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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Farm and Garden Notes.

DUCK-RAIsING will not pay unless one
is near hotel or other good market
where ducks can be sold at a fancy
price.
Now is the time to apply plenty of
whitewash, as the warm weather is
coming and the chances for being over
run with vermin increased.
"THERE is lots of difference in hired
men; the good ones are not paid
enough and the poor ones are paid too
much," says writer in the New York
Tribune.
ONE farmer says he kept two pens
of four shotes each for two months,
feeding one pen on sugar beets and
the other on swill, and those fed on
beets gained the most. He sows Lanes
sugar beet.
SAVE the eggs from the best laying
hens, but be careful to have such hens
in company with a pure-bred cock, and
if he is the son of good laying hen
the pullets Matched that may be sired
by him are likely to be good layers.
WITH farmer who keeps his land in
good heart, the quantity of organic
matter in the soil at the end of his
course of cropping should be as great, at
least, as it was at the beginning of his
rotation, before the addition of the ma
nure.
THE Philadelphia Weekly Press says
that the maker of bad butter is the best
friend of the oleomagarine manufac-
turer. The worse the real butter the
better is the chance for the imitation of
the best butter. Let it be borne in
mind that the maker of bad butter is
the best friend Of oleo.
VARIETY of food is desirable for all
animals, and especially so for pigs
The skillful feeder has learned the inn
portance of pleasing the appetite. Each
food has flavor peculiar to itself, and
qualities peculiar to it. The greater
the variety the better is the appetite
satisfied and the most satisfactory vii
be the growth of the pig.
THEORETICAL farming and visionary
writing are at discount with the read
ers of agricultural papers, and with thu
sturdy farmers who make up the audi
ences at the farmers institutes. Knowl
edge gained through practice, or ac
quired while studying from a practca
standpoint, is what commands atten
ton at the present time" says the prac
teal editor of the Maine Farmer, ant
! he is right.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

Dear Household Il have been putt
ting up some scrim curtains in my bedJ
room, and this is the way did it: al !
lowed five yards to window, and after
hemming l turned down about three
inches, or little more, at the top, laid
it in box-plaits and tackled it on slatsI
such as are used in the bottom of win |
dow-shades. / used large-headed fancy
tacks, and let the three-inch ruffle|
stand up for trimming. The slat was
fastened across the top of the window
frame with nails, and the result is very
satisfactory. have good success
with my Seeding geraniums so far, and
have thirteen of them. l do not ex-
pect any two will be alike, and not all
will be worth keeping. had Happy
Thought geranium last year that began
to put out dark green leaves, instead of
the blotched, till the whole plant was
very dark green. 1t began to blossom,
and has done finely, and now it is be-
ginning to change back. A plant that
originated as sport is very apt to
keep up sporting. - am making
steamed buildings with rhubarb, same
as of apple, and they are nice.
tried cooking onions, as one lady sug-
gested, with as little water as possible,
and think it great improvement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

subjected to heat in iron vessels 1t parts
with its water, and then contains, of
course, a larger percentage of sulphuric
acid. In this condition, however, it is
not sold as a fertilizer, but is used for
" hard finish " on walls, etc. CONNER
cial plaster of the best quality is so
nearly pure that the Nova Scotia plas-
ter has usually as much as forty-four
per cent of sulphuric acid, but the New
York plasters are much poorer, having
often twenty-five per cent, or more, ex-
ira of common lime in them.
We have not the least doubt that the
value of plaster in promoting the growth
of crops depends entirely upon the sui
phuric acid in it. But how that acid
acts no one in any given case can posi-
lively say. One way it doubtless acts
is in making the natural potash and
phosphoric acid of the soil available.
When it does this its action tends to
the ultimate exhaustion of those ele-
ments in the SOIL But it probably also
acts as an aid to " nitriication "-that
is, the formation of nitrogen compounds
in the soil. Where the proper conditions
exist in the presence of lime, sulphuric
acid, potash minerals and vegetable
and animal matter, joined with a proper
moisture and temperature, notification
proceeds very rapidly, and the land is
greatly enriched. The result of nitri-
fication is the production of nitric acid,
which unites with potash to form nitrate
of potash (saltpeter). This is a power
full fertilizer. The sulphuric acid will
also act directly to form sulphate of
potash, and also to take lime from the
insoluble forms of phosphate of lime,
making them available as plant food.
In this way small dressing of plaster
may cause the development of as much
plant food as is contained in a good
dressing of dung.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

