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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-07
a Halifax Farmer on the Pig-Feeding
RmllnIin.

EdiOr Of the HhPHir-Dedr Sir: In
common with other farmers of the state
have received from the Vermont State Ag
ricultural Experiment station, Bulletin No
Is, relative to pig feeding. Being a farm
er in a small way. keeping six cows, put
ting cream in the jacksonville creamery
and feeding skim milk with meal and bran
to pigs | was very much interested in
reading of the experiment in its different
stages of progress On reaching the finan
cial summary on page -, it appeared to
me that to thoughtful mind it revealed
much more than was printed, also a want
Of some information that it was important
to have. | am therefore prompted to ask
a few questions to obtain the desired infor-
nation. As they are questions that others
beside myself would be very likely to be
interested in, propose TO make them open
questions through the columns of The
Phoenix, provided the courtesy of the ed-
tor will allow me space for | make no
claim to space in your paper for this or any
other purpose.
That the Importance of the questions and
their bearing on results may be seen and un
derstood, | would refer to the financial sum
/
we have live weight, 220 pounds dressed
weight, 1873 pounds On page 20. article
seven, we see that the sale was at st cents
per pound this would give us 500 for the
dressed pig Now subtract from this the
amount of 50 "a, the selling price of live
weight gained during the test, and we
have g. cents as the worth of a 10 pound
pig at the beginning of the test. Chester
White, No /, would stand, 1856 pounds at
st cents, 80 165 subtract 50 63 and it
leaves s 10 as the worth of PA pound
pig at the beginning of the test. York
shire, No ,, would be 145 pounds at 81
cents, giving 81 81; subtract 50 So credited
to gain, and we have 76 cents as the worth
of a l4l.pound pig at the beginning Of the
test.
BY this time the reader has, most likely,
anticipated our question, which is We're
the pigs purchased for the amount allowed
as above shown If not, what was their
purchase price . What has become of the
purchase Investment over and above this
allowance 1t certainly has vanished some
where between purchase and sale A man
ufacturer or business man who should fig
ure out profit at the sacrifice of part Of
his invested capital would soon be on the
road to bankruptcy, and his business in
the hands of a receiver for settlement
And | know of no law or rule by which
farmers can be exempt from like results
Now | do not know what the purchasing
prices of these pigs we're but | do know
that no such pigs could be purchased in this
section last May for less than 81 80 for the
Berkshire and Yorkshire, and SO or more
for the Chester White. In fact they could
not be purchased at any price, and w. W.
Stowe shipped in carload of pigs to sup
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Felt Like GeIIing Right up in Meeting
umd COnlradictinR.

We listened the other day to an address de.
itv"red by an able and well known authority on
poultry raising. 1t was very practical, and
abounded in good common sense; but il lost ali of
its value and force in one remark 1t was one
lhat is more or less true and is common to the
average poultry article in the newspapers 1t
was this 1T you want eggs be careful and not
have your hens fat" We felt like getting right
up in meeting and contradicting That is not
our experience and it makes no difference who
SAYS it, it is a mistake 1t requires qualification.
A hen made fat by fat-forming foods like corn
meal Is apt TO Ike too fat to lay" hut one that is
led on the Prolific Poultry Food will be plump
and round and LAY all the time"
In this essential the Food has no rival There
are preparations fed for the same purpose that
Make hens lay" but the hens are as of flesh as
II fed on oats Not so the Prolific Food Mixed
with the morning mess the hens will not only
return many times the cost In the Increased pro
duction of eggs, but the hen can be taken from
her nest for the table and be as fit for it as
young cOckerel
More than this, there is no preparation more
economical Only small quantities are fed, and
the cost is nut % cents pound, Of any druggist
or scotsman, or direct from L. b. Lord, pro
prlttor Burlington, Vt, Again, it does not create
an abnormal condition, leading to diseased con.
dtlons, but keeps the hens healthy and especially
free from roup and cholera, and such pernicious
habits as egg.eating and feather picking
NeU England FdT7uer Nor q 1874
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Administrative Sale.

w ILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION at the
w late residence Of Emerson Carpenter in
the south part OF Guilfurd, on Tuesday, the nth
day Of February next, at 10 O'Clock A, NJ, the fol
lowing personal property 10 wit: Ten cows, mostly
new milk yearlings II calves; ! two-years old
hull: portable Chase circular saw mill: one u
inch inserted tooth circular saw: one - inch solid
tooth circular saw drag saw with fixtures;
shnglr machine with POINTER; express wagon
buckeye mower. wheel rake: I horse hoe:
Slide OK yoke; harrow tanning mill: sleds;
, cross cut saws: manure forks; / scoop shovel:
pitch forks; feed baskets: , meal chests;
clraver; cable chains: lot Of small chains; a
set neck yoke straps; 3 cant hooks; apple head
er: a lot Of flour barrels; cider barrels: hay
knives; shoyeis: oil cans side lace leather;
log caliper; several tons of hay and cat fodder a
lot Of carpenters tools; carpenters tool chest
hlacksInlth's tools; a set traverse sled runners:
stone boat plank: a lot Of ash, oak and elm lum-
Der one ~ can Cooley creamer new; Elmer
churn; dozen milk pans, tin pals and many
other things too numerous to mention A lso a
quantity Of household furniture.
S. n. HERRICR, Auctioneer.
VIOLA l.. CARPENTER, Administrators.
Guilford, Jan. -.
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In recent lecture, Prof Brewer of Yale
college illustrated the idea that IMAM is
worth more than the land" by case which
came under his own observation. A man
bought farm for $50 an acre. He so i'm
proved it that in a few years he was offered
$500 an acre for it. At his death it sold
Tor $3.50 an acre. In a few years the pur
chaser sold it for 800 an acre to a man
who finally disposed of it for S12 an acre.
Here It was plainly the men and not the
farm that determined the value.
Though evidently not the meaning in
tended by Prof. Brewer, it is true that
property in the hands of certain men looks
bigger than the same property, at the
same time and in the same condition. would
look in the hands of others.
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~ t arr " EMERSON j. CARPENTER
re, tn9 subscribers being duly appointed Nv H..
iuoiSple Probate Court for the District of Nal
LII oiio, commissioners, u receive. examine snd
ss,sins, az claims aud demands VI ali persnns
~ Gisn, tng estate OF Emerson j. Carpenter is1
OF Gniltord in said district deoeaspd sn iaty
e,ails exhibited in Offset thereto. be,sb anu a
M bis l sst we Mll meet for the purpose af5rsa M
az ana seventh day Of June next from m Tepr1
fbst s unt clock y n, each OF said DAYS AMI
rs tbe Inn, noIths from the 18th day Of January Is9
allowance u" i0' examination and
"eu FR Gg N This soth day Of January 1870
FRANK JACOBS Commissioners
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From the Burlington Free Press, Jan col
In this mornings paper appears an ar
ticle from Mr., o. S Bliss in regard TO our
late bulletin on pig feeding. Mr. Bliss saws
he has carefully studied the bulletin. but
nevertheless he has missed the germ idea of
the whole test and that is that we were
studying how much increase of weight is
made ON given food and how much that
increase costs per pound For the purposes
OF this experiment it makes no difference
what the pigs cost The pigs at a certain
time come into our peus they weigh Ger
tain amount aud cost some money.
Now the question to be answered is, how
fast will they grow ON thu food given and
how long can we keep them before they
will cease TO give a profit on the food con
sumed If they cost hundred dollars
apiece it would not affect the question of
the proper time 10 market them If Mr.
Bliss will real the figures carefully he will
see that the original weight of the pigs was
deducted from the weight at time of killing
aud that all the calculations are based on
the result obtained from the feed we gave
them.
The last proposition of Mr.. Bliss is that
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STATR ORVRRmONT. wes,n

- " w " FhITUITIaTlT,
y The Probate Court for said District
10 an persons Interested IN the estate Of PIIEBE
decreased " Ta,.,f - !" .
Whereas, Merrill Holland, Administrator I,op
the estate OF Phebe Holland, in said district de.
lorth that the sale Of the whole Of the real estate m
sad deceased viii be beneficial u the heirs and nj
persons Interested therein, and prayin for licens.
court what purports to be the consent In writing
90 an the heirs residing in this state 10 such salr
" uSIeuPnn u Is ordered that the same be heard
al the session Of said court 10 be- HELD m tb., ~,
9ate ONCE IN Bellows Falls on the first day of
MATch, A. ID. 1870, when and where Won may H..
heard IN the premises, II you see cause 10y "
CHAS b. EDDY, Register
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.OMNIIAnIONERs, NnrInR-

