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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
gaOirs' department.
For the VERMONT FARMER
THE HOMES OF THE FARMERS.


To three thousand homes the VERMONT
FARMER makes its weekly visits. Homes of
the middle classes homes, perhaps, of those
so atiluent and aristocratic as not to supervise
the work of their own homes and few so
mendicant as not to be able to own few
acres of land which, if rightly cultivated,
yield profitable reward. In these homes
Vermont homes-could we, with the FARM
ER, visit them one by one, we should find
each family identified with personal ndivid-
uality and invested with original tastes and
ideas; each family also differs from others
in age or numbers, and each differs from
others more or less in amount of property,
and in amount Of work to be done. These
differences create evolutions and involutons,
which identifies each household from any
other. Yet in every one Of these families
there is the same routine of principal work.
With each it is washing, ironing and baking;
with each it is clearing away things, making
beds and mopping; it is skmming milk,
preparing meals, and mending. Such as this
is the penipotentaries' track of housework
aud every housewife goes on the train.
Where there are invalid members in
family, or where great amount of work is
to be done, although more help is usually
employed, yet redundancies arc often made in
the nOn-essentials of housekeeping, but the
routine of main work is inaexibe and the
same in one family as another, as to general
kind. Exceptions to this general sway are
like the nonparei remarks in grammar, and
are the exceptions, whenever they come into
action. They apply to acute sickness, acci-
dents and unexpected emergencies, No
family is exempt. Yet they occur not as a
constant barrier, thing in general, but as
events that are intermittent, and detached
from the usual everyday flow of lilc
AT the present era, feeding pigs and rak-
ing hay is not in the category Of womans
common work. 1t is only very exception
ally that woman does the swine.feedng
when the male members of the family are at
home. As for raking hay; if shower was
Fastening, and | had plenty of time and
strength, would don the short Gabrielle
dress and small Turkish pants-the only
dress suitable for hay making, and which l
always keep on hand for the healthy and
pleasurable work in the garden-and trip to
the hay field But should not consider it
my duty to go dressed in this costume DUR
ing the hay season, even though some of the
hay occasionally got wet by my apparel not
being on mlnutocall for the hay field nei-
ther should expect the men to come into
the house with rolled sleeves, and apron
donned in readiness to assist me whenever
waiting in an hour Of heavy rain. As
general thing it is wholly unnecessary for
womans dress to be modified for out door
work. N. l.. d,
East CharlestOa, VI.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
Stock RaisiMa.
SHOULD HORSES WEAR BLIND
ERS

A writer in the Webster Times says
these sensible things Ave never could
see what vice or deiormity lay in IL horses
eye, that should make it necessary to cover
it up, aud shut out its owner from at least
two-thirds of his rightful vision. The
poets say that old age looks backward but
we never heard such an idiosyncrasy charg-
ed upon the horse. The theory that horse
is less apt to be frightened when shut out
from everything behind him, we suspect to
be a fallacy, else sadde-horses and war
horses would be duly blinded, Every horse
is as familiar with his own carriage as with
his own tail, and, as far as his personal fo.-
titude is concerned is no more disturbed at
being pursued by one than by the other. As
for other scare-orows that come up behind,
they are mostly so familiar to the animal,
that, tho more fully the horse can perceive
them, the more quietly does he submit to
their approach. Then it is such pity to
cover up one of the most brilliant features
of this most brilliant creature. The horse
has borne such hand in the civilization of
this rough.and-tumble world that it seems
not so much a cruelty as discourtesy, as
well as a disgrace, to hide his form with
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
Correspondence.
For the VERMONT FARNE
AFTERMATH.

