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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

BROOM CORN CULTURE.-1 advise no
one to raise broom corn unless he is fully
posted. More men have been broken up,
financially, by it, than by almost any 9TH
er crop. A man raises little patch on
choice land, which does well; he then fig
ures what an acre will produce, and is as
tonished lie at once concludes that he
will plant largely, and get rich. He does
so, expecting to tend as much land in
broom corn MS he could in Indian corn,
and therefore do the labor himself, and
save the profits. The result, summed up
in few words, is, that for lack of proper
care in hoeing and harvesting, he has
about half crop of brush that is worth
about half the market price; and when
sold, will just about pay the extra help
that he did not expect to hire.
Broom corn should be planted about the
same time as Indian corn, but the earlier
kinds will mature a good crop of brush on
rich land from June 10th 1t will do well
on any land that will produce good crop
of Indian corn but sandy loan is prefer
able. Plow as for corn, pulverize thor
oughly, and mark out about three feet
apart, or thirty inches if you can cultivate
it that close Make as small IL mark as
possible, and cross mark the same. Five
stalks will do well this distance in each
hill. I plant with IL hand planter, so adj
justed rs to drop from five TO seven seeds
-one that forces the seed into the ground,
and prefer that kind because seed SO plant,
ed will stand more dry weather than when
simply dropped and covered. But plant
only enough to insure good stand, for
all extra plants must be pulled out by
hand. Two quarts of seed properly plant
ed is plenty for an acre. once read IN
agricultural report in which it was advised
to plant peck, and even more per acre,
and pull out the extra plants. In my ex-
perience of thirteen crops, | have learned
that every unnecessary plant or weed de-
tracts from the crop; and that when just
the right number Of plants start in hill,
they are harder and will produce better
brush. And besides the extra labor Of
thinning out is often greater than the oe
ing. After planting hitch one horse to
the cruSher and drive between two rows
taking two at time, which levels tht
land so rs to prevent washing in case O
heavy rain, and also leaves the land ii
better condition for the cultivator. l cul
tivate one row at time with two-horsC
drag and cultivator combined, having in
Interchangeable teeth. 1t is very necessary
to keep the weeds down. If II piece o
broom corn gets very weedy you might al
well plow it under, for all the profit cea1
of expenses that it will meet you. 1t will
need one good hoeing by hand; after tina
the weeds can be kept down with the cul
tivator. Some plant in drills three anC
one-half feet apart, but it takes more han'
labor and is more apt to be crooked.
have experimental in various ways, ant
my best crops of straightest brush hav
been planted in hills and cultivated boil
ways and the rows as close together as i
convenient to work between with horse
My next article will be on cutting ant
scraping .-Ohio Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

A NOVEL SCARE CRow.-A correspon-
dent of Forest and Streanl give it us fol,
lows:
A very successful plan has been tried by
placing in Mr.. Crows way IL number Of
grains with horse hair run through them,
lie is bound TO swallow one, and his note
of alarm is soon sounded. 1t is imposs-
BILE for him to dislodge the grain, and if he
can be watched II sufficient length of time
he Will be seen 10 cut his own throat in
scratching ut it. His usual note is changed
and | can assure you Lh It life to him is
such IL misery he could "even wish that
he were dead" 1t has been noticed that
after the note of alarm had been sounded
all the crows in the vicinity will leave that
field and approach it no more that season.
1t is simple thing, yet all who try it will
find it a success.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

PURNING CURRANTs.-Last year, abont
juno, pnched back to two leaves or So,
all the young growth on my red currant
trees. A friend, Witnessing the perfor
nance, exclaimed, Now you will not
have currant; the sun will scorch the
fruit quite up. Nature has provided the
leaves" etc. Well, he followed his plan
of leaving all the growth on, and of course
could not change mine. The result was
that his ripe fruit was invisible-did not,
believe, furnish two tarts; his bushes
were twice rs many as mine, and the
show of young fruit was proportionate.
My very large crop ripened splendidly,
very long clusters, and each curraut very
large, have pnched back the goose.
berry trees, us the fruit is well set, and
it is quite extraordinary how rapidly it
swells since. The year before last let
nature have its way, and only had a few
miserable gooseberries and currants, al
though the show of blossoms WIS enor-
mous.-LondOn Journal of Horticulture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

