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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

Common salt as a fertilizer is exceedingly
valuable at long distance from the seashore.
Its active value increases as the distance from
the sea to where it is applied increases. Near
the coast the atmosphere is sufficiently charg-
ed with saline particles to supply the soil with
all the soda it requires but ON lands further
inland, where the atmosphere contains none
of this material, salt is Of positive benefit.
DIR. Robert Angus Smith says if We take the
amount of chorides contained in rain water
at Valentia, Ireland, at 100, the amount in
Manchester England, is only twelve, and at
Darmstadt in Germany not more than two.
While the farmers in Ireland may find no
benefit from salt applied to their lands the
German farmer would be greatly benefited
by its application.
The land in Western New York, Vermont.
New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts,, and
all the Western States this side of the Rocky
Mountains, would be greatly benefited by the
use of salt while the lands nearer the sea-
shore would receive no benefit from its use.
Even here in the East, on side-hills sloping
to the east the use of salt might be a perfect
waste yet the soil on the western slope of
the same hill might be greatly benefited by
the application. Salt as fertilizer is of most
benefit on light sandy soils; these generally
are deficient in soda. But no benefit is de-
rived by its application to those soils within
ten or twenty miles Of the seashore. On clay
ey soils it is useless to apply it, as they con-
tain an abundance of soda.
All that is required on these soils is an oc-
casional application of lime to release the salts
from other combinations. An application of
salt to clayey soils might be positively iniuri-
Gus, if in the clay sulphate of magnesium
should exist. Then the chloride of the soda
would combine with the magnesium, forming
chloride of magnesium, Il salt deleterious to
vegetation; the sulphuric acid would CON-
bine with the sodium, forming sulphate of
soda (Glauber salts, Sometimes even the
application of lime may not be attended with
favorable results, 1t may combine with car
bonic acid and form an nsoluble compound,
carbonate of lime, thus depriyiug the land
both of the benefit of the lime and the car
bonic acid. This is Il case, however which
would be of very rare occurrence.-.im. CHt
| GcatOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

One of the chief reasons, rs NJ. de Laveleyc,
an intelligent French writer on rural economy,
assures us, of the great success of the Flemish
and Belgian farmers, and their abundant
crops on a naturally poor soil, is "the perfect
ly shaped fields of the peasant proprietors.
1t will be readily understood, however, that
the dense population of those countries, and
the consequent high price of land for the pro-
duction of human food, renders it necessary
that every foot should be brought under cul-
tivation, and that to do this, fences must be
straight, and the fields of the most perfect
shape for economical working. But this lat
ter point is of no less importance to good hus-
baudry, in fact, with our farmers, than with
those of Belgium and France. If economy in
farm cultivation is needed anywhere in our
country, it is in New England and every
farmer will admit that one OF the surest plans
for thorough and economical field husbandry
is the straight fence and square shaped field.
Throughout England and all the best farmed
countries of the Continent, great attention is
given to this feature of rural economy-yet
with us it hardly received thought except
in few instances of the better specimens of
| gentleman farming near towns. With the
| average farmer, the proper shape of field to
adapt it to the crop it is to bear, and to the
natural contour of the land, is a matter of the
| smallest consequence.
With the opening season-the work of re-
pairing fences being generally attended to
| we think ii will be worth the while for many
of our farmers to study the best shape of then
fields with reference to blowing, seeding,
moving and the general work of the farm,
and the uses to which the fields are to be put
with view to making such changes as viii
result in a more rapid and consequently, more
economical performing of the work of gener
al field culture upon our farms.-N Il. Far
|
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
THE VERMONT PHd1NX BRATTLEBoRO FRIDAY, APRIL Is


