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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

Mr.. Editor. Dear Sir Having been
urced to make statement in regard to
what my Jersey COW has done in the way
of producing milk and cream during the
past wear, | will now do so through your
paper. In the first place, owing to long
continued sickness in my family, | can
only give IN average amount of the butter
made from the COW and the average
amount of milk sold and used, as follows
Milk sold and used 46S quarts, which
would have produced 20 pounds of butter;
amount of butter, GIG pounds, making in
all TAG pounds. Cream used for shorten
inc was also taken from the same cows
milk. The cow is from the Fairbanks
herd at St. Johnsbury, and | have hel
pedigree, and she is as handsome as SHE
is good. ASA HoYT'
Peacham Hollow, Mar, II,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Central Vermont R. R. Line.
Commencing Monday Dee. 90. 1879.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

DUCKs.-The favorite varieties are
Aylesbury, Rouen and Pekin. The Ayles'
bury and Pekin are white, the Rouen gray.
Ducks require much the same winter
management as geese, but cannot stand
the cold as well. When they begin laying
they must be shut in every night. If this
be not done it becomes Il difficult matter
to find their eggs rs they are suspicious
and change their nests very often. But
us they invariably lay early in the morn
ing, the eggs are easily gathered by shut
ting them in each night. 1t is best to SCI
their eggs under hen. When the young
birds are Matched feed them the same ~
the young turkeys, only we would not give
them the onion tops. Arrange for then
the wafer dish which the goslings hav'
left. If any appear weak give them
little new milk to drink. They require
but little care in the summer. In the fal
they should be fattened the same as gees
and turkeys. Pick the same AS the geese
and be sure and have them looking thei
best when taken to market. Farmer
AdCOCdte.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

POULTRY NoTEs-WooDEN NEST Eggs.
i have been using wooden nest eggs for
the last six years and l find them prefera.
Bile to glass or china, in that they are
lighter and there is no danger of their
breaking the eggs that may be laid in the
nest, And their is no danger from chick
ems or hens learning 10 eat eggs, which
they are apt to do if an egg gets broken by
freezing or by collision with II glass or
china egg. paint my wooden eggs every
year with nice white paint The man who
lnrncd them for me charged me twelve
cents for twenty-five eggs. keep two in
one nest. - Correspondent in Ohio farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

If there is any truth in the following it
is important: A statement comes from
South America that single property OF
tomato leaves las been discovered by a
fruit grower. Having cut down some
tomato vines he used them as mulch
around his peach trees. He soon discover
ed that the curculio, which was destroying
his fruit. had abandoned the trees surround
ed by the tomato vines. Following up
this accidental discovery, the free use OF
tomato vines proved perfect protection,
not only against the curculio, but other
noXious insects.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
Now, there are too many shiftless men

Now, there are too many shiftless men
who, if you gave them one hundred acres
apiece, free and clear, and $500 in cash
with it, would never make a living and
would soon be out of money and in debt.
And there are many others, industrious and
economical, who neither know nor seem
able to learn enough to be able to pay of
a mortgage of $40 to the acre in life
time.-AgI. Dept. Of Waterman.
Probably the effect of neglected early
education of special, agricultural char.
acter. We wish we knew whether they
could read understandingly OF write so as
not to be ashamed. But as they " seen
unable to learn" it must take portion o.
the burden of responsibility from those
who teach or prescribe their studies.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

BONE DUST FOR MELoNS.-An Indiana
farmer tried four different fertilizers for
melons-poultry droppings, well rotted
COW manure, barn manure. and old bones
gathered upon the farm and reduced by
placing them in alternate layers with
ashes the previous year, mixing all liber-
ally in the different hills. which were eight
feet apart each way and he says: Such n
crop of melons us came from the hills
that had the bone dust | never saw be
fore"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

We call attention to the advertisement
of w. F. Daniel, of Franklin. N. H.,
found in another column. We are ac-
auainted with Mr.. Daniel somewhat, and
know his stock very well, and it is such
rs man who likes good stock would
enjoy taking care of. We should think
the chance good one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

When q cork gets pushed down into
the neck of bottle, insert loop OF strong
twine and engage the cork in any direc-
ton most convenient. Then givea strong
pull, and the cork will generally yield
sufficiently to be withdrawn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

Young orchards will be benefited by a
good washing of the trunks and limbs as
far us practicable with whale oil soap Gone
pound to four gallons of water), applied
with an oil cloth or still brush. If whale
oil soap is not obtainable, soap lees will
answer the purpose nearly as well The
washing will rid the trees of all insects
and their eggs deposited in the crevices of
the bark, as well as keep the bark of the
trees in healthier condition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
agricultural Department.
ON. rINKHAM, Editor.

