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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
Conductor Bradley.
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IA Connecticut railroad conductor in his efforts tc
prevent injury to his passengers in collision. wai
caught between the cars and when help reached hir
ho was found with his skull crushed and the brain ooE
ing out. notwithstanding his fearful wounds, no OK
claimed to those who 10 his assistance ''Put out
the signals for the other train 70 These woro the only
words be spoko.l We republish this by request sud
the poem well deserves it.
Conductor Bradley, always may his name
Bo said with reverence y as the swim doom came,
Smitten to death, crushed aud manglcd Frame
Sank, with the brake he grssped just where he stood
To do the utmost that brave man could,
And die, IL needfl as true man should.
Men stopped above himi women dropped their tears
On that poor wreck beyond all hope or fears,
Lost In the strength and glory Of his years.
What heard they, Lo the ghastly lips Of pain,
Dead to all thought save duty's, moved again
Put out the signals for the other train!"
No nober utterance since the world began
From lips of saint or martyr ever ran,
Electric, through tho sympathies Of man.
All, mo how poor and noteless sooms to this
The sick-bed dramas Of scfoonsciousness,
Our sensual foars Of pain and hopes of bliss
Oh grand, supreme ondeavorl Not in vain
That last brave act Of failing tongue and bralnl
Freighted with lfe, the downward rushing train,
Following the wrecked one, as wave follows wave,
Obeyed the warning which the dead lips gave
Others ho saved, himself he could not save.
Nay, the lost life was saved. He is not dead
Who in his record st the earth shall tread
With Gods clear aureole shining round his head.
We bow as in the dust with all our pride
OF virtue dwarfed the noble deed beside.
God give US grace to live as Bradley died.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

The Ohio Farmer, in urging the oranges
to occupy the field once so successfully cul :
tivated by farmers clubs, namely that of
discussions, essays, etc., gives a list of topics
for discussion. They may not all be wanted
IN any one grange, but they would supply
hints to the thoughtful. Now which grange
in this state will FIRST introduce this feature
and report to us the topics and papers up
ior consideration 1t will be great neglect
If this winter goes by and the matter is not
attended to by the farmers. Select some of
these topics, assign them to certain persons
at the next grange meeting and begin busi.
ness at once
Best system of rotation for this region.
Clover as IL fertilizer.
Best list of apples for this region.
Large or small farms best.
Care of live stock
Saving and making manure.
Cutting and cooking feed for stock.
Best breed of sheep.
Best breed Of hogs
The dairy herd.
Butter making.
Poultry on the farm.
The common school ; how to improve it.
Education OF farmers sons and daughters.
Home convenicnces.
Household ornaments.
Farmers gardens.
Bee keeping for farmers.
Domestic economy.
Fashion on the faam.
Sociablity among farmers.
Keeping farm accounts.
Benefits Of undertaking.
The best farm gate--fence-barn.
The farmers library--list Of books.
The buckwheat crop.
The best plow-harrow -mower-reaper
rse'rake-cultvator, etc.
Planting in the moon.
Making aud repairing roads.
Hedge culture.
Forest tree culture.
Corn culture-wheat culture culture
etc.
Fall plowing.
Renovation of worn.out soils.
Commercial fertilizers.
Deep or shallow plowing for wheat.
Root culture--value of roots for feeding.
Brains VS.. muscle on the farm.
Our cultivated grasses,
Cooperation in buying and selling,
The family orchard.
small fruits for the family.
Management Of meadows.
Irrigation,
Marketing produce.
Agricultural papers.
Book farming.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
Western New Hampshire Poultry Show.

