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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

TRAIN THE BOYS FOR BUSINESS.
is one element in the home instruction
which boys receive prior to their advent
into the business world to which too little
attention has been given. We mean the
cultivation of habits of punctuality, system
order and responsibility. In too many
households boys from twelve to seventeen
wears are administered TO too much by
loving mothers or other female members
of the family Boys lives through those
wears are the halcyon days of their exist
ence. Up in the morning Just in season
for breakfast; nothing to do but start of
early enough so as not to be late; looking
upon an errand as taking so much time
and memory away from enjoyment; little
thought of personal appearance except
when reminded by mother to spruce up
little; finding his wardrobe always
where mother puts tin fact, having
nothing to do but enjoy himself.
Thus his life goes on until school ends
Then he is ready for business. lie goes
into an office where everything is system
order, precision, He is expected to KEEP
things neat and orderly. sometimes kindlt
fires, file letters, do errands,-in shor
Income a part of II nicely regulateG
machine, where everything moves il
systematic grooves, and each one is respon
,ibIe for the correctness in his department
and where in place of ministers to hi
comfort, he finds task masters, more or les:
lenient, to be sure, and everything in
marked contrast to his previous life.
In many instances the change is toe
great. Errors become numerous, blunders
overlooked at first, get to be matter o
serious moment; then patience is over
tasked, and the boy is told his services are
no longer wanted. This is his first blow
and sometimes he never rallies from it
Then comes the surprise to the parents
who too often never know the real cause
ror where they have failed in the training
Of their children.
What is wanted is every boy to have
something special to do, to have som,
duty at IL definite hour and to learn t
watch for that hour to come, to be answer
able for Il certain portion of the routine o
the household, to be trained to antici patt
the time when he may enter the ranks o
business, and to be fortified with habits o
energy, accuracy aud application, too offer
of more importance than superficial bool
earning.-COm. Bulletin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

J.J.H. Gregory of Marblehead. than
whom NJ better authority exists on this
subject, gives 10 the american CHltirdtor
the history of American squashes. as fol-
lows:
1.-The Hubbard squash was brought into
Marblehoad when an old lady ninety years
old was little girl. by a dealer named
Green, from the vicinity of Boston. One
day he said to the mother OF this lady,
Ma'am, you have been Kind to me 10
many ways, and l have brought you
present So he goes out to his wagon
and brings in this curious squash. as she
describes it. like Chinese shoe The
aunt looking on. says: Don't eat it. Jane!
it is gourd; it is poisonous The man
begged her to cook it, and if she did not
like it give it to the hogs. So, TO oblige
him, she cooked it, liked it, and saved the
seed That is AS far as | can trace the
Hubbard squash. We named it Hub
bard in honor of the old lady who first
brought it to our notice. The variety |
named Marblehead. was sent to me from
the west few years ago. 1t was stated
to me that the seed was bough. as the
Cuoldlu oHuaou, NCiJ SOdl 90 ah"l W
the pumpkin class. On planting the seed
found that the crop of squashes was just
about the same kind as l had raised some
years previously from seed brought from
The West Indies. The Butman squash is Il
variety that did not exist before Mr. But.
man succeeded in crossing the Yokohama
Japan squash. with the Hubbard, by a
scientific process, taking the pollen from
the Yokohama and touching the pistil Of
the Hubbard, and then covering the bios
som with net. He repeated that two OIL
three years until he had fixed the type
and he has made the only really American
squash that we have. The seed is not like
the Yokohama or the Hubbard, being
thinner than the latter. The squash has
the peculiar color of the japanese variety
while in other characteristics it resembles
the Hubbard "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12
" Theory and Practice"
CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL MANUREs.

