The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-20
Notes by the Way.

tne grestest pront Is found in blood and
care.
SUCCESS in strawberry growing de-
ponds very much upon the knowledge
and skill of the operator and the appIi-
cation of that knowledge to practical
| purpose.
IN the central counties of New York
many dairymen have of late years COM
| planned bitterly of the low net returns
realized from their cheese and butter.
What is the cause?
IT is not yet known what an acre
will produce by the use of brains and
the application of manure. Brain
work always plays an important part;
too many depend too much on muscle.
AT the Ontario station in an expert
ment in feeding green fodder to swine
the conclusion was reached that there
was no advantage in it except when
given in very moderate quantities.
A GERMAN chemist is in Kansas for
the purpose OF arranging for 500 ex-
perimental tests of beet sugar growing
from foreign seed. If tests are satis7
factory, a German syndicate will put up
factories.
IT is true we have just cause for criti-
cisng our public officials, but at the
same time, if we examine our own man.
agement of individual affairs on the
farm, we may sometimes find sources of
loss that could easily be remedied.
EXPERIMENTS do not make it prob
able that adding water to the milk is a
desirable substitute for setting in cold
or ice water They do suggest that di-
luton may be helpful if ice or con-
siderable quantity of cold water can not
be secured.
AT farmers institute the question
came up: "To what limit can grain
be fed to dairy cows while at grass, and
with profit?" One of the best dairy
men in the country said: AT no time
do l get more profit from the grain fed
than in the summer"
On the Amasa Abbey farm in Derby,
VT, you will see beautiful sugar
orchard of perhaps a thousand maple
trees. In 1912 this same ground was a
pretty wheat field, and wss one of the
first pieces of land cleared up and Gull
tivated by Mr.. Williams.
NOT only in the United States are
meats of all kinds advancing in value,
but it is the case all over the world.
There has not been within the present
generation such prospect of beef FAM
inc in all countries taken together as
there is at the present time.
THE Red Bietigheimer is large red
striped apple, of German origin. 1t is
only of moderate quality but it is snowy.
The tree is a vigorous, spreading
grower; shoots strong, brown with
many light specks. Leaves large,
somewhat wavy, shining dark green.
GENERALLY the horse that farmer
ought to keep is the one that he is
most tempted to SELL A valuable horse
is always in demand and too often is
the man who needs little ready cash
tempted to part with an animal that is
successful "bread- winner" on the
farm.
BETTER put complaining off until
some other time. What is the best
time for it is hard to say. Perhaps an
|. indefinite postponement would be
/. happy thing for all concerned. Half
the things that we groan over tonight
will right themselves before tomorrow
n night if we let them alone.
1t is said that company has been
organized at Three Rivers, Quebec, for
the purpose of establishing abattoirs
there and shipping frozen meat to the
t; English market. The promoters in
T. clude General G. G. Dodge and Benja-
!; min Holmes of New York. The capital
n stock is given at $4,000, 900.
No matter if a new strawberry is
! good, it will not pay any one else than
d plant grower to pay two dollars per
% dozen. The same may be said of rasp-
% berries, blackberries or of grapes sold
e at one to two dollars per vine. Ninety
nine hundredths of the varieties intro
5, duced do not become standard.
a, IT is impossible to secure all the fat
}. in the milk by any system of cream
a separation in practical use. The skim
milk from different cows may show the
same percentage of fat, but this is OBJ
viously less percentage of the total fat
in rich than in poor milk. As much as
) one per cent of fat may be found in
- skim milk in some cases.
"ALL over Connecticut, farmers here
and there keep an intelligent animal
to 90 after and drive up the cows at
night. This brute delights to drive ,
and harass the herd, swapping
viciously at the heels of the laggards.
1t is this class of dogs, among them
valuable collies,' perhaps, that are
dangerous enemies of Sheep" says the
Hartford Times
AN English authority says the best
test for determining when cream is
sufficiently ripe for churning is that af-
forded by the use of blue litmus paper.
This paper can be obtained of any drug
gist, and the only thing required to be
done is to immerse little slip of it in
the cream. If on its withdrawal the
color at once changes to bright red,
the cream is sufficiently ripe for churn-
ing; otherwise, not.
The Stockmdn and Farmer says: " 1t
is little surprising, when one comes
to think of it, that more has not been
made of elderberrics. They differ, it
is true, from most of the berries that
are used for food, in being undesirable
until they nass under the hand of the