The western New Hampshire poultry So
ciety held its second annual show in city hall,
keene, December 18th, Goth and 2lst. The
bad travelling and extreme cold weather pre-
vented many breeders from attending. Ow-
ing to the contractor that furnished the coops
not being on time, part of the fowls did not
got out of the boxes they were brought in
until nearly noou of the second day. Fred.
X. Pratt OF Keene was the superinte endent,
and was the right man in the right place.
The thanks of the exhibitors generally are
due him and the other officers for many IA
vors,and l am indebted to the secretary (Mr.
Sturtevant) for his assistance in many ways.
The whole number OF entries was 435.
The show Of Asiatcs was not as large as
have seen the light Brahmas numbered 2l
cOops. b. f, Amidon Of Hinsdale had sew
eral coops that were priced from $40 to S45
per pair. His first premium pair of fowls
scored, cock SO, hen 80; second premium,
$685. 100 points being perfect. ]. W.
Sturtevaut and others had some fine fowls
on exhibition. There were seven coops Of
dark Brahmas. @. w. Chamberlain of Ar
lington, Mass, had few coops of No. /
birds; he took most of the first premiums 5.
The r. Cochin class was very small T. b.
Hayward Of South Acworth had a fine pair
Of chicks; they were hatched June 4th and
weighed, cOckerel 81 pullet Ct. A promi.
nent breeder told me that the cockere was
the best he ever saw. A few white Cochins
and two coops Of the new Sebright Cochins
were shown by G. Il. L. Hayward of Peter.
boro. The Plymouth Rocks numbered "a
coops, shown by y. G.. Button of X eene, j.
II. Munson Of NARROW, and - Latham of
Hinsdale and Mr.. Titus of Bellows Falls,
Vt, had some good birds. G. Il. l.. Hay.
ward showed several cOops of Dorkings and
good ones too he took the prizes on this
variety. The Hamburgs were very good
the first premium pair scored $3.50. The
Leghorn class was not large, but Hayward
showed some good white, brown, black, span.
gled and Dominique Leghorns. lie also had
some good white Il. b. Spanish aud Audalu.
slams. The Polish class was hard to beat
Hayward exhibited some imported birds that
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

vile remarked that he had become satisfied
that raising and feeding corn upon the old
plan was losing business, aud not being will
ing to give up the crop he planted few acres
and instead Of allowing it to mature, when
fully in the milk he cut and cured in the or.
dinary way and fed without husking. Cows
in milk increased the quantity and quality,
and beef cattle put on fat faster than upon
any other feed he had tried. The farmer, in
his opinion who hires his corn husked, car
ries il to mill, pays for grinding and feeds to
stock loses money every time. In relating
this radical method Of Drew's to a cattle buy
er, he gave q fact that confirmed the position
Of MIR. ID. Afarmer wished to sell him yoke
Of oxen be called good beef The buyer said
they should be fed longer to be worth the
price asked Told him il he would feed them
ten days with as much corn (tben Just in the
milky as they would eat he would take them.
To this the farmer agreed, and the buyer said
he never saw pair of oxen gain as much as
those did on that corn.
We shall give the experience of other
farmers on the corn question to be followed
by new departure upon growing and feed
ing the oat crop.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

We give the glance For but maxim. o ~
ne Jerseys there
grain and rich and yellow Ayrshire gives so much milk that M
butter made might be the eou oool
VI course where farmer wishes to raise
important consideration We hope this COW and bv
good bullock at least Ayrshire or sorD ssi
will cost at the stark aud raise of stock
These are the main OF Ayrshire
Head forehead wide
large full and lively
""N
Neck long and straight from the head
the under side fine at its junction with
towards the 0""'s"e
shoulders thin at the top be light the whole qarte gu
BACK short and straight spine wede6nd especially shoulder the short ribs
ahed the body the aanks weld
feVs broad and
with lat thgs broad levewi
the sole
ncnes 10 length equal thickness and hanging
sides should be Of the
on-half o breadth .... . 1 "''"N " "OOu'
Legs Short the bones and eioutsf firm,
Skin and elastic, ind dcover wth close woolvb
The ors preferred defined
attached
y takes them IN when eHectng purchase,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
ORTS.

