The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-15
Editorial NOtings.

AN eXCnhnBe says thoO az u ISCeht
sale of farming stock In Gloucester
shire, E iglaud, the auctioneer gave the
following extempore description of
beautiful COW:
Long In her sides, bright in her eyes,
Short In her legs, shin In her thighs,
Big in her rib, wide in her pins,
Full in her BOSOM small in her shins,
Long In her face, fine in her tail,
And never deficient in filling the pail
Asa matter of fact, there was moth
ing extempore about it, so far as the
auctioneer was concerned; and he
probably did not mean to claim it as
being of his own composition. The
verse is, we think, quito as old as the
century, but it holds good as a descrip-
ton, notwithstanding it's age.
In claiming the farmers rights, as
against corporations of all sorts, it is
not asserted by any one that such or
ganizations have not their own rights,
so long as they have legal existence.
But there has always been danger in
them; and now that the trust puts an
end TO competition and rivalry between
these creations of the law, this danger
is vastly intensified, In fact, such
combinations " want the earth, and
will take it, too, ii the people are weak
enough to permit them to do so.
We cut the following paragraph from
an exchange, as it conveys an error
that admits of very plain and simple
correction: "The root of California
tree recently made remarkable jour.
ney for the water of q sewer. 1t fol-
lowed the sewer casing until it reached
high brick wall in which several feet
up was very small hole leading to the
other side. This hole the root made
bee line for, passed through it and
then ran down on the other side where
finally it found the water it sought
How did the tree know of the hole in
the wall? How did it know that the
sewer was on the other sideP"
THE error referred to consists in
asccribing intelligence TO the roots of the
tree. No such ascription is necessary,
since trees and plants send out roots in
all possible directions. Those roots
which " strike it rich" grow and de-
velop much faster than those which
find but little nutriixnt. They did not
"know" that the Sc or was where they
found Ii, any more an the corn roots
which strike big " mp of manure in
the ground knew it was there.
IT is now some dozen years or more
since we sent into Aroostook county,
Maine, several considerable shipments
of trees of the Wealthy apple, fruit
which we were one of the first 10 re.
ceive from its originator, Peter M. Gid
con of Excelsior, MINI. Finding it
hardy, productive and of fine quality,
We propagatedit largely, and distributed
a large number Of trees in northern
Vermont aud Canada, as we'll as in
Maine. 1t has been great success in
Aroostook. The Maine Farmer says
Hon. James Nutting of Perham
AroostoOk county, on coming 10 this
city to take his seat in the senate, pre-.
scented US with samples of Wealthy ap.
pies grown by him the past season. The
specimens are good size, high colored
and perfect in every respect, although
grown at the farthest reach toward the
north pole that orcharding has been at
tempted in this state.n
THE Farmer goes on to state tha
Mr.. Nuiting "now has as fine young
orchard as can be found in New Eng
land, though located on the parallel Of
forty-six degrees, fifty minutes, poin
further north than any other orchard
has been successfully planted in thu
United States, 10 an orchard of seventy
DuOhCoo VI OuOuDuIS trees HISt boI
only three have failed TO make a goot
tree. His crop of apples the past yea
was 40 barrels of market fruit. The
Duchess netted 50 so barrel. One
half acre of orchard grew seventy bar
rels, though the trees are still young
Twenty barrels of the Wealthy wer,
raised last season on trees the oldest o.
which had been set but six years
These sold readily for So a barrel. 81
far Senator Nutting has experienced M
trouble from winter killing of trees o.
this variety. