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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
Brown Harry.

The subject Of the above cut is a dark
brown stallion, with black points, heavy,
wavy name aud tail, one white ankle be-
hind, white crescent in the forehead, aud
weighed on the first Of this month, being
in fair condition, 1865 lbs. lie stands
l5a hands high, has oblique shoulders, long,
broad muscular forearms, short canon bones,
remarkably good feet, a broad, strong loin,
long beautiful hips He was foaled on June
IL, 1856, at FoxcrOft, Me-, got by Thurs
tons Young Black Hawk, by Hills Vermont
Black Hawk, by Sherman Morgan, by Justin
Morgan. His dam, Fanny, was fast pac-
ing sorrel mare, about Is hands high, and
weighed 800 lbs. She was bred in Pomiret,
VT, and was sired by an Arabian horse.
Brown Harry is q level-headed, pure
gated, natural trotter, and although his
speed was never developed, yet in the fall
Of 1875, just after closing tile season during
which he served 50 mares, and without
preparation, he tro,ted a race at tho Bangor
track against mare called One Eye, which
he won in three straight trots. trotting the
last 10 2:354, and the last half in 1:l6. He
possesses the power Of transmitting his own
good qualities to his offspring in a remarka-
Bile degree, his colts being stylish, spirited
drivers, with good trottIng action, and many
Of them fast
Among his get that have distinguished
themselves upon the turf are Prince Harry,
which at the Maine state fair at Portland,
in 1868, beat field of colts aud was
awarded the first premium for four years
IL al ca Mac tyhtoh trnNlal
at Mystic Park, June 81, 1872, ia 2:29I ;
Lady Hamilton, Cora H., Zero and others
that have trotted close to 2:30, while the
proportion Of his get from common mares
that have shown their ability to trot in 2:4O
or better entities him TO rank among the best
10 New England as sire Of gentlemen
driving horses. His colts have found a
ready market at good prices, being bought
and used for the above purpose, for which
they are so we'll adapted, and have given cx-
cellent satisfaction.
Charles Shaw aud Geo. Hamilton of Dex
ter, p. NJ. Jefferds, Of FOxcroft, w. D.
Bletheu and Q. o. Palmer oil Dover, Me-
with many others, have colts Of his get that
promise to be very speedy.
Those who may have the privilege of ex'
amining Brown Harry will find him as
sound and smooth as he was when foaled
and even better looking than represented
by tho cut. 1t is not improbable that the
colts produced from the improved class Of
mares which he will be sure to command in
the section where he now stands, will excel
those which have already established hl
good reputation as a sire.-CommuHicated
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
For the VERMONT FARhER.
Items Of Agriculture.

Corn can be raised on good tillage land
such land as dries off soon after 4 shower
and warns up under the heat of the sun
without the use Of large quantities of manure.
Vegetable mold or muck from maple wood
lands, well rotted chip dirt or old manure
in the hills. with spoonful Of ashes and
plaster mixed, and applied in the hills, will
give corn good start, and in good corn
season give good crop.
Plaster and ashes mixed together and
dampened SO that 1t will not fly about or be
blown about by the wind, seems to be better
to handle than when dry, and also more
beneficial to the crop.
Lime freshly Stacked in pit in the ground,
and as it is steaming and Stacking, covered
with earth makes II or Is bushels Of excel
lent fertilizer for corn, potatoes or wheat.
MALE CORN.--In most corn fields there
will be seen in the spring, among the young
corn, white stalks these BECOME green as
they grow aud very like the other corn, ex-
cept that they bear no ears. Many such
stalks would be useful in corn field, as it
is believed tho pollen from the tsssel fertilizeS
the other corn. More observation is needed
in this matter.
Cows sometimes get in bad state, their
blood impure, and their condition unhealthy.
If they are doctored at all for this, it ought
to be done while tho COWS are dry, so that
when they begin to give milk again they will
be in condition to give healthy, pure and
sweet milk. Some men expect certain cows
to be affected with garget, caked bag or bad
milk. Why not mako the COW more healthy
while she is dry? Sometimes it can be done
by putting piece of garget root into the
brsket and inserting rowel to aid in the
discharge of impurities of the blood.
When young cattle are turned to grass in
the spring, it sometimes aids their thriftiness
to bleed them by cutting of their tails. This
practice also prevents the horn all. Exam.
ination will show that the hair Of the switch
is closely curled, and by feeling the tail
seems hollow These indications show the
Deed of bleeding as above mentioned.
Albany, VI. O.. M. @.
But the veterinary surgeons tell us there
is no such disease as "horn ail."l
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
Corn Crops from Chemical Fertilizers.


