Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-10-16

The 10Th annual session Of the national
grange will be held In the banquet hall Of the
United States Hotel at Boston, opening Nov.
Il. A public reception will be given the del
egates by the city, state and grange officials,
Nov. 12 Heretofore the sessions OF the ma.
tional grange hpve usually been held far from
New England.
Cider apples are being exchanged for cider
at the rate Of IS bushels 10 the barrel In
Litchheld county, Conn.
The original red hogs from which the Jer-
sey Reds descended were imported from Eu-
rope into Salem county, NJ j., about fifty
years ago.
Many of the ills to which domestic ami
mails are heir are directly traoeable TO damp
and unsuitable quarters. Keep this in mind,
and repair and relieve Of dampness all the
stabling Of the stock before bad weather
comes.
It is q common opinion that pigs will make
the greatest gain and fatten most rapidly on
corn while In the milk Just before II hardena.
Whether this is true or not II always pays 10
feed literally In this stage When the corn
is gathered in the fall, there is always more
or less soft corn, and the wise farmer has a
thrifty lot of young hogs 10 which he can
feed this understandable grain, thus making
nearly as much profit from It as from his
sound corn.
The care of milk is not understood as we'll
as Il should be by many farmers families
Milk cannot be exposed to deleteriOus inhu-
ences-such as the bad odors of the stable,
mouldy and impure milk room, and many
other things which could be mentioned
without being contaminated. The milk must
be properly cooled and its temperature kept
regular either by natural OF artificial means
In fact the milk is as a rule handled too care
lessy for making the highest quality Of but
ter.
All feed which the COW can be induced to
eat that she will turn into milk is clear profit,
but all she consumes that Is necessary 10
maintain her physical condition is outlay.
The profit of keeping the COW depends upon
the excess in proportion Of the feed which
she consumes that turns into milk over what
is required to maintain her condition. Then
it is important in choosing a COW for dairy
purposes that one be selected which has a
natural tendency toward turning the larger
share Of her feed into milk instead Of into fat
and flesh.
The New York Tribune reports Mr. A s
Fuller as suggesting that consumers would
better use dark colored evRporated fruit than
be slowly poisoned with sulphurio acid gen
Grated in the bleaching process" In the
fruit regions OF the West the better class OF
| evaporators do not leave the fruit dark color
ed. Hence sulphurizing is not needed. II
is only fruits evaporated on the woodshed
roof, or on strings hung over the fence, that
are dark-colored. These need both washing
and sulphurizing to make them decent look
ing.
A Washington county, N. Y, oorrespon.
dent says: The western Vermont agricul.
tural society's second annual fair has closed.
1t was a grand success financially. The boss
| jockey reaped harvest, but the honest far.
mer got badly left. The best COW received
| 81 80 premium, while the fastest horse re-
ceived $500. Some of the breeders of cattle,
sheep and hogs think they are entitled to a
larger per cent Of the $4,000 or $4,000 of gate.
money. Who can blame these honest, sober
and industrious breeders Of livestock fol
feeling little put out at seeing several hun
dred or thousand dollars taken by such
class Of people 2"