A spcndthrift is brother to a miser. Let
us avoid both extremes The maxim that "a
penny saved is two pence earned, should be
remembered, especially by people in moder-
ate circumstances The difference between
penny earned and penny saved is this in
the former case you have to work for it, in
the latter you do not. Some families dress
well and live well, while spending less than
half as much rs some others who never have
enough to wear or eat The difference is
simply one of economy and prudence. There
are poor, hard working families, always COM
planning of hard times and poor health, who
ignore Indian meal as an article of diet fine
bolted flour they use, and that continually
Perhaps they imagine meal does not agree
with them Doubtless they have weak stom-
achs as the result of eating too much con-
centrated food. Give horse nothing but
flour for few months, and l venture to say
he would not be able at the end of that time
to digest hay or even oats. Let my wife
make one of her good od-fashioned loaves of
rye and Indian bread. the rising material Of
which is composed largely of stale bread,
doughnuts, gingerbread, &c, with n cup of
molasses in it to give il good color and fla
vor, and place it on the table beside the best
fine wheat bread that can be made, and you
will see that nne-tenths of those at table,
old or young, will take the coarse bread in
preference to the fine, and yet the coarse
bread costs only about one-thrd as much as
the fine, pound for pound
Harriet Beecher has well said, if house
keepers would take more pains to cook well
the coarser articles of diet, people would not
care nearly SO much for food that is finer and
richer Take as simple dish as 'hasty pud-
ding"-when properly made, it is a dish fit
for a king" but when half cooked or sehson-
! ed it is fit only for pigs or chickens. Cook
ing is just as truly chemical process as any
result secured in a laboratory. And rs in
| chemistry, the least deviation from proper
proportions in given compound will give a
result entirely different from the one sought,
so it is largely in cooking May heaven bless
the careful, conscientious cook-she is a
means of grace as well as of health, for who
can serve and praise his Maker as he should
with diseased stomach or a gorged liv err?
How few farmers have good bed of aspar-
| agus so desirable in early spring betwe en-
! "hay and grass" when the whole system
cries out for fresh vegetables, and yet such Il
| bed is easily started, and will last for fifty
| years. Some farmers do not feel able" to
| afford their families any kind of meat but salt
| pork, summer and winter, and yet they can
| buy good, fresh beef from the butchers cart
for less than what they would sell their ever.
lasting pork and by boiling down" in the
kettle with a few light dumplings you can
have fresh meat dinner that i'll be eaten
almost as heartily as roast turkey But time
would fail to show the difference between the
prudent economical houskeeper, who thinks
as well as works, and the person who works
| hard and pondereth not - Or. " T.. Par
| HiCF.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE.

Many times women call upon their family
physicians, one with dyspepsia, another with
palpatation, another with trouble of the
breast, another with pain here and there, and
in this way they all present alike to them
selves, and their easy going and indifferent
doctors, separate and distinct diseases, for
which he prescribes his pills and pot;ons, as
Stunning them to be such, when, in reality,
they are all symptoms caused by some uterine
disorder; and while they are thus only able
perhaps to palliate for time, they are igno-
rant of the cause, and encourage their prac-
tice until large bills are made, when the suf-
fering patients are no better i'll the end, but
probably worse for the delay, treatment, and
other complications made, and which prop
er medicine directed to the cause would have
entirely removed thereby insttutng health
and comfort instead of prolonged misery.
SHADE, Athens Co, Ohio
DIR. Il. " PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y
Your Favorite Prescription is working al
most like a miracle on me. / am better al
ready than have been for over two years.
LoRINDA E. ST. CLAIR.
YoRKyrLE, Toronto, Ont, March Is, 1879.
X. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.:
Dear Sri write you about a most re-
markable cure of lady friend of mine, Mrs.
Ruthorn Since her marriage thirteen years
ago, she has suffered greatly from uterine dis
ease which caused sterility. She tried the
most eminent physicians of this part of the
country, who told her she would have to UNI
dergo an operation with the knife. Being
afraid of this, she was induced by reading
your Medical Adviser to take your Favorite
Prescription and Pellets She used three bot
ties as result she entirely recovered heI
health aud is the happy mother of a healthy
babe.
Very truly yours, MRS john McELRoY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
Farm and Household.


