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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
Scientific Farmer,
CLUBBING WITH OTHER PAPERS.

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VERMONT FARMER, year, at the prices named af
ter each. The prices given include the postage on
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will be paid by the publishers The conditions ere,
that all arTearages for the Farmer If thoro any,
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at the same time, but II Is not necessary that both
should be sent to the same person, TO the same
post office.
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write US and will ascertain what furnish
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And you insure correctness and dispatch.
Address, VERMONT FARMER,
ST. JOhnsbuIy, Vt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
SELECTIONS.

For what purpose was Eve made7 For
Adams Express Company.
In hauling dirt, remember that 23 cubic
feet Of sand, Is cnbic feet Of soil, or IL GU.
bio feet Of clay, make ton. II is an easy
matter to overload with material of this
kind.
Palestine is to have a railroad pro.
phctic itemizer remarks, the cry will soon be-
"All aboard for Jerusalem. Passengers for
Moab and the Dead Sea will please remain
10 the forward car" .' 0... -.
A bright little fellow who had been told
that God made everybody, was standing at a
window looking out upon the street and see.
ing man passing with but one leg, earnestly
called out, "Mamma, mamma, como and see
Here's man God hasn't finished"
Doughnuts are plenty in Boston, for dur.
ing the past three months $50 car loads oi
hogs have passed over tho Central road
making about $4,000 hogs that went oveI
the road during the months Of August, Sep
tsmber and 0CtOber. r..... boo
II is said that 10000 people have been Il
the Centennial from Vermont Ii it cost
them S35 each the entire outlay would bt
So, 100000. Of course these figures ar,
not accurate but they give some idea Of thu
vast sum expended by Centennial visitors
A Canadian farmer missed valuable
heifer, and, after several days unavaiinC
search, found that she had eaten her way
thirty feet into straw stack. She had TAX
en- winding course inside the stack, which
accounts for her not having eaten her way
through.
"William," said his loving spouse, as Will
liam Jones was going forth to exercise q
sovereign privilege, "what ever you do Il
your ticket l will do to your face" And
that is the reason why Jones did not scratch
his ticket, as he promised to do only the
night before.
The rumseler who formerly eluded The
vigilance Of the Rutland police so success
fully by selling liquor from patent reser.
voir which he carried under his vest, has beer
discounted by female member of the pro.
fession in Lewiston, Me-, who had her pan.
nier divided up into nine compartments, each
compartment containing bottle.
At farmers institute recently held a
Rochester, Mich, it was conceded that thistei
kept down one year so that they cannot Obtain
the use of their leaves in the open air will
cause no further trouble. To accomplish this
it was recommended to cut them of below tht
surface and cover them up once week with
salt throughout the season, or put two OF
three feet Of straw over them.
An intelligent looking colored man walked
into Buffalo Office the other day with I
slate in his hand on which he wrote, ~ an
deaf and dumb. Please help me-" Bu
there happened to be sharp pointed tack
end up, 10 the chair on which he was inviteC
to sit, and, as he jumped about FIVE feet int,
the air, his speech was suddenly restored
and he went out uttering language totally
unfit for publication.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
For the vERHoNr FARHER.
Scarcity Of Water.