journalism, in commenting upon our
views in regard to the wild attempts at
legislation against fraudulent butter,
has the following observations:
While the Rural has always vigor-
ously stigmatized the fraudulent false
hoods of the dealers of bogus butter, it
has never misrepresented the product;
on the contrary, it has several times
published lengthy illustrated articles
describing the nature of its ingredients
and the process of manufacturing it..
That there is a great deal of filthy, un-
wholesome stuff made, however, we
have no doubt whatever. About two
years ago, before The passage of the
law creating the dairy commission in
this state, the writer visited two dirty
cellars in the lower part of this city,
where number of nearly naked,
frowzy men were sweating in making
bogus butter, which was sold to retail
ers at eight and one-half to nine cents
per pound, while the product of the
large dealers was wholesaled at the
time at about thirteen to fourteen cents.
A lengthy exposure of these and some
New York World at the time. Fear of
the anti-oleo law now in force closed
them some time ago. We have no
doubt, however, that a great deal of
the stuff is still secretly turned out, for
certainly much of that seen in grocery
stores in poor neighborhoods is too
streaked, dirty and malodorous to have
been made by any of the large manu-
facturers, and what is true of the bust
ness in this place is sure to be equally
true of it in others. During last year
several of the Chicago papers made
frightful exposures of the way dis
eased cattle, sheep and swine were
slaughtered by INSCRIPTIONS local
butchers and the pestiferous meat
sold to the poor at low prices; is it
likely the fat of these carcasses went to
the public rendering tanks, when it
could be so profitably converted into
&C butter?" Armour & Co. are doubt
less right in their boasts that the bogus
butter they turn out in such vast guam
titles is cleaner and wholesomer than
some of the genuine butter thrown on
the market; but Armour & Co. are
not the only makers of bogus butter in
Chicago. Just as the temptation offered
by great profits leads to illicit distilling,
so it also leads to secret cleo "
making; but the poisonous product is
made from wholesome materials in one
case and from pestiferous materials in
the other. We have often expressed
our fears editorially that by asking too
much from congressional and state
legislation the dairy interests of the
country would get too little, or nothing
at all, and entirely agree with our
highly esteemed correspondent in his
view of the matter.
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Dear Household When / receiv
the last WATCHMAN, and turned to u
Household department, my spirits wei
down to zero, and began to think th|
Mrs. r. X. and Mrs. r. A. F. wei
right in thinking that the interest
this department is dying out. hot
the sisters will rally, and not let it
said that we cannot support one lit]
column like this-independent of IN
men, too. / will send few well-trid
recipes:
BOILED CUsTARD.-T To one pint ar
half of milk take three eggs; beat tl
yolks with sugar and stir it in the mill
set it on the stove, or over kettle d
boiling water; stir until it thickens
remove from the stove and while hi
add the beaten whites of the eggs; st
in lightly. When cool, flavor to taste.
GINGER-SNAPs.-One-h cup
lard, one-half cup of butter; mi
together; one cup of sugar, on
cup of molasses, one tablespoon
full of ginger, one tea-spoonful of sod;
one cup of water. Bake slow.
CURRANT JELLY.-One pound {
sugar to one pint of juice; heat ii
sugar as hot as possible without burr
ing; boil the juice five minutes vel
fast, and while boiling add the he
sugar and stir it well; when it h;
boiled one minute set it off. The tin
must be strictly observed. Jam IL
currants without washing and withol
removing the stems. Heat the sug;
by putting it in a happy in kettle {
boiling water.
To Boil PoTAToEs.-Pare and soa
in cold water few hours, or over nigh
Boil in sailed water. When very near
done pour off the water and return
the stove, with the cover on, and stea
until done.
WE like "Spring Chicken's' recir
first-rate. Please send us more.
Mrs. G. L. FOWLER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
agricultural.
T. H. HosklNs, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.
The Society for the .PromotionlOf
Agricultural Science.

