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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

ROOTs.-One of our correspondents who
believes in feeding roots says: :" | have
fed roots every winter for ten years, and
would as soon think of wintering COWS
without hay as without roots. BY giving
u peck of chopped beets, every day. to
each COW, in connection with good fodder
or hay, can keep up the flow of milk to
summer height, and bring them out IN
splendid order in the spring also feed
bcets to sheep with the best of results. |
raised 800 bushels on one acre this last
year and regard them worth just as much
us that much corn, in feeding economy"
Plenty of such testimony can be adduced
but how many farmers still ignore the root
crop entirely, us far rs their stock is con-
ccrned. Too much trouble is the
honest answer of those who do not feed
them, for it is hard to find man who is
not convinced of their value. We read
records of 900 and even 1000 bushels Of
mangels raised from one acre. and four
pounds of beels are equal to one of hay.
What other crop is better? But it is not
the absolute nutriment found in roots that
fixes their feeding value. More is due to
their succulent nature and the agreeable,
healthful change they afford from dry food
We believe half the diseases of farm stock
would entirely disappear if roots in proper
proportions formed part Of the winter
feed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

Whitewash, it is we'll known, passes to
a carbonate of lme in a few days, by abb
sorbing carbonic acid from the air, and
being soluble to certain extent in water,
is soon washed off when exposed to the
rains. TO prevent this u wash prepared
as follows lasts much longer:
To half II bushel of good lime add water
enough to slake, and be about the consis-
tence of thick syrup, and while hot add n
gallon of linseed oil and stir well. To this
mixture add half n pound of common
glue, dissolved in boiling water. After
letting it stand a few hours, thin with wa
ter to the proper consistence for applying,
and it is ready for use. Some parties rec
ommend the addition of salt, and others
sulphate of zinc, but cannot see any
plausible theory to satisfy me that there is
any advantage in their use. With the lin
seed oil an insoluble soap is formed (oleare
of lime) and the glue forms an insoluble
cement which protects the lime from the
dissolving influence of the water. 1t is
possible that talow will answer the same
purpose, as the resulting compound would
be the same oleate of lime-the glycerine
of the fat being set free.-A. p. S. BalH-
more, Nd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

A little girl who had great kindness of
heart for all the animal creation saw II hen
preparing 10 gather her chickens under her
wings. and shouted earnestly, "Oh, don't
sit down on those beautiful little birds
you great ugly rooster!"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
agricultural Department.
o. N. TINKHAM, Edltor

Atinommunlcationsfo this department should be
cent 70 the editor, Mr.. o. NJ. TINKHAM, n. Pom.
writeon one side of the paper only sign such
neile OF initials as You wished published but give
State ''''''' 0O'-'' AIN
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE

Messrs Weeks 4 Potter: Gentlemen-I feel COMPEL
ed toacknowledge you the great benefit SANFoRD's
RADICAL CURE has been to me. For ten years have
been afflicted with this lOathsOme disease, and especi-
ay in the winter time has 1t been most severe. The
discharge has been thick and bloody, emitting foul
Odor so bad that my presence in room with Others
was very offensive to them One week after commenc-
ing the use of SANFORD's RADICAL CURE l was not
troubled with it at ALL My senses Of taste and smell
which were wholly gone have now fully returned, and
my general health il much improved: Yours
' MELBOURNE II. FORD,
Short Hand Writer
GpASD RApIDs MICH Nov g. 1876.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
NA 7 A Z r H

OF TenY ears, Duration. The Dis
charges Thick, Bloody, and Of
Foul Odor. Senses of Smell and
Taste Wholly Gone. Entirely
Cured by
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

