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Using patronage to management that will net
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than the publishers schedule rates that will pro-
for them the acceptance of advantageous offer
definitely made to them by any newspaper publisher,
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unwilling to do work without profit and never of
fer to do yet, in conformity with the promise made
above we sometimes find it advisable
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THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE EN-.
PENDED

Persons who have had little experience as advertisers
often have pretty clear understanding of what they
would like to d. but entirely ignorant of the proba
BILE cost.
We have made out for such person plan OF advers
Using calling for investment of $4,000, and SUBJ
hitting it for approval, found customer dsmayed
at the magnitude of the expense he not having
templated an expenditure exceeding $500 $500. In
of the negotiation, the question had been
asked: How much money you prepared to devote
to this advertsing?"
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CRACE'S SALVE.

TOWNSVILLE, Mich, Dec 81, 1S77-Messrs. Foaoles:
sent you 30 cts for two boxes of Graces Salve have
it is almost WELL Respectfully yours G. j. VAN NESS
Price 20 cents box at all druggists or sent by mail
on receipt of 35 cents. Prepared by SETH w.
FOWLE Il SONS, Sc Harrison Ave-. Boston, Mass.
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NEW DISCOVERY

CURE WAY of making FORTUNE without
~ the aid OF capital knowledge of business. For
full particulars which will be given gratuitousy write
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In experimenting on his tasimeter
Prof. Edison made highly-valuable
discovery in telegraphy. Ever since the
first line was successfully worked by
Prof. Morse, the great and apparently
insurmountable obstacle to constant anu
uninterrupted communication was the
effect produced on the electric current
by changes in the atmosphere Rain
always made the lines work with diff
Guilty, and, fire quently, in heavy storms,
the escape of the subtle fluid into the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17
Orchard Grass Makes Poor Hay.

Under the above title Mr.. Geo. Sharpless
writes to the Country Gentleman concern
ing orchard grass: and he, contrary to the
generally expressed opinion, condemns it
for hay. The first orchard grass we ever
saw was some ten or fifteen years ago on
the grounds of Hon. l., f. Allen near Buff
falo, whom Mr.. Sharpless names as speak
ing so highly of it. Mr.. Allen then had
the same high opinion of its value, as it
appears his experience with it justifies his
still holding, and with man of Mr.. AL
len'a fitness and opportunity for coming
to a correct estimate, we think that esti-
mate must be mainly correct. Perhaps
Mr.. Sharpless might have found a solution
for his cattle not eating it, by cutting ii
earlier. Cut too late il is about as palatable
and nutritious as rye straw or brass wire.
Cut early it has been found by some Of
our neighbors to be greedily eaten by
stock and yielding good crops when sown
on rich land.
have apprehended that many of the
correspondents of this paper, when strong
ly recommending the value of this grass,
have labored under Il want of a practical
experience in the use of it; but in the is
sue of June Goth Mr. l.. +. Allen speaks
very highly of its merits, and says if he
was some years younger, and lived on
his farm, he would have one hundred
acres of it. He appears to come to this
conclusion from n plat he has near his
dwelling, mixed with red clover, which
together, will make 1.-THE best quality of
hay If the cluver was out, in my opn-
ion, man could not have worse quality
TO winter his stock upon. This is the re-
suit of my experience with that grass for
hay.
Some forty years ago l sowed field
with the seed of this grass, having con-
ceivcd Il high idea of its value for forage.
1t grew, and was about as heavy on the
ground us the most reasonable man could
wish cut it little after it was in
bloom, but when feeding it to my stock in
winter, l found they did not like it, and
trod it under loot 1t was more like rye
straw than anything else. Another har-
vest came round, and | concluded to cut it
II little earlier. cut it when IN bloom,
but the stock had no better opinion of 1t
than before. believe they would have
starved before they would have eaten it.
The next spring plowed it under, wish
ing never to see another stalk of it grow
ins on my premises. That was the end
of my cultivation of that grass. No man
could induce me to SOW the seed, us con-
slider it nuisance.
In days ride through Chester county,
one could not find one field in fifty sowed
with it. wlite this that the young sub
scribers to your journal may not be led to
cultivate ii by some of the recommenda-
tions of it which appear in your columns
from time to time.
GEo. SHARPLESS.
Chester County, Pa.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

