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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

The BEST TINE TO SELL. Without as
,uming to know more than others wher
The farmer should get rid of his crops, an
whether it is better to hold on 10 them
waiting rise to what they are at any
nne time selling at. our idea has been t.
sell as soon as the crops are ready for the
market for the best price that can be OBJ
tanned for them. We think it is ever
strange that there should be any doub
abUut this, or that any one who is asked
for advice would hesitate moment wha
answer to make, for there is no doubt !,
the world that, as general rule, the man
who turns his money round the quickest
makes money the fastest in the long run
and this is rs true in farming As in any
other pursuit. Once in a while. one makes
more money by holding on; and in theory
1t seems to be best to hold on. There are
always large number who must sell a
soon ms their crops are ready. They hsv,
to sell for any price they can get in order
to meet accounts long since due. Thi
rushing in Of crops has a tendency, o
ought to have. in making low prices. Blu
this is only theoretical. IL is found b,
experience that in commercial phras'
these anticipations are always" discount
ed" Experience shows that there is yer,
rarely any greater stock in the grain trad
that finds its way into market than is abou
n fair demand. The only chance to max
much money by holding on is when on
has the means at hand to control large lots
and thus in u measure be able to contro
MS own prices; but this happens so rarel.
that it Is a consideration the average farm
er has nothing to do with.-GermGntow
Telegraph
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MILK
FEvER.-One of the best methods OF pre-
venting milk fever. is to feed the COW,
several weeks to several months before
calving, according to its dsnger-if in
winter Cd ordinary dry hay only, with
quart or so of wheat bran, night and morn
ing, to keep the bowels op"n; fin summer
let her run on II poor pasture, and at all
times have large lump OF Liverpool rock
salt, to lick at pleasure. II the COW has
been dried of couple OF months before
due to calve. watch the approach to par.
turition, and If the bag shows extra lull.
then begin 10 draw a small quantity of
milk from it two weeks or less before her
time, and increase this, according te the
fullness OF the bag. till the cafis dropped;
hen milk her clean after the calf has
sucked, at three equal intervals in every
twenty -four hours. In the meanwhile, do
not increase her feed for month or more.
| i'll all danger of lever is passed, Ii the
cow has continued to give milk up to with.
IN tow days Of the time for her TO oalyc,
rs is sometimes the case. then perhaps it
will not be n. cessarv to milk her till after
calving. X ep her dry and sheltered from
storms and from excessive cold or heat.
See that the water she drinks is pure. and
that she has all she wishes to take, at least
three times per day Never let this water
get icy cold, and after calving give it
slightly warm for II few days.
AS soon as affected. if not already in u
comfortable stable. put the COW into one,
litter the floor we'll, and always keep this
dry and clean. One Of the most simple
ana effectual prescrip ions for this disease
is half a pound of Epson salts dissolved
in three or four quarts of warm water,
mixed with two table spoonfus of sweet
spirits of nitre. Wet up small feed OF
wheat bran with this. II the COW will not
take it, then put the salts and nltre solu
ton into strong-necked bottle. raise up
the head and pour it down the throat
Repeat this every morning till cured, This
simple remedy rarely fails, even in the
worst cases, if all the above directions are
carefully followed. Rub the bag witt
lard, mixed with the last strippings, every
time the COW Is MIXED. This renders the
bag soft and plisble, and prevents the mill
from caking in it.-NationGl LiUe Stool
Journal, Chicago.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
An Interesting Account!
stone in the Bladder Expelled By Using DR. Kennedy
p" FavOr1te Remedy"

