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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14
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School shoes Ls a.75c;
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A0AFAST BROAD STREET.
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unauai,flsa Approval.

Allcock's Porous Plaster Is the only ex-
ternal remedy that has the uuquhiued re-
commendation OF professional men as well
As that OF the pubic Ia general.
II Is the Only genuine porous plaster, and
ali oher so cnlled porous p laslefs are
nothing more than perforated counter.ur-
tauts made to cell an the reput alton OF ALI
cocks. Beware Of them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14

The Parnell Commission, among
whom the confession. flight, and suicide
of Richard Pigott dropped a bomb
shell, is undergoing portraiture at the
hands OF MIR. Calderon, London paint
er of very Spanish cast of counte-
nance. 1t is not yet known whether
Mr. Calderon will depict the Commits
sioners with the expressions they wore
before or after the tiasco.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14
A uIGH-BoRN CLERK.

UlGH- BURN tLhith.
One bright morning last week | met a
stalwart, open-faced young man turning
the corner OF Broadway and Wall street.
On his arm hung very handsome lady.
The latter stepped into cab and was
driven MP town while the young man
strobe back into Wall street with firm,
elastic step. A moment later he had
passed into the brokerage Office OF Nor
ris 5. Pryor.
Not many OF the busy men who passed
this Young man were aware that he was
the scion OF one of the oldest and noblest
houees of France. European mobiles do
not appear often in Wall street. unless
ss curiosity seekers or investigators OF
big schemes. Occasionally the bogus
article appears and tries TO bunco our
great financiers, but never before IN the
history Of Wall street has n real, genu-
inc sprig Of nobility, supplied with
abundant cash, gone into the Office OF
Wall-street broker as an ordinary clerk,
spending tho usual number OF hours
every day hard at work, with the avowed
intention OF learning how business is
transacted in this country.
WANTS TO LEARN BUSINESS.
Yet that is the position taken by NJ.
CASTOR do Fontenilliat, third son OF the
Conite de Fonteniiliat. aud brother-in-
law of William X. Vanderbilt. Nine
months ago NJ. de Fontenilliat came to
New York with bis bride and was re-
ceiyed into society with open arms. He
was already favorably known TO the
leaders OF metropolitan society while
Madame do Fontenilliat, nee Miss Julia
Florence Smith had been Q New York
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14

il my refrain, and [ shall not go there
tins time. had dnll time there and |
DO not proposo to repeat the expert
mont "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

IT is Nor AN EVIL that this is so.
We do not complain because what we
buy has been so greatly cheapened by
improvements in mechanics in conse-
quence of great inventions. 1t could
not be expected that the progress of
civilization should never reach the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

swered questions of mine very salts
factorily in years past and invited me to
come again. You quote Professor Col
lier as saying that if one half, or no.
900, of the poorest cows in the state of
New York were killed, the profits of
the dairy interest would be increased
possibly ten-fold. Admitted. That is
good protective tariff meat, such as the
WATCHMAN readers are supposed to
eat. Using Professor Golfers esti-
mates these 100000 cows would con-
sumo the products of 1854 900 acres of
meadow, and 1902 800 acres of pasture,
for which they would return 1885,
600 worth of dairy goods after deduct
ing 81 ,155, 900 for grain fed. To what
other use could this land be put that
would pay as well? Again, according
to the text these same cows would pay
81, III 800 in taxes. Will the present leg
islature pass license law high enough
to make up the deficiency; and if they
do, will Governor Hill sign it? BY the
way, are COWS taxed in New York per
capita as in Vermont? Is the dairy in
terest in New York burdened with a
tax of over eight and one-half per cent
on the average value of her COWS?
What fairness is there in averaging
the interest and expenses of the cows
and then classifying their returns?
Why should a COW that would not sell
for more than twenty dollars be charged
the same for interest as the one hun
dred dollar COW? Why should the
poorer diaries be charged the same for
feed when it is a fact that they do not
get near the same value? After charg-
ing the cows the average value of the
hay on 81 acres of land, or 500, why
does he add $4.52 for interest and re-
placement? Why does he not add
eight and one-half per cent for taxes as
he does on the cows, or is not real es-
tate taxed in New York? Why kill the
poor COW and then show in another
column that much of the fault rests
with the manufacturer of the products
and the improper time when the COW is
in profit? And, finally, what reason
has he for making such claims as he
| does for the increase of profits from
| increased grain feed? 1t is a fact that
! those who feed grain largely are, as a
rule, those who have the best cows,
feed the most and best hay, care most
for the comfort of their stock, have the
best appliances for manufacturing theil
goods, and use the most skill in selling
them; and what he credits to increased
feed is, in my judgment, the result OF
most or all the things combined. The
use he makes of his figures and the
conclusions he arrives at reminds me
of an old Washington county man who
used to boast that "my son Joel " coulC
cipher to the moon in sixteen minute;
if let alone, and should be tempted
to think from his article on dairyine
that he was a descendant of "my
son JOEL" were it not that he, like
many of the -pedigreed and big
record cows, died and left us no seed.
QUEsTIONER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27
Hired Men.

The time for making contracts is APP
preaching, and we feel moved to say a
word or two about this matter. In the
first place, it neuer pays to hire a
" cheap" hand. A farmer may, posi-
bly,, sometimes get good man to work
for him at less wages than he is worth
The farmer will make little unhal-
lowed lucre by thus wronging him; but
he will probably find better place
next year. The right, and in the long
run the most profitable, way is to hire
good men, pay them well, and keep
them as long as you can. No matter
how good a hand is, he can not do all
that he might do for you until he gets
acquainted with your land, your stock
and your way of conducting the farm.
A man who swears, is dirty in person,
or in his talk, or is liar, no matter if
he is "tiger" to work, is not profit
able to employ. There are good square
men who are as good workers as any.
Try to get such, and use them so they
will want to stay with you. A cores
pendent of the Homestead, who signs
his name, puts it strongly, from the
hired mans point of view, as follows
Who is to blame for the poor kind of
help nowadays? take care of gen.
tleman's place in the country, and he is
one who knows how TO use man as he
himself would like to be treated. We
hear great deal said about the dignity
of labor, though mostly by men who
take hold of the light end of the log.
Well, if labor is elevating, how is it
that the hired man gets the poorest
quarters to live in on the farm? | have
worked on farm where | could count
the stars through the roof of my bed
room, and shovel the snow after each
snowfall out of the hole that served
for window. At another place
could have picked from my bed enough
bedbugs to make a square meal for a
dozen chickens, if / had stayed long
enough to do so. No wonder the bet
tor class of help leave the farm to work
in factories. They may not average as
much wages in the long run as on a
farm, but they can hire as good a room
as they want and feel like men. Is
there anything refining about working
sixteen hours day, eating your meals
alone in the back kitchen, crawling up
after the days work is done into the
attic by means of an old ladder, getting
baked in summer and frozen in winter
If there is any fail to see it. If few
of the hired men were to contribute
their experiences to the Homestead, il
would make mighty interesting read
ing.-W. b, CmniSOn, COrdariUe, Mass
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Notes by the Way.

Sows ought to be at least twelve
months old before they are served, and
then never by boar younger than one
year. One service is sufficient and it is
unwise to allow more.
WHAT we need most is not larger
farms, but larger farmers. Has any
man right to more land than he knows
how to farm to profit2 Has he right
to misuse and depreciate that by which
the nation must live?
Is there anything better for the little
people on farm than to have the care
of the little things? To have pleasant
work and business of their own, to go
on regularly, as a part of the great
comprehensive whole?
WE are assured by a prominent agri-
cultural authority Gone of the candi-
dates for the new secretaryship of ag-
riculture) that cit has been proved
that many cows will give more milk if
sung to in a low key while being
MIXED" Here is a cheap substitute
for cotton.seed meal.
IT is a mighty bad plan to Jump from
one crop to another. This often has
ruined many special crop farmers.
Keep steadily at the thing you can do
best. If prices decline, try to make a
bigger and better crop next year, when
the prices will probably be up.again,
and you can get even.
"DoN'T forget to pound up lots of
bones for your hens; if there is any
meat on them, so much the better"
says an exchange. A farmer must have
but little to do if he can afford to spend
his time pounding up bones for his hens
when he can buy bone-meal for less
than two cents pound. If you must
pound them, at least have the sense to
burn them first.
GAS we'll might lawyer hire some
one to prepare and study and manage
his law business, or preacher employ
another to fill his pulpit, as for farmer
to habitually buy such articles as corn
oats, bacon, lard, butter, beef, mules
and horses, ETC., the very things it is
the peculiar business of the farmer tc
grow from his SOIL" says the Southern
Cultiudtor. 1t is true that farmer may
specialize too much. either North Oh
South, but it is better to do few
things well than more poorly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27
Warming the Water.

Mr.. Editor You ask the farmers to
give you their experience in warming
water for stock and their views thereon.
Mine are as follows: have stock of
seventeen head of cattle, and have a
water-tub that holds sixty pals of
water. The first of December put in
one of Kiser's water-heaters, manu-
featured by j. 7. Drew of Cabot. This,
with fair stream running into the tub,
will heat the water to seventy degrees
(Which / consider about the right heat)
in fifty minutes, at an expense of about
one cent. This will keep it warm while
the stock are all drinking. They will
not generally drink more than once aday.
Ten cows average to take five hundred
pounds of water per day. They drink it
readily and appear to enjoy it much
better than before l began to warm it.
Those that have just calved will drink
twice day and take about thirty-fve
pounds of water at time. This is, of
course, question upon which there are
various opinions. Some of the best
dairymen say they would not have the
water warmed for their stock at all,
while others are strongly in favor of it.
Formyself, am fully convinced that my
stock does better. | can keep them at
less expense and make more butter
than when ! used cold water, and
think that the water-heater is a good
investment for any farmer. l hope
that farmers will give us their expert
ence freely through the columns of
your paper. j. Nj. FISHER.
Cabot, February Is, 1899.
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items of expense arecharged which are
clearly established; but let us in like
manner consider the entire record of
the county, as presented in the Cow
Census" and the conclusion will, /
think, be irresistible that, taken as
whole, the dairy industry, even in JEFF
ferson county, is far from profitable:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27
The Dairy Industry.

Mr.. Editor Il find upon my return,
after short absence, your letter en-
closing TIE criticisms of your anony-
nous correspondent upon certain of
the conclusions which appeared to me
clearly proven by the figures presented
by Mr.. G. j. Jennings in his "Cow
Census" of Jefferson county in this
state. This is matter of so much vital
importance to our agricultural industry
that it should attract the attention of
every intelligent farmer, and l hope
that the result of this discussion will be
the speedy adoption of better methods
in our dairying, by which such deplor-
able condition may be avoided. To
appear even as attempting to depreciate
the great dairy industry, as at present
conducted, is so ungracious task that
| confess it would bring to me more of
pleasure to find that your clever cor
respondent had upset my conclusions
than of modification at finding my
figures erroneous. 1t must not be for
gotten that these results we are discus
sing are those of one of the banner
counties of this state, Jefferson stand
ing twenty-siXth in list of thirty-five of
the dairy counties of New York as
to the average value of products per
COW, as shown by Dairy Commissioner
Brown in his recent report. What,
then, shall be said of the dry tree, if
this is true of the green? Before pro-
ceeding to reply to the specific points
made by your correspondent, let me
present few of the statistics which |
take from the records of the Cow Census
which Mr.. Jennings has kindly fur
nished me for examination. find the
following: Forty-seven herds contained
CAB cows. These herds had an aggre-
gate of $50 acres of pasturage and
go acres of meadow. They also con.
sumed 6S4 acres of fodder-corn, valued
at 81 1886; also grain and bran (mainly
grain) valued at 81 ,462.30, and of hay
bought and fed, $3.50. The aggregate
of taxes was 81 ,637. The value OF
rough fodder consumed was 81 1906
The aggregate value of products $l4,-
3S2.7l. We may consider this lot of
cows by themselves, since they include
entire dairy herds, and the cost of theil
keeping and value of their products is
clearly shown. AS l have already
shown in previous paper, the average
acreage value of the hay crop in New
York for twenty-five years has been
S16.05. 1t certainly can not but have
averaged higher in so good county al
Jefferson, and the care and waste Of
feeding the hay must add somewhat t.
its value when sold in butter; but lie
us call the $40 acres of hay at S16.0i
and we have:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

