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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

wrNrERfG BEEs.-The following method
have found BY experience to answer
well in wintering bees. Early in Deem
Der. depending on the weather, ! set hve
OF six hives in row. about ten inches
apart, fteing the south. The bottom hoard
should project ten inches so as to form a
straight line. and be kept of of the ground
by two small sticks.
now build pen of rails around the
hives. using broken pieces at the ends.
leaving about one foot space all around,
hut on the front or south side put on a
board ten inches wide supported by two
sets of bricks. making the space four
inches wide. Then make the pen with
rails and pieces. one foot above the hives,
and pack closely all around and between
the hives with clean. dry, bright wheat
straw; press down the straw firmly and
put on boards to keep all dry. then finish
off with covering of eornstalks.
The upper and lower board project ten
| inches in front in straight line, and 4
/ board about one foot wide resting on thu
ground will close the entrance agains
cold and snow. In very cold weather thi'
| space can be filled with straw then entirely
covered with snow for few days. They
will require about the same space for ali
| thew have during the fall months.
By letting down the board in warm
sunny DAYS in winter, the warm air wi
get into the hive and the bees can CONF
out, which will make them healthy an'
strong in the spring. This method vii
prevent the accumulation OF ice inside tn
hive. which is o destructive to bees dur
] - H., r1Opfha SipRlp hives
be protected in the same way by bulldln!
a pen around them with sticks of In
proper length, leaving a foot of spac
filled with straw. with an entrance; thel
cover all to keep out the rain. The proha
biitv is that we shall have a very col
winter, and many hives of bees will b
lost. | consider this an easy and -chea
method of protecting them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
The Freueh Farmer.

A very common type of farmer in France
is the man who has received what We
should call the education of a gentleman
that is to say. he has been brought up at
A first-rate public school. and has afterwsTd
learned farming scientifically Al the agri-
cultural college of GrignOn Such a man
is precious in the wine growing districts.
where new experiments have constantly
to be- tried to combat the phylloxera and
To improve the quality of the vine soil.
wealthy vice grower will pay fine salary
to a farmer capable Of adding to the re
nown Of bis vintage. and it stands tn
reason that the farmer almost al" avs ends
bv setting up for himself, when he marries
wife who brings him a dot. Another
pretty type of the French farmer is the
one who has been obliged to sell off lands
OF his own through peeuniary distress.
but who continues to occupy his own
dwelling, and farms the land that was
once his for its new owner. This man Is
not likely to be very ambitious; failure
has made him wise. and he Is inclined to
think that his lot as a farmer Is. on the
whole, preferable to his former CONDITION
s a slarveling peasant proprietor. For
one thing. he has given up all ideas OF
amassng money for his children. A large
family springs up around him, hut b. has
made up his mind that they shall SHIFT for
/ themselves. and what money he can make
hs spends on himself. Just for luck :
| sake he keeps twenty pounds or so invested
| in some municipal loan having ttrttgeS a
primes, which gives him chance of win
ming qros lot of one hundred thousand
francs; and possibly one bright morning
he ends by winning this gros lot, or an
equivalent prize in lottery, which enables
him to laugh for the remainder of his
days at the more parsimonious race of
farmers who pinch and screw all thelI
lives long.
Generally speaking. the French farmer
is not jolly soul Whether he he a mar
of education or not, he settles down into q
grub sort of life. faring frugally on souF
1 and the thinnest Of ordinary red wine OF
cider. The stock Of his soup i bacon. ant
he eats butchers meat only twice week
and that is on Sunday and market day
" hen he attends market he makes sue
culent deiouner and drinks good deal o
/ beer afterH ard Mt the cafe, This is hi
only cheerful time; at ordinary times he i
| morose. troubled about the weather, tht
conscription which is going to take his sol
into the army. and about politics, OF whlci
he understands just enough 10 he in con
slant dread of revolutions. He is con
servative. that is to say, he uphoIds tn
government Of the day, whatever it is, 10
fear of anarchy: but no government i
popular with him. Tor every administra
ton finds It necessary to lay on new taxes
l. hf,x M
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