A SHREwD DoDGE.-The Secretary of
the Massachusetts State Board of Agricul-
ture has an office clerk, who is not over
worked, hence, like his superior in office,
he devotcs portion of his time to outside
business. On the second day of the late
session of the State Board ut Waltham,
when the answering of queries in the
question box was passed over for lack of
time, and when speeches on important
subjects were limited to ten minutes each,
this same clerk was granted thirty-lve
minutes of valuable time at that meeting
to explain and eXpatate upon private
invention of his own, in which presenta-
ton he was assisted by the kind and con-
sidcrate Secretary in at least three brief
speeches. This advertising dodge is not
in the original programme, and is entirely
unworthy of the management Of such n
meeting. An inventor ola patent churn
says he would give II hundred dollars for
so favorable chance to advertise his
wares, and he will double that sum to
have such remarks us he might offer prin-
ted at the state expense in the Agriculture
of Massachusetts, l876-78. Why not re-
ceive proposals for putting inventions at
State Board meetings? We trust for the
dignity and honor of the state, that this
transparent advertising device will not be
perpetuatcd in the next report of the Sec
rotary. The State Board should confne
itself to measures for the public
good, rather than countenance shrewd
lodges for individual gain.-Amcrtcan
CadtjUut0r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26
Tht family Cirtlt.


" No other boy knows how to appreciate
q holiday as the farm boy does; and his
best ones are of a peculiar kind. Going
fishing is Of course one sort. The excite
ment of digging the bait, and the antici-
patton of great luck-these are pure pleas
ures, enjoyed because they are rare. Boys
who can go a-ishing any time care but
little for it.
Tramping all day through brush and
brier, fighting flies and mosquitoes, and
branches that tangle the line and snags
that break the hook, and returning home
tired and hungry, with wet feet and Il
string of speckled trout on willow twg,
and having the family crowd out at the
kitchen door to look ut 'em, and say,
Putty well done for you, bub; did you
catch that big one yourself? this is alsc
true happiness, the like of which the boy
will never have again, not if he comes 10
be selectman and deacon, and to keep
store
If there is one thing more than another
that hardens the lot of the farmer boy, it
is the grindstone. Turning the grindstone
to grind scythes is one of those heroic but
unobtrusive occupations for which one
gets no credit. 1t is IL hopeless kind of
task, and however faithfully the crank i,
turned, it is one that brings little reputa
ton. o, it was nothing to do-just turn
the grindstone few minutes for this and
that one before breakfast. Any "hired
man " was authorized to order the boy tc
turn the grindstone. How they die beal
on, those great strapping fellows Turn
turn, turn ! what II weary 90 it was. Fol
my part, used to like grindstone thai
wabbled y good deal on its axis fol
when | turned fast it put the grinder on ;
lively lookout for cutting his hands, ant
entirely satisfied his desire that l SHOULD
turn faster" 1t was some sport to make
the water fly and wet the grinder, sudden
ly starting up quickly, and surprising hin
when | was turning slowly. used to wisl
sometimes that could turn fast enough
to make the stone fly into dozen pieces.
These are small samples of the gooc
things which fill book-''BENG A Boy,
written by Charles Dudley Warner
and published in very attractive form by
j. r. Osgood & Co.. and handsomely il
Illustrated by Champ" 1t would make
capital New Years present for the boy
Inquire of your bookseller Or of the pub
| fishers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

by taking the best COW from herd, or the
most productive sod from the wheat field
as an Average of the whole. There is one
difficulty in arriving at definite results.
Few farmers keep books, or even notes to
show the labor and money expended upon
u flock, or upon an acre of land. l propose
to give the results from a good flock of one
hundred good grade Merlno sheep, con-
Ssting of 2 bucks and SO ewes:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

This is the result from good flock with
good keeping. Let us take the same flock
and see what will be the result from poor
or careless EppninU.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-12-26

100 heeces GJS lbs washed wool per fleece, $50 lbs
900 lbs wool a IS per Id, $2l7
80 lambs a $500 per head, POO
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12
The Way the Chinese Stop an ASS
Braying.

