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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

SUGAR BEETs FOR FATTENING SWINE
Jonathan Talcott gives statement in the
Boston Cultivator of an experiment per-
formed on Suffolk pig where sugar beets
were largely employed for fattening The
animal was about year old and the feeding
on boiled sugar beets, tops and roots, began
on the 10th of August and was continued
three times day until the lst Of October,
alter which ground feed was given, consist
ing of two parts corn and one Of oats, three
times day, till the animal was slaughtered,
the meal being mixed with cold water The
result was, on the 10th of August, when the
sugar beet feeding was begun, that the
weight was 30G lbs September LIST, 800
lbs October LIST, 450 lbs; November LIST,
500. This is the substance of the statement
given, by which we perceive that the increase
the last Of August, when fed on boiled sugar
beets, was at the rate of two pounds per day
the rate Of increase on the same food con-
tinued through September. When fed on
ground corn and oats, made into cold slop,
the gain for tho next fifty days was less than
a pound and half per day.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

Being informed concerning the require.
ment Of complete manure, we know that
barn-yard manure can rarely claim that title.
Its composition depends mainly on the kind
Of food consumed, and on the nature of the
substance used for the absorption Of the hq-
uid excretions its first cost depends upon the
price OF the farm produce turned to account
for its production. The concentrated com.
merciaI fertilizers furnish an excellent means
of correcting the composition of barn yard
manure produced in any system Of farming,
and thus making complete fertilizer for the
crops under cultivation. The kind Of fer
tilizer farmer ought to buy is best learned
from the composition Of the articles he sells !;
he ought therefore, TO make himself &C.
quainted with their character. There is
no safer guide than the chemical analysis Of
the crops produced, OF deciding the question
of restoring to the soil what the oroPs have
removed therefrom. 1t is quite customary,
upon the best farms in Europe, to keep a
book account of the movements Of the plant
food distracted from the lands under culti-
walton. The intelligent farm manager con-
sidcrs ready plant food the capital he has to
put on interest on its fair return depends his
pecuniary success. The large crops fire.
auently obtained in Europe, where artificial
manures are largely used, best illustrate the
benefits resulting from the practice. In the
cultivation Of grain crops, manured exclu'
sively from the barn-yard, the yield OF grain
first declines, and then the straw and ID
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

SMOKING IN THE BARN.-'No smoking Is
posted in most decent iactories-it ought to
be posted in every barn, There is not much
difference between having horse-thief
around the stables, and a man cleaning of
horses with pipe in his mouth; and there
is no hired man much meaner than the ono
who when his employer comes round, slips
his pipe into his pocket or holds his hand
over il as if il we're little bird. All such
fellows should he paid off, or started of, and
kept of. As for the farmer himself going
into the barn with a pipe in his mouth, no
complaint can be made but if his establish
ment burns up nobody should cry unless it be
the wife and children. Lightning and incen-
diaries, and spontaneous combustion COM
bined, do not cause as many barns TO be
burned as the pipe aud generally at least one
good horse goes also. 1t would be much better
If the smoker could 60 up with the smoke,
and have smoke enough for once.
Micawher in N, Y, Tribune.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

WHEAT ON CLOVER SOD.-The best prep
aratiOn for wheat crop is a good clover lay.
This should be turned under by the first Of
August, to give time for decomposition before
sowing the wheat, If tho Plowing is not
done till the first OF September, when the
wheat is to be sown, another month must pass
before any real benefit can occur to the grow
ing plant. Lime sOwed on the clover before
turning it under, assists materially in hasten
ing decomposition, and il plowing has been
deferred until nearly seeding time, it will be
found very advantageous. Take one year
with another, have observed that good
healthy growth in the fall is essential to sue
cess in growing wheat, and the farmer can
not take too much paiOs in trying to secure
its growth, j. H., in Ohio Farmer
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

DR. Hoskins says, in the Watchman, that
be has sold, this season, from about 500
bushes, 80 bushels Of cqrrants, at $3.50 to
81 per busAel, grown on land otherwise una
valuable, in the shade of young orchard.
Fit were net for the currant worm, he could
not sell bushel. And yet people will not
destroy the currant worm when it can be
done for q quarter Of 2 cent bush, by the
application Of hellebOre powder when the
bushes are in blossom.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

