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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14
Care of Dairy Utensils.

The following practical suggestions on the
care of dairy utensils, is from the pen of
that good butter maker and writer, Mr..
CheeVer, editor of the New England Farmer !;
All dairywomen are aware that every
utensil used for milk, cream, butter or cheese
must be kept scrupulOusy clean, but judg-
ing by the letters often published on the sub
ject, all are not fally familiar with the phil
OsOphy of cleaning or of keeping them SO.
Wood, tin, stone, earthen ware, porcelain and
glass are all used more or less in the dairy,
for different purposes, but wood, tin, aud
stone ware are most common. Glass would
be our choice for packing butter for family
use, if il were less costly, and less liable to
break, but these objections are sufficient to
prevent it from coming into general use at
present.
For milking, for setting milk, and for keep
ing cream, We have adopted good, heavy tin.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

CULTURE OF CELERY.-Celery likes a cool,
moist situation, and if triae shaded, all
the better. II it is planted in an open sit.
uation, exposed TO the sun, it sometimes
burns, and this causes rust. This, however,
is not the most frequent cause. Celery
should neither be hoed nor earthed up when
moistened with dew or rain, nor when the
ground is moist. 1t should be done when
air, and soil and plant are dry, otherwise
rust is sure TO be the result. II the soil is
permitted between the leafstalks or in the
heart of the plant at earthing up, rust or rot,
or both, is the compensation. This is one
reason why we dislike celery of branching
habit, the work of earthing up we'll is so
difficult. A dwar6sh plant of straight, com.
pact growth is altogether the safest and
best. While on this subject, we will say,
never let celery become so dry as to wilt,
either while growing, or when taken up for
consumption or storing. 1t will never re-
cover from such treatment, but always re-
main tough and hollow. Keep celery grow
ing rapidly, and when taken up for pitting,
do not allow it to show the least sign of wilt
ing, nor keep it exposed to the light for a
long time. If you really wish to know what
really good celery is, have a few dozen
plants under special care. Give them good
soaking Of manure water every two or three
days Do not earth up until the plants are
at least Is inches in hight Then bank up
to the shortest loaf-where iL is attached to
the leaf-stalk. After the heart has grown
to the hight of tho outside leaves, bank up
again, 50 that you have about two feet Of
the plant earthed up. In few weeks after
the last banking the celery will be fit to use.
james ViekS Guide.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

A NOVEL "FERTILIzER" EXPERIMENT. In
a note on Railway Carelessness," Iron says:
sit has been seen on recent occasion how
careless the companies are of the personal
luggage of their passengers; and only the
other day van containing three very valua-
BILE paintings and quantity of other goods
was allowed to be taken away from one of
the metropolitan goods stations by man
who pretended to be one Of the company s
carriers. The van was taken back to the de-
pot, but its contents are still missing and the
law gives no redress. An amusing result of
this laxity on the part of railway officials is
reported from Durham. A farmer ordered
ton of nitrate Of soda to put on his land,
and the railway people handed him in mis-
take hogshead ofsugar, which he applied
as manure ; and the grocer and he are going
to law about the cost of this novel fertilizer.
The result of the experiment, we are told, is
being watched by the farmers neghbors with
great interest If the sugar has been applied
to turnips the crop may turn out orange mar
malade, of which these esculent bulbs are
averred to constitute an important element
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14
Cutting Oats Green for Hay.

AT what stage in the growth of oats is the
proper time to cut for hay to be consumed
by milch COWS? ? am in the milk business
but never have cut oats for this purpose.
Yours truly, M. w. DAVIS.
BeHOWs Fails.
Cutting oats green for hay is very COM
mon practice among milk farmers in Massa-
chusetts, but is quite the exception in Yer
mont. 1t is the concurrent testimony Of all
who have used oats in this way, that they
make very useful food for mileh COWS.
They may be cut any time while succulent
and green. Their greatest value is when full
sin the milk"
BY growing winter rye, oats and Hunga-
rian grass, milk farmers make two crops a
year or five crops in two years off the
land.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

PREVENTION or RusT IN Wharf.-The
Georgia commissioner of agriculture, DR..
Thomas p. JanesI has issued a circular to
the wheat-growers Of his state, in which he
says that having received information that
the wheat in many sections is injured by the
rust, he suggests the trial OF nitrate of soda
on a small plat as a preventive, and asks
that report Of the results to his depart
ment at Atlanta be made. DR.. James gives
the following directions for the use of the
nitrate "Pulverize well and SOW broadcast
over the wheat when in the boot while the
dew is on the blades, at the rate of 70 lbs.
to the acre. This is recommended as an ex-
pertinent as far as preventing rust is cou-
cerned but the benefit to the wheat is an
established fact. The discovery of pre-
vensivo Of rust is of vast Importance"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14
Training Colts.

