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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

We hope all orr readers are so circpp,
stanced as TO give these words with some
thing more than common custom >
Stereolyped phrase, and that they can civ,
them feeling their full force; ENTERING
themselves on the new year ioyfulIy. ana
wishing to their neighbors and all man.
Kind peace and prosperity and happy
year to come
personally unknown to nearly all of onr
readers, we have come to regard them
with kind of personal consideration. and
send out our weekly talk, thinking they
may find something to amuse and enter.
taln' and sometimes hoping there NAV he
that which some m1y be glad to know,
and which is new and instructive.
IL only our readers would Urite more: if
they would confirm such things rs their
own experience has taught them we were
right H. OF to correct what they believed
was erroneous (and one would be as olad.
~ received as the other), our paper wouldI
De male better, and those who wrote would |
lind the writing of great benefit to them
selves. Hoping more of YOU NAV make
us acquainted with your pens we close by
heartily wishing you Happy New Year,
ana IN the language of Tiny Tim" God
bless us every one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
For the Freeman.
Dollar Butter.

his class of butter is fast playing out
Much less is said and written about # now
| than formerly. The idea that there conld
be more than n very limited demand fm
butter at one dollar II pound is delusion
NO CLASS OF customers could afford to use
1t at that price; besides, ut those figures il
would bear no sort of proportion to other
productions of the farm; and as Il conse.
quence farmers would all 90 to MAKING
butter, and the market be glutted at once,
ct as absurd as the idea is, many "A vonno
farmer and wife have been h,lmbuoped
into the doctrine that if they could get
some costly COWS, of some crack breed
named daisy" or Blossom" and then
make corresponding outlay for all of the
dairy tixngs they would in the end realize
fortune by making butter at Il dollar a
pound. Probably there is just as good but
ter made and sold in a quiet way as that
which has been pulled in the newspapers,
and made, too, from the milk of some old
brown or brindle COW that has no record
This is not intended to discourage anv|
man or woman from seeking excellence in
their calling but as bar against the OK
travagant notions of the times. Equally
iOoo"' 10 tiio iuet tltL u FARMER can
buy or raise up n herd of from twenty TO
fifty cows that will average three hundred
or four hundred pounds of butter to COW
In season; it never has been done and it |
IS falr to presume that it will never be
lone. There have been instances. no
doubt, of small diaries that have AVERAGED
,hree hundred pounds to n COW and have
1een kept up to that point for several
years and we hear of individual cases
where five hundred and even six hundred
pounds have been made from single COW
early. Every experienced dairvman
inows that it is a difficult thing to get
ogether a herd of even ten or twenty cows
hat will make two hundred pounds of
utter to COW and keep them up to that
'olnt for series of years. Not more than
ne-haf OF the heifers we raise make COWS
hat are good mixers of any breed. Much
SAID now about choice blood, but it is
natter of uncertainty, after all, whether
ne care and attention bestowed upon the
Id natives would not have shown better
7suts. The breeding and selections of ,,
God COWS is one of the most difficult
llngs that the farmer has to contend with ,,
he man who thinks he is wise enough TO
III good or poor cow at sight will often
nj that he is mistaken. Science has little "
do with it; experience alone will furnish !
IL 'est' E. w. b. :,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

CEYLoN CINNAMON FIELps.-Onr NOR,
ing was-as usual on a first arrival-taIa ~
up by visits; in the afternoon we dro~a Nt ~
Sir +. Barnes sociable tbrough tho g. III
,"nheu cinnamon gardens, which covered
Upwards OF seventeen thousand acres Of
,'.au oh tne coast, the largest of which
a.; are near Colombo. The plant thrives best best
IN poor sandy soil and in Il damn atm n, ~
Pnefe; 1t grows wild in the woods tn the
SIZE OF large apple-tree, but when cnl,i
valed is never allowed to grow more than
TEL! ! or twelve feet high, each plant stsn dn
ing separate. r''' s'''hu-
Inc zeal IS something like that Of tbo
li'urel IN shape, but of II lighter co,on o
wheh 1t first shoots out it is rcd ani
cuanses gradually to green. It is nnn
out ol blossom, but am told the fiowor "
white' and appears, when in full bloom 10
cover lne Whole garden, After .bearinr' s 80
7 T, ,uon oi lhe spicy gales from this island
- was a;a liuch disappointed at not BEING aha
W uisoovef the scent at least from tho
pants Planls. In passing through the oardon u,e
llere is very fragrant smell;nS 49,
growing under them, which at firs9 h ioJ
ihto the belief that we smell the oin, lou us
oat we were soon undeceived On n,'iI;.,
o o1 il zeal or twig you perceive the " sn;ags
puof very strongly; but | was snrnr;s opicy
nei,r mat the flower had little or none e'' u
AS cinnamon forms the onlv onon;i
ole export of Ceylon, it is, Of conrse 'e nra
tba an with care; by the old Dutch l p,1'
lass p .bi ior cutting branch was W.
fine '. axn; ine loss of hand; at present
p,a.es the same offenos. The
rayorah J,n 10 a.. Oh Colombo is particularly
,d n,;.h 70 It's growth. being we'll SHELBY
-, ,s' s T,on nigh ,equable temperature ' snd
whole Jso dans tall iall frequently--thougb" A
h bn oeo uays heavy rain is uncommoa
N ground Isl never parched. as u on
, w places it not unfrequenty beeomo most
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

We believe it is u fact that there are nc
herds of dairy COWS in New England tha
can average three hundred pounds of but
ter a year per COW, except those hayino
Jersey blood in them. And there are nc
herds, either, whose butter is so uniformly
OF good color, nor, when properly manu-.
featured, of such firmness. perfection OF
grain, and excellence of flavor. In short
as is believed by many, II Jersey herd will
give more, and better butter than q herd
OF any other kind, with the same feed and
care.
Our own view of the subject is without
disparagement to other breeds of cattle.
that the introduction of the jersey blood
upon Vermont farms will be worth mil
hons OF dollars to our state. They will be,
and indeed already are, appreciated by all
our really 6 God dairymen who know how
to handle dairy cows for butter making.
The time is now passed, under Western
competition and the oleomargarine manu.
tacture, when anything but the best quail
Iy and the largest yield of butter can be
made to pay. The Jersey COW comes lust
in time to give us both. AS the grades on
good common cows are usually about AS
good for the dairy us thOroughbreds, and n
little tougher, and as Jersey bull calves
ire rarely sold at very high prices, it will
not take more than halfa dozen wears TO
nave the butter diaries of the whole state
we'll tncturcd with this desirable blood |
f with this goes hand in hand a more
LIBERAL manner of feeding, warmer but
lean and well-ventilated- stables, and n
more systematic and uniform method of
Vermont may soon handle
5 much gold money for her butter crop as
he received of greenback currency during
he flush decade of 1922.
Mr.. Cheevcr of the NeaO England Farm
?, refers. in recent editorial. to 1.-THE
est dairy farmers in Pomfret, Vt, where
erseys of the most aristocratic strains are
red and where fancy or gilt-edged butter
shipped to our Revere, or other Boston
otels, by the ton. every year; where three
undred pounds of butter per cow, annual
:, is the standard aimed at and reached "
C. Mr.. Cheever, who is one of the best
I'D most successful dairymen of Massa- t
lusetts, knows what he is saying in this ;
We are pleased to hear that
IL Pomtret Jersey breeders have made :
Try large sales of their excellent stock t
e past season, most Of it within the state. |
ljf. HoS6lnS, IN Watchndn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

LARGE YIELD OF Corn AND BEErs.
Mr.. Curtis Wheeler, of Fairfax VI Sand.
US statement of two very heavy crops
raised on his farm the past summer. The
nrst, crop of Sanford corn, grown upon
Sixty rods,by measure. the land beino a clnv
mari. The corn was cultivated with n
morse hoe three times, but no hand-boeino
was done. len two-horse loads of stable
manure were applied to the soil and
ploughed under The rows were three
ana u half leet apart, and the hills eight
cen Inches in the rows, three kernels in n
NIL. There were harvested from these
sixty rods ninety bushels of ears. which
allowing two bushels for one of sbelled
corn, would give forty-five bushels of
shelled corn, equal to one hundred and
twenty bushels per acre. Some of the
helghbors estimated the fodder upon the
lot ut four tons. If Mr.. Curtis and his
nelghbors are not deceived in their mea
surements and estimates, we can see no
necessity, for the sons of Vermont to EN-
igrate to the West in order to raise great
crops of corn.
On another field of twentv-eight rods
Mr.. Wheeler raised 1913 bushels of Lanes
sugar beets. They were manfred
IN the drill with hen manure and ashes.
the drills being 2 1-2 feet apart. The Seed
was sown with one of the Holbrook seed
sewers. Mr.. w. claims that the beets cost
him only about three cents per bushel, put
IN the cellar. probably not allowing much |
Tor depreciation in the value of the soil in |
consequence of this great growth of roots.
Nor do we know that the land is not as |
'leh as it was before the beets were grown
we give the statement us furnished bv
Mr.. Wheeler, whom we suppose to be i,
'eliable man. The yield per acre was over
900 bushels.-N b. Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
The Weather.

