The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-25

oftener than from dust. The EVIL ef-
feet Of the dust is easily gusrded
against by sprinkling with little Water
whenever the hay is dusty.
A CHICAGO man wants to exhibit 49,.
600 pairs OF ick rabbits at the Worlq'.
Fair for the purpose of building up sn
export business with Europe. The
jack rabbit is an animal that looks like
the mule on a small scale, DESTROYS
property like the locust, breeds like the
fly and tastes like the hawk"
ROBERT PECK, Georgia citizen.
wanted to get married, but lacked the
necessary 81 80, so he appealed TO his
brother in to-be for help. The
brother-in-l law to be was wi ling to help,
but not to the extent of 81 so from his
own pocket, 80 he started out to get it.
Mounting box in the public square,
he made such strong appeal that the
crowd Clipped in the necessary money.
If the farmers desire that their cali
ing shall be placed in the upper room
of the citadel, they must turn hand at
doing it themselves. If they desire the
advancement of agriculture that this
interest deserves, they must put their
own shoulders to the wheel and help
themselves up the hill. If they wait
for outside interests to give any aten-
ton to theirs, they may have their
trouble as a reward for their pains.
IT must be conceded in this progress
i've and enlightened age the strong man
is the educated man, and the weak man
is the ignorant man. No man can pos
sess the sterling quality of self-reliance
unless he is possessed Of a fair amount
OF knowledge concerning existing con-
diti"ns, systems and governmt uts, as
well as the causes that produce certain
effects. 1t is not enough for the farmer
10 be conscious that there is something
wrong.
BooK-LEARNING runs in ruts. This
is rather an objection. Practice runs
in ruts also, so the same objec ion
holds there. The world runs in ruts
1t is good thing, and it is a bad thing.
If some one gets out of The ruts and
finds better way, he runs in it jOy-
ously and makes new rut, which,
sooner or later, others fall into, and the
rut is widened and deepened. 1t re-
quires an active mind to keep out Of
these ruts.
AS to commercial fertilizers, we must
distinguish sharply between CONNER isI
value, or the cost of the goods on the
market, and the agricultural value,
which is measured by the return in
crops, a return which will vary in case
of the same fertilizer according to the
circumstances of it, use, the need of
the soil, the vigor of the variety, of
seed sown, proper cultivation, the wis
dom in selection of crop tor local
markets, etc.
FEEDING just little short Of full
ration; letting the cows suffer for the
want of water occasionally; allowing
them to be exposed to a cold storm; a
few cracks in the stable that let in the
cold wind; churning at too high or too
low a temperature-these, and many
other things, while if only allowed to
happen once would not make very
much difference, but if watch is not
kept, and they become every day occur
rences, it is easy to predict the result.
"I IT is better to give than to receive. F"
To hoard our experience with a " mi
serly care :" is all wrong If we are
fortunate enough to make valuable dis
coveries--in the higher sense-we are
in duty bound to "let our light shine"
1t seems to us that our neighbor is en-
titled to share of our good fortune.
The life experience OF the "wide-
awake farmer" may be of great service
to mankind when added TO the sum of
agricultural knowledge.