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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

One of the most important things to be OBJ
served in the management of farm horses is
their cleaning, and yet it may be safely stated
that nothing is more neglected by the MAORI
ty of farmers. The horse should never be
cleaned or harnessed while it is eating break.
fast. Let horses eat their food in peace for
many, from sanguine temperament or greed,
bolt their oats when handled during the time
of feeding. Harness can be quickly enough
put on after the feed is eaten, and time
should then be taken to comb the name and
tail and use a wisp of straw on the body and
legs. When the horses come in at dinner
time, they should at once be embarrassed.
The feed is then to be given, and before the
harness is again put on, the horse should be
thoroughly rubbed down with a wisp of straw
or hay. II the horses are very warm on
coming in, they should be rubbed down i'm
mediately after the removal of the harness.
The cleaning or grooming, which should be
done at night, consists first in currying the
horse with the currycomb to free him of the
dirt adhering to the hair, aud which, being
now dry, is easily removed. wisping of
straw removes the toughest of the dirt
loosened by the currycomb The legs ought
to be thoroughly wisped, not only to make
them clean, but to dry up any moisture that
may have been left in the evening and at
this time the feet should be picked clean by
the foot picker. e., an iron instrument
made for the purpose-of any dirt sdherng
between the shoe and the foot. The brush
is then to be used to remove the remaining
and finer portions of dust from the hair
which is cleared from the brush by a few
rasps along the currycomh This wisping
and brushing, if done with some force and
dexterity, with a combingof the tail and name,
should render the horse pretty clean, but
there are more ways of grooming horse than
one, az may be Witnessed by the careless and
skimming way in which many hired hands
| do it. The skin of the farm horse should at
all times be clean if not sleek, and a slap of
the hand upon the horse will show if there
is loose dust in the hair. The currycomb
should not be used below the knees, as it is
apt TO cause injury. For cleaning the legs
and feet, nothing is better than the water
brush and when fitting horse for the show
yard, it may also be used on the body with
water, or even a little Kerosene but the latter
| is not required for common cleanliness, but
merely to impart temporary gloss.
How many farmers can say that their
horses are cleaned as thoroughly az we have
advised in the above? How much longer
would horses live, work, and remain healthy
if the above suggestions were put into prac-
tioe? These are questions which it will be
we'll to consider and answer at leisure. - Far
| me1'S ReUielo.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Guineas on che Farm.

Guineas are profitable for the reason that
they cost almost nothing to raise. They pre-
fer to seek their own food in the fields, and
seldom come home for food as long as they
can find supply themselves. As q rule they
mate, and it is best, therefore, to have the
sexes equal. The hen steals her nest, but
cannot refrain from making a noise when she
comes off, which betrays her to the watchful
farmer. Guineas are valuable on farms
where the range is wide, as they destroy a
very large number of insects and do not
scratch up seeds. In fact flock of twenty
guineas will consume a number of insects so
large as to almost appear incredible, as they
are active and always searching. They also
consume grass and young weeds, as well as
the seeds Of undesirable plants and grasses
The hen lays about 1875 eggs in a year, espec-
cially If they are taken from her before she
begins to sit The flesh of the guinea is
rather dark, but juicy and of "gamy" favor.
They may be raised to remain near the house
by placing the eggs under hens, aud add a
few chicks to the brood when the young
guineas are hatohed They will learn from
the chicks and soon become tame and accus.
toned TO the same habits as the chicks. grow
ing up them. The eggs require four weeks
for incubation, and are usually hatched un.
der hens in the poultry house. Mirror and
Farmer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

look after the interests Of the farmers and
this is generally true Of the members Of both
branches Of Congress An Iowa member
claimed that the 800 600 cows in that state
had declined in value an average Of $40 each
in the past year on account Of the decline in
butter. Chicago, the center Of the oleo in
dustry, and particularly Armour y Go. the
chief manufacturers we're roundy denounced
Nor did the House pay much heed to
telegram in opposition to the bill from
Powderly, presiding over the Knights Of
Labor at Cleveland, Notwithstanding Gov.
Curtin claimed that be represented an orga-
nization numbering a million members. II
is said that the patent Office has issued 200
patents for the manufacture OF artificial but
ter since 1872, and portentous list OF the
ingredients Of the various compounds is
given. Chemists who have made scientific
analysis Of the various imitation products,
are not agreed az TO their fitness for use az
food Some put the emphasis ON the many
foul things found in the stuff, while Others
find nothing harmful and say that the imita-
ton closely resembles the real article in com
position and nutritve value. The fact prob.
ably is that the goods of different makers
vary widely in quality, cleanliness and con
gtituent parts.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
OIeOnnarEarine.

