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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

CARE OF HARNESS. -The Harness Jour.
nal has very useful article on this subject
which we condense as follows: A harness
that has been upon horses back several
hours in hot or rainy weather becomes
wet; if not properly cleaned, the damage
to The leather is irreparable. If, after be-
ing taken from the horse in this condition.
it is hung up in careless manner, traces
and reins twisted into knots, and the sad
die and bride hung askew, the leather
when dried retains the shape given it while
wet, and when forced to its original form,
damage is done the stitching and the
leather.
The first point to be observed is to keep
the leather soft and pliable; this can be
done onl Y by keeping it well charged with
oil and grease; water is destroyer of
these, but mud and the saline moisture
from the animal are even more destructive.
Mud, in drying, absorbs the grease and
opens the pores of the leather, making it a
prey to water, while the salty character of
the Precipitation from the animal Injuries
the leather, stitching and mountngs. 1t
therefore follows that, to preserve a har-
ness, the straps should be washed and oiled
whenever it has been moistened by sweat
or soled by mud. If harness is
thoroughly cleaned twice year, and when
unduly exposed, treated as we have recon-.
mended, the leather will retain its softness
and strength for many years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

MANAGEMENT OF A Colt The follow
ing practical advice on the management
of colts is from the lancaster Etrner: 1t
il colt is never allowed to get an advantage,
it will never know that it possesses IA
power that mln cInnot control; AMI It
male familiar with str lnJ4 objects, it will
not be skittish and nervous. II h 'rse is
made ;tceus 0med from his early days, to
have objects hit him on the heels, back
and hips; he will pay no attention 10 the
giving out of harness, or of wagons run
ming against him ut IN unexpected moment.
We once saw an aged lady drive II high
spirited horse, ttached to Il carriage down
a steep hill. with no hold back straps upon
the harness and she assured us that there
was no danger. for her son accustomed his
horses TO all kinds of usage and sights that
common,Y drive animals into frenzy OF
fear and fright. A gun can be fired from
in front of horse. An umbrella held
over his head, buff Ito robe thrown over
his neck, Il railroad engine pass close by,
his heels be thumped with sticks, and the
animal take it all us Il natural condition
of things, if only taught by careful man
agement that he will not be injured there
by.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

A good cure for hams is given in the
Betl0WS Fajis Times, as follows: For 100
pounds of meat take pounds of good salt.
l-2 pounds of brown sugar, Tor one quart
of molasses), 2 ounces of saltpetre, /
ounce of cayenne pepper, and 2 IA ounces
of cloves; 2 ounces of black pepper NAV
also be used. if it is not dstasteful to those
who are to eat the hams. Pepper is used
merely to prevent attacks of flies. Boil all
the ingredients in sufficient water to cover
the meat when closely packed in the cask.
Skim and cool before pouring over the
meat. The same ingredients can be used
for rubbing the hams, if this mode is pre-.
ferred to II pickle. For rubbing, however,
it is better to add another pound of salt
and half pound of sugar to the above in
gradients. This pickle is equally good
for hams, shoulders, bacon, oorned beef
and dried beef. When corning beef the
meat should be well rubbed in salt. and
packed closely in a cask, two days before
it is picked. This extracts the blood and
the meat must be taken out and washed
before packing for picking.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

SAVING FoDDER.-A large stock and n
short supply of food have compelled us to
study economy in feeding. Our system.
as now fairly inaugurated, results in
saving everything. that is, every sort of
fodder is made and food is eaten up. The
breeding sheep are fed straw in the morn
ing, and gill of buckwheat each; at noon
they get another feeding of straw, and at
night hay. In the morning the racks are
cleared, and the pens raked down to the
solid manure, and the entire quantity
taken to the stable and fed to young cattle.
They eat this readily, rs they get no
other, and do just as well as if fed fresh
forage from the barn. Nothing is wasted
by the sheep. The horses are made to
eat the contents IF their racks clean, and
they do just as we'll and better than to
have lot of hay left in the racks after
each feeding. By this manner of feeding
they are not allowed to gorge themselves,
which is a good foundation for heaves,
and common one, and their appetites
are kept keen, which improves digestion
An empty manger is always a good APP.
petizer, and when stuffed is poor one
An animal can be fed too much rs we'll as
too little. The manure from the horse
stable is kept separate from that of the
constable, and carefully thrown into a
pile by itself. When the cattle are turneG
into the yard in the middle of the day
there is no waste from the horse-stable
The cows are all fed in the stable, all they
will eat up clean, so there is but little
refuse, and what there is, is used fol
bedding the horse. Every animal is fec
in a stable, and never in the yard Thi
is the daily round; and the way we MAKE
foddergo as far as possble.-F. D. Cur
us, in Land aud Home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

