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u R0p0SALS FOR FRESH REEF.-Ofice Of

/ Commlssary Of Subsistence, Dayids Island, \. Y.
April . lp0f-Sealed proposals IN tripcatc subject To
The nal conditions win copy & q ths ndyertI;emen
n on SATURDAY, MAY @ 1891. and then opened
for fnni.hng the fresh beef required by the subs stence
DenartmCnt. = a DaVids Island y. " fOr the
dscal year commencing July 1891 Proposals. must be
acronuanlpd with two sufetes in the sum
OF s 900 and In accordance with the form prescribed y
proposal unaccompanled by such guarantee VIII not DO
ronsdcred. The successful bidder Will be- required to
enter into written contract with the United States Win
GOOD and approved security In the OF ave thousand
dollars 80 COO within ten days after being notified OF the
acccptince OF his proposal The Government reserves the
incosed sealed envelopes and marked ropo.as for
Fresh Beef" and addressed Captain j. McE HYDE.
A. @. NJ, u g. Army, Acting Conmlssary Of Subsstcnce
New-York tribune., 1891-05-01
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No. IL Wall street -
NEW-YORK, May l, 1891
The undersigned have this day formed eopatnefshlp
!noel the hfm Of
TIIIINGIIAST & GRIFFIN.
ind vii continue the Banking and Commission sock Dus
w. f. TILLINGlIAST
Member y. Y. stock Exchange
CHARLES Ii. GRIFFIN
New-York tribune., 1891-05-01
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ELlNTs FINE FURNITURE
The thing out I'm furniture can be had OF Geo
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New-York tribune., 1891-05-01
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

ditions common to all, we get clue to
the reason. In the Province of Quebec
the Fameuse has been almost the only
apple grown, as being, until quite re-
Gently, the only one known to be hardy
in the lower St. Lawrence valley.
Hence, there being no crossing),
Fameuse seedlings in Canada are al
most invariably of the Fameuse type,
though generally with slight distinguish
ing differences. For the same reason,
seedlings of the other fruits named
above are more apt than others to adj
here to the type of the parents. 1t is
from the seedlings of mixed orchards
that the very wide variation which
gave rise to the common idea originates.
1t will be found, we think, that seeds Of
all our improved fruits, taken from
orchards of single variety, will sub
stantially adhere to the type of the
parent, though with occasional wide
diversion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
character.
Barn Cellars.
necticut.

We give this week another excellent
article on barn cellars, from Lamoille
county subscriber. We must say that
we are greatly pleased with the kind
ness of our readers in giving us their
views and experience on this most i'm
portant subject. But it is not yet ex-
hausted, and we hope to get many other
letters, on matters in connection with
barn building. The interior arrange
ments are very important. What is
the best width for large barn? What
is the best arrangement, 80 as to ac-
commodate COWS, horses, sheep, swine,
and poultry? How shall we fix our
root and apple cellar 80 as to have it
frost-proof, convenient, and accessible?
How about the storage of vehicles and
tools? What is the best form of roof,
and the best covering for it? We ex-
pect to spend about 81 800 on our new
barn, and want it as perfect as possible
for the money. We mean TO inscribe
on prominent place in it the names
of all who have contributed informa-
ton as to its building and equipment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
More About Barn Cellars.

Agricultural Editor: Your item in
the issue of January 7, relating to barn
cellars-that they were prescribed Gn-
stead of prescribed)-was news to me,
and l thought at the time that if no
one else did, 1 would write you on the
subject, and perhaps you would see
fit to put it in the WATCHMAN. But
when, in the next paper, l saw your
answer to J. 4. L., it took nearly all the
sand out of me. | have no such
qualifications as he, but always like to
talk with a man who says he is about TO
build barn (and l believe | know how
to sympathize with him). am going
to write you, and if you can sift out any
ideas that you think would be of inter
est to your readers, you are welcome to
them. Perhaps those intelligent writers
who criticise - other mems barn cell
lars have none of their own, and take
that stand to justify their own position.
BE that as it may, / will try to cOufine
my statements mostly to my own expe-
rience with my O'On barn cellar. In
regard tomanure's heating, / have never
known cattle manure alone to heat, but
/ have seen it frozen in one solid mass
(this was not in my own CELLAR, and
to avoid this, | keep a few horses or
colts in my COW barn, say one horse to
five or six cows, and mix the manure.
/ bed the horses literally with dry shay
ings, fine straw or some other absorb
ent, and when the COW stable is cleaned,
scatter the horse manure and litter in
the drop behind the cows, and it there
absorbs the liquid, and goes down into
the basement when the stable is cleaned.
This mixed manure will freeze some on
the outside, but will keep warm (not
hoD on the inside. A few warm days
in spring thaws the outside, and then
there is not shovelful of frozen ma
nure in the whole pile; neither is it
warmer than blood-heat, and keep no
hogs upon it. A cellar will hold more
cow manure by having horse manure
mixed with it, as, not being frozen, il
settles together when the pile gets high,
about as fast as it is made, and the bot
tom will be found very compact. l
have never been troubled with any
odor arising from it. Manure kept in
| this way can be drawn in winter without
much trouble. If cellar is warm
enough, of course the manure will not
freeze at all, but never saw one that
did not freeze more or less. | think a
stable over basement superior to one
in it, for several reasons. In saving
labor and liquid manure it is surely
ahead, and can also be better lighted
and ventilated, which think is a great
item, as l heartily endorse what you
said about keeping cattle close, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