All communications for this department should be
sent 10 the editor. Mr.. %. NJ. TINKHAM. n. Pom
fret, Vt.
Please write on one side of the paper only sign such
name or initials as you wished published. but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, post office County ana
State.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

To clean and restore the elasticity of
cane chair bottoms, turn the chair bottom
upward, and with hot water and sponge
wash the cane; work well, so that il is well
soaked should it be dirty, use soap let ii
dry in the air, and it will be rs tight and
firm us new, provided none of the canes
are broken.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
University of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural College.

FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS.
In this article and others to follow, Prof. Atwater
aims to draw from the held experiments superinteud
ed by the University some lessons on the value aud
of commercial fertilizers Ill Vermont 1t is hoped
that many farmers will find herein answers to qucs-
tons which they asking. Questions which
further iniormaion is desired may be addressed to
me- and answer will he made either III future articles
or by private communication.
NJ Ii. BUCKuAM. President.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

Oregon farmers propose 10 test the
practibility OF raising the sugar h'rI' y
premium has been offered, OF Sl0O' nor tho
best acre, and $50 for. the second best that
shall be raised in the state.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
WHITE RUSSIAN
w FL I'll A It !

The best and most prolific variety "f Spring Wheat
yet lro%cr Vermont A. hghas a, ta ratG q b
not an upe omon yield 1t sa bald variety ana makes
the best n flour.
BY mail 81 cts per H.; ~ III. : ~ express, in
Guiding bag 81 per peck $40 per husAel
cs-Send for Circular.
CHARLES DOLE, Mortified, VT.
FM10tf
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
MIR. WHIPPLE'S REPLY.

Mr.. TGnbhan, Dedr ir:-Your note
with Mr.. Davis letter are received, and l
will answer the questions as well as am
able. My farm contains about 90 acres
beside 8 acres of woodland. About Y
acres are in pasture all of which has been
plowed and MANFRED within 20 years. ami
4 years ago | commenced to pillow it the
second time. Last year | had acres OF
it in tillage and moving, but shall turn
back 3 acres to pasture again this spring.
NV meadow land has all been plowed and
manfred heavily within 20 years. and
about ) acres were under cultivation last
season, three-quarters of an acre | had III
winter rye which | commenced to feed
Nav Doth | afterwards sowed the same
piece to golden millet, | sow rye at the
rate of bushels per acre for feed. Alter
rye comes orchard grass, which is ready
to cut before the middle of June.
| sowed 2 acres to oats, part OF which
fed green; the rest | Cut green, cured
and am feeding them this spring, for |
think change of feed is better for cows.
raised half IN acre of potatoes; three
Quarters of an acre of sweet corn Tor fodder
which SOW in drills at the rate of about
4 bushels per acre. On the meadow had
about an acre of corn, beside 2 that | had
in the pasture, and harvested $50 bushels
of ears, not as good II yield rs the year
before.
have wintered this winter II COWS,
Young cattle l year old last fall, also =
horses. feed my old COWS 5 quarts of
meal and quarts Of bran per day, the
Young cattle 2 quarts of each, half IN the
morning and half at night the last thing
feed hay only twice day or feed none
from Q A. NJ. till P. NJ.
The golden mllet cut for winter feed
and shall have plenty of hay to carry my
stock through.
Nv income is mostly from butter, some
of course from pork and some from the
surplus Jersey stock. In regard to "higl
feeding l think it pays; cows fed wei
make more and better butter, which bring
Il higher price, besides the satisfaction o
seeing the COWS look we'll and feel well
The manure is worth double from animal
well fed. believe in good feeding, an,
heavy manuring, and many other farmer
in this vicinity are of the same faith AM
practice, as the large new barns built an
building show.
If Mr.. Davis OF his neighbors woul
like to know more of Pomtret farming
we would be glad to have them give us
+ al the last of June when Il e hay is g,i
2 into the barns; then perhaps they coul
Judge better whether good feeding an
heavy manuring paid, and am sure W
could talk much better than | can write
e | will add that we make most of ou
y butter in the winter, and most Of N
S young stock is kept away from the far,
, in summer.
= DEED WHIPPLE JR.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
No. g.