KEEPING UP THE MnK.-There is a
loss thatall farmers can guard against,
and that is the effects of the late fall
storms, both of continued cold rains and
early snow storms; that come so suddenly
and chill the COWS to the very marrow
1t makes no difference in how good flesh
the COW may be, the sudden cold will
shock the system, and there will be an
almost total suspension of milk, the
draughts upon the system to withstand
the cold calling for the part that should
furnish the milk supply. 1t is not great
Job to put the cows in the warm stable,
and from those fall stores that have been
provided, SO feed them that there will be
no diminishing of the milk. The idea of
"toughening an old COW to stand the cold
is one of the relics-we had almost said
barbarisms-that needs to be expunged
from every dairyman's creed. 1t is "a
practice that requires double restorative
in the way of care and feed, and has its
after effects that could have been avoided
if the stable and liberal feed had been
substituted. -EG.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

A LITTLE BUTTER FRAUD. Like many
of our tender hearted exchanges, it is with
decided pain and reluctance we ever take
this question up, and it matters not to Us
whether the fraudulent acts to be com
planned of originate among the dairvmcn
or the dealers-we feel the plin with equal
force. But then, Unlike those aforesaid
exchanges and esteemed contemporaries,
we always feel compelled to tell the whole
truth upon the subject we speak OF With
out fear and without favor, believing as
we do that though the truth at the time
may hurt, and we gain considerable abuse
and an enemy or two, yet our reward
will come in time, when men will begin
to see the folly of their ways and appreci
ate the chidishness and utter uSeleSSness
of getting angry ut friend because he
chooses to tell them the unwelcome truth
about their shortcomings.
The other day one of our city butter
merchants received line of goods from
Bradford county, Pennsylvania, and or
running the trier through one of the tubs
he discovered nearly three inches of pure
salt in the centre of the tub. Now, here
was Il daryman who sold not only his
soul, DuJ Wlllu wis ul' iOupLeAlJ VI LOlC
value to him just now, his reputation, fol
, few pounds of salt Did be not know
that this tub would ultimately be eXamin.
ed, and the fraud exposed ?-Anerican
DairU11dW.
A committee appointed by the Elgin
Oll) board of trade, and of which
Charles Baltz, Chicago dealer in butter
and cheese, is chairman, has been investi
eating the manufacture of "lard butter"
in Chicago They find that there are six
or seven factories in that city making this
stuff, the smallest of which turns out
1000 pounds day, while there is one that
makes 300 tubs day, averag ng from 50
to 80 pounds each There are three
grade s, which sell at 10, % and &c
according to the quality of the butter used
in the mixture. Ehe committee did not
learn the proportion of lard to butter, but
as lard is worth only Sc. per pound, it is
evident that there must be a large profit
on the product An effort is to be made
to pass a law in the Illinois legis stature,
compelling the manufacturers of this
lard butter to brand it plainly and sell
it for just what it is. Butter makers in
the west claim that it is seriously injuring
the reputation of western butter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