Stone in the Bladder Expelled By USING Dr. Kennedys
favOrite Remedy
Mr. S. W. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley,
Duchess CO., N The son OF Mr.. (. s..
Hicks, whose name may have appeared in
this journal In connection with an article
similar to this. was, like his father. aff1lct-
ed with Stone in the Bladder. only that his
case was more serious than his fathers
On the appearance Of the disease the
father advised the son to write to DR.. Dad
III Kennedy, of R0ndout, N. Y, who. he
said. would tell him what to do. DIR. Ken
needy replied. suggesting the use of Ken
nedy's FavorIte Remedy" which had
worked so successfully in the fathers case
Mr.. Hicks, who had been assured BY TIE
local physicians that they could do nothing
more for him, tried 'Favorite Remedy
at venture. After two weeks use of il
he passed stone I of an inch long and Of
he thickness OF pipe-stem. Since then
ht has had no symptoms of the return Of
the trouble. Here is sick man healed
What better results could have been rxpec
tedP What greater benefit could medical
science conferP The end was gained; that
IS surely enough. Dr. Kennedy assures
the public, by a reputation which he Can
not afford TO forfeit or imperil, that the
"Favorle Remedy" does invigorate the
Blood, cures Liver, Kidneys and Bladder
complaints, rs well as all those diseases
md weaknesses peculiar to females. "Dr
Kennedys Favorite Remedy" for sale by
all druggists.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

like to devote very much. nor would the
farm capitalists devote too much on its in
suranoe crops. The south can grow cotton
better than any other part Of the world.
When there is good crop 1t is very profit
able, and 1t is rarely so abundant but there
is some profit made. We doubt whether
the advice TO grow more corn and less cot.
ton is wise, or If wise would ever be taken
One might as well tell an Iowa man l.
grow less corn and more wheat or oats
For miles and miles through that state on'
sees nothing but corn, yet though in an
one year it brings but ten cents per bushel
one sees as much the next year as ever
And whyp because wheat or oats never
does MS well, never yields the same profit
1t has been shown. by what seems to be t.
careful average of years, that corn yields
in Iowa three-fourths more profit thai
wheat, and double that of oats. Will
rhese facts, which intelligent farmers soon
understand. though those with hay seed
merely in their hair do not, it would b.
idle TO tell an Iowa man he must grow less
corn, because once in while there is al
overstock, and the same principle holds
good in cotton culture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

Bows, don hang around the corners OF
the streets, If you have anything to do,
do 1t promptly. right on, then 90 home.
Home Is the place for boys About the
street corners and at the stables they learn
to talk slang, and they learn to swear. to
smoke tobacco, and to do many other
things which thev ought not to do. d.
your business. then go home. If vOur
business is play, PLAY. and make bus
ness Of it. like to see boys play good
earnest, healthy games.
If there is a subject in which we take n
great interest that subject is boys and girls,
and many is the time we have wanted to
write something on the matter, but hardly
knew what to say to do the most good.
We have often wondered if boys knew
bow much grown people admired, respect
ed loved IN honest, manly, natural boy
or how low in their estimation stands the
sneak. the liar, The bully. We have hought
that boys sometimes mistoOk the feelings
OF men toward them, and that they lhrughl
men admired with silent approval the boy
who was rs fast As possible making n
worthless rOwdyish fellow of himself. W.
have in mind now II boy we Know, wh'
early took up smoking d swearing
whose trousers legs were hung up on II
boot strap on one leg and tucked IN on tn,
other, and this when >sed in his best
his hat must be punched IN on one side anc
turned up at the brim. and then with II
cigar stuck up in his mou h he woulo
swrgger about, casting his eyes from rgh'
to left as if to note the admiration he was
exciting. How many times WE have hear
people say OF him "What II fool" If boy,
could know with what disgust and con
tempt men look on such b ,ys, it seems tC
us that some of the,u would get new idea
of the public estimate of them. Peopl
are willing to forgive good deal in boys
for their vigor and exuberance of spir,
bubbles over continually in spite of them
but The boy must stand on probation
good while before he will be rect ived will
approval by the community in which ht
lives. who has led such course us W,
have described, and the one we have il
mind now gives promise of no brlghte
future than low, vicious, besotted man
hood, whom none will respect, none trust
an object of abhurrence and loathing to al
. respectable people, and without the respec
even OF the class with which he aSsoci,t g.
Boys, it is not sign of great courage Il
swear; it is no sign of manly boy tc
smoke or chew, and don't mistake tn,
public sentiment on the halter, becaus.
every one he meets does not say to such ;
boy as | have spoken Of and such as you
may know, ~ hat an egregious, conceited
ASS you are making OF yourself and don t
know it,"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
Bro. Cheeyer on Hogs.