Farmers and dairymen must be their own
judges in the selection of the breed of COWS
for their several farms. From one hundred
and ninety to two hundred pounds is about
the yearly average Of butter for an Ayrshire
COW.
And what better way is there to reach
so desirable an object, than to bring the
question before our next State Grange, and
have it take such action as will tend to call,
not only the members of the order but all
who are in any way interested in the subject,
to unite and make themselves heard and felt
in the next Legislature.
When VIC SOW wheat we can not tell what
the weather will be, or how much growth it
will make A wise man will SOW in season
to enable it to get a strong, healthy start in
the fall. If it is growing too fast, he will
turn in calves or cattle to keep it in check,
if the field is dry enough to make it safe to
do so.
Some milk will throw up cream which
is extremely porous Sometimes 20 per
cent. of cream rises not q per cent. of which
is butter. The only satisfactory way to de-
termine cows value as butter producer is
to set her milk separately and churn it by
itself.
The saying that it costs no moro to keep
a good COW than a poor one, is false. The
COW which can manufacture the most food
into milk is the best one.
If milk is reduced to a low temperature
before the cream rises the cream will rise
more rapidly and be more frothy than when
it rises at higher temperature.
If one wants plenty of fresh eggs from
his hens in winter, they must not only have
warm shelter, but plenty of nutritious food
to produce the eggs.
If one wants plenty of milk from his cows
In winter, they must not only have warm
shelter, but plenty of nutritious food to pro.
duce the milk.
What the people want is a speedy settlc-
ment Of the presidential controversy, but by
such an application Of sound prnciplesland
good faith as will bear rigid scrutiny aud
command the respect OF the World.-BostoR
Post.
Suppose Grant should die before the 4th
of March, aud the senate recognize HAYES,
and the house should stand by ,Tildeu, and
Indians should scalp Sheridan, and the house
should impeach Sherman, and the bull-doz,.
ers shoald capture Don Cameron, aud the
European war should homologate Secor
Robson, and the supreme court should 10
crazy over the complications, then who
would be President st Alban Adeer.
tiSer.
A thiefiu Evansville, Indiana, stole tho
box out Of church. He evi-
IDENTIFY went there to prey.-NeD York
Commercial Advertiser.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
Bitter Cream.

do not think the cream growing bitter
10 winter is due entirely to the neglect OF
the housewife. As the cows are drying of las
farmers call it) if the milk is not heated it
will soon become bitter, but it is very differ
ent with the milk from a new milch COW.
l cannot explain the difference or tell why,
but from years Of experience know it to be
SO. have no trouble in making good, sweet
butter in winter time. True it is not like that
made iu June or September, but their is no
bitter taste or favor from the scent of the
barn.
When the milk comes to the house it is
strained through the strainer in the pail with
a cloth over it,into tin pail and set in boil
er Of hot water and heated to 1905 or
about half way between milk warm and boil
ing heat, then turned into pans and set to rise.
Be careful not to allow it to boil as that
prevents the cream from all rising by heat
ing more cream rises on the milk, makes bet
ter butter, aud when churned comes to butter
in few minutes, which more than pays for
the time and trouble of heating. 1 think no
one that will try it for few weeks will set
the milk without heating. churn once a
week. MRS l.. y.
Dscembsr Or
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
WHOLE NO. 317.

were extra. Only imagine cock with a
crest on his head that will measure six inches
across without stretching it out Hayward
took most of the premiums in this class. The
French fowls were very good. Hayward
had some fine La Fleche and Creme Occurs.
The Games were extra /; one breeder told me
that il was the best show Of Games ever seen
at any show in New England outside of Con.
necticut. There was not poor bird in the
hall Extra fine ones were shown by Fred.
X. Pratt, g. @. Holton, Ed. Pickering, A.
s. Clark and others. Fred. X. Pratt had a
large show of every variety known in the
Standard, and fine birds too. Tho Game
Bantam class was extra fine. Hayward took
most of the premiums.
In the miscellaneous class Hayward ex-
hibited some good Frizzles, Silkies Rumplers,
etc. Rev. w. D. Hall Of South Acworth
exhibited a new breed, "Plumbago," that at
tracted much attention. He took the first,
second and third premium on chicks and first
on fowls. They will make an extra breed.
@. h. l.. Hayward exhibited some fine
bronze, black, wild, buff and white turkeys,
and took the first premium. Hayward ex-
hibited some fine Pearl and white Guineas,
and Pea fowls. Hayward had the best show
Of geese ever shown in the state. His col
lection comprised pair of Toulouse that
weighed 80 pounds, Bmbeden, Wild, Hong
Kong, Egyptian, White China, Brown China,
and African, all first class birds. He also
had nearly every variety of ducks-Ayles-
bury, white and coored Musk, Wbite.crested,
Cayuga, Mallard, White Call, Gray Mallard,
Pekiu, Roueu, Plata, Wood and Decoy, and
took nearly all the premiums. There were
l39 entries of pigeons shown by G. f. L.
Hayward, Seabury of Walpole, Chandler and
Litch6eld of Keene and others. Hayward
exhibited over 70 varieties and took nearly
all of the premiums. w. H. Bracket of
Boston exhibited some extra fine rabbits of
Lop Ears, Argula, Dutch, Pategonian, Him
alayan, and Belgian Hare rabbit also
White and Abyssinian Guinea pigs, cat-birds
and squirrels made up the collection.
G. E. L. Hayward of Peterboro, N. H.,
was the largest exhibitor, nearly 200 coops
of fowls and pigeons he took about 200
premiums and specials; he is probably the
largest breeder and exhibitor in the country;
nearly all the fowls he had were No. l.. He
exhibited at Lowell, Mass. the week before
and took good share of the premiums
The attendance from the city was rather
small, but the officers were in hopes the show
would prove success financially. HIS.
Ball Of Shrewsbury, Mass, judged Ham
burgs, Guineas and Pigeons. A. f. Stevens
of Natick, Mass, judged Bantams, P. Rocks,
and French class and water fowls, and gave
good satisfaction. ]. G. NC KEEN.
South Aei0orth, Nh
Our correspondent is too modest BY far
he took not a few premiums on chicks,
geese, rabbits, etc., and they mostly first
premiums too.-ED. FARMER
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
American Dairymen's Association,

