The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-08


ton by rail, five hundred miles, cheaper
than from any part of Vermont.
ALL hock-owners who are investing
in, and caring for, flock of one of the
large breeds of sheep should remember
that these animals require better, richer
and fresher pastures than the Merino.
They seem to delight in more succu-
lent diet than the Merinos, and will not
do so well unless it is given them.
THE Farm and Fireside says that if
oleomargarine is as bad as has been
painted the new law will make the
government party to the crime of per-
hitting an unwholesome article, and
" is therefore simply and purely COM
promise with the devil" Guess not
so bad as that. Let's wait and see.
THE only advantage the western
farmer has over us of the East is in the
fact that he plants forty, sixty or one
hundred acres in one piece, and thus re-
duces the cost of blowing, planting, cul-
tivating and harvesting to the lowest
possible figure. This they are obliged
to do in order to realize any profit at all.
GAN exchange says: "A farmers
journal should espouse the cause of
pure dairy butter when threatened by
giant substitutes in the form of butter
inc and oleomargarine.' We think
that farmers paper, like all others,
should tell the truth, and endeavor to
disseminate facts" says the Ne,c En-
gland Farmer.
THE Aroostook County, Maine, Agri-
cultural Society offers premium for
the best bread made by girls fifteen
years old and under; also for the best
system of farm improvements, for the
best kept farm accounts and for the
best experiment in feeding and grow
ing steers, open to boys between four
teen and twenty years of age.
THE Maine Farmer, under the thor
ough and conscientious editorship of
Brother Gilbert, is more than holding
its own as one of the best, as it is one
of the oldest, journals of its class. 1t is
a marvel how our friend can carry on a
large farm, run the state board of agri-
culture as secretary, and show no lack
in his editorial duties, as he does.
" The strongest reason why oranges
become dormant is to be found in the
fact that the agricultural classes are not
sufficiently educated to see and fully
appreciate the importance of their
cause. There is no difficulty in organ
izing professional and business men,
because they see at once the value of
such organization" says the Grange
Bulletin.
APROvERB of Solomon puts the case
in this way: 81 went by the field of
the slothful and by the vineyard of the
man void of understanding; and 10! it
was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof
and the stone-wall thereof was broken
down. Then saw and considered it
well: l looked upon it and received in
struction."
Mr.. GEORGE WILLIAM BOND, the
eminent wool expert, in discussing the
outlook for wool-growing in the United
States, recently gave it as his opinion
that there " is great field open for the
older wool-producing states, namely,
by producing race which shall at the
same time yield medium fine combing
wool and make good mutton sheep
for home supply and expectation. This
cannot be done in our transit Missouri
country.
"WHERE there are active oranges,
would it not be profitable to look after
the schools with earnest desire and
effort to improve their inhuen ces?"
asks the Husbondman. "What does
the average farmer care for schools?"
said Disguised teacher who handed us
the above item, adding: " Nothing, ex-
cept to get them taught as cheaply as
possible" The teacher was little
mad, but may be she told some truth
too. Many school-houses in New En-
gland are not fit for hog-pens. Yet
men with handsome homes vote against
better ones.
WE have labored for years, in hum
BILE way, to help our farmers to be among
the rich, or at least well-to-do, men of
the community. We do not expect any
farmer, merely by farming, especially
where this branch of industry is con-
Quoted on moderate scale, to be ever
as rich as some, but that they should be
so we'll off as to be able to indulge in
all the substantial enjoyments of the
period, as the result of life of indus
try and integrity, fully equal to the av-
erage successful man, is our ardent
hope, and, we believe, well-grounded
anticipation.
IN our humble opinion there is but
one right way of looking at this bogus
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