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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
In the Poultry Yard.
value Of Poultry Products.

What is the money value of the poultry
products annually consumed in these Unit
ed States? Very few persons, probably,
could give an oif-hand answer that would
come anywhere near the truth. Poultry
raising and egg production are not popular
ly ranked among the great industries of
the country, and yet it may well he, for at
fair estimate its money value amounts to
hundreds of millions of dollars
at is impossible" says the Farmers
Home, referring to this topic, "to derive
complete information regarding the value
of poultry and eggs produced during the
last 10 years, which renders the census a
matter of form only. We doubt if more
than one poultry man i'm hundred can
correctly report the amount and value of
the poultry and eggs consumed and mar
keted by him for 10 successive years. Any
report of such products, therefore, by the
census officials, must be based upon com
parsons or estimates. The only safe mode
is to induce certain number of families in
different sections to keep an account of the
amount of poultry and eggs consumed in
one year, with the number of persons in
each family, and then take the average
amount per person for purposes OF calcula-
tions for the entire population Of the Unit
ed States 1t has been estimated by some
that each person in the United States con-
sumes - worth of poultry and eggs. If
so, with our 60,000,O00 population. the to-
tai value is $500, 600 900. The value of
eggs used in the arts. however, is enormous,
and the value of canned poultry consumed
in foreign countries, exported by us, is also
large, hence we would not be surprised if
the figures reached $500, OOO,O 600 or over"
Even allowing this to be an excessive es-
innate Chough that should not be too has
tily assumed), and taking off one-half to a
third of the value as stated, the poultry in
, dustry still stands among the important
ones of the country. And there is every
reason why it should be greater than it is,
for the larger use of poultry and eggs
would conduce to the health and comfort
of the people, and economic the cost OF
! living.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
Eeeding PouItrx for Eggs.

An interesting experiment in feeding
hens and chickens was made at the Cornell
experiment station, New York, in 1889.
They selected on July ?, 10 Plymouth Rock
hens. one year old, as nearly as possible of
even size. and 10 chickens six weeks old,
from same stock. All were healthy and
vigorous. After feeding all alike for %
DAYS. they divided them into lots of live
each, and began to feed lot No. l on ''ni-
trogenous ration" of equal parts of wheat
bran, wheat shorts and cotton-seed meal,
mixed with twice the quantity OF SKINNED
milk. Lot No. , were given "carbona-
ceous ration of cracked corn and corn
dough. Both had little green Glove" for
a while, and afterward cabbage. This was
their feed for 125 days. During that time
lot No. l laid 70 eggs and lost little over
two pounds of flesh. Lot No. ? laid 20
eggs and lost a little less than two pounds.
The eggs from lot No. ! were small, requlr-
ing over ~ to the pound, with dark-colored
volk. disagreeable flavor and smell, and
poor keeping quality. Those from lot No.
, were larger, about ~ to the pound, OF
fine flavor and a natural smell, "A large, rich,
yellow yolk and better keeping quality
Neither laid very freely, as will be seen
but it is worth noting that the quality OF
the egg as well as its size was very plainly
affected by the food given, which has beer
point doubted by many.
In the chickens the results were more
plainly marked than in the hens. Lot No
i were large, plump, healthy, active anc
well feathered, gaining nearly nine pounds
in weight during the trial, or doubling thel
weight. Lot No. 2 were smaller, sicklN
and nearly destitute of feathers, and Sc
ravenous for flesh and blood that they be
gan eating one another. They only gained
about 81 pounds in weight. They wer,
killed and cooked as the end of the expert
ment, and lots No. /, both hens and chick
ems. ''the flesh was darker colored, NOR
| succulent, more tender and better Favored
though on this last there was some differ
ence of opinion"
The experiment would have been mucl
more interesting, and perhaps more IN
structive, if, at the same time, another 10
of the same fowl had been given ICON
mon sense ration" such as would be re
commended by almost any successful poul
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
Tn Economic Importance of GOOD
Roads.

