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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
EaOits' department.
For the vRfuoNr FARMER.
THOSE AWKWARD BOYS"
AGAIN.

In the last FARMER was lengthy sketch
on Those Awful Awkward Boys. am en-.
tirey unable to comprehend the motive of
the writer. Whether she really meant what
she said or was merely writing to see what
replies it would bring forth am wholly ig-
noraut, but | am of the opinion that many
who read it will como to the latter conclu.
sion. She says "in the average district
school for time the small pupils live in
fear Of the teacher and dare not speak loud
in her presence" notice it is for very
short time generally that they do not dare
speak and especially tchisper. If their only
awkwardness was dfidence / should have
much more hope Of them than / do now.
Again, perhaps that boys mother has a
parlor but he must not dare cross the thresh-
old least he wear out the carpet or break
that plaster-of-paris boquet on the bureau. -
| should like to know what right that boys
parent has to the title Of "mother" if this is
the manner in which she brings him up.
How affectionate she must be, how deserving
Of his esteem aud honor. But l am of the
opinion that that mother lives mostly in i'm
aginaton. If not, where is she Where is
her location? | should like to visit her.
No doubt Barnum would, for such woman
would be curiosity almost anywhere in
Vermont at least. Aud in most families
where there is piano if the boy is pos.
sessed Of any musical talnt he is allowed to
develop it.
If her awkward brother" is fool enough
to "scale the hills in search Of fresh berries
for her." after all his sisters snubbing, why
| suppose he has perfect right to. But
the idea Of the young ady's parents feeling
so much beneath her associates as to be
afraid to meet them at the tea.tabe is sim
ply ridiculous. No matter how awkward
and bashful they may have been in their
youth, by the time they have reached the
middle age they have 50 far gained conf
cence as to be able to meet youth at least
without "criDging." But with "a Farmers
Daughters" views in regard to pronunciation
heartily coincide, though believe as long
as there are yankees they will always use in-
correct language, and as it makes no "kill-
ing" difference have resolved to let things
take their usual course and sign myself re-
spectfully, one of those AWKWARD BOYS.
august 1.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

was common, but OF late years rust has made
the crop uncertain, and instead Of 40 pounds
to the bushel IL have known 45) they some-
times fall below 30. Barley is growing In
favor as much better and surer crop for
food.
is but little cultivated, so that what we got
for brown bread costs more than fine wheat
-four. Winter rye is scarcely ever raised,
and yet l fail 10 learn any valid reason why
they both (spring and winter ryc) might not
be raised 10 advantage.
The potato crop is attracting some attep.
tiOn for starch factories, but my hope is that
the results will not very generally enOOur-
age the enterprise, any more than the A
Hop Husiness,
which has never been undertaken. My
fondest hope is to see the country devoted to
stock raising, with improved breeds Of sheep
aud cattle to make the hills and valleys msre
fertile, -aRd more melodious with bleksipg
focks and lowing herds, when the many va.
ried products Of the sheep folds and dairies
will go to the consumers in the manufactur-
ing cities with the sweet freshness of our
green hills and shady woodlands.
Arosstook Railroads
that have seemed 30 desirable have nearly
vanished in speeehmakiug conventions where
land lawyers who had their axes to grind
have got them ground, and have now stop.
ped holding railroad conventions, and the
backwoods farmers have done calculating
where tho track will 60 between the town
and burn, though the cars come quite con-
venient to lIoulton, three miles in the coun.
ty. AS for the inland
Water Powers
the brooks, lakes, aud cascades should re-.
main for the fish as to be turned over to
bankrupt factory villages, though the hem
lock bark extending over part of the coun-
try will in time be used
Fish CuIture,
or restocking the rivers with salmon and
shad is now receiving attention by state pat
ronage. What the ultimate results will be
is hard to conjecture. The annual catch Of
salmon in PenobscOt River Tor bay) is now
reported by thousNnds Of the largest size,
though but few get above the extensive tim
Der mills above Bangor.
At Bucksport, in tide water, large
Matching establishment is supplied with salm.
on spawn, from whence young salmon is car
ried and put into the rivers inland, with the
hope that fishermen, and other voracious fish,
will let them grow up, 20 down to ocean,
and in due time come again to interior wa.
ters. In this arrangement slime and Sci
ence" is all IN favor Of patience and faith in
the enterprise, and as restocking the uupro-
ductivs rivers with fish is connected with
the science OF natural history, aud the hab-
its aud laws that govern the animal races, |
will only alluje to the commencing enter.
prise of the "Aroostook Society of Natural
History" A few scholars and teachers are
now at work collecting fossils, plants, aud
mammals, for the use Of all students OF ma.
ture who love the lAbOrs and deductions Of
the study Of Natures laws, to aid 10 the pro.
gress Of intelligence and development of the
country. NJ. X. KEEP.
Dalton, AroOstoOk Co., Ne.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
For the VERMONT FARMER,
NORTHERN MAINE--PROGRESS
AND PROSPECTS.