In the FARMER for August II, | notice
short article with the above caption. |
have no doubt that the authors conclusions
are correct. Reason, experience, and OBJ
servation, all teach us that It is better for the
grass and better for the land, to NOV it only
once n year and to wholly abstain from feed
ing il afterwards. At the same time, MS
many of our farmers are situated. il seems
best To cut the second crop. With those
who keep sheep ii is almost necessity. In
my own experience have never found any
thing equal to rowen for feeding sheep and
lambs. Neither roots, nor meal nor the
best quality of first crop hay can fully take
| its place. Therefore I make il u point TO
NOW rowen enough 10 keep my sheep from
the timu they are shut up in the fall until
they are turned out in the spring. And
keep the flock in good condition and have
splendid lambs. While I consider il dis
advantage to the land. | think on the whole
it pays me great deal better TO cut the row.
en- than to leave 1t.
But in growing this crop there are certain
points winch must not he overlooked.
will briefly specify them. /, the best grass
land on the farm should be chosen for this
purpose; ,, the first crop must be moved
carly; 3, the rowen should be cut by the
middle of September; 1, il must be careful
ly tended aud Thoroughly d,1cd 8. if it can
be avoided the land should not he fed after
the second crop is taken OF; 6, the land
must bc kept rcry rich. 1t is good plan to
top dress heavily every fall with compost
and the next spring sow on five or ten bar
rels of ashes per acre. Tue compost should
be finely pulvcrizcd, either in the fall or
very early the next season, so tlSt the spring
rains can wash tho fertilizing materials
around the roots of the grass. Or, if il is
prepared, green stable manure may be put
ON in the spring, if it is done early enough,
and made fine enough, aud II good coating
of plaster sown as soon rs the manure is
spread. Either method will produce good
results.
1t is not profitable to run over u whole
farm to get little roven. It pays much
better to have field proportional to the
size of tho farm and the quantity of rowcn
wanted, fitted and kept for this purpose.
While have used this crop almost wholly
for sheep | have no doubt that it pays to
grow it for cows which give milk in the win
ter or early spring, and that almost every
farmer would find it for his interest to give
more attention TO its production than he has
thus far done. MASSACHUSETTS FARMER.
AnihcrSt, ldSS.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
SPARROW >.


Little birds sit on the telegraph wres
And chatter and nttor, and fold their wings
Maybe they think that for them and their sires
Stretched always purpose those wonderful strings
And perhaps the thought that the world inspires,
Dtd plan for the birds, among other things.
Little birds sit ON the slender lines,
And the news Of the world runs under their feot
How value rises and how declines,
How kings with their armies in battle meet
And all the while mid the soundess signs,
They chirp their small gossipinss. foolish, sweet.
Little things light on the lines of our lives
Hopes, and joys, and acts of to-day,
And we think that for those the Lord contrives,
Nor catch what the hidden lghtnings say,
Yet from end to end His meaning arrives,
And Ills word runs underneath all tho way.
Is life only wires and lightnngs then,
Apart from that which about it clings!
Are the thoughts, and the works and the prayers Of
men
Only sparrows, that light on Gods telegraph strings,
Holding moment, and gone again
Nay, lie planned for the birds, with the larger
things.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
PeH-Sp0tierS.

How TO raise dinncr-GO TO sea.
Polite-"Please sir, if you'll get Off my
corn long enough, I'll kick you"
Lots wife wouldn't have looked back. but
II woman with new dress passed her and
she wanted to see it the back breadth was
rullled.
A Kentucky paper speaks of man who
had narrow escape from sunslroke, he
having stood only two feet from man who
was struck.
Female conyicts are made to blast and
pound rocks in st. Louis. The rights of
women are being gradually recognized
everywhere.
A Connecticut editor announces that he
has bought $500 dog, and can now meet
the most irascibe caller with smile of
calm content.
When an old citizen of Detroit goes
through II runaway unharmed, the Free
Press Tollcitates him on his escape from
"irescoeing the wheels of II passing express
wagon with his brains"
The Salem Free Press Office was recently
g,tiied by II mob. The type was scattered
about the streets Too much personalisIn
was tho cause. We shouldn't wonder If the
Free Press found the affair rs profitable as
did the other parties. There are other ways
of securing fair usage from the press quito as
effective MS mobs.
A Jealous but ignorant negro preacher in
eNpounding to his flock rs To the astounding
nature of miracles, got trihe confused in
the matter. lie said, MY beloved friends,
the greatest of all miracles was bout the
loavcs and lishes--dere was 5000 loaves and
1000 fishes, and dc twelve postes had to
eat dem all, and dc miracle is, doy didn't
bust.n
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
A FEW WORDS CONCERNING
MILKING SHEDS.

