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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
Effects of Cold in Fattenlng.

A Producer Of pork in Muskiugum county,
Ohio, who has made an experiment with
hogs with view to asoeftaining how far
cold Fetards the rate Of fattOning, reports the
following results ;--Oarefully weighing the
hogs fed, and the corn fed to them, aud est-
mating pork at four cents per pound, he
found that what he fed out during the first
week in October returned lin pork eighty
cents per bushel the first week 10 NoVem-
ber sixty cents; the third week, forty I;
the fourth week in November and the month
Of December, twenty-five the first half Of
January Eve; the last half nothing. In the
October week of the experiment the weather
was pleasant and warm, II gradually grew
colder till the latter part Of November, from
which time II remained about stationary TIL
the first of January, after which il ran down
TO zero, and below in the latter part OF the
month. The hogs were well shattered IN a
good pen with plank aoOr'--[Agricultural
Report. .......
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
Charcoal for Sick Animals.

Nearly all the sick animals become so by
improper feeding in the FIRST place. Nine
cases out of ten the digestion is wrong. Char
coal is the most efficient and rapid correct
i've. 1t will cure a majority of cases, if
properly administered. An example of its
uses The hired man came in with the
intelligence that one of the finest COWS was
very sick, and kind neighbor proposed the
usual drugs and poisons. The owner being
i'll and unable to examine the COW, concluded
that the trouble came from overcating, and
ordered a teacupful of puIveriSsd charcoal to
be given in water. 1t was mixed, placed in
junk bottle, the head tnrned upward, and
the water turned downward In five min
utes improvement was visible, and in a few
hours the animal was in the pasture quietly
grazing. Another instance of equal success
occurred with a young heifer which had
become badly bloated by eating green apples
after a hard wind. The bloat was SO severe
that the sides were almost as hard as bar
rel. The old remedy, saleratus, was tried
for correcting the aeidity. But the attempt
to put it down always caused coughing, and
it did little good. Half teaeupful Of fresh
powdered charcoal was given. In six hours
all appearance Of the bloat had gone, and the
heifer was well,--[Live Stock Jourualalli a
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
cut il of and buy hundred dollars worth
of special fertilizers.

A correspondent Of the Rural New Yorker
says, the average yield Of potatoes in Rcns-
Tlaer, Washington and Saratoga counties,
NY, is not over one hundred bushels to the
acre. The cost is estimated at S27 20 per
acre, aud nothing is left TO make manure Of.
The system there followed by farmers Of one
hundred acres or more is to break up about
twelve acres, plant to Peach Blows; next
year put on what manure they have (which
is not much from a few head of stock), and
plant again to Rose or Peerless; the third
year SOW to oats, and in the fall to rye (sell-
ing the straw next letting lie two years,
and planting and sowing as before. The
system is very exhaustive, and cannot be
followed great many years with profit.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
Heating Bad Milk to Expel the Germs
of Decay.

1t will be recolleCted that at the meeting Of
the Vermont dairymenS association last
winter, Professor Arnold recommended the
heating of milk to one hundred and thirty
degrees as eflicacious in destroying putrefac-
tive germs. The Utica herald says that
In June last Mr. Arnold went to Elgiu,
H., to inspect the works of the Elgin butter
company. While there he was asked to try
some experiments with the heating theory.
He consented. Two vats of milk were
taken. One was treated iu the usual way /;
the other was heated TO one hundred aud
thirty degrees. Both were allowed to stand
thirty.six hours. The vat treated in the old
way kept sweet until the expiration Of the
time, and the cream skinned from il yielded
sixty pounds of butter. The heated vat was
sour in twenty -four hours, and at the end Of
thirty-six hours it was a 'frothing, fOamiBg
mass. and forty-eight pounds Of butter were
made from the cream. These, in brief, are
the facts of the experiment 10 heating milk
for butter.making Upou the face OF the
matter, it appears to be an overwhelming
verdict against the heating theory.
The Rural New Yorker expresses its "re.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
Sugar Wood.

There is no time so good as this for collect
ing sugar wood. Success in sugaring cannot be
had without dry fuel. 1t does not make SO
much difference what kind of wood is used
for boiling sap if it is only well seasoned
and worked up fine. These two things are
indispensable for quick, blazing fire. Put
fine, dry wood under Butler evaporator
and it will reduce sap fast enough to suit
any man; With coarse, green or soggy wood
the best apparatus in the world will come
far short of its full capacity.
Every sug~-.house should have a wood
shed which will keep out both rain and snow.
But lean-to roof of boards over the wood
is better than nothing. The saving of time
and fuel and the improved flavor and quality
Of the sirup and sugar will pay the cost Of a
shed.
Dead, decayed and fallen trees in the
wood lot can be picked up now and hauled
or piled up where they can be got the first
shedding if it is not convenient to move them
on wheels. Broken fence rails, and frag'
ments of wood of all sorts can be seen and
gathered before snow falls. Decayed and
unproductive apple trees may as we'll be re-
moved and worked up for fuel. Unsightly
bushes which are drawing the fertility out
Of the soil to make noIious and useless
growth may as well be rooted up to give
place for crops of value. When seasoned
and cut up they make very choice sugar
wood. ........' ........
Any sugar-maker who has tried gather
ing sugar wood for immediate use las We
have) will not need to have the necessity fol
aarlv atfentinn IN this natter enfnFoAd
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
illages in various portions Of Mas.sohu.