We hear much lately on the subject Of
raising corn on poor land, by the use of
chemicals without barn-yard manure, Mr..
Nathan Q. Prouty of Shirley, Mass, writes
to the Boston Cultivator the following ac-
count of his success in raising crops in that
way:
In the spring of 1875 had planted what
corn | could find manure for; thought l
could take care Of more, so kmade com.
post Of Wilson's superphOsphate OF lime,
400 lbs. nitrate oil soda, 200 lbs. ; un-
leached ashes, 20 bushels. Cost of the
superphosphate, IS; nitrate of soda, SS -:
ashes, $3.50 total, s2l,50. The soil a
sandy, pine plain land, | planted on May
2s the ground was rather dry, almost like
an ash heap. No rain till the 9th of June
On July | large enough to weed hOed it
again on the 10Th of July, AT that date,
the prospect was there would not be an ear
of corn on the field but to my surprise,
the corn made such growth as | never saw
in cornfeld before; it looked as dense as
an elder swamp, 1t was planted too close
32 hills to the rod On harvesting 1 got
l40 bushels Of ears to the acre. [ called it
a great crop for such poor land, in fact never
saw so large yield on such land before aud
| question if any one else ever did.
Now the question arises, Did | not ex-
haust the soil to some extent by applying
such manures [fertilizersl2 p Assuredly
have for | find on referring to Secretary
Blnt's report, 1874, page l22, that this
crop has taken from the soil over 100 lbs. OF
nitrogen aud over go lbs. of phosphoric
acid, and over 1872 lbs. of potassa. The
special manures l applied contained only
about half the amount the rest aust have
come from the soil, aud perhaps a portion
Of nitrogen from the atmosphere,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

The LAYING HEN OF THE PERIoD.-Au
exchange says 1--WE have found that hogs
lard is the best thing to mix with the dough,
to give hens, to make them lay. One cut of
this fat, as large as walnut, will set hen
to lay Immediately after she has been broken
up from setting, aud by feeding them with
the fat occasionally, the hens continue to
lay through the winter" A better plan still
to make hens lay, is to place under them the
Connecticut hen.trap nest. An ingenious
false bottom is so contrived as to allow the
egg, when once deposited, to drop through
into a cushioned sack the hen rises up and
is just on the point Of cackling furiously,
when, as she casts her eyes around and espies
no egg she holds her peace, out of modest
dislike to make "much ado about nothing"
and Immediately lays another egg-when, to
her astonishment, the same joke is repeated.
A Jersey farmer exhibited patent nest Of
this description, recently, at a farmers
club, with a hen on, and produced bushel
Of eggs in sixty minutes. Besides, the hens
are not warranted to set.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
soiling Thorough Culture.

Ansel W Putnam Of Danvers Mass,
proposes to produce forty thousand quarts Of
milk year from twenty acres Of land with
out buying food for COWS. He writes to the
New England Farmer that he would keep
fourteen COWS. They must produce 1857 IL
quarts each, or a little less than eight quarts
per day each through the year. He allows
thirty.two pounds of hay per day to a COW
to produce eight quarts or milk or four
pounds Of dried hay or sixteen pounds Of
frOsh green herbage to quart of milk. This
makes it necessary to have eighty tons Of hay
Tor four tons per acret for the COWS. He
thinks he could on half acre now in rye.
quarter acre in clover and quarter in
mixed grasses, keep COW year, getting
from her 1000 quarts Of milk.
His plan is to put his fourteen cows in the
barn and buy the food for them which his
twenty acres do not produce, until he brings
il tup to the desired standard Of fertility
He will manure all the land each year, thus
maintaining the fertility Of the whole. From
his half acre now IN rye he expects eight
tons green, equal to two tons dry fodder,
lcut when the first heads show) Then he
will SOW it with Hungarian grass in June,
getting as much more, after that with barley
(sowed in August) yielding four tons of green
or one Of dry fodder equal to fire tons to
the Aalt acre. The next year he sows oats
in May, Hungarian in July and rye in Sep
tember.
From six acres now in course of prepara-
tion he expects by this system Of Ave crops
in two years, to obtain the equivalent of
forty tons of average English each year. He
manures the land each time he sows it, har.
rowing in the manure.
Mr.. Putnam says he has no desire to
strengthen faith in his ability to do, but
would like to strengthen the faith of
every New England farmer in the prOduc-
tive capacity of the New England SOIL But
he does not tell us how much of this he has
actually accomplished,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
For the VERMONT FA RNER
Water Considered as a Fluid. No. l.