FRIEND H1BBARD The surface Of the
earth is frozen from four to eight inches 10
depth, according to the exposure, and the
frost is daily penetrating Our trust that
winter would not close in without rcplenish-
ing rains, seems in fair way to be disappoint-
ed. | have no water yet at my barns and
may have thirty head of cattle, fifty sheep,
and six horse kind put up in winter quarters
any day, though we keep them out yet by
daily feeding; the cattle all coming up
nights, aud the sheep getting ration Of corn
in the pasture. Many other farmers are as
badly of. Now if we do not have an unusual
thaw and soaking rain we must drive our
stock away to the brooks, or carry water to
them, or haul it in barrels. Much labor and
care are necessary to avoid losses, by injuries
to each other, slipping on the ice, exposure
to cold and storms, and an insufficient or
irregular supply of water. When the wealth
er is rough, or the young and small animals
are driven away by the largo and strong,
they will go without drinking, and the next
day will take SO much water us to injure
them. If the farmer tries to favor them by
hauling water on stormy days, they learn to
expect it, and do not drink at the brook next
day, unless the weather is mild and every.
thing all right.
think the best way is to provide water
at the barus for the mich cows, the calves
and other animals that may be feeble or less
able to stand the exposure and hardship Of
going to the brook, if not for all the stock,
and am inclined to think it pays to haul it
for all. Those animals that go to the brook
should be sent along in squads, the smallest
FIRST, so that all will have an opportunity to
drink. Those farmers who have an unfailng
supply Of running water for house and barns,
do not know what luxury they possess.
Domestic animals need an abundant sup
ply of pure water free from ice and easily
accessible. They should have an opportuni-
ty to drink twice a day with regularity.
Without such abundant, frequent and regu-
lar supply, they fail in thrift aud are liable
to suffer an impairment of health. Perhaps
an exception should be made in favor Of
sheep. They will do without water if they
have access to clean snow. But they should
have one or the other regular. One of the
best AOcks of my acquaintance, sixteen in
number, all breeding ewes, never have water
in winter, running at large in ten acre
field. They are always strong and thrifty in
spring. do not say that they would not
do better if they had running water. 1t
seems to me they would. o.H.H.
| Springfield, ~, Dec. 4. 1876.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

In the great majority of barns and stables
throughout New Eogland little or no attempt
is made to save the liquid excretiOn Of the
animals. Most of it goes through the light
and insufficient bedding, or other absorbent,
and through the cracks in the floor, into the
ground beneath. There are thousands of
such barns aud stables that have been stand
ing from five to fifty years, and by all chem
ical calculations there ought to be, in the
soil under these buildings, hundreds and
thousands of pounds of the most valuable
fertilizng ma terial. Is it there2 Or, if it
is not there what has become of it, and how
has it disappeared? The ammonia we may
expect to have in great degree evaporated,
but what has become of the phosphoric acid
and potash Can any Of our agricultural
chemists tell us whether the ground under
an old barn may be expected to be "as rich
as a guano bed" and if not, where those
valuable salts have gone ?-Dr. HoSkiaS.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

SUNDAY DINNERS. A kind sister, help
fully inclined, writes me as follows: "I've
had it on my mind for several weeks to
write you something about Sunday dinners.
You know when there is a family of five
or six persons. more or less, and all want
to 60 to the morning service, and stay to
Sunday.school, their appetites are pretty
well sharpened by the time they get home,
especially if there is ride Of two or three
miles, have experimental in various ways
that we may have our dinner as soon as pos
sibc after getting home, or each one begins
to help himself, which causes much confusion
and spoils the meal. find that by leaving
the tea.kettle on the stove and filled, with
little fire, the water is in condition to
boil quickly, and mush is soon prepared.
In cold weather nothing is better than oys-
ter.soup, which requires but few minutes
cooking. A good meal is quickly prepared
by having a chicken made ready over night
by dressing and stufing, and then it is ready
to put into the oven when the family sit
down to breakfast. 1t requires but little
care, and is nicely Drowned by church time,
and keeps warm in the oven until wanted
for dinner. find it great help to have
potatoes to warm over. Often meat is boiled
or roasted on Saturday, which relishes we'll
cold A rice pudding, made without eggs,
and left in the oven, is nice with sugar aud
cream.'-AmericaH Agric'diuriSt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