We have to thank our friend, Pro-
fessor Collier of Washington, ID. c.,
for copy of the proceedings of the
sixth meeting of this society. 1t is an
association of scientific specialists, who
have united for their own and the pub
lie benefit, and we are glad to note the
promise of success in their organization.
Agricultural chemists, botanists, zool-
ogists, and other scientific gentlemen
associated with agricultural colleges
and agricultural journalism constitute
the membership, which is elective.
The organization is simple, the Off
GERS being a president, a secretary
and an executive committee constituted
of these and one elected member. The
present membership is thirty-seven,
H.. e. Alvord of New York being
president, and F. A. Gulley of Missis-
sippi secretary. The report before us
contains some very interesting papers,
notably one on the vitality of seed
buried in the soil, by Professor Beal of
Michigan, one on some redeeming traits
of alkali soil, by Professor Hilgard of
California, and one on the variation of
cultivated plants, by w. w. Tracy of
Michigan. Dr. Sturtevant has also
interesting observations on the dande-
lion and lettuce, and Professor Ormsby
r
milk by the Cooley system, very favor
able to this Vermont invention, espe-
ciallv when used with ice.
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About Plaster.

r. c., Moretown, VT, writes as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Editor The only excuse have
for troubling you is that when l don't
know thing I ask somebody that does.
In recent editorial you gave the result
of samples of plaster analysed, in which
there was one that showed no plaster at
all. Now may not the reason why, in
many cases, it does no good, be because
of the worthlessness of the kind used?
Do you think dishonest men practice
the selling of such stuff to ignorant
farmers? wish to know of what pure
plaster or gypsum is composed; you
speak of it as being fifty per cent sui
phuric acid. What are the other parts
of it composed Of? Do you think this
acid becomes liberated and acts upon
the soil, liberating fertilizing elements
contained therein? An old theory is
that it attracts ammonia from the at
mosphere and rains carry it into the
soil, where it becomes plant food. l
think in that case it would be bene-
fetal on all soils, while practice shows
it is not. Can you tell me where plas-
ter can be obtained that analyses
ninety-seven per cent? l am much
interested in fertilizers and at great ex-
pense, have kept my farm much ahead
of my neighbors' by using commercial
fertilizers. have just commenced
using gypsum, but think my land is not
adapted to its use, but cannot yet tell.
REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-
We do not think the fraud in land
plaster has been practiced much, if any
in Vermont, but there is enough of il
elsewhere to induce our Board of Agri
culture to investigate the matter. 1t is
quite possible that failure with plaster
may be sometimes due to its pool
quality, or to fraudulent mixtures SOLD
in its place. But it is a well-knowr
fact that the best plaster will on some
soils entirely fail to improve the crops
Land plaster, when perfectly pure
contains (per cent? sulphuric acid
1850; lime, 1886; water, 20.94. Wher
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
HERE is an anecdote which has so

HERE is an anecdote which has so
much the appearance of irreverence
that we hesitate to print it, were it not
for the moral we see in it:
"A little Lynn girl came home from
Sunday-school one day impressed with
her need of divine assistance to enable
her to be better girl. Her mother en-
couraged her, and explained to her how
she could seek aid, but she said No,
mother, you speak to him about it; |
don't like to- A few days afterward
she suddenly inquired; Did you ask
him, mammal at the same time ex-
planning her question by an upward jerk
of her thumb. Yes, my dear, l did
Well, he doesn't attend to his business
very well, then; l haven't behaved bit
better! ,"
Are there not others, many others,
besides this naughty girl who seem to
expect the Almighty to make them
"good " without any cooperation on
their part? And is there any ground to
believe that he ever does it?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

HALF the cases of bowel trouble, the
languor and the rundown" feelings
of humanity arise from lack of proper
clothing. A draught on heated per-
son in summer is far more likely to pro-
duce a chill than the cold, clear air of a
tingling January day. Abram Garfield,
the father of our dead President, knew
better than to sit in breeze when
heated from fighting fire; yet he did it,
trusting in his good health, and in three
days his wife and four children stood
by his coffin.
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Gbs 9uusebuIo.