FROM the Mirror and Farmer we
take the following: Professor Myers
thinks there is yet much to be learned
in reference to churning. We think so,
too, and have for long time; and we
also think there is something more than
temperature connected with it, He is
also of the opinion that the discovery
of DR.. Babcock, that the glObules of
fat in milk are without any coverings
except that given by the surrounding
fluid, was one of the most important
discoveries made bearing on the sub
jet. 1t upsets the idea that 'ripening
rendered tender Gaseous sack around
the globule, so that it broke more easily
by the action of the churn, thus setting
it free to cohere with other released
globues." We would call Brother
Curtis attention to the fact that the
discovery attributed to Dr.. Babcock
was stated at a meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association in st.
Adams in January, 1873, and was
made (by the write) in 1864
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

REFERRING TO the self reproduction
of apples from seed, the Michigan
Farmer says: 1.-THE Fameuse is prob
ably the most decided case. 1t has
frequently been noticed, especially
among the old French orchards about
Detroit, that while some trees produce
fruit, richly blushed, and with all the
other typical peculiarities of the
Fameuse, there are yet others unmis-
takably of this type, but which are
striped with greenish yellow and red,
indicating very possible reproduction
from the original type, during the early
days of French occupancy, and the
planting of Seeding orchards, prior to
the more general practice of grating"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
Seeding Apples.

1t is well known that quite number
of our improved or ennobled vari-
ties of tree fruits will often be closely
reproduced from seed, though in gem
eral this is far from being the case.
The Michigan Farmer speaks of the
Fameuse, or Snow Apple {" Pomme
de Neige') as being peculiar in this
respect; but it is no more peculiar than
the Crawford and Foster peaches, the
Concord grape, or the Lombard plum;
and when we come to consider the con-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

feeding high. Our brutes have large
lungs, and require liberal supply of
air, as they exhaust the oxygen rapidly,
and, if ill-ventiated, its place is filed
with noxious carbonic oxide, which it is
very unhealthy to inhale. But fear
am using too much paper, and will
close by wishing you success in build
ing and happiness in using thereof.
j.. Y. b.. Lamoille County.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

In Glover and Barton, VT, there are
immense deposits of clay and sand of
the best quality for making brick or pot
terry, which might be utilized to adj
vantage; and there are also many other
industries which might be started here
in Vermont which would prove remu.
nerative. But parents tell their chill
dren that they do not want them to have
so hard time as they had, send them
to school until they get so lazy they
won't go into any business that requires
manual labor, and these, with many
other things OF like nature combined,
are what are filling our country with
burglars, thieves and robbers" says o.
" Percival in the Ne,U England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

COOPERATIVE farming has been
many times preached by social reform
ers, but has never succeeded in Amer
lea, except when made part of some
religious scheme, where arbitrary rules
could be enforced. There are too
many difficulties attendant upon keep
ing full and fair account of the bust
ness of farm, and in rightly adjusting
and apportioning expenses and profits,
to make it satisfactory partnership
business. 1t would require man who
was at once an expert accountant and
an expert farmer, to divide the annual
profits or losses on an average American
farm, equitably.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, OF no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale by c. Blakely,
Montpelier, vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

