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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

INDIGENOUS PoTAToEs.-Mr. John Il.
Lennon, n member of the California
Academy of Sciences, has made very
important discovery. He has recently
returned from botanical excursion of
several months in tho range of rugged
mountains in Arizona along the Mexican
frontier. The discovery is that of two or
three varieties of native Indigenous
potatoes, some of which were growing in
mountain meadows, whose surrounding
peaks were 10000 feet above the level of
the sea. The specimens were about as
large as walnuts and they were to be
distributed among careful cultivators, who
Will experiment with them for number
of years to see what can be made of them.
The original home of the potato has long
been matter Of dispute, but we now
know where one home is to certainty.
1t is among the probabilities that from
these Arizona tubers will come new and
vigorous race of potatoes to take the
place of the short lived varieties now
grown. 1t is true we get occasional new
and fine varieties from seed balls, but
after all they are from the same old stock +,
the inheritants of disease and constitutional
weakness, as is proved by the fact that all
of them run out" after few years.
They do not cease TO appear in our
markets because they are superseded by
better varieties, but because they cease to
be productive. Prof Lemmon's discovery
will be hailed with delight by scientists
the world over.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

TRAINING Vicious HORSES. "A very
simple method and an improvement upon
the Rarey system of training vicious
horses was exhibited at West Philadelphia
recently-and the manner in which some
of the widest horses were subdued was
astonishing, The first trial was hat of a
kicking or "balking" mare, which her
owner said had allowed no rider on her
hack for a period of at least five years
She became tame in about as many min
utes, and allowed herself to be ridden
about hout sign of her former wild
ness. The means by which the result
was accomplished was piece of light
rope, which was passed around the front
jaw of the mare just above the upper
leeth, crossed in her mouth, thence Sc
cured back of her neck 1t is claimed
that no horse will kick or Jump when
hus secured, and that n horse after recev.
ing the treatment II few times, will aban-
Ion his vicious ways forever. A very
simple method was also shown by which
kicking horse could be shod. 1t consisted
n connecting the animals head and tail
by means of a rope fastened TO the tail
md then to the bit, and then drawn
lightly enough to incline the animals
mead to one side. This, it is claimed
makes it absolutely impossible for horse
20 kick on the side Of the rope. AT the
same exhibition II horse which for many
years had to be bound on the ground to be
,hod, suffered the blacksmith to operate
IN him without attempting to kick while
: cured in the manner described Indiana
Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

DEVELOPING HEIFERS FOR THE DAIRY
In developing Eeiters for the dairy the
God needs TO be of such character as to
Emulate the growth of the muscles and
frame, rather than the deposit of fat.
Food containing large proportion of oil
+ starch is likely to cause too free a de-
posit of fat. In feeding well, for the
development Of muscular and osseus fat
TO inc the muscles and cushion the Joint.
The helfer needs a muscular, rangy
frame, Il strong, active, digestive system,
md to this end, she must have good
appetite. A ieifcr cali that is a persist
ent dainty eater should be disposed Of, us
ii profitable COW must he a good cater and
ligestor. 1t is the digested food that
makes the milk and butter
SKIM milk is an excellent food upon
which to raise good heifcr calf Ii is
deficient in oil and therefore sometimes
produces constipation. The best antidote
for this is to mix a small quantity of
BOILED naxseed with the milk. This is
rich in oil, and one half gill per day will
increase the growth of the calf. This
would only require. one peck of the flax
seed to last calf four months. The
haxseed in this case is only used TO coun-
reract the tendency to constipation, but it
will be well paid for in the gro nth of the
calf If, after The calf is fifty days old,
he feeder wishes to further improve this
alton let him add one pound per day of
wheat middlings or shorts. This will
upply the extra food rtqnired BY the calf
1t this age; and at eighty days old another
pound of middlngs may he added Con-
niue giving the skim milk, if you have it,
till the calf Is at least six months old
The first winter the helfer calf NAV be
fed on early cut clover hay and two
pounds OF middlings or two pounds of
rats and corn ground ther.-NttionuL
Lire S 'Ocb Journal,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
Fool as Well as KDaye.