REFORM MovEMENT.-The temperance re-
form movement in this state, originated less
than year ago, is developing into an agency
for well-doing of almost incredible extent
aud of unspeakable value. A partial list of
towns where Reformed Mems clubs have
been organized aud are now IN active opera
tion (gleaned from our exchanges) embraces
this city, Hinesburgh, Jericho, Brattleboro,
Winooski, Montpelier, st. Adams, Newport,
Bellows Falls, Vergennes, Middlebury,
Worcester, Brandon, Lyndon, Cabot, Wood
bury, johnson, Cambridge, North Ferris
burgh, Lyndon, Bradford, Charleston, Hol-
land, Coventry, Barton and undoubtedly
many others Of which we have no record.
But few of these clubs number less than
hundred members each, and many largely
exceed that number Thus the Brattleboro
club-the largest in the state-numbers
over fifteen hundred members that in this
city some six hundred, odd; and number
of others from one to five hundred. The
number of our people, then, who have taken
a stand for temperance forms very large
percentage of the population Of the state.
And of the names on the rolls many were
almost irrecaimable drunkards, and the vast
majority were more or less addicted to strong
drink. Nearly all the clubs too, have neatly
fitted up rooms, open at all times, where
newspapers and materials for innocent re-
creation are provided, and where weekly
meetings are regularly held. All friends of
temperance must rejoice at the success Of
these organizations and wish them God.speed.
They are doing their work modestly and
we'll, aud their good influence can hardly be
overestimated.-Free Press.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

INFORMATION WANTED.-lt will give much
satisfaction if the committee who awarded
the premiums for Mr.. Conrad Wilson's prizes
will give the public the special manner of
making up the results of feeding pork hogs /;
the manner Of preparing and using the corn !;
the age of the hogs how often said hogs
were weighed what drink or other food
was given, and any other details, to get a
certainty Of the report given by the commit
tee. Also, the kind of hogs fed; was any,
thing given to increase the appetite Of said
hogs, and was the natural growth taken into
consideration during the term Of the trial
feeding? l would also ask the particular
manner of getting the result Of butter made
by one bushe Of corn what kind of cows
were fed what age Of COW was used were
they run at pasture or confined in the sta.
bic what was the special manner of feed
ing how was the corn prepared, and how
often was it fed were the cows given any
thing but water for drink the manner OF
getting at the precise results reported in
butter from the bushel of corn fed was the
milk all churned or was it set as usual ;
what month Of the season was the trial made,
and in what manner were the COWS prepared
and fed for the trial Of the bushel Of corn
IN Y Times.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

THoROUGHBREDs.-A business gentleman
wrote in behalf Of farmer, to one of our
leading breeders of thoroughbred stock, ask
ing him for terms Of certain animals adver-
tised in our Journal. The request was at.
tended to and he soon received letter say
ing the farmer thought the prices too high,
and declined to purchase, although he want
ed the stock. Whereupou our business man
delivers himself of this sensible message
which we hope the before mentioned breeder
found Of some slight comfort. "There seems
to be an idea prevalent among many farmers
that the cheapest is the best, regardless Of
quality-but it is a penny wise and pound
foolish plan. l have in mind some farmers
who have bred their sheep in-and-in until
they are all run out, poor, scraggy, half
'0OOled things; and it is impossible to make
them believe that new blood would be ben
eft, The loss is their own, although it is a
shame and belittles the profession of farm
ing" Who wonders that breeders find it
Improbable to raise blood stock where such
ideas prevail Fortunately, however, they
obtain among a much smaller portion Of the
farming community than fOrmerly.-MaiHe
Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

TIE First FARMRR.-The first farmer
was the lirst man, and all historic nobility
rests on possession and use of land. Men do
not like hard work, but every man has an
exceptional respect for tilage, and feeling
that this is the original calling Of his race ;
that he himself is only excused from it by
some circumstances which made him delegate
it for time to other hands. If he have
not some skill which recommends him to the
farmer, some product for which the farmer
will give him corn, he must himself return
.into his due place among the planters. Aud
the profession has, in all eyes, its ancient
charm as standing nearest to God, the first
cause Of all that it is true, good, noble and
honorable. Mr.. Emerson will admit, we
doubt not that the first man was also the first
gardener, until he was sent from Eden. 1t
was after this that he devoted himself to
farming, Emerson.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
For tho VERMONT FARMER.
Facts About Fences.