WINTERING BEEs.-There is no ques-
ton that so deeply concerns bee-keepers as
how to winter bees successfully. If a
man does not get much honey, or does not
get good price for it, hut has his bees
left, he can try again, with the hope of
doing better next time; but if his bees die
in wintering. he would naturally feel a
little discouraged We have reason to be-
lieve there are more bees lost every year
in wintering than from all other causes
combined.
Experience proves very clearly that
very severe cold, even for two or three
weeks, is dangerous to bees. This may
work evil in two ways: They feel the
chill. essay to move. and drop from the
cluster and perish; with more activity,
they eat more, and thus NAV use up the
honey where the bees are clustered. and
the, surrounding honey being chilled and
the bees actually starve.
Extremes of heat and cold are also detri-
mental, especially if the bees are prevent
ed from flying. With either heat or cold
the bees become uneasy, eat more, and
unless they can fly, become diseased and
ults LACcSolVo tuolSluiV III ali oooue tho
hive is also a source of danger to the bees,
rs dampness and warmth always promote
the development of fungus growths, which
may not only affect the bee through the
air which it consumes, but also by con-
Eliminating its food.
Now, to secure the best result from our
bees, they must be properly wintered; and
to do this, they must be kept free from
dampness. and at uniform temperature,
and we can best do this by having the
hives so constructed that they may be
packed on every side with dry sawdust or
chatf; the bottom should also be double
and packed, and we also want something
over the bees to absorb the moisture and
for ventilation; we can do this by laying u
sheet of duck over the frames, and cover
ing it with thick chaff cushion, or six or
eight inches of chaff or dry sawdust, which
should be kept dry by tight cover, and
left on their summer stands, with the en-
trance to the hive left open, so that the
bees may go out and in at their leisure;
and if the hive contains good strong
stock of bees and plenty of honey, they
should stand our very severe winters and
come through in good condition. The
packing shonld be left on till the 1st of
June the next year. After your bees are
out into winter quarters do not disturb
hem; the q1i er they are kept the better.
-Chas. f. Dold. Me, Ont.. in Farmers
4dU0cate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

A farmer tells us, says an exchange
that he has tested the value of his corn
put into hogs with the following result
He commenced with lot of hogs weigh
ing IT'S pounds each, on the goth Of Sep
TENDER. He fed them two weeks. and
when weighed, he found that at the price
of pork then ruling, $3.50 per hundred,
his corn so fed had brought him sixty
cents per bushel The two weeks were
mild weather. He again weighed and fed
them two OF the coolest weeks in Novem-
Der, and found that the corn fed at the
same price for pork, had brought him
only Fifty cents per bushel. He says this
teaches him that hogs ought to be fatted
early, and in the warm weather to get the
greatest value for the corn fed
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

SPURIOUS LUTHERAN EFFORT TO Pro-
TECT THE PUBLIC AGAINST ITS SALE.-A
meeting of leading dealers in butter was
held at Chicago Dec. /, 1890, to devise
means to protect the trade against the sale
of spurious article sold as butter. Over
one hundred interested parties were pres
ent, and resolutions were adopted calling
on the produce exchange to take immed-
ate action to prosecute parties guilty of
violating the state law, making it IN
offence to sell either butter or cheese
which is aduterated, except under some
appropriate name. Over $1,000 has been
subscribed to defray the expenses of pros
ecution, and as much is promised as may
be necessary to stamp out the fraudulent
practice now in vogue of manufacturing
and selling doctored lard as genuine but
ter. The city council was also petitioned
to pass city ordinance against the sale
of any spurious article as butter, unless it
was placarded as to its composition
Boston Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

This is the best one to begin with, as it is
so plain that it is very easily learned. The
great square of Pegasus is approaching
the meridian. The beautiful cross in the
Swan has Just passed it. Hercules, farther
on, has got nearly around on his head.
Lyra, in the form of parallelogram with
Vega in one corner, has passed the me-
ridian. The bright star Atlas is little
to the southwest of Vega. The constel-
lation of Cassiopeia is very plainly to be
seen in the northeast, the segment OF
Perseus little lower down, and King
Cepheus lying between Cossiopeia and the
North Star, together with the Pleiades'
and the constellation of Andromeda in the
east. All of these and many others are
now to be seen on any clear night.
Who among the young readers OF the
FREEMAN will he the first to begin? II is
ever so much better than spending your
evenings at the store or tavern. Let us
have your results through the FREEMAN.
| guess the editor will spare little room
for that, and if he don't object perhaps L
can help you little, if you get cornered,
though | don't know much about il yet
myself, neither do the astronomers COM
paratively, as it is a study that can never
be mastered.
YOUNG FARMER.
Grand Isle, VT, Nov. 6, 80.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