For once the "oldest inhnbitant" i
hoored, He cannot, in the whole store
mousse OF his memory, find anything tc
compare with this Indian summer" in
CHRISTMAS week. Warm and sunny, more
like early May than late December. the
year. like some people, seems to grow
mellow and amiable us it comes toward
It's end. But it is rather hard on the
" fresh meat"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

Old bones make first rate manure, and
we will tell you how to reduce them with
but little trouble, and no extra expense.
Get all your garden cuttings. the waste, odd
pelces of wood about your house, used-up
pea sticks, any refuse vegetable stuff
that will burn, and make II right good
bonfire. Collect the ashes and keep them
in dry place. Next get an old cask. Tell
your cook $40 may keep the bones, and
also say to the rag and bone man, or
woman, us the case may be, who comes
Ike II vampire fitting about your premises.
that an introduction to the policeman will
follow the next visit. Put tie old bones in
The cask, with Il good layer of wood ashes
on top of them. The cask should stand
away from the hoase. and not be covered
over, as it is desirable the rain should fall
IN it. If the weather is dry, pour water
over. Proceed in this way until the cask
S full, and then let it remain for some
months Gall through the winter, if you be.
gin now. May, to store the bone2.) When
you wish to use the compost, either rs Il
op dressing for land, kitchen garden or
lower beds, previous to spring bedding
nut, you will find the bones entirely dis
Owed by the ashes TO ii jelly-like sub
lance. The potash in the wood ashes |
fleets this, and decomposes the phosphate
+ lime, forming phosphate of potash
rairie Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

1t would he difficult to over-estimate
Mr.. James Wick influence in developing
the love of Horticulture in this country, by
means of his frequent publications during
many years. And now he favors an APP
preclative public with fresh venture IN
Iac6'S Magdzine, an illustrated morthly
OF very attractive appearance, and. OF
course, altogether wholesome and trust
worthy in its teaching. There ere thous-
amps OF Tribune readers who have re-
Iolced over flowers from "Vick's seeds"
who will cordially welcome this latest
evidence of Il business enterprise, which
always abounds in pleasant surprises
Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

Calt'rdtOr speaks lightly of dignitarie!
and evidently thinks there are wheels. anf
wheels within them.
Secretary Flint of Massachusetts gave
! ms address on 1.-The Grass and Hav Cron !,
Which all are familiar with who have read
Inc same In his book published in 1859.
except some extracts from experiments on
clover, by German chemists. Durino the
discussion that followed the meeting was
informed that as specimen of State farm.
ING, The first crop of hay at the State farm
at Westboro' was not cut until the month
OF October. Theory VS.. practice. An
IRA aadress, not expected. was delivered
oy .he clerk OF Secretary Flint, showing
tlie deslrabillty of some patent machinery
which the young man had invented and
desired to sell. Price of each set. sixty
dollars. This advertising patents is a new
departure for the State Board. and NAV bo
taken as a sure sign of progress.
Properly managed the question box
would nave been most attractive feature.
Dut Oh the many questions put in an aver |
age OF but one per day were answered |
and those were of little value. I do NOT
understand why the management should
determine to smother all matters that were
not previously "cut and dried" and il is
evident that the question box was farce
nat the managers of this meeting were :
lot willing to have a public discussion on
important subjects pertaining to the con-
lection OF the State and State Board with
'uf agricultural interests, and other mat
ers OF vital importance. However. the
secretary promises to answer all the que
les passed over at this meeting in his
ext State report, which costs the tax '
ayers over twelve THOUSAND dollars per |
ear.
We are more and more pleased with I
nr Board OF agriculture and their plan of 1
peratlons, and in the light of the expert b
ace OF Massachusetts,, don't see how it il
IN be much improved at present. J
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
vermont MerinO Sheep Breeders Associa.
ton.

