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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
Stock 8aistng.
HOW TO FATTEN CATTLE.

The following communication from r. A.
Steele, prominent stock raiser of Kansas to
the Drovers' Journal, is full of good sense
and il stock raisers will follow it, the quality
of cattle sent to market will be rapidly
changed:
The price Of cattle fattened for market
depends on the symmetry Of the animal as
we'll as the fat, "style" as shippers term it.
! want here to state that good blood is i'm
portant, but not absolutely necessary, to
make what is termed a good seller In order
to fatten steer to bring the highest market
price, he must be kept in a growing condi-
tion from calf, and in no case allowed to
go hungry 1t is the starving the first and
second winters which willis and shrvels up
steer, that causes him to he sold at a reduced
price. No amount of feeding will make him
a irst-cass seller. no difference what his
color or blood An animal well fed II care
not what the blood-Texas or not) from
calf until the spring he is three years old,
will be smooth, with bones we'll covered, and
will sell at profit; while half-starved an-
imal becomes crooked in the back, bone pro-
jecting, and shriveled up, takes the best part
Of the summer to get in condition to live,
aud will not he in condition for market until
he is four years old, and then will bring a
price which is unsatisfactory to the produc.
er, and to every one that handles him. This
is no theory, but fact deduced from close
observation, as | have tested the plan for
several years.
1t will and does pay to feed corn to calves
and to yearlings. They start out on grass
in the spring, strong aud vigorous. You are
then able to market your cattle the spring
they are three years old, weighing l400
pounds, which is heavy enough to bring the
first price The best steer | sold in 1872 was
a common native He had all he could eat
from calf, and was never hungry. He was
a handsome animal, and was worth more
per pound than anything shipped in 1872.
He weighed in Chicago 1850 pounds, aged
three years. now have a steer calf eleven
months o.d, from very ordinary COW. The
calf MAY Ply weighed 660 pounds. think
it will weigh, when three years old, 1900
pounds. | do not wish it understood that
am not in favor of improving the blood as
well as feed
| shipped two Texas steers last spring
which we're three years old They were
smooth and nice, and sold them with lot
of Durhams four years old, at the same
price, and they were worth as much per
pound, and weighed better according to age
They were raised and fed by different parties.
Mammoth, overgrown steers have had
their day. and We now come down to the
neat, compact, well-fattened animal, both in
hogs and cattle. To accomplish this in cat
tie, good feeding from u calf is necessary.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

two weeks The young plants should be pot
ted of into three-inch pots as soon as they
are three or four inches high. Once year
the bulbs should be allowed to dry of and
rest. They will start into growth again in
about six weeks. The vine does not require
the full sun, but will grow we'll in a par.
TALLY shaded situation. 1t can I've trained
on small thread across the window or
around pictures. 1t is climbing vine, and
will attach itself to a string in just about the
right condition to use for wreaths, &C., or
when required for lighter work the branch
es which become entaugled eau he sepura.
ted
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
Gbe 9airp.
ABOUT CHURNS AGAIN.
HORTENsIUs.

In answer to II. g. or "Seeker after
Light" as to the best churn, would say
that being in the dairy business, and having
used several kinds, the best we ever used is
the Blanchard. 1t leaves the grain of the
butter by far the best of any, and will make
more pounds Of butter from the same cream.
9. A. H.
Huntington Center, March 4.
TThe above note, and the one published
last week are the only answers we have yet
received to II. C.'s inquiry. We think,
ourself, that in large dairy the barrel
churn has merits that make it worthy of
adoption. Will not Mr. Douglas give our
readers little description of what he has
found to be its advantages? Ed. FARMER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

good proportion of redtop. The practice Of
equally skilful and experienced farmers diff
fers greatly as to the proportions to be OBJ
served 10 making up a mixture for seeding
down, and also as to the quantity per acre,
rendering it difficult to give tables for SOW
ing. Mr.. Flint states that Of two hundred
New England farmers who were consulted
by letter on the subject, no two recommend
ed the same proportions for mixture, and not
one reported the use of more than two spe-
cies Of grass, mixed with one or sometimes
two species of clover. Redtop, timothy, and
red clover were the prevailing ingredients,
and in the majority of cases, the only in
gradients, in varying proportions and guam
titles. The writer just named suggests
among others, the following mixture for
permanent pastures
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
OUR DAIRY PREMIUM.

