The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-27
Clipped and Condensed.

crime.
KEROSENE on the roosts prevents
lice on the fowls.
THE world owes no man anything,
yet the world is in debt.
You need not tell your enemy what
you think of him. He knows.
You cannot afford to have good
horses unless you take time to care for
them right.
GOOD warm shelter for your stock
this winter means less food to keep
them in order.
You can hide your light under a
bushel, but you cannot hide your dark
ness that way.
THE latest wrinkle is a source of sat.
isfaction to young people, but to the
old it is otherwise.
SoUNDNEss is an indispensable con-
dition if horse is to make any money
for the man who raises him.
KEEP the youngsters growing right
along. The feed and care given will
all come back when they are sold.
THE success in raising so many fine
colts in many parts of France is often
attributable to the liberal feeding of
oats.
IT is not right for a man to work for
his pleasure on Sunday the horse which
has labored for his profit during the
week.
LET us educate our boys not to leave
the farm, but to love the farm. In high
manuring and close cultivation lies the
hope of success.
He who applies himself diligently to
his business, and complies with the
rules of economy, generally has all the
supplies he needs.
Nor one barn in ten throughout the
country has a properly constructed
be in their own filth.
THE best blooded stock in the world
is in the United States. 1t remains
only for us to adapt it to our require
ments and keep it up.
DID you ever know man to get rich
in any business who did not study it,
and have faith in it, and give his whole
time and energy to it?
THE feeding of colts must be done
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mails intended for meat. The horse is
valued for his muscle, not for his fat.
If you want to find out mans real
disposition, take him when he is wet
and hungry. If he is amiable then,
dry him and fill him up, and you have
an angel.
LIFE in our trees exists only in the
sap-wood, and is most active in the
narrow layers between the bark and
wood, and at the tips of the growing
shoots and roots.
ALPHABETICALLY the new year may
be made happy one by each interested
worker putting himself in line for con-
slant effort along paths where sure re-
turns are promised.
IT is poor policy to wade through
mud to the out-buildiugs when good
dry paths can be made that will keep
dry the feet of wife and children and
save possible doctor bills.
IN spite of the wonderful commercial
industrial progress of the United States,
we are still to large extent using the
same soft, dusty, muddy country roads
that served for our remote ancestors.
THE plea for perverting agricultural
fairs into spectacular shows and pyro-
technical exhibitions has been proved
by the logic of events to have been
based on an unsubstantial foundation.
THE mares in foal should have good,
nutritious food and good care during
the winter months. Give them a
chance to exercise as regularly as pos
sible, and avoid damaged hay or grain.
If you cannot send yonr boy to one
of the agricultural colleges, you can
give him frutpatch and workshop
substitute in laying the foundation of
useful life.
THERE is always big loss made by
! letting the cows stand outdoors when
it is cold or stormy, If the regular
hour for stabling the cows has not come,
but a storm has, put the cows in the
stable at once.
THE usual fluctuations in the markets
may drive US from one food to another,
but it will pay to change if many head
are to be fed through the winter.
Wheat bran, clover hay and cut oats is
one of the best combinations.
Hal ln6 prdCtlCdl lhIlnSI WduJS Is
the cheapest ration which is also good
ration. The best way to get at this is
generally to consider what is the cheap
est food in the section in which we live
each year, and make that the basis.
Cows bred in December will calve
in September; those bred in January
will calve next October, and so on.
Now is the time to make calculations
as to when fresh cows will be needed,
| so as 10 make the most money for us.