OF the 3S states 2S have enacted egsla-
tion against the sale of what is called cleo
margarine, butterine, bogus butter OF imita.
ton butter. Now the dairy interest of the
country has gone to Congress to procure leg
islation taxing the spurious butter under the
internal revenue system, and bill has passed
the House of Representatives levying special
tax on all manufactures of it, license tax on
retailers and a tax of FIVE cents a pound on
every pound produced. The chief arguments
which had weight with the House were drawn
on the one hand from the magnitude of the
dairy interest, and the extent to which it is
threatened by it's competitor, the unwhole-
someness of the imitation butter and the fact
that it is sold as real butter; on the other
hand, against the bill it was urged that the
new product is wholesome article of food
and the preferred diet of poor men who can
not afford real butter and who buy it know
ing its true character.
Five million people are engaged in the
dairy business, raising product valued at
$500, 600, 600 year. The dairy capital of
New York alone is $500, 600, 900. There are
in the country 10000, 600 cows, producing
1000, 900, 600 pounds of butter and 300, 600,
600 pounds of cheese annually. There waF
quite steady growth In the export of these
products until 1881, when II reached 1922, 775,.
600 in value; since that date il has declined
one-third, or to Sl4, 309, $50, owing partly
at least to the competition of the export OF
oleomargarine. At the present time greater
tonnage of oleomargarine is exported than OF
butter, though not greater value. 1t wal
shown before the agricultural committee thai
the manufacture of oleomargarine had
reached POO, 900, 900 pounds year, the cost
not exceeding seven cents pound, 1t is the
competition OF this immense product in the
domestic field which arOuses the opposition
of the farmers. Senator Edmunds assured
his constituent that he needed no urging e
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
ShOeleaa HOraeH,

Several articles have appeared in these col
umns tending to show that shoes for horses
are not always, If generally, a necessity. A
writer in the Rural New Yorker presents the
other side. He wonders when he reads the
articles about shoeless horses whether the
persons who write them really know any
about the matter. 1t is not true that horse
can go on ice without shoes without slipping
l had a mare which was never shod, and af-
ter she had bred l colts she was used some
on the farm. One day she was put in to
draw wood, and an attempt was made to
drive her across strip of ice. She could
not stand up, and after slipping terribly, fell
down and could not get up She would have
died there if she had not been drawn to the
shore by putting a rope around her breast to
which the other horse was hiched This
mare could not go on a icy road Her hoofs
had never been touched by rasp or huttress,
or anything else. They were as nature made
them. Another thiDg-no horse can travel
on pike or gravelly road for any length
of time without wearing the hoofs down so
much that the feet will become tender, and
if kept up the animal will become lame and
useless. Colts often get foot-sore in this way,
running in the fields and stamping flies,
which wears away the hoof. 1t wears off
faster than it grows out. 1t is not the shoes
which injure the horses, but the way they
are put on. A shoe should be fitted to the
foot of the horse, but quite often the rule is
the other way, and the hoof is cut down and
rgsped off to fit the shoe. Shoes are too
short or too narrow, and on this account the
weight is not placed under the outside or shell
of the foot, where it should be. 1 saw a
whole stable of horses of great value at Cedar
Rapids, Mich, which were all getting lame,
because they were shod so very nicely by q
man who was meat workman" This over
nice blacksmith had kept cutting away the
heels and frogs so that each horse had become
tender. footed, and oils had been applied tc
the hoofs to soften them. All the horses
wanted were hoofs. Farmers make corns in
their horses feet very often by allowing the
shoes to remain on too long, or until the foo
grows to the outside of them, bringing tn,
the weight of the body right on the sole
This kind of economy aud carelessness SHOULD
never be practiced. 1t often spoils good
horses.
There can be no question that a horst
having shoes with sharp calks can stand OF
ice better than bArefooted horse, but W,
think the barefooted horse would stand bette
than one smooth shod or with dull calks
The old mare that had borne eleven colts
and, evidently after having past her age o
usefulness in that line, was fused some OIL
the farm" was hardly a fair sample of
shoeless horse for experiments on ice
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Agricultural.
synpIv npd nrmnnd-prIces.


Political economists tell US that the price Of
all commodities is regulated by the supply as
proportional to the demand. As general
proposition this may be true, yet II our col
lege doctors who have written about political
economy had known a. much about the meth
ods used in bearing" the price Of farm pro-
duce AZ they know about abstract theories,
they would have known that other causes fire.
quently have much to do in establishing
prices. Thousands Of farmers, many Of them
in immediate need of money, are induced by
buyers talk, by market reports made in buy
ors' favor, and perhaps by newspaper articles
written with the design Of cheapening coun-
try produce, to sell at low prices. Sales hav-
ing been made at low price, low price is
established as the current rate, and deticien-
cy in supply may not be discovered till the
bulk Of the product has passed out OF the
producers hands. Though the supply may
be more or less, as the usual variations of the
season may occasion, it is plain that If the
farmer accepts low price for his pro
ducts, only a low price will his products
bring. II, on the other hand, no one accepts
low price, no one can buy for a low price.
Farmers have been advised, almost without
exception to sell at the going price, whatever
that may be, rather than hold for an advance.
We do not so advise. When product can
not be sold for enough to pay the ordinary
cost of its production, or whenever the price
offered for it is unreasonably low, it should be
held for fair price. II all farmers should
refuse to sell good article al an unremuner'
alive price, the people would still have wool
lens to wear, and meat, potatoes, bread and
fruit to eat They would pay the price which
they found it necessary to pay to get these
products from first. hands-the hands that, Of
all hands, deserve generous recompense fol
their toll
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