Cummings q. Hoskins Please accept
my hearty thanks for the Blanchard churn
which | received from you two weeks ago !;
premium for five new subscribers to the
VERMONT FARMER. 1t is very nice churn,
and cannot fail to please any one who may
receive it, No publisher has offered more
valuable premium for so small number of
subscribers aud think better paper for
practical farmer is not published IN New
England than yours. May it long. .contin-
ue its weekly visits to the farmers of our
land. Respectfully yours, VIII. SANBoRN.
Rochester, N. H., March 2, 1874.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

distinct from the Holanders. They are rec
ognized all over Germany, classed as distinct
at agricultural fairs, and to mix them up 10
this promiscuous jumble would excite the
laughter Of every intelligent cattle man in
Europe.
The error into which Mr.. Chenery has
fallen is too palpable, and is only regard
for truth that leads me to call attention to it
that it may not mlslead any one who does
not know the facts Of the case. The yields
to which Mr. Chenery refers have been given
by the best Dutch COWS, but we never knew
anthing like them by Holstein.-Dutch-
man. in Maine Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
CULTIVATION OF sMILAx.

Mr., j Wick, than whom there is no better
authority as florist, gives the following d.
rections for the household culture Of this
plant, now so much used in floral decOra-
tions, for twining in the hair, and for trim
ming party dresses "With q little care 1t
can be grown successfully as house plant
The seeds should be sown 10 box or in pots
in the house, and should be kept moist till
the young plants appear. The seed being
rather slow to germinate, you must not think
it bad if it does not make ITS appearance in
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
MANURING WITH BRUSH.

Mr. j. Clark gives in the Germantown
Telegraph the following experiment of plow-
ing under brush as manure, which illus
trates a point worthy of attention. The
loosening and eration of the soil, especially if
heavy, is not sufficiently cared for. The
best crop of oats 80 bushels to the acre)
we ever raised, was obtained by blowing un.
der all the straw the pillow would cover.
This was good, sound straw, and could not
have decayed early enough to produce such
IA result as fertilizer. Ii was simply the
effect Of leaving an air space eight inches
down in stiff, clay loan. Mr.. Clark says
My idea was that one great cause why We
could not get as good crops from old fields
as when they were first cultivated, was ow-
ing IN great part to the density of the soil.
| had observed that the first eight or ten
years after clearing of the forest the land
would give good crops with very little care
in blowing; the reason for this argued was
the decaying Of the innumerabIe rootlets of
the trees cut down. In order TO test this
theory cut about two tons Of water-brush,
hardhack aud other small bushes, aud let
them lie 10 pile exposed to the weather
one year and then applied them to half
acre of land, and applied baru-yard manure
to another half acre adjoining. The result
proved the manure to be little the best the
first year, which was corn. SOwed grass
seed in the fall after harvesting the corn.
The manured piece did pretty well for about
five years, the brush piece did we'll for about
ten years. proving the theory to be correct.
| usa1 tUo cords of tho tnonura M a ho Ionoa
for the two tons of bushes; the plowing was
six or eight inches deep, have repeated
the experiment since with the same result
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
DUTCH OR HoLsTEIN.

The Vermont State Agricultural Society
has for several years offered two herd prizes,
amounting to S75, and lour individual prizes,
amounting to S62, for Dutch cattle, with
rule requiring herd book pedigree. At the
fair at Rutland last September, the name
was changed by request to Holstein. In
view of the limited number Of these cattle in
the state, and the fact that one Of the two
herds is excluded from competition by the
existing rules, the directors have voted to
return to the name Dutch, and to rescind
the vote requiring herd book pedigree, and
to offer no herd prizes in this class.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20
Correspondence.
For the VERNoNT FARMER.
ANTIQUITIES OF MAINE.
The NOrthmsn.