The table herewith gives results of some
of the experiments referred to in the pre-
vious article AS there explained, the OBJ
ject OF the experiments has been to get
more definite information us to what com
mercial fertilizers Vermont farmers can
probably use.
The principle upon which they are based
is briefly this: The chief Office of feltii-
zers is to supply the plant food that our
crops need and soils fail to furnish 1t is
not good economy to pay high prices fol
materials which the soil may yield in
abundance; but it is good economy tc
supply the lacking ones in the cheapest
way. The most important ingredients Of
our common commercial fertilizers ar,
phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash be
cause of both their scarcity in the soil ant
their high cost.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

dust brings a bountiful harvest. There
are likewise many in which potash Is
especially deficient and potash salt or I'M
leached ashes will supply the need; In
some cases nitrogen in nitrate Of soda or
other form has the desired effect. In others
nitrogen and phosphoric acid are needed
and Peruvian guano or fish may be used
with great profit. In still others mixture
of superphosphate or bone dust and potash
salt, supplying phosphoric acid and pot
ash. is the most economical material
Again. on some soils and for some crops
nothing short of complete fertilizer
will suffice. And finally, while most soils
respond TO the application of manures
there arc many on which all iertlllzerS
fail.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS.

In Mr.. Landon's experiments, No. and
.. none of the fertilizers had any very
marked effect The reason seems to have
been bad weather, cold and ,drouth, though
the soil. compact clay loan, was hardly
the most favorable for corn. Mr.. Smith,
No. 3, had scarcely more encouraging
success. He reports favorable weather,
and it looks rs though the soil was at fault
In Mr.. Tobys experiment, No. 4, on the
other hand, the ingredients separately are
all eflicacious, and together, in IT,, they
bring 70 bushels per acre, while the farm
manure brings no increase at all. Doubt
less that will showIits effects hereafter.
Mr.. Jameson. No. 6, gets no crop of any
amount without potash. With it there is,
in every case, II moderate increase. Mr..
Rising, No. I, has good results with all
the material. Taking cost into account
plaster is by far the most profitable OF all
Mr.. ChedeI, No. 8, finds potash useful in
every case, but gets the best results with
the complete fertilizer, G. Mr.. Winsow.
No. 0, like Mr.. Chedel, gets good yield
with all but finds the mixture OF super
phosphate and potash salt the most profit
able.
On the whole. the results vary Wluely
with the soils. But these figures alone are
not satisfactory, without further considers
tons which will appear hereafter. Mean
while it may be noted that:
/. The most profitable material in each
case is the one that best fits its special
needs.
| 2. The largest average results were
obtained with the complete" chemica
| fertilizer g., which excelled even the farm
manures.
3. The most profitable fertilizer on thu
average was the mixture of superphos
phate and potash salt. AS we shall SCI
later, these two materials rightly applied
have proved extremely profitable for corn
According to the very emphatic testimon,
of these experiments, Vermont farmer
will find it very much to their advantag
to raise corn by the aid of superphosphat
or bone dust and muriate of potash.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
Concerning n Farm.

Mr.. TinEahm, Dear Sir AT the agri-
cultural meeting at Williamstown you
spoke of the farm of Mr.. Whipple. |, for
one, would like to hear more about it, and
/ presume others of your readers would;
how much stock he keeps: if he sells any ;
if he buys any hay or feed of any kind,
and how much, and if he receives most OF
his income fl ON butter. or breeding and
selling Jerseys; and last, but not least
would his hig III feeding have helped him to
pay his interest and meet his payments II
his farm had been mort2aged for two
thirds its valued ask these question,
that | may gain knowledge from Other
mems experiences.
| would like to have Mr.. Whippl'
answer the queries through the FREEMAN
but if he will not, please, Mr.. Editor give
us IL sketch of his farming.
r S. DAVIS.
f. Brookfed, Mar. 81, 80.
We handed Mr.. Davis note TO Mr.
Whipple, and have received the following
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
VALUABLE INGREDIENTS OF COMMERCIAL
FERTILIZERS.

