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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

The country would reap incalculable benefit
If the walk of its ordinary horse could be &C
celebrated single mile per hour beyond what
Is now general. 1t would put millions of dol
lars extra into the national pockets every
year. We might have horses that would walk
five miles per hour, just as naturally and
easily as three to three and a half, and rarely
four, as is now the rule All the farm and
much OF the country road and town street
horse work is done at walk. 1t costs no
more to feed smart walker than it does a
slow, logy one, and frequently not so much
Now let any one calculate the profit and adj
vantage of using the former in preference to
the latter. Let the farmer see how much
more land per day he can get plowed and
narrowed; how many more loads of hay
straw, grain and vegetables he can take to
market and how much more rapidly he is
able to accomplish his other work, and he
will have little patience in keeping q slow
walking horse any longer. 1t will be the
same with the expressman, the teamster and
the truckman.
Bellfounder got by the celebrated trotting
horse of this name, out of Lady Airport, was
not only fast trotter, but had a natural, easy
walk of five miles per hour. He was kept by
our family several years, and nearly all his
stock, out of quite common mares, proved
excellent walkers. This shows how easily and
rapidly an increased fast walking stock may
be bred by all farmers if they will only take
due pains to select the stations TO which they
may hereafter nick their mares. A fast walk
ing horse commands considerably higher
prlee with those who care for the pace, than
a slow walker, and such buyers are constantly
ON the increase now, and that day will come
by ana by when slow walker will hardly get
old. The fastest walk have yet seen ex-
aetly timed and put on record was that of the
English horse Sloven. He made, without ex-
ira effort, 500 miles per hour. All agrioult-
ural societies ought to give good premiums to
fast walking horses, the highest prize to be
awarded to the one which viii walk i've miles
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
WOrLinu Oven.

There is always good demand for working
oxen at some time during each year. Gene
rally they may be sold for more than their
home value for beef. Owing to the more
common use of horses for farm work, the sup
ply of working oxen has diminished, but tho
demand for them has not fallen off in proper
ton to the supply hence they sell readily at
high prices. Good cattle, fairly matched, sell
quick at five cents pound live weight, and
extra matched pairs bring six cents or even
higher. Farmers are not obliged to seek a
market; buyers visit every place where work
working oxen are for sale. There are few
things that can be done to greater profit on
the average farm in this state than the rear
ing, matching and training of steers. If dis.
posed of at or before they reach full maturity,
there is a sure growth and an increase in value
from year to year, while their labor pays eth
er wholly or in part for their keeping. Oxen
need not be kept to deteriorate after full ma
turity but horses are kept from the age when
they attain their highest value until they are
worthless. pair of horses worth $500 at
the age of ten years, at the end of the next
ten years will be worth NOTTINGHAM annual
depre citation of $50. This is nearly equal to
the average yearly gain on n pair of oxen.
The difference between quite certain gain
and a probable loss on team used for farm
work is worth considering On small farms,
where but little work can be done with ma
chinery, oxen are generally far more profta
BILE than horses. OF course a good pair of
horses are now a necessity on large farms,
Wbara mo wit al;
and great amount of other work is to be
done with teams yet there are not few
farms where one or two of the horses might
be dispensed with, and yoke of oxen kept
instead, with more profit to the owner
As one of the most profitable branches of
farming, we would advise the rearing and
keeping gilmore oxen, without qualification,
did we not remember how the long-eared
writer's constantly admonish us to keep more
hens, to keep more ducks, geese, turkeys and
guinea fowls; 10 keep more sheep, more fine
wooded sheep, more coarse wooded sheep,
more long-wooled sheep to raise more heftr
calves to raise more steer calves; to raise
more colts; to raise more pigs and make more
pork to keep more COWS, and 10 do an in
finite number of things that appear easy to
agricultural scribbers. The fact is, we are
keeping more live stock in these towns than
what we raise will sustain. Large quantitits
of imported corn meal, middlings, bran and
ootton-seed meal are purchased and fed to
supplement the home crops and get our cattle,
horses, sheep, swine and poultry through the
winter. 1t is doubtful whether these pur-
chased foods are used by farmers generally at
profit. If not we can only increase our
live stock proftably after raising more to keep
it; but working oxen may take the place of
old horses without much danger of loss.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