E. w. B. article On cheating in maplt
sugar and syrup had an excellent illustra.
tion in Boston the other day. A friend of
ouls, retail grocer. bought a box of rev
maple sugar containing about 200 small
cakes. When the cover was lifted it
showed 90 cakes of handsome light coored
sugar as one would care to see, and worth
the price he paid for it. Much eascd
with his bargain, he took out II cake to
ask our opinion of it, when 10, quite
different colored article met his sight
The remaining $50 cakes were black.
sticky, worthless stuff. The result wa
the box was at once returned 10 the maj
from whom he bought it, and the resu
will be that the party who shipped it from
the country will get returns for Just wba
the black stuff will sell for and the 9,
cakes will be IA loss. The man who wi
so pack and sell merchandise is knave,
rs he intends to cheat the purchaser BY
false appearances, but he is fool rs well
not to know that the consumer mus
discover the cheat, and will come back on
the party who sold it to him; who in turn
will shift the cheat back to the seller TIL
at last the cheat will res where it belongs
with him who packed the goods, and tn,
good goods will be sold for the price OF
the poor article which it was used t,
cover
We have written many times of tn,
folly of such shallow attempts to cheat.
and shall probably continue to do So
hoping it may do some good, for if a mar
has not principle enough to prevent his
being a knave, he should have enough
business tact, to save him from being
such fool.
The man who "deacons" his apples
beans, sugar, etc., is just throwing ava,
dollars by not getting a reputation for
good. honest goods, and getting one for
dishonesty, when no man who knows his
goods will pay the full price they appear
to BIO worth. because he does not know
what cheat or deception he may find in
the article when he proves it. Then how
the tTadesmen speer over it, "Oh this is
specimen ofthe honest farmer. who whnes
over monopoly and the dishonest commits
sion man."
And one with the proof right before his
face cannot say anything, except that
farming does not change human nature,
and that no occupation has the monopoly
of knaves or fools.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

The Germantown Telegraph suggests
that competitive horse shoeing should be
included in the premium list of agricul-
tural fairs, inasmuch as all must know
how many animals are injured-some-
times permanently crippled-by untaugbt,
ignorant or unskillful shoers, who treat
the hoof of horse with as much rough
ness and recklessness as they do plough
share. 1t recommends that good round
premiums be placed in the list of the
awards for horse shoeing-not for the
most rapid shoers, as this has little or
nothing to do with the aim-but for the
skillfulness, neatness, lightness and solid
ity of the work and that the committee
be selected. not from blacksmiths or pro-
fessional shoers. but from experienced
horse men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
The Effect.

We protested in person at the time, and
ia these columns, against the passage of
that part of the "fcrtilizer bill" which
compels the manufacturer or dealer to
pay fifty dollars for each brand of fertilizer
he makes or sells, instead of one license
OF fifty dollars covering all the brands he
makes or sells. Investigation has confirm
ed us more strongly in the belief that such
action was unwise, and the effect just
what we predicted AS likely to result. The
Quinnipiac company were intending to
put another br md on the market for
special use, but decided not to do so after
the act was passed.
The Bradley company told us that they
had received orders for ton or so of
dissolved bone black, similar ones for
potash. which are what might be called
crude or manufactured fertilizers and
are the simplest and cheapest forms for
obtaining these ingredients alone; also
for little lawn dressing, AMI little
special fertilizer for window plants. If
they could have sold them, the gross total
ofthe sale would have been less than one
hundred and fifty dollars, on which the
profit (being crude material in the mosl
party would have been very small, yet the
licenses to enable them to have sold this
$3.50 worth would cost them 5000. So OF
course they were not sold and the parties
wanting them must do without or buy
another and manufactured article which
pays better profit. So the consumer is
the only one Inconvenience. We trus,
that section will be modified SO that
manufacturer who pays his license may
sell all the varieties of his goods which are
varied TO suit the wants of the different
crops.
What's the use of making a farmer bu,
nitrogen for crop and soil which needs
only potash, when nitrogen is the most
costly ingredient. We have never been
strongly in favor of commercial fertilizers
and think now that farmer shoulo
exhaust the resources of his farm for fertil
izers before buying much outside bur
there is no denying that their use il
largely on the increase, and farmers would
not continue their use if they did not pa,
and we had best arrange to not onl,
secure their honest manufacture and sale
but when this is done, to put no obstacles
in the way of their sale which shall IN. |
necessarily increase their price to consum. |
ers.
There are cases and places wher,
commercial fertilizers are almost indis,
pensable, as where one plows Il piece /,
which he cannot haul the barDyaro
manure, or when piece needs blowing
or crop is desired after the supply O.
barnyard manure is exhausted.
We last year put all the manure on tn,
corn land and raised an excellent piece q
potatoes with barrel of Bradley's phos.
phate, and shall try the same course this
year. We believe our farmers have as
rule raised too little cortland it will pay
to raise more than we have even when W,
have 10 piece out the barnyard manur,
with commercial fertilizers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