1t would, at first, seem that 4 substance
so common as water, and so indispensable in
domestic affairs that not day passes when
it is not called into use abounding in lakes
and streams; seen in the falling rain, in
boggy soils, under foot in the streets to the
disgust Of the pedestrian, and sparkling like
diamonds upon the grass, is already we'll
understood and needs little description
But it has properties and uses, though well
known to the student, that may not be
familiar to the general reader the presenta.
tion Of few Of which may not be unpro6ta-
Bile.
10 scientific language water is known as
the prOtOxide of hydrOgeu-protoxide signi-
flying one equivalent Of oxygen with one
equivalent of any base not producing the
properties of an acid. Hence, as the name
signifies, water is composed of one equiva-
lent of oxygen aud one equivalent of hydro
gen by volume aud it is found to be COM
posed of eight of oxygen aud one of hydro.
gen by weight.
Oxygen gas was discovered in 1774 by
DR.. Priestly and named dephlogisticated air.
1t is little heavier Than common air, and
like it is destitute of color, taste and smell
aud is the most universally dffused through
nature Of any known element.
Hydrogen gas was discovered eight years
before by Mr. Cavendish and is fourteen
times lighter than atmosperic air, and is the
lightest ponderable body yet discovered.
Its extreme lightness renders its ascending
power very great; hence its value among
balloOnists who IN the early stages of the art
hung their destiny upon heated air.
Without describing in detail the process
by which these gases may be united to form
water and the composition of this fluid
placed beyond controversy, it may he re-
Marked briefly, that when hydrogen is
burned in pure oxygen in the proportion Of
one of the former to eight of the latter by
weight the result is water Of equal weight
OF the two gases which have now entirely
disappeared. Thus it is settled that the
water that leaps down our mountains, some
times sweeping away the labor of many
years in as many minutes that is traversoC
by ships Of war aud commerce and is Ii,
natural dwelling place Of myriads of livinI
creatures, is compound body whose Gle
ments have the extreme teuuity of the all
We breathe. Resolved into its elements il
bulk is increased nearly 1000 times hence
one cubic foot would Gil hollow cub,
nearly thirteen feet in diameter.
All vegetable substances contain in thsi
green state more than so per cent of water
When dried much Of it is expelled yet ever
then much remains, and il is only when tn,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

The advertisement Of "sheriff's sale" Of
the farming tools and stock Of young far
mcr supposed to be safe from the attentions
Of that official, contained 10 the detailed list
Of property to be cold, the name tone trot.
ting sulky." The incident contains food
for thought, to say the least.
II. g. Abbott of North Vapsalboro, Me-,
to the New England Farmer against docking
lambs because il is barbarous weakens the
constitution by removing part Of the spine I;
deprives the bag Of the shade afforded by the
tail deprives them Of means of defence
against flies and insects and causes an annual
loss Of a quarter of a pound Of wool,
which will pay for shearing the sheep, A
formidable indictment.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

"A. S. Fuller recommends trenchipg soil
to the depth of two feet and the application
Of one hundred and ninety-two two.horse
loads of we'll rotted COW manure to the acre,
worked in to the depth Of foot, for the
cultivation of Strawberries. This looks like
thorough culture to farmers who apply six
loads of manure and litter to an acre of
warn out sod land for corn crop, which we
have seen the present season.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