have before spoken Of the winter-killing
of our grass, and the indications of recovery
by the cold, unwonted rains Of June An
other month duly has given US quite cheer
ing signs OF plentiful year, though late in
coming. Now at the FIRST Of August, though
some have been gathering hay for week
past, we have only come to the standing rule
for commencing haying-the first ripe rasp-
berries aud the second blossom Of the herds.
grass-yet this rule is less applicable now
than usual as the grass fields recovering
from winter-killing are behind the vegeta-
tion not thus retarded.
Whether corn will get ripe or not is Of
but little account, as but little dependence is
put upon it. Tho Indiawheat, which was
nearly failure last year, is now looking the
best. On the WHOLE grain aud potatoes
look we'll, wheat aud barley especially.
For some reason
are not so much in favor as formerly. In
the first clearing of the land 100 bushels to
the acre was reached, aud an average Of so
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
Gbe 4airp.
TAlNTs IN BUTTER

1t is perfectly astonishing that so little
care is taken with the products of the dairy
among the farmers generally throughout the
country. Time and again have writers aud
agricultural experimenters demonstrated
that milk and butter particularly are suscep-
tible to foreign taints aud odors to remark.
able degree, yet the whole matter OF care in
preventing the access of Objectionable odors
is regarded with Indifference.
We have had occasion lately in visiting
farm houses in different localities, to inspect
the Accommodations for the dairy, and in
very few instances, indeed, were proper
means taken to secure ventilation and secur-
ity for the production Of a sweet and marketa-
bic butter. In several cases the milk was
set on shelves in cellars in which heaps OF
decaying roots and vegetables were lying,
and the odor which arose from them was
anything but agreeable. In one case, a tub
half filled With dirty clothes was standing
in the cellar in close proximity to the milk
shelves, aud In another cellar was Il petro.
leum or kerosene barrel which sent forth its
peculiar odor very perceptibiy. Of course
the milk absorbed these various taints with
which the air was burdsned, and the conse.
qu0nco was poor, almost unmarketable
quality OF butter was churned, when good,
sweet product might with proper care have
been secured.
Farmers often speak, sometimes snecring-
ly, of "Qilt.edged butter" meaning that
which brings the highest market prices, but
complain when perhaps third or half Of the
gilt.edge pnse is offered them for theirs
The highest price is simply the return for the
exercise Of proper care aud attention which
they in preparing their butter failed to give.
There are many more customers in town and
city who will pay almost any price for the
best quality OF butter that can be supplied,
aud there is no excuse for the production Of
an inferior quality.-liassachuSetts IIOWgh-
man.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