FRIEND TINKHAM:-My weekly enjoy
ment of the FREEMAN is favored with
remorse at thought of II broken promise of
long ago to write something soon for its
columns. Many thoughts have been sug-
gested by your sharp editorials and the
communications on your page; but many
other things have prevented writing,
The very well written paper read by my
friend, Mr.. Hopkins, at the Waterbury
meeting, printed in your last, exposes II
class who deserve all the censure they get
men who talk of what they do not
understand. who point to better methods,
but fail to lead the way. Mr.. Hopkins
gives us some good truths, but incline to
the opinion that he is too sweeping and
general in his condemnation, implying
more than he really means, perhaps.
Now / have kept II pretty sharp eye on
these professors" and while | despise
quackery in agricultural lecturing and
writing most heartily, do believe that an
honest, capable agricultural chemist is one
Of the best friends the farmer has in the
world. The man who wastes the stable
manure and then pays money for chem
icals is fool; of course he il, and deserves
W Dc Dlbnutu hS ouCn. w n6Inef Iue SOOu
farmer can afford to buy chemical manures
after he has saved all that the farm sup
plies, and used it well, is another question.
| have satisfied myself that many farmers
can do SO to good advantage. l have tried
many experiments with chemical manures
with varying success, and tho result is the
firm conviction in my mind that those
farmers who have farms somewhat re-
duced in productiveness can help on the
work of restoring fertility to their soil by
a judicious use of chemical manures in
connection with good husbandry.
/ would like to tell you what l have
been doing in this direction the last three
years. | bought WORKOUT farm and in
ten years have doubled its productions,
and am crawling up towards triple
have killed out the daisies and the bur-
docks SO nearly that don't have to ex-
anime my coat'tals when 60 out to lee
ture on farming, like the model farmer I"
Mr.. Hopkins describes; so perhaps l may
speak as working farmer rather than
theorist.) For three years, as / was about
to say, | have been trying to see what
could be done raising corn with chemical
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

Two children were crossing the Strait
of Dover. The girls face was turned to
the land they had just left forever; but the
boy looked forward to the white cliffs
they were approaching. Lnlu's eyes
were filled with tears. She was leaving
the land of her childhood for - home
among strangers.
80, Fred" she cried, " how fast the
land recedes! can just see a delicate
purple line-soon it will be out of
sight"
Yes, but never mind France, Lulu.
Look ahead and see the new home we are
nearing" replied Fred AS he gazed over
the tossing sea to the land.
How, like Lulu, we are apt to weep for
the joys gone, and to mourn for the world
we must leave. But how, like Fred, we
should be looking ahead beyond the angry
waves, to our new home in the dsta nee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12
CHI family Cirele.


She would run away. You see. she
didu't know any better, and | suppose
couldn't understand why little Girl
could not go where she pleased. There
was so much more room out of doors than
there was in the house, and Nellie, though
not three years old, was very fond of blue
sky and sunshine. Then, the sparrows
never came.into the house, and Nellie had
an idea that the birds and gay tinted
butterflies had fluttered down from Heaven
for her especial pleasure. The neighbors
sometimes called her 1.-The Little Brown
and papa frequently called her his 'litte
brown bird, because she was so small and
had such funny ways with her. Now,
Nellie had large grounds to play in, but
she imagined that the high fences kept u
good many of the birds and butterflies
out.
To be sure she had dolls and all the
playthings she asked for, but nothing was
so nice rs the great outdoors. So it hap
pencd that whenever this baby girl felt
like it, and got II chance, she was sure to
run away. Mamma and nurse couldn't
be watching all the time, as there were
more little Browns besides Nellie TO
DC TAKEN Caie vi. ~ ftsI mamma hit
upon plan that she thought might be of
some use. She took a pasteboard card
and wrote on it, Nellie Brown, No.
Washington Avenue, Brooklyn and every
morning when Nellie was dressed, this
card was fastened securely to her back.
For p whole week this little bundle of
mischief seemed perfectly contented at
home. but one beautiful summer afternoon
Miss Nellie strolled down into the garden.
The coachman had neglected to close the
back gate. and out she went.
Oh, what fun was this Nellie's 1axen
curls stood out straight as she bounded
down the street. Where was she goingP
Nowhere in particular, but everywhere.
She felt as if the air and all the sky were
hers, and she could do as sho pleased.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