A GINGERBREAD BAROMETER. A French
editor has invented new kind of baron
eter. 1t is general in gingerbread, which
he buys every year at certain fair. On
returning home he nails his acquisition to
the wall Everybody knows the influence
of the temperature on gingerbread; the
least dampness sottens it. Dry weather
on the contrary dries it up and hardens it
All that this gentleman has to do every
morning is 20 ask his servant what the
general says. The faithful domestic goes
and puts his thumb on the figure and an
swers either: The general is soft to-day i;
YOU will please take your umbrella or,
THE military man is firm; you can pct on
your new hat"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

A Manchester mechanic has Invented u
horseshoe composed of three thicknesses
of cow-hide compressed into II steel mould
and then subjected to a chemical prepare
ton. It's inventor asserts that it lasts
longer than the common shoe, and weighs
only one-fourth as much; never splits the
hoof, and has no other injurious influence
on it, requires no calks, even on asphalt ;
is so elastic that the horses step is lighter
and surer; and adheres so closely that
neither dust nor water can penetrate be-
tween the shoe and the hoof.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

THE YOUNG MERCHANTs.-Twoc country
lads came at an early hour to market
town, and arranging their little stands. sal
down to wait for customers. One was fur
nished with fruit and vegetables of the
boys own cultivation, and the other with
HOLSTERS and fish. The market hours pass
ed along, and each little merchant: saw
with pleasure his store steadily decreasing
and in equivalent in silver shining in his
little money-cup. The last melon Law ON
Harry's stand, when a gentleman came by,
and placing his hand upon it, said: "Whst
a fine large melon. What do you ask for
it, my boyP'
The melon is the last one have, sir :.
and though it looks very fair, there is an
unsound spot in it" said the boy, turning
it over.
So there is" said the man; IL think
| will not take it. But" he added. look
ing into the boys fine open countenancn
Is it very business-like to point out the
defects of your fruit to customersp"
1t is better than being dishonest" said
the boy, modestly.
You are right, little fellow; ALWAYS re-.
member tnat prlnclple, and you will find
favor with God and man also. | shall re-.
member your stand in future. Are those
Holsters freshP" he continued, turning ~
Ben Wilson's stand. W
Yes sir; fresh this morning. I CAUGHT
them myself" was the reply, and a p1r.
chase being made the gentleman went
away.
Harry, what fool you was to show
the gentleman that spot in the melon. Now
you can take it home for your pains, or
throw it away. How much wiser is be
about those Holsters l caught yesterday
Sold them for the same price 1 did the
lresh ones lie would never have looked
Ben, | would not tell a lie. or not ono
either, for twice what have earned hi.
morning. Besides, 1 shall be better off i,
the end for have gained customer and
you have lost one." "''U
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

MANURE FOR FRUIT TREEs.-The West
ern New York Horticultural Society lately
discu> sed the question of manure for fruit
trees. One member said he had used SUI
of lime with good results
Another member said that he hnd seen
more benefit resulting from superphosphalc
the second year than the first especially
when the first was Il dry season Another
member preferred wood ashes. He once
used 800 bushels of leached ashes on tine
sandy soil of his orchard and vineyard
with very great advantage, applying it N
the ratio of 800 bushels per acre The
quality us well as size ard yield of fruit
was very much improved. Another member
considered barn-yar manure us the most
profitable fertilizer for fruit trees, as it fur
nishes all the elements required for growth
and fertility. Fruit growers should there
fore manufacture all the manure they can
by keeping horses, cattle, pigs, poultry,
and gathering up all the litter, &c, for the
manure pile. Some people are liable to
make mistakes in using stimulating
manures as fertilizers for fruit crops.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

1t is just as impossible for horse to
work and thrive on poor food us it is for
a sheep to grow fat, or COW to yield
rich milk, on the same. The stomach OF
a horse differs materially from that of an
OK, and requires richer and more concen-
trated food yet as it commonly digests a
definite amount of food in Il given time,
extra food does not, beyond II certain linn
it, compensate for extra work.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