Ten RULES FOR FARMERs,-l. Take good
papers aud read them. 2. Keep an account
of farm operations. 3. Do not leave imple-
ments scattered over the farm, exposed to
snow, rain and heat. 4. Repair tools and
buildings at proper time, aud do not suff er
subsequently three-iold expenditure of time
aud money, g. Use money judiclously, and
do not attend auction sales to purchase all
kinds Of trumpery because it is cheap. o..
See that fences are well repaired and cattle
not grazing in the meadows or grain fields or
orchards. 7. Do not refuse TO make cor
rect experiments in small way, OF many
new things. 8. Plant fruit trees well, care
for them, and of course get good crops D.
Practice economy by giving stock shelter
during the winter; also good food, taking
out all that is unsound, halfrOtten or mouldy.
10. Do not keep tribes of cats and snarling
dogs around the premises, who eat more in
a month that they are worth 10 lifetime.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

bring the fairs to towns il their immediate
vicinity, part of the time, which they might
easily do.
Paul d. Dean, Of Barnard, is president,
and Ora Paul, Of Pomfret (P. o. Wood
stock) secretary.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

Fhe Texas cattle fever exists at Rrattle-
boro and several animals have died. The
disease is highly contagious and usually
fatal, It is not certain that our cattle oom-
munloate 1t to each other, but too much
pains cannot be taken to avoid it. They
should not be driven, yarded or car.
ried where diseased animals have been. 1t
would be we'll for town authorities to exclude
western cattle from the highway until the
extent of the danger is ascertained.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

We have received the premium list Of the
Both fair of the Windsor County Agricul-
tuFal Society, to be holden at Woodstock,
September 1880. We learn that the fairs
of this society are very we'll sustained by the
people of Woodstock and vicinity. 1t has
long been a matter Of regret that the
people of the county do not more gen.
orally attend these fairs and exhibit their
agricultural and other products thereat. 1t
is too much to expect that farmers from all
parts Of the county will go to Woodstock
every year with specimens OF their stock and
crops, and yet they do not take measures to
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

case Of high manuring the yield Of straw in
creases and grain decreases, until the whole
crop fails. The wheat crop first showed
these features, and the othOr cereals are tend
ing in the same direction. Examination Of
tho seeds Of grain plants reveals the fact that
these seeds contain large proportion of
phospaoric acid, as compared with the straw;
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

Mr. Welcome Oluey, of Springfield, has
6eld which was seeded with timothy, redtop
and clover, some eight or 10 years ago.
There appeared to be no catch Of redtOp, and
there was none in all the years it was mown.
In the autumn of 1874 the field was seeded
with timothy and clover, after crop Of oats.
There is now, August 25, very heavy crop
Of grass op the land, nearly all redtop 10 full
bloom,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

The Massachusetts, Ploughman says four
months old is young enough to wean colts.
II favors fall colts because they can run with
the mare all winter aud they can go out to
fresh grass when weaned. 1t is important
to keep the colt growing, and suffer no check
the first year, and we say the first four years
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

WIN Horn, V. S., advises the use Of kerosene
oil for wounds caused by calking in winter,
but says it is too penetrating to be used for
lice and indiscriminate use, as often recon-
mended. He AYERS that it is dangerous
remedy, and we agree with him.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

The cable brings the intelligence that the
foot and mouth disease has broken out with
great violence in Dorsetshire, where 10000
animals are affected, and the disease rapidly
spreading.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

Frank Buckland says onions, eaten raw,
are the best remedy for sleeplessness, as they
leave no bad effect. They are also valuable
for food by those exposed TO severe cold.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

G. c., of West Westminster, VT, writes
us, "If you have any bucks, you must look
out for maggOts in the wool about the head,
back of and under the horns."
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03
Parts Of Phos
phOric Acid.

