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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

ToGEr A LARGE YIELD OF RICH MILK.
The Farm, published IN England CON
firms our own experience in feeding miich
cows with bran. If large yell OF rlch
milk is desired, says the writer, give your
COWS, every day, water slightly sailed, in
which bran has been stirred at the rate OF
one quart to two gallons of water. You
will lind, if you have not tried this daily
practice, that your COWS will give twenty
five per cent more milk Immediately
under the effects of it, and will become
so accustomed to the diet as to refuse to
drink clear water, unless very thirsty.
Professor j. w. Sandborn, superlnten-
dent of the college farm, Hanover, N. IL,
reports experiments in feeding cows
giving full details of weights of each
kind of feed, of milk and butter yield
and the weight of the animals at the
beginning and end of each period. II
summing up he says: "Meal Will make
more milk than bran, no Longer hesitate
to say. The change in the butter produce
is remarkable; in changing from meal t.
] bran there was Il loss of III per cent, IL
the butter producing capacity of milk; II
changing from bran to meal there was ;
gain in the butter producing capacity o
milk of 2l.9 per cent" The results IL
weighing the cows form an exception t'
previous experiments, bran and middling
keeping weight better than meal in TIN
experiment. Is it II chance result, ask
the professor, or is it due to well defined
causes? | will not discuss it, he answers
but OBSERVE that it was not ut II Sc tson o
the wear when COW needs IL carbonaceou
food to maintain animal neat; also TIN
grass of our pastures was Drowned, and 1
different condition from June grass ol
properly cut hay
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
An Editors Home,

We spent night lately with Bro. A.W.
Cheever, the editor of the Ne1O England
Firmer. probably the best known in Yer
mont of any agricultural editor in New
England Mr. Cheever is esteemed by
those who know him, either personally or
by his writings only, as Il candid. careful
man; a patient seeker after the truth rather
than for proofs for some pet theory, and
some brief description of his surroundings
and location may not be embarrassing to
our readers. He lives near the village of
SheldOnvIlle, Mass, and some three miles
fIom Franklin, II lourshing town on the
N Y. & n. f. railroad, where the Massa-
chusetts factory for the making of beet
sugar is located. Mr.. Cheever has a pleas
ant home A pretty and convenient two
story house. painted white, to which are
Joined his barns and granaries, stands on
slight elevation, and has. what is not so
common in Massachusetts as here, good
running water. His barns Ito which he
has made an addition the past Year, were
well filled, and corn fodder was stored in
every available space.
His stock consists of cows of the polled
or no horned breed, of good size and good
mixers; "a yoke of oxen and three
horses.
Besides the corn which he raises (and
this year he had about ten acres) he buys
cotton seed meal and "ship stuff" which
we know here us "ine feed" which may
be healthy food but we have an idea that
it is not as cheap according to its value as
bran. His soil we judge, from what we
could see, to be not as good rs the average
soil of Vermont, being sandy and thin
but everything to enrich it is saved, anC
behind his stable is shed, thirty feet long
and ten feet wide, filled with sand about
eight feet deep which he uses very liberal
" in bedding his cattle. This sand h,
does not consider the most valuable alb
sorbunt, but the best available for him
His COWS are fastened with stanchions
stand on platform with II gutter behnC
for the droppings and absorbent. In short
we found Mr.. Cheever's home just wha
we expected to, the comfortable, con
venient, unpretentious home of an intelli
gent practical farmer.
They have a fl rmers' club, which ha
borne fruit in the shape OF the beet-suga
factory before mentioned which was can
vussed and took shape in their meetings
May Bro. Cheever and his amiable wifi
oug enjoy their pleasant home, and hi
brother farmers enjoy the benefit of hi
presence and practical demonstration {
what he write upon.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

DRIED FRUIT, An enormous IN 'rease
in the evaporated fruit business is taking
place In western New York, the recent lie
Gal decision that there is 20 monopoly OF
the sulphur procC IS Of bleaching having n
stimulating effect on the industry. The
opinion of American experts is that fruit
can be dried by the evaporator cheaper
than by sunlight, and the product IS inn
mcasurably better. a single New York
firm last year evaporated twenty thousand
bushels, and bought fruit evaporated by
Others equivalent 10 three hundred thou
sand bushels OF this Il London house
took one hundred and sixty tons, and has
doubled its order. The growers Through
ont New York state are preparing to de-
veop the foreign market for this product.
Each evaporator will dry one hundred
bushels of apples Il day. Girls are en-
ployod at the work, and earn from sixty
cents to dollar - day. After the apple
are ppred and Sized, which is performed
at one operation, they are bleached by eX
posure to sulphur fumes for about an hour
afterwards they are evaporated, and th'
double process keeps them edible for 81
almost indefinite period.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