Two little facts, met with in the every day
business Of most New England towns, are sig
nihcant Of that progress which is surely 60
ing on in our farming though, unless we
stop TO consider them, we are apt to think
that our Advancement is at very slow pace.
These are that farmers are feeding better,
and fertilizing better than ever before, and
that a noticeable change in these particulars
has been brought about within the very few
years last past And these two things, it must
be remembered, are the very fundamental
things Of good Misunderstanding and manur-
ing. When they are neglected or practiced
in slovenly manner, farming is low and
protitless but the very first improvement in
these methods is sure to carry with them an
improvement in other branches of the farm
management; or, in other words, to at once
put the business of the farm in all its details
on n higher plane Of profit. Poor feeding is
sure TO be followed by poor results in the
higher products obtained-milk, or beef, or
mutton and besides, poor quality of ami
NAL dung is always obtained from poor or in
sufficient food The better the feed, the bet
ter the prime products, and the more valua-
BILE the waste product, or manure; and when
it is understood that, with many of the best
English farmers, they are satisfied ifin return
for their feeding they have the manure as
clear profit, it will at once be seen that ma
nure is not waste product after ALL but a
thing of money value.
In confirmation of this statement we have
the testimony, which is only one Of many in
stances of an extensive miller and business
man in one of our New England yillages-the
centre of good farming section. During a
recent conversation he said to me 1.-THE in
crease in the use of shorts among the farmers
in my town within the past few years, is quite
surprising. Ten years ago there was hardly
such a thing as a carload of shorts ordered /;
now my own sales of shorts, and others be-
sides myself are engaged in the business,
amount to fifteen cars annually. Dairy far
mers, those who bring milk to the village as
well as those who make butter and cheese
feed them very literally, while they are also
fed largely to horses hardly see how far
mers make them pay he continued, but
they do, or they would not purchase them to
the extent they do" This same gentleman,
in speaking of the general farming of his
neighborhood said The use of phosphates
has also increased surprisingly during late
years. Three years ago sold half carload
of phosphate, the year following a car and a
half, and last season | sold three carloads. "
This confirms the second statement, and from
what we know of various localities we think
it applies with much force to many sections of
New England, aside from the single locality
in question.
These two signs of progress are significant
and forcble-they show that New England
farmers are employing the true methods for
the permanent improvement of their farms,
and are sure to obtain an increased profit
from their operations. ". e, Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

OF all the products of the soil, none are so
prolific in seeds as weeds 90, 600 seeds have
been counted upon one mullen stalk.
The most extensive bee farm in the world
is probably near Breton. Canada. 1t covers
four acres and last year the owner secured
$4,000 pounds of honey from his 10, 900, 900
little workers.
In some places rats have become great
pest in farm houses and barns, Copperas is
the dread of rats. In every crevice or every
hole where a rat treads, scatter the grains of
copperas, and the result is a stampede of rats
aud mice.
The practice of chewing bones, sticks and
old pieces of leather by COWS is an indication
that their systems need something not fur
nished In their food, and frequently bone
dust fed in small quantities at first with meal
will supply the need.
The famous Lincolnshire OK, fed by Lord
Marlborough, weighed 1912 pounds, live
weight and measured IL feet 10 inches from
nose TO setting of tail, IL feet inch girth, 3
feet inches across the back in three places
the hip, shoulder, and middle back II
inches from breast to ground, inches in
grth of fore leg, and % inches between the
forelegs.
A Quebec merchant has experimental sue
cessfully in shipping beef TO England in car
cass. The animals are beheaded, the entrails
taken out, and the bodies pressed into a small
compass and frozen. The hide is not re-
moved until the voyage is over, and it il
claimed that the meat is superior in appear
anee TO other imported beef, and keeps long
er.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

FODDER CBors.-It has been proved re
peatedly, that one acre of good green fodder
will feed two cows through the summer.
Fodder crops must be put in early. mix
ture of oats aud peas is the best crop for
early cutting. to come in after the first clover,
which follows the rye The two sown to-
gether will yield on one acre, about as much
as if sown separately on two acres. This
may be doubted, but it is true Tall grow
ing leafy oats, and tall peas, yield the most
fodder; the "Black-eye Mnrrowfat pea,
grown ia Canada as field crop, is the best
for our use the seed being free from weevil
For a second crop, the earliest small Cana
da Gray" pea may be sown The fodder is
in the best condition for cutting when the
peas arc in full blossom.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