villages in various portions Of Massschu.
setts. Uu Esd
The beauty Of the grounds at the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College is not mar
red by roadside fences, but the animals are
many of them tethered on the grassy lawns
which surround the public buildings. In
the town Of Franklin, Mass, may be seen
two Of the handsomest lawns in the State,
in front Of the beautiful residences of the
Ray Brothers, with no roadside fence, ex-
cept simple, but neat line of curb stones
to mark the boundary line between private
and public property. In many Of the old
European countries roadside, and even d.
vision fences are very rare, and it seems
strange that people who travelled abroad,
should come back without realizing more
fully the enormous expense we Americans
are taking upon ourselves bv building and
maintaining 10 many thousands OF miles Of
useless fences. HH r
In district so largely devoted to stock
raising as in northern Vermont, il would
be natural to expect that changes or pro-
gress in this direction would be rather slow,
but the laws regarding fences are similar
there TO those Of other States, and nothing
is needed to bring about a change for The
better, but little, or perhaps good deal
of agitation Of the subject by those who
already realize its Importance. so long as
the majority Of land owners consent to main.
tain expensive highway fences BY the side Of
their estates just 50 long will there be
found men willing to let their own cattle
run at large in the highways at the risk Of
annoying or damaging their more prudent
neighbors or their crops. The best remedy
for the annoyance Of the cattle Of careless
ncighbors we have ever tried; is 10 leave our
own gates and driveways wide open with the
understanding that stray cattle will not be
fenced out by US. The law is all on the
side Of the damaged party in such cases
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

Mr. Ansel w. Putnam asks, in the New
England Farmer, whether the fall feed shall
be left on the ground, or be used by moving
and feeding. And he suggests that the
grass grown in September and October
amounts to One.tenth tho growth OF the sea-
son, and that it is the cream of the growth
(grAss two and Ono-half inches high contain
ing fifty per cent more of albumeu and ten
per cent more of crude fat than mature
grass, and is more soluble and digestible)
and that this is worth more to be used as
food for stock than to leave as food for the
soil aud that it is better economy il hun,
drOd dollars worth Of grass is on the land TO
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

We have one of Furber's wood pumps
which are advertised in another column iu
daily use on our farm, and can cheerfullY
recommend it to those who are SO unfortu-
nate as to be obliged to use pump. 1t is
as good in all respects as any pump we know
Of, and in some points better. 1t is heavier,
and likely to be moro durable, than Fields,
which has been regarded as one of the best.
Having only one joint, it is stronger, and
less subject to breakage. 1t throws large
stream, and operates easily. 4 GET
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The peach growers of New Jersey have
over-reaohed themselves in the effort to pro-
duce early peaches Of poor quality for
market They have filled the market with
peaches destitute Of any fine flavor, and the
result is poor sales, Of the two million
dollars receipts for the crop, it takes the
whole to pay for picking, freight and com.
missions, and great quantities are made
into peach brandy, and more yet rot in the
field, because they are 50 poor that hogs
wont eat them.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
WHOLE NO. 252.


Randall in his work on sheep husbandry
remarks "A. brother and sister may be
apparently healthy-may be actually so----
but may possess an idiosyDcrasy which,
under certain circumstances, will manifest
itself. If these circumstances do net chance
to occur, they may live, apparently possess
ing robust constitution, until old age. Ii
bred together, their offspring, by a rule
already laid down, will possess the idiosyn-
Grassy in double degree. Suppose the ram
be interbred with sisters, half sisters, dsugh-
ters, granddaughters, etc for several gener-
ations, the pre-disposition toward a particu-
lar disease@-in the first place slight, now
strong, and constantly growing stronger
will pervade and become radically incorpo-
rated into the constitution of the whole flock.
The first time the requisite exciting causes
are brought TO bear, the disease breaks out,
and, under such circumstances, with peculiar
severity aud malignancy. If it bo Of fatal
character, the flock is rapidly swept away;
if not, it becomes chronic, or periodical at
frequently recurring intervals. The same
remarks apply, in part, to those defects Of the
outward form which do not at flrss, from
their slightness, attract the attention of the
ordinary breeder. They are rapidly increased
until, almost before thought of by the owner,
they destroy the value Of the sheep.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

