The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-01-09

mixed with with the oats, will cause
them to give the food better mastication.
suffered with pain in my side and
back for four we ks, the pain being so
severe as to keep me in bed, unable to
move. l tried Salvation Oil and it COM
pletely cured me and l am now well
and free from all pain. Oh, Robert Led
lish, % burst Alley, Baltomore, Nd.
Capons are said to be easily taught TO
brood chickens. At the last Iowa dairy
convention was exhibited capon that
step-fathered fifty-six chickens during
the past summer.
In smoking meat, the fire should not
be Immediately under the meat, on &C
count of the heat, 1t is better to have it
on one side, and the smoke sent in
through pipe or hue.
1t is sad to think that Nebuchadnezzar
after his gay life had to go to grass, but
ssdder the thought that SO many men of
promise and ability find early graves by
ctrelessness in not checking a cold in it's
early stages by the use of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
Shade is favorable to nu,rifiration and
the enrichment of the soil. The exhaus-
ton OF the soil by the tree feeding en- il
and not the shade. is what prevents the
grass from growing.
There is success in almost any kind Of
business for those who have the mea, g
aud go at it in the right way. Failure
means incompetency or misman ,re-
ment oftener than it does unav0ldabl,
disaster.
The most remarkable cures OF scrofnla
IN record have been accomplish. d b,
Hoods SarsaparllIa. Try it. Sold by
all druggists.
1t is beneath the spirit of civil zltiou
to keep animals on the principle of tn,
survival OF the filtest. 1t is our bust
ness to so protect the weak that they
may get their share of food and have
equally as good shelter as the strongest
They have agricultural depression ar
cheap farms in Maryland as well al
farther North, $100-acre farms hav,
sold as low as SO an acrt and it IS sale
that within fifteen miles of Washing
ton farms can be bought for $40 to 81
an acre.
Perhaps no local disease has puzzled
and baffled the medical profession NOR,
than nasal catarrh. While not immedi
ately fatal 1t is among the most distress
ing and disgusting ills the flesh is air to
and the records show very few or n
cases of radical cure of chronic catarrI
by any Of the multitude of modes o
treatment until the introduction of Ely
Cream Ba m few years ago. The sue
cess of this preparation has been mos
gratifying and surprising.
Boys, now is a goud time to max
friends of the young colts, and dri
them in the ways of obedience. But b
careful not to tease them or get Their
into any bad habits. Make them lik
you and obey you, as your dog does, TO
the fun of IT,
Whatever new business you may wis
tt go into on the farm begin gradually
and push your way carefully in tn
light of experience. In this way yo
may be said to grow into the bushes.
and to fortify yourself against contin
gencies as you go along
WHY WILL YOU
Allow your health to gradually fail
If you are closely confined indoors wit
little or no exercise, and desire goo
health, you must take care of yourself
U.e Sulphur Bitters, and you will hav
a sound mind and strong body.
Where there are number of animal
of different sizes they ought to be sorte
into groups for the purpose of feeding
Otherwise the strongest ones get to
much and suffer from over-feedin
while the smaller and weaker ones ar
kept back for want of sufficient food.
Some one says the benefits of fal
blowing depend upon the winter. Gu
opinion is that they depend upon tn
character of the soil. Some soils woul,
be injured by fall blowing. A clayey
tenacious soil would be benefited, n
matter what the winter might be.
A hog will eat dirt. and it is Offer
good for it; but is that any reason VIII,
we should compel it to pick it's food GU
of filth? And if we do not give it clear
food. how can we expect it to grow
clean and wholesome meat? Can tn
fountain be any purer than its source?
A good mixture for permanent pas
ture is, per acre: pounds Kentucky
blue grass, pounds meadow oat grass
pounds orchard grass, 8 pounds o
meadow fescue, pounds of red top,
pounds of sweet vernal, 2 pounds o.
Pacy's dwarf rye grass, and if no
natural to the land, 3 pounds of whit,
clover.
"Abraham's Oak on the plains OF
Mamre, in Syria, is one of the oldes
known trees in existence and is rever
enced alike by Jew, Christian and Mo.
hommedan. Tradition teaches that il
was under this tree that Abraham
pitched his tent. The body Of the tire,
is 90 feet in circumference and thu
spread of its branches 90.
Prof. Lintner of Albany says tn,
bean weevil may be destroy ed by dror-
ping the bean for aquarter of a minute
IN hot water or by placing them in 6
tight barrel and setting saucer of b.
sulphide OF carbon upon them, Their
carefully closing the barrel. The gal
from the bi-sulphide. being heavy, will
descend, permeate the whole mass oil
beans and destroy insect life.
II the fertility is not in your soil, pu
it in. Apply the necessary terIil zsrs Ia
grow the crop and make the crop pay
for them. In other words. manufacture
raw materials into useful ard market
able crop that will all expenses ID re
ward you for your labor. rnen YOU dc
not make something out of nothing,
but som thing valuable out of some
thing not so valuable.
IF YOU WISH
To enjoy good health and prevent the
seedr of disease from ripening in your
system, you should use the best medi-
cine in the world, Sulphur Bitters,
which will prevent your system from
being all run down by making it strong
and vigorous.-Rev. w. r. Snow.
The following is given as an excellent
mixture OF seed per acre for a meadow /:
IL pounds of timothy. 8 pounds of Ital-
ian rye grass, 8 pounds of meadow
fescue or tall fescue, pounds of red
top, 3 pounds of rough-stalked meadow
grass, 6 pounds of medium clover. II
the meadow is moist, bromus or alsikP
may be introduced, the red top in
creased and the fescue aud the clover
lessened.
Pears Soap is the most elegant toilet
adjunct.
As rule 1t is true economy TO pro-
duce and manufacture everything as
near as possible to the place of its con-
sumption. The man who Crews on the
farm all he consumes on it saves double
transportation-the hauling home what
he buys and the hauling to market what
he sells to pay for it. The two items of
cost may make all the difference be
tween successful and unsuccessful farm
ing.
II is said that the soil around an old
tree, especially dead one. is unfavor-
able to the growth of n younp ma