As winter food, corn is well adapted to
feeding sheep in cold climate. Sheep di-
gest unground corn better than cattle, and
with clover hay, corn makes well balanced
ration From one to two pounds of corn
and two pounds of clover hay, for moderate
sized sheep, is a days ration The large
Leicester and Cotswold require from two to
three pounds of corn, with two or more
pounds Of clover.
Oats and corn mixed in equal weight make
better ration for fatting, especially young
sheep. Oats are more heterogeneous than corn
having less starch the mixture is less heating,
and especially appropriate for common feed
ing. One and half to two and half
pounds of this mixed grain, and fair quality
of hay, in winter, will prove successful fat
tening ration.
Bran, oats and corn make better ration
than the last, and bran usually costs less than
oats or corn. Bran and corn answer well
without oats.
Linseed meal and corn have been fed as a
practical ration with much success. 1t should
be mixed one-third linseed meal and two.
thirds corn. The linseed meal has about two
and one-fourth times as much nitrogen as
corn, but not more than one-third of the
carbohydrates, so they balance each other
National Lice Stock Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Here is an instance of what can be done
with the little Jerseys under ordinary man
agement During the month of January Just
past, from three COWS Zone four years old
that had been MIXED IL months one that il
not three years old until April calving in
November last, and one that is only half Jer-
sey, three years old last November), we have
made and sold SSt pounds of butter, beside
what was used in family of five-12 pounds
or more. Their feed consisted of ordinary
hay and corn fodder, with two quarts of meal
from corn ground on the ear and one pint of
cottonseed meal each morning, No thought
was taken of the amount they could be forced
to make, as that was not intended. Taking
into consideration the age and length of time
the other COW had been in milk, should we
not be satisfied with the result considering
the feed, which was not heavy ?-Leroy Shel.
teH Windham county, w., in Homestead.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Farmers meetings, under the direction of
the state board of agriculture, will be held at

The Vermont Meripo sheep breeders asso-
citation shipped during the year 1882 more
than 5000 sheep, against G777 the year be-
fore. OF this number 255O were sent to
Texas, 2344 to Ohio, 80 to Michigan, 592 to
Maine, 1926 to Kansas, 230 to Colorado, and
smaller numbers to other states and terrific
ries
Many farmers in northern Iowa use hay as
fuel, cut from the prairie, dried and twisted
up nut-cake fashion. 1t even used in brick
kilns and economically 1t can be gathered
and stacked for 60 cents ton, and thus is said
to be cheaper than wood at 81 "a cord
Southern amateur gardener secured slabs
from the saw mill and bored two-inch holes
in them fifteen inches apart and laid them
round side up upon the edge of some beds,
and set strawberry plant in each hole in
August. Such profuson of strawberries as
he had from each of the five experimental
varieties was a sight worth beholding. When
other Strawberries in the neighborhood were
all dried up by the great drouth of that
season, his were perfection. A half pint or
more were taken at time from each plant.
1t was but little trouble to keep the runners
down.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Vegetine
IS THE GREAT
FAMILY MEDICINE.
The Prophet Honored in His Own Coun-
try even in His Own HOUSE.

THE honest, simple narrative Of Mrs. $. j.
wmrP, who resides at No. III Williams ST.,
Providence, X. IL
"During the past six seven years have
been severely afflicted with Kidney disease, caus-
ing intense backachcs, dizziness, and other Sc
we're pains through my body and limbs, rendering
me weak and PROSTATE that at times 1t was
impossible for me to do amy part OF my house
work. have had also % futterng OF the heart
and was terribly distressed for breath was
very miserable, and completely worn out and dis
couraged; had no ambition 10 undertake to do
anything, and barely sufficient strength b. render
existence desirable, having failed to !ud any re-
lief from the doctors prescriptions. At this
trying crisis friend persuaded me. 10 obtain
bottle Of Hunts Remedy and now rejoice that
followed this friendly advice, for the Remedy
acted like a charm In my case. After | had
taken a few doses my health began to improve; |
felt better every way The iutteriEg of the
heart, the intense hackaches, and terrible short
ness Of the breath speedily disappeared, my
strength and ambition soon returned, and before
| had taken two bottles of the Remedy was en-
tirely well, and able to wash and iron and do my
homework. once in while am troubled with
the headache, and soon rs | am taken resort
to Hunts Remedy and few doses fix me all
right. | shall never be without It in the future.
/ have frequently recommended the Hunts Rem
edy to my friends, aud they have experienced
relief from the first dose. heartily recommend
it to all who are afflicted with Kidney disease or
diseases of the Liver, Bladder, Urinary organs.
l think no family should be without it.
Mrs. :. j. WHIP,
No. III Williams St, Providence, Il. l."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

