The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-30
Clipped and Condensed.

BLESSED is he who bath contented
heart and sense enough to see his own
mistakes.
BUsHEL boxes for potatoes and APP
pies ana oushel bags for grain are COM
ing into use. They are great conve-
nience.
EDUCATION is always an expense.
and the branches of knowledge pertain
ing to scientific farming are no excep-
ton to the rule.
LAY up money enough TO enable you
to pass your old age in comfort, with
out labor, but not enough to make your
death desirable.
EXTRA care and breeding has
brought the hog TO what he now is, and
If he is to be kept up he must have
more than old-time keep.
THE farmer who declares that he can
buy fruit and vegetables cheaper than
he can raise them, generally does not
expend much for this purpose.
THERE is one use for ensilage that is
not always taken into account, though
it is very important one, viz, feeding
it in case of drouth in summer.
"THE time to set hen is when she
wants to SET" The time to pillow
ground is when it will plow-the earliest
convenient time, we should say.
No matter what we sell from our
farms, we will find the better the pro-
duct the better the price; this is the
rule. Quality governs price always.
You have lost money every time YOU
changed your business, and you will
continue TO lose money until you stick
to business long enough to learn it
thoroughly.
IT always has been, and is the world
over, that where the making of prices of
any article is put into the hands of
few men, the prices will be manipu-
lated to suit the interests of those men.
VARIETY is said to be the spice of
life, and no doubt it is The variety in
teamwork that renders it more inter-
esting than most other forms of manual
labor, requiring less muscular exer-
ton.
GRAIN fed to hogs on good pasture
goes right "to the spot" There are
no side issues 10 be met; the grass ra-
ton cares for these. The grain goes
almost wholly to the production of
meat.
ORCHARD grass is one of the farmers
most valuable grasses, 10th for pasture
and meadow. Starting early it affords
good feed before most other grasses
start. 1t makes first-class hay if cut in
season.
POTATO growing is a trade, and sue
cess only comes by experience, by
strict adherence TO business and the
use of good wholesome judgment. Ex-
periments should only be tried on a
small scale.
DIVIDE with your wife; settle some
property or money on her. You owe
it to her as her right. What though
she " never made dollar in her life,"
she has done, and was never paid for,
thousands Of days. worth of labor.
EARLY spring and late winter prices
are not only better as a matter of fact
than in hot weather, but are relatively
better, cost of production considered.
The most successful feeders try to have
something ready for the best market.
A SOW will come in season at very
early age-as young as four months
but no person Of sense would think of
breeding them at that age. Six or
seven months may do, but prefer to
wait until the sow is about ten months
old before having her served.
WE want TO cheaper cost of produc-
ton at every point, then we can look
with certainty upon making some
profit, even though prices of dairy pro-
ducts may be low. Let us make cheap
milk and butter, then we will be ready
to meet low prices, but don't let us
make goods that sell cheap because of
their quality.
SOME dairymen put up more than
enough ensilage to feed during the
winter and use it to feed when the
pastures fail. If not needed for this
purpose it will do just as we'll for feed
ing the next winter, for it has been
found that ensilage, when put up right,
will keep indefinitely.
IN Australia the railroads are owned
and managed by the government. In
the vicinity Of Melbourne passengers
are carried thirty miles for cent a
mile, single fares. Monthly, quarterly
and yearly tickets are sold at still
lower rates, and scholars attending
schools of design and mines, are
carried free.
To make horse take in the bit,
stand on the near side. With the
right hand raise the bride up in a po-
sition with bit touching the lips.
With fingers of left hand supporting
bits, insert the thumb and touch the
roof of the mouth, which will instantly
open; pull up with the right hand and
the bits are in.
SINCE parents transmit their quail
ties, the prime requisite of intelligence
should invariably be demanded in both
sire and dam. If none but the most
sensible stations and mares were al
lowed to perpetuate their qualities,
intelligence and courage would soon
become characteristics of the whole
race of domestic horses.