CORN EXPERIMENTS. In the four ex-
Deriments which | made the past season,
from the corn planted on q eenswaro with
manure plowed under just before planting
md two hundred pounds of good phos-
phate and plaster in equal quantities put
n the hill, there being no weeds to speak
of, | harvested one hundred and sixty
seven baskets Of sound corn, forty pounds
o the basket, from one and one eigh h
acres.
On the one and one eighth acres man.
urcd with an equal quantity of manure,
spread on and narrowed in, there were
me hundred and sixty baskets of sound
'orn, and ten of corn not fit for the crib.
Il C st twice as much 10 hoe the last as
he first and one dollar more to cut and
stack it, and the amount of weeds was
enormous, notwithstanding the corn was
well hoed on the day before we COM
menced hayin9, July Sd.
Next TO the above two pieces on the
same quality of land, broadcasted fourteen
hundred pounds of home made phosphate,
consisting of dissolved bone, nitrate of
soda aid potash, well mixed. The cost
Of the above mixture WAS S2l. The corn
started slower than on the manuel plots,
here were no weeds to fight, and |
thought at one time that there would be
no corn 10 harvest; but l took care of it
all the same and harvested two hundred
and fifty baskets of corn, nearly all fit for
he crib. The phosphate corn, it will be
seen. was the cheapest. But l shall not
expect quite as good clover and oats next
year from the phosphate ms the manure
/ have narrowed or tried to harrow in
manure for the past twenty years, but
think l am through, except with well
rotled manures. Hereafter shall pillow
in clover seed and manure not very deep,
and put small quantity of phosphate in
he hill, and cultive fiat. A neighbor of
nine raised equally good corn on land
not in as good condition, with about one
bird the manure put in the HILL. E.
Tint, in Mirror and Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

RUsKrNs ADVICE TO You've LADIES'
In order to investigate ones self it is
well to find out what one Is now. Don't
think vaguely about it. Take pen and
paper and write kown as accurate desert
ption OF yourself as is possible, and, if you
dare rot, find out why you dare not, and
try 10 get strength of heart enough to look
yourself in the face mind as twell as BODY
Always have two mirrors on your dressing
table, and with proper care dress mind and
body at the same time. Put you best in
tclligence of finding out what you are good
for and what you can be made into. The
mere resolve not 10 be useless, and the
honest desise to hel p other people, will in
the q"ickest and most delicate way i'm
prove ones self.
Resolve to do each day something use.
full in the vulgar sense. Learn The econ
omy OF the kitchen, the good and bad
qualities of every common article of food
and the simplest and best mode of their
preparation One should at the end of
the day be able to say as proudly as any
peasant that she has not eaten of the bread
of idlcness.
Get quit of the absurd idea that heaven
will interfere to correct the great error
while allowing its laws to tske its own
course in furnishing small ones. If food
is carelessly prepared, no one expects
providence to make it palatable neither
if through years of folly You misjudge you
life, may you expect divine interference
10 bring around everything at last for the
best. tell you positively the world is not
so constituted. The consequences Of
great mistakes are just as sure as these of
small ones; and The happiness of your
whole life. and of all the lives over which
you have power, depends as literally upon
your common sence and discretion as does
the excellence and order of day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