The St. Louis Republican suggests that
while the forestry enthusiasts are trying to
make tree culture more general for purposes
of farm protection, climatic effect, rainfall
equalization, and the like, they should not
forget to keep an eye out for direct sanitary
effects also. 1t is not unlikely that the sani-
tary conditions prevailing in given locality
may be considerably influenced by the char
acter of trees growing in the vicinity. The
antiseptic and tonic properties of the Scotch
fir and the Australian gum tree are well known,
as is also the baneful effect attributed to other
vegetable growths. Trees have positive in
fuence on the quality of the atmosphere, and
the subject is worthy the consideration of
those who are engaged in forest culture.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Discussing the forestry question in the light
of Senator Ingals's amendment to the House
tariff bill, admitting lumber free of duty, the
Montpelier Waterman says: eve believe
many of the farmers of the state are already
practicing the rules of good forest husbandry.
The great danger to the state comes from the
operations of an army of small lumbermen
and the wholesale devastations by lumber cor
porations. If free lumber will to any extent
anticipate the object of the forestry commits.
sion-the judicous protection and preserva-
ton of native forests, and particularly those
which render our mountain scenery surpass-
ingly beautiful-it is certainly to be desired
that the ingalls, amendment be agreed to by
the House"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

The Ohio state forestry association does not
seem disposed to give up the good work be-
gun last year. 1t has under consideration a
draft of law to be submitted to the legisla-
turo for adoption in the interest of tree plant
ing. 1t defines the kind of trees and distance
to be planted, and provides that the fourth
Friday in April shall be "Arbor Day" in the
public schools. A reward of 81 per tree is to
be paid for planting on the highways and
keeping alive for one year. A state forester
is recommended
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Wilderness of the dental row, heathfn rosiness and
hardness of the gums, sweet breath and au agreea-
Die taste in the mOuth-a these conferred by So
zodont. Does not such an invaluable toilet article
one 50 pure as well as eeciYe-deserve the popular
llyt enjoys? Most assuredly. 1t has rival worthy
OF the name; the ordinary powders and pastes are
nothing to it, aud since its appearance have rapidly
lost ground. Sold by druggists
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Commissioner Loring, of the agricultural
department, in his report, says this of the
beet sugar industry Beet sugar has been
made successfully for three successive seasons
at one factory in California. The Maine fac
tory, which was in operation three years, pro-
ducing in one season l, 200, 900 pounds and in
another 1000, 900 pounds, was obliged to sus-
pend operations for want of beets, which farm
ers, inexperienced in sugar beet culture, be-
lieved they could not afford to raise at the
prices, viz, So to Sc per ton, the average
production being ten tons per acre.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

very bad sign. deposit Of brick dust in ones
bladder is very bad sign indeed Those who find
themseyes attacked by this symptom of kidney dis
ease should seek relief without delay Such relief is
guaranteed in kidney, bladder, liver and urinary dis
eases by Hunts Remedy. This wonderful kidney and
liver medicine cures all kidney diseases infalhby.
You have greatly ventured, but all must do SO who
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

per hour the second to four and one-half
miles the third to four miles. This last
should be the least time for which to award a
prize, and all breeds should be allowed to
compete b. Allen, in " Y. Tribune.
We say give premiums for fast walkers
rather than for fast trotters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