This country now produces three-fourths
of the corn grown ia the world, and has ave-
ragged for five years product of 6l9, 600,
600 bushels, and exported only an average Of
80, 200, 600 bushels or 80 per cent, and could
readily have doubled the expectation without
missngit.
The Buonos Ayres (South America) Stan
dard says: We reported yesterday sale Of
horned cattle at four and half dollars, which,
at the present rate of exchange, is about
equal to IL shillings of English money. 1t
may be questioned wh6 Their there is any other
part Of the globe in which cattle and sheep
can be bought at the prices now current in
this province.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

A Coon HAY Carve find this going the
rounds, and is just now seasonable Hay
caps are made of "a inch heavy sheetng cut
into squares and bound with strong cord,
making loop three or four inches long at
each corner The cloth may be waterproofed
very cheaply by sleeping il in a solution Of
alum and thereafter drying il first in a solu-
ton of sugar Of lead, or the cloth may be
dipped in boiled linseed oil and then hung
out to dry. The caps are used to cover hay
cooks and are fastened down by pins put
through the loops and pushed into the hay.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

SAVE THE Squash AND CUCUMBER VINES. -
II you want to outwit the squash bugs and
the striped fellows that eat up your cucumber
vines when small the medicine to do II with
is fresh COW dung diluted to about the con
sistency Of thick sweet cream. Apply this
freely on the vines and foliage This is often
sive enough to the insects 10 keep them OF,
while at the same time it is a source Of JOY to
the plants. The substance is not very nice to
handle, or to look at, but it is at once good
fertilizer and protection. Insect enemies
are multiplying, aud new methods, even il
they are not nice, must be adopted to head
them of. Bits Of paper or rags saturated
with coal oil and placed near the roots OF
squashes are said to keep away the borers.
But it is certain that the liquid COW dung will
protect the cucumber vines. - EB
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
A WHO Reforn,.

The habit of administering quinine in powerful
doses as an antidote to malarial malades was once
dangerously common. Happily, this practice has uu-
dergOne wise reform. Not only the public, but pro-
fessional men, have adopted-not wholly Of course,
but largely-Hostetter's stomach Bitters as a safe
botanic substitute for the pernicious Akalod. The
consequences of this change are most important. Fe-
yer and ague patients now cured; formerly their
complaints were only for the time relieved or half
cured the remedy eventually failing to produce any
appreciable effect unless the doses were Increased
course Of the btters, persstenty followed breaks up
the worst attacks and prevents their return The ey.
idence in favor Of this sterling specific aud household
medicine is Of no ambiguous character, but positive
aud satisfactory, and the whence it proceeds
are very numerous.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Communion Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice having had
placed In his hands by an Fast India missionary the
formula Of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca.
tarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung affections asc
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and
all Nervous Complaints after having tested its won.
derfu curative powers in thousands Of cases has fell
1t his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows
Actuated by this motive and desire relieve human
suffering will send free of charge, to all who desr,
1t, this recipe, in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mai
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A
MOVES, l49 Powers block, Rochester, n Y 42eow
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Not so had for the Farmer.

Grain growers and other tillers Of the soil,
who feel like complaining at the low prices of
farm produce now prevailing, should remem-
Der that agricultural interests are not alone in
the matter of depreciation Of prices. The
fact is that during the past 20 years farm
products have increased largely in price,
while manufactured articles have decreased.
An interesting comparison Of prices for farm
produce is shown in the following table com
nilad for the MILLING World
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

Certainly, in "the good old times" so often
regretfully referred to, farmers were not over
paid, and these figures show that farm labor
has during 10 years increased over 100 per
cent, and the selling prices of farm produce
have increased from 100 to 400 per cent. 90
the other hand, the comparison of manufao-
tured articles shows large decreases, as may
no paan IL, tha appandad 6uuraa
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

Lady-"How old are you, little boy ?"
Little Darkey-"Well, If you goes by wot mudder
says, Is six but II you goes by de fun lis had IL
most a hundred" Aud so with Pedacura Pable Corn
Pasters If you take what they cost at any druggists
it is only 25 cents box but If you take what they
worth for curing corns and giving relief why it's BOO
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Hudson the ReViVaIist---IIIs Hard Ex.
peFience,
It will he seen from the following letter that this
gifted person has at last regained his health and In
manner, too, that shoHld teach all lesson.