This association holds q Joint meeting
with the Board of Agriculture at Middle.
bury ont the 9th, 10th and 18th, of January
1873. The first day will be the annual
meeting of the first named association. and
Will be devoted to the business of the as
ISOLATION. Wednesday evening, and a
part OF Thursday, will be devoted to adj
dresses and discussions relating to wool.
growing and sheep breeding. The re-
mainder of the time of the session, to the
dairy and other subjects.
We trust our readers will as far rs DOS.
sible attend this meeting. which looking as
1t does to the welfare of one of our most
prominent interests, cannot fail to BIO of
great value. Let Vermont sheep continue
10 stand rs the best in the world-and in.
-elligent cndeavor will keep them there.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
Jlte family Cirele.


In u romantic and beautiful district o.
the southern Tyrol ut no great distance
from the town of Botzen, stands the flour
ishing village of st. Ulrich 1t is, indeed,
more small town than village, and ex-
tends itself widely along the right bank OF
one of those rushing Streams that dash
through nearly every valley, and are fed
by the melting of the snow on the lofty
mountain ranges Of the neighborhood. 1t
contains several good and comfortable
INNS and boasts of two churches, one of
which is old and small, the other new and
large, and handsomely carved and dec
Grated outside, while in the interior, be.
sides some richly. painted pictures and a
good altar-piece. there is great variety
of statues and small figures, all of wood,
most Of them very delicately carved, and
many of them, as well as much of the in
ternal ornamentation of the chuch, taste
fully gilt and colored This wood carving
Is indeed the staple manufacture of the
place, and has raised it to its present con-
dition of evident prosperity. There are
no signs of poverty anywhere visible; the
people look healthy, happy, well-fed and
well-clad, and their houses roomy and
clean. Let us see how this pleasant state
OF matters has heen brought about.
Wood carving is the chief occupation of
many mountain village, both in the
Fyrol and in Switzerland; but in no place
has it been carried to greater perfection.
or been entered into more thoroughly by
the inhabitants, than at St. Ulrich. One
branch of it, indeed, the manufacture of
wooden toys. particularly dolls. may be
considered almost specially of the dis
-rict; for the little town of St. Ulrich is
5he great storehouse from which the chief
.oy traders of Europe, We might almost
'ay of the world, draw those rich and
nexhaustible supplies. which brighten so
many nurseries and gladden. the hearts of
10 many little ones. The art is said to
AVE been introduced into the valley about
he beginning of the last century, since
which time it has been the principal en-
'loyment of the inhabitants, male and fe-
male, young and old alike; for ancient
and grandmothers nav be
cen steadily pursuing the vocation that
as been theirs from their earliest wears:
nd AS soon rs the little boys or girls can
g safely trusted with knives, they bepin
'o'' i"'o 0n"o"Foio " carve tHe form OF
ONE animal or toy which is the peculiar
ne of their family. This is one of the
DID things in connection with the trade.
lat, Us II general rule. each family or
roup of families has its own special de-
artment, from which they do not deyiate.
ONE carve, some paint, some gild, the
sinters often working only in one par.
cular color, while the carvers constantly ,
lex to the manufacture of one or two. or
the most of half dozen animals. of !,
'rIaln toys or certain portions of TOYS and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

JUST ONcE-"OUR GARDEN ToAD."-
Inc story goes that when. upon time
Mr.. Beecher was so gently chided for
interfering the occasional oke into The
pulpit service at Plymouth Church. he
drew long sigh, and plain!ively made
answer, that if the sensitive Pew could
only know how many capital jokes, rising
up within the pastor, and pressing hard
iof utlerrance, were mercilessly choked
down every Sabbath day, he would think
he was let off very easy indeed. So if any
bucoic friend of the Tribune. of u math.
ematlcal turn of mind, should feel i'm
pelled to MAKE complaint of rhymes in
agriculture, let him, in fairness, think of
tlle Waste-paper basket, and give us thanks
ior what we havn't printed, for ''babblinrs
OF green fields that "died with all their
music in them" The folowinp-from
classic Massachusetts-is, of course. above
the common run of those who do "worse; -
its teaching is altogether wholesome. and
we are bound to put it in if half our friends
"stop the paper"
A squatter sovereign, with abdomen rotund.
Complalsant sits, with an indifferent air,
AZ one In Office, guarding public fund.
with salary fixed, and he a fixture there.
lhis TOAD OF oars is no mean toad, not he
lie is no toady, whom we all desplse;
Ana II obsequious he should seem to be,
Don't use moasses when he catches flies.
Inc little gnats that fit before his vision
are taken III. as worthy of his care:
lie picks them up with promptness and precision
FOR each he makes provision, then and there.
Thou faithful Waterman of my garden vines.
quite glad am to see thee waxing fat
Norwill question good or bad designs:
leave the bugs and thee to settle that
ca Stay, and eat unto thy hearts content:
Since that's thy mission, thy mission then fulGu |
No doubt Dame Nature knew Just what she meant |
In making toads-and bugs for toads to kin,
Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
IMPORTANT LETTER
From A Distinguished Physician.