Few farmers realize the immense sum 1t
requires to prevent our cattle from intruding
on our ueighbors property, and from injur.
ing our own crops.
According to the agricultural report of
1871, there are 250,505, GA acres fenced
requiring l,6l9 ,199,42S rods Of. fencing
costing s1,747, ,549,93l! In the United
States there are 5,922,470 people engaged
in agriculture, and it averages each farmer
S295 to enclose his fields. We have $685.
99S miles of fence; little more than two
hundred times the circumference Of the
earth at the equator, and twenty-one times
the distance to the moon, or nearly one mile
to each farmer.
1t requires an annual outlay of nearly
ninety.four millions of dollars for repairs
a sum equal to the amount Of our govern
ment debt, on which interest is paid.
In our own State VIC have enclosed
4,l69,Sl7 acres, at a cost Of forty.three
millions Of dollars-a sum one-sixth as large
as the real and personal property in YER
mont in 1870.
1t is estimated to cost annually four dol.
lars to keep 100 rods Of fence in repair, or
about one and half million of dollars we
pay to resist the attacks Of live stock on
farm production. Many Of the fences in
Vermont are built of stone, occupying and
rendering impossible of cultivation at least,
a strip Of land twelve feet in width; making
an acre for every three.quarters Of mile.
There are occupied in this State 10000
acres by fence; making three towns of Ordi-
nary size, and 375 farms of 200 acres each.
We have (reckoning tho 10000 acres Occu-
pied by fences at Sl5 per acro,) over one
million dollars to be added to the first cost of
the fences Of this state making over forty
four millions Of dollars as the sum farmers
pay for enclosing land not worth the cost OF
the fencing. F.E.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
WHOLE NO. 313.

which pleased us most were those which
showd how many cattle of oil kinds, and
every variety of farm product that was cxhibi
tied at each county fair in the state, also
how much money went TO each town in pro-
miums and gratuities. These features all
should be glad to see Incorporated in our
future reports. Altogether it is a valuable
work, and its yearly issue and distribution
among the farmers Of Connecticut must have
wonderful influence on tho agricultural
prosperity Of that state.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

WINTERING FLowERs.-All the ordinary
budding flowers can be wintered successfully
in tight, tolerably dry and light cellar.
We have, says correspondent, a cellar
provided with sash to the windows, and
about the 18th of November, before severe
frost, we make bed of light, rich soil under
one of the windows, and take up all our
geraniums, helOtropes and verbenas, with
all their roots, and a small ball of earth,
put them in the cellar, and pack them as
closely as they will stand in an upright po-
sition. SiIt plenty of loose earth between
them, aud give them good soaking of
They will require no other attention, except
a moderate watering once in two weeks. In
very fine weather, open the sash for an hour
or two during the middle of the day. They
will grow but little, but in the spring make
nice plants. Before taking them up in the fall,
they should be severally cut down.-Ameri-
can CuLtigatOr.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

AGRICULTUAL EXpERTs NEEDED. - We
need more men among agrcuturists and
fruit men who are experts in their business.
What satisfaction it must be to a stock
breeder to be able to detect pure bred au.
imal at glance or a touch. What de-
mand there is for such men, and how fully
is their judgment respected. To be able to
name fruit at glance or by taste is a
wonderful acquirement-very few have it
and the judgment Of such man is sought
after, These are but examples of what is
wanted in agricultural practice. 1t is only
by being students that this expertness can
be attained, aad il man desires to be an
honor to his vocation, benefit to his fellows,
he must seek to be an expert 10 some branch
of it, And no man need to assume the knoWl.
edge of an expert without hard study and
keen Observation-Disclosures Farm Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