In California, light soils are plowed by a
gang plow of seven shares fastened to stout
frame, with a seed sower fastened in front,
and drawn by eight horses driven by man
or boy, putting in eight or ten acres per day
On heavy soils eight horses draw four
gang plow. A machine then sows seventy
five to one hundred acres day forty feet
wide at once), after which it is narrowed in.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

SAVE THE Com FoDDER. kinds Of
stock like corn fodder. Horses and colts are
particularly fond of it. Those who keep
race horses frequently strip the leaves from
the corn stalks, cure them and save them for
their horses when in training. They think
it helps their respiratory organs. But cattle
and sheep are equally fond of corn fodder.
A change of food is relished and appreciated
by all kinds of stock. The human family is
fond of variety of food, and the brute family
is undoubtedly equally fond of it. Well
cured corn fodder is a very healthy diet for
stock, aside from being SO much relished.--
New England Homestead. .srrI ...f....
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The New England Homestead truly says
There is one thing which the generations of
New England farmers which have passed
away and the one which is now on tho stage
Of active lite have unquestiOnably proved.
That is, that farming cannot, for any length
Of time, be successfully conducted without
the liberal use of manure. Thousands Of
acres Of barren land, made 50 by the efforts
OF its oultivators to avoid this law of the
natural world testify to its comprehensive
power. fn -I'-.H
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

England excludes the importation of cattle
from the continent, to avoid the rinderpest,
aiming at Germany, where the cattle are
more healthy than in England. 1t is said
that the disease depends upon some climatic
influence, and is propagated without expo.
sure TO infected cattle.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The Journal of Commerce says, one Of the
finest farms in the vicinity Of Exeter, N. H.,
which is one of the best farming towns in
that state, is let by the year, with the use of
all .he buildings, implements, cattle, etc,
upon it for the rent of one quart Of milk a
day.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

Some good chemists assert that although
bones may be effcctually reduced by the use
Of ashes or stable manure, still the phosphoric
acid remains insoluble and unavailable for
plant food. This is an important question,
and farmers would like to know if it is so.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

Doctor-uo, Governor Loring says he
believes be can make more milk with Hun
garian grass cut and mixed with corn meal
and shorts than with the best of timo" y hay
mixed in the same way.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

A correspondent of the Mark Lane Ex-
press states that, soaking turnip seed in the
following one gallon urine, two ounces tine.
ture asafetida, and dry it in the shade, is
a preventive of the injury by the turnip fly.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The wheat crop of England of the year
1875 is estimated at ninety-six millions of
bushels, thirteen aud a half million bushels
less than that of 1874. She will be obliged
to import eighty-eight million bushels to
supply her own people with bread for the
year ending August 81, 1876. The New
York Times estimates that the United States
will supply sixty-six millions of the def
cheney,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The Texas cattle fever prevails at various
points in Massachusetts, and many auimals
have died. The popularity of this disease
that infected northern cattle do not COM
municate it-alone saves general scourge
among the cattle of Vermont and Massachu-
sets.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The horse distemper, very similar to the
epizo6tic Of two years ago, but not as severe,
is prevailing extensively in Massachusetts,.
The horses DO not lose their appetite, and
the disease yields readily to treatment.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

PROnTs, CONE DowN.-We believe that
a reduction Of profits and Of wages is among
tho necessities of the recuperative process,
as rise was among the acOOmpaniments Of
the imitation. We do not believe that. when
business again becomes settled, there will
be any absolute decrease as against the high
profits and high wages of initiation. We
preach this doctrine alternately to the labOrer
aud to the capitalist to bring them into a
willing mind to accept the inevitable aud
the sOund.--[Springded Republican.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

HAVING UNDER DIEFIoULTTEs. - "Wild
hay is the name given by the Swiss to hay
made from the grass growing on strips of
soil to be found on the Alps, at hight of
from 5000 to 5000 feet, in places so diff
cult Of access that even the goatherd and
his flock forbear to visit them. This hay is
50 valuable from its excellent quality and
delicious aroma, that regular hay harvest
is yearly undertaken on these almost mae
cessibe places, in spite of the danger to life
aud limb. The haymakers are shOd with
iron, and secure themselves with ropes TO
some sure hold when in especially dangerous
places, but fatal accidents occur every year
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

The government Of Ceylon has forbidden
the destruction Of elephants, except those
which are so vicious as to attack travellers,
because elephant teams are getting scarce
for farm and other work.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

Cattle iD Rutland are suffering from foot
and mouth disease. Opening tho foot where
sfBeetsd and the application of disinfectant
washes has cured those treated.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

There is barn In Bucks county, Pa,
with roof eighty years old which did not
require re-shingling when the barn was
recently repaired. ....-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
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Communication for the Agricultural Department should
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-11
ESzHERE AND THERE.