A VERY OLD Cow AND A GREAT
BREEDER A writer in the English Agr
cultural Gtz.ue ASKS: Can anv Short
horn breeder give evidence of a COW
breeding until thirty-three years old. am.
having produced thirty, one calves, having
had twins on two separate occasions? Her
whole family We're proportionally long
lived, the bulls being serviceable until
fifteen or sixteen years old"
The writer was talking of Hereford
cattle, but whether he meant to saw that
the above COW was Of this breed, We are al
a loss to determine. She is the mos,
remarkable COW we ever beard OF. We
nave known SHorthOrn cows to breed well
till past twenty wears old. producing lit
teen to seventeen calves each the bull.
being still good getlers after thirteen wear:
old but such are rare nOw-a-day-. OWNS
entirely, we think, 10 their being So mighty
ie and fpl ed AT an early age. If the1
were allowed to grow up more slowly an,
ua,urallv, they would last years longer.
| A common. or what is called "a Scru
COW, belonging TO Judge Payne of Milan
| Mo, according 20 the 5. Louis Jouruqi 0
! agriculture fourteen years old. at mn
IcNvings had dropped lwent y-three calves
Ii sue keeps on Al this rate few year
tonger she will more than rival the EGgli>
cow above, al least IN the number of he
caves. if not ia years. One S Ger an
three hejfers dropped BY this COW on til
26,h OF June. 1876, weighed on the sam
day in June, 1850, 700, 1,704 l,574 AN
1856 pounds, all together, 6,514 pound,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

ExHAUsTING OUR WHEAT LANDS There
is one point in American competition
with England, says the Pail Mai Gazeue,
which though it has now and then been
touch, upon. has never been thoroughly
worked OUT. America is undoubtedly
reducing the reut OF land in England by
the amount of food which she is enabled
to send here at cheap rate. In this way.
too. land of inferior quality in England is
going out OF cultivation. But all thi-
grain which is sent represents so much
valuable manure. Instead of using it we
silt up our rivers with the sewerage OF
our large towns, and millions worth o.
fertilizing agents are, year after year
swep INFO the sea. This is bad enough Of
itself What is worse, however, is thai
each successive wheat centre in the Uni
ted States is more rapidly exhausted thar
the one before, owing to the excessive
ever cropping and the want of manure
/ Thus, the soil in the United States is IN
| derguing deterioration 10 supply us with
/ the necessaries of life, while we wht
/ receive the food allow our soil to 90 out
of cultivation, when the very substances
we receive would, if properly used, enrict
and fertilize it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
What happened to
JOSEPH BEACH.
stone IN THE KIDNEY ExPELLEp AFTER
Using DE-. DAVID iAi5T M, , TFfks

One of the most remarkable eases that
has ever been brought Ia the notice oil the
,ublic. Is that of Mr. j. 5. Beach, OF Stone
Ridge. Ulster Co. y. Y. Mr. Beach hAd
suffered since October 18th. 1874. from the
presence of Calculus or Stone in the rlght
kidney. No less than seven physicians
were employed At different times,to whom
Mr. Beach paid hundreds OF dollars Tor
medical treatmedt. with only temporary
relief from his agony.
By the urgent solicitations of his friends
he was induced totry Dr. David Kennedy
"Favorite Remedy" experienced a marked
Improvement from the first dav he began
to use the medicine: on the 18th OF Sept
/ he yoded stone as large a. could nt
passed through the natural channel
Mr. Beach concludes = long letter to Dr
Kennedy by saving: Ii will always ah1rt
me pleasure To recommend the tav"Il t'
/ Remedy To- those who may D. suf-rln-
from difficulties of the Kidneys aud Blai
der. or anv di>ori~ arising from Al
impure state % the b -.. The "tavorit
Remedy sold By .u druggists III
Doctor only address IS Rpnlput. y. E.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
CONTRIBUTORS NOTES AND QUERIES

CONTRIBUTORS NoTEs AND QUERIES
We have exhausted all the "remedies -
for bugs on squashes, not excepting Pari-,
green. and They are of no avail. The
green will keep the striped bugs off from
The leaves, but the stink bugs will 20
down to the surface of the ground and
underneath it and eat the Stems of the
plants. so that the vines will witber and
die. Some seasons, when these pests are
not plenty, the busting remedies may save
tie crop, but last year they came il
swarms, and there was no use in fighting
hem with anything short of boxes WITH
screens on them There is one comfor
Mr.. w. F. Bird does not seem to TAX
into the account in his dscouraging esti
mate Of costs The boxes will last LONG
;me if taken care Of This fact will less
en- the expense of >ubse4 uent crops.
squash grower should make it perma
nent business. and he should not expect Il
grow them with corn. They want a
the room they can get. We never sue
ceeded in raising them when shaded b
corn or anything else.-F D Curtis, Ki'
! bg Homestead, in Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

