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The groove should be cut SO that the
tiles will fit without rolling, and shall
touch bottom all the way. Lay the tiles
from the outlet up stream, look through
each tile to see that it is clear of obstruc-
tons, and lay it so that it will not rock or
wabble. Chuck it up tight against the
preceding tile, and then step forward
upon it and lay the GeXt.
Lay no tiles that are not hard burned
enough to give clear metallic ring when
struck with a hammer and lay 10 cracked
or broken ones. For functions with lat
erals get from the kiln, If possible, main
tiles with functions formed, or at least
holes cut for functions. If you have to
cut with a trowel, use great care and Sc
cure great perfection.
Stand in the ditch when the tiles are
laid, and with the ditching spade shovel
In the fine clay Che subsoil last dug OUT,
and see that it rattles or fills clear down
on both sides of the tiles Tramp very
thoroughly with the feet as you fill, until
YOU have filled in some eight inches deep.
The rest may be plowed in by running a
very long evener and long inside lines,
and having one horse on each side of the
ditch.
In very compact clay subsoil thorough
drainage requires laterals from thirty
three to fifty feet apart, to drain the soil
rapidly and thoroughly enough to pre-
vent damage to crops after very heavy
rains. With fair fall, tile will drain an
area equal to one-half its diameter lin
inches) squared-that is, two inch tile
should carry the water from one acre
two divided by two and squaredl, four
inch tile four acres, a five inch tile about
six acres, and a six inch tile about nine
acres; tho less the grade, the wider the
"suction range" and the longer the
drain, the larger the tiles required. \
drain may begin at its lower end witi
6sa tn ,o t uone to en n'
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HORSE GOSSIP.
Notes from Track and Stable About Noted
Drivers and Flyers.

