The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-11-23
Clipped and Condensed.

termlnes the quantity and quality OF
the fleece.
SOME men are so narrow that it takes
a good light to see them in, when looked
at edgewise.
A WEEK of scant feeding will show
its effecl upon the wool, and will in
jure its quality.
THE difference between slack and
thrifty farmer is made plainly visible
by their surroundings.
IT takes nine times as much skill to
feed COW properly as to run churn
properly. That is the truth.
WHILE the pig is a COOL assimilator
of food he can not always make good
meat out of everything he may eat
THE "horn fly" has arrived. Some
think he won't stay long If so, he
will be the first insect pest to be so kind.
THE hurry of fall work is often the
cause of neglecting cows, which is
costly proceeding to the owner of cows
thus treated
COLORADO has 10000 acres planted
in fruit, twenty-five per cent of which
area was planted in the spring of the
present year.
SHELTER the lambs from cold winds.
During the coming months sheep are
liable to suffer from this unless care is
taken to prevent.
IT is said to cost less to send the
product of an acre of wheat from Da.
kota to England than it does to manure
an acre in England so that it can grow
good wheat.
IN England the value of farm,
either for sale or rent, is based upon
what it will produce or the number Of
cattle it will carry, and there is not
much guess work about it,
To improve a breed, herd or man,
feed them better. The different breeds
and types all sprang from one breed or
type, and have been made what they
are by food and environment.
II has often been idly said that de-
horned animal is just as dangerous,
that he will do as terrible execution by
bunting as by hooking. Experience is
overwhelmingly to the contrary.
THE London Times says: "The pres
ent year will be a disastrous one for
British farmers. The chief loss will be
in wheat, while there will be no ade-
quate set-off in any other crop"
"HEADs, l win; tails, you lose! is
about the substance of the advantage
from placing cows facing each other or
facing the outer walls of the stable, ;"
says writer in an exchange. What do
you think about il?
THERE is cow at Cornell Agricul-
tural College that made $50 pounds of
butter last year, and one which made
but $50 pounds, and yet the man who
milks them cannot tell which is the
best. Test and record-that is the only
sure way.
WE cannot easily think of more
disagreeable job than saving off the
horns of pet cows, but they certainly
forfeit their right to them by the way
they treat their companions with them
1t is actually kindness to a herd to re-
move the horns.
DOES it pay to plant pumpkins with
corn? Ask the farmers of the United
States. You will receive answers O.
three kinds-one a decided eyes" one
an emphatic "no," one an equivoca
don't hardly know" And that is likC
most of our farming.
ENGLISH farmers are more system
attic than we. They lay out defnit,
rotations and follow them; maintain {
certain amount of stock for each acre
of arabic land; work with clock-lik,
system and regularity, and, as a result
produce much greater crops to the acre
than we do.
How often do We see it stated tina
as soon as a farmers son is educated
he deserts the farm? And perhaps thi
is so in great measure. But why? l
is because he is not educated unde
proper influences and with a prope
aim," says the experienced farmer whC
edits the Maine Farmer.
A POINT of material importance il
the care of dairy COW, and the sam,
holds good with a working horse, i
that it is necessary to keep the ANNA
in good heart. The COW which ha
been we'll fed during winter-whethe
she gives milk or not-wil begin ant
continue her milk giving in a muct
higher degree than the Indifferent,
nourished COW.
AN eloquent English writer says
"The pride of America is the pride o
successful toll, not the toll of conquest
not the struggle for empires, not th'
efforts of grasping ambition, but thu
persevering toll of the intelligent mas
of people," This will always be tn,
case when men are sure that they cal
enjoy the full fruits of their labors-bu
} not much longer.
THE present ratio of agricultural APP
preparations to the population of tn
: country brings the agricultural depart
ment to less than five cents per head o
the population, while we are paying TO
the support of the army and nav,
about eighty-five cents per head, an,
appropriations of all kinds amount t.
about s. per head. Is it any wonde
that so many farmers are discouraged
and didn't vote?
SOME times the cream froths in tn
churn, swells up and the butter will no
"come." Imprisoned gas is the cause
but why the gas gets imprisoned is no
always so easy to explain. Don't lie
tho 0raan Oat an sOur This ia q pra