~ - - r, -. y
"lNIER htDlh" IN l''h DAlll .- Is
mpof.ant th"' lhe 'oi IMAM 81 '4,a 50
ire1 MS cows ',S 20 ctu>e mem 10 H'I' "ut
her mix to the ma Oh me season ana
no da'FNm"n can anof' Ia nave 4 ,.otte'
season th'h 'i,fte huhIfrd "tSs' Cp''>>
he iteir 'om-'h'n3 ~ Ter lh'n Ifv CIR"
stalks he cannot expect u p,"'ohS me
Jason OF .tc anon thf"ngn Decent el e
ana II I1s nero 40 not come IN tlIi Ihr
m"d eof "Arcn: ny sHoqid not 20 dr'
''Ii anoM the miaa'e OF January II ne
has provided t''i4rr corn e". IN ?lo>soM'
'"una Il IN huh'irs 'h" SCI 1t III I'ISe
-h"' IS, 50 IS L, Fr,ntlh 2reru ana 'fl7'l.'
De Will Pnd tltt'e d'lh'aily IN AerPlng up
iar ~" OF ihI'h' ou- tai 81 ''id D" l-'l
with 2oo1 clover my, or or WIN ioor OF nv,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
From RtV.P. y GRANGER,
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGlSE
THE SUN FOR 1881,

Everybodg reads the Sur. In fhs cir n' &, =; =
mes spaper throughout tie Near % com" -'v' r' w.
ullt --
I Al the worlds news - press, tel rhs' 'a- =
FiiI get the ETrates' amount u u rEh'
a1st improbable expenditure Il t9ue a't Z -.
The sun BOY x s4o discovered the sgdtr "a --.''E
redundant IN mess and unsatisfactory r- =. 81 -.
II hueh Ht that sort 1i news which l-t -
mon - ~ tC-LfZed Importance than lN-l r
o. mankind From morn ins = rsarnlut D. 80. T..
0Iu'iHp story ~ the lives ni rs nael p - j.
and of their deeds, rlaUs, owes. hates am "a.
t-.f story IS more way 81 eud more luiVFr'---A -
+ any roUal that was ever devised -.
III GoCI writing in every column. 5Al i'-'- -
7rtFinallty. @ furaey, and decurum 70 tn 'z.a
~, HaLrst eminent Tb4 Sun's alhit:st yak ~
fesrle@Elt sbeat men and things. .,...-,
rarty and equa readiness "a con u1-ut vlat e Y.
EorthH OF 70 REL axe Whist is blsmabie Ia aeM'''A'
repuburau- -.
VI Absolute ind euendenee Of partisan arsnt - =
I but urwesNerirF LOYALTY to true democra' rs '.-
~ sun relieves thst bfe eoverineIt WI Us e
duty Is g resist to It's utmost rover tbt 81 ~. y
IN the kenubhcan party % - Nv another 'atl !.
ytrumeut in ria ,e If tbs. which exists It- 'tE T.
aud the years Immediately foiowing vii Gus =
eide TINS supremeiy hmEoItAut contest ~ -,
the Rings for monopoly, the RiEgs FOR Fluu1eT Az
KINKS fot imperial power
oar terms are IS foil .3rt
For the dt5ly S,fn, four pa-e sheet OF " y ~.
columns the price by mail poet PAID IL % Ia
mouth. or $500 year: or, including ihe : +
pap r an eight lsEe sheet II ttty 81
pTl,e is 60 cents month, or 81 10 year ~
Tue sunday edition Of Tie sun IS also furnishes
2rGtely as 20 a year Iost4Se - q. ss-y Al
The price e the weekly SlEn, eight paFtti ~ q
sending 81 we viii send su eNtra cory iTee-
Address W ENAlLNn- i. "a.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

Another. thing, boys, must be seen To;
the old sow must have good warm nest
these cold nights; and PIGS can no more
grow if they have poor bed, and lie
awake and shiver all night than a boy
can. A good warm straw bed or dry
leaves will bring them out warm aud
smiling in the morning when you carry
out the warm mess which answers for
their toast and coffee. Yes, boys, keep
the dumb animals which are in your care
as comfortable as you can. 1t is their
due from us, and i: pays to do it, beside
its being a kindness to them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