In 1910 (says the Abbe Huc} we
were once making a journey in wag-
on I'm the province of Pekin. Our
equipage was under the guidance of
an old sohoolmaster, mounted on a
magnificent ass, so full of ardor and
agility that the two mules that COM
pIeted our team had all the difficulty
in the world to keep up with him.
This ass. however, was so filled with
a sense of his own superiority. and so
proud of 1t, that whenever he became
aware Of the presence Of any of his
brethren, he never failed to oom-
mence boasting Of IL In such loud
sonorous and harsh tones that his fol-
ly became quiet insupportable.
When he got to an inn, instead OF
trying to rest himself, the beast passed
the whole night practicing music. set
ting all the dOnkeys in the neighbor-
hood to singing the same tune, 30 that
1t was impossible to sleep. One even
ing we said to the schoolmasteP,
Your donkey ia an abominable brute;
1t prevents my getting a wink OF
sleep."
"Why did you nottell me so before?''
said the sohoolmaster II would soon
have stopped his singing" As the
old pedagOgue was somewhat of wag
and INDUCED sometimes in a small
Joke, we took little notice Of his reply
but that night we slept quiet sound
ly.
"Well, did the ass make a noise last
night 2" he asked, when we met in
the morning.
"Perhape not," said we; "st all
events, we did not hear him."
mo, think not" said he, 81 saw
to that before 1 went to bed. You
must have noticed" he continued,
THAT when an ass is going to bray he
always begins by raising his tail. and
he keeps IL extended horizontally as
long as his song lasts. To insure his
silence you have only to tie a large
stone to the end of bis tail, so that he
cannot raise IT,"
We smiled without replying, think
ing this was another piece of pleasan-
try but be cried +:
"Come. now, and see you can cas-
lily convince yourself''
And accordingly We followed him
to the courtyard, where we beheld,
sure enough, the poor ass with large
stone attached to his tall, and with
the air of having lost bis accustomed
spirits. His eyes were fixed on the
ground, his ears hung down, his
whole appearance denoting humility
and detection. Feeling quiet compass
sionate towards him, we now begged
his master to unite the stone directly;
and as soon as ever he felt the musi-
cal appendage at liberty, the creature
raised first his head, then his ears,
then his tall, and at last began to bray
with ell his wonted energy.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12
USEFUL AND CURIOUS.

- According to the researches of an
eminent German naturalist, our earth
has at one time or other been inhsb-
tied by 155, 900 kinds OF animals, of
which 10000 are now extinct, while
the other 135, 900 are still with us.
= A good soft dressing for the hair
is thus made: Take q sufficient guam
tity of fresh butter and filter through
tissue OF fine letter paper, and then
cut with alcohol. IL oan be scented
with any essence that is liked.
- The wool clip In Montana last
year was about six hundred thousand
pounds, and netted the sheep owners
nearly $150.O00. Numerous large
bands of sheep are reported on the
way there from California and Colo
RADIO.
- For Ginger Cookies take two
cups of molasses, one of lard. one of
sweet milk, one Tablespoonful Of GIN
ger, two teaspoonfuls Of cream tartar,
one desertspoonful Of soda, and two
eggs. Stir part of the soda well into
the molasses.
- For a good Coffee Cake take one
CUP molasses, one cup strong coffee,
one egg, one-halfcup butter. teaspoon
full of soda, one teaspoonful cream
tartar, bowl full Of raisins, one table,
spoonful each OF cinnamon, cloves,
sllspice, lemon or vanilla; flour to
consistency of fruit cake.
A church in Berlin. made of pa
per, is ootsgonal without and circular
within. The material is made water
proof by satursting it with vitriol,
lime water, whey, and the white of
eggs. The building has fine relief
work on the outside, and papier-
maohe statues sdorn the interior.
Excellent ssusages for break fast
may be made by ohopping cold beef
or mutton very fine, adding about one
fifth as much pork, also chopped fine;
pepper, salt, sage, or sweet marjorum.
Flavor with lemon and add little
flour. Mix all together with an egg,
or eggs, and fry In butter and lard,
first forming the mixture into little
balls.
y Mr.. ]. Souza, of Hong Kong, has
sent TO the Chicago Tribune some
chilly seeds, used by the Celestlals in
warning Off the loousts. The chilly
plant is death TO insects, and its intro
duotion into this country will be q
boon to those engaged in agricultural
pursuits. Application for the seed
may be made to the Tribune, and
they will be distributed as long as
they hold out.
The peasantry of Sweden and |
Norway, of Switzerland and Tyrol,
live In great part on milk, taking
from four TO seven pints q day per
man, while In England the average
ia less than one-quarter
Of a pint per day to each inhabitant
In Wales, one-haif a pint; in Scot
land, three-quarters Of pint, while
In ireland it averages one pint per
Der head per day.
Alabsmians attach great import |
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

