The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-04
Clipped and Condensed.

| SIX pigs at one trough will do much
better than twelve, and three better
than elk.
THE quantity of held butter in the
cities is comparatively small, and grow.
ing less every day.
If you have any breechy animals,
market as soon as they are in good,
marke table condition.
AS the scrub element becomes elm
mat, d from our herd, the profits will in
crease in like proportion.
PoRK-PACKING in the West shows a
gain as the winter season approaches,
though far below that of last season.
A BIGGER humbug than {" can buy
my feed cheaper than can raise it .
never tickled the fancy of New Eng
and farmer.
MAKE everything snug and warm
about the barns and sheds. A few ex-
ira boards, and little more battenng,
Will be cheaper than the corn usually
fed as fuel.
WE emerge this year from the
Pharaoh leaI-kine years into one that
drops with fairness. All, from ground
moor TO the top round in society,
are going to get benefits.
THERE is much controversy as to
how the cows at the worlds fair should
be tested for butter, by the churn or by
the chemist. We see no good reason
why both should not be called upon.
1T is rot an easy matter 10 tell ex-
actly what 1t costs to keep COW for
year, but approximate figures may be
had and an account should be kept so
as to show the annual profit of the herd.
HORSES of any age should not be left
out IN the Chill rains which we will have
from now CD, but when colts are SILVER
ing in the open air, with their back
bowed and heads down, such negligence
is more costly, to say nothing of the
cruelty of it.
The future value of horses often de.
penis upon the manner in which they
are kept during the first two or three
winters of their existence. Just so thew
get through until grass comes, is the
idea of many farmers.
The Maine Farmer sarcasticallv re-
marks: "Those interested in progress
sive agriculture will be ad to hear
that President Bass has thus early en-
gagged the balloonist and parachute
Jumper for the next great Eastern
Fairl"
1T will take more than one year of
good crops and prices to satisfy farmers
that the change for the better has come,
and in the meanwhile there should be no
let-up in endeavoring by all lie Ultimate
means to secure just and equitable legis-
lation, both national and state.
The farmers who have a good stock
of cows on hand coming in fresh about
this time, or so we'll kept and cared for
that they are giving liberal flow of
milk, are right in the way of realizing
generous money from their stock dur
ing the winter months.
THE New York state fair is a model
in its way. Perfect order obtains all
the time, no games of any kind, no
brawling statesmen, no distractng
amusement of any kind. Yet, with
two other would-be state fairs in the
state, this is one of the most successful
in the country. Has this any signifi-
canoe?
OF course there are honest tree
agents aud honest nurserymen; but the
buyer should assure himself amply in
regard to both, taking nothing for
granted. The door to fraud is wider
open here, perhaps, than in any other
legitimate business, for the buyer is de-
pendent wholly on the integrity of the
seller.
On farm where a considerable area
is under the pillow, it is not only de-
sirable but absolutely necessary that
this land be prepared in the fall for the
seeding of spring-time. To secure good
crops, the seed must be planted season
ably. The working days in our short
sprlng-time are limited, and we can't
order 1t otherwise.
THE average life of we'll cared for
farm horses is perhaps eighteen or
twenty years. This would make the
average time of actual service for each
animal from fifteen to eighteen years.
The difference between the value of a
good horse compared with that of a
poor one in dollars and cents amounts
to considerable sum.
- 10 Hui'C bdtuI tiidb tlc Ildke Oh
butter should run short at this season.
but at this time further shortage than
naturally would come from the season
of the year is brought about by the late
drought, extending as it has over most
of the butter-producing sections of the
country, and cutting short the supply
of succulent grass for the feed Of the
cows. This makes vast difference in
the supply of butter.
PRESIDENT BUCKHAM of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, says that the low
grade agricultural school may be use.
full institution in its way, but it will
never contribute anything TO agri-
cultural science and progress. Well,
what if it does not? We want some
time or somewhere to find an educa.
ton that will contribute to produot on.
An education having no other purpose
than higher knowledge never directly
benefits the world. The brain and the