tn Economic Importance of Good
Roads.
The following from a recent number of
the Boston journal is of interest and sig
nificance when read in connection with an
article on the same subject printed in this
department of The Phoenix of July 10:
'Some interesting statistics emphasizing
the economy of good roads are published in
an article by Isaac Is. Potter in the En-
cheering Magazine. which adds to a dis
cuSSion of ""cial importance to tourists
and farmers. The auth,~ believes that
less than 80 per cent of the 10000, 600
horses and mules on the farms of the
United States would be sufficient to do all
the hauling of farm produce carried on in
this country if even the main roads were
put in first-class condition. Even the re-
duction of one-eighth of the total number
of draught animals now employed would
reduce the entire number by little more
than 100000 and would effect a saving
each day of about $4,000 tons of hay and
80 600 bushels of oats, which, reduced to
money value, equals S300,000 per day, or
about SIG, 100000 per year. Add to this
the value of the animals, S140,OOO,O 600, and
we have total saved of $4,000, 900
the first year. The economical value OF
good roads may be shown in another way.
\ dirt road is expensive, since the actual
cost of repair of the common country road
under our working out system is i'm
mensely greater than the cost of keeping a
similar length of macadam road under a
systematic plan. The greatest benefit is
derived in the encouragement of farming,
for it is easy to believe that good roads
would do much toward the settlement of
the abandoned farm problem. New Jer-
sey has 300 abandoned farms, but in Union
county in that state there are none, and
the recently completed macadam roads
have so raised the value of adjacent prop
erty that the farms in Union county are
valued at S206 per acre, as against an aver
age value of S65 for the entire state.
Thrifty France has learned the value of
good roads, and spends eighteen millions
of dollars per year to keep its roads in
good repair 1t is time for an energetic
country like our own to have full apprecia-
ton of its needs in this regard, and instead
of being noted for its poor roads to become
famed for its well kept thoroughfares.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
AGRICULTURAL.
The Crop Bulletin.

The government and New England soci-
ety. weather-crop bulletins indicate no ma
terial change in the generally favorable
conditions heretofore prevailing. In the
West and South, as at the East, harvest
ing is progressing rapidly and all crops are
proving we'll. In New England the tenn
perature of last week was above the nor
NAL. and corn pushed forward rapidly.
Drouth was complained of in some sec
tions. These extracts were given from
Vermont reports:
Hay mostly secured in July, an aver
are crop. Brattleboro: The last seven
days have finished the haying on the hills
most farmers report short crop; this has
been the hottest week of the season, just
right for corn, which never looked better
potatoes are excellent and plenty at sc
cents bushel; oats are the best for years
rye good"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
Points and Hints.

The man that does not provide shade
and plenty of fresh water these hot days is
heartless.
Let your feed be light these summer
days-wheat, oats, bran and middlngs.
Give what they will eat up clean but no
more.
One of the most prolific causes of dis
ease among poultry is their being obliged
to drink the dirty, unwholesome water of
drains and stagnant pools in the barnyard.
Where the water is provided for them it
should be changed every morning and af-
temoon. or at least daily.
A small seed pepper boiled in quart of
water, and while scalding hot, poured over
sufficient meal to make mush that will
drop from the spoon. and to which is add
ed three spoonfuls chopped suet. one tea
spoonful salt, and baked in covered pan
two hours, is splendid every other morn
ing feed for laying hens.
For the next few weeks see to it that
few rusty nails are in the drinking dishes,
and that the supply of water is abundant.
They will help over the trying period of
moulting.
Spider lice remain in the house during
the day and prey upon the fowls at night.
They may be found on the under side of
the perches and in the crevices of the
building. They are very small but breed
great numbers during hot weather. These
injure the large chickens and mature fowls,
which will never thrive i'm infested houses.
BY using kerosene oil freely on the perches
and in other frequented places at least once
a week, houses may be kept clean of this
species of vermin.
Eggs have so far averaged two cents a
dozen higher than last year. This is not
much, but when the business-lke manager
sits down and figures the account at the
end of the year, it will prove to be quite a
sum. If one keeps 100 hens and they pro-
duce six dozen eggs each yearly, the differ
ence is S12, or One-siXth the expense of
keeping. Suppose the hens average IL
dozen, and the extra price will pay two
ffths the expense. Whether poultry keep
ing pays will depend not upon the labor
wholly, but upon the brains put into the
business.
There is no way in which family can
provide itself with fresh meat in December
at so small cost, as by Matching chicks in
August or the first of September, and then
feeding the cockerels literally. They
make excellent broilers and roaSters at a
cost of not over six or seven cents a pound.
| Instead of buying beef at 20 to 30 cents, it
would seem to be better policy to grow a
hundred chicks for the family to feed on
during the early winter one of the mys-
teries of today is that We produce so small
per cent of what we consume. Right
here in the poultry yard there is great OPP
portunity for economizing, by supplying
the family with fresh meat at one-third the
cost in the market .-MdiHc FdImer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
Europe,s Threatened Famine.

