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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Agricultural.
Too Much Horse.

There is nothing specially immoral in the
character Of the horse neither is there any
thing criminal in being lover Of good
horse4; even fast horse is sometimes better,
for an honest use, than a slow one yet j. G..
Holland was not far from right, when he
said in substance, there is something demon
alizine in too much association with the
horse. We are reminded of this opinion Of
the noted author in noticing the magnihed
Importance that some of the agricultural
Journals give to the horse as product of ag
riculture.
Some of the leading agricultural papers Of
New England publish weekly from one to
four columns of horsey items, in which speed
appears as the one thing Of great merit. One
Of these journals lately had four solid col
umns of horsey paragraphs, in fine type.
One who could take it all in must have an in
flute stomach for horse feed, and little room
for anything else. The effect of giving such
prominence to the fast horse business in pa
pers largely read by the boys and young men
on the farm to say nothing of the older ones,
is nothing uncertain. Is it surprising that all
the premiums given for the legitimate prod
ucts of agriculture, at many of the fairs, are
insignificant beside of the sums paid for fast
horses2
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

1t has often been advised to use q larger
part of the highway tax for fall repairs; yet
in most towns nearly the whole of the tax is
still expended in the spring. The roads are
often damaged to the amount of hundreds of
dollars by being washed by the spring rains
and melted snow in consequence of obstruct-
ed water courses and defective water bars
which might have been repaired in the fall
for tenth part the cost of the neglect. The
American Cultivator says truly;
I'm most country places all the road making
is done in spring, when horde of men with
teams, plows, scrapers and other implements
turn out for two or three days. After this
the roads are left to themselves another -
months. No doubt the roads, when their
time comes need all the labor they get; but
much of it is made necessary only by previous
neglect. If little attention we're given them
in the fall, then labor in the spring would be
saved, besides having better roads all of the
time. If a hole has been formed now, it is
sure TO grow rapidly worse, and before win
ter is over the place will become almost i'm
paaaahla ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Selling Fruit by Auction.

Bucks, one of the Oldest counties in the
state of Pennsylvania, is a good fruit county.
There are no large commercial orchards as
there are in some counties in other states, in
which apples are produced by thousands of
bushels and barrels, but there is q very large
number of small orchards of from 100 to 500
trees possibly few can be found with
greater number, but not many. These small
orchards produce in the aggregate a great
many apples, mostly of winter sorts. The
variety principally cultivated is the one known
in the catalogues as Smiths Cider, native of
the county, a fruit of only medium quality,
but of great productiveness and snowy APP
pearance, which makes it popular as a market
apple. This apple ripens about the first Of
October, though it is usually allowed to re-
main on the trees week later, or until the
weather gets cool and frost is imminent.
1t was the practice of the farmers until
within the past 10 years to pick and store
these apples and haul them to market in Phil
adelphis in the winter but since commercial
orcharding has supplied the city largely with
apples from distance, that market is not
now so much sought, and the fruit is dispos-
ed of in another way-by public auction on
the trees where it grows. At this time of
year the local papers have many advertise
ments of "Apple Sales" The method is to
have an auctioneer to sell the fruit by the
tree, or by the row of trees, to the highest
bidder; the buyer to pick and remove the
fruit in given time. By this method the
owners of the orchards realize fair prices,
while the buyers generally get the fruit on
terms that allow them fair profit for picking
and hauling it. These sales are we'll attended
by buyers, who are sometimes spectators
but generally the fruit is sold in small lots to
purchasers who want II for domestic use.
There are many towns and villages in the
county and in adjoining counties where fruit
is used in considerable quantities, and house
holders are thus enabled to lay in their winter
supplies at these public sales at prices below
what they would have to pay if bought in the
market, and thus those who do not ra;.Ie their
own fruit can buy it at prices they are salts
fed with. The prices are usually satisfactory
to the producers, so the method is mutually
satisfactory and is thoroughly we'll established
The writer knows one old man who was pi-
oneer in the business of selling his fruit at
public auction and has regularly followed the
practice for 20 years or more, and has in
creased his orchards until his product is now
well up to the point in quality. He has paid
much attention to apple growing, and has
made money at it indeed, the land devoted
to growing winter apples is perhaps the most
profitable part of all the farms StOckmGn.
The hint contained in the above article may
be a benefit to some of our farmers who have
surplus apples to dispose of. There are un-
doubleday many who would like to buy ap-
Piles on the tree if they knew who had them
for sale in that way.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Extensive Farming.