4 CURE FOR CRIB BITING.-Crib biting
is peculiar propensity, which Is regarded
as decided vice, because. when the habit
becomes confirmed. it is attended by very
disagreeable symptoms. In highly-ted
horses that have little to do, it is often the
result of an idle habit. A good many
think lightly of it, unless the horse be
much addicted to it; out, although it might
do no mischief in "A slight degree, it must
vet be remembered that it is always in
creasing by little and little, until IN time
the most Insignificant becomes the most
determined crib bitter. A cribber Is always
known by the worn aspect of the outer
edges of the front teeth. and this Is not
from n fair way of biting, but rather
pressing or rubbing the edge of the teeth,
either of the upper or lower jaw. or both.
against any hard object, especially the
manager. rs the most convenient place.
Crib biting consists in swallowing air.
The animal takes hold of the Manager or
some other fixture, with his front teeth,
fixes his head, curves his neck, dilates the
upper part of the gullet, and gulps over
the air, making u grunting sort of noise.
In the course of time this practice usually
interferes with horses endurance. 1t is
true that crib biters have been known to
live to good old age, and without appear
ing to suffer any special inconvenience
from the habit; but these, for most part
were horses for slow work. 1t is well
enough known that the majority are apt
to fill the stomach and bowels with air to
such an extent ms to impair digestion, i'm.
pede the breathing and produce frequent
attacks of collie. Old cribbers that have
much work are generally lean, and have &
dry, staring coat. Whatever may be the
nature of the act, there is soon evidence
of dyspeptc state, rs the abdomen
swells. In some cases the evils attending
the vice are not so great. In course o.
time the gulIet becomes thin and distorted
and from the irregularity in the width o.
the passage, choking is sometimes favored
The simplest way to cure crib bitter is tc
do away with the manager, or to cover any
object, against which the horse can crib
with sheet iron or fresh sheep skin, which
may be smeared with thin paste made
with powdered aloes. BY placing strap;
around the throat, which is often done, anc
thus pressing on the windpipe, the anima
is stopped from this bad practice; but thi;
is attended with the danger of producing
distortion and construction of the air pas
sage, rendering the animal an incurablt
roarer Western Rural.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12
Corn CObs.
The New York Times has the following

The New York Times has the following:
GRINDING CORN EARS FOR FEED L.
C. S, Wyoming county, N. Y asks " if
it is good plan to grind the cob with the
corn to feed either mich cows, fattening
cattle or work horse?"
REPLY.-There is no nutriment in corn
cobs, and it is not a good plan to grind the
corn ears for feeding to any animal, be-
cause the grinding costs something, and
this expense is thrown away, and sawdust
would be just AS good as the ground cobs
for feeding. Cows will not suffer much,
if anything, but horses are often injure
by eating coarse cob meal.
Reader" in another place, has word
to say about corn cobs. Prof. Goessman
has analysed cobs, and found them to
" contain phosphoric acid equal TO second
class hay" Dr. Voelcker shows them 10
be valuable by his analyses. Prof Atwa-
ter shows them TO contain some of the
abuminoids and fats, and fortv-fve per
cent of digestible carbo- hydrates, and that
if the unit of perfect food for cattle be
worth one dollar per hundred POUNDS, coos
are worth forty-two cents per hundred
The testimony of several farmers at the
Poultney meeting, who had fed them, con-
tirmed these estimates of chemical author
tiles We always grind our cobs, and be-
ieve, as we have heard good authority
assert, that ground with our northern corn
gives as good meal rs western shelled
corn. 1t is notorious fact that they are
rich in potash-an article in which mos
of our farms are sadly deficient-and we
don believe they can be better utilized
than by feeding them finely ground to cat.
tie or horses, and carefully housing and
saving the manure.
And the last is IL good thing, anyway.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