Certain kinds Of fertilizers sold in the
markets furnish nitrogen and little or
nothing else of much value for plant food.
Such are dried blood, meat scraps, sui.
plate of ammonia and nitrate of soda.
Others.as phosphates and superphosphates,
owe their effectiveness mainly to their
phosphoric acid. Still others contain both
nitrogen and phosphoric acid Such are
Peruvian guano, fish guano, bone and
" ammonated " superphosphates. Peru
Wan guano and fish supply considerable of
both nitrogen and phosphoric acid, while
bone and ''ammoniated' superphosphates
contain large proportion of phosphoric
acid and but little nitrogen. Potash is
supplied in the German potash salts, the
" muriate of potash" sulphate of pot.
ash" and kainit. The " complete fertili.
GERS" or special fertilizers" prepared nc
cording TO formulas for special crops, us
corn, potatoes, turnips, etc, contain all
the above ingredients. Farm nlanurcs
stable manure, hen manure. etc, supply
all the soil ingredients of plant food
Wood ashes contain all but nitrogen.
There are many cases in which crops
fail because the soil does not supply
enough phosphoric acid and where an
application OF superphosphate or bone
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
EXPLANATION OF TABLE.

Thus plot A in each experiment had
nitrate of soda at the rate of 200 pounds
with 30 pounds of nitrogen per acre flot
B had superphosphate at the rate OF $40
hounds with is pounds of phosphoric acid
Plot c 200 pounds of muriated potash
Plot D $50 pounds nitrate of soda and 800
pounds of superphosphatc; and SO on,
blot q having u complete chemical fertl-
zer," which furnished all the ingredients
ordinarily deficient in our soils; and the
plot +. Nj. farm manures of such sorts and
amounts as the experimenters chose to
use.
Most of the trials were upon worn Out
grass land. The weather was generally
favorable, but in some cases so wet or so
dry, so warm or SO cold, as to materially
iniure the crop. The examples given are
selected from large number OF which
full details will appear in the next hlen-
MIL report of the college. With these
explanations the table will be clear and
we need only note n few Of the principal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

Affections of the Eve Ear Throat, Lungs and Bron :
chial Tubes which in many cases accompany severe
case of Caturrh The infamed and diseased co'itloh
nj the mucous membrane is the cause OF al these
troubles; and until the system has heen IR
nronerly under the influence of the kADlCAL EoltE,
perfect freedom from them cannot be reasohaolS eA
pected. ,- e,NropD,c RADICAJ
CURE was placed before the public but in that sh0r1
time IL has found its from Name 10 Call ma ali
is evervwhere ack now lodged by druggists and hysl-
clans to be the most successful preparation lor me
thOroulh treatment of Catarrh ever COMPOUNDED ne
fact win be deemed of more importance when u IL
coupled with the statement that within hVe Years
20 different remedies for Catarrh have been tlaceu on
sale and to-day, with one or two exceptlonS tneir
names ca mot be recalled by the best informed drug
lists Advertising may succeed in forcing Jew SAFES
Int unless the remedy possesses undonbted srecln2
medical pro riees it is absolutely cer'du W la" lu'
merittd obscurity.
Each package contains DR. Sanfords Improved m
haIinr Tube and full directions for its use n az cases
Price 90 Sold by all wholesale ana retail dIugssas
and dealers throughout the United states ana IaIa
das WEEKS L. POTTER, General Agents and Mhole
sale Druggists Boston, Mass.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
PLAN OF TIE EXPERIMENTS.

Nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
are the materials which our soils most
frequently fail to supply in abundance to
our crops. But they are expensive. we
cannot afford to use them where they are
not wanted. nor can we afford to let our
crops fail when an application OF one 10 OF
more would bring Il good harvest. we
must then try to find the needs OF our SOILS
and crops and the materials that VIII most
probably supply them.
The experiments were arranged to iur-
nsh nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
one by one. two by two, and all three
together. Nitrogen was supplied IN nj
trate of soda; phosphoric acid with sui
phuric acid and lime) in high grade
superphosphate, dissolved bone black; anf
potash in muriate of potash. Plaster
containing sulphuric acid and lime a.
sulphate of lime) and farm manure'
were also employed. The materials were
used on parallel plots of one-tenth or one
twentieth acre, in proportions which CAV
amounts per acre rs in the table.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07
SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE.
Sympathetic Diseases,

Tho value of this remedy must not be overlooked i
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-07

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