DR.. Tovnsend's Oxygen
ated Air will purify the
blood in One-third the
time that any other
known remedy can.
Why? Because TO inhale
'OXygenated Air il goes
direct TO the Lungs and
passes through the It's
sues and comes In direct
contact with the blood
as it IA forced into the
Lungs by the action of
the heart. Allthe blood
in our veins returns to
the heart every four
minutes II the blood is
good, and forced from
the heart to the lungs,
and the more Oxygen
you inhale intOthe lungs
the more you purify the
blood. When Oxygen
comes in contact with
the impurities in the
blood It carbOniZeS and
burns, causing the blood
to be heated so that it
warns every part Of the
body, as IL goes on It's
revolutions through the
system. If your blood
IS pure you cannot be
sick. we drive Mercu
~ and all otheri mpuri-
ties out Of the blood.
We guarantee to purify
the blood in one-third
the time OF any Other
known remedy,
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

ance to the vast wealth of coal and
iron the State possesses, and from its
developments fondly hope for restor-
alton to their former prosperity. The
coal fields. covering an area OF over
s, 900 square miles. are almost un-
touched, and contains some OF the
best and easiest mined bituminOus
coal In the country. Railroads are
handy, lands are cheap, and the en-
terprising capitalists alone are lack-
ing. Sonetime In the future II is pre-
dicted that Cuba and the gulf ports
will all be supplied with Alabama
coal.
- Colorado has, by legislative en-
actment, given bounty of 25 cents
for each and every hawk scalp. At Den
yer city, since the hawk season COM
menced, the money paid for scalps for
that county alone averages from $50
to $40 per day. These haws are most
ly killed in the vicinity of chicken
ranches, and the bounty does not off
set their ravages on the poultry. They
not only carry off the young and half
grown chicks, but actually attack the
full-grown fowls. which are often
killed by the furious onslaught of the
rapacious hawks. Meadow larks
have almost been exterminated by
the common euemy.-NeUadd Terri
toridI Enterprise.
- Whether hogs require sulphur
as an essential to health or whether ID
is sought by them as a oondiment,
may not be discovered. But one
thing is true, they devouR II with
greed whenever il is to be found. It
is for this purpose probably that they
will eat large quantities of soft coal 4,
which contains large amount of sui
phuF. Perhaps this Is the most eco-
nomical method Of supplying hogs
with sulphur during winter, when
they require a good deal of carbon.
But in summer IL is best to feed IL to
them in substances which contain
less carbon, on account of their pro-
ducing less heat. Mustard is one of
the best things for this purpose, and
some of 1t should be sown in every
pasture into which hogs are turned.
If hogs are kept In, or are In small
yards, 1t is we'll to supply them with
wild mustard that grows in the fields
OF highways, or to cultivate some of
the best varieties for them. They
will eat its leaves it's flowers, seeds and
stalks. Some years ago, says q writer
on this subject, we had occasion to
buy large quantity of Hooking Val
ley (Ohio) coal. 1t was stored In q
lot In the rear Of factory, easily en-
tered by the neighbors' hogs, which
were permitted to run at large in the
town. On several occasions these
hogs were observed to be eating the
coal. and became such O nuisance that
they were excluded. They appeared
to select the purest Jumps, or those
which on the fire would yield the
most tar, melting so to speak. These
hogs were, many of them, very fat,
not seeming to require food.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

1t was "oourt week" In a country
tavern, and late conner was given one
of dozen cots which had been put
up temporarily in the parlor. There
was a grand chorus of snores from the
other cots. After an hour or more of
this uproar, one of the most resonant
snorers brought up with q snort and
was suddenly silent. A Frenchman
who occupied q cot in an extreme
corner of the room, exclaimed: "Tank
God, Won ees dead ~
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12
Xsoln the -hter-0cean
The Little Man.
sxohARA JANErrA DENTON.