HoME,HADE UANo.-Save all your
fowl manure from sun and rain. 70 pre-
pare it for use, Spread layer of dry
swamp muck-the backer it is the better
ON your barn floor, and dump on it the
whole of your fowl manure. beat it into Il
fine powder with the back of your spade
and add hard wood ashes and plaster OF
Paris, so that the compound shall be COM
posed Of the folio ling proportions: three
bushels dried muck, two bushels fowl ma
nure, one bushcl ashes, one and one halt
bushels plaster. Mix thoroughly and spnre
no labor, for in this matter the elbow
grease expended will be well paid for. A
little before planting, moisten the heap
with water-or, better still, with urine
cover well over with old mats, and let lie
till wanted for use. Apply it to beans,
corn or potatoes, at the rate of handful
to hill, and mix with the soil before
dropping the seed. This will be found the
best substitute for guano ever invented
and may be depended on for bringing
great crops of turnips, corn, potatoes, etc.
-EIchdnGe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12
Go ThOn and Do Likewise.


We have received the following letter
and article from one of our subscribers.
The article we print for its valuable sug-
gestlons, the letter Qhcugh private) be-
cause we want more articles from inst
such practical farmers, even if they never
saw the inside of school house; and if
they can't write, let some one write for
them. While the value and benefits of an
education can hardly be over estimated.
that alone will not make good farmer,
nor will the absence of book KNOWLEDGE
necessarily make man Il poor farmer in
the same ratio. This man knows that
barn cellars, and the saving of the liquid
manures is bringing up the fertility of his
farm-his own experience has taught him
that, and all the science in the world can
change neither the fact or its value.
We are led to make these remarks from
the tenor of the letter, and because in the
general attention directed towards scien-
tific matters pertaining to farming, there
may be tendency to forget or under-cs-
innate the value of the practical expert
ence of many Of our farmers who have
not had the advantages of an education
which Others have acquired, while they
were Eat work OUT"
Mr.. TINKHAM-Dedr Str:-I have pot
up enough courage to writo little on
farm matters. am an uneducated man.
/ was but eighteen years old when |
bought my farm, and had worked out up
to that time, so you see my chance for
learning was not very good. This is my
first attempt, and if worthy of use, then
print it; if not, you will know how to dis.
pose Of it. | have often wanted to write
when read different articles in your pa.
per, but my poor learning has kept me
from it. --.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I am reader of your
paper, and have read the reports of the
Farmers meetings with much interest
There is Il great deal said about fertilizers
that presume is good enough, but the
most of the farmers in this section think
they are not able to use them proftably.
Now think if the educated farmers
would use their influence to have the farm.
ers of the state have cellars under theil
barns. so rs to save more of their LIQUID
manGres, it would be far better than &c
buy patent fertilizers.
am living on farm that was old anG
worn out when bought it thirteen years
ago. The hay had been sold off for g
number of years, and the farm had not 4
rod of fence on it and would keep only &
horse and one COW. The present winter
am keeping six cows and one horse, anc
bought another COW February goth, anG
shall have surplus Of two or three tons
of hay. have never used patent fertili.
zers or bought any grain. l raise my
corn and make what manures l use.
have good cellar under my barn and use
saw dust to bed my COWS.
raise no grain but corn, and seed nv
ground to grass in the fall l feed my
cows corn. and-cob meal, and feed it dry
and my horse the same. Some say that
cob meal will kill horse; it has never
hurt mine as I know of. l have seen
horses in my day that l thought little
cob meal would do good. l have heard
others say sour milk would kill horse
but have fed mine sour milk all winter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