THE GUINEA FowL.-The Poultry
M0HthlQ says: We are glad to see that
the Guinea fowl is receiving so much at
tenton at the hands of breeders and
farmers generally, for they have merits OF
no mean ordor-merits which are iust
beginning to be fully appreciated.
Despite the many years of dOmestication
which the Guinea fowl has undergone, it
still possesses, in marked degree, its
wild, untamed nature, perterrng to roost
in trees to roosting in an enclosure, and
almost invariably stealing their nests in
some secluded, far away spot, where they
shell out the eggs in great numbers.
Young Guineas are the prettiest, cutest
little things imaginable, reminding one of
young partridges, which we often come
across in the woods and openings during
the early summer. When quite young,
before they change their dress of soft
down for one of feathers, they are exceed
inglv tender and difficult to raise but,
after they have passed this critical period,
they are just the opposite. and assert their
wild nature by preferring to cure for
themselves in Il great measure. Corn
meal should never be fed to the young
buinedS uullnp IublI bdDN nOou, nut
] the food should be the same us that given
to young turkeys-such rs sta1e bread
soaked in fresh milk, cheese (made from
thick milk after the whey has been strain
ed off, bits of hard boiled egg, chopped
onion tops, etc, not forgetting that when
feathering up, they require the food lit lie
and often, as much as they will eat at II
feed and no more.
Guinea fowls are very useful where
there are many enemies to poultry-such
as hawks, snakes, rats, etc, for they are
ever on the alert to detect danger and
give the alarm so quickly, and in such
shrill and o:t-repeated tones, that tn,
enemies generally leave ere the owner o
the fowls can come upon the scene with
his ever loaded gun and dog. The flesh
of these fowls is relished by many, ir
fact, by all who like a gamey flavor ant
dark meat, which the Guineas supply
while their eggs, though small, are ex
ceedingly rich, and the numbers they lay
fully make up for any want of size.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

Fowls BUSTING. AS most of the chick
ems Matched in 1880 are now become large
birds, many runs are more crowded than
early in the season; and this, combined
with the hot weather, always favors the
the increase of vermin on the birds unless
extra care is taken to prevent this from
occurring. No plan we have tried is so
good for keeping the birds clean and
healthy as allowing them good dust
bath There are various ways of making
this, and also different ways in making
them take to it. Briefly, it may be said,
nothing is so good for the purpose as dry
powdery ashes, taken from the ash pit
before they have been wet, and put under
a cover of some kind to prevent them
from becoming so. One bushel or so of
dry ashes will do for a dozen or more
fowls busting in for considerable length
of time, and when little powdered sui
phur is shaken over the heap occasionally,
it makes 1t sweeter and more effective.
There is something, too, in the manner of
putting down the ashes. We have had
dry ashes lying under a busting shed for
4 month or more without bird attempt
ing to take roll in it, and all for the
olinple iehSou eilaI oiio dSiieS WtIo sl'leau
out level and not laid in a heap When
the same ashes were thrown up into a
round mound there was crowd round it
in a short time scratching, and before long
nothing but an intricate rolling mass OIL
hens tails, wings, heads and feet. 1t is a
curious circumstance, which dare say
ma nybesides myself will have observed
that some fowls have very little inclination
to scrape on the level ground, but as sool
as an elevation of any loose matter is
placed within their reach they 90 into i
with energy, and this always induce
fowls which are backward in busting t.
pass through the cleaning process.-Jour
nal Of Horticulture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

FAT MAKES HENS LAY.-There is much
refuse fat from the kitchen that can be
turned to good account by feeding to the
hens. Of course where soap is made it
will be used in that way, but it is a ques.
ton whether it is not much easier and
profitable to buy soap and make the hens
lay by feeding them with fat Everything
that is not wanted for drippings for cook
ing purposes should be boiled up with the
for the fowls.-Anerican Rural
Home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

At a horse fair in Paris Old gentleman
Cooking at II very bob-taied horse):
" Bless mel" how short they have cut his
tail. " Attendant: :" His master is Il
member of the society for the protection
of animals. In thi, fashion he will not
annoy the poor flies
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

Butter, ere TN, milk and flour are pecu-
liarly liable to ABSORB effiuvil, and should
therefore never be kept in moldy rooms
or places where there are sour liquids or
green vegetables, such rs onions, cabbage
or turnipS, smoked fish or bacon, or any
kind of food of strong flavor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

Mr.. A, S. Cramton of Rutland, Vt,
has raised during the past season, on six
acres of land, 920 bushels of ears of
sound corn, an average of 1853 bushels to
the acre. He also harvested 95 bushels
of rye from field of two acres, in seven.
ty days from the time of sowing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15
CAN pERBURY SHAKERS
LIFE-INVLGO RATING
SARSAPA RILLA.
The Great Blood Purifier Kidney Remedy
and Mild Laxative.