No single disease has entailed more suffering or has
tened the breaking up of the constitutloh, Una, than
Caarrh The sense Of SMELL of taste, OF sight o. near
ing the human voice, the mind, one or more anu anu
sonetines an WELD to its destructive influence
D0ison ID distributes throughout the system altseAs
every vital force and brakes up the most r9Dust .,
by most physicians, impOtently assailed ph IuecAs
nd charlaans those suffering from II have niue nole
70 he relieyed Of IL this side of the grave 1t Is time
then chat the popular treatment OF this terrible us
ease by remedies within the reach OF all passed IhD
hands AT once cOnpetent and trustworthy. The new
and hitherto untried method adopted by Dr. SANFORD
in the preparation of his RADICAL CURE has won ny
hearty approval believe il likely TO succeed wneh
an the usual remedies fall because strikes az the
root of the disease viz: the dcidtfed blood Wne II
10 the nasal passages. Its action is based on cerlan
liked rules, and unless the vital forces are 700
cure. 6EO. bEahD, ~ ~
NoRscorT BLOCK. So. FRAMINGHAM, Oct. !. lel4.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

Rural, .ir.," warns whom it may con-
Germ, that the crop of wire fence is large,
and about ripe in other words, it is now
time for couple of men to call on far
mer who has a barbet fence, and demand
damages from him for using it in an I'M
lawful manner. 1t will be the old game
OF patent sharpers over again; and readers
are cautioned to be on their guard.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE

May safely claim to be one Of the few popular RENE
dies Receiving the approval of medical gentlemen who
in private not only freely recommend 1t but use IL III
their families in preference 70 any OF the preparations
usually prescribed by physicians.
You are aware "said distinguished city physician
that my obligations to the Mass Medical Society are
sucn that cannot publicly recommend or prescribe
the Radical Cure; but since received so much relief
from the use OF it myself after thorough trial of the
usual remedies have privety advised its use, and
presume have sent to your store no less than one
hundred of my patents for it."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

The following is pointed out as the only
real difference between a 50 and $500
horse: The first can fall through bridge
and not receive the least injury; the sec
ond will break his neck by falling over
loose cobble- stone.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION.

GENTLEMEN:-W have sold Sandford's Radical
Cure for nearly year, and say candidly that
we never sold similar preparation that gave such
universal satisfaction. We have to learn the first com
plant yet.
We are not in the habit of recommending patent
medicines, but your preparation meets the want of
and we think those afflicted should be
ylnced OF its great merit that their suffering will be
reviewed. We have been in the drug business for the
past twelve years constantly, and sold everything for
Catarrh but yours leads al the rest If you prop
er you can use this letter any part of it that you
WISH: Very truly yours. 3. d. BALDWIN Il co.
wholesale and Retail Dealers in Drugs, Books and
Stationery, Washington. Ind Feb. %, 1876.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
agricultural department.
o. M. TINKHAM, Editor.

determinations for this Department, sbo,,, /,
sent TO the editor, Mr.. o. II. TINKHAAf. n. Pom.
fiease writeon one side ofthe paper only sign s,,
nane or initials as you wished published but give
State N' O'"H'9 ana
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02
TWO IN ONE.

l.; mus combined we have two grand medical apents
VIZ WY prodnce more cures than any liniment lotion
81 OF biasser eyer before compoun ded in the bisto
~ Vi medlclne. Try one. PRICE 25 CENTS o
Soid by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists tbrorb
4 WI United States and CAlladas and bv WFEKS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-02

The Massachusetts farmers have had
their winter meeting of the board and yet
are not happy. A correspondent of the