A thousand acres of arabic land in one
body makes q pretty large farm in New
England state, but that is the size of the
farm owned and managed by Mr.. l.. b. Har-
ris of Caledonia county, Vt. Some of Mr..
HAIRLESS ideas of farm economy would strike
most farmers as a little old, as when he as
serts that he cannot afford to use a moving
machine in heavy grass on large farm. He
contends that it costs him much less to secure
the extra help required for hurrying in the
hay crop at the right time than it would to
provide teams for doing the work in the linn
tied time they would be required. He has
put in as high as sixty tons of hay in single
day. He begins, in that northern section,
the middle of June and has the first crop all
in before the first of July. The second crop
is also cut when very young and tender. He
buys little or no grain for his stock, but raises
oats, wheat and corn TO feed at home. He
can grow oats for 20 cents per bushel, and
thinks highly of wheat as feeding grain for
cattle. Turnips are also largely raised, and
after filling all available cellar room large
quantities are stored in pits in the field. In
ordinary winters snow covers the earth and
protects it from frost though occasionally it
may freeze several feet deep. Even then the
straw and earth protect the turnips sufficient
ly. He has 100 breeding COWS, Here foTds,
Devons and Polled Angus, and will begin a
herd of Shorthorns next year. His cattle on
the state fair grounds at Burlington were val
ued at $50, 600 for the herd, quite a risk for
one man to take in carrying to and from and
showing at fair. His sales are all in the
state OF Oregon. We asked him why he did
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

not remove his large cattle raising business
TO the west, where others claim to be doing
so we'll at the business. His answer was, and
II should encourage eastern farmers, that II
he were proposing to do as large business
as the western ranch men are doing he would
choose Vermont lands 10 do II on. I'VE can
beat all other states in the Union, said Mr..
H., lin raising cattle that are good shaped,
vigorous and strong. Our best limestone
lands are equal to the best in Kentucky, while
our climate favors, or rather ensures better
constitutions" Mr.. Harris does not fear the
long or cold winters Of good stock growing
state like Vermont. He says that one Of his
neighbors contends that as many head Of cat
tie should be wintered by every cattle feeder
az bis farm produces of half tons Of hay.
Straw, turnips and grain should be the chief
forage, while the half ton Of hay should
work in as a oondiment or relish. New Eng
land farmers, and American farmers general
ly, have much to learn yet regarding the pos.
sible uses and value Of straw for feeding
beef producing cattle Mr.. Harris is very
systematic in all his farming business, keep
ing as accurate set of farm accounts as II
he we're running bank. His animals are
fed and all the work about the stables is done
with the precision Of clock work. He loves
farming, believes in il as a business, and his
boys are growing up with similar ideas and
feelings ~. b. Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
RnrIinrtnn NriIL MnrLa,.

Burlington, VT, has a model milk market,
kept by the Ferguson Brothers, who a few
years ago begun milk farming by keeping
one COW for their own use. At that time
there was not place in the city where one
could go at any time and buy pint Of cream.
Milk men who drove in from the country
would sometimes bring cream in il it was en-
gagged day In advance, but the supply even
under that rule was very uncertain. The
Ferguson Brothers now handle over two and
half tons of milk and cream daily, sending
out three delivery teams and keeping a stock
of all kinds of dairy goods constantly on
hand, including sweet and sour milk, butter
and butter milky cream and Dutch cheese.
Their prices for sweet milk are five cents per
quart in summer and seven cents in winter
sweet skinned milk two CENTS in summer
and three cents in winter. Dutch cheese is
made one day in week and retsils at ten
cents per pound. Their butter brings local
market prices, IS to 20 cents the past sum-
mer. They collect milk from the farms in
the vicinity and keep their teams fully en-
ployed. Their system is a modification Of
the Philadelphia and Syracuse systems, which
have given such satisfaction for many years
Burlington, with its rich pastures and choice
stock all near by, gets an abundant supply oil
pure milk of excellent quality.-N. Il. Far
g1ap
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
The Mounting Season,

An English correspondent of the Country
Gentleman writes as follows in regard to the
care of fowls during the mouting season
It must not be thought that there is any
very serious difficulty in bringing fowls safely
through the moult when they are of the har-
der and more useful breeds, for, unless there
is some other trouble to oomplicate matters,
the time ia simply one of cessation from lay
ing, needing little better food and shelter.
But with the more delicate and highly bred
varieties it is more trying, and have known
1t 80 prolonged that the birds have died from
sheer exhaustion. In. breeding has had much
to do with this weakening of our domestic
poultry and have noticed that closely bred
fowls get through the moult about the worst
of ALL The usual period Of moulting for
strong bird in its first or second year is six
to eight weeks, in which time the old feath.
ers are completely cast and new ones take
their places. But weakly or old birds often
take three months, with the result that winter
arrives before they get through it, and they
do not begin laying till the following spring
so that several valuable months are lost, and
Just at the period when the produce is most
valuable.
During the moulting season l have always
given more warm, soft food than usual, and
have found the plan to answer. A little meat
can also be given every day, but in this, as in
many Otner Things, the care must De not 10
overdo it. To the drinking water may be
added little sulphste of iron and sulphuric
acid-say two pieces Of the former about the
size Of nuts, and ten drops of the latter, TO q
| gallon of water. This must be renewed eve
| ry day, for fresh water is most important
thing in poultry keeping. There are times
when for temporary reasons the moult does
not progress properly. Under these circum-
stances, the first thing to do would be to ad-
minister an aperient-either a small quantity
of epson salts or Turkey rhubarb in the soft
food. have often known good results from
giving little boiled linseed twice week dur
ing the time of moulting This is prepared
by placing over the FIRE a pan containing q
quart of water, and, when the water boils,
throwing into it two handfuls of whole lin
seed. In 10 or 20 minutes the water will
have become thick with oil, and the seed will
be soft and digestible. This should be mixed,
while hot, with the meal, which will need no
other moisture Green food should also be
given freely to birds in the moult and when
the process is very much prolonged it may be
necessary to give doses of calomel or jalap
but these are seldom needed except when the
fowls are delicate. and, as already advised, in
that case it is better to get rid Of them al
together
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Packing ApDIes,

'Handle apples as you would handle eggs"
is good advice. Old -four barrels, unless
carefully washed and dried, will impsrt a
musty flavor to the fruit before midwinter,
especially if the air in the cellar is moist The
first apples which are put in market barrels
should be faced" The facing consists in
placing two or three layers on the lower
head with stems down that is, with stems
pointing toward the head. Clean, bright
apples of ordinary size should be selected for
this purpose. The rest of the apples may be
poured into the barrel. This pouring, il
properly done, will not injure the apples
Eggs can be poured. Use a basket with a
swinging handle, one which can be lowered
into the barrel and turned while there, and
hold the apples back with the hand, so that
they will not pour out too rapidly. Two or
three times during the filling shake the barrel
gently to settle the apples firmly. Face the
upper head in the same manner as the lower
one. 1t is desirable not to head up the bar
rel at once. Cover with boards 10 keep out
the rain, and let the barrels stand open four
or five days. 1t is not, however, always pos.
sible to cover the barrels, in which case they
may be headed at once and turned down on
their sides. In this condition they will shed
water.-Am. AgricuLturtst for October.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

Four years Is a long time for any one to be pros
trated upon Bck-bed, unable to cit up that, how
ever has been the with Miss Mary l.. Farnum
of Peterborough, N H., sister Of Mrs 4. A. Robbins.
Her case is a well-kuowu 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 one
with less fortitude would have given up In despair.
She felt, however, that there 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 first time In four years. up about
light work, and feels sanPune of full recovery in
due time.-PeterborOug Transcript.
Alice Titus, Winchester, N II scrofula In eyes
ten weeks in dark room. Cured.
Oliver Peren, Concord, N H., wife cured of ovarian
difficulty and general female weakness.
Mary Smith, East CANDIDA n. H., dropsy and oyari.
an tumor as large as persons head. Cured.
Isaac Buttrick, Londonderry, N H., wife cured OF
scrofua, and son of deafness and catarrh.
A. L. Celley, West Andover n. H. makes oath
my wife had been given up with consumption. DR..
Gage cured her radically"
Miss NJ. j. Barnet wslpole, n. H, cured Of deaf.
ness and catarrh
Amos Young, Derry Depot, N. H., catarrh and
scrofua; so bad that orihce was eaten through
roof of mouth. Cured
G. A. Wheeler, Derry Depot n. H., says that hi,
child was afflicted with spinal disease and weak
OF the muscles that she had never borne her he
they are naturally oyerJoyed to their child abb,
| to walk.
Levi Burt, Littleton, N. H., nervous prostratIon
| etc, cured.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Pumpkin Seeds,

Pumpelly, in his work. ACROSS America
and Asia, says the Chinese eat pumpkin
seeds between the courses at dinner. This
may be as an appetizer or digester, These
seeds are rich in nitrogen and oil. They are
certainly very nutritious, and cattle and hogs
are often eager to eat them. Some feeders
of swine have been very successful in feeding
pumpkins as a large part of rations in fatten-
ing them. Experience seems to have been
contradictory on this matter, but the expla-
nation is simply this the seeds In small
quantities are not deleterious 10 animals in
good health, but when it happens, in break
ing or cutting up the pumpkins, that the
seeds get separated from the body of the
pumpkin, and these accumulated seeds are
thrown to the animals in a mass, and an ex-
ira quantity is eaten by a few, it produces
a bad effect
1t is presumed that if hogs or young cattle
eat only the common proportion of seeds
that is, if they eat a pumpkin and the seeds
that belong to it, no harm will be done, un.
less the pig or steer is in an unhealthy con-
dition. But, as the seeds are so liable to get
separated from the body of the pumpkin, it
is safer to separate them, and, if fed, give
them in very small quantity. 1t is the seeds
alone that act deleteriously upon the kidneys
The pumpkin is profitable crop to raise
for feeding all the animals on the farm. Two
or three tons per acre can be raised with very
little labor on the corn field, and the food
value per ton is greater than the best corn
fodder. But it is not advisable to feed the
seeds to mich cows-the danger is greater
than the advantage. - Country Gentleman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