WE the under signed, having used DR.CORBETT'S
w SHAKER SARSAPARILLA SYRUP in our
practice and having examined the formula by which
it is pre- pared, wou cheertuly recommend lit the
} lt.lt.r a. A. 'letpa5t Safest. and most eftca-
cious of all the preparations of Sarsaparilla in the
market Its highly concentrated state, 0here being in
a given Oh t OF Syrup twice the amount of Vegeta-
BILE FIX that any other contans,i the skill and
cleanliness Of its nluufactlre, guarantees of
its purity and e1e't. I, h. CROSBY, NJ. D., w. D.
BUCK, VI. D.. S. BUXTON. VI. D.,J S. ELLIOT, NJ. D..
JAMES BABB, NJ. D., 4. COLBURN, VI. D., VI. G. J.
TEWKSBURY, NJ H., A. q. FRENCH NJ. D., JOSIAH
CROSBY, VI. d., Az GALE, NJ D., JAMES A.GREGi,
NJ. d.
Those who have failed to be benefited by other Sarsa
ptrlllaS Sublt lnt tail to tLkal gle trial of this
Blood Purifying mi Life Glv!sorating Como ound oe
Shaker SIrSnnarilld, DludeOu, Yellow Dock, Man
drake Black Crhosh, Garrett, Indian Hemp, and the
Berries of Junior Ind 'uNeO, combined with 1odid
OF Potassium made by the society.
Prepared by the CANTERBURY SOCIETY OF Shakers
Shaker Village, n. aud signed By GhOs COrbatt, its
inventor, Sold every @u3re. Inquire for Corbett's
Shakers S1rsaparilla
~ Enclose Stamp for Shaker Manual
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15

The Prairie FARMER says in the vicinity
of Vineland, N, j., the sweet potatoe crop
will average from forty to fifty bushels per
acre, worth at present. about $3.50 per
Dbl.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
Central Vermont R. R. Line.
CONNIE ncing Monday, october IL, 1880

TRAINsGOING SOUTH ANDEAsT.
Leave Mont 5Oand Il35A N. ,6.55andli 10
pelier so A. NJ. for Boston, New fork &c ,,.,.-.
FXpress from Montreal, st. Adams, burlington,
Rutland sc. leaves M1ntpeher llSs A. LOT pv it
New London, Springfield, New YORK, ana inter-
MIXED Albans3 % burlington
a. NJ, Montpelier 655 P h.,for White RIVER juno
'SiGHr EXPRESS from Ogdensburg, Montreal st Al
bans and Burlington leave Montpelier at II l0P pr
Rostons via Lowell or Fitchburgh, springfield New
York and intermediate points
TRAINsGoINGNoRTH WEST
Leave Montpelier at 3lOs5OA.M, TO- so and 1856 and
DAY ExpREssl caves Boston via, Fitchburgh at 60
Spring6eld 500 A NJ, Montpelier % P NJ, Tor 1uf-
lington Rutland, st. Adams Montreal, and osdens-
hccoNNopArIoN Train leaves Mortified at $40 A NJ.
Montpelier 30 A NJ, for Burlington rutland 81.
WiXEPIeayes White iverIuuctiou5 BOA NJ North
field 10 80 A. NJ Montpelier 10 HA n for Burlington,
-. Adams, Richford, Rouses Point, Nc att,
ACCOMMODATIONS leaves White River Junction 2:u'
Montpelier p for Burlington, St Absns ana Non
treal -
M via Fitchburgh 500 P. NJ, New York 900 =.
Springfield 90 Muntpelier3 II A. MtOr Bur- ing
ton, st. Adams, Montreal and OEdeusburE ana the
West
Trainsleave tpelierfor Barre att OGA lOo5
Returnin II cave Barreat7.45AM .andlO.3tA M.,anC
Sleeping cars are attached to Night Express trains
running between Montreal and Boston and MOutrea
and Springfield, aud New York aud via. Troy, ane
Parlor Cars and Day Express between Boston anf
ThronghticketsforC hicaRoandthe westtorsalea
Itheprincipal stations -
st AIbans Vt. October 9. 1880.
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