The OUTLooK.-Trustworthy report.
would seem to assure the harvesting of ;
fair crop. 1t is computed that we will
garner more than three hundred and fifty
million bushels of wheat. About thirty
million acres will be wheat, and fifty mil
lions corn, The acreage in cotton, wheat
corn and oats is in excess of last years
1t is noteworthy that the southern states
are devoting II greater area 10 food crops
han formerly, and that New England is
increasing her wheat fields
We shall have, barring accidents, about
seventy million bushels of wheat for ex-
port, and although the price will prob
ably be lower than it would have been had
war been declared, still everything points
to strong foreign demand at remlnera-
tive figures.
The states of Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wis.
consin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Mis-
souri,. and California will produce four
fifths of the entire wheat crop, while Hi
nois, with her nine million acres of corn,
will certainly bear off the palm for the
largest acreage in this grain.
Added to last years magnificent hart
vest. this splendid exhibit should be mos.
gratifying, and with balance of trade in
our favor, due almost solely to our agri-
cultural products, we may surely look
forward to revival of business, and to
bidding glad farewell TO one of the
most severe and prolonged crises that has
ever convulsed the business interests Of
this country -Rural NeU Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17
Everything Lovely.

Brother Tinkham, in reply to our cor
respondent Farmer" says he only as
serts. and does assert, " that rs good re-
suits can be shown in using the old-flsh-
toned small pans as by the most approved
modern Inventions" Nobody has ever
doubted or disputed this, and the wonder
is that he should have ever thought to get
up an issue on it. The point has been, and
is, whether modern inventions are more
convenient, more easily managed and
more uniform in results. We are all
agreed on the matter as B other Tinkham
n0W puts it. So let us have peace.
Brother Tinkham adds, on another
point, that he "never made the assertion
that farmers knew all about their calling
that is required, or that it is unwise to give
them an elementary knowledge of chemis-
try or veterinary art" all of which is a
surprise TO those who have read his arti-
cles ridiculing those who are in favor OF
what he now says he is not opposed to.
But as he now stands, there is no issue be-
tween him and " Farmer" or anybody, on
This point. So let US have peace.
Brother Tinkham complains that we
found room for Farmers > article, but
do not print his replies TO ourself and our
correspondents in full. He also complains
of Farmers and our own injustice to
his position. Guilty as we perhaps may
be on these points, we don't see how he
can complain. since he began it," The
first we knew of his embarking in agr-
cultural editorship was from friend 5
sending us II copy of an article he printed
from another Farmer" Tor perhaps the
same one), attacking us, as we think,
most unfairly. on the subject of agricul-
tural education, but not printing the article
criticised, which would of itself sufficient
ly answered the attack upon it and the in
vidious quotations of few hints separated
from the context. But we forgive all that.
So let US have peace.
Brother Tinkham also complains that
old files were not examined by" Farmer "
so as to give his exact words in quotation.
AS an example of how 1t ought to have
been done, he says he has not been able to
join in the cry that certain persons - were
thieves and robbers who were yearly
pocketing eight thousand dollars of the
farmers money and giving them no return
therefor This is probably verbally ex-
act quotation, but he fails to give chapter
and verse, and we are sure we never saw
it before. AS he says of himself, "we
have criticised rather freely" but not to
The point 1--WE have the best of reasons for
kno~ing). of exciting personal ill-will, us
we certainly and deservedly should have
done had we used the language given by
Brother Tinkham. But on these topics il
seems as though the last word had now
been said. So let us have peace.-Dr
HoSkinS IN the Wdtchmaan.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

BERMUDA GRAss.-I notice in several
journals lately. strong recommendations of
Inc Bermuda grass, (see page 4l9 current
voume) Being well acquainted with the
grass, ] would like to write strong word
Of caution to those who think of introduce
ing it on their places. 1t makes a thick
sward, beautiful lawn, and | think its
everlasting tangle Of roots will stop any
reasonable flood. But the objection to
it is, that when once established, it will
cost fifty dollars or more per acre TO eradi-
cate it. One of the last scenes witnessed
on the Island of st. Simons, Ga, before
the war, was n troop Of about twenty ne
groes digging and burning the Bermuda
grass. This was. of course, very expen-
sive, but the proprietor informed me that
they could grow no cotton ms long As the
grass had possession.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