According to the census of 1880 only three
states exceeded Vermont in the yield of corn
per acre. The average per acre of all the
states was $50; in Vermont 800. In Flor
ida the average per acre was less than nine
bnshels
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

One Of the drawbacks of married life is sickness of
the little ones. For cough cold you cannot find
better remedy than Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup Nearly
al physicians prescribe 1t, and family should be
without 1t.
"Remarkable feat v'-as the bystander said when
st. Louis girl slipped and fell.
"For four pears suffered agony from skin dis
egse, Dr.. Bcnsoa's Skin Cure cured inen c. b. Nc
Donald, Pantersyille, Ala. 81 at druggists.
II you would not have affection visit you twice, lis
ten OF once 10 word Of advice
"Try Wheat Bltters"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Diabetes, Brights Disease, kidney, liver or urinary
complaints cannot be contracted by you or your fam
lily If Hop Bitters are used and if you already have
any Of these diseases Hop Bitters is the only medicine
that will positively you. Don't forget this and
don't get some pufed-up stuff that will surely harm
you.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

It's jolly day from East to West,
For children thrive and mothers rest,
The darling girls all named Victoria,
And, with the boys, they have CASTORIA.
1t is fact-there is no "may be-
mothers milk can't save the baby,
While sweet Castoria digests their food,
Gives them health, and makes them good.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

There was paid for the purchase and dis
tribution of seeds by the department of ag-
riculture during the last fiscal year. $50, ooO
or more than the salaries of all the officers
and employees of the department.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16

Its remarkable results in a disease SO universal and
with such variety Of characteristics as Catarrh,
prove how ehectualy Hoods Sarsapara, acting thro
the blood reaches every part of the human system.
medicine, like anything else, be fairly judged
only by its results. We point with pride to the go-
rious record Hoods SarsapRra has entered upon the
hearts Of thousands Of people it has cured of catarrh
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
A-N@eA
p WILB0R'S COMPOUND OF
PURE COD LIVER
OIL AND LIME.

no One and AII.-AFe you suffering
from cough, cold, asthma bronchitis, any of the
various pulmonary troubles that often end in
sumption? If so, use "Wilbor's Pure Cod-Liyer Oil
and Lime" safe and sure remedy This is quack
preparation, but is regularly prescribed by the medi
cal faculty. Manufactured only by A. b. WILBOR,
Chemist, Boston. Sold by all druggists. 7-6
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice having had
placed III his hands by East india missionary the
formula OF simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
aud permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections
also positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility
and all Nervous Complaints after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases. has
felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fell
lows. Actuated by this motive aud desire to relieve
human suffering, will send free of charge, all who
desire it, this receipt, in German, French English
with fun directions for preparing and using Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper
w. A. Noyes, l49 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
41eOwl3t
Constitutional Cough Syrup is sold on the "No
care, no pay principle. II contains opium nos
anything injurious. Why suffer with coughs and cold
when for % or 90 cents you can get bottle at any
drug store. 400
For dressing the hair and beautifying It when gray
nothing is so satisfactory Plrker's Hair Balsam.
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very
angry, hundred,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Agricultural.

New England consumes sixteen bushels Of
wheat for every bushel raised on her own
soil. Vermont raises about one.fourth as
much as is consumed in the state
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
The Tale OF the False Teeth.

False teeth may tell lies in a quiet way but real
tooth tells the solemn truth when sends its messages
Of pain through all the nerves and muscles Of the face
81 have the toothache!' is the almost audible howl
And the echo is, Yes, and the touthache has met
When the pains Of neuralgia settle in decayed tooth,
something must be done GetPerry Davis Pain Killer.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it
most like it least
Why you i'll? Why do you suffer- Everybody
knows all aches and pains, all anguor and debityare
cured by Browns Iron Bitters.
Shovel and pick brigadc-A party OF Americans at
dinner.
sS-T The most brilliant shades possible on all fabrics
are made by the Diamond Dyes. Unequaled for brill
liancy aud durability. 10 cts.
Wheat Bitters will make you bold but not rash pa
tent, but not iusensible constant but not obstnate
cheerful, but not light.
Emigrants and travellers will find in Ayers Sarsa-
parilla an efectual for the eruptons bells pim-
PIES eczema etc, that break out on the skn-he ef-
feet Of disorder in the blood caused by sea diet and
life on board ship 1t is the best medicine for every
in the spring.
All men agree on point, viz: That death from
heart disease is rapid. The symptoms sometimes
manifest themselves for years, and then again only
for months. All Of the thousands VINO have used DR..
Graves's Heart Regulator soon as these symptoms
appear have been saved 1t is the only specific for
that malady.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
The god of January: Thor.