GENTLEMEN:-The' C. Hop Bitters" meet
wit1 large sales and give general satisfac
ton, one case in particular you should
know of. Mr. John B. Green, 72S Spring
Garden St, Phla,, Pa, has been suffering
from kidney affection, which superinduced
rheumatism. He tried physicians and
remedies in vain. He was obliged 10 take
morphine to induce him to sleep; his
trouble was so great. Reading your
advertisement in the "Christian at Work.
he was prevailed upon by one of his
daughters to try it Three bottles effected
Il cure, and now he is an enthusiast for
" Hop Biters." He is one of the oldest
residents in the locality named,and known
as gentleman of unusual probiaty.
HENRY TOTTEN.
GU North 10th ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says his experience has been that
few cows will bear feeding
for the highest production OF milk for
more than two or three years without
getting out of condition, either by garget,
barrenness or abortion; or when inclined
to fatten. the secretions after few
months from calvipg are appropriate to
the making of flesh rather than milk,
which we fully believe and have preached
for years.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

TRIMMING ORCHARDS. &C. S. Paine,
VT, writes to the Mirror: "a
young orchard should be trimmed moro
Or less every year. This can be done
best with pruning knife, by cutting out
he small twigs where growing too thick,
and also all the sap sprouts about the
roots. This is much better than to wait
ill the tree Is larger, and then have to
cut out large limbs which make ugly
Any time in the summer will
do to trim Young trees"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
A Few Thoughts.

It has been some little time since |
made my inquiry "llow to keep Wings"
{, f the sisters of the household. l have
though, many times to thank the sisters
irving me information. but at that time
was very busy. The time l had for writing
must be given to copying some valuable
notes given by the learned professors for
future use Of the pedae"gue. 1t is some
ines best to take time for some things
hut I deemed it more important to take
time for walk in the fresh air instead of
collecting my thoughts together and
putting them on paper for household
item.
Enough of excuses. l have had plenty
If time since then but not the disposition.
The saying is delays are dangerous" yet
fail to see the danger in this.
April breezes now fan our faces after
the long unbroken winter The snow
banks still spot tt G hillside and once in a
while day the maple sweets issue forth,
which, on account of its scarcity. is
eagerly saved by the farmer man. l was
told few days ago that this sugar season
was a mate for one forty years ago. the
ruth of the statement | leave for some
one older to decide.
House cleaning time is again with us;
time of all times, when it becomes neces'
sary to 90 from cellar to garnet with
various cleansing proper les. Such times
are usually the dread of the household
can not say that specially enjoy it, but
owing TO the good management of my
mother do not suffer any Inconvenience
very long, for one room is put in order
before the tidiness of another is destroyed.
NY experience is somewhat limited but it
strikes me that this is a good way TO do,
thus saving the whole house being in
burly burly.
do not know how it is in otht r
households but we used to be troubled
with our yeast and especially during the
warm weather. For the last two years
have not heard such complaints as the
yeast is sour and can not make any that
will keep even if l make it every week
We were lucky enough to obtain from one
of our neighbors new recipe and some
new yeast to start some like hers. The
result is that we make seven pints of the
life giving quality that gives lightness to
our bread, at time and the last used is
just as good as the first. do not know
what we should do We're we obliged to go
back to the old plan of making yeast. l
wish all who are ever troubled as we have
been might use the recipe, thus always
being sure Of sweet, light bread.
GOLDEN HAIR
Homeland.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
Remember This.
on are sick Hop Bitters will surely aid Nature in
ALL