And it is by no means certain that even this
brief trial Of speed will be satisfactory or
enjoyable, for, II the race be not closely con-
tested, u will be tedious aud uninteresting
Again, heavy or slippery track, n sudden
shower, or the action Of the drivers or that
Of the horses, may make a race dull affair .
Aud further, race is often protracted 80
long that people are detained an hour or two
after they wish to go to their homes. One
more objection to the horse race at our fairs,
is that it attracts large numbers from the
worst classes of society, and rather tends to
keep many good people away from the farm
ers festivals
Daring the last state fair sat, one after.
noon, with two thousand people, on the grand
stand. Before me, on the opposite side of
tho course, were a hundred carriages, and
large crowd, chiefly composed OF sporting
men. To the right and the left, along the
railing Of the track, were two or three thou
sand more. Ali OF these people we're watch.
ing the races Many of them had been sit
ting or standing about for two hours. Some
Of them gazed listlcssly about, others won
dered it the races would ever be ended, and
hundreds looked wearied and disguised with
things generally, and ra,ing in particular.
A few we're apparently interested in what
they saw, but where one person enjoyed the
trotting, hundred we're bored, and longed
for something elsc-they hardly knew or
cared WHAT
Beside me on the grand stand two ladies
sat. After an unusually long period Of
waiting, one of these ladies exclaimed :"
wonder if those horses are eyer going to
start Then she held her fan up before her
face asd closed her eyes. Her companion
made spritless reply to the exclamation,
and then added do wish the band would
play" In a moment, as if to crafty the
lady, the band did play,-played quick.
step. Instantly, dropping heads were raised,
the souls came back into dull eyes, listless
faces were lighted up with animation, aud
hearts and hands and feet beat time to the
music. And all about the grounds, wherev.
er could see, were lively, bustling througs
Of people surging toward the band stand
Seeing the sudden and remarkable trans
formation which the music had effected in
the crowds Of people, l could not but think
that it would be well to substitute for the
races concert By first class band. Such
a concert would attract only the best classes
Of society. The people would not be de-
tanned by it an hour or two after they want
ell to 60 home. There would be no uncer.
tainty in regard to their enjoyment, for
neither set Of jockeys, nor bad track,
nor the rain, could interfere with it.. There
would be no betting nor pool selling to lead
young men astray, aud they, as we'll as all
others, would be subject not to the degrad-
ing influences of the horse trot. but to the
pure refining influence Of music.
To those, if such there be, who may be
disposed to accord this article more than
passing thought, l wish to say Do not,
while considering it, let an Unborn conserva.
tism, and the lack of precedents, overweight
dictates of common sense. PAUL.
Rutland, august |.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
FILTRATION.

We fingered out the season,
Far into the cooler days,
And the votaries Of fashion
All had aOwn their different ways.
We had wandered down the sea beach,
With the moonlight o'er US straying
Listened to the night winds Whisper
Wondered what the waves were saying.
And again we stood together
Near the oceans ebh and flowing,
While the bushes Of the sunset
On tho waves were redly glowing.
" Dearest" said she, hestating,
"Ah too long we both have tarried
Tomorrow we must part forever;
For, my darling, am married :"
"Marriod - l exclaimed, upstarting,
Married !" murmured with a aghi
"Then indeed is this a parting,
For-my darling-so am :"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
Stock 8aising.
MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.

A sheep likes freedom and pure air.
Hence you will find it on uplOnds rather
than in the valleys 1t al1q seeks dry
places, aud suffers from great heat. These are
principles that should always be kept in
view. There are others, A sheep loves as
sociation, both Of place and kind. 1t will
therefore herd, aud will even bear a moder-
ate crowding at times; only give it air and
a dry, comfortable place, never coOpiug It up
in confined air, which will soon be made foul
by it. If you conform to these principles
you need but give it sufficient wholesome
food to meet with success, There is some
difference in breeds with respect to treat
ment, etc., but not so much as many suppose.
A sheep will feed upon a great variety OF
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
For the VERMONT FARMER
THE WAR OF THE PATRONS.