In late number Of the New England
Farmer Bro. Cheever discourses on hogs.
His treatment of the subject shows that he
has had ample opportunity for studying it.
and has faithfully improved it. But there
are other differences In hogs than merely
the number Of legs they walk on.
We have fattened eight this season, and
claim to know something of them. One
of these seemed intent, not so much on
eating as on preventing others from so
doing and many are the raps he has had
over the head from the feeder. by way of
sdmonishing him of his evil courses. But
we arc bound to say that In this case cor
poral punishment worked little good.
Then there we're others, notably one
who at feeding tine kept a single eye to
business: who didn't sem to care a cent
whether the others had enough or not.
He just /" went in for his grub, and when
he had had enough, or cleaned up the
trough, which was about the same thing,
he retired to peaceful meditations.
Some breeds are more quiet than others
yet hog is a hog any way. but they are
profitable on a farm if rightly managed
md we know of n thing which is profit
able if not rightly cared for.
The truth is, if it must be told, we dc
not like hog any way. no matter how
many or how few legs he may walk on
The name itself is not a promoter o
pleasant memories. l; arouses no tender
sympathes or generous sentiments. 1t l.
synonym for stubbornness, seifishnes
and glultOny.
We have three specimens now in process
IF fat eniDg, which we should Judge ha'
descended directly from pair that ma.
have escapad drowning some eighteen
hundred or more years ago, and had ali
Sorbed more Of the evil spirit than ough
o be manifested in q " ole generation o
mankind We can claim ownership II
hese receptacles of the evil spirit, sine
hey were four weeks old, and have ha
ample opportunity for stu'iying their char
,cterstlcs; and we Can affirm unhesita
,mgly, that from that date to the present
| nty HaVe never lOunu u trough IOu'
enough for all three to occupy at once
they learned to fight long before the
.ver learned to eat, and certainly appea
now to enjoy fighting much better tn Il
eating. A nin1 feet trough is about tn
right length for two TO eat from at onc'
provided there is good partition betwee
hem, but it is entirely too short for thre,
And yet they have grown as we'll and fa
ened ns fast as any swine we have fed f'
years. They have had all the skimme
milk they needed through the summer
md are now eating twelve quarts Of cor
neal daily, in addition. They are fe
hree times day, and at every feedin
two do the eating while the third attend
the music, and such music! One woul
think it was Thanksgiving week, only th
parts are better sustained.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
Cystic TumOr OF q Hogs Kidney.
BY JOHN NJ. CURRIER. NJ D., OF CAsTLEToN

