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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

| NARROWING GROWING GRANT, used
a Thomas harrow, and the soil was like
an old ash heap. There had been corn
on the ground last year, on part of it al
| least and the stalks were not all covered
and there were n few stones. Where the
harrow teeth caught Il corn stalk destruc
ton was wrought, apparently at least, and
a loose clol or stone, or any thing that
would draw made havoc also. Where the
harrow ran unimpeded it was bad enough
| could not sit on the harrow-that made
things look too bad, but did make two OF
three bouts for experiment sake. The
Thomas harrow consisting us it does, OF
three small harrows drawn abreast with Il
seat for the driver stradding over them,
so that if the driver sits in the middle, the
pressure of his weight will bear evenly
upon all, is not handy to turn sharp cor
ters with, and found could leave I'M
narrowed half moon shaped patches in
the corner much easier than not. In
Il few cases | did 50 for the sake of com
parison.
A sorricr looking field of oa's | never
say than that was after once going over
| felt sick, and my man, Michael. held up
his hands aghast
We had one or two scolching days.
Ihe weeds still very small, were killed
wherever sufficiently disturbed. Then we
had II fine shower, and the PROSTATE crop
revived wonderfully. The result upon the
weeds was so satisfactory, that after har-
rowing the potatoes Just showing the rows
well, in part of the same lot, | put the
harrow on TO the oats for a second time,
still leaving some Of the corner patches
which were missed by the harrow the first
time. The oats were six to ten inches
high, measuring the full length of the
leaves of some that were torn out. If
regarded it Il piece of hcroism to 90 on
after the first bout at the first narrowing,
it was doubly so the second time, and ]
hcsitated seriously. One crop of weeds
had inst been pretty well killed. another
was just showing itself in the seed leaf,
having sprung up after the shower, but
the oats were so large, argued, that
these will never have IL chance ut light or
air until after harvest, and then they will
be plowed under. | resisted temptation
and narrowed away. The crop looked
worse than ever. and seemed to pick up
very gradually during the excessively dry
weather. We had rains after II while and
it started and soon looked as if nothing had
happened, and now, June l2th, is pleas
ure to behold. | have never had grain
crop so free from weeds. Another year
| will plan to harrow four times at least,
especially if the weather he moist. In
dry weather the weeds are most ctfectually
killed, but more of the oats are draggled
out too. | have heretofore reported the
experiments Of my neighbors in narrowing
grain, but this is my own and as the results
tally well with those previously reported
| am well satisfied to inauguratc the new
practice and follow it at least until we get
to hoeing grain, which | well believe is
superior practice. - CorreSpondent,tD Agri-
CuLHtriI
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

CARE OF Mich CowS.-During the
intense hot weather of summer, COWS
unless in very extra pasture, with plenty
of shade and good water, fail very much
in their producLiveness. When once par
TALLY dried up, it is hard to bring them
into full flow again during the season
The greatest care should be taken to give
them plenty of some kind of nutritious
soil-feed, corn, oats, or whatever green
feed farmer may happen to have. Feed
they must have or dry up-there is nC
such thing as milk and butter without
feed.
If cows are obliged to work hard al
day, in short pasture, during hot weather,
to obtain barely enough to keep them
alive, they will become too much fatigued
and heated 10 keep up Il full flow of milk
and whoever expects any profit from COWS
in hot weather, must feed them enough so
that, as the heat of day advances, they may
retire to the shade, for comfort and repose
Excessive heat is more injurious to milch
COW than short feed. Cows require plenty
to eat without great exercise to get it, and
repose. 1t is more profitable to feed
shorts, oil-meal or grain, where pastures
are short than to suffer cows to dry up.
Cows should be driven very slowly, par
ticularly in hot weather, that they may not
be overheated; and if yarded nights,
should always have II full supply of clean
water. Cows give more milk and do
better when kept constantly in the pasture
unless they are soil-led in the yard or
stablc.-Americom Rhrat H0me
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