One Of the meanest habits of young
horses is that of lying down in the harness.
Some colts will lie down almost as soon as
you have them harnessed. Sometimes a
blow from the whip, delivered low down
along the side, quick and sharp, will bring
them up with spring If one or two blows
do not answer, the whip is Of no use you
will only torture and scare your colt need
lessly. The better way is to "beat him at
his own trade" as the saying is. When he
lies down, get upon his head or neck, and
make him stay there. After five or ten
minutes, he will begin to grow uneasy. =.
New, there is no position which gives man
such absolute command and mastery over a
colt as when he has his knee on his neck,
and his hands gripped into the bridle.pieces.
Thus situated, man is absolutely master of
the situation )" and we have often thou ght
that it was very good idea to have colt
of rather vicious temper lie down once, in
order that he might learn how powerless he
is in the hands Of man. When a colt gives
up the man at his head will easily perceive
it. The hot blaze and mad glitter will leave
the eye the muscles will relax their ten.
sion; the neck will become limp and the
whole body, losing its rigdity will lie along
the earth as if it had no thought of rising,
and would never rise. This is the stage of
exhaustion and submission. The colts ram
pant spirit is cowed, aud his pride humbled.
His conceit is taken out of him. He has
been beaten by his own weapons and knows
it. He will never trouble you again in that
way. As to the time it takes to bring
colt to his conviction, there is no pre- else
limit. Some colts will "give it up in tw enty
minutes, some in sixty; and we have known
colts hold out for three hours. But, wheth er
it takes longer or shorter, carry the ling
through. Believe us, you cannot spe nd
your time better.-Golden Rule.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14
How TO Find the Queen.

The American Bee Journal has the follow.
ing:
This is the most difficult part of the wor k
for beginner, yet little practice makes it
very easy. We often wonder, after we have
found five or six black queens lin an hour)
and introduced as many Italians, how we
could look three or four hours for the first
queen without finding her. Use veil, aud
do not smoke the bees unless they are very
cross. Open the hive without the least jar
- take out the first comb, look it over
quickly, and set it in an empty hive close
by-proceed in this manner until you find
the queen or have removed all The combs
then look the bees over carefully that are
left on the inside of the hive, keeping them
running from one side to the other by stir
ring them with a quill or breathing on them
queen will often sit still right before your
eyes without your seeing her, but will be
seen as soon as she moves. So you should
always keep the bees moving that you are
looking at, by breathing upon them. Pro-
ceed to look the combs over the second time
you need not hurry, as the bees will hang
on the comb in clusters or punches, aud the
queen will be hid among them. The object
OF hurrying the first time through was to see
the queen before she could hide. Hold the
combs perpendicularly before your face,
breathe on the bees and make them run
around on the opposite side-then turn the
combs aud drive them again. Set the combs
as fast as you are through with them, in the
old hive just as they were, and if you have
not found the queen yet, close up the hive
and wait an hour, and try again. Do not
think you will injure the bees by handling
them SO much, for the practice will be Of
more value to you than the injury to the
bees, as they will work just as well half an
hour afterwards.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14
Curing Hay.

In almost everything there is a golden
mean" which is greatly to be preferred to
either of the extremes between which it
stands. This is emphatically true concern
ing the subject OF the present article. While
some advocate extreme drying, and others
believe in putting it in the barn as soon as
it is well wilted, am convinced that hay
ought neither to be all "dried up" nor yet
packed down without drying at all. In or
der to bring it to reasonably perfect quail.
ity, it must be considerably dried, but all
the drying given after that point is reached is
direct injury. IT it is not dried enough it
will certainly heat, and be musty in spring.
know that some men claim that hay can
be put in the NOV without drying and be
made to keep well, but l have never been
able even to approximate such q result.
also know that this plan has often been tried
and failed, while under extremely favorable
circumstances it has without doubt sometimes
been fairly successful. But l do not think
the majority Of farmers, with the convent
ences which they now have, can succeed in
this way. They must dry their hay. Still
this fact must not be taken as proof that it
must be dried to the extreme limit of human
possibility. On the contrary, it should be
dried as little as possible, provided it is dried
enough to keep it from becoming musty in
the NOW. 1t should also be dried as quick
ly as possible, no trace Of foreign moisture
should remain in the hay, and II should be
got into the barn early in the afternoon.
have known farmers to draw in hay just at
night, when it was quite damp with the fall
ing dew, and l have noticed that those far
mers had hay which was either a little col.
Ored, little musty, or else considerably
sour. think grass should be cut when
there is but little dew on it, dried rapidly by
the use Of the tedder, and rakod before the
dew begins to fall at night. The hay crop
is one of great Importance, and it will pay
us to strive to secure II in the best possible
manner.-COr. Ohio Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