Boast as you viii. colossal frames.
And shoulders broadly grand,
OF stalwart limbs, and brawny arms,
And wiry gripping hands;
Still turn / to the 1.-THE, slight form.
Fsirest of Natures plan
Tbs shspely foot and agile step,
That grace the little man.
II you will study moFtals well
AS life you travel through.
A man OF mind you'll seldom find
A man OF muscle too.
Eeor when Dame Nature Bonaparte
Or Newton brains would plan,
With tactics true. she straIghtway seeks
For use little man.
The lordly giant wins his way
With maidens not Ger nice,
Who love the tramp Of pond'rOus feet.
And clasp 90 like wise.
But what gains most, when most's at stake
Disproze the fact who can
Are bird-li1e ways and tender tones
That mark the Httle man.
TO lift q load or bear a hand
AT plow, or ak. or maui,
You'd choose, Of course a brawny ora,
And this you manhood call;
Bat sh. TO do a gen'rous deed.
Or gently mortals scan
With sweet unswerving charity,
Go, seek the little man.
And-if some day hand l need
To wipe away a tear,
No stalwart man with steel-Iined soul
Ny Wofal 2laint shall hear;
For mark. the heart ordained 20 lead
In loves sweet fray the van.
Is that which throbs with pulses light
Within the little man.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

Life was not given us for q play
time. IL may be eked out with pleas
ure. but 10 must be mainly filed up by
business and he who should perse-
we're In the vain attempt to fill up his
time with amusements would then
find it too late to take up any serious
pursuit, and be compelled to drag on
a miserable existence, haunted by the
ghost of his defunct pleasures, in the
shape Of e,1nsii, restlessness and melan-
oholy.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

The Royal Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty to Animals, is attack
ing the royal stag hunt, and finds an
ally In the Lancet, which is of opin-
ion that wild animals, feet of foot and
cunning in nature, give lawful and
manly sport, but that the feat of RI
ding after tame stag, conveyed in a
covered cart to the place where 1t is
let loose to be hunted, is neither sport
nor manly.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

Franklin Institute films of gold OBJ
tained by electrical deposition upon
copper. which were afterwards de-
taehed. The films were so thin that
they gave a green color TO transmitted
light. These films we're 10000 times
thinner than ordinary writing-paper;
and 2. .79S. 600 of such films together
would only make an inoh in thickness.
A single grain of gold may thus be
made to cover nearly square feet.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12
sPLENDIDLY ILLUsTRATED.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.


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day that In its essential characteristics is recOg
nized as national paPer; - 1BrooklSn EGgLe.
ical topics models of high-tOHed discussion, and
its pictorial illustrations are often corrOborave ar
guments of no small force.-EIGmfRey and Chront-
The Weekly has TO q still larger degree distanced
all competitors as an illustrated newspaper. Us
and its other reading matter is at once learned
brilliant and amusing. Its Illustrations are abund
ant and OF rare excellence.-CnTtStiGn advocate, n
TERMS.
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Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

We are glad to observe, says the In
dianapolis Journal, that even the So
called independent press, and that
class of papers which are commonly
to be edited In heaven, even
these approve of the Presidents little
junketing trip.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

A definition of the meaning Of the
word suspicion" was given the other
evening in Parisian drawing room.
1T is sentiment" said the speaker,
which incites US to search for some
thing which we do not wish to find."
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-07-12

A young gentlemen who ventured
west in the prevailing fashion of neck
wear, was Immediately utilized by the
thrifty grangers, who smeared his
lofty shirt collar with coal tar and set
him up as a grasshopper trap.-BoS-
ton Com. Bulletin.