FEEDING EARLY LANBs.-J. l.. Della
ware county. Penn: January lambs may
be made ready for market in March. but
It is earlier than is advisable. The lamns
will not bring so much before Easter as
after it. and May is about the best time to
sell lambs Later lambs can be raised
with less trouble. expense. and risk than
these very early ones. No extra food
should be given to the lambs. They are
not able to digest it. and cows milk VIII
stunt rather than help them. To feed tue
eve is the best Give the eve bran and
oatmeal and daily Stop Of half a pint OF
linseed stepped in two quarts OF boiling
water. This will enrich and increase the
milk. and the lamb will get the benefit as
well AS the eve. 1t is not necessary 10
keep the eve and the lamb very warm
the pen should be dry, bur airy and fresh
and there should be plenty Of litter in it,
AeU York Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
Graham Bread,

| am really atrhli thAt our famlIN VIII
Starve 10 death eventually II not sooner
One after another | vetoed tavoflte attcl :
Of diet becau>e some medical man. WHO
doubtless, had the dyspepsia, declared
hem unwholesnme, until our daily fare
consisted chiefly of Graham hretd and
crackers. Qlite recently we visited Il
'cracker mandatory and when We saw
the grease butter that wen, in for short
enjug' we sadly relinquishrd ackers amt
conferred all our hopes on Graham bread.
We felt thankful that Graham bread stood
between US and Tanncrism, and anchored
firmly to 1t Now DR. Horne cody yes
mp and declares that the 'Granam -four Of
commerce Is uni for human food that il
i mixed with EVERY variety OF tilth, art
if We Use it for food it will play the mis-
chief generally with our internal arraagr-
imen's. | qpie agree with the learned
doctor in ,hlnking that this is quite shock
ing:" il is awful to .hiuE abomt, and FOR
one don t mean to think abou! II i~ei
hat it is nigh time to draw Inc some
wnere, and propose 10 ara" Il AT u ahdih
/ bread
! Now Ia b. serious on his subject. Tor
am as much Interested IN having my daily
bread pure and wholesome AS any one eau
possibly be, we have used brown bread IN
our family for seven wears and have never
Experienced any III effects from Is use. /
generally like U know hat | am eating.
and in pursuit OF knowledge have at IN
ferent times visited eleven different -four
ing mills 81 uted in three different s,t,t~.
and examined the process OF making tln'
hour and also OF Graham. Eve miilN hay'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

Sunfower seed ishighl y recommended
by fanciers as food for poultry, especially
as it tends to give a brilliant and glossy APP
pearance to the plumage of exhibition
birds. 1t is also excellent for stimulating
the production OF eggs, and moreover fowls
are very fond of it. For covering or
screening unsightly spots about the farm
buildings the sunfower is very useful. and
it needs absolutely no care or attention. A
new Russian variety has lately been in'ro
duced into his country which is remark
able for the size of its flowers, specimens
,.ofwhich have been exhibited in Phladel-
hi.a, measuring eighteen TO twenty inches
mp iameter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
MATRIMONIAL

Now, Mr.. Editor, you needn't begin to
ptcker your ftce up into such Il frowu;
am well aware lhat you nave been dellged
Nv rwhelmed, with letters upon this very
subject, but AS am not going o advertise
for usband or throw myself ut anV
mans head, you may safely trust ne to
say few words to the girls who are 50
firmly resolved to live and lie old maids
just because NJ. NJ. NJ. happened to ge. one
OF The meauesl men in erection. AMI all
the men left worth marrying happen TO
be heir brothers. Let me tell YOU. ajtls,
that there are lots Of these capital brothers
IN the world, and since you cannot marry
your own take some other girls brother
Don't he old maids if you can help it. |,
may be a dreadful shng to get married to
one of these men, but it is "a deal dread
! fuller not to. Don't waste YOUR affec.
tions on cats and lap dogs. Like Brother
Stahl, think women who can hus and
kiss zap dog must be ''female IDIOT.
Take my advice and be< ow YOUR friction
upon the worthy brother of some Other
girl; you will find him great deal more
satisfactory in every way than single
blessedne>s and lap-dogs
As general thing | don't believe in
making much parade before the world o
either our happiness or our misery. hu
under the circumstances | anu clad thai
Love and other happy wives have bro.
claimed the happiness of their married
lives, and the worth of their husbands; il
all the happy wives Kept silence the giri,
might think that every man, excepting
their own brothers, was another edition OF
] N NJ NJ = ''WorseF half -
No greater blessing ever comes to :,
woman in this world than the love of ,
strong, upright, whOle-souIed man. and q
true WON IN would not, If she could, ex
change one year of life as the loved auC
loving wife of such man for all else that
this world could give. Knowing the
worth Of the love and companionship Of
such a man, and knowing also bow drtary
a thing 1t is for any woman TO stand alone
in the world, | say to every girl who NAV
reid this, that il the love of an upright
Christian man ever comes I, you, and YOU
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