The flying western mare Pocahontas has
be en- sold to j. 7. Carmody.
Mr.. w. T.. Allen reports a promising
yearling by Alexander that weighs 800
pounds.
Baron Won Rosenstadt of Hamilton, Ont,
has purchased the black stallion Royal Re
vengo, ir., by Royal Revenge for 5000
A. H. Bradley of Troy, who owns so
much blooded horsehesh bought Ed. Boyn-
tons three ear-old bay colt at Westfed
for $500.
W. NJ Ieet has disposed of his interest in
the pacing mare Allen Maid ,. 49,, to Nat
jenkins of Concord, y, II. The mare is win
tering in John Trout's stable.
Men that are boarding colts that they
hope to sell for good price as youngsters
should remember that size is indispensable
if they hope to realize very much ON unde-
yeloped colts
b. f. and +. II. Briggs of Auburn, Me-,
have received n tlattsring offer from Yer
mont parties for their stallion Messenger
Wilkes, the amount said to have been SD
GEO, but it was not enough
Many experienced hcrscmen do not look
for Suuol or Axtel to materially lower
their records in 1890, The argument being
/ ,
form before the right time for a supreme
effort comes
\. X Perkins Of Skowhegan Me. has
sold to Charles r. Staclipole of Gardiner,
and &. X. Ames of Rockland, for -, 800,
the eight ycar.old chestnut stallion Cunard,
ir., 2.2S4, by Cunard, 2.lS, dam Il Drew
mare.
/ The prospects are good for an excellent
| trottins meeting on the ice at Ottawa, Ont,
! this winter. Horses have already com
/ mcnced to arrive. Among the early arri-
| walls are Ed Rooney with four; Joe Martin
with three, and others.
Lucky" Baldwin wagcred $1,000 with a
! friend last spring that he baldwin, would
not see one of his own horses race on an
eastern track in 1889 The friend was fool
/ i,h enough to take the bet, and now he
mourns the loss of the $4,000.
\ horse, owned and kept 10y D. X. Brown
of Addison, thought to be suffering from
| furcino glanlers was examined 10y Dr.
Miller Of the State board Of cattle commits
sioners, January |, who reports the animal
to be improving in health and quite free of
contagious disease,
What was probably the oldest horse in
Maine died lately in Bangor, it heinga mare
owned 10y j. II. Craig which dropped dead
in her stall. Had she lived until next May
she would have been ~ years old. On the
same day she was driven down town, and
appeared as frisiy a colt
f.. l.. Rowe, Dayton, o., has sold to A.
j. Feek, for reported price Of $4,000, the
bay trotting mare Iottie w, 2.?l by
Clarck Chieftain dam Judea by Manbrino
Archy. She will be shipped TO Germany.
Mir, Fcok issthe gentleman who gave $4,000
for Blanche b. last spring to ship to the
same place.
Senator Stanford says that after her re
tirement from the track he will breed Cor
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nearer our great markets than are our own
products, predetermined rs this statement
may seem. SO long rs the railroads take
cars of freight cheaper from Chicago TO
Boston than from Burlington, Chittenden
county farmers will have all they can do to
hold their own and may esteem themselves
lucky if they don't run behind, with such
prices for their products as they are now
receiving.
Look at the hundreds, yes thousands, of
car loads of hogs that have passed our doors
in the last few months on their way to
Boston. These hogs were transported from
where they were raised to Boston for less
money than we can send one-fourth the
distance, and were raised where four can be
raised for less than we can raise one. Who
ucn successfully fight against such odds
Is 1T any wonder that those on remote
mountain farms should be discouraged, and
that abandoned farms should be found in
Vermont Our friend the critic intimates
that We don't use Judgment, that we should
discriminate, and only raise for sale such
things as the market demands, that there
is no good reason why he should have to
send to Boston for those things that eau be
raised here. Admitted. But these farms
are to some extent at the mercy Of the sea
sons. ] have taken Hubbard squashes
TO Burlington when hardly got what they
were worth for feeding stock at home they
were so plenty, and this year, with equal
cultivation, have failed to get enough for
home use
Then again it is intimatcd farmers don
raise oats for the Burlington market as Of
course they would do if they were not such
a thriftless set. This was an exceptionally
bad year for small grain on account of the
continual wet weather, and no farmer in
my portion of the county got more than
half crop and they were poor and light.
This accounts for Burlington having to get
her supply from other sources and shows
that it was not from laliness or shiftle4s-
ness of the farmer, for he did the work that
in other and more favorable seasons would
have given him large surplus.
! see that other sections of the State have
taken up the refrain, and a Brattleboro
man pitches into the farmers for lack Of
beans and buckwhoat in that market. lie
says Vermont beans are worth from - to
40 cents more per bushe than other beans.
This will be agreeable news to the farmers.
and we are sorry lie can't get what he
wants. The bean crop is II very difficult
crop to save in such seasons rs we have Just
experienced and this fact may excuse the
poor farmer again.
Buckwheat is one Of the most profitable
of our crops, provided you can exactly hit
the season. A few days too soon, or a few
days too late sowing, and you make fail
ure. Many more things might be men
toned to show that the farmer has more to
contend with than many people imagine.
Now ] have lived more than half n CEN
fury, good part Of it as farmer in Yer
mont, where | was born and as far as my
I1.
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FIG. l.-1NCREAS1NG BARN ROOM.
sists simply of lean-to added to either
end of an ordinary barn; these may be
used for stables, for storing implements.
wagons, etc, for shop, or various other
purposes. The artist has represented
them as having each small door, but
for housing implements larger doors will
be necessary. Windows might also be
added, and other changes may suggest
Themselves.
Tho cut is intended simply as hint of
the possibilities of such additions. The
capacity of n barn may be nearly dou-
bled, while the expense need not be
heavy. Floors may be added or not, ac-
cording to the uses to which the addi
ton il to be put. Such additions are
preferable to separate small buildings
for the reason that they are more shell
tered from storms and winds, are more
convenient, and may be utilized for
storing grain, hay, etc, in productive
seasons.
In the second cut is shown the plan Of
barn built for a forty acre farm, which
Ohio Farmer describes as follows:
1t is 32X4i feet G is the COW stable
for three cows, separated from II, the
horse stable, by sliding door. II, II,
are two large box stalls, separated by a
sliding door. Zach can be made into
two stalls when required. This stable
part is 14X32 feet + is the feed hall, 4
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Remedy for the Influenza.

A remcny Recommended for patients ahlic-
ted with influenza is kemp's Balsam, the spe
cic for Couges and colds which il especially
adapted to diseases of the throat aud lungs.
DO not wait for the first symptoms of the dis
ease before securing the rem edy but get bot
tie and keep IL on hand for use the moment II
tendency To hiring On pneumonia. All drug
gsts SOL the Balsam.
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SUGGESTIONS ABOUT BARNS.

Earn with Cow stable and Box stalls--In-
crossing scanty Barn Space.
In the first cut herewith presented is
shown a cheap method Of increasing
barn or stable room, recently suggested
by Rural New Yorker. The scantY barn
room of many farms attests to the value
of the suggestion. The addition con-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-10
CATARRH CURED.

\ clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loatnsomc disease Cdtarrh, and Naiuly try
ing every known remedy, at last found "A pre-
scrption which completely cured and saved
HIM from death. Any sufferer from this
dreadful disease sending n self-addresscd
stamped envelope to Prof j. \. Lawrence, s.
Warren street, Now \ ork, will receive the re
yipe free OF rAarse. l6,eow,l5t
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rxreriment statlon Bulletin No. 2.

Experiment station Bulletin No. g.
Experiment Station Bulletin No. 2,
published by authority of the secretary
of agriculture, }. NJ. Rusk, is a digest of
the annual reports of the agricultural
experiment stations in the United States
for 1855. Part l Of this bulletin covers
over 2j0 pages, and treats by itself the
report Of each station, with only such
comment as is necessary to connect the
several parts. The financial reports of
the stations have been reserved for
Part II.
a review of the present digest of an
nual reports of the stations leads to sew
eral conclusions regarding the expert
nent station enterprise in the United
States, of which the following are noted
in the Introduction: First, it is observed
that the reports are not a fair exhibit of
a year 5 work. Most of the stations are
new. OF tiftyseven stations now in OPP
Grafton only twenty were organized pre-
vious to 1858, when the act of congress
providing $l5, 600 per year for each state
for the purpose came into effect, and it
was not until the spring of that year
that the appropriation was made availa-
bic. Much of their first effort was de-
voted to such preparation az precedes
the actual work of investigation.
The prospects of the experiment sta
ton enterprise is, it is claimed, on the
whole encouraging. As regards the sci
entifc character of their work, our sta
tons are doing just what the European
stations did in their early experience,
they are selecting questions of immedi-
ate practical interest and studying these
in the most direct ways, because they
feel that they must, and neither they
nor their constituencies have found by
actual experiment how often this meth
Cd fails. Most of our stations are con-
nccted with educational institutions,
where experience shows that their work
is most advantageously done.
This bulletin is rendered easy for ref
erence by the completeness of its index.
The table of contents at the beginning
of the book presents the reports of the
individual stations according to states
in alphabetical order. At the close of
the volume appear an index of names
and an index Of subjects. Later on will
appear on this page additional notice in
reference TO the various individual sta
ton reports.
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VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

This department is conducted by r. H..
Miller v :. All communications should be
addressed to the FREE Press, except those re-
Qucsting answers by mail, which should contain
a fee of 81, and will then be considered private
practice. Such questions are to be addressed to
Or. Miller burlington, VII
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-10

LAMENEss. i have n six-ycar old horse that
became lame in the front feet early in the past
summer. The lHmeness Is shifting in charac-
ter, sometimes in one, then tho other limb.
The left one is the worse. When stopped he
rests the foot by advancing it, Both heels are
hot. aud the hooi brittle. Have bathcd him
i'm hOt water footballs twice daily all sum
1ncr Tho shoulders seem to be all riglt as he
docs t show any sore spots when they are
pressed upon. He il most lame after being
driven on hard roads or aftcr standing upon
floor Would ike to have the trouble dag
no~cd and treatment outlined through the
departments ID. +.
Answer.-The difficulty seems to be To-
Gated in the heel and is probably devel-
ing case of naycuar disease. Had it been
any of those others of the foot which are
often mistaken for navicular disease, your
summer treatment would probably have
given much benefit. | would advise you
to have your surgeon insert deep frog
seton into the hollow Of the heel, and give
hey a few months run in a loose box on the
ground if possible. Diet should be laxa-
tive.
CoUGu.-We are having n sort of distempcr
among our horses at present. They. are
coughing great aeaI WIN sWellinE OF ine
legs ana wceping of the eye, and ia a rev IN
stance fever has been high enough to throw
them oil their appetite. Il.
Barre, Vt.
Answer. 1t is not serious in nature, and
as treatment will need little beyond care to
avoid unnecessary exposure, etc. Give each
animal two powders daily, each composed
of one dram each OF camphor (pulv.) and
potass nitrate. I'm cases where the throat
is sore and the animal evinces fever keep
them away from work and give some sim
pie fever draught for a few days, as:
potas, CELEBRATES. three drains: tncture
[ 'Yf or
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FIG. BARN FOR \ FORTY ACRE FARM
feet wide; b, the barn floor, 70 feet
wide. and VI, a NOW or bay, IA feet wide.
If granary is wanted make it at G., 7
feet wide, IA feet deep and : feet high,
boarding it tight, and secure from YER
min. Storage for hay is over stables and
feed hall, NJ is for grain, fodder, straw,
etc, and the NOW over the barn floor
can be utilized for the same.
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WALES 000UfH-AT;

fit; how they wear how the white feao2
Innings are put in. You want to looi; sharp
for the word Wales ON the heel Of these
also.
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The Importance Of purifying the blood can
not be oycrestimated, lur without purs
blood you cannot enjoy good health
At this season nearly every one needs
good medicine to purify, yitalze, and enrich
the blood. and Hoods aarsararilla is worthy
your confidence. j is peculiar in that it
strengthens and builds up the system, creates
an appetite, and tones tho digestion, while
it craGicatcs disease. Give it "a trial.
Hoods Sarsaparila is sold byall druggists
Prepared BY c. !. Hood q Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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sHERIDAN's CONDITION POWDER.

prom Inc New England FArmrr.
Editor of New England Farmor-Sr; Do
you use Sheridan : Condition powder to make
yOur.hen- lay and do You recommend ts use
The manufacturers advertise that nothing on
earth will make hens lay like it, What do
YOU think A.E.C.
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Farmer No. 7 Offers Some Pertinent Re
marks on the Transp ortation Quest on.

I
To the Editor of the Free Press
! am much pleased to sec that there are q
few farmers who are disposed to res ent
when their toes are tread upon, and will not
submit to have disparaging and unjust re-
marks made about them without uttering a
protest,
Our farmer No. 3 asks our grocer and
complaining farmer some pertinent ques
tions.
There are very many things that could be
mentioned as reasons why farmers are not
as prosperous as in years gone by, without
atttibuting it to their own shftlessness, lack
Of foresight or improvidence
One reason, and one beyond our control,
is this The products of the rich virgin
soils of the great West are practically
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Length of5NIissomf River, 400 miles
Length of Amazon River, 3, 500 miles.
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WHY FARMING DON'T PAY.

FARMER No. :.
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gEgDGlL'S SPAWN CURE.
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.
KEnDkll'S SPAWN CURE.

Price 81 per bottle sir bottles f0r 81 All Drug
RistS ave IL or get it FOR you, or % VIII b' seu
10 any address on rcycu; Of price ny ne propr.e-
tors. DIR. 3. j. Kendall Co., EnusburSh fd.ls. W.
SOLD BY All DRUGGISTH
New-York tribune., 1890-05-28
LIE AHEMcAN PEAcE SOcIEIY.

Boston, MAY 27.-At the annual meeting Of the
American Peace society day. r. r Tohcy waa
elected president, aud the Rev. II. b. Howard "f
Boston, cores spondng secretary. Numerous addi-
tlous were made to the lls9 Of presidents and
directors. These delegates were chosen to the Uni
vcrsal Peace Congress in London In July David
Dudley Field, "f NcwYOrh, Dr. John Nntt ana
otis NcGaw IInwari Of Chicago: Philip &. Garrett,
Of Phlladclphia Augusin Jones. of Providence, the
Rev Dr. Reuben Thomas. Of Broollinc, the Key
Charles H. smith, of west Mcdford me h hev' " ~ N
wilson Of Taunton the Rev. Malcolm Mc'i Dana
of Lowell: the Rev. J. II. Allen Of Cambridge ana
thc Rev II. y. Howard and the Rev A. y Miner
~ UostI,n Resolutions were adopted calung nr
the disarmament Of European Powers, ana ocpIIc.",
ing the spending Of money In this country ior d
navy and coast defence.
New-York tribune., 1890-05-28
WHERE su.CoTr LIVED ALL WINTER

Boston, May 2T.--A dispatch 10 " Inc "IoDo ''"'
.c,ard Fails p O.. today says: "Silcott. foriherN
cashier in the Office of the Scrgeant-a Arms VI ','o
United states House of Representatives. ana f'e"'-
Canadian woman have been staying III :" 'ou'9
psrish in the Sagucnay region Mr. MayDcrr!' I" '''o
Grand Falls Hotel, learned OF this IRON uc i"'','V
men. and. after some delay III te'uhH au' -.
sh,,ctor no s,.r,cd with warrant for their arrest
He returned ia Grand Falls late saturday nSh' ana
said the couple had disappeared. Three days oclo'
he reached the place the woman sailed on te Vleoc
steamer and when he arrived Silcott was NOT 10 W.
found little hut twelve miles in the woouS. Wr
tho roiInle had occupicd all winter was empty ~,
Wevbcrry learned that SIcou bought LOT Oi Iuihpct
and had the hut built II was near I the E,b Sfp most Of
trnir food The lrInbermcn said the couple I~i
plenty of money Mr.. Maybergy has no DOUBT ui''
thc man wa, silCOtt.'
New-York tribune., 1890-05-28
cnrr1c1s1NG Tile BALLOT. .REFORM ACT.

