The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-30

TAKE things as they come. If they
don't come, go after them.
A FARM is not self-sustaining, in
the best and fullest sense, that buys its
manures.
DON'T believe any theory is correct
until you have tried it; and don't try
it in wholesale way.
In whatever direction the farmer
puts forth his efforts, he should strive
to secure the best results.
WHENEVER you find farmer neg
lectful of his implements and careless
about the condition of his farm, he is
in debt.
ANY little Improvement in dairyipg
that will cheaper cost of production
will sum up the same as an increased
selling price.
A COW in full milk should have from
six to eight quarts per day of grain
feed, and many cows will pay for
larger ration.
No matter how well a cheese may be
made, it must BE- properly cured or it
will be of little value. The curing
rooms in most cheese factories are but
| lUlScTdDlc tACuStS.
THE English estimate that the ma
nure resulting from feeding one ton of
cotton-seed meal is worth good deal
more than the market value Gin this
country of the meal.
WE cannot possibly hope to cover so
large an area by homemade manures
as by commercial fertilizers, but the re-
suits will be more satisfactory, much
less expensive, much more permanent.
"BETTER luck next year" What is
"luck -? We will have plenty of luck
when cleo is sold as cleo, when you
own good cows only, and grow nearly
all the feed they eat during the whole
year.
LEAVING wheat out of the question,
there is no such difference between the
other grains as should make any i'm
portant reason why buckwheat should
be considered as such an easy crop to
be grown.
MANY horseman fails to find a
ready sale or profitable prices for his
colts because they are not fitted for the
market They must represent some
thing more than gross weight, or even
good blood, to be wanted.
THE selection of seed is a very i'm
portant factor in the making of good
crops, as the latter can only be had by
using good seed. Many of the farm.
er's disappointments attributed to other
causes are frequently the result of
planting poor seed.
WHEN the COW has put certain
quantity of fat in her milk she has done
all that can reasonably be asked of her.
If you can not, or do not, get it out in the
form of butter, and first-cIass butter, it
is your fault, not hers. She should not
be held responsible for your stupidity.
OUR dairy cows will treat us very
much the same as we treat them. If
we kick, they are almost sure to kick
back. If we starve them, we shall
starve so far as they are concerned;
7 but if we feed them literally, they will
reciprocate and return the compliment.
THE Dairy World says that it is safe
to say that fully one-half of the cream
cries in Kansas are standing idle.
What has been the cause of so many
} failures? Is it on account of soil or
3 climate? There is a general impression
o that the lack of tame grasses is the
principal cause.
THERE is much that goes to make
the expert cow-feeder, but the one i'm
= portant thing is for the feeder to be
t able to "put himself in her place -;
!. that is, he ought to have an instructive
feeling as to whether the COW has 6
i ration that suits her as regards botf
s quality and quantity.
:, How our fathers would have laughed
J., at the idea of going to school to learr
}. butter making, but dairymen are rapid,
9 coming to know that butter making il
u as much a science as anything else ant
can only be conducted according Il
rules and principles, the theory ant
q practice of which can best be learned a
# dairy schools.