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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
Must the English sparrow Col

Prof Elliott Coues, the well known orni-
biologist, in a communication to the Wash
ington Star on the subject of the English
sparrow, says that at the convention Of the
American ornithologsts' union, held recently
IL New York city, a special committee was
appointed to investigate the question of the
eligibility or ineligbilty of the English
sparrow in America. This committee. -
Prof. Coues says will gather all the available
data upon the subject, and recommendations
of the union to be submitted by the council
to the union at its meeting the result of
which measure will represent the views and
carry with it the authority of the entire body
of American ornithologisJs. shall at once turn
over to the committee the whole mass of tes-
timony, both for and against the bird which
has accumulated on my hands during the sew
eral years that have been interested in the
controversy"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
Agricultural.
winter CHARACTERIZATION OF Live.
STOCK.


The drought and early frosts reduced fall
feed to such an extent that many farmers have
been obliged TO begin feeding at the barn
month or six weeks earlier than usual Should
a long, cold winter follow, there may be
scarcity Of hay in some localities 1t will pay
TO use the utmost care in feeding, that moth
ing be lost If cattle are fed all they will eat
and no more, they will thrive better than they
will when hay is kept before them to be vast
ed by getting under their feet Meal can be
used as a substitute, in part, for hay, and cat
tie kept in good condition with a small allow
Rnce Of the latter But in general, if cattle
can be sold at a fair price. it is better to sell
than to attempt to carry them through the
winter with purchased foods. The supply Of
cattle in New England, especially of oxen and
cows is said to be below the average, which
is so far favorable to the continuation Of high
prices The New England Homestead, from
data based upon replies to 800 postals in ref
erence to the condition Of live stock, quantity
Of hay, etc, says that the number Of cattle
and sheep for market is less than usual in
New England and New York. In the south
ern part of this territory the severe drought
has made stock rather thin in flesh. There
was heavy shrinkage IN weight during the
dry time in some localities, unless stock was
fed at the barn. In northern New England
and the major portion of New York rains have
been more frequent, pastures have continued
to furnish abundant fodder, and cattle are in
splendid condition. In this section, too the
hay crop is perfectly immense, and was Sc
cured in good shape except in parts Of New
York. Prices of hay are low, ranging from
81 to S. per ton in northern Maine and 81
TO So in New York. In southern New Eng
land hay is not a full average crop, and prices
are So to $50 at the barn, according to the
distance from market with general expects.
tions of an advance.
Seldom has stock Of all descriptions enjoy
ed q healthier season Excepting an isolated
outbreak Of pleuro-pneumonia in New Lon
don county Conn, disease has been compAr-
atively unknown throughout New England.
Most of the reports indicate a decreasing
number Of oxen. The low prices Of wool and
mutton, coupled with the ravages of dogs,
cause much complaint among sheep raisers.
The comparative scarcity and high price OF
COWS is one Of the most important facts elicit
ed from these reports. The practice of fat
tening calves and turning them of for veals
has become so universal that the number OF
COWS raised is constantly diminishing. This
practice, it is hoped has reached its limit
Good cows are now so high that our farmers
who have abundant pasture are beginning to
find that it pays to raise heifer calves. This
must be done more extensively, or the demand
for cows will lead to the importation of an in
ferior class of animals from the west
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
Changing the COIors OF Flower by
Cultivation.