The sharpest agrarian experience of the
10Th century seems to be staring the world
in the face. There is no escape from the
conclusion that within few months Eu-
rope will be literally crying for bread.
Outside of this country there is a start
ling shortage in the grain crops of the great
cereal producing nations of the earth. In
Great Britain the estimated crop falls from
s to 10 per cent below the average. In
France there is not likely to be over 20 per
cent of an average yield. Germany will
be short some $4,000, 900 bushels of wheat
and 70. 000, 600 bushels of rye.
Similar reports come from all the nations
of Europe, the general cause, disastrous
weather, having produced the same general
result everywhere.
Most lamentable is the situation in Rus
sia. There famine has already begun its
cruel work. Whole provinces have felt
the pinch of hunger for several months
past, and but for immense imports of food
starvation would have already made fright
full ravages. The Russian winter wheat
crop will probably not be over one-half the
usual yield, and the rye crop will hardly
return the seed sown.
The whole situation as regards want and
supply is summed up in the following con
servative tables compiled by the New York
sun:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

81 suffered for years with weak back and
swollen limbs Huuts Remedy cured me. Mrs.
VIM. Gray. Hotel Goldsmith, Boston, Mass.
1T saved me from death by Brght'S Disease
-Jere Smith, Kingston, y. Y.
Hunts Remedy may save you 500 in doctors
bils-may save your life
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

try keeper. Such ration might be in the
morning two parts of wheat bran and one
part corn meal, without any cotton-seed
meal, but with few good beef scraps add
ed, and wet up either with skinned milk
or water, just wet enough to crumble. At
noon, oats, wheat or barley. and at night
wheat or whole corn, alternating from one
grain to another noon and night, as might
seem best for the appetite of the fowl.
Where feeding corn at night and wheat at
noon, the morning ration might be entirely
of wheat bran, or oat meal might be sub
stituted for corn meal. Such a method of
feeding would be very likely to give more
eggs than either the "nitrogenous' or the
''carbonaceous' ration, and at the same
time the eggs would be of large size and a
perfect flavor. Chickens would also make
better growth upon the common sense
ration, and there would be no complaint of
the flavor of the flesh.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

Summer complaints and all bowel troubles are
soon cured by Johnson's Anodyne Eminent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
The Parent of insomnia.