W Communications for this column SHOULD
sent to DR.. T. H. Hosllns, Newport Vt.
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advertisements.
Three PecuIiarities

Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier
ana regulating medicine, is characterized by
three pecullarities, namely:
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The result Is medicine of unusual strength
and curative power, which effects cures here
tofore unequalled. These peculiarities belong
exclusively to Hoods Sarsaparila, and are
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

For beauty of foliage and constancy
of bloom nothing surpasses the bego-
MAS, both for the open ground .lSl and
begonias are admirable for putting out,
but rest during the winter. They are
free from insects and easy of culture.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
The Rural New Yorker on
Bogus Butter.

The noble Rural, conducted on prin-
ciples which do honor to agricultural
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11
AN UNWORTHY REASON.

The passage of the bill low pending
in congress, providing for the division
o: Kansas into two federal districts,
with United States courts at Fort
Scott and Wichita, is being opposed
in some quarters because, ii is claimed,
such division at this time would III
voive the appointment of another
United States Judge for Kansas by Mr..
Cleveland, who would be a Democrat.
We have never heard more unworthy
reason urged against measure
which was demanded by the inter-
est of the people and a wise econo-
my. The tendency of bushes
of late years has been to the United
States courts, all suits for or agains;
parties who reside outside of the
State, involving over $500, invariably
90 there. and hence the farmers and
business men of Southern Kansas are
dragged to Topeka and Leavenworth
at great expense, and compelled to
pay exhorbitant attorneys fees. II
they do not see proper to stand this
expense they are compelled TO allow
actions in foreclosure, against which
many have valid defenses, go by de-
fault.
The whole system is one of robbery
and oppression, the only remedy for
which being to bring the courts near
possible to the people, and yet we
are told that forsooth, because the
president will appoint democrat. the
people must not have relief. The
writer of this never voted a democrat
ic ticket in his life and has worked
unseltishly for the republicans and the
republican principals for fifteen
years, and We are ashamed that
there is republican in Kansas
who will oppose necessary
measure in the interest of justice, and
in furtheraIce of economy for the
government and litigants, because it
may result in placing a Democratic
Judge in Office. We appeal 10 the
people to know whether they desire
that small coteree of lawyers who
monopolize the business of the federal
courts at these distant points. shall
fatten at their expense, or whether
they would not prefer that these
courts be made as nearly local in char
acter rs practicable, so that they may
be able TO contend for their rights
with reasonable expense and convent
cnce-Fort Scott Monitor.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11
THE MAGIC NAME OF WICHITA.

Sam Jones is to tackle the hump
backed city at the mouth of the kaw.
If he don't find more sheol meath the
shadow of the Sni Hills than he has
yet encountered in his peregrinations
as a peripetetic evangelist we miss
our guess. We sugges: to the Rev.
Sam that if he finds that taking the
average windbag of Kansas City by
the nape Of the neck and slack of the
unmentionables, and shaking him over
birthstone fumes fails to bring him 10
his senses, that he whisper in his ear,
Wichita as that is the magic name
of ali Others which soonest sets hump
hacker TO seriously thinking of his lat
ter end. The hardshell preachers used
to Toss Beelzebub, hoofs and horns at
them, but the devil no longer
has any terrors for people who have
become rich by classifying thorough
bred Kansas hogs as "piggy," Kansas
corn-fed steers as 'stags," and by mix
ing No. l Kansas wheat with Missouri
No. 4. and selling the batch at No. 2
God bless, sustain and encourage that
brave and self-sacrificing preacher.
Sam Jones, Esq.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11