TRAINING THE ToMATo.-Tn the re-
port of the Maine Pathological Society we
find an account of method of training the
tomato plant. Stakes, seven or eight feet
long, were inserted in the ground the last
of May, three feet apart. in warm shell
tered location, and strong tomato plants
were procured which had been started
under glass, and contained one or two
blossom buds. These were planted near
the stakes The plant was then tied to
the stake with listing, and all the side
branches which had pushed al the axillar
or angles formed by the separation of the
leaves, were pinuhed or cut out with
scissors, so ms to compel the plant to
grow on single stem; and every week in
the season, three branches were removed.
and the stems, from time to time, were
tied to the stake. When sufficient num-
Der of clusters had been formed, the re-
mainder were removed, so as to concen-
lrute the whole energies of the plant to
the growth and ripening of the remaining
tomatoes; and the heaviest branches were
supported by tying them to the stakes,
As the result, the ripening of the tomato
by this method is accelerated, and its fla
vor improved, because every part of the
plant is exposed to the free action Of the
sun and air. 1t is not soiled by coming
in contact with the ground; is not so apt
to decay, and more ripe tomatoes can be
raised in limited space; but it requires
constant care and industry.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

To KEEP HARNESS IN ORDER.-Take
Meats Foot Oil and Ivory Black-the latter
well pulverized, Or to be made so before
using. Mix thoroughly-adding the black
until the oil is well colorcd, or quite black.
In cool weather the oil should be warmed
somewhat before mixing. With a sponge
apply light coat of the mixture-only
what the leather will readily absorb unless
the harness is very dry-in which case a
heavy coat may be necessary. After the
harness is dry-which will be in from two
hours to half or whole day, depending
upon the weather and previous condition
of the leather-wash thoroughly with Soap
suds. In making the suds use good CASTLE
soap and cold rain water. (Warm water
should never be used on harness leather
Apply the suds with Il sponge. Rub off
with buckskn. This will give your har-
ness a nice glossy surface, and the leather
will retain II good color and continue pill
able for months. If it becomes soied
with mud or sweat, IN application of soap
and water, as above directed, (without oil
ing,) will be sufficient to give it a bright
appearance. Two applications of this oil
and black mixture year Tor once every
six months) will be sufficient to keep har-
ness, as ordinarily used in good order.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
agricultural Department.
o. N. TINKHAM, Editor.

All communications for this department should be
sent to the editor Mr. o. Il TINKHAM, N Pom
fret VT
Please write one side of the paper only sign such
name initials as you wished published but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, post office, County and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

| would rather be what God chose to
make me than the most glorious oreotr ~
that l could think of. For to have been
thought about-born in Gods thonght o"
and then made by God, is the desrost
grandest' most precious thing in all tbinI'
ing. George Macdonald. " '''iA'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

One pound of corn is equal in real food
to about three and three-quarters pounds
of potatoes, or eight and e-half pounds
of cabbage, or to eleven and une-half
pounds of white turnips.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13

In England all crops that are grown for
their seeds are called corn, while in this
country we restrict the use of the word to
maize or Indian corn. The Englishman
defines corn as seeds which grow in ears,
not lods.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
VEGETINE.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.

:, vEaETINE will relieve pain cleanse PURIFY ana
ora snch diseases restoring the patient 70 Teme
health after trying different nroof il
dies rSF you can be cured Why il inns
medicine performing such a gFeaS u fdreS can truly
the Do9S re- GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER The gr s5
disease ORIGINATES il the 9lGGd purify and
rennvate has any just claim upon pubic attehtloh
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
-. Mll-II8s.C-.EtlLL..LANEous.
CENTRAL VERMONT R.RIn
SUMNER ARRANGp,
Commencing Mond1g Mqy 81 -.
TEAMS GOING sorrH ~