1t is yet an interesting question not fully
settled whether the Mortimer left any relia-
BILE traces Of their early visits to this conti-
nent on the coasts Of Maine. The facts do
not seem to be yet fully developed and an
alyzed to be settled beyond dispute. Wheth-
er they did or did not, some mysterious rel
les of antiquity are occasionally found that
can not be attributed to the Indians, but
whether to the Mortimer, or the early JeS-
uit missionaries, or still more remote an
tique race than either, it is hard to deter
mine. In giving what few facts l am at
tempting to give, gathered from personal OBJ
servation and reliable report, may perhaps
suggest inquiries which better antiquarians
can solve, The first class of facts to notice
is
Ths French Relies.
In connection with the Jesuit mission the
French had considerable trade and famil.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

The farming Of England is the best in the
world. The farms are usually large, and
the farmers men of intelligence and Of large
capital. More attention is paid there than
anywhere else to the making of manure !;
grain is largely grown and the system of
regular rotation OF crops, to maintain the
fertility Of the soil, is almost universal.
Over large part of the country the cash
profit Of farming is secured by the sale Of
grain, but the fertility of the land, the abil-
ity to produce grain, is kept up by the feed
iug of heavy stock of cattle or sheep,
which are kept mainly for the sake OF the
manure they make, aud which are largely
fed on purchased food-in great part oil
cake aud Indian corn imported from Amer
ica
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

The directors of the Vermont State Ag-
ricutural Society voted at Brattleboro that
q herd of cattle shall consist of one bull not
less than one-year.old, two cows, two two.
year-old heIfers, two yearlDg heifers and
two calves. Of either sex.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

An English agricultural paper says that
eggs intended for setting should be stored
with the large end down, because the air
bubble does not spread so much as when the
small end is down-this spreading of the
air bubble being known to affect the fresh
ness and vitality of the egg. Eggs stored
with the large end down will keep good
for Matching more than month, while the
others cannot be depended on after two
weeks.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

A Custom House officer in San Francisco
having casually mentioned that there was
IA case of small pox next door TO him, was
promptly given six weeks vacation, to his
great satisfaction.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-20

In connection with the Jesuit mission the
French had q considerable trade and famil.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
THE OHIO LlQCOR LAW.

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
just rendered very important decision
on law of that State similar to what
is known as the Ohio Liqnor Law. The
action was brought by widow for the.
recovery Of damages occasioned by the
death of her husband. 1t was proved
upon the trial that her husband got a
drink of whisky at the saloon of the de-
fendant on the afternoon before his
death, that he was seen going into the
saloon of the defendant as we'll as into
others, and that he became intoxicated.
The next morning he was found on the
railroad track where he had been
crushed by apassing train. The jury
in the court below had found a verdict
of $4,000 against the saloon keeper. The
Supreme Court held that the above tes-
timony was sufficient to warrant the
jury in finding the cause of death to be
intoxication produced Gin whole or in
part" by the liquor sold to him by the
defendant, and that it was no defense to
show that others sold liquor to the de.
ceased which might have contributed
to his fatal intoxication.
This is very stringent decision be-
cause.-it does not appear that the defen-
dant sold the man any liquor after the
man was intoxicated, or that the man
was not perfectly sober when the man
sold him the liquor. The real fault of
making him drunk may belong to 9th.
ers. However, we are glad the court
has decided according to law and sus-
tanned the law. This habit that some
courts have got into of over-ruling the
law to suit their own peculiar notions
should be stopped at once. If the law
is not good enough let the legislature re-
peal it or modify it as the case may be,
but while it is in force let the courts
sustain it. 1t is none of their business
to make or unnake the laws.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