Our knowledge of the chemistry Of vege-
table pigments Is not yet sufficiently advAnc-
ed for which reason the effect of artificial
influence upon the color tone Of flowers mas
not vet received its merted attention Ac-
cordlng TO my view, tRnnin Is al important
factor IL the generation Of vegetable coiors
it is found in almost every part. the petals
not excepted. and by the action Of the most
varying Observation-Disclosures earths. metallic
salts, etc it assumes the most manifold hues
from pale rose to deep black. A darker col
or, therefore, is produced III flowers rich in
tannin when manfred with iron salts. since,
as every one knows, tannin and iron-sslts dye
black, and produce ink practical use has
been made of this fact in the raising Of hor-
tensias and dahlias. The former, which IL
ordinary soil bossomed pale-red, became sky.
blue when transplanted into soil heavily ma
nured with iron ochre, OF when occasionally
watered with dilute alum solution. English
gardeners succeeded il growing black dahlias
by similar manipulations. 1t is well known
TO every florist that a change of locality, that
is a change of light temperature and soil
,replanting,l occasionally produces new co..
ors, whence it may be deduced that an inter
rupted nutrition Of the flower may, under
some circumstances, effect change Of color
We sec no valid reason why the well-au
thenticated fact Of the change Of color pro
duced by manuring with oxide, thereby
changing the nutrition of the plant, should
not be practically employed by the hot house
gardener. Another very singular and sue.
cesstul experiment in producing a change OF
color IL a bird, has recently been made
breeder of canary birds conceived the idea Of
feeding n young bird with mixture OF
stepped bread and finely pulverized red Cay
enne pepper Without injuring the bird, the
pigment Of the spice passed into the blood,
and dyed its plumage deep red. The cels-
brated ornithologist. Russ. believes that the
color of the plumage of birds might be alter
ed according to desire by using appropriate
reagents Popular Science Monthly
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26

M. s. S. HoDaES, JR.,of No. l47 Park street, Lew
istoH, Me, relates the following personal narrative
May IA, 1855: about fifteen months since had
severe attack Of typhoid fever was very lame, and
confined to my bed for eleven weeks, and when the
fever left me ! in a very debiHtated condition.
Ny back and loins seemed to have strength, and
had no vitality appetite. tried various kinds OF
medicine recommended by my friends, but found
they dia not improve my condition. / was induced
to try Hunts Remedy, which has been used with
such great success here in Lewiston that 1t has very
enyiabe reputation Of being most reliable medicine.
purchased one bottle, and eau date my improved
health from the time I commenced using it, and ny
progress continued very rapidly gained in strength
and experienced less pain my back my appetite in
creased and after using three 49, bottles my pains
were all gone, ana my health entirely restored and
car most heartily recommend Hunts Remedy to any
one who may need true remedy for debility, kidney
or urinary troubles
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26


Atno time within the recollection Of the
writer has more practical common sense
view of the value Of pedigrees in breeding
stock been held by the great mass Of stock
rRisers and general farmers than at present
We can well remember when pedigree was
scarcely thought Of by the average farmer.
He bought a bull or a boar, or bred TO a stall
lion. simply because he liked his appearance.
1t never occurred to him to look into the ami
mails lineage. to inquire whether the qualitier
that be admired had been inherited or were
accidental He did not seem to give a thought
to the great fact that accidental excellence
was rarely transmitted and that to make
the transmission Of good qualities reasonably
certain it was necessary that the desired quail
tiles must have been a characteristic of the
ancestry.
After this came radical change pedi-
gree or breed craze, if we may characterize
it by such term. 1t mattered little what the
animal might be. so it had pedigree and was
Of a fashionable sort We are not speaking
now especially with reference to the sO-called
pedigree craze in Shorthorns. 1t was more
manifest here, herhaps, and carried to a
greater extent than in most other breeds and
kinds of stock but it pervaded the entire
mass of breeders, and was seen in everything.
Horses, cattle, sheep, swine and chicken
breeders of all degrees caught the infection,
and fabulous prices were paid simply for a
pedigree, a name.
This mania has measurably passed away
and now. thanks to a more general dissemina-
ton of knowledge of the principle Of breed.
ing and better understanding Of the laws
which govern the transmission Of hereditary
qualities from parent to offspring, breeders
generally have settled down upon true priuci-
pies. Not that they value a good pedigree
tbur Int hos laurV,aI hot
constitutes good pedigree. Not that they
value the improved breeds less, but they have
learned that as in minerals AL is not gold
that glitters so in breeds, everything that
wears the label Of a favorte breed or family
and has a herd or stud book number is not fit
to breed from. The maxim Of the careful,
intelligent breeder now Is, "A good animal
with good pedigree "a good representa-
tive Of a good breed -Breeders Gdzett,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
NOTES.