EDITORIAL NOTES FROM AM. Gull
TIvAToR - Farmers TO the Front. -
The first annual fair of The Farmers
Clubs. announced to take place in Boston
this fall, is destined to inaugurate new
era in agricultural progress. For the
first time the farmers of the Old Bay
state will exhibit specimen products in the
interest of agricultural principles, and
with no other reward than an earnest de-
sire to advance the noble cause. If every
agricultural club and organization in the
state will put forth its eXertions in secur'
ing an exhibition of products worthy d
the occasion, and if every farmer in thu
state will make it point to aid the enter
prise. at least by his presence and inhu'
ence, such as wave of enthusiasm will be
created as shall develop the agriculture OF
the state far beyond any point heretofore
reached. Courses of lectures in every
town that makes creditable exhibit, ex
periments, investiga ions, analyses. AND
results never before attained, will follow
rapidly upon the successful issue of this
grand farmers fair. Let us drop all horse.
racing, side shows. and boys play this
wear. and come to the front as becomes the
hardy yeomanry of commonwealth
blessed with superior advantages fol
mental, moral and material progress. Lei
every cullivator of the soil feel Il personal
pride in the success of this worthy effort
planned and managed in their own inter
est, free from the aid and direction Of
horse jockeys, spectators or ambitious
schemers and politicians.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17
gottry.
PLAYING STORE.

PLAYING STORE.
" Ting-alingP now they have opened the store:
Never was such an assortment beforel
Mud pies in plenty, and parcels OF sand,
Pebbles for sugar-plums always on hand.
Plenty of customers coming to buy:
q" Brown sugar white sugar; which will you try p
Paper for money; their wealth too is vast:
In spite of the panic they scatter it fast.
Quick little hands tie the bundles with care;
summers glad music is llling the air;
Brides hy over. and wonder no doubt,
What all these gay little folks are about.
Sweet rosy cheeks, with your smiles of delight;
Dear loving eyes, that are winsome and bright;
Lips that are pure as he iair morning dew
Older hearts long to go shopping with you.
Red is the sun on the tops of the trees;
Laden wi n sweets, homeward wander the bees;
Little eet now have grown weary with play
Little hands close up the store for the day
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

WHEAT GROWING IN INDIA.-We have
heretofore referred to the increased impor.
lance British India has of late assumed in
the production of wheat for expectation to
Great Britain. At meetings of India rail
way companies, just held at London, state
ments were made showing that these
companies are doing what they can to
foster the growth of wheat, rs its trans
portation to the seaboard furnishes them
profitable source of income. The chair
man of one company stated that India ex
ported in the year 1867, 100000 tons
of wheat. against only 1900 tons four
years previously, and that during the first
six months of the year 1878, the exports
had been nearly equal to those of the en-
tire twelve months preceding. Whether
the increase would continue in cores
ponding ratio, would depend largely, he
said, upon the facilities for transportation
from the interior, and the consequent
price netted by the producer Rurat
NeqD Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17
Che family Circle.
SnrnriSe Letters.