IT has often been = question before
the courts whether man has a prop
erty in his own name, independent of
its use as trade mark. The English
and American courts we believe. have
generally decided that he has not, but
the French courts hold the other way.
This principle was confirmed in recent
French case in reference to Liebig's
well.known invention of extracting the
essence of meat. Before his death
Liebig made present of his invention
to the world, and granted the exclusive
use'of his name to one firm. The court
held that he had such property in his
own name IS to be able to grant it's OK.
elusive use to one firm, and that nobody
slsehsaa right to2use Il althaughany.
body has =. right to use the inventions
This seems to us to be the correct rule.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
Hailste,,es the size of Oranges.

One of the most extraordinary phe-
nomena ever witnessed in this country
took place on the Fourth of July in
Bergen, county, New Jersey. About
6:l5 P. NJ, in the village of Westwood,
during the celebration of the day, sud-
den darkness came over the village, and,
before the alarmed inhabitants could
seek shelter, violent storm Of hail
stones descended upon the heads Of the
crowd. Hailstones two inches and halt
inches in diameter, and as hard and
heavy as cobblestones, came down in a
furious shower. Hens and chickens
were killed in large numbers COWS and
horses were stunned. The frightened
populace ran in every direction, seeking
shelter in sheds, beneath trees, and in
every available spot. Fortunately the
majority escaped without injury.
A young lady named Miss Bo.
CART was, however, struck on the hand
BY one of the hailstones and her wrist
and arm frightfully lacerated. At the
Ridgewood House, in the village, an
enormous amount of damage Was done.
Not q single pane Of glass Was left whole
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

in the building, and, incredible as it.
may appear, the hailstones actually
broke through the slate roof, as if they
had been cannon balls. The storm COW
cred an area Of about twenty-five miles,
stretching fir om Spring Valley to Kinder
kaimack. The storm prevailed at tho
utmost at the stations Of Pascack and
Ridgewood, which are on the Hacken-
sack branch of the Erie railroad, and
the depots were completely riddled, as
though battle had been fought in it's
neighborhood. As late as six o'clock
yesterday morning hailstones were
picked up at the station, the size of
walnuts. Through the section of coun-
try where the storm ragged, perfect
scene Of desolation can be witnessed.
Every tree is stripped of it's fruit, grain
fields Of rye and corn laid low, and the
hope of hay this fall is gone. The SEN
sation created in this vicinity was, as
might be imagined, tremendous. In one
sewing machine factory, just above
Ridgewood, over 1000 panes of glass
were broken and the slate roof damaged.
The shower continued for just thirty
minutes, and in this short space of time,
damage to the amount of many thou
sand Of dollars was done. The hail
stones on an average were the size Of
turkey eggs, and of every conceivable
shape, with sharp corners and edges that
cut like knives. During the continua-
ton of the shower, the thunder and
lightning was incessant, and with the
screaming Of men, women and children,
and the shrieks Of the afrighted cattle,
the scene was one truly awful.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

stay away from the meetings because
you think there will be but few there !;
for if all were to follow that plan the
attendance would continue to grow
smaller, until the order would die a
natural death. What excuse can the
majority of the United States give if
they allow the minority to rule them |?
If the farmers allow their opponents to
cut their throats, so to speak, what
reason can they have to complain !?
Let our motto be, Equal Rights to
AL" Stand by and work for that
end. Fraternally, r. 7, T.
Spring Creek, Minn., July II, 1874.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
HOMER, MIMI, July 2l%, 1874.