ny NRs. A. ". JACkMAN.
The reign Of slavery is O'er,
The slave is disenthralled
For lie who marks the bonds Of guilt,
Has bid the shackles fall.
Yet still a war is In the land,
Though slavery Is no more;
Monopoly Is having war,
As earnest, without gore.
That peace again may he restored
On farmers vantage ground,
A band of Patrons has been formed
To put King Avarlcc down.
The Grange into existence sprang
Some seven years ago
\ noble work has been begun,
Bpt much there is to do
To carry ON triumphantly
The work that has begun,
Well battle only for the right,
And weapons-we need none.
WO finally shall conquer,
We shall victorious be:
Our liberties cannot be hound,
As people soon will sec.
Farmers have ever beOn class,
(The lowest class in sch0ol,)
Who to the merchant must succumb--
There was no other rule.
They must c0ntented be to toll
From early spring till fall.
And whom the profit they would ind,
The trader had it all.
Many have thought that on the farm
Mind was Of little worth
Muscle we need, to swing the scy the,
And pillow, and dig the earth.
II has been said to farm it well
A fool OF Webster's size
Was equally desirable
As one more learned and wise.
Muscle was more to be esteemed
In laborers than mind,
But he that would successful 10
Must have them both combined.
five contrast farm work to-day
With twenty years ago,
We lind Improvement has been made,
As many farms now show.
Already arc approaching signs
OF the millennium
The bow Of promise is in view,
A better tino Is 10 come.
May heaven grant that We may meet,
When freed from earthly care,
Around our Fathers mercy seat,
And heavens rogalia wear.
July 1.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

A party from Littleton, N. H., have
formed a company known as the Presque
Isle Starch Company, having capital Of
$50 900, aud have contracted for the prod
uct Of 2000 acres for five years, in Aroos-
took County, Maine, and have arranged
buildings aud works for capacity OF two
hundred aud fifty tons Of starch year
This company is the largest manufacturer Of
starch in northern New Hampshire, and,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

more enhancing prospect than at present
afforded to the admirer Of nature and the
cultivator Of crops. l.. @. NJ.
CodticoOk, p. O., June, 1874.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

with their long experience, IL is expected
that this new enterprise in eastern Maine
will open an avenue for potato raising for
which the soil Is so we'll adapted.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14

Roses may smell as sweet If called by
another name, but counterfeit article is
not as good as the genuine. BE sure that
you get GENUINE Blanchard Churn. They
are made only by Porter Blanchard's Sons,
Concord, N. II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14
TO KILL HAWKS.

Seeing inquiries in the Farmer in regard
to keeping hawks away reminds me that
eau tell how to kill them. Get small
steel-trap,-if it has spring that can be
turned under the jaw out Of the way when
set so much the better,-a pole twenty feet
long, and bit Of board just large enough
on which to set the trap. Now bore in the
center Of the board a hole just large enough
to fit the smaller end of the pole, and some
smaller ones around the edges. Tie the
board firmly by means of a string and the
smaller holes to the bottom Of the trap, and
the end of the trap-chain to the pole. All
is now ready, set the trap; adjust to the end
of the poe elevate the pole in the open
field, and tic to stake or other convenient
object to keep the pole erect. Smaller birds
are not apt to alight on 50 high a stand. l
once caught seven hawks in one trap in four
weeks, and only one other bird that an
owl.-COr. Maine Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-14


The Prairie Farmer pOkes fun at the
Chicago dailes which talk agriculture, aud
from the extracts it gives would seem to
have very good reason to do SO. 1t says !;
The Chicago Inter Ocean recently published
the following question and answer in its
agricultural department:
UNION, BRANCH Co., MICH.,l
june 10, 1874,
/ would like to inquire, through the col
umns of the Inter- Ocean; |. From what
kind Of stone land-plaster is manufactured. !.
.. Whore is it foundP 3. Where is it manu-
facturedg Yours,
j. p. MCDANIELs.
REPLY-Land-plaster, or guano, is the
production of number Of rocky islands in
the South Sea. A species Of plaster is also
found in various parts Of this country, es-
pecally in South Carolina aud Georgia.
The latter, however, is deposit of bone
phOsphates, being the remains Of fish and
marine ANIMALS Of various kinds, while the
former is composed largely of the deposits Of
birds, extending through ages. A substance
composed largely of the Ingredients of Pc
ruyian guanO is obtained from the nitrate of
lime taken from the caves Of Kentucky and
Tennessee,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
GERM AN

$50 .'''.'.'..... -...s.... ......,.....,....
DIR. BEALE'S
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
How Grant Earns His Extra Pay.