Indian corn, grain, O65
stalk aud leaves. 0.lS
When the grain is sold, from two.thirds
to four.ffths Of the phOsphoric acid distracted
from the soil is lost for the next crop, and so
on year after year. Considering, also, that
this loss is but slowly made good by natural
agencies, the final result cannot be doubtful.
The general condition Of farm lands, regard
ing their present reduced store Of active
phosphoric acid, alone accounts for the rapid
aud universal endorsement of phosphate
fertilizers; for it is contrary to the teachings
of exact experimental inquiry to ascrbe to
phosphoric acid particular virtue over any
other essential element Of plant food. Not
oDly are potash, phosphorie acid, nitrogen,
lime, etc, essential, but, according to trust
worthy experiments, they are Of equal impor-
tance which means that 10 case Que is want.
ing, as general rule, the rest cannot act.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

The Chester Agricultural and Mechanical
Association hold their second annual fair at
Chester driving park, September 2l-23.
The first day will be devoted to baseball and
other amusements the second day to the
entries of stock and other articles for exhi.
hitiou luutil three o'clock to eVhibitipn Of
town teams, trial of draft oxen, foot race,
and trOttiug The third day exhibition Of
horses, examinations and awards by judges
and trOtting; at one o'clock an address, by
Hon Hugh Henry. A. ID. Fletcher, Ches-
ter, is the secretary.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

We have from Hon George F. Edmunds,
copy of his speech on the Louisiana sena-
torship.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

We are pleased to welcome to our ex.
change list the Fanciers' Journal, weekly
paper, devoted to poultry, small pets, pig.
cons, sportsmen's matters and miscellany.
The Journal has for its title page very
unique design of rustic aviary, with
lordly Brahma in the background. 1t is
neatly printed, is edited aud published by
Joseph n. Wade, Philadelphia, Pa, and is
represented bya friend of ours cOlVersaRt with
such matters to bO one Of the very best pOul.
try papers. Price $3.50 per year.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03

We have seen it stated that a mixture Of
wheat, shorts aud middlings busted on potato
vines will kill the bugs DIR Blake, Of Bel
lows Falls, informs us that dry soil from the
field shaken on them in the middle Of the
day will kill every slug. 1t should be borne
in mind that the mischief is not done by the
beetle itself, whose business it is to lay eggs
and die, but by the slug, from the time it
matches until it has attained its full size and
passed through the change to the beetle.
9his slug is sliRy, ropulsivo.looking beast
and any dry substance that is scattered on
it kills it as eifectually as an active poison.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03
C. HORACE HUBBARD, Agricultural Ed'r,
p. o. Address, Springfield, We.
CU M MINUS
ST. IOHNsnuRY. VT.

Communications for the Agricultural Department should
be addressed to the Agricultural Editor at Springfield, VT
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-03
Principles of Fertilization.

EnOsburgh, Aug 80, 1878.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

EDS. JEFF. There were forty-two ap
plicants for certificates at the examina-
ton of Nov 6sh,-ythirty gentlemen and
twelve ladies.
Twelve were rejected and thirty GER
tificates were granted, vailed as follows:
Messrs. d. B. Kagy and J. A Vail. IS
months-each: Misses Jennie C. Arding-
er, Mary NJ. Teller, Lizzie E Morehead
and Angie E Williams, I2months each:
Misses. Jennie Mcclellan, AIDA Allen.
Lizzie Lindsay, Ella Oberholtzer, Alice
Sholty, Messrs. Cassius Cramer, Jno.
Brenner, W. W. SidiaIl, w. L. More
heart, H T. Lee, o. III. Thomas, Jno.
Rose. r. a. BannelI, Elias Hoot, Ed
ward Doty, Jno. Misamore, Henry
Lackev, James Vanhorn, j. c. Cum
minis. Harvey Rose. L. s. Woods, and
A r. Masters, 6 months. each. Next
examination, Nov 10Th.
J. A. PrrTsFoRD.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
ARCADIA. O.. Nov. II, 1875.