PRESERVING HARNEsS.-The first point
to be observed is to keep the leather soft
and pliable. This can be done only by
keeping it well charged with oil and
grease. Water is a destroyer of each
one of these. But mud and saline mois.
ture from the animal are even more de-
structive. Mud in drying absorbs the
grease and opens the pores of the leather
making it a ready prey to the water, while
the salty character of the perspiration from
the animals Injuries the leather, stitching
and mounting. 1t therefore follows that
| 10 preserve II harness, the straps should
be washed and oiled at intervals as requir-
ed. 10 do this effectually, the straps
should be all unbuckled and detached
then washed with warm soft water
and crown soap. and hung by slow fire
or in the sun until nearly dry, then coated
with a mixture of neatStoot oil and tallow
and allowed to remain in II warm room
for several hours, and when perfectly dry
rub thoroughly with Il wooden rag. The
rubbing is important, us it, in addition tC
removing the surplus oil and grease, tends
to close the pores and give finish to the
| leather. In hanging harness care should
be taken to allow all the straps to hang
their full length. Light is essential to the
care of leather, and when the harness closet
is dark the door should be left open al
least half the time during the day. All
closets should be well ventilated, and
when possible be well lighted. To clean
plated mountings, use IL chamois with a
little tripoli or rotten stone, but they
should be secured as little as possible
HurncSS Journll.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

Crops in Vermont were never looking
better than now. Corn is booming -whea
and oats likewise, and the potatoes are
suffering next to nothing from the "bugs,
where they have been taken care of il
season. Farmers now generally let then
alone till the first crop of slugs are out
and then give them dose of poison
which, repeated when the second Matching
comes out from what escaped the frs
sprinkling, secures the crop from any
material damage.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04
Credit.

In our last, an extract from an editorial
in the Massachusetts, Ploughnan, which
we made the text for some remarks on
work and rest, was by mistake credited to
the American Cutiuator. Our intention is
to give credit justly for our selections,
from selfrespect as we'll as justice to the
exchange, but man is but mortal, and
mistakes we are told happen in the best
regulated families, and the wonder then
is that they are not more frequent in an
Office where so many have hand in the
matter-and so many matters tax the
editors time and ability.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

est and value in the household; and how
interesting and how valuable will depend
very largely on how generally the women
of the household make that department
(of which the agricultural editor is the
receiving basket) their own especial prop
erty-the vehicle of their ideas, and to
make it that all must contribute of what
most interests themselves.-[A AGRICULTURE
AL EDITOR.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

SUGGESTIONS FROM KIRBY HOMESTEAD
1t costs no more to winter an old hog
than it does n pig. The practical differ.
ence is that II breeding SOW may be kept
on the same feed which pig would re-
quire, and in the spring litter of young
ones would make large margin in favor
of the old one. Old sows are twice
as profitable as young ones. us the off
spring are always larger and more of
them. They may be kept number of
years with profit. When year old,
small boned breeds will have their growth
and require but little food, only enough to
maintain life and locomotion. whereas q
growing pig requires food for the same
purposes and to promote its growth
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

We have had our share of tribuatior
with turkeys. Last year we had sever
old ones and raised one. They all dice
when small by running in the wet grass
One morning shower killed dozen. This
year we thought we had made discovery
which would save the young turkeys-to
wit, to conline the mothers in large coops
on ground which had been plowed We
chose cornleld convenient to the house
and here the young turkeys ran about
freely without getting wet and chilled
They were fed eggs boiled hard and wheat
bread soaked in milk three times Il day.
They found great many worms and in
sects. Thuy grew rapidly, and did well
until they We're able to fly around, when
they began to droop and die. We could
not understand for some time why, with
the same food and care, our turkeys should
do so well until they were almost able to
take care of themselves, and then die
without any apparent cause. After we
had lost fully half of them it occurred to
us that vermin might be the cause. A
careful examination showed that they
were covered with mites, which explained
the mystery. A thorough sitting of pow
dered sulphur among the feathers destroy
ed the vermin and saved the turkeys.
Another year we hope to profit by our
experience, and with pIowed ground an |
plenty Of powdered sulphur put on the old
turkeys before the broods are Matched, and
a similar treatment to the little ones when
taken from the nest, we expect to have
success.-F. D. Curtis, Rir6y Homestead
NJ Y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

TIE SIZE OF Cows. The size of the
COWS dairyman may desire for his herd
is somewhat a matter Of fancy; but. other
things being equal, when the cost of feed.
ing, etc, is taken into consideration, the
medium sized cows are the most profitable.
Cows are machines for making coarse
food into that of more concentrated and
valuable form, and. like other machines,
there is size that does this work with the
greatest ease. with the least waste, and
therefore greatest profit. american Aq,t-
cuLturiSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04

