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AND UNITED STATES NAIL ROUTE.
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DARK THEATRE.
i HENRY T.. ABBEY ..............I Lessee and Manager
with brilliant cast comprising Mcssrs Chas r. Thornc,
Jr. stuart Robson. W sheridan Willie SEYMOUR T T..
Morris, H. W. MoltgOmcrv Wilder. Mathew, Misses
Katharine Rogers, Maudc Harrison, Roberta Norwood,
and Mrs Farrcn - - -
MONDAY EVENING Jan. 20. OUR BO ARDING HOUSE
Evening at \. saturday matinee. l.3O
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
The Oat Crop.
by JONATHAN LAWRENCE.

Many farmers have for several years doubt
ed whether the oat-crop was remunerative as
they had supposed. Since the raising Of
wheat has been largely abandoned by the
Vermont farmers, more attention has been
given to the oat crop, and land formerly put
to wheat and stocked to grass has been given
to oats under similar conditions. But the
trouble is, that land which is rich enough to
grow grass proftably is too rich for oats !;
where the attempt is D2ade the oats fall
down and are nearly worthless, and the pros
pective grass crop is killed by the fallen oats.
Wishing to secure the best results from these
conditions, and to save his prospective grass
crop, neighbor who had field of oats
badly lodged, cut them when fully in the
milk, and cured like hay and he was greatly
surprised by the results. His cows did
equally as well, in flesh and milk, as on the
best of hay, leaving no more than was neces-
| sary for bedding. Horses, colts and sheep
and, in fact, all kinds of stock, eat it readily
and clean, and he has become fully satisfied
that on rich land he can grow double the
value Of oat hay that he can Of the best tim
othy or clover. Since this experiment hi
intends to save large share of his oats fol
hay instead Of letting them mature, hiring
machine to thrash them, Ia costly job gen
erally) feeding the grain, and using tn,
straw for bedding or feeding it only to keel
stock alive. No good farmer believes tina
stock fed on straw alone will gain in flesh oil
weight and if that be true, the straw an(
the time of feeding it is lost. | am aware
that many good farmers mix straw aud ha.
together, but l have failed as yet to find on
who proves how much flesh and weight b
gets from his straw. hope farmers who
believe the old way is best will give thei
reasons in the FARMER, for l know Of
number Of farmers who intend to save fror
one to five acres Of oats the coming seaso
for hay. l hope that some one who has Gu
oat hay and weighed the product will Civ
the result that we may prove definitely hoy
much fodder of that kind We may expeC
per acre and compare it with our best ha
} crop aud note the result.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
ST. JOHNSBURY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1877

box churu Of some kind our preference has
been for the Bullard, very strongly how the
Davis will compare with il we cannot say.
As is well known our choice for a butter
color was Butchers Golden Liquid, but
Wells, Richardson & Go. of Burlington OK.
hibited their new Perfected Butter Color,
which on trial with lard, aud in one churn-
ing of cream gave excellent satisfaction, aud
if it will do every time what il did in that
churning last week, at our home, not in
Burlington, it is fne thing, and we know
Of no reason why it will not. 1t certainly is
greatly superior to the Golden Extract, and
promises to be an excellent article. With
such preparations as this and butchers il
passes our comprehension how people can
spend their time anatto solutions Of their
own make and get q dull brick color.
Moulton's cave cutters aud conductors
were exhibited and looked like a hrst.class
article. They are Of wood and securely
jointed and coated with some impervious prep
aration for the cutters, While the conduct
ors are so put together with hinges and cOiled
wire springs that the freezing up Of winter
does not damage them. Posts sap spOuts we
saw, and have specimens in our Office for in
spection, and oil we need say is that
any one who taps one or thousand trees
needs them. They are so simple and yet the
very best thing out ; they not only get all
the sap and keep the tree from drying up,
but furnish frst-class method Of hanging
the buckets. Every sugar maker knows how
encouraging it is to go out every few days
and find a score or two Of the buckets at his
best trees tipped over by the melting snow
and after one trial Of Posts incompatible
spouts we don't believe he would ever "set''
another bucket on the snow.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
The other monthlies must lie over till next week.
WHIP AND SPUR, by Cot. GEORGE E. WARINe, il
-Jamss n Osoood 4 Co. Bosfoa.

