The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-18
Clipped aud Condensed.

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till YOU are sure You can make a sue
cess OF hundred.
AN element is a substance which
cannot by any known means be re-
solved into any simpler form of matter.
The ming winter will have come
and Tie good-for-nOthing cows will be
boarded as usual, and they won't pay
for their board.
WE are of the opinion, from obser-
walton aud experience, that cows which
are cared for properly very rarely re-
quire to be dosed with medicine.
THE stains left on the hands by all
kinds of fruits may be removed at once
by rubbing them with either lemon
juice or the pulp of ripe tomato.
MUCH has been and much can be
said regarding the value of straw, yet
many iarmers are careless about secur-
ing it in the best possible condition.
THE census of the United States
shows that $4,000 600 Inhabitants live
by agriculture, II $50 600 by mauufac-
lures and about 10000 by commerce.
EARLY attention should be given to
the sOws intended for breeding this fall
and winter. The early pig is likely to
be winner for at least another season.
AGRICULTURE must succeed be-
cause it is the foundation upon which
rests all other INDUSTRIES" but this does
not assure the careless farmer of sue
cess.
EVERYBODY knows a good road is
better than "A bad one. Grant it and
then tell Us why, if such knowledge is
so general, you keep on paying your
tribute to bad road?
WATER your horse before you give
him hay. Give him hay before YOU
give him grain. Give the concentrated
food last, His stomach is not large
enough to hold all at once
THE farmer is numerically the,great-
est factor in the voting world, but how
limitt d is his representation in congress
and state legislatures. Lawyers consti-
tute the bulk of membership.
AN experienced hOckmaster says;
" | have learned by experience that sue
cess in sheep husbandry depends largely
on proper housing, feeding, and gen
eral management during tall and win
ter"
IT is good plan we believe to plant
all kinds of pums together, and pretty
closely at that. Naturally the plum
grows in thick clumps, and it seems to
us that nature is not far from right in
this matter.
THE pasture in which a bull is placed
should be heavily fenced. No ordinary
fence will keep bull in field from
which he wishes to escape. A barb.
wire fence is probably the best which
can be made.
Hoes are very susceptible to changes
in the weather. This is shown by their
restlessness before storms and their
careful preparation of warm beds be-
fore the approach of cold spell of
weather in winter.
The desire to pick up fortunes or to
get wealth suddenly seems to be one of
the inheritances of the average Amer
lean cit zen. 1t is an undesirable trait
of char acter, too, as it often leads to
results that are disastrous.
THERE is no better way to grind food
for the hog, if his hogship's health and
longevity are considere , than to make
him grind it himself. Mastication is
the beginning of the process of diges-
ton, and the more the food is masti-
Gated the better.
IT is conceded that hens two to three
years Old are the best reliance for the
production of eggs, but to keep the
supply constant during the year, some
pullels are nee led. la the autumn
months older birds mott, and egg pro-
duction decreases.
AN exchange says white corn is con-
slider, d as coming nearer to oats than
yellow, AID is therefore better for work
ing animals. So far as the results of
analysis are known, white corn has
about one per cent more Of the muscle
forming elements than yellow corn.
WHEN will the world know horticul-
ture TO be what it is--a pursuit that re-
quires of its workers constant fore
thought and continual study? When
gardeners tn, mselves are willing To hit
the class by the grand power of educa.
ton from the rank of mere artisans.
LOST and never regained -horseflesh ,
Labor, patience and time. Those who
are skilled in such matters can figure
up the cash value of these things
You have lost all of them before now
they are sunk in the ruts, crushed on
the bumps and lost in the dust and
sand of pretty fair road.
THERE is some danger that we may
keep cows too warm in winter, but that
Is risk few of us run; on the other
hand, it is certain I at many keep their
cows too cold; bu f they could realize
how much it cost hem, they would be