The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-16

the prospect for large hay crop exists
only on paper, and that grass looks
light in the fields. There has been too
much rain; too little of sunshine.
ONE difficulty in using brooders is
that in winter they are not kept as
warm as they should be, which induces
the chicks to crowd, and they have
bowel disease, which is attributed to the
feeding instead of the lack of heat.
BUTTER can be preserved indefinitely
and perfectly if kept under strong brine
in a cool place. Allowance must be
made for the water already in the but
ter and salt added accordingly. There
is no danger of oversalting with brine.
IT is a striking fact that those plants,
like clover, peas, etc., which of them
selves contain good deal of nitrogen,
are also favorable to nitriGcation and
always leave in the soil an added
amount of nitrogen which is available
for the growth of other crops.
THE farmer is required to keep his
horse, his OK, his cows and sheep
within his own premises, or be liable
to damage. Why should the owner of
a worthless dog have more rights and
liberty than the owner of the noble
horse, or the valuable COW and sheep?
"ALTHoUGH all varieties of fruit
have their lifetime, the Baldwin is the
best-keeping and fnest-favored apple
known" says the Homestead. There
is no disputing about tastes; but as to
keeping, every orchardist knows there
are many longer keepers than the Bald
wins.
FARMERS have this spring made a
mistake in turning their colts away to
pasture too early. The change has
been too radical, and the result in too
many cases has been that they have
fallen away rapidly. Give them little
grain, and help recover lost ground, if
possible.
"ADvICE to not keep butter, but to
sell it as fresh as possible, is sound
enough; but that it must not be made
so that it will keep seems to imply that
the market calls for fresh-made poor
butter instead of fresh-made good but
ter,n says the Mirror and Farmer, and
as usual it is right
A WRITER declares, and we think he
is right, that "the state ought not to
pay bounty for sheep killed by dogs.
This is not for the interest of the state
nor the farmer. The sheep-owner does
not want his sheep killed by dogs,
though he can get pay for them. The
object and end of the law ought to be
to get rid of all sheep-killing dogs"
THE Springfield Republican says that
cit is a dull day when the selectmen
of Pittstield do not receive report of
sheep slaughtered by dogs. Complaint
was lately made from the farm of Mrs.
Thomas Allen of the second visit of
the dogs this season. John Churchill's
loss, the day before, was three sheep
dead, six missing and six badly bitten"
LET every farmer give his son
small piece of land to till which is to
be his, and respect that boys rights.
Let him take none of the product with
out the child's consent. If he has a
taste for filling the soil, pride will
soon be developed in looking after his
possessions and keeping them free
from weeds, and in trying to conduct
the plot better than the rest of the
farm.
A BULL is social being, and moth
ing tends to develop ugliness more
than solitary confinement One at
Kirby homestead, kept in back stable,
was becoming FESTIVE and ugly, but
when moved to a stable with his head
by an open window, where he could
see every one going to and from the
barn-the dog, the children, the horses,
and the cows when they passed to and
from the pasture-became quiet and
gentle.
THE farm is the place to raise chicks.
There they can have an abundance of
fresh air, wide range, and an almost
unlimited variety of food. Given
healthy and vigorous breeding stock,
comfortable quarters, and intelligent
care for the first two months of their
existence, and the chicks will thrive
and grow like magic, building up
strong, perfect frames, invaluable for
the breeding pen or profitable for mar
ket purposes.
ALL brutes can not be controlled by
kindness alone. They, too, are subject
to "orginal SIM" A writer says; 81