November 20. 1881, Harvey Bishop
of CaStlelon brought to me a specimen O.
cystic tumnr OF a hogs kidney. and CAV,
the following history: The hog was not
vet one year old; weight, about thre
hundred pounds; fattened easily; hal
never been sick nor showed any symptoms
Inherent from other healthy hogs. TIL
nog had just been killed, and the meat cut
up. HIS wife was trying out the lar,
when she came across he diseased kdne,
Size Immediately declined to proceed
further with the trying out the fat, or to
eat any more OF the meat.
Mr.. Bishop being unwilling to throw
tway the meat submitted the case to Dr.
Inmes Sanford and myself. The kidne,
vas fully twice The normal size; the ante
ror tall was very huctuating-about foul
inches wide and two thick. The surf,ct
vas somewhat palrr than normal. A,
'ncision was male into ii with scalpe
when clear liquid made its escape, hav
ny the smell of urine; it would measure
about five fluid ounces. There was it'll,
sediment OF II pale reddish color, slight,
gritty. The sac was lined with mucous
membrane which was slightly congesed
1t was separate from the pelvis of tht
kidn'y, but rested closely upon tina
| membrane.
The cortical substance of the anierit
haf OF The kidney was in Il great measure
DIES royed and ahsorI ed by the distensioi
Ot this sac Or tumor, AMI the whole kidne'
was in AN intiamma ory condition
| On minur examination we foun tina
one of the tmbuit minG ri had become oil,
structcd with calculus matter producin!
occlusnn. the urine had accumulated be
hind in the Obstructed duct causing II
dilatlon into large sac. and rs the sa
grew in size caused pressure upon tb
structures of the kidney. and later thei
absorption. And OF course these prOcesse
were attended with more or less inflammn
non OF the contiguous parts OF the kidney
| was the left kidney that was Diseased
Was the meat OF this hog unfit for food
This was the QUESTION that so MATERIAL
concei ned the owner, and which we dc
cIded was healthy and suitable for food
Not all the function of elimination of tn
kidney had been destroyed, and the RICH
kinney being healthy. elimination of effe,
matter was taking place from the system
so that the hog never showed any symI
toms of disease during life.
This was an exceedingly interesting cas-
and one in which, had the circumstance
be- n little different, might have cause
con siderable trouble and perhaps litigatio
from nONproperly understanding its pathc
iOgy
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

Inventor and proprietor of the celebrated Celery and
Oh tmome Pills. These Pills are prepared expressly
to Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Neural
gia, Nervousness, Paralysis, Sleepessness and Dys-
pepsia, and triU cure matter how obstinat
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those special diseases. They contain no opium NOR.
phne quuine, and are not purgative, but regu.
late the bowels and cure constipation by curiny OF
removing the cause of 1t. They have charming effect
upon the skin, aud lovely quoting effect upon til,
nervous system, simply by feeding it's ten Thousand
hungry, yes iu some cases starving absurbents They
uake or create nerve matter, 'and give power force
aud buoyancy to the nerves. AMI in that way increase
dental power, endurance and briancy of mind
Nobody that has a nervous system shou neglect t.,
Ike them twoor three mouths in each year, as a
nerve TODD, II TO- no other purp Sc.
nj lS AZ drrEIis'S Price 81 cents a box. Depot
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
This brings us to another point. are 4

This brings US to another point. are tn
large barns The best that Can be built evel
nv those who have the means to bull,
| hem? Would it not be better 10 bullt
everal smaller onesP There are thos,
Who think that it would be better to hav,
be stables in buildings exclusively devote,
to that purpose. They think it bad pIar
TO have the folder over the stables an
manure cellar from which unhealthy case
are continually rising. 1t would be bu
,utle more work to do the foddering If lht
bulk of the hay were in II barn used fo
hat alone. II seems to US, and we have
heard some farmers advance the sam,
dea, that well arranged system of small
mrns coull be constructed that would in
very way better subServe the interests o
ne builder than many of the large barn,
hat one sees so often now. We invite
correspondence on this point
The above from the Vermont Farmer
touches point on which we have hal
>ome experience. We have tried the small
parn, and going from one to another to
fodder, but never had to carry hay from
me barn to another to fodder. We have
now n larger barn which holds the stock
ind the feed for them, with cellar
underneath, and have seen no i'll effects
from it, either in the health of the ami
mas or their relishing their food; blu,
OF their convenience, the ease with which
the fodder is put in and the chores are
lone there is no comparison. We believ,
will be hard to find man who has had
mail barns and now his a large one who
will decide in favor of small barns.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14
lyy'S Scrap Bag.

