The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
Notes by the Way.

for market must consult the wants of
the public.
POULTRY KEEPING is a science and
a lifelong study. The Oldest hand 10
the business learns something new
every year.
THE slow-feathering fowls are usu-
ally the hardest, as the drain on the
system occasioned by quick feathering
does not weaken them. 1t is indica-
tive of hardness.
OLD PROCESS linseed meal contains
about eleven per cent of water; has a
feeding value of S3i so per ton, a
manurial value of S2l So, and nutri-
tive ratio of one to two.
IN selecting corn seed for earliness
always take the lowest ears on the
stalk, and those having deep kernels,
closely packed with the rows near
together, especially at the butt. Plant
from the whole length of the ear with
out rejecting tip or butt kernels.
Two hundred fftypounds of plain
phosphate, at least, is required to 90
with every ton of first.cass stable ma
nure, in order TO utilize its excess of
nitrogen, and on light soils about fifty
pounds of muriate or sulphate of pot
ash. This point has as yet had but
little attention. 1t deserves great
deal.
a QUICK-GRowING crop like the po-
tato, which has only a short time in
which to mature, cannot be grown sue
cessfully unless a bountiful supply of
all the elements of plant food is pro-
vided; that is, the greatest Weld is at
tanned where the soil contains an excess
of all the elements of plant food in
available form over and above the re-
quirement of the plant.
ANALYSIS generally shows, in rich
manure, as much nitrogen as phos-
phoric acid. The right proportion
should be three or four of the latter to
one Of the former. Therefore, with
such manure, there should be used
enough of plain phosphate to make
the balance right. Unless this is done.
the excess of nitrogen will be an in.
jury, rather than benefit, to nearly all
crops.
VENTILATION is more than impor-
tant in our stables-it is vital Health
cannot long exist where impure air is
breathed. There are many sources of
contamination to the air of the best
kept stables. The only safety. and the
largest profit, comes from proper atten-
ton to this point, which becomes more
and more essential as we build warmer
barns and keep larger herds of well.
bred cattle.
THERE is no kind of manufacturing
or commercial business done anywhere
that can stand waste like the waste of
manurial matter on our farms. S.
long as that waste continues, farming
must be prof liable to those farmers
who avoid it, for the prices of agricul.
tural products must be based on their
actual cost under the existing system.
If you avoid part of that cost, that diff.
ference is added to your profits.
HIS manure heap is the farmers
bank. How careful we should be of i'll
How careless the large majority of Us
are of it'll Few farmers save as much
as seventy-tive per cent of the whole.
Many farmers save less than fifty per
cent. Perhaps it may be staggering
statement, to say that the loss by
iquor-drinking in this country i:
equaled by the waste of manurial mat
ter on our farms. We believe it is a
fact.
"DOGs have been classed with wolves
their progenitors, through all ages
: Is thy servant a DOG that he should
do this thing?' Has the critic who
wrote so bitterly in their defence even
/ haH oh a 81 L.,
tive in the horrors of rabies, friend
whose flock has been ruined by mutia-
ton and ny fright? Do the gentle
men and women who love dogs have
no sympathy for the victims, and for
the whole community that is liable to
suffer?' pertinently says the Tribune.
A WRITER in the Ne,U England
Farmer says: A few summers ago
two carloads of butter came in to Bos-
ton on the same day. The one came
from Vermont in common car was
spoiled by the heat, and sold as grease.
The other came from Iowa in a re-
freerator car, arrived in prime condi-
ton, and commanded the highest
market price. The freight on these
20 loads of butter was the same per
pound. w snOulu ike 10 KNOW where
in Vermont butter is CARED in summer
without ice.
SALT makes animals more lively,
strong and capable of resisting disease.
Their flesh is harder, and the functions
of the organism are more regular.
Their digestion is better, and they can
exist on fodder that otherwise might
be injurious to health. Moreover, with
the assistance of salt, they can extract
more nourishment from given guam
tity of fodder, since the flow of the
digestive liquids is more copious.
Hence it is of special importance with
foods difficult to digest, since the
latter may readily produce disturbances
in the digestive process and be cause
of Sickness.
AT the Connecticut Board of Agri-
culture meeting, Mr. A. M. Bancroft
presented statistics of the creamery
business in that state. -Four thousand
farmers are associated together in the
business, and milking 20 900 cows.
The farms are worth $4,000 900, the