The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24
Notes by the WAY.

THE farmer who has the most trouble
with the market is the one who is seek
ing a good market for an inferior arti-
Gle.
If the flock must be kept closely con-
fined in yards, use the breeds that bear
confinement best, such as the Brahmas
and Cochins.
New JERSEYS grape crop is fail
ure, and the growers are half a million
dollars poorer than they would have
been with better luck.
PENNSYLVANIA has 10000 more in
habitants than the whole Dominion of
Canada. And Pennsylvania is not our
most populous state, either.
In order for men to make themselves
felt they must act; the possession of
knowledge is not enough, only when it
is used does it become of value.
CAN we not separate this idea of
drudgery from farm work? Is there
not as much dignity and freedom in
farm life as any other profession?
HASTE and ill-advised action on the
part of farmers is always an injury
rather than help to their cause. But
delay when the time comes is no less so.
THE poultryman who fastens the
nests to the poultry-house will soon
have cause for regret. All nests should
be portable, in order to thoroughly
clean them and clear out the lice.
THERE has been a marked improve
ment in the wool situation, and the APP
pearances warrant the belief that there
will shortly be genuine revival in the
trade. 1t has been long time coming.
Do not go round with long faces and
the constant complaint that our farms
are not good for anything. Perhaps
they are much better than you think,
but grumbling will not make the fact
evident.
WE don't want all the boys to remain
farmers, and wouldn't hold them there
if we could. But we would like to
keep those with us who intend to be
farmers, and who are now enticed
away to other states.
Now why is it that so many farmers
are complaining of hard times. Are
the times really hard or have they got
the grumbling habit so well fixed as
not to notice the difference between
prosperity and adversely.
THE Ohio station concludes: There
is practically no difference between
the feeding value of a given quantity
of corn cured as silage and an equiva-
lent quantity cured as dry fodder" pro-
vided all other conditions are the same.
To those who suppose the hens do
not pay when eggs are low, which is
usually in the summer, we will ask one
question, How much did the eggs cost
your" With free range, calculation
will show that the eggs are almost clear
profit.
"THE European parasites of the
cabbage butterfly have been imported
into some sections of the Eastern
States and are doing good service in
the market gardens near some of our
large Cities" says an exchange. We
hadn't heard of it.
"THERE are thousands of acres of
pasture land in Vermont too rocky or
too steep to be cultivated with profit,
and yet, if properly managed, may be
kept productive as pastures to all time, p"
says Mr.. Cheever of the NeC England
Farmer, and, as usual, he says truth.
LOOK over the fences. This is the
season when stock at pasture is inclined
to roam, seeking fresh grasses and bet
ter pasturage. 1t is far better to mend
the fence before the stock breaks over
it. Better still to have good fences,
that are not getting out of repair and
tumbiing down.
THE Kansas Farmer says that "the
mortgage has done its deadly work
has wrought ruinin thousands of homes.
Relief of some kind must come, or
within five years 100000 Kansas
farmers homes will be sold by the
sheriff. This is an ugly picture to look
at, but it is before u.s."
L" EXPERIENCE proves that the poor
man must Work wherever he is. If he
is in village, and pretends to run a
shop, he must keep the shop if he
would have the shop keep him. On
the other hand, if you are on farm
and expect the farm to support you,
you have got to support the farm, -
says the Nep England Farmer.
A LARGE fraction of the active lead
ing business and professional men in
the cities began life in the hill towns
and on the hill farms. The lessons OF
industry and frugality taught them.
with temperate habits and good health,
were their foundation capital. Upon
these qualities many have built fame
and fortune, and they might be made
to do as much on the farm.
r THE prosperous merchants wife does
not get any more out of her husbands
store than she needs, but thinks goods
represent money value to him. just
so is the farmers produce from the
farm; it represents money value, and
if it is all used in the family, following
advice given in various papers, where
will the money come from to buy
other things equally necessary?
; IN many instances few political
manipulators, who really care about
as little for the farmers as they do foI
the Hottentots, are able to control
enough farmers votes TO keep them
selves or their friends in power, and
these same farmers, who are used ms