WHIP AND SPUR, by Cot. GEORGE E. WARISG, JR.
jones r. osgoOd 4 Co., Boston.
The readers of the Atlantic, of whom thore are not
a few in Vermont will remember some of the chapters
in this book but glad for all that that the
thor and publisher alike, have ft to put these
pieces into q more convenient and accessible form.
The work has been before the public months but
the publishers have just laid it table, we
read II anew and will tell readers impression
thereof The titles of of the chapters themselves
are intensely suggestive, "Vix," Max" and "Ruby''
being the names of Col Warnings favorite horses
while he duty civil engineer in Central Park
and Colonel Of the Fourth Missouri Cavalry No
lover of horseesh read the book without having
his soul enlisted in behalf of chara ter exploits and
mishaps Of each favorte steed To it is of the
happy signs Of the times that works being
written in praise of this noble animal Read the brief
Carylean biography Of "Vix," for instance, and
how much you may learn Of the good points of horse
how shamefully abused the animal may bei how
"bood" pure and regal will assert itself in spite of
difficulties not few; of the noble beasts quc APP
probation Of the affection and of who knows
its WORTH and il you shed a at the crack of the
rifle which terminated "Vix's" sufferings from fatal
wounds just outside that Missouri camp, you need net
feel ashamed of yourself for queenly "Vix" deserved
such recognition of her WORTH and It manly in
you respond 10 the call ut is fascinating little
book, and every line OF 1t will inspire noble man
hood, and q Christianke recognition Of the nobility
Of the horse OF the kindly treatment he deserves and
Of the abundant returns with which he will repay
for all such kindnesses. somewhat enthus attic
1t may be this little volume, but want every
farmers boy, especially in Vermont to read it for its
influence his character for its high regard for tho
horse such, and for the charm which 1t throws
around thatbest of all outOfdoor exercise, for man
or woman-horseback riding. Those in certain town
in Windham county who used to pounding over
the hills and through the winding valleys that solid
bay, "Nim" will recognize his traits in Col Warnings
"Ruby;" especially this bit Of biography "Ruby
seemed to know that two of were solid enough to
break through any ordinary pile Of rails and what we
could not jump over we jumped at" And now that
1t all over, will tell those who wondered at the
dapidOted condition Of their fences here and the re
in spring time, that MIN" and his happy ridor So
curely held in place by doublegirted Mexican sad
die, when they could not clear fence, jumped at it,
though to tell tho exact truth that happened very few
times II at ALL We want you to read the book get II
il it is not IN your ibrary-asi it should be-and read
but one chapter at time.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Breaking Roads.

The great body of snow upon the ground
has involved considerable labor recently 10
breaking the roads SO as to make them pas.
sable, especially in exposed places where
drifts have accumulated. The Indifferent
manner in which most people perform this
work makes road neither comfortable nor
safe to pass over when the snow is three
feet deep. The usual way of driving team
through, making one track with the snow
plowed up at each side is we'll enough pro-
vided the travelling is all in one direction,
and nobody gets in the way. But when one
is obliged to turn out to pass loaded team
or to get by parties and teams going in the
opposite direction, the operation is often diff.
icult This trouble could be easily remedied
by passing over the road twice when break.
ing out and making double track. The
first time passing over the road would leave
it in this way:
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Raising Calves.

Last fall | read in your paper sad his
tory of the calves of one Of your cores
pondents, which he undertook to raise last
season and make them very nice, but they
sickened and died.
The three FIRST days Of the calf should be
with the dam, in dry place and well lit.
tered then if the cows udder is not swollen
and the milk has become good, in the morn
ing, after tho calf has taken his breakfast,
remove him from the COW until noon, when
he should be allowed his food again, then re-
move until night, thus continuing to suckle
him three times per day for the second three
days. Then the COW aud calf may be sep.
arated from sight of each other, and ought
to be out of hearing, aud the calf learned
to drink. AT six days old they will gcner-
ally learn to drink more readily than at any
other time. Teach them to drink milk set
twelve hours aud skinned, and when they
have learned to drink well they may be put
upon sour milk, feeding three times per day.
If we feed our calves on sour milk, the
question arises what shall we feed for prov
ender, taking into consideration the growth
and health Of the animal, aud the expense
in dollars and cents Corn meal is too
weighty, aud too heating for the stomach OF
the little failing, Your correspondent says
he fed corn and cotton seed meal. These
are both improper food for such young ami
mails, and in this case they produced inaam-
nation Of the stomach aud bowels, whicl
caused diarrhea, aud the lungs became al
feeted from sympathy with the stomach
Are you surprised at the death Of thes'
calves2 Your correspondent should have
withheld his provender, and fed half ration
Of milk in which was put a toaspOonful o
saleratus or little pulverizod charcoal, il
the incipient stage of the disease. Dletin
alone will often correct the trouble aud re
store the stomach and bowels to their nor
NAL condition. Oats have been scarce fO
the last few years. and prices high. Barley
although excellent provender for man an
r beast, always brings price above its rea
value for food. India wheat is the kind {
5 grain to feed it is very healthy, very nj
D tritiOus, aud very easily digested aud that
S what promotes growth. This grain is yer
easily raised, generally producing an abur
r dant yield. Grind aud sift out the hull
q and you have the best of prOvender for yOl
d calves--and cows too. Begin to feed th
!. as soon as you put the calf on sour mil
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

Many think that strawberry culture is diff
6cult on account of weeds, aud especially
white clover, but these difficulties can be
overcome very much by adopting what is
is called the matted row system that is, by
setting the plants in rows, say four feet apart
and one foot in a row, keep the ground per-
fectly free from weeds and mellow until fall
which can be done by running the cultivator
through between the rows, which will turn
the runners towards the rows, then hoe and
weed carefully the rows, putting little dirt
on the runners About the time it freezes,
cover well with leaves, evergreen, or straw ;
if leaves or straw are used the covering need
not be taken off in the spring except to re.
move from the crown of the plants, when
they will come forward and bountifully re-
ward you. When the crop is gathered, plow
under, having set another bed the spring be-
fore which will produce another year.
Many Of our wild, black cap raspborries
will pay we'll if set six feet each way and kept
well cultivated, When up about two feet
pinch off the tops to make them branch.
Young fruit trees If leaning any to the
north should have their south side protected
from the sun, as il is now approaching our
latitude; very good way would be to bind
straw around them. Trees that have cracked
and rough bark which should not be re-
moved except when the tree gets large aud
the bark in scales offers good harbOr for
many vile enemies, need no protection Of
body. l.. NJ. MAcoMBER.
North Ferrisburgh.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Vermont Potatoes.

Below is what an Iowa farmer says Of two
varieties Of our old friend and neigbor MIR.
Q. G. Priuglo's potatoes. From our experi-
ence With the Snowflake we like il very much I;
it is fine grain, dry, mealy and excellent
favored potato. 1t has some small ones, as
said, but no one need plant on moist ground
in this land Of hills, and potatoes should
never be raised on such land. Ours we're
grown on a clay loam and produced we'll 10
quantity and quality as above mentioned.
Of the Alpha we know less, having made
but one trial and the crop was light which
we think will stand in the way of its popu-
larity; otherwise it is an excellent variety.
Mr.. Brownell of Essex has some choice ones
which he will put upon the market this sea-
son, especially the Centennial" which he
secured "by fertilizing the blossoms o f Brow
nell's Beauty with the pollen from the white
Peachblow." Those who have tried them
report an excellent potato, mealy, white,
fine grain, not watery, with smooth red skin.
Mr.. Brownell told US few weeks since that
he regarded it as a superior article, which we
hope it is. We are pleased TO find so much
attention given to potato culture by Yer.
monters and with such excellent success.
Our Iowa friend wrote as follows TO the
World:
The Snowflake and Early Ohio come the
nearest to the mark of any that l have
tested.
The Snowflake has two faults One is,
it is liable to rot on low, wet soil. The other
is, there are some small ones always. In
the hill, in YIELD shape and quality, there is
no need of improvement. Its keeping quail
tiles are all that can be desired it is in fine
condition when new ones come in, and Its
rich flavor is very remarkable.
The Alpha is a splendid early variety,
well shaped, with good color, of an excellent
quality; but it is light cropper, although
it is perfectly hardy.
The Ruby is of fine size, cf fair shape,
with beautiful color, aud it is unsurpassed
as cropper 1t is entirely healthy. With
the cooking of the Early Rose and the
Peachblow combined, it will be preferred by
many to any other.
These potatoes have an English reputation
of which we need not be ashamed. The Lon
don Gardener spoke very highly of them. L
mentioned with special approval Brownell'
Beauty, Pringes Snowflake, Alpha ant
Ruby. OF the latter it says it is "the only
new American variety offered last year, auC
has been severely tested by a hot dry sum
mer, and came out very we'll"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

commencing with tablespoonful in each
mess Of milk, pouring little hot water on
the meal before putting il into the milk.
Wheat bran and seconds, two parts Of the
former by measure to one part of the latter,
makes excellent provOnder. Gut your grass
10 June, in sufficient quantities to last them
until tho second crop is Ct to cut, and be
sure aud have early.cut hay for them the
first winter. Keep your calves in the barn
all summer, giving them their rations of milk
through the entire season. Feed roots, po-
tatoes, turnips or carrots; the latter are
best. l will close by saying to your readers
that il will pay to employ their brains in
rearing calves.
1. II. DUTToN
Cransbnru
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Grades or Thoroughbreds.