Watertown, y. Y, May 27.-D. u. grimm oi '"'s
city said oday on the criticism OF Mr. Demlne upon
what the former had written to ." The Times EcSVr'
day concerning the new Ballot Reform act bclhs
shown him: "All the points covered by Mr. Dem
inr,s criticism were considered and treated by me
in the letter referred to; hence see no reason 10
recede from the views I expressed yesterday. can
only add that the act of 1890 is so rcpugnant TO te
act OF 1912. amended by Chapter 4. Of the Laws
~ 1880 that the latter must be deemed 70 be re
pealcd then with equal proprety may II be said thaa
the last clauses Of the act Of 1-42 repugnant
10 its former clauses that they also cannot stand
together because the act Of 1872 as amended by the
Laws Of $780, after directing the officers 70 act before
october in each year, says at the close OF the
section that their acts shall not go into effect until
one general election has intervencd. Now # the two
clauses Of that be rccOncled with each other
and the substantial provisions Of both be preserved
why cannot the act of 1890 as easily be reconciled
with the last clause of the act of 1872? Because
the act OF 800 merely amends the first q lause OF
the act Of l542 respecting the time when the town
officers shall act.n
New-York tribune., 1890-05-28
4 JACKSONVILLE EDITOR THRASHED.
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRATS GETTING sATls
IoN"-EXGOvERNoR REED HURT
BY THE EDITORS AssMLANT>.

Jacksonville Fla May 81 (spcciaD-Captam NJ
Burroughs OF Tallahassee. accompanied py TWO ircu
walked into the office Of The FLORIDA kepuOhoai
this noon, and asked Zeph HARRISON the edi'or' ior
the name OF the writer OF an article tla' appcarou
I'm last weeks issue of The Republican, under a
Tallahassee date line, charging that captain bur
roughs and friend named Denham were the leaders
of Am unknown band that had thrown stones and
brckbats at the house Mrs. Crafts at Tallahassee
May 23 The information refused by HARRISON
and also by Ex-Governor Harrison Reed, VINO was III
the Office at the time. Burroughs then caught HAITI
son, and saying that he would hold him respohsoie'
proceeded 10 thrash him. The police came as usual
when all over. Captain Burroughs theh hade
the following statement:
Last saturday | read communication in 'Ine
Republican, dated Tallahassee, May l0' and cap
toned southern Chivalry in Tallahassee which re-
erred to the throwing Of stones into the mouse OF
Mrs Crafts, several weeks ago. This communication
very scurTous and lengthy, and attacked my
personal character. This morning went to the
Office OF The Republican, with couple OF friends ana
found Zcph Harrison and Ex-Governor Reed together.
demanded Of Zeph Harrison the author of the article.
which name he refused to give me, but both he and
Reed declared they did not write II. AS he was the
editor and refused to give me the information, told
him would hold him responsible and catching him
by his collar l gave him good licking. When |
began Harrison Ex-Governor Reed made break
for the door"
"Of course the noise Of the struggle attracted the
printers in the adjoining and they attempted to
force an entrance. My nephew j. II. Burroughs,
then sought to keep them back, and |, of course, went
20 his assistance, and in the >cue that cnslcd at TINS
point the Ex-Governor got hit the head, but tnis
was accidental Ny nephew, J. H. Burroughs, was
also init by me al the same time, as there was a
regular hand-to hand struggle. Policemen then ap
pearcd on the scene and put us under arrest. Whle
The officers around Harrison got bold again and
va, forced to thrash him once more. '1c then gave
bail. did not intend 70 hurt the old Governor, but
HARRISON | think. deserved all he got. and in the
future these irresponsible scrbblers will be moro
careful how they attack mans peputatiOn'
The police Judge held the prisoners in $40 bail each
10 attend Trial Whcn Harrison shall be able 10 press
charges. Harrison I, SERIOUSLY hurt having scalp
wounds and cuts tho face. Governor Reeds wound
j., slight. though painful. The latter. who Is nearly
eighty years old. has Just bccn nominated and
irmcd postmaster for Tallahassee.