WARM THE CHICKEN FEED.-After an
experience of several seasons we have
adopted the system of warming the food
all through the winter and cold weather,
both morning and evening, and we attrlb
ute the excellent laying qualities OF the
fowls, in great measure, to dong TINS.
The food, whether whole or broken grain
or other food, either dry or molstened,
should be warmed we'll before feeding.
Some breeders, as well as farmers, make
practice of parching their whole corn
and are assured it is beneficial Where
new, unseasoned corn is used for chicken
food, this parching is decided benefit
for makes it equally as good for feed
ING as old seasoned corn. Quite
number of poultry ailments are caused by
feeding the new crop of corn. and parch
ing it will effectually prevent any trouble
from that score.
Wheat, which is no doubt the best kin'
of grain for the laying fowls, much bette
than so much corn, which latter fattens S
quickly as frequently to stop the produc
ton of eggs temporarily, is much In
: proved by heated we'll before being fec
l and then given to the fowls while yt
= warm, not hot In feeding wheat, onl
9 about two.thirds as much, by measure
4 should be fed AS of corn, and when fed
. that manner is very little, if any, MOI
l expensive than corn. Good sound whe'
. only should be used, for, while we see n
objections to screenings, on the score
unhealthiness, screenings give but lit
available food.-POultry Monthly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

Jersey Cows.-No breed of cattle has
met with greater opposition or been the
subject of more conflicting opinions than
have the JERSEYS. They have, neverthe-
less, grown rapidly in favor, not only as
fancy stock for gentlemen's show farms.
but as butter producers among dairymen
herds In this country. rs in Great Brit
ain, the superior quality OF the Jersey
cows milk for the manufacture oil gut
edged" butter is readily acknowledged.
The milk not only makes butter OF pleas
ing color, but of u sweet, nutty havor most
acceptable to consumers. In quantity tue
milk yield OF the Jersey is not large, and
from this fact many farmers still prefer
cows of other improved breeds showing "a
larger performance at the pail and in the
churn, making up in quantity whatever
admirers of the Jerseys may think they
lose in quality. In this connection 1t may
be well to explain that while Jersey COWS
are small and require a less amount
of feed, than, say, Short horns, they
must have, for best results, both as re-
yards quality and quantity. all the food
| they will eat, and that must be good.
The rule that applies to all other breeds
applies with equal force to this one, D. e.
the better the food the better the product.
JERSEYS are pre-eminently breed fo'
milk: thew are TOO small for beef and, ow
ing to diminutive size, unfit for working
Therefore Jersey oxen are animals rarely
to be met with. A question relative t
this breed still unsettled is the one touch
ing the hardness of the animals. Many
breeders assert that they are as hardy ~
need be, while farmers in severe climate
with inferior partures consider them tende
and prefer cattle of some other race.
There is no doubt but that these soft
eyed creatures from the Isle of Jersey s.
attractive in appearance, have won iavo
largely from his very attractlveness, belnt
an ornament to any farm on which the
are introduced. 1t is also equally true tina
with good care and proper food the Jer
seys will thrive well and pay for thel
extra keeping where butter is the requires
product. With Jerseys, as with othe
breeds, however, there exist grades OF eN
cellence Purchasers should bear in min
when making their selections. that ever
thoroughbred animal belonging to butte
, breed is not necessarily high up In tn
, qualification. Therefore, not only purlt
+ of blood should be insisted on, but tn
, ought to be accompanied with saIisfa'
a torv performance at the pail and churn,
An English correspondent, writing on tt
, whims Of fashion in regard to the color (
, Jersey cattle, says that if the value OF IL
d Jersey stock is to rest on this one iealur
deterioration will surely follow OF man
useful qualities. He has owned hundred
of acclmated Jersey stock, but as rul
e has not found the whole colored COWS sue
:. large producers as many part-colort
ones. The true type of a Jersey COW is,
fact, an animal that throws the bulk OF h
feeding properties into butter and but lit
TO llesh.-N Y. World.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
What haooened to
JOSEPH BEACH.
STONE IN THE KIDNEY RXPELL,ih,pl, A ,TrE
uSING DIR DAVID KENNEDl'S ..EAnOhAAE
RFWFDY" ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