A lady, southern lady it is presumed,
writes to the Rural New Yorker that great
plague and abominatiOn is upon the south
and famine and rapine bid fair to follow.
This plague is guano. The planter smokes
his pipe in idleness all winter, neclecting to
care for the fertilization of the plantation,
and when planting time arrives he runs in
debt for guano, depending upon that and
niggers to make his crop.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Superintendent Landrith states that breed
ers seem disposed to postpone their entries
Of live stock for exhibition at the centennial,
which will work serious injuries to the in
terOsts Of the centennial and the comfort oi
the animals, as quarters must he built for
them and food provided. He urges immedi-
ate attention to the matter.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Corn FODDER.-A correspondent of the
Ohio Farmer writes from Missouri: As l
have seen several articles on this subject, l
thought | would give you my experience.
| think can get more feed off of the same
amount of ground in this way than any
other, and with less labor than some do by
planting 10 rows aud hills. The first thing
is to get your ground in good condition /;
prepare it just as though you were going
to drill wheat. you do not have your
ground in good fix you need not expect
much of crop. After having my ground
ready, take a grain drill, set it to SOW
two bushels per acre, aud drill it the same
as | would drill wheat. Here lies the Sc.
cret, in having the ground in good order
for il the ground is hard and cloddy the
drill will not cover the corn. BY drilling,
the corn is so thick that no weeds can grow
and therefore it requires no working, and
the stalks will grow tall and slender. | cut
it with reaper; prepare it for reaping
grain, but take the reel off, for it is not
likely that you can raise the reel high enough
to reach over the tops Of the corn; but il
you can use the reel all the better, for the
corn will fall the wrong way when you 60
with the wind To keep it from falling the
wrong way | have man with rake to
walk behind the machine and pull it hack
We have Buckeye State machine, with a
dropper, and it can be dropped in punches
We have hands enough to tie it up if it is
dry enough, and if it is not dry enough they
rake it away so the machine can pass along
and after it is tied up, shock it in as large
shocks as you think it will keep. Corn
raised in this way will produce a wonderful
amount of feed, and the very best Of feed
too. 1t should be cut when it is green, OF
about the time the frosts begin to come
The best time to SOW is about the middle OF
june then if it is a favorable season, il
will be done growing when the frOsts begir
to nip it.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

We have had dealing with Mr.. Carlos A.
Hitchcock of Pittsford, Vt, who advertises
mower extras in the FARMER, and find him a
very prompt and reliable business man. 1t
is large saving Of express charges to order
of such dealer here in the state over send
ing to the factory, as we'll as a saving Of time
which is frequently vastly more important.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Mr.. N. b. Douglass of Cornwall, the in
ventor of Douglass hay loader, who has just
returned from Philadelphia, writes us that
he was gratifed at the favorable reception
given to the loader.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Goldsmith Maid has repeated her wonder
full time of 2:l4, and made the three best
heats on record. Thousands of people are
drawn to the parks where she is to appear
by the promise that she is doing to knock q
fraction of q second out of that time.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

An uptown man has discovered a new
remedy for the potato bug. He comes out
every morning at sunrise with a volume of
the Rev. Mr.. Talmadge's sermons, and be.
gins to read aloud, and in less than fifteen
minutes the last bug is seen climbing over
the fence with finger in each ear,-NOr-
loiek BIslietia.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

A boy recently found a pOcketbook and
returned ii to its owner, who gave him a
6ve-cent piece, The boy looked at the coin
an instant, and then, handing il reluctantly
back, audibly sighed as he said, 81 can't
change it,"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Miss Anna Dickinson has Just finished a
new play. 1t is written in five acts, and
each illustrates the fortunes and persscu.
tious of Jewess in different country
Eugland, France, Germany, Russia, and the
United States. Those who have read the
work say that it is remarkable for the
strength with which the principal characters
are drawn and for the interest of the Incl.
dents. Miss Dickinson will play the jew
ess
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

A black fly which works around the roots
of grain, is devastating the fields Of southern
and western Minnesota.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