have been much pleased at the progress
OF agriculture and the manifest increasing in-
terest in agricultural pursuits evinced by the
patrons of the FARMER. Although not far
mer always take great interest in their
success, for perceive that my ability to
secure the bread and butter necessary for
my corporal frame, depends upon the success
of that very prominent portion of the com.
munity. have been somewhat sorry for
them in many instances when have seen
them the victims Of sharpers, and led to build
castles, not in Spain, but in the air, that were
destined sooner or later to fall to the ground
with crash bearing with them the fond an-
ticipatiOns of many an enthusiast. On Que
particular point have seen these fond au-
ticipatiOns blasted many times, in the rage
for blooded stock, aud the belief ia the supe'
riority of grade or full-blOod animals for
dairy and other purposes. A few make
money out Of the oredulity Of the masses
while the mass grows poor out of the invest
ment. After careful observation for quit
number Of years am fully of the opinion
that the great cry for blOOded stock is
humbug Of the first water, aud the majorit.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

On a road thus broken turning out would
be very easy affair. All that would be re-
quired would be to "keep to the right" as
the law directs. Such a road would not
only be convenient for turning out but would
also be convenient for teamsters who might
be obliged to walk by the side of their teams,
as there would be a path for each animal
and one for the driver. Where there is con-
siderable travel, breaking roads in this way
would be found to be great public cOnve-
nience. WIN. Ii. GILMORE.
HsnHikeT, N, N.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02
Neat Farming.

The neat farmer keeps everything around
him neat aud clean, and gives his fields clean
culture stumps, bushes and rocks are taken
out aud removed where they will do the most
good his door-yards are kept clean and
smooth, fences always in repair, gates and
bars always ready to open and shut, all old
logs, bushes and other refuse taken from the
sides Of the road in front Of his buildings,
his barn and out buildings are kept in re-
pair, and painted or whitewashed, doors and
windows whole aud always provided with
hinges and fasteners for instant use, his
tools sharp aud always in their places when
wanted,-a place for everything aud every
thing n its place. His farm wagons, plows,
harrows, and all other tools are carefully
housed when not in use, his house is a model
Of neatness outside aud in; he lets nothing
20 to waste that will make manure, his stock
is we'll taken care of aud fed, and always kept
10 a healthy condition, barn aud stable floors
kept clean and tidy; he has more or less
nice stock to sell every year, and generally
has little scrip in his pocket for rainy
day, to pay his bills, always rides with q
good team, and is generally out Of debt
he owns more or less bank stock, and oi
course is happy and contented, and enjoys
the blessings of life.-Dirigo Rural, Ar
you one of that kind If so stand up and
be counted.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

LIcR ON CATTLE.-Years ago an agricul-
tural writer observed his bull to be free from
lice, but not so the rest of his cattle and
thinking over the matter he came to the con.
clusion that the habit of paving dirt over
himself must have the effect of keeping lice
off the bull, and he tried dry earth on the
rest Of the cattle with the best effect. Ever
since reading the above have used nothing
but dry earth, and have repeatedly put it on
cattle having lice, and have found it perfect
ly eficac:ous, both as preventive aud a cure,
If in winter fHi it needed aud cannot get
earth otherwise, l 90 into my cellar and OBJ
tain few quarts, no fear Of using too much,
and dry it on the stove; | then sprinkle il
over the back from head to tail, aud, the
earth working into aud through the hair, soon
destroys all the lice. believe the earth tC
be Just as efficacious, less expensive than to
bacco or any of the acids recommended
] Farmers AdUOeats.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-02

ECONOMICAL INSURANCE. recently
published report of the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Kalamazoo,
Mich, shows the entire cost per year to mem
bers for insurance to be eight hundrodths
of one per cent. Aud the losses paid
in IA years cost tho members l! per cent
in premiums and assessments. The present
number of members is l490. Policies is
sued 1870. The officers of this company
are farmers; Moses Kingsley of Kalamazoo
is secretary. -
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