The American dairymen's association will
hold its twelfth annual convention at Inger
soil, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Wednos
day and Thursday, the 9th, 10th and [ III
OF January, 1877. Such topics as these will
come before the association "Dairy at the
Centennial" by Prof l.. b. Arnold ,"B ut.
tor Making at the West" by j. N. Stewart
Of Iowa; Progressive Butter Making" by
ii. G, Green, of the Meadville tPa.) Re.
publican; The Fitness of Things" by Hon
Harris Lewis, Frankfort, N. Y; Leaks in
the Dairy" by G. S. Sheldon of Lowvile,
N. Y; Cheese Manufacturing, by Hon.
Thomas Ballantyne, NIP. p of Stratford, Ont;
canadian Dairyiug,' by @. f. Chadwick,
lngersoll, Ont; "Dairying AID Fertility"
by Prof, K. w. Stewart, of the National
Live Stock Journal "The Refuse of the
Dairy-its Use and Abuse" by j. S. Van
Duser, Of the Husbandman, Elmira, N. Y.
Prof. &. q. Caldwell OF Cornell university
mas oeen invited, and Is expected to be pres
ent and address the onvontion-subject not
named. .....
Our readers will sec that this is special
ly inviting list Of subjects aud speakers. We
wish some Of the successful dairymen of Ver-
mont could 60 out there and report to our
own association the results.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
A Good Cow,

Mr. Snyder in Rural New Yorker give.
an account OF COW he bought out Of an or
dinary lot, when she was giving eight quarts
OF milk per day. From January 10 to Oc
tober 30 he kept the record as follows: 9,0Si
pounds Of milk the amount of butter made
from her milk during the same time wa.
800 pounds, which, adding tho amount which
could have been made from 56S pounds Of
milk sold and the total yield of butter dur,
ing the 300 days, is 81 pounds ounces,
or 8 S3.lOO ounces per day. Mr.. Snyder
gives his manner Of treatment
"Her regular diet has been dry, uncut
hay, averaging Is to 20 pounds per day
with four quarts of mill feed, one eighth
meal, two-eighth bran, each morning. noon
and evening also about one pint Of oil meal
per day. This AMI the mil feed is given in
a pail OF warm water. Whenever we can
get bite Of grass for her sho gets it, but
she has not had 200 pounds of it in the two
summers | have owned her. That enter
prsing weed, purslane is furnished in its
o'"oOu 40 Oibcu hs VIC eau unu time TO Dull
it up, and sometimes green fodder corn, but
the latter does not seem to increase the flow
OF milk. She is stabbed winter and summer /;
in cool weather on the barn floor, tied in a
stall about five feet wide in midsummer in
the barn cellar, IN a sort of box stall, about
ten feet square, where she can fight flies at
her leisure. At present prices Of hay and
mill feed, her cost of keeping is about 80
cents per day"
We publish this to show that even a fair
COW will improve greatly by care. His
method of keeping her in the barn all sum-
mer is novel one in Vermont, and we hone
to learn more of it from the dairymen's as.
ISOLATION. We kept "village COW" once
which gave 40 pounds OF milk per day in
June and made besides one small family's s
use, pound of butter per day for nearly
three months in summer. OF course that
was not equal to Mr., Snyder, as he calcu,
lates his COW would make 400 pounds of
butter in one full year. 1t pays to keep a
good COW WELL poor one not at all.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

PURE lcE.-ln addition to what VIC have
already said respecting the necessity of get
ting pure ice, we add the following testimony
from experts, who know of the facts. II
only shows how we'll and healthy people might
be if they were not SO careless in contracting
diseases. Read it before you all your ice
house
An epidemic of fever aud diarrhea at one
OF the hotels at Rye Beach last summer has
been clearly traced to the ice. This had been
procured from a pond Of which tho outlet
had in recent years been closed by sand and
stones washed up from the sea, the pond thus
becoming standing receptacle Of mud and
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
Utilizing the Corn Crop.
ny JONATHAN LAWRENCE.

The corn crop was, 10 former years, one
OF the best paying crops in Vermont. When
it sold for Sl.25 per bushol it paid well to
grow 1t, but now when the railroads will set
down western corn at our stations for from
10 to 80 cents per bushel, corn raising as a
paying crop is "played out" Many of the
farmers in favorable locations will raise corn
without inquiring whether it pays or not.
Twenty-Five hundred bushels Of corn were
grown upon the Evarts farm at Windsor the
past season, and we noticed 10 our recent Wis.
1t to the farm that about one-half of tho fod-
der was rejected by the stock and spread
over the yards to be converted into MANURE
by the trampliug of the stock. We propose
to give the present position of several of the
many good farms in this county in their new
departure in growing and feeding the corn
crop, and hope that thosl farmer of the state
who still pursue the old method will give
their facts and figures for the benefit of the
readers Of the FARMER.
During discussion upon tho best method
OF feeding the products of the farm to stock
at meeting of Pomona grange No. 2, at
West Concord, Geo, Il. Drew OF North Dan
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

This is what the Hon. Harris Lewis says
of farmers of that famous Herkimer county,
NY. If true then what must be said ofmany
In Vermont The fact is, our farmers are
not walked up to the Importance of breeding
trst-class stock. Read Mr.. Lewiss words
The ma ajority of the dairymen of Herkimer
county, It is evident to me, are five hundred
years behind the dairymen of the counties of
Durham and Yorkshire, England, in the i'm
provement OF DAIRY stock. Yet these same
dairymen have listened with marked atten.
tion to the many words of wisdom which
have fallen from the lips of the honored pres.
ident OF this association, Mr.. Willard. They
have also read with much more satisfaction
than profit the oft-repeated good advice from
his pen, but preferring his practice to his
precepts, and his example to his preaching,
they have become joined to their idols, aud
such scrub dairy stock as other people do
not want, and will sell cheap.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05
Cooling Milk.
December q

"ou'u ING W iuqulre Jnrougn the coll
umns Of the FARMER if it is injurious to the
iiavor and keeping qualities of butter to set
the milk, in hot weather, after milking in
cold water until 1t is thoroughly cooled.
L.J.w.
We know of no reason why it should be,
unless the water should be too COOL indeed it
should be cooled some way SO as to rid it of
the animal heat. The theory Of the "large
pans" is that of cooling the milk down to
certain temperature and keeping it there till
the cream rises. The plan Of "deep setting"
Mr.. Hardins favorite method, is that of re.
ducing tho temperature and keeping the milk
from both light and air. We saw the "deep
setting" last June 10 good dairy in Whit
ing The milk was set in pals, deep and no
larger around than an ordinary tin milk pail,
aud set into tank of cool water till the
cream was taken off. Many people think
the milk must stand till it sours, but there is
no good reason for that it wants to stand
till the cream rises and no longer; every
hour after that the butter is injured. We
never tried "deep setting" aud wish those
who have would give us the results Of their
experience, .......
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

ln the production of good cows we do not
underestimate blood and good breeding, but
what we wish to impress upon dairymen is
that there must be something more than this,
and that is that kind care and iudicious
treatment are often capable of making su-
perior mixer from an animal with no "royal
blood in her veins" while the reverse makes
a poor mixer out of the best COW in the land.
-RurM NeW Yorker.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

sawdust, there being two saw.mis on the
stream above. The ice was subjected to
chemical analysis and was Iound to contain
putrescent vegetable matter The hotel
stopped using this contaminated ice aud there
was an end to the sickness among its board.
ers
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05

When the treatment and food is only or
dinarily good, the Berkshires and their
crosses are uudeniably the best, especially as
the flesh is more meaty and not SO inclined
to fat as are the Yorkshires.- Home.