The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-08

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extend.
THE old spade and hoe garden must
go from the farmers premises and one
of ample dimensions, to be worked
with horse and cutivator, must take
its place.
A HEAVY hoe, ground sharp and the
shank Strengthened out in line with
the handle, makes pretty good tool
for cutting apples, roots and pumpkins
for feeding
|. LET farmer make some one thing
his leading product and go to work and
perfect himself in it so that he can stand
at the top. These are the fellows who
make money.
A TON of hay removes from the soil
thirty-five pounds of nitrogen, thirty
pounds of potash and eighteen pounds
of phosphoric acid, costing, at market
prices of fertilizers, 1884.
THE Farm Journal would not under
take to raise chickens, or to keep poul-
try through the winter and spring,
without a free supply of dry earth. The
best time to store it is whenever it is
dry.
THE exercise of summer ranging for
fowls is of great value, but the damage
done is often appalling. To gain the
former benefits and avoid the latter
disadvantages feed literally at the be-
ginning of the day before rowing is
begun.
GONE tendency of the times that is
deserving Of censure is a spirit of in
clination to punish a man for an occa-
sional utterance or act" says an ex-
change. And it is true. But with the
growth of intelligence it will become
less so.
SEVERAL experiments with hen ma
nure lead |. X. Felch to say that one
thousand hens would renovate a farm
of one hundred acres. Depends some
on how well they are fed, don't il :?
Also on whether the feed is bought, or
raised on the farm.
EVERYBODY likes new idea, and
here is one. Cut the clover hay up
fine and mix it with the meal for the
hogs. Let it soak twenty-four hours.
The hogs will eat it and it is both CHEAP
and good for them. With this kind of
diet there would be less sickness and
more pigs.
THE first thing farmer on an old
farm wants to do is to get his farm
down to grass, and then look around
and see how this grass can be turned
to the best account In some places
it may be beef; in others it may be
mutton, or butter, or family cheese, or
it may be hogs.
WHATEVER is ones own D the
chronological definition of property-to
the extent that one expects the law to
preserve and protect it, is property"
in the sense of deserving taxation.
In this sense there is nothing that is
more distinctly property than mortgages
and credits, for there is nothing whose
protection and preservation causes the
state greater expense.
THE use of a great many sashes in
the poultry house causes loss of
large amount of heat at night. The
fowls love the light, and have no obiec-
ton to a glass roof, if in the day time,
but the glass radates heat at night as
rapidly as the house absorbs it during
the day. To avoid this it is best to
have but one window, the house facing
the southeast, so as to get the sunlight
early in the morning.
HENS sometimes suffer from the
breakage of an egg internally. There
is not much to be done for their relief in
such cases. The finger may be oiled
and search made for any parts of the
broken shell that are within reach, and
by very careful manipulation they may
be removed. Some recommend giving
tea-spoonful of castor oil. Ordinarily
the hen gets rid of the trouble in a day
or two if nothing is done for her.
THE duck can stand wet and cold,
but it will succumb to damp quarters,
especially if the floor is not dry. Sleep
ing places that are unsuitable often
cause commissions, or leg weakness,
and the floor should be of wood, with
cut straw or leaves thrown upon it.
The duck does not 20 on the roost, and
must therefore find dry place on the
ground. If the weather is damp and
its location cold, it becomes chilled and
suffers accordingly.
WE are pleased TO note that Mr.. Law
son Valentine, the wealthy owner of
the famous Houghton farm at Noun
tainville, n. Y, has become a part
owner in the american Garden. This
monthly, under Mr.. E. II. Libby's
management, bids fair to become to
America what The Garden is to En-
gland-the exponent of horticultural