The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-20

The silo saves fully $40 per COW, said one
speaker At the Vermont dairymen's meeting
"Eood farms are not abandoned by good
farmers" is . pithy sentence worth remem.
boring from the Vermont dairyman's meeting.
Coan Increases In value from the time Il
tassels TO maturity 100 per cent. There Ia
more feeding value In ripe, sweet enslage
than any other way II can be harvested, and
I estimate the cost Of cutting It into sIlo at
being worth One-third as much per ton as
good hay.-IJ. o. Sanford ct the Board Meet.
ing In Wilmington.
Depression is caused in greater or leas de-
gree Ia trying to farm Justa our fathers did
80 years ago. Only small proportion of
what we feed enters into the make up Of the
animal, the rest goes into the fertilizer pile.
II this is saved and applied TO our farms, we
shall increase the fertility instead of reduce
ne It, ~. o. Sanford at Wilmington.
| The children's health must not be neglected.
Cold in the hesd causes catarrh. Ely's Cream
Balm cures at once. 1t Is perfectly safe and is
yielding to 1t. Price 5Oc.-.adv.
The Importance of feeding ashes to hogs
should not be overlooked. Many farmers
are Obliged to feed corn 10 large quantities,
especially upon the prairie farms, where
hardwood ashes are scarce or wholly un.
known; yet it Is upon these very farms that
there Is the greatest need for ash materials
In aiding In building up the bone of hogs.
Corn cobs furnish very strong ash and In
the absence they should be burned and the
ashes carefully saved and fed. Spread them
upon clean wood floor and the animals will
help themselves everyday to Just the amount
they need.
1t is not bad plan for any farmer to have
some specially aside from bis regular crops.
Among all that might be suggested, small
area In some one fruit would be- within the
reach of all. This would afford reasonable
profit In the majority of seasons, and every
now and then comes year when crop of
fruit is worth very handsome sum. The
best variety OF plums are very profitable, and
fruit growers are of the unanimous opinion
that the curculi0 is much less troublesome
than formerly. Where plums are planted In
large quantities his are now hardly felt. 1t
Is the Isolated tree that suffers. Peaches are
rather more uncertain In the north than most
other fruits, but when crop Is produced it
pays for the many that are lost
The farmer never need fear to be too busy. |
1t Is the busy man who is the most success |
full. Business tends to method and rule In
ones work; In fact, the word business Is de-
rived from this overflow of work, SO
that business man Is one who is always oc.
cupied with multiplicity of affairs. The
experimental farm at Woburn, Eng, which |
was owned by Earl Ducie, some years ago
needed director. and person was named
as competent to undertake the management
of It. But 1t was suggested that he was al
ready overwhelmed with work. "Then he is
the very man we want" said the Earl; the
busiest man has always more capability and
spare time than any other. ] want none of
your loiterers." This shewd remark shows a
deep insight into human nature, for 1t has al
ways been the most occupied men who have
dore the most work and have been the most
useful to their fellow men. On the farm this
knack of business is most important for The
farmer who Is employing labor. He must
keep the men busy at profitable work as we'll
IS keep busy himself. The busy farmer, too,
Is the one who can most easily discharge his
business from his mind and In the evening,
with his family around him, can engage in a
variety OF uscfut studios urd dnci recreation
IS well as benefit from them.-lN. Y. Times.