avn LASr
Leave Montpelier at9O5A.Mu21op
MAIL IhAlN leaves ~; Adams 100 a sltis
1904 MI tor Boston, New London srr-,, lls
York, and intermediate points. 'fLs1t.I
EXPRESS leaves Houses Point at Inn. 't
800 A. M. st. Adams at III r. N Rink M,
Montpelier 2 10 P NJ, for BugtOu VIA ! .luE9l
MIXED TRAIN leaves ST. Adams B Ar IIppSsA
MonLpelisr SION, DIV = H. 'ii5.
bans and Burlington, leave MontpelicIr o.lllfh.
Boston via. Lowell OF Fitchburg, SDri1,ssysSi4
and intermediate points. sleld, NG,
TRAINS GOING NORTH Ann rr,.
Leave Montpelier at3l5A. M,6lUAv DL,L
6.0OP.M ~"'&f
DAY ExPRRss leaves Boston via Fitctlr..
NJ, via ! Dwell bOU A. NJ New london t-,5uiklst'I
field SUI A. NJ Montpelier 3 % r. A. i1g nv, a. y
Adams, MOntresl and Ogdensburg D1i4lF' s.
ACCoMMoDATIoN leaves White RIyert,,
NJ, Montpelier 6W p; N for Burlington .r5j ,'t.i
ACCOMMODATION Train leaves NUrthftItt,ii 6.
Montpelier 8 10 A. NJ, tor Burlington, NJ 4alia ID
mOnd, st Johns, Ruuses Point and Nor,,l ts-, (.
MIXED leaves White River Juuctlgn 4 ~ Ill.,
field ll.Cl N arrives at MOutuelIer a. y. .
NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Boston via J,1wsi44,.
via Fltchburgh 80 p. M, New York 3t, a' 4.
deld S0O r. NJ, Montpelier aba n H. b. y, ~,
Adams, Montreal and Ogdeuslrr.,li 's ,, PtgflE,
Trains leave Montpelier for Barre al W. VIZ
p NJ, and 4 10 p, N. J." a. Y
Returning leave Barre at 3 2jA.M .anafs..
81. .-.'
Sleeping cars are attached to Niybt &c.,.
running between Montreal and Boston '511,5Iyi' q
and Springfield, and st. Abaus ald l i' a-Q Alr
Drawing room cars on Day Express tTsf,..
/ Montreal and Boston 3'-s 93I
Through tickets for Chicago and the We, =,
the principal stations ''''lNg
J. ". HOBART, General sgre,t.,..
st. Adams, Vt, May ~, lsi7. '''l't-..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
Points,

II would be worth millions to the dairy
world if some one could discover IL rule
easy of comprehension and application, by
which man could 90 into herd of dairy
COWS and hcifrrs, and without previous
knowledge of them, pick out the best ami,
mails in it. Dairymen are so anxious for
some one to discover this rule for them
that they are getting inclined to catch at
,traws. Among these mythical virtues |
10 not hesitate to name the
EsCUTCHEoN.
Of all the unmitignted humbugs that
were ever imposed upon long suffering
and patient people. this Guenon theory OF
milk mirror is the greatest. When first
starting my dairy was anxious to know
how to pick out good COWS, us it was easy
to see that my profits or losses would de.
pend greatly on the quality Of COWS |
bought. In studying and reading up on
THIS point | came across Guenon's es.
cutchcon theories, and like many Others
concluded | had found clear-cut road Out
Of the wilderness. 1t was only necessary
10 unrave the mysteries of the Flanders
Salvage, Curveline, Bicorn, Demijohn
Limousine, Square and Horizontal escutch
cons, with their exceptional bastards, tufts
and ovals, to step into the herd and fine
the COWS ready stamped, sampled anc
branded TO my order. Here, at least
knowledge was power. How l would ge
away with my unIearned neighbors in buy
ing their heifers or competing with then
I Al.
had never heard of this wonderful discoy
cry. | determined to master this science
and to be sure of its proper application
made careful drawings of the escutcheon
of the cows | already owned, and al
Others in the neigbborhood with who's,
performances at the pail | was PERSONAL,
familiar.
AS all the writers upon dairy matter.
either approved directly Or spoke mos
respectfully of Guenon's theory, | wa
much mortified with the result of nv care
full investigations. Thinking nv owl
herd might be an exceptional one, | visit
ed, book in hand, many of the milk dairie
near the city, Had the best COWS pointe,
out and made careful comparisons will
the book. Also l found it required eithe
the ingenuity of Il Frenchman or the faitl
of an enthusiast to make heads or tails 0
those wonderful theories To be sure. TIN
rules and the cows sometimes agreed ant
sometimes they didn't. 1t was nip an,
tuck, with tuck generally in the lead
Ohio Farmer.
We have always had respect to Guenon'
theory TO that extent that, other things be
ing equal, we have always preferred tn
COW with good escutcheon, Will Mr.
Fassett Or any other of our readers Civ
us their ideas on this matter9
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
He Says 1t Is True.


SENECA FALLS, Nov. g. 1876
Mr.. R. STEVENS: an entire stranger to me- HHSIv
Dear ng6St VEGETINE mas dqe door can know
you 10 nave been raised from deat am B years Of
those Who " snch good medicine. With what the
the value ~ Sesrs ago was taken slcH s confined to
age IlI nIied iuMBAGo. For Weeks m without any
doctors caie ed tbree different physicians sferer
my bed dnnaaived no relief; ! was r. last doctor
help; ISscsHe entirely helpless iniybf nossibly
finally DEE vas no help; he said ne Ils arms and
told me Se by eJecting morphine III i}e by having
save w advertisement for saving Ky ~ consent to
legs RUG vas 40 small chance couiu n your ad-
this donei Sk About this time my sou f aerson who
run tne in our paper testimony oi onoaint and
verv sick with about the SAY a anobecary
had c osgnd NY son went right 9%ay II Before
store ana bei8rs bottle found great gh6gtes was
move my t b and move about my room o weeks re-
ape - ne sa VfGETINE, and WAS IN saved
taHn w to nv former health me ,as no help for
STOREY fteT The physicians said there saI unwe
my NE e had no doctor since: ii Ieei n 70 nv
me- ne d hSsV of VEGETINE, and reconlneHu
friends rGETINE ought to be in every family SnaI III
Your Your as anrprised to see me in kooq III him ii
doesoVg EGETfNE is good medicine connot feel toe
thankful MRs CATHERINE COONo'
seneca Falls, Seneca County, N y
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-15

THE Hampstead Courier does not
like 'local option" because "it sprang
from New England" Can nothing
good come out>of Nazareth If the
oldest and best educated communities
and those that know best how to take
care of themselves have adopted and
enforced the policy of prohibition, may
we not accept the lesson inculcateG by
their experience and confessed wisdom2
What they would force US to do and
would not do themselves is one thing
but what they do themselves and for
themselves constitutes an example
worthy of all imitation. Connecticut
may have been crazy on the negro
question but when the government is
the cheapest and best on the continent,
when its school system is most perfect
and its people most intelligent, when
fewer crimes, as ten to one in proper
ton to population, are committed in
Connecticut than in Texas, it seems to
one from whose eyes the scales of
prejudice and stupidity have fallen,
that we have nothing to lose by fol-
lowing in the footsteps even Of Con-
necticut. But Maryland, kentucky
and Indiana have just such Il law as
this of Texas, and the Courier can look
into facts developed in those States,
and if it can accept nothing from New
England, which demolished rum, il
may be proud to follow communities
in Kentucky which reject Bourbon
even at its birthplace.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-15

WE are asked how many drug stores
will take the place of ten bar-rooms
Knocked in the head by prohibition in
Bolton. The drug stores will sell little
more than in fsrner years. Whisky
guzzlers can't afford to pay for pre-
scriptions, and doctors cannot afford to
girs them, and drug yis,s cannot incur
risks of violating the law. Men who
must drink must buy at wholesale aud
keep the barrel at home. Social stree
drinking and community drunkenness
is at an end IN Bolton, and the place
will be as famous for Its schools aud
churches and manufactures rs in
former years for its Jail deliveries and
whisky mills. The very men who
kept the dramshops, within a twelve
month, will attest the value of the law
aud confess that it has doae them the
greatest possible service by directing
their energies into different channels
from those along which whisky rushed
fiery torrent, making town a mad
house aud ITS citizens bloodshirsty
devils.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-02-15
IN A BAD FIX.

The Morton-Brsdley returning board
continues to act as partisan body. It
is neither better nor worse than the
United States Senate or Wells's and
Packard's bull-dozers of Louisiana,
whose infamies begat dangers which
this new-fangled body of congressman
and judges was designated to render
innocuOus. Morton is master of the
queerly-cOnstituted, incongruous body,
and while it will give US a president
and save the country from infinitely
greater evils than any to arise from
the success either of Tilden or HAYES,
its task will be performed in such an
unworthy fashion that it will win in
fanny, we greatly fear, by the very acts
which will enable the country to es-
cape greater evil than the utter want
of honest craftsmanship.