Can any one tell me how it is with all
our labor-saving machines we don't get
any leisure? When was boy We planted
with hoe by hand, hoed the corn three
times, plowed the summer fallow three
times, moved the grass with a scylhe. and
raked it by hand, Graded all the standing
wheat, and cut the lodged wheat with q
sickle. etc., etc. Then we had time to GO
fishing when we wanted to, could 90 Der.
rying when the berries were ripe, always
went to general training, etc. Now
don't 20 fishing once in ten years, we
don't get berry unless we buy them; in
fact. don't get any leisure. Can the editor
or any of his readers tell the rcason,-D
4. Baker, GeneSee County, N. Y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04
agricultural department.
o. TINKHAM, Editor.

All communications for this department should be
sent to the editor. Mr.. o. NJ. TINKHAM, n. Pom
fret. VI.
Please write side Of the paper only sign such
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Commencing Monday, July l2. 1880.
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HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

We invite for this column contributions from our
lady readers. to make it such as shall be Of value
aud interest to them Any topic Of domestic economy
which may suggest itself to them may be discussed
and we hope this feature will prove fuccessfu and an
additional attraction to readers.
Contributions should be sent to the Editor Of the
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CANTERBURY SHAKERS
BLOOD-PURIFYI
SARSAPARILLA.
Prescribed by Physicians and Druggists
for nearly Fifty Years.

NHE Shakers sarsaparila is just what it purports
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Worms may he driven out of flower. pots
by simply applying ammonia water to the
plants once week. A weak solution may
be made by putting an ounce of ammonia
in gallon of warm water.
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'A"Pi0 Niofo' ouiy ct.
The communication of our friend, Mrs.
Goyce, proves that The editor of the house.
hold department was entirely correct in
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-03-25
Cost Of Burylng Congressman.

The members Of the Senate or House
of Representatives who dies in Office is
sure of funeral betting his position.
The arrangements for a proper represen-
tation of his fellow members at the last
services are made with little regard to
expense; bis virtues are declared in long
and eloquent eulogies in Congress, and
elegantly printed volumes of these trib-
utes are distributed by the thousand.
By the annual report of the clerk of the
House of Representatives for the year
ending June 80, 1879, it appears that
the funerals Of members who died in
that year cost the government 3d.
366 81. The funeral of the Hon. Gus
tave Schleicher, Of Texas, cost S., l02 92
of which Sis 81 was expended for
gloves and silk scarfs, at 50 each, for the
delegation. The cost of the funeral of
the Hon. A. s. Williams was 81 ,449 60;
of the Hon. T. J. Quinn, $452 Is; of
the Hon. Rush Clark, $2,G34 45; of the
Hon. B b. Douglas, $l,O4l 63,
and of the Hon. Julian Hartridge,
of Georgia, @2,6SG %. The item
lied account of the expenses of MIR.
Hartridge's funeral show the way in
which funeral delegations spend the
governments money. The railroad tick
cts cost 500 so, and $3.50 were added
for special car The bill for carriages
was 1888. Before starting on the trip,
apparently, an elaborate lunch was pro-
vided, and afterward q dinner The
dinner cost $l5, but the cost of the lunch
was $40 80; $4S 40 of this sum was
used at dining saloon which contains
bar, and S92 so (Which is specifically
set down as "lunch') at liquor saloon
which does not furnish meals. Persons
employed on the train which conveyed
the delegation had no reason to complain
of the generosity of the passengers
The car porter received SO, and the
conductor $40. Other servants were
pleasantly remembered, the servant at
the hotel in Savannah getting IS. An
other "lunch' was enjoyed in Savannah,
at cost of SS3. A man named Sayre
accompanied the party as Especial mes
senger," at a salary of So day. The
expenses given above are not the only
expenses attending these funerals. The
public printer has recently appeare d
before the House committee Oh appro-
priations and asked for $3.50, 900 to sup
ply Deficiencies in the estimates for the
present fiscal year. He stated that the
printing of eulogies of deceased members
had cost, up to date, $4,000, and that
several were yet to be printed.-N. Y.
Times.