Hon. Justin s. Morrill, has our thanks for
a copy of his speech in the senate on the
legal tender Of silver coin,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-07-14

An English nObleman paid twenty.one
thousand dollars for yearling colt the other
dav.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-14

Low Mddlns clause shipped February and March psr s.'
6isd; also. sales OF The Same nt sd sales on Md
ding UpaBis, Low Mddng eaase, March AID April 90.
livery, at 6sd do do April and Nay delivery, al oso
co. do, April aud Nay delivery, AZ III. do. Nay ai
June delivery at do do June and July delivery a.
o. sd.; also, sales OF the sane at esd. -.
LyEgPooIr March l3-l2Sop m. Cotton u bGoyanti Md.
ding Uplands, T.. MLlinR Orleans, bLj sales 20DJO
bales including 40Oo bales for speculation and export The
additional saee Saturday evening after The regular closing
were 5000 bales. -
LiyEifooi, March i3-los p m:-saes Of Mddnng Up
land Cotton deliverable April and May. at gu sd do, asisr
able MAY aud June, at 81, do deliverable jane and JAY
6iis rroyiiorsBscon So v c@t for Short Clear Prod
uce-I.aTd COS h egL
1IyEGrooI, March 1890 m:The receipts OF Cotton TO-
day were 100 bales, oi which 900 were American -
LONDON, March lS-l2:5O m-United States gonds 1873
lOSs Ieniores lO5; Ellie Railway shares, 1881 DO, pre-
ferred. 81.
LoXoos, March 1890 D mT;rie Railway sharcs ls7s
Paris adYces quote lentes O6f. zoe.
LOxDoy. March 1850 m.The amount Of bullion gone
into the Bank of England balance to-day Il a2iOOo.
lOSDGS. March l3-i r m-Erie hallway shares, 20 u-
LOSpoE March lS4lb p. m.Unito-l states bOEds 1879
l02 Bic Railway shaIss. l0as; DO Dre;orrod 80
LONDON, March 1880 .. m.Talow. az 9iI5 per cwt
LONDON, March 1850 2. m.-RehncdPetroapin 1870
l09.i. v Gallon. Sprs luIPentine, "a 6GZi39 Y est -
LONDON, March 13-Eyening. -Liaseed CAKE, BIO 100
$40 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-14

The National Currency Bank announce in another
column that thcy have been authorized By tho
Citizens Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Ohio, to pay
n limited amount of The City Of Portsmouth Ohio
z per cent loan Of Jan. 1, 1856. on presentation.
The 2tth annual report OF the Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company Of Springfield pre-
sents a favorable aspect. Tho gross assets at the
close oil last year ere stated % pG,l32,9i4 63,
against liabilities o? IS, 587, $50 49, This leaves a
sprnlus according 10 the Massachusetts, standard Of
SJG123 20. aud according TO the New-York
standard Ct 3970, COO During the year 1875 the
Gsscts increased fJ12,275 81 surplus, $4,000, and
the aInount insured, 81 100000.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway reports
approximate earnings for first week IN March al
SOS. 50 corresponding period last year, S50,Gl2 ;
increase, S15,577.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railway reports earnings
(estmated) for first week in March 1876, at SEQ
$50 81; fer irss week in March, 1875, 7i,57o 70 /;
increase, 81 1854 CO.
The earnings of the st. Louis, Kansas City and
Northern Railway Company ere reported for the
first week ia March. 1876 ~ 72, 1873; same time III
1875, $51 $40; Increase, S2o,Ga3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-14

The week opens opensupon quiet and easy money
market and call loans commanded but 30Si2 per
cent on pledge of miscellaneous collateral, and 2l2
and when the securities hypothecated were United
States bonds The range of the best mercantile pa
per was 4 TO per cent. The United States Treas
urer today received $500 900 National bank notes
for redemption. The Customs receipts at Washing
ton amounted to 100000 The Internal Revenue
receipts footed up S5O0,o0o The following is the
Clearinghouse statement: Currency exchanges,
$7S sos, I3l: currency balances, $3412, 213; gold
exchanges, $10010,401; gold balances, 81 ,G540
United States bonds were moderately active and
strong, bnt there no feature to the market. We
annex closing street quotations:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-14
THE MARKETS.
Carefully reposaa: Cor raZ THSJXz'
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE
I,sr Horfh Ripar. T1stelk. and HlalrOg1G
cpNERAL MARKET REBORN.
NRw.YOaE, blondny, 81