One of the most remarkable cases that
has ever been brought to the notice OF the
public, is that of Mr.. J. S. Beach, OF Stone
Ridge. Ulster Co.. N. Y. Mr.. Beach had
suffered since October 18th, 1874. from the
presence Of Calculus or Stone in the right
kidney. No less than seven physicians
we're employed at different times,to whom
Mr.. Beach paid hundreds of dollars for
medical treatment. with only temporary
relief from his agony.
By the urgent solicitations of his friends
he was induced to try DIR. David Kennedy Z
,.Favorite Remedy" experienced q marked
Improvement from the first day he began
to use the medicine: on the 18th OF Sept
he voided stone as large as could b'
passed through the natural channel.
Mr.. Beach concludes a long letter to DIR
Kennedy by saying: 1T will always aifor'
nc pleasure to recommend the favoIit'
Remedy to those who may be suffering
from difficulties of the Kidneys and Blad
der. or any disorder arising from al
impure state of the blood " The "Favorit
Remedy " sold by all druggists. Tn
Doctors only address is Rondout. N. Y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12


l speak OF the COW partly 10 nave
IL subject with local ua'or' al"
partly to nave one that can u'''"So'
for nave always hotlceu 'n"'
people always write most easily CONCERN
ing those thlhSs Wiiereol I"ey hu"" 'o'o''
should naturally pe9lii ny SN"1S 9olio
lhlng OF the history Oh Tue an'ni''' 'u' Ine
only historical COW WitnIh my hu"" w.,
is the one with the crulhPieo norm
already faIn'Iiar IN every wen r'Sul''eo
family. used I" llllhN ''lat 'iie accom- ="
nylnS mllklhald was oeecr'oo" "S oe'nS
"all lorlorn' merely BECAUSE tiie Poe.
neened the words 10 Hi out me iIhe, "u
IN recent years nave come TO uhdotSIahu
he matter differently. The mllNmald was
II Jersey woman, ana anybody Is an ior-
Iorn who mas to milk Jersey cow
When L was II boy before fohiret was
discovered by the Jerseys il COW was hcr
self understood to have certain duties 10
perform during the milking process ana
Wien She lorSol about 1t ana began TO put
ner feet INTO the mix pau ana tle IKE"
was the custom toyell 80 20! III TO RAISE
the ratters, ana to rise and ADJUST Ihe ot'
ance OF trade with mllk'hS STOOL but
with Jersey cows business Is conducted
differently When one OF these animals
feels like having Il bit OF Jun WIN lhe man
condemned TO milk her she just wlllaks
her tail around his meek ana mo ms eye
TO get purchase, ana lh"h KNOCKS MN
down and performs war dance on Ms
person, and lehearses the enllre series OF
Die Lewis gymnastics with her hlnd legs
and the man never says II wort lie re
serves all strong expressions Tor creatures
Of his own kind, and meekly grope9 iol
the milk pail, while the COW rumlhate'
with smile OF calm content.
Things have changed In good many
respects. In my time COWS were not
named partlculariy'-at most tney were
called 'llnebark ana "buShorn ana lh'
Iike,-bul now they are regularly CHRIS
tened with the lhesl anu most sentiments
names lma9lnaole; tue DucIess Oh vi
leans" and ANNE hathaway eat mango
wurzel together; while LILY Dale Is II
from over Indulgence IN oii-hea' am
Susan b. Anthony yet oleals as eau o
, tender age. Moreover, each animal has
door-plate on her apartment which give
Z not only her name out the particulars G
4 her birth ana parentaSe' ana am tol
: that people anxious LOT lhe preservation c
h history have all tuese nlaI'ers cafelui'
6 recorded In sort OF Jersey genesis Gale
n a herd book, Inc system OF registry seem
O to be quite perfect ana II Is 10 De nope
It that some day an equally Soou pan hia
n be adopted Tor the chiiareh OF men;
10 The sollcllude WHICH IL hlan Will sno
/, for the comfort ana happiness OF one
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
CoSrmnuroRs, NorEs AND QUERIES. :