TRUE HERE ALso,-An English breeder
of Jerseys brought the questions of Judging
animals Of that breed up before the Bath
and West of England Agricultural Society
last spring, compainng-1. That none
of the judges seemed to know what the
characteristics of II good jersey are, and
2, that while not enough attention WAS
given to milking qualities, too much was
bestowed on color and other fancy points.
In this respect many Americans, as usual
are disposed to ape the fashionable English
follies, not only with regard to the points
of the Jerseys, but still more, perhaps,
with regard to those of other high priced
breeds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

THE MorIIERLEss. Sitting in the
school-room, overheard IL conversation
between sister and brother. The lit.
tie boy complained of insults or wrongs
received from another little boy. His
face was flushed with anger. The sister
listened awhile, and then, turning away,
she answered, :" | do not want to hear
another word: Willie has no mother. "
The brothers lips were silent, the rebuke
came home to him, and, stealing away, ne
muttered, " | never thought of that" He
thought Of his own mother, and the lone
illness of willie compared with his own
happy lot, He has no MOTHER"
DO we think of it when want comes to
the orphan, and rude words assail him
Has the little wanderer no mother to listen
to his little sorrowsp Speak gently to him
then. Good NelOS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

WASTE OF MANURE" j. Co. Adams
Co., Pa, " Barn-yard manure spread on
the surface and exposed for eight or ten
days before blowing under" must lost
somewhat in value, rs decomposition is
very rapid under the influence of air and
moisture, which will result in the forma-
ton and eXhalation Of ammonia. Cold
weather checks decomposition, but there
will be more or less of it going on in the
manure at any time when not frozen ii
mixed with earth by blowing or narrowing
in or kept in heaps covered with earth,
there is no risk of loss. Am. Agricutur-
jcJ
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

WORDS TO TIE 'BoYS.-I would keep
better hours " if were boy again ;
that is, | would 90 to bed earlier than
most boys do. Nothing gives more men
tai and bodily vigor than sound rest when
properly applied. Sleep is our great re
plenisher, and if we neglect to take it reg
ularly in childhood, all the worse for us
when we grow old. If we go to bed early,
we ripen; if we sit up, we decay; and
sooner or later we contract II disease call
ed inS0mnia, allowing it to be permanent
~ fixed upou us, and then we begin to de-
cay, even in youth. Late hours are shad-
ows from the grave.
If | were boy again, | would practice
perseverance oftener, and never give up n
thing because it is hard or announcement
to do it. 1t we want light we must con
qucr darkness. When we think of math-
cmatics | blush mt the recollection of how
often gave in y years ago There is no
trait more valuable than IL determination
to persevere when the right thing is to be
accomplished. We are inclined to give up
too easily in trying ON unpleasant situa-
tons, and the point | would establish with
myself if the choice was again within my
grasp, would be never to relinguish my
hold on possible success if mortal strength
OF brains in my case were adequate for the
occasion. That was II Cap tai lesson which
n learned professor taught one of his stu
dents in the lecture room after some chem.
ical experiment. The lights had been put
out in the hall, and by accident some small
article dropped on the floor from the pro-
fessor's Land. The professor fingered
behind endeavoring to pick it up. Never
mind said the student, "it is no conse.
quence tonight, sir, whether we find it or
not That is true replied the profess
or, - but it is of grave consequence to me-
as II principal, that am not Ioiled in my
determination to find it, Perseverance
can sometimes equal genius in its results.
There are only Two creatures" says an
eastern ptoverb, "who can surmount the
pyramids-the eagle and the snail"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-12

GUERNSEY HERD Book. The promi-
nence which the Guernsey cattle are as
suming in this country must be pleasing
to these who know the value of the breed
for its milk and butter qualities. We have
at hand the first volume of 1.-The Herd
Register of the American Guernsey Cattle
Club" recently published. and edited by
Edw. Norton. Pennington. Conn, secre-
tary of the club. Bulls to the number of
ninety-six and two hundred and seventeen
COWS are recorded, which indicates larger
number of pedigree animals than many
had supposed were in the country, as these
figures probably include but portion of
of the entire number, --AgriculturtSt.