\ lady correspondent Of the Ohio Farm
er has this sensible talk:
There are several reasons why dairymen
should provide themselves with sheds for
the purpose of coufning cows during milk :
ing hours. y large, airy, tight-rooicl shei,
provided with stanchions ou either side
will insure comfort ani convenience beside
adding large per cent. Of profit to the
dairy product. \ farmer who has had ox-
pcrience both with and without n shed, as.
sured us he was positive he gained enough
extra profit during the first season of milk
ing under cover to pay all cost of building
she'd etc. Then there is the security one
feels in sitting down to dTaw the lacteal
fluid, without fear of some yiciouSly in.
cliued brute coming up on the blind side
aud giving your COW ticklish punch in the
ribs-the consequence Of which may be to
find ones self sprawling upon the ground
immersed in milky way Not com-
Portable scene to dwell upon, surely, espec-
tally by those who have passed through like
experience. \ COW may kick, to be sure, if
she be sanctioned, but she cannot kick and
run away two.
Flies are not so troublesome when the
cows are under cover neither is u person
exposed to the fierce heat of July sun of
to drenching rains during milking time.
Quite contrast is the cool, breezy shed,
with its clean, sawdust.coycred earth ffo8f,
agreeable to both man and beast. In fact,
WE are free to confess we are not avcrse to
play the role of milkmad, and deem it
quite a pleasant pastime to milk six, eight,
or even twelve cows, especially when the
men are over.wearied by heavy aud long
continued labor, as is often the case during
the busy season.
Cows soon become accustomed to their
places, and, judging by their alacrity of en-.
trance and the s'Othfullness which they ex-
hibt when turned from their places, we can
but conclude their brute sense appreciates
the comforts derived whilst under this shady
retreat provided by the humane dairyman.
"a merciiul man is mercilul to his beasts"
BY putting in practice this divine precept
men would reap untold benefit and the poor
dumb brutes, so often treated ANONYMOUSLY,
would thrive and grow more docile under
the new regime.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 4 DISH
CLOTH.


How wo remember, when fresh from the loom,
/ heard to her daughters the farmers wife say,
"Now girls bleach this cut while the trees are in
bloom,
And four 'snowdrop' towels IN give you for pay"
So Nancy and Jane bore the cloth to the tub,
And with water and soap washed it out nice;
1t was Nancy who did it, Jane scarce gave a rub,
While she played with the suds and gave Nancy adj
vice.
Efter rlnsins and wringng, with laughter and shout,
They hied with their web to the orchard away,
Where, mid fragrance and bloom, twas smoothly
spread out,
And left there to bleach in the sunshine Of May
For day or two, both the girls lowered near,
To sprinkle tho web, or to straighten fold;
But Jane did not fancy the word psrserere,
And often neglected to do things when told,
So it fell upon Nancy the burden to bear
Tho she felt ii no burden, her heart light:
She loved the green meadows, the sunshine and air.
And to help bleach the linen she called a delight
Their mother, the kndest, though tender, just,
And kindness and justice their duty both DONE
The girls rewarded Us each kept their trust,
To Nancy three towels, to Jane only
When tho bleaching was done aud the towels were
made
1t fell to my lot to be portioned to Jane,
But sometimes Pvo thought if with Nancy I'd stayed
should had less occasion to nope and complain
] have waited and waited oft-tImes In disgust,
For my owner to call Inc hor duties to share,
While she loitered with gossps, sncring her trust
Or stood at the mirror bewitching her hair.
remember how sadly the poor dishes squeaked,
When, lukewarm and greasy the water and
Their once lovely faces have sozzed and strcaked,
And then without rinsing have left them TO dry.
When the hum Of the bees mOng the heard,
And the fragrance Of coyerfclds freghted the gale,
When with music and beauty all nature stirred,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
ST. JOHNSBURY FRIDAY AUGUST ~ 1874.

embarrassing toggory. No wonder we es.
innate the force in the world as horsepower
no wonder the Romans and the Germans,
each in their own language, designate their
aristocracy as riders; no wonder their de-
scendants made chivalry synonym for
their highest virtues. Let the horse be
given his due, and uublinded. The check
rein is another nuisance in harness-wear
which has almost entirely disappeared from
England, the army having at last given it
up by order Of the commauder.in.chief,S Sir
George Burgoyne."
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28

H. Il. Foot, of Turin, N. Y, wrote to
l.. H. butcher Il Sons, st. Alhans, March
10Th, as follows; " Having used your
Golden Liquid for coloring butter, l can
recommend it as being just the article the
butter maker has been in need Of. 1t coors
so much like the beautiful hue Of June that
it cannot be detected from the natural color
and is always ready for use" Ten days
afterwards he writes again 81 am now
prepared, after further use, to recommend
it still stronger"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
KEEPING TOO MUCH STOCK.