M ESTATE OF NILSSON W WILLARD
=, me unders gned having been appointed nv tn.
honorable 'r lbate Court for the District OF Nsri
Just all claims and demands of All uersnns 80
lhe estate Of Nelson W Willard, late of D,m,n'r
SION IN said district, deceased aud ali claims ~,
limited IN offset thereto, hereby give notice thar
~ ~ WIN meet Tor the purpose aforesaid az IN
I3te dwelling Of said decreased on the a6tb dav ne
February and the 22d day Of July next xro m,
ose o CLOCK p NJ until four O'Clock p NJ. on eacb
~ salI days and that six months from the ssth
u9y OF January, A, ID. 1880, is the time limit.
III, IT, uy SAID court for said creditors 10 nrtsent
''Sit claims 10 US for examination and aIld,Van,
A. b. 1890 ~ NaJ Vi February,
JoSEP III MILLER lcomn,,..,.
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FertiIiyinr Win clever.

There are many thousands of acres in
Wisconsin that if properly cultivated would
be among the most profitable farming lands
in the state. We know of many farms
that few years ago were considered worth
less, which are now very productive, hav-
ing been made so by judicious cultivation.
system Of rotation and blowing like
the following will, in a few years. work
wonders on any soil When a crop of small
grain is sown in the spring, sow a liberal
amount of medium clover, and the next
year. after cutting the hay early, let the
second crop go to seed and pillow under
when well matured
The next year plant crop, and when
harvested pillow fully as deep as before.
which brings the clover seed 10 the surface
for most liberal stocking The clover
seed contains so much oil that it will not
rot while in the ground, and still being GOV.
cred so deeply will not terminate while
there. There being such an amount of
seed. If some does winter kill more will not.
Then SOW crop, and the ground is we'll
seeded With clover, and another crop of hay
cut as before. Aud 50 on for a series of
years, harvesting crop of grain the first
year, corn or potatoes the second year, grain
the third year, and clover hay the fourth
year.
By this process the soil will improve in
fertility wonderfully every year, and no
expense for clover seed after the first sea
son. Of course the above is good system
to adopt on any land, but as sandy soil is
often considered of but little value | sug
gest this way Of renovating it.
In recent conversation with an old
farmer from New York, he told me that, by
the process given, farms in his vicinity that
a few years ago could be bought for a song,
are now worth 500 an acre.
There are many points of excellence in
sandy soil. The ground can be worked
earlier in the spring than cayey soil The
crops mature earlier. 1t is easier cutivat
ed. 1t can be worked sooner after heavy
rain The potato and all other roots are
far superior in quality. If the cultivated
crops are titled as often as they should be
in dry season, they will stand the droutb
nearly if not quite as well as on clay soil.
But this article is already longer than
intended and, in conclusion, would like
10 hear the views Of those who own sandy
farms. X. Darts, Sparta, Wis, IN
Western Farmer
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AegaI Notices.
.OMMIssIONERs NOTICE.

~ ESTATE OF ElEALER Il. BROWN
The undersigned having been appointed by thu.
honorable Probate Court for the District of West
minister Commissioners to receive examine and
ADJUST all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Eleazer b Brown, late of Put
n"y IN said district, deceased and all claims eXblb-
tied m offset thereto, hereby give notice that
We VIII meet for the purpose aforesaid at the resi-
Ience OF Levi }, HoughtOn in Putney, on the 18th
day Of February and the l2th day OF July next,
from o clock p. NJ, until p. NJ ON each of said
uays- and that six months from the I'D DAY Of Jan
uary, 1880, is the time limited by said couTi for sail
creditors to present their claims TO us for examina
tion and allowance
Dated at Putney, this I'D day Of January, 1880
CHARLES +. BROWN
HENRY CRAWFORD, ( commissioners.
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state Board of Agriculture aI West
Iminsier.

minister.
We bespeak a good attendance at the
meetings of the board of agriculture to be
held at Westminster, Thursday and Friday
of next week The papers and discussions
at these meetings have always been worth
them, aud they improve from year to year.
Let the Windham county people give the
speakers and members of the board the in-
spiration and encouragement of a full
house 1t is no credit to a farmer not to
attend the meetings of the board because
he knows too much about his business to
learn anything more.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-07

An Associated Press reporter, just re
turned from the Northwest. brings with
him tale of terrible suffering and destitu-
ton IN nineteen counties of South Dakota.
gathered from persons who have but re
Gently been eyewitness of what they so
graphically describe
And yet thousands of emigrants from
New England will settle in Dakota during
the coming year
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EHcep,ion. TnI,cn ,hr RnlIc,in

From the Burlington Free Press January e ]
The Free Press invites attention TO the
pig feeding bulletin No. Is, of the State
Agricultural station lust issued, and re
marks that the conclusion reached is that
pig feeding is profitable even at the low
price of five aud one quarter cents per
pound dressed weight provided the pig is
sold at an early agc-as soon as possible
after it reaches $50 pounds
l have carefully studied the bulletin in
the hope to derive from it some exact in
formation upon the economy Of pig feeding
But like most of the published reports on
Successful Farming running through the
press of the day there is an omission Of
most important items which leaves the
seeker after exact facts as much in the
dark as ever. The experiment was with
or upon six pigs within two days of FIVE
weeks old on the day they were put in our
pens, May II, 1889" We are told where
they came from, but not word in regard
to their cost Perhaps the station got
them for nothing. but the common farmer,
for whose benefit the experiment is sup.
posed to have been conducted, would have
been luckier than most of MS were last
spring if he had not been obliged to invest
at least SlS of hard money before he could
have put six well bred pigs of five weeks
old into his pen. Now this omission multi
flies nearly every conclusion reached by the
experiment In the summary. paragraph
:, we are told that: They sold for 81
cents per pound dressed weight and shrank
Is per cent in dressing making the selling
price equal to ABB cents per pound, live
weight The whole selling price was
S41O and the value of the feed consumed
S36.22, leaving profit of Sl0.s5. Pro
vided, of course, that the pigs cost
nothing
The editorial fraternity are so sensitive
on the subject of long articles that | must
omit two or three other points bearing
upon the conclusions reached There is,
however, one question TO which desire to
invite attention. On the first page of the
bulletin proper, these statements are made
as facts:
81, Pig feeding is profitable even at
the low price of 5t cents per pound, dressed
weight Provided,
80. The pig is sold at an early age
50. The pig should be sold as soon as
possible after it reaches a live weight Of
- Grain can be fed to young pigs with
profit; fed to pigs weighing over 200 pounds
there is a loss"
In paragraph of the summary it is
said: The fertilizing value of the food
consumed should always be taken into ac-
count, and is the largest gain in the trans
action. In this case it amounted to S22 G6
from food which was worth S3G. %
Now the question in which the practical
feeder is interested is; If | sell my pig at
1870 pounds live weight at 81 cents per
pound and replace it with a five weeks old
8 D
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Good Farm for Sale.

nNE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE IN WIND.
~ HAM COUNTY, consisting of 100 acres pleas.
antly situated ON the stage road from BrattebOru
TO Wilmington and one mile from West Brattle.
hOrO. Buildings consist of new twO-stOry house
Barns are in good repair. outbuildings ample
splendid cellar under the whole house Running
water to house and barn. Plenty Of wood for
farm. Land can be- divided thereby making two
small farms. Line fences nearly all new and am
pie. The above described property will be dspos.
ed of in pieces il not otherwise sold this spring
said farm is calculated for dairy farm and Is
within / II miles Of the BrattebOro Creamery.
S. n HERRICK, Agent
BrattlebOro March T. 1889
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There are
many white soaps,
each
represented to be
just as good as the Ivory"
They are not,
but like
all counterfeits.
they lack
the peculiar
and remarkable
qualities of
the genuine.
Ask for
Ivory Soap
and
insist upon having it.
lis sold everywhere.
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A FARMER WANTED.

A COMPETENT MAN AND WIFE without A
\ tamlly, as working fOremen on a stock and
dalIy farm where six TO eight men are employed
during the summer Man must have expt,rience
III care OF stock and practical farming Woman
must De qualified 70 take the best care of daiTV
and general housekeeping. Everything FURNISHED
ana convenient. Good salary and monthly nav
inehls No one need apply for the situation who
cannot FURNISH hest OF evidence for subrety hon
esly ana knowledge of the service required
Auuress' OAK RIDGE FARM
East DummerstOn VI
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Children Cry for Pitchers CastorIa.

