Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-25

NOTES.

The Iowa legislature has appropriated So
600 to aid the farmers protective association
in its fight against the barbed wire monopo.
lists This act is without precedent. 1t is
significant as showing that as between or.
ganized monopoly and capital on the one
hand and the great public on the other law
makers will do the bidding Of the voters who
elected them. The anti-monopoly sentiment
is growing rapidly yet, it hardly keeps pace
with the rapacity Of monopolists. Producers
Of every class must organize for self-protco-
TONY. h. Homestead
A Massachusetts milk producer was per
suaded to see what it cost him to make milk
during March, actual account with 10 COWS
not guess work. All the hay and grain fed
was weighed and reckoned at what the grain
cost and what the hay was worth at barn.
He fed grain TO the amount of S2G 25, hay
1920, wages and board Of one man $40,
total cost S11G.G5. He made $50 cans of
milk, which at 23c net brought him $40. 40,
or just SG.05 less than be paid out.
Hon. @. NJ. Clay says that the Jerseys are
the native cattle Of Russia, and he could load
q feet with them at from So to $40 a head.
II this is true there is no use in the farmers
Of the Channel Islands allowing the supply
TO fall of. 1t is more than probable il we
should import directly from Russia little
careful judgment would give US a stock OF
Jerseys that would be hardy, vigorous and
able to "hoe their own row." The above
item is going the rounds, and the author Of it
no doubt grins with satisfaction to see how
he is giving left-handed fling at Jersey cat
tie, conveying the impression that they are
not hardy.
The Burlington Free Press says: On the
Goth day Of December last q sheep belonging
to Robert Friend of Lowell escaped to the
woods, where it remained undiscovered until
the Sth day of March, subsisting on such
food as it could obtain by digging through
the snow. When found it was in very
healthy condition.
The rain fall of the last three months has
been so abundant that the croakers are warn
ing the Rgriculturists of a coming drouth
which is expected to even up the meteorology
of the season Their advice is to plant early
and get the crops well under way before the
dry season approaches.
A cocoanut plantation has been established
on the southern coast Of Florida by a New
Jersey man. and great profits are expected.
About 100000 trees have been planted on a
tract of 1000 acres, and the number will next
year be largely increased. 1t takes six years
to get the trees TO bearing.
Gardening is practically taught in more
than 10000 primary schools in France.
1t is not generally known that the best
Orange county butter" sold in New York
markets comes from Illinois. Next to Illinois,
Iowa ranks as the best butter producing state.
New York takes first place in cheese making.
Do not sheer sheep in April, unless they
are very ticky and you have a warm place for
them and will see that they are in it nights
and during cold storms.
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dirt which adhere to collars when they are
wet with sweat works into Jumps and ridges,
and sore shoulders are the result. II the col.
lars become hard, wash them clean, pound
them and apply oil.
In dissolying bones with wood a-h far.
mers sometimes adds plaster to the mixture
for the purpose, they claim of holding the
ammonia rendered free by the ashes This
is mistake. The effect of the presence of
the plaster in the mixture is to neutralizs the
solvent effect of the ashes on the bone.