Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-11

| And walk once more among the crowds
or earth with sober brain.
Our best words will rule the world some
| lay. Their meaning will fash cut some
| imp. Speak them boldly, and Trust the
| growing soul OF the race for future COM
pensation.
| Anything that III 'kes the heart warmer,
anything that makes the current of affec-
ton run fuller, anything that makes
gratitude and love and honor ard truth
md reason stronger, makes the nun
stronger.
A letter from Dallas, Texa. says there
is general boom in that section of the
state. The first through passenger over
| the Texas e. Pacific one and a half wears
| .go would be astonished going over the
route from Fort Worth to E. Paso to day.
Every hour or two he would run upon
villages and towns of from 300 10 5000
| inhabitants which then were single depot
| houses and no oth'r building. And back
of these are the thousands upon thousands
of farms opened since then. There is IA
daily increasing tide, which, like the
waters of the Il 5ean, knows no return.
1t will 90 on and on until arrested by the
Pacific. AS it passes, real estate behind
enhances in value. Town lois in the
cities of North Texas are now nearly as
nigh as lots in New Orleans. In Dallas
they are quite so.
JOSHUA AS A MODEL FOR BOYS There
was no "luck' in his Joshua's] success;
it was by simple faithtulness that he rose
He filled well every place in which he was
tried. If he had failed as soldier or as a
| subordinate officer, he would never have
been elevated to higher trusts which were
at last reposed in his hands. This bit of
personal history ought to have its lessons
for the boys and young men who study it.
There is an impression abroad that success
in life can only be achieved by smartness
or by "strokes of good luck" or in some
other way, at least, than by hunest hard
work and simple devotion 10 duty. Never
was there falser idea abroad. The only
way to rise to success and honor and to
the highest places is by starting wherever
God puts us and doing with faithfulness
and earnestness the humblest duties of our
calling. We can only get up to higher
place when we prove ourselves ready for
it. Success is ladder or "A stairway, and
we must g up step by step to reach the
top Westminster Teacher.
is nothing better for laying hens in the
spring than milk, after the cream has
been taken off We have ired it several
seasons, with complete success. With
the milk given fresh from the dairy room
every day the fowls will need no other
drink, and it will supply everything re-
quired in the way of animal food The
pullets feed with milk and corn, and
mixture of corn meal ami milk, through
the cold weather, have given an abundant
supply of eggs. Wheat bran is also II
good article TO mix with milk. 1t is better
to give the mixture boiling and to feed
it in a warm state, but this is not nccessa-
ry. We have also found the milk one of
the best kinds of diet for young chickens
soon af er they come from tn nest, 10
promote their health and rapid growth.
Indian meal ground coarse and scalded
with milk, is n perfect feed for them. AS
they grow older, grass, cab5aIe or onions
may be chopped fine and added to the
daily raions A portion of the milk on
dairy farms usually going to the pig
trough may be diverted 10 the chicken
coop with great advantage. Eggs are
worth 25 cents doz N and poultry 20
cents pound when pork brings but 10
cents pound in the market.
How TO TRAIN TOMATO VINEs.-In my
experience and observation in the cultiva-
tion of the tomato plant have never seen
so profitable way as is practiced by my
next neighbor. When his ground is made
ready, he sets the plants IN rows about
four feet part and three feet in the row.
When about foot high he places stake
about six feet long firmly driven into tho
ground, leaving about four and half feet
above the ground. To these stakes the
stalks are tied, pains being taken as the
plants grow to have crotch at or near
the ground. As these two branches grow,
he entwnes them about the stake. When
any branches set out of the main stalk
they are allowed to grow only "a few inches
long, then headed in by taking off the
terminal buds. In that way many side
branches are furnished for bearing.
When planted in this way the plants are
easily cultivated. Light and air freely
in every part. The tomatoes
being thus favored, grow very large, and
being so far above ground, are free from
dirt, and all washing and cleaning are
avoided. They are ready for market when
picked. Where there is not q suitable
branch formed near the ground. one stalk
is wound round the stake and does very
we'll. When the stalks reach the top of
the stake they are allowed to grow no
higher. On plants set out in this climate
about the last of April or the first of May,
the first ripe fruit appears about the mid
die of July, the growth of vine and yield
of fruit continues until the frost kills the
leaves, usually three months of ripening.
My neighbor tells me- that in a good
growing season he has picked from half a
bus hel to three pecks from each average
stake, and no larger or smoother tomatoes
than his appeared in market. He also tells
me that he would rather have the stalks
taller than shorter. In this way of train
ing the stalks, the fruit is ripe two weeks
earlier than by the low way Of training.
The object of this trimming is to induce
growth OF fruit instead of unnecessary
branches. When the stalks are in rapid
growth, trimming is needed once in ten
or twelve days. In this way he has raised
at the rate Of 1900 or 1900 bushels per
acre.-Coantry Gentleman.