The North Carolinians at Darts Hall
this evening. Reserved seats at Cramp-
tons.
A careless compositor neglecting to
correct errors marked On his proof, made
Tyler Robinson Doctor.
In THE DAILY ARGUS of Feb. 18th,
and the WEEKLY ARGUS of Feb. 18th.
appeared u s. Minister Schenck's rules
for playing poker. In this paper will be
found "Skunk on Poker"
MIR. Station Agent Tucker caused us
to say that the western mail train arrived
on time yesterday morning. 1t did not
| arrive until late in the afternoon. Mr..
fuckers apology is accepted.
H. Stringer, the dead beat picture
peddler, noticed in THE ARGUS last even
ing, was arrested last night in Moline, or
charges preferred by man whose daugh
ter he claims to have married, and heis now
in Jail in this city.
"A western editor having waited il
vain for the coming of the Russian Men
nonties, inquired, where are all tn,
Mennonities and echo in the shape o
his wife repeated the question thus ?
Where are all you men o'rights?'
The Gazette reporter says Mrs. Rus
sell testified that she borrowed $l5 from
Mrs. Riley not long since" On the CON
trary, Mrs, Russell testified that she pai'
Mrs. Riley $l2 for work done, and loane,
her $3-making SIS. Mrs, Tim Rile
hadn't the reputation of being banker
"A Rockford switch engine and Goa
Valley Mining Co. engine were ''bucking
against each other, near their round house
for nearly two hours last evening. On
leugineer wanted to get into the roun
house and the other wanted to get out
both insisted that they would stay Their
till their engines rosted before they woul
give in. They didn't though.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-11
Parson Newman.

A mean swindle was perpetrated on the
public treasury by U, S. G. when he sent
Parson Newman and his family on trav-
cling tour about two years ago. Newman
was the parson of the Methodist church in
Washington which Grants folks attended.
Newman wanted to take European tour,
and Grant, in order to enable him and his
family to travel at the peoples expense,
gave him sort of roying commission to
visit and inspect u S. consular Offices. Nc
such office exists, nor was any such ap'
pointment needed, but it enabled New
man and his folks to take two
years tour round the world at the people:
expense, and draw pay besides. 1t was al
outrage upon the people and scanda
upon the Methodist church. We have
never yet met Methodist who did not re
gard it as a scandal upon his church. TIL
telegraph announces the return of the Rev
Dead Beat.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-11
DR.. schencRs Standard Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases of the
lungs are SCHENCK's PULMoNIc SYRUr, SCHENCK's
SEA WEED Tonic, and SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS.
and, If taken before the lungs destroyed, a
speedy is effected
10 these three medicines DR.. J. SCHENCK, of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of Pulmonary diseases.
The Pumonlc Syrup ripens the n rbld matter
i'll the lungs; nature thro s it of by easy ex-
pectoration, for when the phlegm or matter is
ripe q slight cough will throw it Off the patient
has rest and the lungs begin TO heal.
To enable the Palmonic Syrup to do this, Schen
ck's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic
must be freely used to cleanse the stomach and
liver Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on the liver
| removing all ohstruc ions, relax the gall bladder
the bile starts freely, and the liver is reliey
| ed.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tone is gentle stimulan
and Alternative; the alkali of which il Is composed
| mixes with the food and prevents souring,
assists the digestion by toning up the stomach to
healthy condition, so that the food and the Pull
| monte yrup will make good blood; then the lung,
heal and the patent will surely get well if care il
| taken to prevent fresh cold.
| AL who wish to consult Dr. Schenck either per
sonay or by letter, can do at his principle office
| corner of SIXTH and ARCH Sis, Philadelphia, ey
| cry Monday.
Schencks medicines are sold by all druggist
| throughout the country.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-11
POLICE COURT.
Before &c. Chopper, Police Magistrate

Max Kohn, William Treftz and John
Stratton were arrested this morning by
Marshal HAYES on complaint of Jacob
Ramser for misdemeanor The evidence
showed that yesterday afternoon the pris-
oners we're in Kohn & Adler's store, when
Arthur, a son Jacob Ramsey, annoy
ed them by rapping on the window. They
told him to go away but he would not
Stratton. then caught him and the three
took him in the store where they stripped
him of some OF his clothes and with paint
brush tried their skill as artists. Kohr
was fined IS and costs, and Treftz S. and
costs, which were paid. Stratton was dis
charged. They should have been fined to
the full extent of the law, which, for this
ofense, is not less than So. nor more than
$25.