HOMER, M1NN., July 2lst, 1874.
Editor Advance:
The first winter wheat in this section
was cut on the 18th inst, and looks
we'll. Spring wheat harvest will com.
mence with few this week, and con-
sidering the late spring we had this
year makes it quite early; and will
probably average twenty bushels per
acre or the same as last year.
Corn looks much better than the
crop Of 1873 and about one-third more
planted. Oats could not be better.
Potatoes are doing we'll, with exception
of those pests, the bugs. But perse-
verance and Paris-green brings them to
time, and more acres planted than last
year. Other crops are all doing their
best.
The call from our State Master in
last weeks Aduancs, to the subordin-
ate Oranges, should be needed and at
tended to Immediately. But we can
not but wonder why our National
Grange does not take some action and
appropriate some of it's idle funds which
would relieve the suffering at once,
while among our subordinate Oranges
and the poorer class of farmers Cash
is and will be scarce article until after
threshing time.
The warm weather and nearness of
harvest makes the attendance at our
Oranges quite slim.
In your last issue we were glad to see
a short article in reference to our State
Fair, and hope to receive more infor-
nation in regard to the same
from the columns Of the ADVANCE, for
this is matter in which the Patrons of
our State should take deep interest.
Why, Mr.. Editor, would it not be fit
time and good place to hold our next
State Grange, and would it not be ad-
visable and profitable to the Society to
offer some inducements to subordinate
oranges attending in a body. The
State and county agricultural societies
should be one Of the main works of the
Patrons, and I would suggest that it be
talked Of in our oranges and through
the GRANGE ADVANCE.
The Fourth has come and gone; it
was hot and dusty, but everybody in
this part of the country enjoyed it as
best they knew how in the shape of
Grange picnics, the largest being held
at the town of Centreville, Winona
county, with large attendance.
NORTHWEST.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
; News ,Ab4ue Does.'

Mr.. Pettigrew, one Of the most suc-
cessful Of English bee-keepers, has made
public results of recent observations,
some of which are new to us, and tend,
If possible, to increase our respect for
these wonderful little insects. The
king, or queen, or,mother, IS he, she, or
it, is variously called, is hatched from
the egg in fourteen, days, whereas it
takes twenty-one. days to hatch a
'.worker," 9. " and twenty-four to hatch a
drone. Moreover, the queen lives four
years, while the workers. maximum
lease Of life is only nine months. 9" The
bees have the power, or knack, Of select:
ing their queens before they are born.
That is to say, they will select an egg
from the common stock, that has ne
ssear mark perceptible to human eyes.
This they place in. a royal cell, and feed
the grub with milky gelatinous sub:
stance, known as "royal jelly.'' The
result is that q queen is developed. A
healthy queen will often lay two thou
sand eggs day during the heat of sum-
mer, and may, in the course of her life,
deposit Is many IS eight hundred thou.
sand eggs. It has been ascertained, by
observation, that the fructifying of many
flowers is due to the constant passing
and repassing of bees, whereby the mol.
len is mingled. And many careful gar
deners have found it impossible to keep
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

SoNE people seem to think that the
Darwinian theory, that men have de-
scended from monkeys is very horrid
doctrine. Man is so much higher and
greater and nobler than the monkey
that there never could have been
more intimate relationship between
them than at present. We don't pro-
pose to enter into this controversy any
further than to say that there was one
little bit of a monkey in Red Wing the
other day that supports two great big
strapping fellows, and from the way he
took in the dimes we should judge he
gives them a mighty good living too.
Which is the nobler, the two great lazy
louts. or the little monkey that does the
work?
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

Tay GRANGE ADVANCE is furnished il clubs
Of ten for $3.50 per year, and will be furnished
for the next thirty days to single subrcribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or moro
for four months at 81 cents each on trial. We
want i've thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, end can have them il every one Of
our friends Will 60 to work in earnest.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

GEORGE H. BROWN was recently elect
ed Chief Justice of Rhode Island and
respectfully declined that position. No
relation to Mark H. Dunnell.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

The Western Advance says that Ma
jor Bell, register of deeds, recorded an
instrument the other day, in which one
of the sentences contained 400 words.
We see now where the comet got it's
fail
The Grange advance., 1874-07-29

For a young woman to begin to pick
lint off young mans coat collar is
said to be the first symptom that the
young man is in peril.