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lhree ittie g'ris' i"uoy, nay "n
Ellen all Iea;ea , inGn a' ,hu, nv
them eacn hlIe i,'.'I S aoIuos !" ~ , 49,
might nave All W i ,,ii ~; I
just "h:.t See'e my nno" liz "In !, s,,,,id
rake without "ny"oay " neIpH; " ,bn;r
be spienoii' 90 on M"yu"y ; ;, us .non
father marked Oh lnree peus Jus. 'ne Sa,no
SIZE IN ne 80 sunH1 R t;,,Ia s,ioLs
ana alvioeu .le'n Mi'h i ~ , i an5
pul' ,a'le'i WV" 1, ,hor III or;od ont in
miner Anu ''iino' 'n0J "'' VI '''' 0'' -
chorus. .u w., name,
IN not gong ~ 'eii Sou' ~" ii'''''
ma OUT yourselves 81. ro .,ou m,
Why' Ia.ner' sa'u Lucy no" ''"
we ma QUIZ ,,,.,o u;rls .o
well want my tiloe ii'.io sn ~
get up orlsnD anu oaJ "u orn;nn
VIII be hrst IN tile garuen every mG,hl"s
for week, ana then you II SNOW ~ihoe'
anybody teliins you, Which IS Euoy
ana which Is MARY anu "nioi' 10 i'''e"
hover oeo:
why, ialler' no" can "e' IL,
"Have patience, my ii'lie gus "h =,
your mower DEUS VIII teii w" tn0ni'e' nv,
mat was the greates' Pu1Nle y. al:
don know now mucn Paliehce 'hey h'u
but 90 know lhaI SIX iitIie iee' wele ou,
OF ned pretty carry every ,no' nins cru
patterlng and racih! arounu 70 see WHO
would De nrst at lneir gaIuens .h e.o,
Oh the Nun mo- hlnS' i.oy "I ,,s .no ~ ~
IN the garden ana on Tue hIsC oeu sue o"ii'o
to, her sharp eyes saw lew tihy green
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

4 TABLE REFUSE FOR POULTRY.-First, a
proper feeding pail is an absolute necessi-
ty TO successfully prepare the refuse Oh
the table and kitchen, to make 1t proper
food for fowls. Get a hard wood pail, or
ask YOUR grocer for hard wood butter
firkin shaped like pail. Cut board 10
fit into the chine firmly on the whole DOL
tom of the pail, and thick enough to pro.
iect an inch or more beyond the ends OF
the slaves, 50 that the pail may rest firmly
on the bottom instead of on the ends OF
the slaves. Fasten it in place by Il few
nails driven through the slaves into TINS
false bottom, which may be of pine. as 1t
is only to keep from bursting out the Dot
tom of the pail by chopping in it. II you
can not get hard wood pail, put another
false bottom of hard wood inside of pine
pail, nicely fitted and secured like the I'M
der one. Grind the edge Of common
spade sharp, and you have an admirable
chopping knife. and will be surprised to
see how quickly you can chop line all
scraps and waste of every kind, cooked or
raw vegetables, chicken bones and every
thing except beef. pork or mutton bones /;
these save by themselves and put into II
SUock soup heIlie, Win al PioNoS va ~"
meat, and keep it on the kitchen stove as
much of the day us you can induce your
" better half to let it remain.
After boiling several days some of these
large bones will chop up fine with the
other waste, and can be used as fast rs
they become soft. Chop up the waste each
morning, adding meal and shorts enough
for a breakfast for the focks; scald the
whole with the soup from the stock kettle,
adding each one of the following articles
for each twenty-five hens: One teaspoon
full pepper, six onions, one half pint char
coal, one teaspoon pure vinegar, and two
teaspoons sulphur, etc. The above will
produce breakfast that will make your
poultry house and its occupants as lively
and musical as a first class opera house.
american Poultry Yard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

OLEOMARGARINE.-Al we ask, in the
interests of the public, is that in every
state the vendors of this compound shall
be obliged to brand each package plainly,
so that unsuspecting people my not be
imposed upon in the purchase of oleo-
margarine. The dealers in this fatty COM
pound are considerably excited over the
fact that Independent journalism should
presume to weigh the comparative merits
of oleomargarine, composed of gut fat,
horse fat, hog fat, and possibly diseased
fat, with the pure, aromatic and healthful
products of the dairy. Doubtless it is "A
very profitable business to buy cheap fats
at from two to five cents per pound, and
sell the same, after an inexpensive mani
pulation, at about the same price which
pure butter commands, and any interfer-
ence in this traffic by the public press. that
feels it a part of its duty to inform the
public of the nature of oleomargarine.
naturally annoys those who hope to reap
their harvest through the ignorance of
the consumers. If an enlightened public
prefer oleomargaine to butter, no sensible
authority should object to their using it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