'NRW.YoaI, MONDAY, March -. 1870.
asT,rsTbers "a very dul market stocks are now pretty
fun al1 quDa; weak and nominal al o1 of fos ana
C0FFEg-Ro vas quiet and unchanged ordinary csrgoes
crd ~ l5zfEic. Fair 10 l.aiG'c Good AZ l1GiI lsc
Primo aIs and santos fa 70 Spoi NJ fs 1oD
haTe bern private terms. Tho STOCK or IIaz
ports Is 27U bags including 1876 100 bags here am % .Sa
Eanorg The recei It's of BTa ltTe during the Pal
week " 10 Os72 bggs aud tho Gales 262ll has Ihe ,t1
adyiccs arc favorable 70 holders Mia COeb nLs ~
c go or Maracabo. with GALE OF S"o bags 'sNa
54sr me market on the spot dull aud weak but
Ole change The sales go bales OF ~hioa
ESQ be65 were Saturday evening including u VSS tut Ca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-14
COTTON MARKETS.

MOBILE. March l3.-Cosiou sotye; IL!ciog l22c.; Low
MlliiEg II i.. Good Ordinary l0sc net receipts, lsy
c1rorts inc Continent 1900 baes coAs"iss. lZi6
stcI , 500 bales st,,va. 81, lJo bales.
WILMINGTON, March l3.-Cpi;Cu steady hiddung, l2c. I:
NiGdne llci GoDi ordinary, 9',c; net receipts 81
aslss; Gales 2i9 h3leB s-ocx Z,6ll bales: - -
phi IUrLruA tIorch i3-C1tloa stca'y; Miadlag l3c.:
Law Madng, ~. Good Ordinary 1890; net receipts,
lo6 b9ioH; gtsss, 10 bales $500. 80, -,
HESPtiS. saIrH I0-AottOH hIHi siIuu.inS' I-f~
receipts, 2I75 bae5 shipments ALL bales; sales ilCO
Cftj4vStu Mtrch i3.-Cotton steady Mlddlung 1880
In4 MlddnR IL GoOi Ordinary, SSc receipts, 1913
bars sW0ent 1913 ba.O; sales, 1OI bales stock I2T2j
Lor Srarch h. Cotton rnaer held higher; 1iddling
gsj bales shTcats LEO bales salts 900 bales stock,
SoSitx, Sieroh l3-cotton dull; nldilng l2'ic. Low
HiidliE- H.. Goot Ordinary l9tc: net receipts 255
bales; gi,ss. g64 bales stocs, 23l2S blles 49,
BlLnSohE. HIrch l%.-C1y.n Grn; NIdthng, l2i23
l2sc. fGE Nptinc ll'spi l3ic; cool Ordinary. JbHc;
a l!eCevts, - bales receipts 1913 bales exports
lto aieJ sales go bales to oplnnes l60 bates
Hu;r5fA asrch 13Coton qrie and irregular. ofornes
light Hing 40; Low Nid,ln& ll'sc Good Ordinary,
IIi.c.; receipts ljlhalra; sales GAG bae' ,,, ,o,
NEr OgLgAs March l3-Cotthn strong; Mi'UinG. l2'sc
low Aidi1g, like Good Ordinary lO'sc let receipts,
$50 bates; eTo, 1863 baa exports 30 Great B:l,an,
1850 g' % tho Channol 1902; si5s i6o 10 bSeS STOCK,
l,Grs - g.
G&,r-OS March l3Corton firm; generally held higher
offerings lyl5 NlIiiIz lil., Low Kidding, Lei GOOD
Ordinary, lNlr; rei rcec!rts 2clS bales eXpors coast
wse, Cii bales; sales, o Da,- stock y,l53 bales.
IOIi-Fi!Li hGich d often nrhl; Mtluug l,L,rIC.
SAVANNAH March lJCcfton quiet Aindiing, l2ltc; Low
Biai!na Ito Coed oCni%Iy G',c. nef receipts Is
ba; exports t"iso 5l bales sa'es 100 DdS' sock
GHAaLIsIoS. March l3-Cottn quot and firm MiGiliGS,
l2' Mtilrc lGcl2 Sc. Good or!inary, lOS!c. net
receipts 7S tales exports coastNise $50 bales sales 800
Dal., stock, 2iiji bales. go
SOaTuiS, tiacl lS.-CGtton 6rmi Kidding, 12iIc.; ret
Jcoepts 1926 bS,es 0Iyvts lwse, 394 bales sales,
100 Oa!es; Stock lAOJ0 bales