If you are sick Hop Btters will surely aid Nature in
making you well when all else fails.
If you are cosve or dyspeptic or suffering from
any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach
bowels it is your own fault II you remain III, for Hop
Bitters sovereign remedy in all such complaints
If you wasting away with any form OF Kidney
isease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn
for cure to Hop b itters.
II you sick with that terrible siekness Nervous
ness, you will find a " Balm in Glead in the use
Hop Bitters.
If you a frequenter, a resident Of a miasmat
district barrcade your system against the scourage
all countries Malaria epidemic, bilious and inter
mittent fevers-by the use of Hop Bitters.
If you have rough, pimply, sallow skin. bad
BREATH pains and aches, and feel miserable
Hop Ditters will give you fair skim rich blood and
sweetest breath health and comfort.
In short they cure all diseases of the Stomach
Bowes, Blood, Liver, Nerves. Kidneys, Bright
Disease $500 will be paid for they will nof cure
or help.
That poor bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mothe
or daughter be made the picture Of health. by
few bottles Of Hop Btters, costing hut trhe VIII
you let them suffer-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
RELIABLE TESTIMONY.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 6, 1882.

PHILADELPHIA, IA, oePI. U, 1907.
Hop Bitters Co.
am "A years old, have lived 81 years
in Philadelphia, and well known among
Germans l have been troubled ~ years
with ii white swelling on my right foot,
and getting worse every year, and very
pIinful, and breaking ut in hot weather :.
| consulted several doctors and they told
me it was incurable and | would have to
take it with me IN the grave, Sme time
ago | lost my appetite, was coslve. had
headache, an fever, in flct vas very sick
| saw in lhe German Democrat that Hop
Blers was what | needed. got a bottle
took 1t one week and was as we'll again
rs ever, and to my grettejt surprise right
from the first, nv swelling went down
or ally and in taking another bottle got
entirely well of it. The wife of my
neighbor had two such swellngs on her
legs aud three bottles cured her. think
this is a great triumph for your bitters.
JOHN SToLL,
No. 4 Young's Alley. above Willow St.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

STIPPsHILL, IND, Nov. Is, 1881.
Dear Sirs:-I have read so much about
Hop Bitters and always being afflicted
With neuralgia, weakness, disease stomach
never having much health l tried II couple
boltles; it has strengthened and hel ped
me more than any medicine or doctor. |
am now on my third bottle and am thak-
tu that it has helped me- l will advise
all that are tli,ited to give it a trial.
LUCY Vail.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16
Correction.

The compositor made us say in speaking
of the Rochester plow, that it was made
by j. Z. Worcester when it should have
been A. Worcester.
And again the corn drill, should have
read the "Challenge" instead of the
champion"
The fact that we wrote it as it was
printed makes no particular difference,
for it is one of the composior's privileges
to be responsible for all the mistakes in
the paper which he cannot prove on the
proof reader
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

DR.. Sturtevant's late bulletin on corn
planting gives some interesting experience.
He finds that shallow planted corn, with
the soil firmly pressed about the seed
gives stronger and better plants than deep
planting. In deep planting the plant
food contained in the kernel is nearly or
quite exhausted before the plant reaches
the light, when it is enabled to draw it's
food from other sources. "The root of
the shallow planted seed passes downward
in the form of tap root, and longitudin-
ally in the form of fbrous roots, giving
the plant A secure hold of the soil; and
the closest observation upon plants grown
from seed planted at various depths from
one half inch, one inch, two inches, etc
to eight inches-showed alike firm roofing
and power to withstand the heavy winds
which came in autumn He found that
corn planted with n machine gave n much
better stand than when planted by hand
This is largely attrbu ed to the fact that
the wheels passing over the grain after
ii is deposited, press the earth firmly in
contact with the seed " The observations
last year seem to indicate that manuring
in the hill is of little benefit toward
increasing the growth of the plant in it's
early stages. Ihe feeding roots of the
plant are found away from the hill, in
some instances to distance of twelve
feet. 1t wonld seem from the doctor S
experience that broadcast manuring and
level cutuie TO avoid disturbing the tibrous
roots would give the best results.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-16

Dairymen who feed cotton seed meal tc
their mich COWS should be careful as tc
quantity and quality of the feed, We re.
Gently tested some butter in Quincy mar.
ket that carried the odor of castor oil.
The producer of this butter admitted
having fed bis cows with an inferior
quality of oil meal. Rancid oil meal is
worthless for feeding milch cows
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