The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-09
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fruit in liquid form.
AS the dairy procession goes by let
us step into the front rank.
DID you ever know COW injured BY
comfortable stable and plenty of hay?
IT does not cost any more to keep step
with those in the lead than with those
in the rear.
SoUNDNEss is an indispensable con-
dition if horse is to make any money
for the man who raises him.
WHY can't we all recognize the fact
that 1t does not pay 10 fool away our
time in caring for poor cows?
THE quiet COW, the friendly hen, and
the peaceable horse, give the largest
returns with the least expense
To DAY belongs to the rich man amp
his family; tomorrow belongs to the
energetic poor man and his family.
CAN'T we all see that bad farming
has more to do with our farm troubles
than any thing else we have to endure
THERE is no more instructive farm
paper than the Maine Farmer. We
wish it bad larger circulation in Yer
mont.
DID you ever know homemade ma
nure to fail to improve your land? Do
you know of farmer who has too much
of it?
BACKBONE is better than whale
bone or featherbone. The backbone of
a farmer is shown by the fertility of
the soil.
WHY does not every one see that the
making Of poor butter is too expensive
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dulge in?
THERE is phrase used by horse.
traders, Don't get married to him."
which means sell him as soon as you
can get a profit
THERE are many matters in farming,
as in medicine, merchandise, society
and government, that are not absolutely
and finally settled.
THERE is no more use in speaking at
the top of your voice to a horse than
here is to man; they don't, either of
t them, do any better for it.
OF course, labor, care and study are
required, but no man ought to become
tiller of the soil, unless be is willing
= to think, to act and to study.
ONE often reads of corn in English
general. When they speak of ourU
corn it is Indian corn or maize.
OUR system of oad-making, outside
of the great cities and their suburbs,
+ is worse than that which is now current
{ in almost any other part of the civilized
world.
If cow gets out of the yard, don't
yell at her; the probability is that the
first effect will be to start her in run,
and the more you yell the faster she
will run.
THE objection to feeding fowls almost
t wholly upon concentrated foods, such
I as grain, and particularly corn, lies in
! the fact that it is not sufficiently bulky,
i aud is too fattening.
a TRY to raise horses of as uniform
quality as possible, but uniformly good.
BY so doing a team may be mated up
:. and sold at higher price than the two
would bring if sold separately.
In this age of improvement the art
of making good corn meal, seems to
: have been lost AT least, not much of
that sold in the towns and cities can be
: classed as good for making bread.
STUDY of Greek and Latin comp ared
with course in practical and theoret-
cal agriculture, deserves to rate very
low as equipment for useful and sue
cessful life, or even as mental drill.
AS rule, dairy farm can be known
as soon as the eye falls upon it. 1t tells
of increasing fertility, of larger har-
vests. So, too, may one read at a
glance the story when the hay is sold
ALL the indications at present are in
favor of higher prices for dairy pro-
ducts the coming winter, and we would
urge upon dairymen the importance of
feeding the cows as well as they know
now,
MANY a remarkable COW has gone to
the shambles without her owner know
ing what prize he had, simply because
her capacity had never been tested.
Try each individual, and get a yearly
r, cord.
Is your farm in the best shape for
making your labor count that it can be
put? Think it all over carefully, and
. don't be afraid to work and work hard
ii you do not find everything in the
best shape.
A GOOD walk is valuable trait in a
horse, no matter for what purpose he
may be used, and those who take pains
Il to make their horses good walkers
should be paid for their trouble, and in
most cases will be,
}. SOME people, unable to find any
:. fault in themselves, devote their talents
10 the discovery and proclamation of
3 the faults of others. 1t is good plan
to bring two such together, introduce
and leave them to amuse each other
| THERE'S not farm where grain has
been fed, especially cotton or linseed
meal, but the evidence may be read in
the fertility of the soil. These grains
are so rich IN plant food that the ami
mails take but small per cent in its
passage through the body.
AN intelligent farmer, milking TWEEN
| ty-One cows, stated lately that five of