The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Clipped and Condensed.

Place he now has, is on his way to a
better place.
WE must get out of the habit of TAX
ing Others say-so as facts until we have
proved them to be so by our own expe-
rience.
FAT colts in the fall mean bigger
horses when they get their growth.
One hard winter may ruin the value of
the future horse.
AS long as a man sees no better
horses than he owns himself he is gen.
orally satisfied, no matter how inferior
his stock may be.
A SPECIALIST may be a man of mar
row views, but a specialist who is max
ing his specially pay is apt to be broad
enough for all practical purposes.
WHEN we il.treat the COWS it costs
us money, in that the effect of said ill
treatment is to lessen their milk yield
and make what they do give poorer.
TAKE the colts up nights when it
begins to get cold and chilly; days, too,
it there is cold rain. Cold fall rains
are not good for horses, old or young.
THERE is no other factor of equal
Importance to the farming interest, and
80 completely within its control, as the
condition of the public highways in
rural districts.
KINDNESS IN manner and in tone of
voice go a great way toward making a
load draw easily. The owners hand
ling of the reins is frequently far differ
ent from that of the hired man.
To prevent horse from unlatching
a gate, or door, put on two latches. A
man with two hands can manage them.
A horse with one nose can't. That's
where the man has the advantage of
the horse.
"CLOTHEs do not make the man, but
farm that is not well dressed does not
amount to much" says an exchange.
The common sense of the matter is that
men and women should dress according
to their work.
A wELL-BUILT road pays a hand
some dividend upon the investment in
it. Producers and consumers are en-
abled to haul larger loads over it at less
expense, and in less time, than over
the old style roads.
THE special-purpose paper has its
mission as we'll as the general purpose
paper; therefore, take as many of them
rs you need and can afford. For the
children and young folks, be sure to
take some good youths paper.
PROFESSOR L. Fl. BAILEY of Cornell
gives as the result of an actual expert
ment, that if cabbages are planted
shallow and billed or earthed up, the
tendency is to have more of them head
up and better and larger heads.
MANY teams have had their useful.
ness impaired by disregard of the
feelings of the horses. 1t is not the
well-fed horse only that does the most
work and keeps in the best condition
he must also have kind master.
WE read that such and such things
should be done in certain way, and
straightway we go and do them in that
way, without making any experiment
to prove whether the teaching be cor
rect or not That is not business. .
WE all like to see neat women and
tidy homes, but we are not sure that,
like most other things, this is not some
times overdone. There are all sorts OF
extremes in life, and it seems to us
that one is about as bad as another.
"LAYING condition " does not imply
that the hens must be heavily fed on
grain or made excessively fat. 1t is
something like race-horse condi-
ton "-neither too poor nor too fat, in
perfect health and full of active vigor.
IF you will say just what you mean,
and never make false gestures or use
superfuous language, you will soon be
surprised at the colts apparent intelli-
gence, or capacity for learning, as they
learn very quickly if the same routine
is gone over each time.
BAGGING tomatoes is the newest
thing in that line. Mr.. Carman of the
Rural Nep Yorker finds the fruit to
ripen more evenly and about ten days
earlier in bags than not bagged. The
bagging process seems to improve the
appearance of the fruit very percep-
tibly.
TAKE poor piece of ground, pillow it
well, harrow and drag it completely