EDS, JEFF: Allow mo to notice,
through the columns of your valuable
paper, a very enjoyable affair partici-
pated in by the pleasure-loving people
of Arcadia and vacinity.
Repairs were needed on the parsonage
of the NJ. E. Church of this place, and
to create a revenue to defray the neces-
sary expenses, our enterprising towns
man, f. L. Miller and lady, conceived
the idea of combining pleasure with bus
lness, and announced that they would
give an oyster supper at their residence,
Friday evening, November 18th, the pro-
ceeds to be used Cor the above named
purpose. The time chosen proved to be
one of those beautiful moonlight nights,
so well calculated to put the mind in a
frame susceptible of enjoying a good
time.
The guests com II , lcel a irving soon
after nightftll, and by the time your cor
respondent ,arrived-7:30 -our host S
ample parlors were literally filed with
faces whose joyous expressions indi-
Gated the best OF feeling prevalent
Our hosts organ was brought into re-
QUESTION. and music and soeial converse,
mingled with witty reparteo, was the or
der of the evening.
AT S O'clock the company joined in de-
vOtion by singing Il need Thee every
hour, and were led, by Rev. Nye, of the
Lutheran Church, in a most appropriate
prayer. Then came Supper" Prepara-
tions hal been made to ace pmmo oiate
twenty-five persons at each sitting. Your
correspondent was one of the first twen-
ty-five He did justice in practically
demonstrating that the supper was ''su-
perfine" He will not venture upon e
description of the bountiful repast; suf-
fee it to say the tables literally groaned
under the weight of good things placed
upon them.
A very pleasant coincidence of the eve
ming was the debut of the Arcadia brass
band, which fled in front of our hosts
residence AMI played number of pieces
of music in very happy manner, after
which the boys were inviteI to supper
Let me here congratulate ''the boys of
the baud" on the very rapid progress
they have ma lie in their recent under
taking.
Over hundred persons took supper
during the evening Not one thing oc-
Cured to mar the general veal, or to
cause any TO wish they had not been
there.
Much credit is due Miss Mollie Miller
for the success of he occasion.
The receipts ofthe evening were. thirty
dollars w. B.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
GENERAL NEWS.

GRoRGR ORwIG. aged sixty five, sui
cided at Bellevue, Ohio, last Saturday.
He was insare.
JOHN q. THOMPSON, Chairman OF the
Ohio Democratic State Executive Com
mite, is a candidate for Sergeant-at-
Arms of the National House of Repre-
sentatives. He thinks 1t would do much
good" for him to have it. IfTHoNPsoN
should get the place, Gas Commissioner
DoDD should be placed on his staff.
The Democratic papers ali over the
country are crying for peace and harmo-
ny. The party won't harmonic, how
ever. The rag baby is in the way.
DANIEL UNDERWOOD, a well-to-do
farmer, living near New London, Ohio,
committed suicide last Tuesday by TAX
ing poison.
The Grand Encampment |. o. o. T.
was In session at indianapolis this week.
The Tifin Star has been sold by ]. K.
HUDDLE to SAMUEL NULL, ID. b. HUD-
DLg and PETER HUDDIE. So says the
Toledo Sunday Journal
Gen. l. W. SHERWOOD and GEORGE S.
CASPIELD have purchased the Toledo
Sunday Journal. Mr.. CANFIELD was
for some time city editor Of the CONNER
cial of Toledo. Gen. SHERWOOD repre-
sented the Sixth Congressional District
in Conorass for one term
The people of Alabama adopted new
Constitution, last Tuesday, by a large
majority.
Eighteen Mormons, members of a col
ony that settled near Franklin, Idaho,
have been indicted for polygamy.
Three Greek sailors were washed from
a vessel on Lake Erie, last Tuesday, and
drowned.
The Legislature of Arkansas has ap-
propriated SIS, 900 for the Centennial.
The ''tramp question" is agitating the
minds of the town authorities in North
ern and Western Ohio.
One of the boilers in BoGG's Hotel,
New York, exploded last Tuesday, killing
the fireman and seriously injuring anoth-
er man. The building was badly wrecked.
A party of Americans have purchased
ground in London, on which to erect a
gigantic hotel. This big ''tavern" will
be exclusively on the American plan. 1t
VIII contain thousand beds, a dining
room that will accommodate seven hun
dred guests, and will employ four hun
dred servants.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19

ereDy notified whole the
d @ A d o1eha of all other due and required to be
before z0th day -
e oay December 10Th April
o.
will
aa December 1872 and the goth day place the Duplicates
taxes that remain due and unpaid law
whole
or otherwise the entire amount together
In avoid the attendia
change, and call early - t-~F -''' - @-t
Il Business Hours from O'Clock M until o'clock
PETER HOSLER
Treasurer Hancock Co., Ohio.
Findlag o. ' ~
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
Flndlan. O.. October 9Th. 1875.
Ditch Notice.