The idea of keeping our farms in good
condition by returning to the land all
the cOarser products in the form OF manure,
is an excellent one, but there is a great mis-
apprehension held by some farmers, who
think that the keeping of all the stock they
possibly can is the most profitable. Stock
of all kinds must be kept in a thriving con-
dition, or it will decline in value. There
is no economy in scantily feeding stock
summer or winter. Pastures should never
be so closely fed that they are not flush and
luxurisnt, and winter should never be com
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
WHOLE NO. 1875.

Best specimen white bread with receipt
in writing, SOC, 2j
Best specimen Graham bread, same.
Best specimen rye and Indian bread, same.
Best lot pastry, or more varieties, same.
Best specimen preserves, same.
Best specimen pickles, same.
Best 10 lbs starch, same.
SO additional for discretionary premiums.
Committee-A B. Carpenter and wife,
Orson Cushman and wife, Waterford; En-
erson Hall aud wife, Ira G.. Smith and wife,
st. Johnsbury; Geo. IL. Weeks and wife,
Lyndon.
Written statement of making aud refining
sugar must be furnished the committee by
applicant
Mechanical IVsres--Flrst Glass.
Best top buggy, So, 3,
Best buggy wagon, 81, ..
Best single sleigh, SO. 2.
Best lumber wagon, g
Best OK cart, 3.
Best harrow, l.
Best half dozen hand rakes, /.
Best side hill plow /.
Best seed plow |.
Best horse rake, l.
Best root cutter, |.
Best practical moving machine on exhi-
bition, 3, ?.
Best threshing machine, 8, 3.
Best lot doors, |.
Best lot sash. l.
Best lot blinds, l.
Best hay forks, /.
Best g hoes, /.
Best 3 axes, |.
Best 3 ax helves, SOC.
Best churn, |.
Best OK yoke, |.
Best specimen marble work. 4.
Best specimen granite work, L.
Best specimen cabinet work, g.
Best specimen upholstery work, ..
Best specimens tin ware, |.
IS in hands of committee for discretionary
premiums.
Committee-F. r. Carpenter, Waterford;
A. b. Norris, Barnet; Horace Carpenter,
st. Johnsbury; c. B. Folsom, Concord; NJ.
S. Ilovey, Waterford.
Second Class.
Best pair double harnesses, 3, ..
Best harness, ,, |.
Best sides sole leather, 9.
Best sides upper leather, ..
Best dressed calf skins ,.
Best sides harness leather, 3
Best pair thin boots, 81, Toe.
Best pair thick boots, same.
Committee-C. F. Weeks, Henry Girls
wold st. JohnsbuIy; w. G. Powers, Lyn-
don; j. n. French, Whcelock; Charles 0.
Pierce, st. Johnsbury.
Household Manufactures.
Best 10 yards domestic full cloth, 80, |.
Best wove bed spread same.
Best 10 yards carpeting, same.
Best 10 yards irocking same.
Best 10 yards flannel, same.
Best 10 yards diaper. same.
Best 10 yards tow and linen cloth, same
Best lC yards rag carpeting same
Best 10 quartcred wooden blankets, same,
Best hearth rug, SOC, 80.
Best pair KNIT drawers. same.
Best pair mittens, 25c, 2j.
Best pair gloves, same.
Best pair ady'S hose, same.
Best lbs stocking yarn, 2jc
Best specimen linen thread, 25c
| $40 Tor discretionary premiums
Committec-Cloud Harvey and wife, Bar
| net; Ira Harvey and wife. ST. ,Johnsbury:
| Fayettc StrOwbridge and wife, Peucham; i.
+. Brown and wife, A. W. Hastings and
wife, st. Johnsbury.
(COHcIudcd on Secoud uaJs
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28

it is SO handsome. 1t is as good as it is
handsome. 1t is made only by Porter
Blanchard's Sons, Concord, N. II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28
TWENTY-sEvENTH ANNUAL FAIR

or the Caledonia Agricultural Society, TO
he held at the Fair Grounds In st. Johns
bury, ON Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, Sept. ~, ~, aud ~, 1874.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-28

A lady writes US that she keeps her
" Blanchard Churn in the parlor, because
New-York tribune., 1874-07-31
PERSONAL.