1t will be seen that in the above there
is made no charge for the following
items, each of which the reader may
estimate for himself, but there is no
doubt their aggregate will greatly in
crease the total loss on this LOT of CAB
cows, the entire number in forty-seven
h, rds; (a) | $3.50 acres of pasturing; (O
interest on cattle; (c) interest on land
and buildings; (D interest on dairy
outfit; (e) repairs on buildings, fences,
etc; % manufacture of products;
CD marketing of products, (h) care of
cattle, feeding, etc. The average value
of the above forty-seven farms is
$34.69 per acre. 1t will be seen that in
the above the criticisms of your cores
pendent are removed, since only those
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27
advertisements.
Rheumatism

10 Is an established fact that Hoods Sar
saparllla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures by its powerful action
in correcting the acidty of the blood, which
is the cause of the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
II Is certainly fair TO assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparla has done for others ii
will do for you. Therefore, IL you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
"I was troubled very much with rheuma-
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. l
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed good deal of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, l
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
/ cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparllla
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world" w. f. WooD, Bloomington, Ill.
For Twenty Years
Ihave been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 found no relief, but grew worse. l then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine |
ever had" H. T. BALLOON, Shirley, Mass.
"I suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. / took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. V. A.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, ILL.,
We shall be glad to send, free of charge
to all who may desire, book containing many
additional statements of cures by
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Made
only by C. l. HOOD 81 CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

farm and modify the methods of old
times. In twenty-five years we have
seen great changes in dairying. These
changes will go on. We can not stop
them, nor should we desire to do so.
We old men, perhaps, will not change
much; but be assured that, whether
we do or not, the change will go on.
The new farming is in sight.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

Mr.. Editor:-In your article on I'M
profitable cows you invite criticism
from those of large experience. |
make no claims to that, but, remem-
bering that any fool can ask questions,
! lake the liberty to do it, and / do it
with the better courage, you having an
[sEE FIFTH COLUMN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27

DIR. HosKINs will be glad to send
copy of his Seed and Nursery Catalogue
free to any address sent him by postal,
or otherwise. Address T. II. Hoskins,
Newport, VI.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27
advertisements.
Rheumatism,

rheumatism,
PEING due to the presence of uric
- acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. BE sure you get Ayers and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid is thoroughly expelled from the
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony -
"About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able TO walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, l saw by an advertise
ment in Chicago paper that man had
been relieved of this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparila. | then decided to
make trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to state that it has effected
complete cure. l have since had no re-
turn of the disease. Mrs. II. Irving
Dodge, 40 West 125th st., New York.
cone year ago was taken i'll with
inhammatory rheumatism, being con-
fined to my house six months / came
out of the sickness very much debili-
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disordered in every way. | commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla and began to
improve at once, gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
/ cannot say too much in praise of this
well-known medicine" - Mrs. l.. A.
Stark, Nashua, n. II.
Ayers Sarsapari|Ia,
PREPARED BY
Dr. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell Mass.
Price 81 six bottles, g.. Worth 80 a bottle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-27