For >tewing apples whole. Miss Corson
gives this recipe: Pare and core some
firm tart apples; arrange them on the bot
tom of It porcelain kettle. I'LL the centre,
with sugar and powdered spice. or grated
lemon peel. AM pour over them enough
syrup 10 cover themi to make the syrup
boil 4 pint OF wa'er to a pound of sugar
ana skim it clear; simmer the apples in
he syrup until hey look clear. then take
them up without bletking them, and strair
he syrup over them; cool them before
u-Lnr.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

The .Nt9n1l Lire Stock Journal asserts
tina, huns have a decidedly better flavor,
and the meat retains more natural color,
when nothing hut plain salt is used IN the
curing Ifthe work Of sailing is carefully
attended 20, The hams. when cured with
~ttaIone. will he ready for smoking at
from six weeks 20 We months, according
O the >tze Of he hams Saltpetre has a
tendency to harden and retlden the meat,
1t undoubtedly hastens the curing process ;
but it doe, so Al The expense OF the flavor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

Mr.. J. W. Sanboru. of the New Hamp
shire agricultural college, reports THIS as
one result of certain experiments in iced
ing COWS: Changing from meal 10 bran
there was loss of III per cent IN the
butter producing capacity Of milk; chan'
ging from bran to meal there was 'ln
in the butter producing capacity OF mlih
of 2l.S per cent
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
agricultural department.
ON. TInkAAM. Editor.

All communications for this del iaTtmeni should Be
sent 70 the eiitor. Mr. N TINRHAI. y. Pom
fret, Vt.
Please write on side Of the paper only signsuch
name OF initials as you wished published. but give
your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS post once, County and
state
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

The agricultural editor Of the Cineinna
Ii CONNIE rciai keeps swill from freezing,
and IN Il paIttabIe condition Tor swine, by
placing the barrel in large box. packing
the space with straw. having "a kettle NJ
hot coal, set in the barrel every night,
and in The morning it is smoking and the
pigs have Il comfortable feed and show
their appreciation by cleaning up the
trough> and laying on flesh"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

Mr.. J. G. Goodhue. Vershire, Vermont,
writes to the New England Farmer that
mis- turkeys do an extensive business in
DESTROYING the Colorado potato-beetie'
picking them off the vines and seeming to
relish them almost as much AS corn, aud
this was tue more surprising. as the field
was alive with gra>shoppers."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
QUARTER CRACK Have the smith re-

QUARTER CRACK Have the smith re-
move the shoe, pare Il small piece of the
hoof away dirtcly under the seat of di>
-t,p, in an oval direction, one inch at
each side of and including the quarter
crack. Then pare in I perpen'iculur ana
,lnntin@ direction the horn from both
sides Of the crack. gong as near rs posi-
hle to the sensitive lamnR without iniur-
ing the latter Then trim the hair closely
for two inc essay. for two inches above
and one and half in lateral direction
over the part operated upon. Apply a
blister composed OF powdered cantbarl-
lp>. euphornium and red iodide of mer-
curry. of each one drachm; vaseline. two
ounces. Mix intimately, and apply about
ne ounce to the aforementioned SUFFICE
ior five minutes with the fingers Then
have the part fired with feather edged
ron. After which Saturate little oakun
in Bar ADDE'S tar. and fill the vacancy
made nv the shooting smith, so that it will
be slightly fuller than the hoof on each
side. Then Visit tarred Irvine around tn
moot so as to retain the oakum in it,
position. which may remain there for a
east three weeks. when a change vii
become necessary. -Harness Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19
HOT SEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

We invite for this column, contributions from our
lady readers 70 make it such all BE- OF valu
and interest to them Any topic Of domestic economy
shlch nay slEt-s. Itself 70 tIen be discG- sed
aud We hope This will prove successful and al
additional attraction TO our readers
Contributions should De sent to the Editor OF n
Agricultural Department
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-19

can lind it in your heart tn love him IN re-
turn. accept the gift and trust Thankfully.
reverentlv. for it Is the best thing thst
will come TO your life this side OF heaven.
|-F4aag Fieli. ia Ohio FGrMIer.