The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-01
Clipped and Condensed.


trade off.
IT is said that more money is spent
for eggs than for -four in the United
States.
IT takes something more substantial
than hope to ill the long felt want of
hungry man.
THE eggs from two-year-old hens
produce stronger chickens than those
from younger fowls.
A MERE money-lover is one of the
meanest of the mean specimens OF
humanity that the sun shines on.
TIE introduction of bumble-bees
into New Zealand, few years ago, to
secure the fertilization of the red clover
was remarkable success.
SUCCESS in sheep-farming, as in any
other field, requires close attention to
the smallest details and the exercise of
good deal of common sense.
A FRIEND of the mule claims that
this animal outlasts the horse because
it lies down when it sleeps instead of
standing. There is something in this.
If one-half the fuss was made about
the breeding of draft, coach and riding
horses that there is about trotting horses
the country would be greatly benefited.
"CLEANING hen-house will not
rid it of lice; you can't sweep out lice,
you've got to kill them. You can
sweep out house every fifteen min
utes and still have it full of lice.
DOES it pay to keep shade trees scat
tered over the several fields for stock in
hot summer days? We all admit that
all stock ought TO be favored with shade
in summer days from the burning sun.
THE culture of rape is attracting con-
siderable attention at the present time.
turing sheep when fattening, and has
been grown in England for fifty years.
CLOVER when cut at the right time
and properly cured makes the best of
COW hay, but as it is generally made
loses half its value. 1t should be cut
just as soon as few of the blossoms
begin TO turn.
EVERY farmer should have his small
fruit patch. They cost so little and yet
supply such an abundance of luxuries
for the table, that no farmer can afford
to be without them, and yet there are
so many that haven't got them.
IT is interesting to note, says the Bos-
ton Commercial Bulletin, that since JAN
uary |, 1890, New England has gained
10000 sheep, the Middle states $4,000,
the Southern states 17S,000, the West
ern states 100000, the territories 272,-
900.
IN order to make the poultry business
profitable it must have care and atten-
ton, as any other business, let it be
large or small. The best plan is to be-
gin in small way and build yourself
up and add to your flock as you become
more experienced.
OUR horses have more energy and en-
durance than those raised farther south.
A hilly country is better for horses than
fat country. When horse goes up
uses set of muscles that are never
used in flat pasture.
WE have seen the team hitched back
so close that half of the teeth of har-
row were carried along almost on top
of the ground. The driver probably
thought he was making the work much
easier for the team. So he was, but he
was not doing good job of narrowing.
SAYS one, If every one would go
into the fruit business it, like the
hog and cereals, would soon be
overdone." Yes, but every one will
never go into the fruit business, and if
they would three-fourths of them would
fail, for they would go at it on the old
style.
THERE are too many people who will
not cast their bread upon the watersi
unless they are assured beforehand that
it will come back again in few days al
full-grown sandwich, all trimmed With
ham, butter and mustard, rolled up in al
warranty deed for one-half of the earth
and mortgage on the other half.
A STONY pasture is better than soft
pasture without stone. The feet arei
kept worn off, with smooth, tough
edges, but when running on soft pas-I
ture the edge grows out long, spreads,
lets the frog sink aud the horse be-
comes flat-footed, with a tendency tol
quarter crack when driven on hard(
roads.
HENS must have enough to eat or
they won't lay enough to pay for their
feed. Enough means about all they|
will eat when fed two or three times al
day; if fed in selffeeders they will eat
when they are hungry, just the same as|
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thrashing time when feed is very plenti-
ful-and eggs also.
THE feet of all sheep occasionally
need the superhuous growth of horn
cut from them. No only the feet need
] shortening, but the horn at the heels
will grow down and turn under, holding|
dirt and filth that in time makes them
l. lame. For shortening the toes use al
chisel and mallet, or toe nipper|
= made especially for the purpose.
THAT the Siberian crab is of no use|
as a stock to bud or graft in varieties of
larger apples, has been proved conclu-
sively by the Massachusetts (Hatch)
Experiment Station. Ten years ago it'll
top budded six Siberian crab trees with
Williams Favorite. The buds grew
well the first season, but the subsequent
growth was very little and now the|
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