The parent Of insomnia wakefulness is in
nine cases out of ten dyspeptic stomach. Good
digestion gives sound sleep indigestion interferes
with IL. The brain and stomach sympathizes
One of the prominent symptoms of weak state
of the gastric organs is disturbance of the great
nerve entrepot the brain. Invgorate the stom
ach and you restore equilibrium TO the great
pose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which is far
preferable TO mineral sedatives and powerful ma
cotcs which, though they may for time exert
a soporifc influence upon the brain, soon cease u
act and invariably injure the tone of the stomach
The Bitters, on the contrary, restore activity e
the operations of that all important organ, and
their benehcent influence is reflected in sound
sleep and tranquil state of the nervous system
A wholesome impetus is likewise given TO th'
action of the liver and bowels by its use.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
One Way to Keep Boys on the Farm


We will venture to assert that if each
boy is given a flock of fowls, if only ban
tams, and he alone have the management,
and the receipts-a very important adjunct
the flock of fowls will cause the boy to
take an interest in farming from the start
Let him become accustomed to the breed
and he will soon learn the points of all
breeds. And he will not stop there. He
will aim to know the breeds of cattle, sheep,
horses and hogs. He will look forward to
the exhibitions of the country fairs, and
strive to win prizes. lie will have love
for the farm bred in him from the start,
and when he is man he will yearn for the
happy days spent on the farm, and will get
back to it if he can should he be induced
away When one becomes interested in
poultry on the farm he becomes educated
to an interest in everything else, As soon
as your boy can manage them, give him a
few bantams, and after he is older start
him with some pure breed of standard
size. 1t is the best plan for teaching the
boy to remain on the farm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

Total
PROBABLE ExpoRTABLE SURPLUS IN

Total. ............ -. ...'. ~15,UWhuuO
The apparent worlds deficit Of wheat ,, 90,
and rye. 'ol"'uV"VVV
If these tables are based upon fair esti-
mates, and they are in every case scaled
down below the current reports of the sit
uation, what pen can describe the condition
of poverty-striclen, taX-ridden Europe dur
ing the coming winter among the poorer
classes? And what if, added to this, some
accident should befall the American crop?
The mass of working people in Europe
depend for their food almost wholly upon
grain products with the addition of linn
tied supply of edible roots. Under the
best conditions the stomach is subjected to
a regular pinch i'm order to support impe-
rial luxury and vast ornaments. And, re-
gretable though it be from the standpoint
of the moralist the great beer-drinking ma
tions would as soon dispense with food as
foregO the vast consumption of grain re-
quired in brewing.
The situation is such that even though
all the world should turn in its surplus
there would still be a shortage of 6l9,OOO,-
600 bushels. European governments may
well view the prospect with nervous anX-
iety. Famine is terrible in itself, and 1t is
almost invariably attended by other catas-
trophies. Hungry people rapidly ripen INTO
rebels, and revolutions are easily caused by
empty stomachs. -BOstOn Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

Mrs. Wnslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect success
1t soOthes the child, sOftens the gums, allays all
pain cures wind collie. and is the best remedy for
diarrhaa. Sold by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow 8
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind, Price
Twenty five cents a bottle,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21

Conveniences in the house often prove as
economical as those used on the farm, al
though it seems hard to convince large
class of farmers that this is the case.
When it can be done without too much
handling, it will be good plan to mix the
horse and COW manure together; 1t VIII be
Of a better quality than either alone Let
the hogs do the mixing, they can discount
any hired man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-21
You Can Secure it From
your ApothecaFy.

There is nothing (unless it
be the Sewing Machine) that
has lightened woman's labor as
much as Dobbins' Electric Soap,
constantly sold, since 1869.
Now, why rub and toll, and
wear out yourself and your
clothes, on washday, when this
perfect soap is provided, to
Tighten your labor, and save your
clothes? you have ever used
it, in the - years we have made
and sold it, you kHo7v that it is
the best. purest, and most econ
omical soap made. If you have
not tried it, ask your grocer for
it nov. BE sure and get the
genuine, with our name on the
wrapper.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-11
ingalls,, the Brilliant.