| have never seen Il scrap bag like Ivy's
nut she has given us the directions lol
making so plainly | think shall have n
trouble in crocheling one like ii | woul
Ike o know if she cOlorcl her red yarn
If not, perhaps she wouid like direction
Tor coorng scarlet in wool which will no
crock or fade. The receipt is, for on
pound of yarn take one ounce Of pulver
nd one ounce of cream of tartar; put H.
the cnchinea when the water is ii iut
warm, fuse II brass or a tin vesse); whel
scalding put in the muriate of tin and
cream of tartar, then put in the yarn, first
washing in soft water, boil one-half hour !;
if not dark as wished for, boil Il little lone-
er, stirring frequently; rinse in warm WI
ter before drying. Scarlet yarn is yer,
nice and comes very h indy in making kn
| ndging for skirts, knitting mlttens am
| stockings for children, and used with white
cotton in making tides fringes, etc.
A pretty pair of mitlens may be knit o.
scarle, yarn, the old-fashioned garter
stitch; Cast on stitches enough to extend
rom the foretinger down to the wrist o
course one must vary the number according
and forth the same on each side. At the
| fingers widen one stitch each time across
until you have made eight or ten stitches
then knit six or eight times plain, then
narrow away the same number rs you
widened; these directions varied according
to coarseness of the yarn. You have then
completed the back of the hand. Con
tlnue IN the same manner for the under
side; when finished sew arouni leaving Il
space for the thumb; commence the thumb
Oh the inside and widen out the gore IN
!nol shape sew together and insert in the
| place left IN the lnitten Fake up the
stitches on the wrist and knit IN inch OF
seam, to make it more elastic. + ubruider
he backs with shaded red silk or any
pher colors preferable; the wrists are also
| " Wv VIC Sdtut
5 The b,cks. Who would refuse such IA
Christmas present rs thlsP
A cross for Christmas which resembles
c al, and looks pretty suspended again /
evergreens may be made of rice glued to
a rough cross made of wood paste board
etc. I; by dissolving sealing wax IN alcohol
and applying with II brush it may be
stained red. They contrast with dark
green beautifully. Another way for making
imitation of coral frames baskets, elc.--
Tor frames hasten by lacking or glulng on
raisin stems or twigs on rough frame,
and baskets my be made of wire on which
fasten raisin stems. -four parts resin, to
one of vermilion melt and pour over no,
v it'll spoon.
A gilt paint obtained and applied to a
poor old rusty horse shoe elsly converts
it into an ornamental aft tir, and according
to the old German tradition of horse
shoe bringing good luck, snspende ed by u
ribbon over our door ways we shall be
securely fortified.
Pretty little baskets may be made by
stringing cloves on pliable wire, and
bending and weaving TO form the basket
To prepare the cloves for use, take a hand.
full and put in cup, pour on boiling wa.
ter and let them soak until soft enough
to string on the wire easilyi the wire must
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

FAT MAKES HENS LAY There is much
refuse fat from the kitchen that can be
turned to COED account by feeding to the
will be used in that way, but it is ques-
ton whether it is not much easier and
more pro6tabl to buy soap and make the
hens lay by feeding them with fat. Every
thing that is not wanted for drippings for
cooking purposes should be boiled up with
the vegetables for the fowls.-EI.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

CHANGE OF CRoPs.-The Gernaantoun
Telegraph says: 1t IS the wisest policy for
every farmer to have some one leading
feature on which TO depend that he finds
his soil and climate best fitted for, or his
MAJ ket the most encouraging for him TO
produce. These may possibly fail, and in
view thereof other things should be grown
which will work in with the others, and
ring in something certain when failure
comes. Diversification 10 this case is little
more than The principle of insurance, to
which every prudent merchant devotes a
small percentage Of his capital; but the
percentage 10 always small-he would not
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-12-14

be fine enough not to split them-(they are
10 be strung length wise the stem).
Apples look quite pretty filled with
cloves. Take smallish apple, putting in
the cloves near enough together to cover
he apple, pushing the stem in mp to the
bud. Hang near the stove until perfectly
dry. Mrs. T. X. NJ. b.
Chelsea Vt
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