When Baby was sick, we gave her CastoriA
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastoriA
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Halifax, '

salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for
pain, has no equal Persons suffering from rheu-
matisn, neuralgia or cuts, bruises, sprains, etc ,
should not be without il. Price only Is cents
what is the whole duty of a married manF'
asks the new conlugal catechisn. To be agree
able to his wife and keep DR.. Bulls Cough syrup
In the house Tor the children when they get cold
of course. Ask us something hard,
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DON'T READ THIS
Unless there is
A SPAWN On Your Horse.

Spayins, Ringbones, Curls, Splints. Sweeney
and all sOft lunches can he positively aud perIna-
nentl' cured by using Mr., Miller's SPAWN Oint-
meut, new remedy that is positive cure Hun
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vet. A. Woodbridge. Spring Hin stock farm,
Nergenn-s. Vt, says; 1t is the best remedy in the
market for the CURES il is advert sad to effect and
the only SPAWN aud RingbOne cure worthy Of the
name Send your address on postal for books Of
treatment and testimonials. The right remedy is
worth 50 to you. We have it, Price 81 per box
and only one box required for a cure. At the
druggists L ~ no other
THE CITY DRUG STORE,
NFrgrnues VI
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Free TreatmentEEeegsa !

ene1les included, viii be donated by Dr. Sweet the
eelsorated natural born setter and physlcAn 10 ots
NNMk person N each town WITHOUT EXPERsK ex-
eepl Sl.OO tor drawing examination papers. send
~ money unul return OF papers Application must
- endorsed by Minister OF Postnaster Send stamp
~ ~ .hkk Examinations BLANKS and particulars 10
~ ~ ,ssSeels sanitArum for the Lame, le Union
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new ENGLAND CITY
TO THE FRONT!

The stock of the New England company lex.
Gov. Furnham, presidentl is now ready for sub
scrbers New England civ is located on the Ala.
hama Great Southern railroad, IS miles northeast
OF Fort Payne and - miles southwest Of Chatta-
nOoga This company has purchased IL 400 acres
OF mineral lands and 1000 acres Of town site The
quality and abundance o the coal fire clay, lime
sLOne, kaolin and iron together with favorable
location insure great success to this enterprise
Shares 80 For particulars write to
GEO. A. BROWN, Any.
Bellows Falls VI
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J J ] ] 4 i j

berkshire No. /, s9Gi 81 30 s71I So s Al
Chester White MOL, 9765 400 6.7Gj 6.O9 rs
Yorkshire No. ,, 16l $50 5.ll 6l6 +l.O5
*Loss
1t is sometimes best to look at things
from different standpoints of view. We now
present another view as a whole.
To two Berkshires and two Yorkshires at
81 80 per head, 5000
To two Chester Whites at $500 per head, 800
Cost of feed, 36.29
Interest on Investment six months, IS
By 900 pounds dressed pork at 81 cents, $54i
Loss -
Another view
800 pounds of dressed pork sold for s52 20
Amount credited to gain during test, i7OI
Difference, s52a
This represents the value of six likely
pigs for experimental purposes, an average
of 81 cents each. Whether farmers can
raise pigs for such prices or not is another
question. The reader will take notice that
we make no war on the station or its work,
but only try to bring out the imprinted re-
suits of the experiment which farmers
ought to know, but which do not appear in
the bulletin They should also notice that
the price of meal and bran is the most fla
vorable at which it can be obtained at
business centres. A few miles from the
railroad increases the COST Every increase
of cost of feed increases the cost of pro
duction, and in the same proportion dimin-
ishes the profit or increases the loss. There
are several other points had thought to
notice, but | forbear, for this has already
extended far beyond my first anticipation.
Now, Mr., Editor, ! make no warfare on
the station, nor have | a hidden or secret
opposition to it or its work to crafty. If
it cannot endure fair and close scrutiny
or examination of its work, it has no bust
ness TO exist in Vermont, for Vermonters,
as rule like fair dealing and open hand
work. As have written nothing, aud do
not intend to, that would not say in open
meeting, / have no occasion TO appear I'M
der fictitious or assumed name, but sign
myself Yours truly,
l.. NJ. WOoDARD.
Halifax, Vt.