Charles S. Gleed of Topeka, Kansas,
has in the Kansas City Star pen por-
trait and a character study of Senator
ingalls, that deserves to place its author
beside Henry w. Grady in the bril-
liancy of its language and in the clean
cut way in which the Kansan's picture
stands out, cameo-like, from its splen-
did setting. A few excerpts are given
below, and the WATCHMAN only regrets
that it has not space for the whole five
brilliant columns. OF Mr.. ingalls,, Mr..
Gleed says:
His voice is polished ramrod of
sound, without fur or feathers, travers-
ing space as swiftly as light, without a
whir or flutter, as if shot by an eX-
plosive of inconceivable power. But
all his quickness has an automatic char
acter which should be distinguished
from the quickness of men who rise to
meet emergencies. Mr.. ingalls, meets
emergencies without rising to them, or
not at all. He works like the lock of a
money vault-when the rings and slots
are in proper conjunction, something
drops just right. Until that conjunc-
ton is reached nothing happens, ex-
cept profanity on the part of the ma
nipulator. He is an oratorical word
artist. He can be an animated stiletto
or an infuriated hedgehog; a cooling
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-11
A Military Post in Vermont.

The 81. JohnSbury Republican de-
clares with au emphasis that is intended
to be conclusive of the whole matter,
that Vermont needs military post
about as much as frog needs tall"
Well, if the proposition was to locate
the military post at st. Johnsbury, very
likely need for a tail to the frog would
be discovered-possibly for three tails.
The proposed post, we are informed,
will require at least 500 acres of YER
mont territory-and possibly 1,000-for
parade ground, barracks, rifle-range,
battery practice, cavalry evolutions,
etc 1t will involve the expenditure in
Vermont of a million dollars ultimately.
AS to the necessity for military post
on the Vermont frontier: What is
there in the way of national defenses
along the extended boundary line be-
tween Canada and the states2 What
is there along the hundreds OF miles of
that line extending toward the east?
And what is there on the other side of
that line-at Quebec and Montreal?
The facts of the existing situation on
each side of the line, with the fact of
the existence of international disputes
and the likelihood that other interna-
tional questions of grave importance
will arise in the future, renders it the
part of prudence and wisdom for the
United States to extend and strengthen
its military arm as well along its inland
frontiers as along its sea coast or on
the high seas. In matters that are al
ready subjects of controversy, or that
may become subjects of contention,
the nations ability to defend itself or
to enforce its demands will be quite as
potent as the inherent justice of its
claim or the force of its discussions.
The United States believes in peace.
1t believes in arbitration as a means of
settling international disputes, but the
existence of a competent military and
naval force will secure hearing for its
demands Tor arbitration, or respect for
it's claims in court of arbitration.
Through the northwestern corner of
Vermont enters one of the great ar
teries of inland commerce, one of the
great highways of travel 1t leads to
the heart of Vermont and there is
sound wisdom and wise foresight in
the proposition to establish military
post in that region. The intersecting
lines of railway at Essex Junction sup
ply important requirements of such
military post General Schofeld and
Secretary Proctor understand the strate-
gic advantages of the locality and rec
ommend it. We hope congress will
pass the bill establishing military
post at that place.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-02-11

returns. This is not free trade. 1t is
an exchange of surplus products, based
on an intelligent conception of the
needs of each country.
Canada, too, is moving toward reci-
procity with this country. Sir John Mac
donald has caused CONSERVATION in the
ranks of the liberals by going to the
voters with plan for limited reci-
procity, thus abandoning the conserva-
tive policy of high protection. He pro-
poses the appointment of a joint commits
sion which shall consider the renewal of
the reciprocity treaty of 1854, with neces-
sary notifications, and settlement of
all questions relating to the North
Atlantic fisheries. With this pro-
gramme he hopes to carry the country
against the liberals, who are for unre-
stricted reciprocity between the two
countries. The election will take place
in about a month, and, as might be sup
posed, an exciting campaign is now in
progress. People on this side of the
line will watch the progress of events
with much interest. Secretary Blaine
assures Sir John that no scheme of par
tial reciprocity will be acceptable to
the United States, yet the Canadian
premier is rushing on to what he hopes
will be victory. If he can carry the
election on his new platform, he will
be content. Sir John is an astute poll
tician, and no doubt knows what he is
about.