Fresh air, good food, and DIR. Benson's Celery and
Chamomile Pills will, when used together, cure any
case of nervousness sick headache and indigestion.
They strengthen the nervous system 5000 physicians
prescribe them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Catarrh,

Prosperity is great teacher, adversely greater.
Possession pampers the mind; priyation trains and
strengthens it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Small Farm for Sale or Rent.
Farm for Sale or to Rent.

Y OFFER for sale the Farm, three miles north OF
l. Brattleboro village, formerly owned by Judge
Hampden Cults, which for grain, hay, roots and
sugar is unsurpassed. with the farm will sell, II de-
sired, the connecting "Dummerston pasture" for
mery OF Eli aud J. II. Sargent; will rent the Cults
farm, with OF without the Dummerston pasture, and
the greater part Of my adjoining home farm to sat
sfaetory tenant, to whom would sell If desired my
large herd of and other animals. Possession
5. N. BALEsTIER.
Brattleboro, Dec. %, 1882. tf52
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
Farm for Sale,

nNE of the best-ocated farms in southern Yer
~ mont, situated on the line of the Brattleboro &
Whitehall railroad, in the town Of Newfane, near the
Wiamsville depot, known as the Aldrich farm, con-
sisng Of about 800 acres of good land divided into
pasuTing and tillage, and including large lot Of
growing timber and wood Sugar orchard of 700 trees
also good lot of fruit trees. Good dwelling house.
barns, sheds and sugar house. Running water TO
house and barn. Any desiring to purchase farm
in New England will do well to examine this property
eforebuyng elsewhere. Price, $1,000; $1,000 cash. the
rest to remain mortgage If desired. Apply TO HAIR
RISON ALDRICH 2Os Safest, Boston, Mass, or B..
L. MORSE, Williamsville, Vt. soft
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16


Says a Boston physician "has no equal ~ blood
purifier Hearing Of lie many wonderful cures after
all other remedies had failed visited the Laboratory,
and convinced myself Of It's genuine merit II is pre-
pared from barks, roots and herbs, each Of which is
highly effective, and they are compounded in such
manner as to produce astonishing results"
VegCtine
Is the great Blood Purifier
Vegetine
win cure The worst case Of scrofula.
Vegetine
Is recommended by physicians and apothecaries.
Vegetine
Has effected some marvellous curesIn cases of Cancer
Vegetine
Cures the worst cases of Canker.
Vegetine
Meets with wonderful success iu Mercurial Diseases
VegetinG
Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the system.
Vegetine
Removes Pimples and Humors from the face.
VegGtine
Cures Constipation and regulates the Bowels.
Vegetine
Is a valuable remedy for Headache
VGgetine
Will cure Dyspepsia.
Vegetine
Restores the entire system to healthy condition.
Vegetine
Removes the cause OF dizziness.
Vegetine
Relieves Taintuess at the stomach.
Vegetine
Cures Pains in the Back.
Vegetine
EGectually cures Kidney Complaint.
Vegetine
Is effective in its cure Of Female Weakness
Vegetine
Is the great remedy for General Debility.
Vegetine
Is acknowledged by all classes Of people to be the best
and most reliable blood purifier in the world.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-02-16
SISlEl 5:;I WORT

'Kdney-wort has given immediate relief in many
cases of rheumatism fOlling under my notice."-Dr,
Philip G. Balou, Monkton, VT Apr. 20, 80.
81 never found even relief from kidney troubles
and rheumatism till used Kidney-wort. Now I'm
well."-DAvid NJ. Hutter, Hartford, Wis.