town hall
last Friday evening ought to have been
heard by every citizen. The hall would
have needed enlarging, however, if the aud
fence had been much larger than it was. We
give an abstract, believing it will be read
with interest by our subscribers,
She commenced by showing that nations
had special characteristics, which differ as
do those Of individuals. The ancient He
brews were distinctivey religious. The
Greeks were a literary and scientific nation,
and their literature and art made an i'm.
preston which will never fade away. The
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
DOMESTIC COMFORTS.

Beside the fire sat Farmer John,
one clustering winter night
BESIDE the farmer sat his wife.
Whose knitting needles bright
Flew in and out through the wooden socks
OF clouded blue and white.
"'Tis tedious night" quoth Farmer John
''rm glad liked that shed,
It's such n nice place for the sheep
1t shelters every head;
There's not critter out in the storm,
And everything is fod."
alt is comfort" !" said his wifei
"And am thankful, too,
That have got those mittens done
For both the boys, and you,
And that the girls have good, warm clothes,
From hood to overshoe.
81 wonder what should have done,
Ifycu had proved to be
A drunken sot, like Jimmy Stone,
Who married Susie Lee;
You know she was the prettiest girl
In all the town Of G..
"Her children sleep tonight in beds
With covering scant and thin,
And through the shingles old and worn
The snow comes sitting in,
While ours are tucked up snug and warm,
From toe to rosy chin"
"You needn't lay it all to me-"
Said John, with loving pride.
"If you had been a shiitloss jade,
Like Mary Ann Mcbride,
Who spends the half her tine abroad
And the other half beside
81 do not dare to think how sad
Our fate might be to-nighti
The children hungry, and half clad,
Myself a ragged fright,
And every thing about the house
In disordered plight"
And IN his heart he blessed tho wife
Who had filled his life with cheer
And she thanked God for the husband true
Who made her home so dear;
And both were glad for the little cnes,
In warm beds sleeping near.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25
Votes and Queries.

I would like to inquire through the col
umns of the FARMER if any of its readers
have had any experience in fermenting
coarse food for milch cows. that is hay and
straw,-and the results. Is it as good as
stcaming, and how is it doneP j. w. S.
We have seen reports of food being fer.
mented instead Of cooked, both in this coun.
try and in England, with good results, but
have no personal knowledge on the matter.
We hope if any reader OF the FARMER can
give any light on the subject he will DO Sc.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-25


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of the Vermont State Grange. Worthy
Master Cotton, of Irasburgh, recently elect
ed for a second term of two years, is man
in stature above the medium size, not far
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Maybe.

May Is.
New YoRk.-Gold l23 Exchange IN
changed.
The Irish pilgrims to Rome sailed to-day.
Quite a crowd oheered them off.
May 16.
servoirs, three in number, fourteen miles from
Northampton, covering one hundred and TWEEN
ty-ive acres, gave way this morning about eight
o'clock. The waters sweeping through Will
Iiamsburg, Haydensvillo, Leeds and Florence,
destroying nearly every building, including
many large manufactures, and several bridges. 1t
is thought that at least sixty lives were lost, and
that the destruction of property amounts to five
million dollars.
, 1874-06-03

that the destruction Of property amounts to five
million dollars.
LONDON Bilbao bas been completely re-yic-
tuallod.-The Carlists are returning in force to
the River Neva.
Houses of prominent C%arIists have been burn
Ell by the populace, owing to the nou-arrjyal of
stores.
Coucba's command has not yet. left Bilbao.
Gen. Lopez Dominguez will probably be the
next Minister of War.
\ Madrid despatch says that Coucha's troops
from Bilbao are throwing up Qualifications.
Don Carlos aud General Elio are reported at
Durango, thirteen miles southeast of Bilbao.
London Times special from Madrid says
that Serra0o has declared that lie will not solve
the political crisis before expiration of eight
days meanwhile he will study the question.
May 10.
A proclamation has been issued by Don Car
los, announcing that he will strenuously resist
Republican forces in Biscay.
A reorganization of the Government is the
absorbing topic in Madrid. Serrano promises
to form the best Government yet seen there, as
soon as he is restored to health.
May II.
In the recent CarIi8t defeat under Don AL
lOubO GlG OdllloGS ACAb " ulCu hlAlCQ u
wounded o. h na'd.
May u.
The difficulties are nsurmountable in the
formation of a Coalition Government for Spain,
says the Madrid f." Iberia"
May IA.
MADRGD.-The new Ministers were sworn in
to office yesterday.
The governors Of several provinces and a
number of other high officials have resigned
since the change of government.
May Is.
LoNDoN.-A special despatch from Spain to
the Times reports that General Manuel de la
Concha has received orders to holds 900 troops
in readiness to march to Madrid.
At last accounts General Concha was advanc-
ing with 10000 men on the town of VaImaseda,
twenty miles southwest of Bilbao, with the in
teDtion of driving the Carlists into Navarro.
General Elio, chief OF the staff of Don Car
los, has been superseded by General Dorrogary.
The Madrid government Issued orders calling
into active service forty battalions Of reserves.
FRANCE.
PARIs-At a fire last night in the BastiIe
quarters several persons were burned to death
and about two hundred rendered homeless.
LONDoN.-The French National Assembly met
to-day. There was q message received from the
President.
May I3.
The Duke de Broglio will call up the new
Election Bill for debate in the assembly on Fri
day or Saturday. The Left and extreme Right
oppose it and will make it a test question.
PARs.-The Assembly to-day reelected NJ.
Buffet President, and all the Vice Presidents of
the late session.
May IA.
The Duke de Brcglio accepts the challenge of
the Left and the extreme Right on the Election
Bill, and will make his motion for it Immediately
as a Cabinet question. :
May Is.
In the French Assemble the Duke de Broglio
introduced his project of a law for creating a sec
ond Chamber, and read a ministerial report on
the subject.
When the Duke de Broglie concluded the
reading of the report, there were renewed protests
from the Left, amid a scene of the widest confu-
sion. The bill was read and referred to a COM
mittee of thirty. No further business could be
conducted, on account of the confusion in the
Chamber, and the Assembly was adjourned
, 1874-06-03
THE "~YIRGINIUS" CASE

LoNDoN.-Genoral BurrieI, Of Santiago do
Cuba notoriety, has written a letter to a Span
ish newspaper in defence Of hi, buteheries Of
the g Virginius' c%aptivcs. He states he sim
ply obeycd Spanish laws in relation to such
captiges, and as a military officer carried out the
laws for which he was not responsible.
, 1874-06-03

to 25s. Sd. Consols 93s. Bank of England
Disct. 4 P. c.
, 1874-06-03
TURKEY.

CoNsrANTINopLE. No abatement of famine
in Arrobitia. Reports from all sections of the
country are most doleful. Many persons have
starved to death.
, 1874-06-03
TELEGRAMS VIA HALIFAX.
From the St. TT. Times


LoNDoN.-A terrible hurricane prevailed at
Madras a few days ago, and throughout Bengal.
Many vessels have been torn from their moor
ings and driven to sea.