One of the first varieties of seeds to SOW in
the open ground in the spring is the pea. As
soon as the frost disappears and the soil is
sufficiently dry it may DO prepared for the
pea. If left to warm up for few days after
blowing, before planting, no time would be
lost in obtaining an early crop. Experiment
ers have made a. difference in the time of
planting of three weeks but the result never
made more than a weeks difference in pick
ing. The latest planted, even of the same
variety, will, with well prepared soil, often
give larger crop than the one planted ear
lier The best varieties are the following,
and in the order named Carter's first crop
I'd, Dan O'Rourke; Sd, McLeans Advancer /;
18th, Blue Imperial 9Th, Champion of Eng
land 9TH, White Marrowfat. The manure
should be spread broadcast and plowed I'M
der, not more than three or four inches, and
the seed planted in drills three feet apart.
This will allow them to be titled with the cul-
tivator, Peas planted three or four inches
deep will yield better crop than when plant
ed shallower, though they will not grow SO
quickly at first nor bring quite SO early a
crop. american Culti0dtOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

1t is a great waste of time and labor to draw
under or into the barn sand or loan for SIM
ply absorbing the liquids Liquid manure is
the best part of the wastes of the barn, and
the economy of making another waste, in or
der to save this, may well be doubted. Sand
itself is very heavy, and cannot absorb a
great amount of liquid besides which, if it
could the increased weight would be de-
cided objection, while it possesses little in it.
self which is of value as a fertilizer. Its me-
chancal effects might be good upon land
which contained too much clay or upon low
land meadow, but it would cost much less to
draw it direct to the place where it is wanted
than to draw it under the barn and then draw
it out again. We were lately in barn where
they were using gravelly loan as an absorb
ent. How much would it absorb 7" we ask
ed. But the farmer said he had meadow
upon which he was going to use it. The idea
appeared new one to him to draw the gray
el direct to the meadow. Good loan would
absorb large quantity of liquid, and the
loan itself contains considerable fertilizing
matter, but it would be better to draw even
this direct to the land where it was wanted
The best mode would be to sink basin in
the barn cellar, and into it drain the liquid
manure. When wanted for use have hogs
head fixed to two wheels, into which pump
the liquid for transportation. Have q faucet
in the barrel, and a wooden trough perforated
with quarter-inch holes into this discharge
the liquid and thus it makes an excellent
sprinkler for grass land. There is no fertili-
ger which we can apply to the grass land that
yields such quick returns as this liquid
Three or four crops a year can be obtained
from rye grass, orchard grass and some 9TH
ers of rank growth, by this means. No fer
tilizing matter can be applied to the crops
with such prompt effect as in liquid form.
IN China no manure is applied in solid
form it is all liquefied. Alderman Mech
has iron pipes laid all over his farm, and the
liquid is forced through them by II powerful
steam engine. 1t would hardly seem advisa-
BILE to convent the solid excrements into a
liquid form, but we do think the best way to
apply the liquid is in the way which nature
provides it-Im. CUitiCatOr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

A correspondent of n Western paper rec
ommends an ointment composed of equal
parts of lard and gunpowder as a remedy for
scratches in horses, to be used daily until
cured
A lady correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press watered her tomato plants with weak
solution of copperas, Zone pound to eight gal
Ions of water, with the result that the fruit
was two weeks earlier than on plants not SO
treated.
Grating wax may be made by melting to-
gethcr four pounds Of common rosin, two
pounds Of beeswax, and one pound of tallow.
If to be used in the orchard in cool weather,
add quarter of pound more of tallow, or q
little raw liuseed oil
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
n. |. HAWLEY
NOW OFFERS FOR
SPRING TRADE

A choice assortment Of new
and desirable Fabrics at at
traCtiVC prices. Although
nearly all kinds of Dry Goods
will doubtless cost more later
in the season, our first pur-
chaSeS have been made so
that, with The exception Of
Cotton Cloth, Prints 4 cling
hams, We are able TO offer, at
present, our New Stock
at as low prices as in any
previous season.
In Dress Goods we
now offer the largest assert
ment of novelties in SILK and
Wool, Wool, and Cotton and
Wool Fabrics which we have
ever shown at one time. Blk
CaShmereS, Monte and He'll
rietta Cloths 4 Blk Brilliant
ines ut old prices.
New things in Striped and
BrOcade Silks 4 SatinS for
Trimmings. Elegant novel
ties in Persian Ribbons. New
Buttons in great variety. New
FringeS. Much the largest
assortment of Hamburg
EmbroiderieS TO be found
in this market; among them
some extra fine matched sets
not usually found outside the
cities.
SPRING HOSIERY ---- Some
very choice novelties in La
dies and Children'S goods.
Full line of Staple Hosiery for
Ladies, Gents 4 Children at
bottom prices.
Novelties in Lace Work.
LiSle Gloves. New Ties, Bows
4 FichueS. Big lot of Aprons
in ) styles, at 15c each. Print
wrappers in 1 styles.
Ladies' Striped Silk
Suits. New ShaWlS. Large
aSSOrtm't most popular styles
in Dress MusIins, Ma
dras Cloths, Cling
hams and Prints.
Bargains in Table Linen,
Turkey Red DamaSkS, Nap
kinS, Towels, Diaper Linen &
Quilts.
New assortment checked
NAlNSOOKS 4 CAMBRICS and
WHITE PIQUES. Have the
handSOmeSt patterns in GRE
TONS for furniture coverings
and Curtains We have ever
shown. Beautiful new pat
terms in Lace Curtains
Lambrequins, Pillow
ShamS, BedSpHeadS.
Have a few WINTER CLOAkt
left which We will close at
sacrifice.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

