The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-17

Iall ana apply a heavy dressing of
manure.
THE farmer who lets everything 90
to waste about him will generally be
the one who complains that I" farming
don't pay"
GOOD blood is no doubt necessary TO
success in stock-raising and in fatten-
ing cattle, but it is not all; feeding and
management are what secure success.
FARMERS should enjoy, above all
others, the luxuries of the garden, and
yet, strange to say, but few farms have
complete gardens, and many farmers
buy vegetables.
RHUBARB requires deep, rich soil: a
good dressing of well-rotted manure
put on the ground this winter will give
the plants a good start in the spring.
The same is true of asparagus.
PROFESSOR HENRY urges farmers to
feed more oats to young stock, colts as
well as calves. There is no food
so easily attainable that will cure acidity
of the stomach and keep the system in
order.
TREE-PLANTERs should learn to know
that well-grown yearling is usually
the best tree to plant. Such trees have
not been trained into any form, and
they are more susceptible to the opera
tions of the planter.
The farmers who make the farms
profitable are those who grow crops
that are not always the easiest pro-
duced. They endeavor to make labor
profitable, and apply it where it can be
used to the best ADVANTAGE.
IT is peculiar fact that most people
Will give SO for some new-fangled
flower or fruit sold by travelling agent,
where they will give 81 to join horti-
cultural society, where the values of
novelties are discussed and recorded.
No farmer can afford to pay for an
implement and then abuse it. Flows
were not made to be left in the furrow
after using, hoes to hang in trees, now
ing machines to get shelter beneath
trees, or wagons and carriages left to be
exposed to sunshine and rain.
THE quantity of fertilizers manufac-
tured in South Carolina in 1871 was
1859 tons, and in 1888 reached
1872 AGA tons. The product of the phos-
plate mines for 1923 was 355 1893
eo'io' ANCN liCltto dlC JULY ODtIlpu ana
worked, and this industry is in a most
hourishing state.
ONE ton 1.-TWO thousand pounds) of
average barn manure contains ten
pounds potash, seven pounds phosphate
lime, and eleven pounds nitrogen,
worth, at the price these articles are
estimated at by the experiment stations,
sal; three tons to cord makes the
value of cord, $S.13.
IT is evidence of very poor common
sense to see a driver constantly chirp-
ing, urging and whipping along his
work team. Never whip a team when
drawing except it is absolutely neces-
sary, and then don't merely tap them,
but apply the whip smartly to cause
them to understand and to recollect that
you really mean that they shall work,
and work properly.
Sows intended for breeding should
be separated from those intended for
the butcher, and fed a generous but
not fattening diet. Select those with
long bodies, straight backs and hav-
ing the largest number of teats, as
these make the best breeders. When
a good breeder is thus secured she
should have at least two or three litters.
and as many more as she will breed
without becoming unruly or getting
any bad habits.
AN ounce of saltpeter dissolved in
four gallons of water is quick and
good stimulant for bulbs, to be applied
twice a week after the pots are filled
with roots and the flower spikes are
fairly visible. A large handful of SCOT,
or about pint, tied up in a piece of
old canvas and immersed in the same
quantity of water for day or two, will
furnish safe and excellent stimulant;
also good and safe is quart of COW
manure, mixed in large garden pot of
water and used as required.