WHY do we Americans eat so little
cheese, compared with European ma
tons? Is it because American cheese
is poor? But much American cheese
is eaten in Europe. Is it not rather
because our people are better supplied
with good and cheap meat, and prefer
it to cheese? Though 100000 tons of
our cheese is eaten at home, the bulk
of it goes to the cities, and is bought
by European immigrants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

SoILING dairy cows is more and more
practiced, and is profitable on small
farms near towns. Both grass and
fodder-corn are favorite green feeds,
but oats, rye and wheat, cut in the
milk, are excellent Perhaps the very
best soiling crop, however, is mixture
of oats and Canada peas, cut when the
pods of the peas are full. This is
very rich ration.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

The farmer who thinks, at this time
of year, that "good hay is good enough
for anybody's cows,' makes costly
mistake. Good hay is an essential
part of a cows rations; but hay alone
is far from being the best or the most
profitable feed. This is true of dry
cows; but much more true of cows in
milk. These should have a varied
diet, always inclusive of some succu-
lent food, roots or ensilage.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

tons. Even so small state as Yer
mont requires at least four different
apple lists, to suit the upper and lower
Connecticut valley, the mountains and
the Champlain valley. The northern,
southern, and western sections of New
York and the island of Long Island
illustrate like variant conditions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

SALVATION OIL quickly finds its way
to the seat of the disease, allays the in
fiammation, and, by removing the cause,
effects a permanent cure. Twenty-Five
cents.
Mr.. RUsKIN thinks there is a great
future for American art, but he hardly
realizes the enormous demand over here
for DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
farm ano Garoert.

Address all inquiries communications in relation
to agriculture to DIR. r. H. HosK1Ns, Newport, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

SWEET CoRNs.-We see now offered
by seedsmen a white cob variety of the
Cory corn, which, as white cobs have
always appeared in it, was not difficult
to effect But no form of the Cory, or
of its parent the Marblehead, or of the
original Narragansett from which they
sprang, ever had much right, except by
virtue of its wrinkled seed, to rank as
"sweet." Earliness and good size of
ear have been the only claim of these
corns upon the grower. There are
other early types of sweet or sugar
corn, known and grown in New Eng
land, which are true sweets, but none
has combined size and eariness so sat-
isfactorily to the market grower as the
Cory. The Black Mexican has always
led for pure sweetness, but the old form
has small ears and is quite late. There
is another strain, produced by cross
of the Blue Squaw corn of the Northwest
upon an early white variety, that is not
so uniformly black, but is quite as
sweet as the old Mexican, and as early
as the Cory. But it should be remem-
bered that no corn will bear removal
more than fifty miles of latitude with
out risk of material modification in it's
character.
THE late sweet corns are apparently
more stable than the earlier sorts; but
this is because the seed of late sorts,
not maturing far north, is all grown in
the sections where it originated. The
early sweet corns of New England all
rapidly change, in the direction of in
feriority, when grown south of Con-
necticut.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

SPEAKING of the experimental or
chard of the New York Experiment
Station, newspaper says; But I'M
der careful system of tests for the
whole country, which doubtless will be
sooner or later instituted, and the col
lection of all these results into one vol
ume by the United States Agricultural
Department, for reference, it will be
simple matter to select fruits suitable
for any section of the country" No
doubt good deal of useful knowledge
in regard to orchard work can be 80 OBJ
tanned, and every station ought to be so
equipped. But after all is done that
can be done in this way, much will still
remain for the individual orchardist to
work out for himself. Many of our
states are large, and some, even of the
smaller ones, embrace widely-varying
climates, soils, exposures and eleva-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

A GOOD many milk cows 60 from
northern to southern New England, to
supply the large dairies near the manu-
featuring and commercial towns; but
these are mostly the culls from the
northern herds. Few, if any, farmers
have yet thought of making a srecialty
of raising mixers for sale. AT recent
prices it might be remunerative; and it
is possible for a skillful man to acquire
a reputation in the business that would
result in a steady, paying trade.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04
Editorial NOtings.