RED PEPPERS FOR PoULTRY.-An old far
mer writes to the Woonsocket Patriot: |
do not know if other persons who raise poul-
try and pet birds are as much dependent as
l am on red pepper; but | have found so
much benefit from its use in my poultry yards
and bird cages, that it may not be amiss to
call the attention of others to its good prop
critics. | do not speak of the article that is
sold in drug stores-and sometimes not re.
markablY fresh-but of the capscum that
grows in our gardens. have tried all the
different varieties, and find that the most pun
gent and efficacious is the small kind mostly
known by the name of "bird's pepper" The
plant in itself is beautiful object 1t grows
about two feet high, and in autumn its bright
little scarlet berries look like coral beads
peeping from under the dark, green foliage
Indeed, one plant in a pot forms very
pretty ornament for flower stand The
seeds possess a stimulating and reviving prop
erty, aud find that two or three given to
new wly-hatched chickens, especially if they
are weakly, have most happy effect. If a
hen looks feeble after moulting, six of these
berries or pods, given daily in some corn
meal and sweet milk, improve her wonder
fully. Last summer two of my canaries be-
gan to droop. Every day gave them each
one seed Of the "birds pepper" and in less
than week they were quite well. The
same remedy is invaluable for mOcking birds.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

A Texas revivalst who saw lady writh.
ing at camp meeting thought his words
had made an impression, but saw his mis-.
take when lizard was taken out Of her
hustle.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

A Rhode Island clergyman said recently
that he was not going to make the pulpit
bulletin board any more, and that hereafter
he should not read any but religious notices.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
Choice Flower & Garden Seeds,
STRAWBERRIES AND PEACHES
NeW Sorts by MdH.

Plants Of the newest and finest improved sorts, care
fully packed and prepaid by mail My collection Of
Strawberries took the first premium for the bost colleo
ton, at the great show Of the Mass Horticultural
Society in Boston, last grow nearly 100 va
rietos tho most complete collection in tho Country
including all the new large American and imported
kinds Priced descriptive Catalogue, gratis, by mall
Also, Bulbs, Fruit Trees, Roses Eyergeens 25 pack
ets Flower or Garden Seeds, 800 by mail,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
S35HoRNSiE: Ni: fIIIi RAKE!
Agents Wanted.
Send for circular.
FRED ATWOOD, Gen. Agent,
Wnterport, Maine.
EGGS FOR MATCHING.

INRESII eggs from my premium stock packed and
II delivered to express office at the following prices
p. Cochins, lloudans, s. 5. lIamburss, so v doz
took on eight coops, six first premiums and two
ond premiums at Newport and seven other premium
coOps bred by Ny stock will compare favor.
ably with the best. Can furnish eggs from White
LoghOrns, Light BrahHas z. Rocks at 81 80 v dozen
Stock first class. Write for particulars
JONI q. McKEEN,
South Acworth, N. II.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
HOUSE FOR SALE.

Tn subscriber offers for sale good Dwellings, Hou 50
with good Spring Water, in summervlle, on the East
sdo OF the River. It is opposite the shops of the
Muller Carriage Association, and ten minutes walk
from the Passumpsic aad r. & o. Depot. Terms will
be found reasonable. THOMAS PICOHD.
st. Johnsbury, VI, May TO- 1876
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26

- - The true Cape Cod Cranberry, bost
NB We sort for Upland Lowand or Garden
- by mail, post paid. 81 10 per 100
VI $500 per 100. Wholesale Catalogue
10 tho trade, Agents Wanted.
%. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries and Seed
Warehouse Plymouth, Mass.
ESTABLISHED Isi2.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-26
Sweet Potato Plants 2!

