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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

NV GRAIN REGIoS.-A writer in the
current number of the Nineteenth Century
has given an exceedingly glowing account of
the Saskatchewan valley, and has prophesed
that i'll comparatively short time it will com
pete on more than favorable terms with the
Mississippi valley i'll supplying England with
breadstuh. His claim is that the land in this
great central valley of the Dominion of Can
ada is exceptionally fertile and that it has
been demonstrated by experience that grain
raised in northern ATTITUDES yields larger
amount to the acre than when planted under
more genial skies, the tendency of the growth
during the long spring being to waste itself il
stalk, while in a short season the grain is pro
porti onately much more benefited. These
benefits the settlers on the banks of the Red
river in Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba are
now experiencing and, in consequence OF the
advantages offered, the government and rail
road lands are being rapidly taken by sub
stantlal farmers, who are leaving Ohio Iii
nols and other Southern States for the purpose
of settling in this newly-opened country
The figures which he gives representing the
influx of immigrants and the amount of land
taken, are certainly remarkable, and indicate
ludt lnlS northern Slope OF our continent Is
soon to be thickly settled. The writer, who
seems to be locally well informed, asserts that
the same conditions Of land and climate that
are found along the line of the Red river ART
also to be met with in the valley of the Sas-
katcheWan, except that III the latter there is
Immensely more available territory than near
the former. But the most interesting state
ment that he makes is i'll connection with the
question of transportation. These great nav
lgable rivers drain into Lake Winnipeg, which,
when not frozen over, affords water way for
tonnage of every size and description. From
the lake to Hudson bay is Nelson river, Il
broad, deep though somewhat rapid stream.
Now, II is asserted that during four months of
the year large ocean steamers could go direct
ly to Lake Winnipeg, and there load with
gram brought down the contributing river in
boats, which might then be taken to Liver
pool, which port in consequence of the ex-
treme shortness of the degrees of longitude
Just south of the Arctic circle, is nearer by
water TO Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba,
than it is to New York city. This plan is GER
talnly a bold one, and yet, in view of the nu-
merous changes in commercial routes which
have occurred within the past fifty years, one
would have to be equally bold to affirm that
II could not be carried out. The chief diff
Guilty Is the short summer season, which
though 1t may increase the grain yield, will
make 1t exceedingly difficult to get the fall
harvesting into the English market via Hud-
son bay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

A correspondent of the New England Farm
err thinks it unfortunate that so many COM
plants of ill-success in farming are continual
ly published, and points out that the extent to
which il is conducted on borrowed capital is
in most cases the secret of the difficulty.
There is much good sense in the following
extract
Readers of agricultural papers do not often
find successful farmers relating their expert
ence, and giving such details of the manage
ment of their business would encourage
others to persevere. And yet these are just
the men we all want to hear from. The
croakers are too numerous and altogether too
fond of blaming the business for their non
success. The trouble is in the men not in
the business. When ! learn that only one
farm in twenty-five is paid for when bought,
the wonder to me is, not that so many fail,
but that so many succeed. When Richard
Roe buys John Does farm for 81, 500, pays
SO, 600 down, and gives a mortgage for 81, 800
at per cent, expecting to make n living for
himself and family, pay Mr.. Doe $50
month interest, and have a net 3 or per cent.
ut the end of the year ON the 81, 800, it brings
no surprise to me that Mr. Roe finds that such
farming don't pay. What docs the man own
in fact? just $4,000. That figure represents
his capital. There is no kind of business to
be found to-day, other than farming in which
1000 can be made to yield any kind of a
living to family without drawing on the
principal. Any gain in interest is not to be
thought of. Those farmers who had
SO little foresight as to buy more land than
they could handle are simply doing what
numbers of men in other callings have done,
and will do for all time-giying way to men
who know how to handle money. That's the
rub. Men undertake too much on too little
capital, and inevitably fail. 1t is not for the
general good that farmers of this class should
parade their misfortunes at every opportunity.
misleading public opinion on a matter that
lies at the very foundation of our national
prosperity. Farming does pay and pay well,
on the capital actually invested. with such
general intelligent management as would be
necessary in any other business. There is no
other business which offers rs good security
for the investment there is no other bust
ness which brings more contentment and less
wearying anxiety of mind. The man who
OlcnS his farm and has three or four per cent
at the end of year on the paid-up capital,
after supporting his family, is actually III bet
ter condition than nine-tenths of the men in
any other calling
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

PREPARING RENNET. 1t is always an ad-
vantage to the cheese that the rennet should
be prepared some time before it is wanted for
use; an English dRiryman recommended that
it be made in February or March, and that as
large quantity be provided as can be conven-
iently done consistently with the size of the
dairy They find large olive jars useful for
stepping the rennet, some of which will hold
thirty gallons. A hole is made at the bottom
TO draw the rennet, and they think it much
better to be drawn in this way, from the bot
tom than disturbing at the top by dipping
out A wooden tap should be used, as the
aeidity of the liquid has an injurious effect on
a metal one.
They have piece of board, with holes per
forated in it, TO put into the jar under the
wells or rennets, TO prevent their getting to
the bottom and obstruoting the liquid running
out by getting against the taps The rennet
is prepared by first making a brine strong
enough to bear an egg. 1t is then boiled for
half an hour, and when quite cold, put into
the jar. For every two gallons of brine six
wells Gre added and one lemon sliced An
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

BATHING AND CLOTHING THE BAnY.-It is
better to put baby into bath of water than
to batho II IN thu lap; and the water should,
If possible be deep enough to cover it up to
the neck. When no bathing tub is to be had,
the best thing to use is the ordinary tin wash
boiler. The best way to avoid Il chill after
the bath is to wrap the child at once in
warm cotton sheet or towel, placed on a warm
blanket.
The best clothing is that which is warm and
at the same time light. Flannel is the best
material for all seasons of the year especial
ly in the cool weather following the heat of
August infants are very susceptible to the in
tuence of cold, and at that time they should
be looked after with particular care 1t is
better that the bands of pinning blankets and
skirts should be of flannel rather than cotton.
Loose blankets and shawls that easily change
their position on the body, or get forgotten
occasionally, are undesirable garments The
shoulders, arms and legs should be covered in
cool weather, especially during the first four
months; the stomach and bowels should
always be carefully protected from cold.
Quite as much attention should be paid to
keeping the child cool in summer as to keep
ing it warm in winter Overheating is a com
mon source of sickness Massachusetts, B0ard
Of HedlA
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

A FRENCH WAY OF WASHING CLOTHES. 49,
system of washing clothes has lately been
introduced in some French towns which is
worthy of special mention. Its economy is
SO great as greatly to reduce the cost. This
is the process; Two pounds of soap is re-
duced with little water to pulp which,
having been slightly warmed, is cooled in ten
gallons of water, to which is added one spoon
full of turpentine oil and two spoonfuls of
ammonia then the mixture is agitated. The
water is kept at a temperature which may be
borne by the hand In this solution the
white clothes are put. and left there for two
hours before washing them with soap taking
care, in the mean time, TO cover the tub
The solution may be warmed again and used
once more, but it will be necessary to add Il
half spoonful of turpentine and another
spoonful of ammonia. Once washed with
soap, the clothes are put in hot water and
the blue is applied. This process, it is OBJ
vious, saves much time, much labor and fuel.
while it gives to the clothes Wilderness much
superior TO that obtained by any other pro-
cess, and the destructive use of the wash
board is not necessary TO clean the clothes
from the impurities which they contain.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