EMBDRN GEEsE.-A subscriber, having
seen favorable mention Of these geese in the
FARMER inquiries where he can procure them,
and the price, We have consulted our val
ued correspondent, Mr.. j. G. McKeen, Of
South Acworth, N. H., and he replies as
follows 1--WE have several breeders of
Embdeu geese, but w. H. Todd of Vormil-
lion, Ohio, has the best. think his price
is $40 to SIS per pair. @, E. L. Hayward
Of Peterboro, N. H.. has ordered very fine
pair of Mr.. Todd, and will have goslings
next fail for SS per pair probably, Mr.. Todd
says Toulouse geese are much the best for
general purposes"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

UTILIZING CIDER POMAcE.-At this sea-
son Of the year, and especially when apples
are so plenty as now, there is much fruit
manufactured into cider, the pomace after
pressing, being often troublesome to dispose
of. We have found it pay we'll to feed po-
mace to stock, which usually eat it greedily.
If placed in layers six inches thick, with
twelve or fifteen inches of hay or straw be.
tween the layers, 1t will not ferment but
will keep in good condition until fed out,
provided it is kept from freezing. Cattle,
sheep or horses will eat straw readily, if it
has been used to dry pomace, and frequently
improve in condition, even if fed nothing but
the straw and pomace. A neighbor once
stated TO us that the owner Of cider-mill
near his fathers farm in Lyme, Conn.,, al
ways filled 80 or 40 foot barn full of straw
and pomace, on which he Wintered a large
flock of sheep, bought up in the fall for this
purpose, aud sold them fat after shearing in
the spring. He allowed the sheep to eat
all the pomAce and straw they would, and
in 50 large a mass it kept secure from freez-
ing, except at the outer edges, so that it vas
always fresh and soft when fed. In making
cider with the now common hand-mills, we
have usually pressed about one bushel of ap-
Piles at each time, and the resulting cheese
will usually last horse one day, with hay
or straw in addition. This feed makes the
horses coat silky, and makes him lively
when driven.-COuRtry Gentlemen.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08

We are not sent into this world to do
anything into which we can not put our
hearts. We have certain work to do for
our bread, and that is to be done strenuously
other work to do for our delight, and that is
to be done heartily. Neither is to be done
by halves and shifts, but with will and
what is not worth the effort is not to be done
at all. Perhaps all that we have to do is
meant for nothing more than an effort of tho
heart and the will, and is useless in itself !;
but at all events, the little use it has may
well be spared, if it is not worth putting
our hands and our strength to.-Ruskia.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-08
anterrstiug SeIfftiuus.
THE OLD LOG HOUSE.

There's an old log house on my fathers farm,
All silent, and lonely, and still;
Not sound Of mirth is ever heard now
In the old log house on the hil
But fondly think Of tho bygono days,
Where, with brothers and sisters dear,
Not happier home IN the country around
Could bo found, other far or near.
But my father builded another house,
And my brothers are gone ailr;
And the old log house is deserted now,
And defaced with many Q scar.
The rabbit and squirrel play hide-and-seok
With mice DER the oakeu floor;
But they quickly beat a hasty retreat
When the owl flies in at the door,
The "twittering swallow" now builds its nest
On the rafters, going TO decay,
And the robin and sparrow have made their hous,
On the logs for many day.
The little room where my brother and n
OF listened to the weird whip-poor-will,
Is open now 10 tho birds and the bats,
And they come there without fear of i'll.
But the poor-wll is missed from his nightly scat
On the apple-tree near the door
For there's no one there to answer him back,
As we've done a thousand times Ger.
The prlmroses bloom uncared for now,
And the "bluo eyed violets'' blow;
And the cottage rose, that my sister loved
Climbs in at the easement low
AS If 1t would ask, 'whore are they all gono
That used once to caress and to love
Us poor flowers, negl ected now
In the rank weeds that DER us rovo !"
But the friendly vine, on the old black logs,
still cllngs there, loving and true,
As II 1t would hide the marks of decay
From the passing travellers view.
Oh, my heart still clings TO the dear old home,
And the times Of my childhood there
And I'd rather live or these blessed days
Than to dwell in q palace fair.