circulated Oh good authority that
right-of-way agents are in the country
purchasing the right-of-way on the
old Santa Fe line that was graded
some few years since, and the track
laid nearly through from Wellington
to the Sumner county line. 1t is
said that the land for the line is
purchased through Sumner county
and about one and one-half miles
through Harper county on the same
old proposed route of the Santa Fe
railroad. If this is true, and we
doubt not that it is true, the people of
Anthony, now in the days of its glory
and prosperity, will be as agreeably
surprised and as adversely affected i'll
their hopes and imaginations as they
were discouraged and disheartened in
their early struggles, when they were
struggling TO build up a town when
they were isolated from the balance of
the world, had no communication with
any town except by wagon and coach
road, when it was almost impossible
to secure fuel and the necessary CON-
forts of life. But such is life. His.
tory is continually repeating ITSELF
and in the history of Anthony the
maxim is again verified that those who
SOW shall reap.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

The Monitor would like 10 have the
bright young lawyers Of Southern
Kansas say whether they prefer that
Tom Fenlon, George X. Peck and few
other lawyers At Topeka and Leaven-
worth control all the business in the
United Sisie's courts rather than run
the risk of practicing before a Demo-
cratic judge?
And the farmer who has unfortu
nately or otherwise mortgsged his
farm. whether he would rather pay
$500 for defending his interests in
Leavenwor;h or Topeka. than 800 for
the same service at Fort Scott or
Wichita
And the whole people of Southern
ksnsa. whether they propose to per-
init narrow-minded partnership to
stand between them and economy and
justice?
And Senators Ingalls, and Plumb.
whether they know the sentiment of
the people of Southern Kansas on this
question Fort Scott Monitor.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11
UDAIL.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Business is improving, and the out,
look Frightening.
Wheat that was thought 10 be a
failure few weeks ago, is liable to be
a good crop, and il looks now as il
il would.
Farmers are busy blowing and SOW
ing oats.
The Christian church has ordered a
fiue new bell for their church, and
soon lis NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will go up
and down the valleys calling in the
faithful.
The Baptist folks are ambitious to
have a new stone church building,
May Their efforts prosper.
Miss Gardner. the daughter of our
druggist. II. J. Gardner, is fitting up
nice room for millinery and notion
store.
The business men have formed All
enterprise association" for the pro-
motion of the interests of the city.
They begin 10 sec what nature has
done for them. and now they propose
to do something for themselves. q.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-11
CHENEY CHIPS.
;he Editor of the Eagle

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Although il is is rather early TO tell
anything positive about the condition
of wheat, ii is safe 10 say that wheat
will come out much better than last
year. and many farmers will bear us
out in this assertion.
Cheney is the largest place between
Wichita aud kingman, and not only
keeps its own but is improving as far
as trade is concerned. While in the
town itself hardly any building l.
going on, we are glad TO be able to
say that more new corners. with their
carloads Of stock. implements, etc.,
have come here this season. 10 stay
and settle upon the fertile lands sur
rounding this place, than any time
since the town was started, and the
settling Of the country is Of more ben
eft to a place than mushroom growth
in town.
We are indebted 20 a member of the
l. o. o. F. for the information that a
Rebccah lodge has been instituted
here, last Wednesday night, by u D..
G.. NJ. Lazarus. The new lodge starts
on; with membership of over twen-
~ and a grand prospect for success.
The officers are: l. l.. McHcury. n.
G.; Mrs. DIR. Shannon, V. c.: Mrs. DIR.
Englemsn, secretary; Mrs.J. X. Gard
ncr. treasurer.
VIZ. William Maihewson, of Wichi-
It., was present on the occasion and
rendered much assistance. \ splendid
supper, prepared by the ladies Of the
Order, was served and very much en-
joyed. INVESTIGATOR