The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-03

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or eight inches deep, and that he wants
power in team ten times for once he
wants speed. There is as much odds in
men as in horses.
CHURN whenever the cream is ready,
that is, has clean, pleasant, acid taste,
an aromatic smell, and smooth, syrup
like consistency. With little practice
and careful observation the maker can
always regulate the temperature, before
going to bed, so as to have the cream
ripe within half-hour of the time he
wishes to churn next morning.
THE bisulphide of carbon, an ethereal
liquid, is death to woodchucks. 1t is
volatile and inflammable, and must be
kept tightly corked and away from the
fire. To apply it, take piece of rub
Der hose three or four feet long, put it
in the hole, and pour about two table,
spoonfuls of the bisulphide in, and stop
the hole up with earth. They are killed
and buried with the one operation.
JOHN BOYD of Elmhurst, ILL.,, who is
a practical dairyman and close and
careful observer, says he has examined
many cows and finds the size of the
milk veins no indication of their milk
ing qualities. But" he says, "the
most remarkable mark or sign of large
mixer that know of is the number
and size of the openings from the milk
veins and their branches into the body"
IN some parts of the West, and es-
pecially in Canada and the Provinces,
dealers are combining to fix the price
of eggs, and secure uniformity. So
long as farmers submit, this will be fol-
lowed and the dealer reap all the profits.
There is no element of right in the
practice that gives the local trades
three, four or five cents dozen for
handling and shipping the eggs brought
in by farmers.
In breeding trotters everything is
sacrificed for speed, and while the very
highest speed is not called for in gen.
tleman's driver, there are other i'm
portant and very necessary qualifica-
tons he should and must possess to
make him desirable and command the
highest price in the market. These
qualifications are good size, beauty, en-
durance and good condition, and we
can not generally find these points
combined in the horse that is strictly
trotting bred.
"OLEo is not the poor mans butter.
Oleo is not sold on its merits to rich or
poor. Oleo cannot be sold one time in
fifty, if sold for just what it is, to rich
or poor. When the people buy it
they buy it for butter, and there is no
man standing by to tell them it is not
butter, but compounded fraud. They
are charged butter prices, because to
lower the price would give the fraud
away and prevent its sale," says the
Rural World.
To make good clover hay it should
be turned when partly dry and put up
in small cocks to stand till near noon
the next day. Then open and air and
sun two hours (say from eleven till one
begin putting in the barn. Glover will
cure in hot weather in one day so as to
feel perfectly dry to the hand, but if
put in bulk, the next morning it will
be very damp, and if stored in the barn
in this condition it is sure to become
musty. But if it stands in the cock
and gets damp, and then is spread and
summed till dry, it will kee perfectly.
IN grading butter in the New York
market there are five different things
taken into consideration-the flavor,
the color, the body, the sailing, and the
package in which the butter comes.
The highest grade of all is the tex
tras," and in that the flavor must be
quick and perfect, the body perfect and
uniform, the color good, even and uni
form, and the butter itself just suffi-
GENTLY sailed. The grades drop down
through 4" frsts -" seconds" " thirds :"
-" fourths " and " fifths." This last is
made up of the most Indifferent butter
offered except "poor " and "grease 3"
butter.
WHEN a young calf is gorged with
milk, indigestion follows, and the stom-
ach is clogged with mass of compact
curd. The consequence is that the ami
NAL becomes dull, dribbles at the mouth
and grinds its teeth. The treatment
should be to give a teaspoonful of car
Donate of soda or saleratus in pint of
water, which will dissolve the curd and
aid its passage through the intestines
In six hours after, give one tablespoon
full of raw linseed or castor oil. Offer
no food until the bowels are cleared out,
and then give only one quart of warm,
fresh milk every three hours. When a
calf is drinking milk it should be fed
slowly and with intervals of rest, and
cold milk should never be given, as this
chills the stomach and provokes indi-