GROWING TURNIPs.-There is no crop
on which | have occasionally realized as
large profit as fiat turnips, and certainly
no crop which can be grown with so little
labor. / remember one year that | grew
Il crop of six hundred bushels and sold a
car load in February at 33 1-3 cents per
bushel ut the railroad station, two miles
distant. As | was hauling them | was
asked by several farmers what | was get
ting for them, and when told them they
asked me if | could afford to grow them
for that money. | answered, " You are
selling corn at IS cents bushel, and it
takes about ten acres TO grow a car load OF
four hundred bushels Your corn clop
occupies the land the entire season and
must be plowed four or five times, and
when matured it costs you as much to husk
and deliver ut the cars a hundred bushels
OF corn as it does me to secure and handle
an equal amount of turnips. Now have
grown six hundred bushels of turnips on
TWO acres OF ground, all of which has
grown previous CROP aud part of it two
crops"
The next season l grew sixteen hundred
bushels of turnips, and my best acre meas
ured five hundred bushels. This was
ground that | MANFRED heavily in the
spring and planted in early peas, and as
soon us the peas were past marketing
turned them under and planted the land
IN pickles, and ut the last hocing sowed
one pound of turnip seed to the acre, and
that was all the crop cost except pulling
and burying. grew four acres Of turnip,
that year, on land where had cut crop
of clover hay. 1t was land that would MOI
have grown over forty bushels of corn to
the acre. but averaged one hundred and
seventy tiv bushels of turnips. remem-
Der one fall about ten years ago, that tur-
nlps sold for some weeks in my county
seat at 90 cents per bushcl, and | made
clear OF all expenses, after hauling them
fourteen miles, over one hundred dollars
on an acre of turnips. have made but
one failure in fifteen Yeas with the turnip
crop, and that was when | was absent
from home and my orders were Disregard
ed as to when they should be sown. Next
week l will tell you just how | grow tur-
nips.- AgricoIa, IN Rurai NeW Yorker.
And our grandfathcrs used to say the
twentieth of July, wet or dry, sow tnrnips,
and If you have Il piece of land, where
you had early peas or space in your corn
field, where neither corn nor beans have
come, few turnips put in will be SO much
gained
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

There was a summer resort by the name
of Sunbury, on the Georgia coast, noted
for its healthfulness-wher TIE yards and
streets were planted with Bermuda grass,
tpreseuting a beautiful appearance But
he place soon became famous for its I'M
healthfulness. and prominent physici n
told me he thought it was the effect of the
Bermuda grass retaining the moisture oil
the heavy dews until nearly midday. The
place was nearly deserted the last | knew
of it.
The Bermuda grass is near relative
of the couch { or quack grass; similar in
its root habits, joints and attachments. and
many of the readers of the Country Gentle.
man well know how firm, persistent and
enduring a friend the old quack is.-Syt'
ueSter, Lyons, NJ T., in Country Gen le'
man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

Mr.. Cleveland thinks there can be no
more mistaken and foolish economy than
shallow draining which, in his opinion, is
simply the abandonment of the chief add
vanttges which can accrue to the soil from
drainage. No person whose experience
has been sufficient to give weight to his
opinion, will al. nit that II less depth than
three feet is worthy of consider alton in
any case, and in clay soils. or loans hav-
ing clay sub-soil the advantages of u
greater depth are SO obvious and import
ant, that it may be said-speaking COM
paratively-thatn no man can afford to Law
his tiles at less depth than four feet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-07-17

TRAININGS FOR Cows.--Something
quite new to you, dare say, for which of
YOU ever heard of trimming cows with
their own horns and ears? How should
you like 10 see IL COW with her ears-poor
thng!-cut to the shape of II leaf with
notched edges and horns trained in some
queer shape, twisted into curls, or divided
into four, with two meeting overhead and
tMo turned down toward the groundp 1t
would he IL dreadful sight to me, am
sure; but the Africans admire such things.
They consider this trimming OF COWS u sort
of fine art. You don't see how they man
age the horns? Well. they begin when
the horns are young; divide each into two
or more and gradually train them, while
growing, in amy way they choose. Of
course. it must hurt the polr COWS and
take great deal of time; but the people
who train cows horns have not very ten
der feelings and they are richer in spare
time than in anything else. Besides, they
do not have to trim their own clothes much
they're savages.-" JIck in The PuLptt,"
81 Nicholas for Nay.