Ten years experience. Write for circulars Of dree-
t0ns and testimonials Oh the luxury of nice, hiealy
Sweet Potatoes fresh from your soil. Sent with
perfect safety from May to June 25, by mail 81 per
iOO. By express 20O, 81 50 5O1 $3OO 1909, $500
10000 Cabbage Plants at $3.50 per 1000 Address,
COAX POND FARM.n Wiflmantic Conn
The Cairo bulletin., 1876-01-21
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--.---l-------l-a-----=-.--
NOT -: NIT a 3S

Mention Of the fac, that s. II is the
l'er cent. levied upon Cairo real property,
Is calculated, without explanation, to
mislead the public mind. The levy of
seven dollars aud scventy-scyen cents Is
made upon every one hundred dollars
of the equallzed, and not the full value Of
the real property. The State Board OF
Equalization reduced the valuation Of our
town lots thirty.scven per cent. Thi.
reduction reduces the levy to 81 % on
On the full value. On personal property
there was q reduction Of twenty-tiree
per cent This reduces the levy TO about
y 20 on the full valuation. On lands
the State Bosri made reduction OF eiyh.
teen per cent: but a. but little Of this
Kind Of taxable property Is embrac ID
within the city limits, the per cent. Of
levy l. matter that has but little effect
upon the sum of city taxes. The lane
owner Is not charged with corporation
taxes or taxes To provide interest upor
corporation bonds, hence. although th,
the reduction Ia the value Is much les
Than that upon the value Of town lots
tue taxes charged to 1t are much less.
The Cairo bulletin., 1876-01-21

SENATOR WEST, VI Louisiana, has de.
t@eted steal Ia the Union and Central
Pacific railroads, and has called the at.
tention Of congress thereto. For some
reason, which remains to be explained,
the government issncd 20 those coInpa.
nies s53 800, ,0OC in bonds, whereas the
law authorized the Issue Of $4,000, 600
Only. Add to the over-lssue the ten
years interest that has accrued, and we
have, In the hands Of the Union and Cen
'ral Pacific companies. the sum Of five
millions Of dollars, upon which they
have no valid claim. senator West de-
mandsa q return Of this sum, aud an ex-
PLANTATION ss TO the wbereiOres OF the
over-issue. The recklessness and vii.
lsiuy that have characterized the admin.
islrstion Of public Affairs since the Repub.
hcan party came into power are simply
astounding. Every day unearths eyi.
fencs Of frauds upon, and cons pirscies 8
against the government that goes far 10
weaken ones faith In the possibility Of
on honest administration. at all.
The Cairo bulletin., 1876-01-21

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hv m. war Win these weanons the
Marty ,fo,vbt. and. although they have
lost their effectiveness. the spokesmen of
the party still cling 10 them a. if i'm their
use they saw the only hone of success.
With ia. advent of this Centennial yeur of
our existence Ne "A republic, good men of
both parties desired that the bloody
bludgcons of the past should be laid
aside. and the political battle of 1876 be-
fought on the line pointed out by the
pressing needs Of the times and the coun-
try /; but scarcely had the glad clamor
that ushcred in the centennial year died
away. before the chief Republican aspi-
rant for Presidential bonors. takes in
hand the politicaI weapo,,s O, the war.
time. and brandjsbes them over the heads
of the people with the same savage ma.
llvnity that marked their Use while the
memories n, the war were vet fresh and
every ,,om,. furnished evidence of IN. ,,or.
ror. that haJ characterized IL. But these
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The Cairo bulletin., 1876-01-21
DILIGENTLY PURsUED pURPOSE
DEHEATEn

1t is well for the Democratic party that
the tactics. OF Morton, Blaine and other
Radical congressman, are understood.
They have no higher purpose, in their
hostility to unexceptiOnal amnesty, and
in their violent and vindictiyc assaults
upon prominent Southern men, than to
provoke the Southern representatives Into
expression 0f resentment, aud a defense
OF their rebeiliOus deeds. With this OBJ
ject in view, Blaine and his abettors find
no term OF reprOach too severe; nc
taunts too savage or derisiou too insult
ing to employ on any and every occasion
that Offers. But so tar they have failed
most signally. The representatives OF
the South have endured their insults iu
silence, laughing at their evaporation
and maintaining a general bearing that
10 winning for them tho sympathy and
applause Of the people. Blaine and com
paDy may call down upon thcmsclve,
personal chastisement, at the hands o.
some SOutherner. but they will fail tG
reap the crop of disloyal expression,
which they seem so anxious to garner.