The following exhibit taken from the
files of the court journals, shows pretty
clearly the absences of the President and
the members of his Cabenet during this
season: Congress adjourned on the 23d of
June. Immediately after the President
went to West Virginia on a pleasure trip
He returned to Washington, renamed a
day or two and on July ) left for Long
Branch, from whence he made excursions
to Saratoga, Atlantic City, Newport, Mar,
tha's Vineyard and other watering places
He was not seen again in Washington till
the 18th of September, when he came on
to give a dinner at the White house. His
intention was to return at once to Long
Branch, but in the mean time the uprising
against Kellogg took place in Louisiana.
This induced the President to consent to
stay here long enough to put Kellogg back
in power over the heads of the people he
had for so long robbed and oppressed
This being accomplished the advancing
season had caused Long Branch to be de-
serted. The President therefore solaced
himself for his two weeks enforced stay in
Washington by paying three days visit
to New York, returning here once more
on the 30th of September in order to be
present at the Sherman Fitch wedding,
which came off the next day After
three days sojourn the President again
wearied of his capital city, and started on
Western tour, taking in the wild Indians
in the trip. 1t is said at the White
House that he will be back by the 2Sth
Thus in the space of four months the
President has spent about twenty-thrce
days in the aggregate at the headquarters
OF the Government, and in this time he
has received from the treasury of the
United States $l6,666, or over 500 for
every day at the place of his official duty.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
OH Daily Arens,
Farmers Take Notice.

The wonder has always been that he could have
acquired 30 little during ~ long time, ana his
course and manner of life since his school and col
iege years have evidence that he has neither the
tastes nor requirements attaching to al "educatcd
k9doh.
His course and manner of life since his
school and college years have been evil
dence that he has neither the tastes nor
the requirements of an educated gentle
man. All, indeed He is nothing but a
farmer, is he? How preposterous to
claim that he could be an educated gen
tleman, when he is nothing but a elod-hop.
per of a farmer.
Farmers Of Bureau county,you will now
know where you belong you have had
your social statues defined and enunciated
by the Republican. You will immediate,
ly, now, hencetorth and forever, cease
claiming to be a gentleman, and especial
ly an educated gentleman" for, accord
ing to the Republican, you choice of occu-
patton has shown that you have not the
tastes nor the requirements attaching
to an educated gentleman.
If you would show the tastes and ac-
quirements attaching to an educated gen.
tleman" you must hang out your single
as a lawyer, no matter II your pretentlons
are great and your requirements small +; no
matter if your medger modicum of brains
you to take rank as a third rate
pettifogger; no matter if you do acquire
a reputation Of being peculiarly unsuccess-
full in your law cases; no matter if this rep
utation grows upon you with your years
until you sit idly in your office, two, thirds
of your time, without a client no matter
if your. desire to obtain Office, so as to keep
the wolf from your door impels you to
change your politics as often as you
change your garments nevertheless, ac-
cording to the Republicans you have shown
the tastes and requirements attaching to
an educated gentleman" But i you
plant corn, hoe potatoes, and raise hogs
and cattle ever so successfully, you do not
show the tastes and requirements of an
educated gentleman and, therefore, eide
the Republican,, you cannot be one
Princeton Tribune
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
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The wonder has always been that he could have
acquired 20 little during ~ long a time, and his
course and manner of life since his school and col
iege Years have evidence that he has neither the
gentleman. - bureau sC0atty Republican on G,t
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-23
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