THE potato is a mountain or high
table land plant, and seems commonly
to thrive best upon uplands. Yet,
when planted far enough north, it pro-
duces beautifully, even at near the sea
level. Aroostook county, Maine, which
is the banner county" for potatoes,
is elevated but few hundred feet
above the sea. Last year its crop
reached beyond 100000 bushels, at
the rate of about las bushels per acre.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

MR. APPLETON COW, "Eurotisama,
has record of 941 pounds ten ounces
of butter in year, and an editor asks,
"What do plodding, rut-bound, IMAM
bilious 100 pound-a-year farmers say to
that?" Well, most of them doubtless
say it is lie. But even though they
may not dispute the record, what have
they in their experience or observation
TO cause belief that it can be even dis
family approached in ordinary practice?
The average butter yield of our best
butter regions does not reach 40
pounds per cow, and the very best
single herds rarely get beyond an aver
age of 300 pounds. Phenomenal ami
mails are no rule to go by,-be they
COWS, horses, hogs, or sheep.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

WE have no satisfactory data to show
that the yield of our best herds can be
kept up from stock bred at home.
In fact, it is more than doubtful if a
high yield can be kept up except by
continual purchases from the outside,
and it is more tn IN probable that these
extreme yields so exhaust vitality as to
render the progeny of such animals
much inferior to their progenitors.
The question is, how high the average
yield can be kept in a straight bred
herd-even when new blood is brought
in by frequent change of males. An
alogy would seem to indicate that ex-
IRENE mammary development can be
attained only at the expense of other
portions of the organism, essential to
the vlgor and soundness of the herd in
which it appears. So far, we have no
satisfactory records throwing light
upon this important matter. 1t is not
likely that we shall have them, until
supplied from well-managed expert
ment stations.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-15

IT will be seen has a very slight d ron.
Figure shows a pair of drop socket gaffs.
which are used under the rules OF many
cOckplts. Figure shows n tnimhle-
spurred gaf used 4 great deal in the West.
which also gives bird a great ADVANTAGE
Figure shows pair OF fun drop socket
gatts, weapon very popular in the South.
and which used against New York reguia-
ton steels would give q game cock a greater
advantage than would Il pound and a half
OF weight. Figure shows a half drop
socket, very nearly rs dangerous as the
heels pictured in figure 3. Certain experts
the writer could mention would not ask
more than 10 be allowed to tie on a little
bit OF plausible. unsuspicious-lookin
pasteboard, tissue paper or leather wafer
beneath the natural spur, or spur butt of
his iIghting cock, before he sets on the
steel spur.
Both birds have been limbered M hv
being run about on the pit by their tails
and now the handlers are holding them
and the steels are being adjusted. First
strip of leather is wound by the heeier
about the leg of the bird. which Is pre-
scented To him spur upward. The thin strip
Is wound around the leg above and below
the spur butt and over the butt. 10 present
arm, solid surface fer the socket of the
steel spur. This accomplished. the steel
heel IS paced lightly on, and the heeIer.
grasping the short toe of the bird, twists
IL backward and forward This makes
the leader of the leg, which is a little
point OF tendon. ike a shot, at the
upper Joint of the leg lust before
the feathers begin, rise and fall. The
point of the steel spur is set on the LETT
leg. so that it is exactly on line with the
side VI the ieadeE-cocks strike one leg
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-15

terest in the battle and purse strings hung
loosely. Meanwhile the boys. and their
friends, too. We're having time that il
warns the heart to think about. Perhaps
the boys will never see the like of it again,
even when the money comes to them, as
the bulk OF 1t will some day. 1t Is becom-
ing much more the thing 10 consider the
consolidation of large fortunes and their
transmission in the direct line. The Van
derbiit and Rockefeller millions will be
handed down in that way, or rumor speaks
falsely. Cornelius Vanderbilt is said to
have once estimated that following the
natural laws of increase the family fortune
would roll up To $500 600, 600 by the time
William III. is 40 Ii then, as is correctly
supposed, he gets the greater part of for
tune the youth who is now astonishing
\ ale with his expenditures will be one OF
the richest men in the world.
Last summer Cornelius Vanderbilt gave
his son a yacht which cost $4,000 A
great many yachts cost more than that
and yet II 5 pretty good boat for a boy
When Rocketeller's father heard of this
gift he bought his fayorite one OF the finest
four-in-hands in the country. The outfit,
horses and coach, cost $40, 600 Young
Rockefeller reigned supreme in West
chester county, where his father has a
100000 summer palace. Young Wander
bilt spent most OF his time at the magniti-
cent summer residence, The Breakers -
in Newport. 1t is said that New York's
400 look TOR much more from young Will
lam Ill. than from any of the other de-
scendants of the old commodore through
the four sons, Cornelius, Frederick, George
and William H.
The boys are back again in Yale this
year With added influence, and an in