CoSTMBUTORs' NOTEs AND QUERIEs.-
For the benefit of several correspondents
we send you the following: Scaty or Scd6oy
Teas in fouls are caused by an aoarus or
louise, which infests the shanks and feet oil
the birds. The insect itself is very small
microscopic, in fact. The excrescence
known AS scale or scab is the accumulated
results of the insects operations, and con
sists of the dead bodies or the animals
themselves and the debris they produce.
The aiment is contagious, and Will spread
through a flock, but is seldom seen on
birds less than one year old. A hen affect
ed with the parasite will communicate IL
to her brood by covering them in the nest
but the excrescence does not show Tor
many months after the chick is inOcuiated.
II shows worst on old fowls where the par
aste has been long fixed. 1t is an I'M
slightly, but not serious or dangerous
ailmcnt. The cure is easy enough: MIX
a little lard, sulphur, and kerosene togeth-
er in an old cup or tin can. Apply tins
ointment to the feet and legs of the whole
flock with an old toothbrush, rubbing 1t III
well, but not hard enough 10 draw blood
In a very bad case bandage should be
applied to the shank and PARTON OF the
ointment bound around the afflicted part
This may have to he repeated once or twice
at intervals of two or three days, and II
will cure the worst cases. Moderate cases
need no bandaging; the thorough ap9Iica'
ton of the ointment is sufficient. 10 make
sure work the perches should be treated
with n wash of kerosene and afterwar(
smeared with the ointment. Old nest
should be turned out and the boxes treated
same as perches, and new nests made
Each fowl must be treated the same Us l
the disease showed on it, because those tina
associate together are exposed to the con
tagion and are probably infected whethe
they show it or not This treatment viii
effectually eradicate the complaint.
respondent of Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

THE LONGEST wool SHEEP IN THE
WoRLD.-Hitchcock Kline & Co., of Flint.
have buck which they claim has the
longest wool of any sheep in the world.
The Wolverine Citizen gives the following
history of the animal: "Seven years ago
IIaron Bristol, of the township of Flint,
bred and raised fine merino buck. When
year old, and at shearing time, the buck,
by some accident, got away from the rest
of the flock I'm was not sheared, and when
the second shearing season came around
Mr.. Bristol decided to experiment II little
and let the sheep 90 another year uu-
sheared, and so it has been from year to
year. A few weeks ago he was purchased
by the present owner, ms II curiosity" Hhe
animal is in good health and remarkably
active. but his wool of seven years growth
parts neatly down the back and touche.
the ground, wearing off rs it grows, SC
that it can never be any longer. In some
parts of the body. where it would natUr.
ally be expected to be short, the wool is
ourteen inches long, and on the neck the
length is eighteen inches. 1t is estimated
that this fleece weighs seventy pounds
Michigan Paper. '"'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12

PROPOSED REMEDY FOR PEA-WEEvIL.-
The agricultural editor of the Toronto
Globe thinks he has found, by accident,
ah easy method of annihilating the pea
weevil-"an insect whose ravages are
rapidly driving the farmers OF some parts
of Ontario to abandon pea-cdlture IN
despair" Specimens of infested peas
were placed in room somewhat over
supplied with sleam-pipes, and in which
the temperature occasionally rises above
ninety degrees. The result is thus gwen !:
After Il day or two in this room the
regular transformation of the beetles from
he pupl to the perfect state TOOK place
On opening the boxes, they We're found
dive with weevils which had abandoned
the holes in the peas, and were looking
around for Young pea pods in which to lay
their erUs In this lies the lesson, 1t Is
4 pretty we'll settled fact in entomology
that the function of egg-layinG is not
voluntary one on the part of the female
insect Given the requisite temperature,
and the process of egg laying must go on
whether the eggs be fertlliZed or not, or
whether there be II proper place on which
! to Law them or not. 1t follows almost to Il
certainty, that the peat weevil can be an
AFFILIATED in II very simple manner. In
the natural state the eggs vi the weevl
are laid on the outside of the young pea
pods. The larve hatch out and burroW
Trough the pods into the peas, one larva
to each. Once there they feed till they
have attained their full growth, Wher
lhey 90 into the pupa or chrysaIls state
In the latter state they remain all the lal
and winter. In the spring the weeVll1
peas are sown with the insect still IN tn
puma state L remains underground til
the soil has become warm, and then i
changes to the perfect state, comes forth
and proceeds to perpetuate the species IL
before. Now, it appears from what nap
prncd to our consignments OF pea bug
that the insects can be easily inveigle'
out of their holes during the winter whe
there are no green pea pods for them /
lay upon. Once out of the pupa state,
| cannot 90 back again. IT, then farmer
T will during the winter place their see
l peas in warm room for few days, tn
5 weevis may be brought out of their hole
/ and killed, or left to die"
i The above statement seems yer
f reasonable one 10 me, and there can |
y no doubt whatever that many, if not al
d of the weevils would be induced by tt
S heat to leave the peas. But, having take
d this trouble, why not make the matter a
y solutely certain by the expenditure of
few cents for carbon bisulphide, wi
" which the weevils will be destroy
of whether they leave the peas or notP Pr
Ie fessor j. Henry Comstock, Entomotog
lie of Department of agriculture.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
Ice Houses.

