The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-01
Farm and Garden Notes.

THERE is an immense crop of pota-
toes in Aroostook this year.
A mans horse, or his OK, or his COW,
is no more his property to abuse, Or ILL
treat, or overwork, than is his hired
man or woman.
WHEN fowls are kept let it be done
in place not too near the stable.
Horses and cows may become lousy
from hens, causing great veXation.
OUR common fowls are not aquatic
in their habits and dread wading in
water that is deep, yet they are very
fond of fish, and cheap or refuse fish is
good food for them.
If you would increase the earliness
of your field corn select the earliest ears
that ripen. If the slower is too large or
the ears set too high on the stalk select
the lowest ears for seed.
THE potato crop of the eastern states
and provinces, the sections from which
Boston and New York and tributary
markets derive their supply, averages
upon the whole about as last year.
ANIMALS are capable of the affection
of love. Who has not seen boy with
pet steers or colts train them without
effort, but with love for them, into
obedient animals, and the feeling is
reciprocal.
THERE is no use in holding on to
beef, cattle or sheep for higher market
towards spring, for that time has gone
by. 1t used to be so, but the dressed
meat shipments have offset this chance.
We must feed to sell as soon as ready
In New York state clubs are formed
where political economy is taught in
circle reading. We would recommend
such reading classes in the grange.
Farmers are not so effective in the legis-
lature as they would be if they were
better qualified.
THE poultryman who carefully fattens
his fowls before sending them to
market gets pay not only for every
pound they gain in weight, but also for
their improved quality. The gain in
quality alone will frequently make
difference of twenty-five per cent.
THE garden should be open to the
sky, and as far as possible unshaded by
adjacent trees from the morning and
afternoon sun. 1t is even more essen
tial that the trees be not so near that
their voracious roots can make their
way to the rich loan of the garden.
THIS department printed the first de-
scription Of Goffart's system of ensil-
age that appeared in New England, and
we then expressed our confidence in its
practically, and said it was just what
New England dairymen required, be-
cause experience proved that they would
not grow roots.
GoD intended that labor should pay
as well as any profession or trade. We
must honor labor more. We have no
business with dollar not earned.
When we all accept these propositions
girls will not refuse to marry farmers
nor will farmers wives talk disparag-
ingly of farm life.
A TRAVELLING correspondent of a
Maine exchange says: " One feature
of the farms that we have visited is
that nearly every one has silo, and
nearly all the best farmers are not will
ing to be without one. Ensilage feed
ing is now the principal method taken
by our farmers as means of keeping
their stock sleek through the winter"
The Doirymon still keeps up the
fight against soiling, saying: "The
man who expects soiling to be CHEAP
and successful substitute for grass
pasture is barking up the wrong tree
there is no coon up there to come
down. 1t may be that in time we can
milk and fatten cows like they dc
geese in Holland, by mailing their fee
, to the floor and stuffing them with fa
oysters and oilcake, but science has no
reached that point just yet in the dairy.
OUR esteemed contemporary, the
Boston C,ltirotor, gives its readers in
, formation to the effect that " the
: strength of the lion in the fore-limbs il
, only 500 per cent of that of the tiger
and the strength of his hind limbs onl,
$50 per cent" If it would now ONLY
figure the strength of " the" horse anC
"then OK, down to one-tenth of one pc
e cent, in the same way, it would be val
Y liable service to the stock-raising inter
a ests. BY the way, we ought to know how
e strong " the " tiger is, in his fore anC