Secretary Fish returned from Washington
yesterday to his home In this city.
Gen. Cowan returned to Washington yester-
day and resumed his duties as Acting Secretary 0. the
Interior.
Gov. Hendricks left indianapolis with hi,
vie Monday las' for an extended 5jutheru rp CT
pecting TO be gone several weeks
The Hon. Marshall jewell il expected to ar
rive at hi, home Hartford about Aug 3D. anu tue cir
Of that place making preparations 10 give him
public reception.
Senator Morrill, of Maine will leave his home
III few days for SARATOGA. where the Congressional
Committee a new government FOR the District VI
Columbia, OF which he Is chairman, VIII meet for
sultatlOn.
Mr. G.. Juhlin Dannfelt of Stockholm Swe-
den. member OF the swedish Centennial Committed,
called upon enera Gosh0r0 at the rooms of
the Centennial Commission in Philadelphia yesterday
Mr Dinnfelt has been sent to this country by his coz
ernmen to make arrangements 10 secure the necessary
space for exhibitors from sweden in tie Exposition.
The house at Kissingen occupied by Prince
Bismarck is distinguished By seven bombs, when it
received from the Prussans in 1885, ana we're len
immured in it. peasant Of the environ whom tns
Prince. ncognito, showed the proper way OF moving
meadows has since the thing got abroad refused large
off red for the scythe win wnich the Chancellor
exemplihed his practical knowledge OF farming
Mr.. Conway writes to The Cincinnati C0m.
meycai that the Rev. Phillips Brookes OF Boston made
sad failure in delivering in Westminster Aubey
recently. Way he did 1t. Mr. Conway explains as fOl-
lows He began in a very interesting way on text
I'd Galatians Walk In the Spirit and yc shall not fuhu
the luss OF the flesh bur he pitched his voice too gD
for the Old Abbey. and in ten minutes his voice had
entirely gone that could be heard at few yards
distance. A large portion Of the congregation left
being quite unable to hear. IL great disappoint
ment 10 the Bostonians friends. and also to the audi
ence. Mr. BrOOkess style at the beginning having shown
that he was an orator. Dean Stanley has weak thin
voice, and yet he make himself heard IN every part
OF rne Abbey through long discourse. The truth "a
Westminster Abbey must be studied Ae old CteniOnS
violin by the voice that is to perform IN IT,"
New-York tribune., 1874-07-31
:<e.u.llork Daily Gribaa1e.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
FRIDAY. JULY 81. 1874.

The Caflists claim great victory the Republi-
atrocities at Cdenca == 1t is understood that all
points relating naval warfare will be excluded at the
International Congress. 80 Tde operatives at the
Gax.miils IN Belfast, Ireland on strike and are
max ug riO;0us demonstrations. - The Italian Gov
ernment has demanded the recall of the French war
steamer permanently stationed at Ciyita VcecAia
as a refuge for the Pope in case OF need. -
The French Governments willing TO act in
concert with the Northern Powers in recognizing the
Spanish l. public go Negotiations relative to making
naval demonstration against the Carsts pending
between the maritime powers. 60 The Committee on
Recess IN the French National Assembly recommend
that tue Assembly adjourn from August to November
80 important debate is expected on Friday on this
proposal; the Lift seeGing to have the state OF
Siege removed before there is a recess.
repot, received in Philadelphia yesterday that little
Charley Ross, kidnapped child had been found,
created great excitement, but proved untrue. - At
tie Saratoga races, Willie Burke won the Saratoga
Stakes. SprngDOk the Saratoga Cup. and Galway the
selling race. Reports Of Indian maraudiDgs con-
uuue DC received; 1t is rumOred that combined
attack on Fort Sill, by Kowas, Comanches, and
Cbcyennes is contemplated.
The date OF the Republican State Convention
nOunced as Sept %. 60 The Plymouth Investigating
Committee examined three witnesses. Mr Beecher has
finished his statement Mr.. MOutOn has been repeat
edly summoned. - firm of metal dealers sus-
pended. Gold, 1925, 1923. 1O9i Thermometer 100,
S4 Tlo