70fhe Land OIrneTs along The Route,
VOU are hereby Notified that petition has
been filed by myself and others. with the
1Uwnship Clerk of Pleasant township, Han
cock county, ohio. praying for the locating
and establishing OF a ditch, drain or water
NORTH offhe northeast corner Of the north
west quarter ofseet!on twenty, on the land of
q. W. MOETyr on tie vest ktde q a public
road. thence north along said public road
through section seventeen, until IL terminsfe5
in n hitch drain or water course Fnown as the
Baker or Spence ditch. The petitioners fur
ther gives the Trustees privilege 10 take said
ditch along the above proposed route, or 70
take IL in the channel of the water course, as
they may see proper
Which said petition viii be for hearing by
the Township Trustees, at Q o'cloc ?, on the 18TH
day of November, 1875 al the residence Of Hem
nv George PETER ROTZ-
HENRY GEORGE.
NoT5ts GEORGE w. AOWRY.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
Road Notice.

~ Office is IA reby given that petition will
~ be presented to the Commissioners OF
HancocK county, Ohio, at their next regular
ession, in December, praying for the location
and opening of q County Road in Blanchard
township, Hancock county, ohio, on the fol-
lowing lines, to- Uit Beginning on the east
and west center line of section twenty six tz6),
at the Ct unity Road known as tie McCOmb,
louisville and Benton Road, near the resi-
dencs of Peter l.. Powell, thence east on the
said center line OF sections tW. nty-siX (26) and
b. euty-five (2j, in Blanchard township, until
il intersects the County Road that runs east
and west on said center line of section tWen-
ty-five (25), and there terminate.
nov5w4 LEWIS DUKES, JR.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
WE BUY
EXCLUSIVELY FOR CASH
McComb Hack Line.

III aeks on this line leave Findlay at O'Clock
III p NJ on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Safur-
days and arrive az AeCnmb at O'Clock.
Leave McComb n 3 A. N. or Tues lays
Tbunsdayr and Saturdhys, aud arrive AZ Find
lay at le3OA. II.
PaseenzeTs and light packages carried al res-
sonable rates Orders LETT al Old " hite Corner,
or at Edwards Livery Stable in Ftndiay or
with me at Mecomb, VIII receive prompt at
.ention. Curtis APGER-
Apr % N Proprietor.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
Road Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that petition will
IN be presented to the Commissioners OF Han
cock county. in the State of Ohio at their next
session, December. A ID 1875. praying for the
location o. a county road, or the following
line, to-wif: Beginning at the county lire be-
tween Wood and Hancock counties, at a point
between sectis ms three and four In township
Two south, range n'De East, in Hancock coun-
". ohio being Pleasant township and thence
souln between said sections. nd sections nine
an ten, and sections fifteen and sixteen, in
SAD Il: WIS hipto 'he Sand Ridge road, between
said sections hi.sSn and sixteen, and there
terminate: MANY RETITIQNERS.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19
BEECHER

may be as popular as ever in his own
church, but he is not outside of that
body. He attended the Moody and
Sankey meetings quite regularly up to
last Saturday The clergymen present
on that day were invited to remain after
the meeting, to consult as to the best
means of carrying on the work, and
Beecher stayed with the rest, but, alas!
he was coldly received, and many of the
reverends did not speak to him at all.
He has not been at the Rink since. In
bis sermons he speaks of Moody as
Brother Moody" but the evangelist
always prefixes the plain ''Mister" to
Beecher's name. There is no getting rid
of the fact. the public have lost conf
dence in Beecher. He does not stand
where he did two years ago, and never
will. Innocent or guilty, he has lost his
grip. and the sooner he withdraws from
public gaze the better it will be for his
name. PIETRo.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-11-19

THE Courier, for the benefit of its
friends. publishes the decision of Wilkes
Spirit Of the Times to the effect that the
majority of Gov. HAYES i, o.ly 1896,
and that bets of 1000 for HAYES are
consequently lost, as that gentleman did
not have that majority over both candi-
dates. While this may be strictly true,
it is very small hole TO get out at.
But, then, the result of the elections,
this year, has tendency to make that
class of Democrats feel small.