Until recently the durability of consumption has
been an unsovedp problem. A remedy has been sought
as earnestly the alchemsts of old pursued the hunt
for the philosophers stone All the great schools Of
medicine practically confessed defeat No system Of
diet suced to maintain the vitality bodily tissues
OF the patient. The only cessation Of the disease was
death. Almost simultaneously with the recent great
strides in the physical sciences the advent of Drs
Starkey Palen's Compound Oxygen. BY its the
wasted tissue is rapidly restored, the diseased condi-
ton OF the lungs is healed, tuberces cease to form
and those already formed become absorbed and pass
away. Lost appetite revives and new and brighter
era OF health begins. Drs Starkey Paeu have treat
ed aud cured many hundreds of patients Of consump-
tion during the past few years Testimonials such
cures will be sent to any address, The bona de char
acter Of such certificates may be investigated to the
fullest extent. Drs. Starkey Palen have introduced
system of Home Treatment by the Compound O1y-
gen that has proved successful beyond the san
gune expectations They successfully treat patients
In all parts OF the country aud this branch OF their
work marks the beginning Of in the warfare
OF science against disease. Send to these gentlemen
No. 1929 Arch street, Philadelphia Pa, for inter
esting treatise which tells the whole story and which
they will mail free Of expense,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
Fruit Trees Overhanging a Boundary
Line.


Line.
Where the trunk of a fruit tree grows near
the boundary of fisld and the branches hang
over another mans land, Mr.. Browning of
the Connecticut board of agriculture decides
that the fruit all belongs to the owner of the
land where the trunk grows or enters the
soil. lie says no one has a right to uppro-
pirate the fruit because it falls on his land.
The owner of the tree may pick up the fruit
on his neighbours land if he cause no damage
in 30 doing. The neighbor has a right to
cut off the overhangng branches even with
the line. But if he allows them to remain
and the fruit to ripen and drop, they are not
his.
Which is all very bad law, if it is law--law
which any sensible court ought to disregard
and reverse for it allows an adjoining own
or, if so disposed, to shade your land and
steal your soil, and your only remedy is but
a partial one, because if the overhanging
branches are cut off the tree may still shade
your land, and draw half its sustenance from
your soil-even more than half, if your soil
is rich and his soil is poor. Besides, the
mutilation of the trees by cutting off the
overhanging branches would give the land
scape a haggard appearance, aud it would be
a standing advertisement of something wrong
between adjoining owners There are few
that would not suffer the injury rather than
avail themselves of such remedy. The de-
cision is in conflict with the general principle
of the law that the ownership of land includ
es all above and below, in direct line. II
is doubtful that we really have any well es
tablished law on this point unless in some oil
the states it is fixed by statutes. The decis
ions of the courts have been conflicting, anC
some of them very absurd.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08
A Promise FULFILLED,

little more than year ago We published in these
columns notice of the discovery Of Sheridans Com
ditton Powder to make hens lay. In making that an
nouncement we relied wholly upon the character and
reputation Of the manufacturers. To our own mind
at that time, the idea of making hens lay the year
round by artificial or any other means, seemed alb
surd but we have since learned that it can be done
The notice alluded to above attracted universal atten-
ton and thousands of people, while not believing
that Sheridan Powder could accomplish all that was
claimed for it, thought it at least worth a trial
The trial was made during December, January and
February. No other months could have been selected
which would have given this powder severe a test
for everybody who keeps hens knows they will not Ia
during these months except in cases. But the
result Of this trial was most satisfactory and conclu-
sive Hundreds of those who made the trial received
from lS to eggs per hen per month, while many got
one egg day from each hen. The price of eggs dur
ing December, January and February last averaged
to 80 cents dozen. Thus 1t will be that a very
few hens, each laying egg day, would support a
small family. 1. S. Johnson Co. Of % Custom House
street, Boston, Mass, have just published book en-
titled Poultry Raising Guide" price 25c. which tn ely
will mail free to any person sending 60 for two
25ct packs of Sheridans Powder 81 20 for an ID
tin can. This book contains full and complete in.
structons how to make money in the business Send
for it. You cannot m AXE mistake.
The question of proper food for infants in.
terests ali mothers, especially those unable to nurse
their offspring. Mellins Food possesses all the requ
sites as substitute for mothers milk, and il highly
commended by the medical faculty Of both this coun
try and Europe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-08

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