California expects TO produce about H.
100000 gallons of wine this year the same
as last season. poor grape crop in the
northern counties prevents an increase
A farmer at Carrollton, No, recently hand
ed around among fifty OF his neighbors grid
die cakes that were made Of -four that had
been growing grain three minutes and fifty
i've seconds previously. In four minutes and
thirty seconds from the starting of the reap
err he passed out biscuit in the same way.
Prof. Clifford Richardson of the depart
ment of agriculture, after Analysing and
comparing 20O0 specimens of wheat, says
the American grain is much poorer than the
Russian in albumenoids, the most valuable part
for nutrition. The best American wheat has
l7.l5 per cent, the Russian averages Is. As
per cent. In the United States the eastern
wheat is the poorest, that of the Mississippi
valley, especially Minnesota, the best while
the PACING coast wheat is not so rich. These
conclusions will not be accepted probably
without controversy.
southern correspondent of the n. Y.
World, who gains from one COW all the milk
that Is required for a family of eight and
makes $50 pounds Of butter per wear be-.
sides, gives his method of feeding. He SAYS
IF you desire to get large yield Of rich
milk, give your COWS every day water, slight
~ "aimeu anu ellBnIy shlteu, IN which bran
has been stirred at the rate of one quart to
two gallons OF water, BY this daily practice
the COW will give 81 per cent. more milk i'm
mediatey under the effect Of it, and she will
become so attached TO the diet as to refuse 10
drink clear water unless very thirsty The
amount Of this drink necessary is an ordinary
pailtul at tlme-morniug, noon and night. ="
There is no occasion for deriding 'scien.
tihc farming as is sometimes done 1t is only
common sense practically applied, and it is 70
the extent that il is scientific that any farm
ing Is successful. There is no more danger
of too much science in agriculture than there
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
A Good Mechanic,

Ma, L. J. JONES Of No. 10 Charles street. Portland
Ne, writes us these convincing facts May II, 1888
u have for several years been troubled with liver
complaint and indigestion, and have suffered at times
terrible distress and have tried many different cures
so called that have been recommended from time to
time one DAY noticed in OF papers the tes-
monial Of person that had used Hunts Remedy and
been cured Of diseases similar 80 mine purchased
bottle Of one Of our drug stores in Portland and be-
fore had used the hrst bottle found that was im-
proving beyond my expectation; have used in all six
bottles, aud have trouble from indigestion, no
distress or pain in back formerly had and since
! have been cured my wife has used it for kinney
trouble and it has cured her We can both say that
Hunts Remedy is a blessing to any that are troubled
with kidney and liver diseases, or indigestion. We
gladly recommend it to friends to any sufferers
from liver or kidney diseases, and you can use this
letter you may choose for the best interest suf-
fering humanity" =
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
Improvement of pastures.
vermont the Bes1 place,

James smith who went TO Dakota last April,
returned home Monday night satisfied that
old Vermont is the place to live in after all. -
Fireman.
So it is. Vermont is a better place to live
IN than many of the emigrants from this state
ever ind again We have several James
Smiths In WindhRm county, all of whom think
better Of Vermont than they did before living
IN Dakota. There are thousands of emigrants
from this state who, not having the courage
like James Smith to come back, still have rea-
son to regret that they ever left. People who
have seen something Of the world elsewhere
have the best appreciation Of Vermont A
LADY OF our acquaintance, formerly of this
state but resident Of Boston during most Of
her life, who has travelled quite extensively in
this country and in Europe, and who spent the
past winter in California, says that there is no
part Of this country, nor Of the world. where
the people have more substantial comforts in
their surroundings than in New England, and
that the farmers Of Vermont have better and
more comfortable homes than can be found
with rare exceptions, among the farmers Of
tie West. James smith made wise choice
when he decided 10 return TO Vermont. II
he had capital, he has perhaps put it where
II Will grow with the state but old Vermont
Is the place to live in, after all a"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26

