The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-11-18
Clipped and Condensed.

oH W very lShJ one'
ONE-HALF the ration given in winter
Is often neces sary TO supply animal
heat. Avoid this waste by having
warm quarters.
SOME men feed good cows and feed
them well, then fail short of the gilt
edged profit because they don't sell
g,lt-edged goods
THERE is no form of dairy work that
leaves so little responsibility with the
producer as the cream-gathering pla1 of
factory butter making.
PUMPKINS are the winter apples that
grow for cattle and swine. They are
one of the cheapest forms in which
succulence can be supplied.
A COW may keep in almost beef con-
dition aud yet be good mixer, but the
majority of frs..c class, rich-milking
cows keep rather thin in flesh.
HENS are as sensitive to cold and
discomfort as people, and just as likely
to get severe cold; this with them
means roup, and that means certain
death.
THE standard " is not everything.
Happy Bee, Little Albert and Night
lngale, the three biggest mon trot-
ers of the year, are out of non-stand-
ard mares.
GAS the goodness Of the farm is
more in the farmer than in tn , land or
the place, so the scrubbiness of the
cows is in the owner of them" says
Field and Farm.
SHEEP need especial care Just now,
IA or &c r.
likely to prevail. They should be
housed from every one of them, also
from cold winds.
"THE question presented is simply,
which shall we have, dogs or sheep I?
The farmers of the state can profitably
agitate the matter" says the Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
You take cot at six weeks, examine
it clio ely, and if given good care and
no accident you will see the horse of
six years. Every point will be full on
the horse as on the colt.
ONE dealer in Aberdeen, Scotland,
has opened stable for the exclusive
handling of American bred horses.
The trotting horse is rapidly growing
in favor across the water.
ANY final calculation on the worth of
a dairy cow as producer, that does not
take into consideration the relative
values of food consumed, is incomplete,
and is delusion and a snare.
CARELESSNEss or ind Florence towards
a creamery may become a very expen-
sive affair. A patron, therefore, to en-
nance his own gain, needs to take a
keen interest in the creamery.
ONE thing especially to be avoided in
| planting, is setting the young trees in
an old orchard. This is bad enough
if the old trees have been all removed,
but worse if they are left standing.
A SINGLE COW in cold weather will
be more profitable, if fed generously,
than two cows fed stingily, and if
both hou led and fed well will pay bet
ter than doz n housed and fed poorly.
CANADA is prolific if it is cold. The
Quebec government offered 100 acres
Of land to each inhabitant of the pro-
vince who was the father of twelve
children. Six hundred forty fathers
have established their claims so far.
SPEAKING OF cotton seed, Professor
Afford says: "There is limit to which
It can be fed, and the cow must be
watched in order not to exceed that
limit. Cows differ very greatly in their
capacity for the assimilation of )tton-
seed meal.
A FARMER who takes pride in the
way he keeps his stable is amply re-
paid for all the time he spends in keep.
ing it in order. Nothing about the
highly to stranger than well-kept
stables and barn-yards.
THE profitable winter apples of Mas
sachusetts and New York, when planted
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and kentucky,
are fastened in maturity by the warmer
climate of the latter states, and at pick
ing time are usually all on the ground
and commencing to decay.
Mr.. WALLACE of the Homestead, on
the subject of fertility, wrote to the eff
feet that he bell we'd that Iowa could
never produce enough manure 10 re-
place the loss by cropping, and that
clover aided by the nitrogen of the air
would keep up our lands indefinitely.
THERE is still room for private but
er-making. While it is difficult to sell
small quantities of different makes, if
The product be large and fiue it can be
sold readily. With energy in looking up
IA customer it is possible to secure a bet
ter average price than with factory
make.
On most farms in timberei sections
there is timber dying every year which
with small expense of time and money
might be made to pay large interest on
Investment by converting the available
portion into shed stuff for live stock
and implements, and the rest into fire
wood
THE usual time for mating sheep is
near at hand, 1t is the general custom
to turn the ram with the flock and let
him remain. Where the flock is con-
siderable if, instead, the ram is allowed
to be with them only two or three hours
a dry he will get stronger lambs, and
] kelly more of them.
ONE thing should always be remem-
bered in considering the size of COW,