GRASS AS RENovAToR Many farmers la
Dor for years ignorant of the fact that a close,
well-set sod is the foundation of good farm
ing and the basis of good crops. Soil that will
produce an immediate and firm set of grass,
will bring a good crop of any kind. There is
no better way TO test the producing capacity
of soil than by its grass production. If field
yields scant grass crop, and is uneven or
full of barren spots, it will not be safe to de-
pend on such soil for any other crop without
extra heavy manuring, and even then the
crop is not of so great certainty as if the
ground was covered with a firm sod at plough
ing time. There is something in a heavy sod
that will perfect a crop even in an unfavora-
BILE season. l never have failed of a good
crop on such land. Soil will soon be reno
waited after partial deterioration, if grass can
be densely set on the surface and this mode
of renovation, claim, is the quickest surest
and cheapest of any. There never was a
mistake made so full of loss to the farmer as
to allow naturally good soil to deteriorate at
all, and when the farmers understand and act
on this principle, our productions will never
fall below an average, or even to this pc int
Cor. Country GeHti6mdH.
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A KNOWING Oow.-Mr. Knox has COW
which calyed on the 18th of July, hiding her
calf in the pasture, which is half a mile from
the barn. The COW was driven home at night
with several others, going quietly along as if
nothing had happened, leaving the calf in the
lot Arriving at the barn, it was discovered,
and she was MIXED and returned TO the pas
ture, and a-search made for the calf, but TO
no purpose, She had hid it, and could not
be prevailed upon to reveal its hiding-plaee
The search was renewed the next day with
the same result. She would not go near it
when any person was in the lot and she was
driven home that night, where she remained
until morning, when she returned to the pas
ture with the other COWS. On Sunday after
noon, some twelve or fifteen children and
young folks, having heard of it, went TO the
pasture in search of the calf. The COW all
the time watching their movements in an I'M
concerned manner would not betray its hid
ing place until one of the party standing on
a rise of ground, initiated the calf by bleat-
ing, when she started at once down into a
hollow among the bushes calling for it, and
1t was discovered. The calf was very much
frightened when it saw the children and ran
of, They then left her for few moments,
and she hid it again in another place, but
this time it was soon found Utica Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-08

The potato beetle seems TO have been dis
gusted with the season and kept clear of
Southern Connecticut, and those farmers who
were disguised with the beetle did not plant
potatoes in the spring. This mutual disgust
has made new potatoes scarce and high, and
those who ventured crop are. pleased with
their success. The new potato crop has been
the most profitable of any crop raised in that
part of the State this season.
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ounce of saltpetre is also added to every two
gallons.
They claim that rennet should always be
prepared at least two months before using
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Manhood How Lost, How Restored.

~ Just published edition of DIT. Culver
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Railroads.
VERMONT VALLEY RAILROAD

ys5sgE5da5sYs=7H A trains on this to.d INK
Essssssssti +. asIA leave BRATTLEBOROio ion aii
@AN-hh--A---pOi North at 1880 a. m
5.I5 J.. m., and 10 go y. m.
The 1920 J.. m. train is express for Montreal wi,
white River JunctiOn) with sleeping car attached
The 10 $50 a. m. train 10 mail train for MONTPELIER
St Adams, Rutland, Burlington, Montreal, the Pa.
sumpsic road and the white Mountains.
The as y. train is mail train for White River
junction aud Rutland.
Trains leave BELLOWS FALLS for the South. con.
Meeting with the Connecticut River line at Brarho
ro as follows: Montreal express train at 3 3Oa m
mail and accommodation, :l6 a. m. mail and accom-.
mediation, 3 :35 p. m.
The 3 $50 a. m. train arrives in New YORK at 1880
m the 9:15 a. m. train at 45 =. m the 1885 D. M
train does not connect for New York.
All these trains make close connection with Boston
Albany X. r., both east and west Of Springfield
81 j. MULLIGAN, superintendent
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Seven-tenths of the State of Alabama, or
20, $50, 9G3 acres, are yet in forest and
though some of ii has been culled, the great
er part is Btill untouched.