SPINE HILL COTTAGE, W. Va, June 90.
Messrs. l. 5. johnson 4 Co., 22 Custom House-st
Boston, Mass, -Gentlemen: l write 10 inform you
OF my great good fortune, and at the same time 10
ahicted with liver complaint for ten years. during
which time was not able to work more than half of
the time, and during much Of this time | was COM
PEELED to lie in bed was attended during the ten
years by eight different doctors (al Of them men of
reputatlon) have taken much medicine, suffered at
times all aud more than the agOuies Of death, aud
spent great amount of money-all apparently to no
purpose, for ! steadily grew worse. About three
months ago friend called to read to me the manu-
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While tumblng his papers my eye fell upon an adver-
usement of your Parsonss Pills. / was so impressed
by the candid aud apparently honest presentation of
their merits aud at once sent for a box of them.
TOOK one day for 30 days, according directions
and then three week for two months and now
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III my NE. was poor in flesh, pale and weak, with
no appetite and no courage; but / eat with a rel
ISM sleep well, my spirits are buoyant aud the color
has returned to my cheeks. have gained is pounds
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

Here are enormous differences against the
manufacturers and in favor Of the farmer 1t
would appear that agriculture has really been
favored at the expense of mechanical indus
try, and the grain growers and general farm.
ers should cease to consider themselves the
only class of victims of the present depressed
business conditions Scientific american.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

COD LIVER OIL, WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES,
For Children and Pulmonary Troubles.
DR.. W. S. Hoy, Point Pleasant, W. Va. says: 81
have made thorough test with SCOTS Emulsion in
pulmonary troubles and general debility, and have
been astonished at the good results As a remedy for
children with ricketts, or marasmus 1t is uuequaled
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

The powerful curative properties Of a Hop Porous
atica, swollen joints and muscles pleurisy, sharp
pains, or any sort of soreness The best aud strong
est porous plaster made. trial will demonstrate it.
Sold everywhere, DC
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoha,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, sho cluug to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave thom CastOria,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
Dr. Cages Cures.

Four years is a long time Tor any one TO be pros
trated upon sck-bed, unable to sit up; that, how
ever has been the case with Miss Mary l.. Faruum
of Peterborough, NJ H., sister Of Mrs +. A. Robbins.
Her case is a well-known one, aud she has had the
sympathy Of the entire community during those
weary months and years Of suffering. Trial after
trial had been made by physician after physician,
which were followed by as many failures, until Que
with less fortitude would have given up In despair.
She felt, however, that there was yet help for her
but from what source she knew not. She had & de
sire to try Dr. Cages treatment in which she thought
she could see ray Of hope. Accordingly application
was made to him, and the results OF his treatment
have been highly satisfactory. She was recently
dressed for the hrs time four years. is up about
light work. aud feels ssnPuine OF full recovery in
due time.- Peterborough Transcript.
Alice Titus, Winchester, y. IL, scrofula in eyes
ten weeks IN dark room. Cured.
Oliver Pelren, Concord, n H., wife cured of ovarian
difficulty and general female weakness.
Mary Smith, East CANDIDA n. H.. drupsy and oyari-
an tumor as large as persons head. Cured.
Isaac Buttrick, Londonderry, n. H., wife cured Of
scrofula and sou Of deafness aud catarrh.
A. l.. Celey, West AndOyer, n. H., makes oath:
MY wife bad been given mp with consumption. DR..
Gage cured her radically"
Miss NJ j. Barnet, Walpoe, N H., cured Of deaf
and catarrh.
Amos Young, Derry Depot, n. H., catarrh and
scrUiula; so bad that orihce was eaten through
roof of mouth. Cured.
q. A. Wheeler, Derry Depot, n H., says that his
child was so afflicted with spinal disease and weak.
Of the muscles that she had never borne her heft
nor walked step until DR.. Gage treated the case
they arc naturally oyerjjyed to their child able
TO walk.
Levi Burt, Littlcton, N. H., nervous prostration
etc, cured.
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sought for lhe sthnndred renrs-n remndx {.

SOuSu lot the last hundred years. remedy Tor
catarrh, hay fever and cold in the head Found at
last in Ey's Cream Balm, which is safe aud pleasant
to use and easily applied with the uger. 1t gives
lief at once, and thorough treatment positively
cures. Price Soc
had been troubled with cAarrh from oyhood a nd
had considered my chronic until about three
years ago procured a bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm
and count myself sound to-day, all from the use Of
one bottle.-J. r. Cooley, hardware merchant Mont
rose, Pa.