The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-26
WISE ANn OTHERWISE.

Only the best is good enough IN
stock matters, whether applied to the
or their care and keep.
Soaring chickens bytrying to catch
them, or in other ways, is poor practice.
The tame fowls always do the best.
Rubbish heaps should not be allowed
in or near the poultry yards and houses,
as they furnish harbors for rats and 9TH
err vermin.
The healthy growth of the baby is de-
pendent upon its freedom from the per
nicious effects of opium. DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup is the best remedy known
for the diseases of early childhood.
For children the best remedy for IN
fluenza and catarrh is old Saurs Catarrh
Cure.
To be producers of eggs the hens
should be in the same condition in win
ter as in summer. What is this condi-
ton? Why, simply in state of busy &C
tivity.
If you turn your cows out to water
them, exercise care and Judgment in do
ing so. If the yard is icy, scatter sand,
sawdust or coal ashes over the slippery
spots.
There is danger in impure blood.
There is safety in taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, the great blood purifier 100
doses one dollar.
There is great loss in churning
sweet cream at ordinary temperatures,
but little loss if churned at forty-nine de
grees, although extra time is consumed
in churning.
There never was a time when Con-
gress was so ready and willing to WORK
and act in the interest of agriculture as
now. The only trouble is they do not
know what the farmers really want
GEN. b. F. BUTLER
Still lives, so do hundreds of others who
have been cured of rheumatism and
Neuralgia by the great blood purifier,
Sulphur Bitters. Send for testimonials
Ohio statistics speak of 10000 sheep
killed in that State last year by dogs and
1875, 152 injured, making an estimated dl-
rect loss of Sl52,O00. Suppose some ami
NAL was killing cows at that rate!
The prime object in feeding swine is
often to accumulate fat as rapidly as pos
sible OH these inteded for market. Toe
often this proves failure, when in the
bill of fare clover and pasture are
omitted.
have been troubled with chronic ca
tarrh for years. Ely's Cream Balm Is
the only remedy among the many that
have used that affords me relief.-E. w
Willard, druggist, Joliet, Ill.
have been troubled with catarrh fOl
ten years and have tried a number Of
remedies, but found no relief until
purchased bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
consider 1t the most reliable prepare
ton for catarrh and cold In the head
Geo. P. Crandall, P. NJ, Quonochawn
taug, r. |.
Take pains to have full supply o.
apples at this time, and use them freely
and no excuse can he got up for frequen
visits to the cider barrel. The cider il
best kept within the peel OF the apple,
The best tie for cattle is a forked
chain, hitched to post on the side
This gives perfect security under all CIR
cumstances. Tie the cows separately IL
this way SO as to know just how mucl
each one eats.
, The sooner all supeTstitions relative
) to the moons influence on farm opera
tons are dispelled, the better it will b'
for the cause of horticulture. There il
no necessity to consider the moon be
fore doing anything that wants doing.
Few realize how the prosperity o
the cour try is dependent on the crops
Consider for a moment how every livinl
person throughout our broad land is di
rectly affected by the present shortage il
the corn and wheat crops.
7, -Cotton-seod meal should be fec
: lightly, especially in the beginning. l
is very concentrated and highly nitrogen
GUS food, and it has the effect to maxi
the butter harder and to lower the genu
inc aroma and butter flavor.
For scalding poultry, the waite
should be as near to boiling as possible
without actually boilingi the bird, helt
bv the head and legs, should be emerseC
and lifted up and down in the water TIVE
or three times; this makes picking yer!
easy.
John Gould says: If we want biz
crop of good corn for the silo, we mus
work along in accordance with nature
laws, and not in continual disregard o
them. The corn to have full feeding
qualities must produce ears"
Bottom prices must be nearly reached
when a farm can be bought for less thar
the nominal rent asked for four years, Of
when the annual forest growth exceeds
in value the interest on the wood ant
tillage land with all the buildings
thrown in.
There is but little use in hauling
muck upon lands that have not been sub
iect to wash, for, as rule, they are al
ready rich in vegetable humus. Sucl
lands are more likely to be lacking il
mineral fertilizers which the muck fur
nishes in but slight quantities.
There is a wide difference between
an excessively fat boar or sow and a
famished one, WI en- the caution IL
given against having breeding stock fat
enough for slaughter, 1t does not follow
by any means that they should be KEEP
in condition fit only for crow bait.