is in having too much common sense in the
world at large.
President Tanner. Of Illinois College, says
that Illinois is not rich except prospecuvely.
The state is doing business on borrowed CAPT
tai Ten years ago her farms were mortgag
ed for half of their value, and two-tifths Of
her corn fields were owned east Of the ALE
ghanies Ten years hence the mortgages will
be lifted "But so long as the East owns part
Of the land he argues, ''she owes something
to the colleges which bless that land. So
long as the east owns our means Of transpor
tation she owes something TO the colleges that
hate communism teach the people to respect
the rights Of property and make wealth Sc
cure"
The freshman class at the Massachusetts
Agricultural College numbers forty five, a.
many as the institution, with its present ia
cilites, can do justice to.
The wellknown fact that COW will give
more milk and make more butter on a bright,
sunshiny day than during one Of a dull, dark
character is o strong argument in favor Of
having our winter stables so arranged that the
animals get the benefit OF plenty Of sunshine
If possible have the cows on the south side
Of the barn, and provide plenty Of windows
Well managed clay soil is known to be cap.
able Of yielding the largest crops OF grain.
tainty. The reason usually given for this is
that clay is reteniive Of both manure and
moisture. But there is another reason of
scarcely less importance. Insects that attack
the roots Of plants living unseen, and often
unthought Of or unsupported find it difficult
to live or work in a clay. They cannot pen.
citrate it, or they perish in it, And these IN.
siduous enemies are the worst that the farmer
or gardener has to contend with.
The Governor Of Pennsy lyania has vetoed
a bill TO establish state experimental station
1t would be an interesting sum to figure up
how much the Pennsylvania farmers have
paid to the highly protected industries Of that
state and how little portion Of 1t they asked
to be returned to them for their own pruteC.
ton. It is not fair shake by any means
Tie D1Ug
While nothing can excel the glowing colors
in which The fur West is pictured by railway
officials aud land agents, yet nothing can be
more gloomy than the descriptive letters Of
homesick settlers who have made actual test
of the possibilities Of these far of districts.
Still, much OF the disappointment may be due
to those who have migrated from the east
Some men will succeed anywhere Families
who migrate to Dakota now do not commence
to suffer the hardships and privatious encuuu-
tered 10y the early settlers of our eastern
states before the advent Of railroad Ambi-
tious young men. who desire to work hard
live economically and lay up something for
their old age eau ind plenty Of opportunities
in New England and New York. without tray
cling 1000 miles westward looking for some
other chance. - CUHfCHtyE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26

A GOOSE STORY. Louis Hillhouse tells
rather singular story about some geese says
the Calhoun (Ga.) Tines which might be
doubted if it were not known that Louis mas
a piOus regard for the truth, and never
varies therefrom. He says that i've years
ago he bought flock of geese, which were
then 20 years old. In the lot there was q
gander which had only one eye, and goose
with portion of her bill gone These two
always mated, and would not go with the 9th.
er geese, but would wander away by them
selves, and it was thought that sympathy for
each other in their misfortunes was the prime
cause. They continued in this way for five
years and nothing could induce them to sep.
arate Not long since a horse placed his cru.
el heel upon the goose and sent her to the
happy gooseland, and in less than an hour
thereafter the gander laid himself down to
die and peacefully breathed his last without
an apparent cause whatever, except his great
grief for his mate. This is no fiction, but
romance in real life.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
Addison County sheen.