lIelns Vi expense sreGnarged Which are
clearly estaDnsneu; euI let us IN IKE
manner CONSIDER tne en'ire record OF
S T county, as presented III tne VOW
Iensus, ana tne conclusion VIII,
uiIuH, Ue l,resls.lple Ina', Iahen az
m mnole' tue ualry lnuus.ry, even IN Jel-
lerSon county, Is lar from proH'aple'
NN unSSer OF OF eeeewra.s''''''.'''.'.'', 5
Total products ............. sl74,so5 o.
Acres n pasture poi lies
h AcTes IN IN meadow ..'.'.'.'..' 6sl5
Tho volno of food o,hor tha, rast,ro
mr. meadoyy 10 sbowr h,, ,1,a foiIou,i,c
fable ~ '''
or.,n o,o.-.
Fodder corn sA0s %
na aytbo;nig;bbt..',,'''''''''''''''''' 2s3sS
Rough fodder 1888 g
EnsiiagPe Ssi ~
Other feeds l27 %
a5iO7 IS
Ia -. 1850 "
in "'VV" Osl7, IS
ro,.l sIs,o sS -
Total earning. I7,s5 .,
n,r. .,oo,.-.-
IT, no;,,a n, 60
oha.d,o o' &C., ~ $50 1 1o.,1IaSo vuo lai
;n ni w. ~ one 900 lron n.,''
n,h;oL - ~ 90 en ~ pa''u.asfH;
o,,tira1I,, olaauI ~ 1;efdnn,,oo t,.--
~ to.JJi aor,,;u ia 49, oot III
thoro ,o,,Id ,.a,,,o;,, ohsoI,,to1,, o,t az
10 ,,oot ~ ,,l'ar 60, ;to,,,s &c $3.50
sorv ovnanso ottond;nc, tbo induotrT
40 o,,rrroC'ato of n,h;nt hn,ro,,or oaEH
mote5 wemid hn tha nst;nootod Lose 70
,La ;,d %oIu " ~, IL o,',t,, w. W
corrosnondaSt oar4oini, oor I'LL, houo
on, ;9l' Ynu LII I o o", 80 uai n"S u@ I
r,iitnd ~ ~ o totnn,,t ~ ~ ;f a.
nnorost ono-baIf or 20 600 oo n"' -, o om
state tipIad tbo Cr,ofits ~ H. Grr
;nd,,s,r,, ,rn,,Id m ;,,oraosaS osa;hiy2.
ienSfold. but oonfaos that oon not
| fuIl1, ma nrstord 1vb,, 10 90 ~ 1rhot
| otber msa 10 iand n0Jrid bo 80 III
snnnorts tboso 20 600 nou. q Pr tbat ,rn,,Id
fhSt Of nreeent if does NOT nay oppvtbina
novinc, hrsinoes tho nrodnc,ior of o1o
1856, 900 worth of dairy products. at a
cost of, say thirty or forty millions of dol
lars' we Iaugn at the man VINO eX-
much below actnoI cost of ,rodmctior
on the ground that he did so LARGE a
business. Nor is it sufficient answer
~ say tiaS our ualryinen h,'oto the con-
,,ractinalI,, ,,nSound Co.. tha+ ~ ~ ,, "nv
point. Far too many of our dairvmen
do not know, and have not sufficiently
CONSIDERED, Whether ihey are or nave
;daeS iI"iy piun sai,
sufficient return was secured for their
labor, they have been led to believe
that other than The true causes brought
t LIS Uin"pPy '.a.J " "ilailo 49,.
limits of spacei and have hardly taken
up the several points of your cores
pendent, though perhaps some of them
li h answer III VISA have Writ!eh'
return 70 b;s Iettar prrrp CoTIIUp
Geneva, New York.
EDITORIAL REMARKS. i mere are
no more important points concerning
tne prohts OF DAIRY farming IMAM the
ones mere discussed between our intel
ilgeht "lliiamslo"h correspondent ana
the eminent agricultural chemist VINO
Is at lhe heau oi ehe Experiment STATION
OF our great neighboring state. 10
get at the bottom facts, IL Is absolutely
hOSOSoaly tiat tuO iailhcl o Wow anu
the scientists view of the subject