BY buying the and popular medicine, Kidney
Wort you get in each package enough of the dry COM
pound TO make six quarts OF medicine, thus saving
double the money which is usually paid formedicine,
prepared on liquid. 1t isA specific cure for kidney
and liver diseases.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

ITO sum it up, six long years of bed-rdden sick
ness costing 5000 per year; total 81 9OO-a Of this
expense stopped by three bottles Of Hop Btters,
taken by my wife. She has done her own Homework
for year suce Without the loss Of day, and want
everybody to know it, for their beneht."N. T.. Far
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
SHAKERS'
SARSAPARILLA

Prepared by the Canterbury Shakers from the roots
Black Cohosh, Garget, Indian Hemp and the Berries
of Juniper and Cubeb, united with Iodine Of POtas
stun made by the Society.
1t the rst well is the best aud pures Of
strengthening and purifying medicines called Sar-
saparila being totally unlike all others in the variety
quality and quantity Of its precious properties. 1t
has been prescribed as the best by physicians and
druggists for more than nifty years,
GtHNrmrH.-Iou ask my opinion Of your Com
pound Syrup Of SArsaparila and cheerfully add my
test mony in favor Of its use, especially in the scrofu
lOus diath esis, speak with confidence in regard to
its curative qualities for have used il extensively in
considered it more valuable than any other prepara-
ton OF Sarsaparia with which am acquainted and
l recommend 1t to my professional brethren who are
not already familiar with It's effects.
Yours very truly,
FRANcEsrows, N H., Dec 2, 1873.
The Shakers SarsapaTilla Cleanscs the blood OF
scrofula and scroiulOus humors regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures disorders Of the liver, kidneys
and urinary organs, purihes the female system Of
weaknesses aud facilitating humors, and eradicatef
the hrs symptoms Of hereditary diseases in children
and youth. II is truly wonderful medicine for
general and nervous debility emaciaton and droPsy.
Druggists may warrant as genuine every bottle
bearing the signature Of Thos COrbett its inventor
Inquire for COrbetrs Shakers Sarsaparilla,
In behalf of the Society.
NICHOLAS A. BRIGGSl
JOSEPH WOODS, I Trustees.
sHAKIR YILLAoE, n. H., Jan. ]. 1890
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
NEW LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD


TRAINS LEAVE BRATTLEBoRo AS FOLLOWS;
Going south.
4:2O A. m. for south Vernon, Springfield, Miller
, Fails, Fitchburg, Boston, aud all stations on we
New London Northern railroad. Sundays ohly
connects for Springfield. Mondays. does not con
meet for Springfield. 800, ,.,,
Fitchburg, Boston, Hoosac Tunnel. sc,
1887 p. m, White Mountain express for New YORK.
4:25 p. M steamboat train for New London and also
for Conn. River u. r.
Going North.
Trains arrive in Bratteboro-
O:25 a. m, from New London and New YORK,
~ $50 D. M from Millers Falls HoOfac Tunnel, Bos-
ton, Fitchburg SC.
2:lO p. m, Express for white Mountains.
$40 p. M, from Springfield, New YORK. &c.
9:l0p. m, from Boston, Worcester, HoOsac tunnel,
and all stations on New London Northern road.
lO:25 p. m. from Springfield. New York, &c.
G. y. SPAULDlNG, Acting Supt.
New London, Conn, July !, 1879. 80