The sheep interest in Addison county is
constantly growing in importance, Judging
from the following statement from an intelli-
gent correspondent. The number of sheep il
Cornwall April l. 1850 was 3Sl9. and the
number in 1883 was jfS5. The number Of
sheep in the county in 1850 was 43Ol9; the
same rate of increase throughout Addison
county that this town had would give 50, 1913
as the number in 1883 Half or more of this
number are pure blooded merinos An idea
of the Merino sheep interest this season. may
be gained from these facts Since the first Of
March there have been shipped from the one
station of Middlebury - car loads of pure
blooded sheep, containing 3l9j animals OF
this number 2jj went TO Australia. 23lO to
Tezas, $50 to Michigan, 125 to Missouri, 30 to
Ohio, 10 to Kansas, 49, to Nebraska, and -
to Maine. The average cost Of some car loads
was over 500 per head Probably nine
tenths Of the sheep shipped were rams, pur-
chased to improve the tiocks where taken.
The number taken from that county since the
first Of last March will compare favorably
with the number taken during the same
month for the three past years
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
TurLs and their Hor.es.

The Turkish horse is the gentlest creature
IN the world, and also the most capable of at
tachment to Its master or groom. These
qualities are the result Of the kind treatment
they receive from the Turks during their ear
ly training. I saw, when I was travelling to
Cappadocia through Pontius on the part of
Blthynia which is deservedly called Axylos
lwoodless, what care the peasants take care
Of the foals while they are still quite young
and tender how they pet them how they
bring them into their rooms. and almost to
their tables and how they handle them and
stroke them. They seem to regard them al.
most as their children. The grooms in whose
care they are placed treat them with equal
kindness making them fond of them by con
tnuously stroklug then and never beating
them with q stick unless they are absolutely
compelled to do so Being thus used they
become extremely attached to men. and yet
you will not lind one which this treatment
has made a kicker or bitter or refractory
Such vices are seldom met with IN this
country. But, good heavens how different
our system Is from theirs According TO our
method, grooms generally think it essential
to use the toughest words and ioudest tones
IN talking TO their horses and to be forever
thrgshing them. The consequence is that tue
horses culver all over with terror Oh their
entering the stable, and regard Them with ma
tired and fear. The Turks like to have them
trained to kneel down at command and so
take up their rider. and TO pick up from the
ground IN their teeth stick, a mace, or
sword. and to give it to their master ID the
saddle. When they have learned to do these
things. as an honor and a mark Of proficiency,
they fit silver rings in their nostrils 70 show
that they have been thoroughly trained
saw horse who, when his master was thrown
from the saddle would stand by him without
moving a step and others who would 20
round their groom as he stood at a distance.
and halt at his bidding -LoHd0H Lice Stock
Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
How the Autobiography Sentiment ia
Growing

The most significant utterance in the plat
form adopted by the New York Republican
convention is that which declares that 1.-THE
tendency to create monopolies requires check
ing by adequate legislation - and that unjust
discrimination in transportation should be pro
hibited and the violation of chartered priv
leges justifes the interference Of the state to
correct the evils thus engendered." This is
specific treatment of prevailing corporation
abuses which has been substituted frankly for
the generalizations which were formerly en-
ployed without effect and without meaning
few years ago this agitation in some of the
western states then called the Granger
movement, was denounced as "craze" and
regarded at the east and especially il New
York, in much the same light as communism.
When the great conservative political party of
the day, in the largest and richest state in the
Union, takes up the fight against corporate
monopoly and discrimination and in favor of
state interference, the circumstance denotes
that the popular protest against corporation
abuses is ma king itself felt more and more
every year Chicago Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
G-rrmnnC nn.i.,.nr,

II 400 persons in the villages Of Sa1'uv had
been dying of trichnoss before the promulla
uou Of the decree excluding American p1rk
the German Government would undoubtedly
have found in these numerous cases of d ter.
ribe disease abundant proof that there was
death for the consumer IN American hog pro
ducts. But now 1t Is the domestic pork Of
Germany, protected at the expense of the
poor and for the benefit of the rich farmer.
that Is the cause Of the plague The truth il
that American pork Is less harmful than the
pork Of Germany. and if it were not 20 much
cheaper IN the German markets this truth
would have been admitted there 1t il prob.
ably true, also, that no inhabitant Of the Ger.
man Empire would suffer from either domes
tic or foreign pork If he would cook it and
give up the bar0arous custom Of eating i.
raw or half-cooked ~. ]. Times.