We have repeatedly urged the desira
bitv of the ice house for farmers, both for
comfort and health. and SET forth how
cheapy ice houses could be built. Lime
upon ine' is the way such topics should
be enforced; and we give again full in
structions for its storage and preSer' alton,
this time from the NeW York Times. We
only say we believe double the amount of
saw dust about the ice would be much
better. A foot or l6 inches of saw dust
should surround The ice to ensure the best
keeping.
fla farmer has an old shed, in the corner
of which he can board off room II feet
square and 10 feet high, he needs no better
ice. house Such room will supply all
the wants of a large dairy aud n family OF
Il dozen persons, and if the neighbors draw
on him for ice in case of sickness he neeC
not fear that his supply will not hold ou
until the time of another harvest. For any
ordinary family room 10 feet square anC
s high is amply sufficient, but ice is sucl
n CHEAP article in winter and so dear ii
summer that it is better to lay IN enough
to guard against all emergencies, and
also keeps better when slowed IN larg
bulk.
Whether an ice house is a good preserve
on ice or not depends mainly upon tn
packing. When the ice is 10 inches THO
it is right for packing, and is more easlI
handled than when it is thicker, thong
otherwise there is no objection to its ben
16 or 20 inches thick. The cakes are ofte
cut square, generally two feet; but it
quite important that they should be laid s
as to break joints" and in order TO d
this it is better that they should be fe'
long and Is or 20 inches wide In Il
cases the size of the cakes had better
governed by the size of the house, so tn
the cakes need not be recut in order to i
it. Before packing cover the bottom of Il
house with sawdust or s inches thick
prevent the heat of the ground from me
inc the ice. and also leave space OF OF
inches between the ice and siding, whit
must be filled with some non -conductC
and there is nothing better or cheaper TIN
sawdust. This must be packed dov
closely on the sides as the successive layt
of ice are placed. 1t is all-important
prevent the air from coming in conti
with the ice, especially on the sides.
top the sawdust should be AS thick as
the sides, but no matter how freely the
circuates over this dust, the more air
better, as the sawdust is kept cool and {
by this mems. An ice house requi
good ventilation, just as Il dwelling ho'
does. One opening, or window, is
sufficient. There should be at least t.
So that the air can pass in and out free
With an ice house constructed and the
packed after this fashion we will war;
good supply of this comfort for an ore
AIRY family from one New Year to anotf
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-12
NeW Field of Usefulness for Ministers.


We have always viewed with wonder
and admiration the amount and variety Of
duty devolving on and performed by min
listers, and wondered how they could
carry it all through without an amount of
grace rarely 0ouchsafed to mortal man,
except it he to ministers-and editors. A
Holsein peasant has found new field,
which may be developed and extended
almost indefinitely. Whether it be
nroper and legitimate field of usefulness
we are not prepared to assert, but will
refer it to Bro. Hibbard of the LudloW
Tribune, who should be authority on the
matter. The district physician seems to
be averse to the broader field for the Other
profession, but then. he got none of the
pork, you see:
British medical journal says:-" A
Holstein peasant unnstructed in micro
scopical research, and not possessing the
requisite instruments of precision, has de.
vised orhimseIfa new test for the presence
of trichin@ il, pork. When he killed II pig
he was careful to send portion of t-s
ham or a sausage-to his pastor. and ther
awaited consequences for fourteen days.
the pastol> remained t1aathy, then he fel
perfectly easy in his mind, and well as
sured that his pig fulfilled the requisite
conditions OF soundness for food, proceed
ed to dispose Of it accordingly in his owr
family. This ingenious method ofresearcf
has not been considered satisfactory by tb'
district physician"