The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-15
Notes by the WAY.
to stay.

WE wear out ourselves and our ma
chimes working over acres that do not
yield half crop.
MANY farmers who do not attend
raise the question, of what benefit are
dairymen's conventions?
If you do not want to be annoyed by
flies, dispense with slopholes and all
places where they breed.
FRUIT is more than luxury, it is a
necessity in some cases. We can not
give too much emphasis to this.
IT is not necessary to be all the
while " chewing tobacco and splitting
the juice" in order to be gentleman.
THE only way farmer can make a
profit is to lay obsolete systems aside
and put more brains into his profess
sion.
Do the families of the average Amer
lean farmer consume as much milk in a
fresh state as they really should? We
think not.
SOME one says, ga balanced ration
is cheaper than one out of balance"
" Yes, if it does not cost too much, :"
says the Maine Farmer.
WHEAT thieves have made daring
depredations in st. Joseph county, Ind. :,
carrying off teams, wagons and sacked
wheat from various farms.
AVOID inbreeding. Get new and, if
possible, better blood from time to
to time. Now is the season to purchase
the needed cockerels, and whilst you
are about it, get good ones only.
DON'T breed from or to horses of I'M
pleasant disposition. There is too
much risk attending this. The perfect
horse is one that is intelligent, kind,
easily controlled, and all these traits
are transmissibe.
WHEN hens begin shedding their
feathers, they generally begin to quit
laying. If they are fed on good healthy
food that is easily digested, and espe-
cially green stuff, they will continue to
drop an occasional egg all through the
moulting season.
LOOK after the birds during the
coming months and especially the wet
days. These are the days when roup
begins to make its appearance. This
is but the result of severe cold which
has been neglected until the surround
ing parts become diseased.
LTMEwATER can be used with per-
feet safety on begonias and other ported
plants. Put piece of freshly-burnt
lime, size of an egg, into bucketful of
water; let settle and use the clear
liquid on top, putting in enough to soak
up the earth in the pot. This will kill
the worms.
No farm tool should be left out even
for single night after using. 1t
should be well cleaned and put under
cover in dry place. If farmer is
careless and neglectful of his tools
about the farm, you may make up your
mind that such man is not worthy of
the calling.
On Monhegan, an island short dis
lance down the main coast, there
is an old lady seventy-fve years of
age, who not only knows nothing of
the cars, telephone, electric lights, etc.
but she has never seen horse. She
has always lived on this island, several
miles from the mainland, and her
world has been Monhegan. Sheep and
cows are kept Oh the island, but there
is no call for horses.
NEW ENGLAND agriculture is suffer-
ing for want of capital, as much as
anything else. The conditions of mod
ern life are such that no kind of bust
ness can be carried on at profit with
out capital, and though farming is often
treated as if it were an exception, it is
not. First, relieve the farmer of all
artificial burdens, and then give capital
every possible encouragement to invest
in the industry which must always re-
main the foundation of all industries
and new era will dawn for New
England.
A LITTLE experiment carried out at
the New Hampshire Experiment STA,
ton showed that the average cost of a
quart of milk from the best COW was
1.59 cent, while quart cost from the
poorest COW on the same ration 4 PC
cents. When the best COW was fed
the best of five rations, the cost of her
milk was 1872 cent per quart; on the
poorest ration il was 5.35 cents per
quart. To feed first-class ration gave
an advantage in cost of LOB cents per
quart. To feed the best cow gave an
advantage in cost of 2.65 cents pei
quart
GOOD grapes can not be improved by
cooking, fermentation, or by any
other manipulation. To enjoy them as
a dessert fruit is the best use we can
make of them. But when more are
produced than can be utilized in this
way, by all means let the juice be ex-
tracted, freely used, and put on sale
everywhere, while unfermented. The
fresh juice of the grape makes palat-
able beverage, which even has medi-
cinal properties, and if freely and
cheaply offered, would greatly aid the
cause of temperance, and be blessing
to the whole nation.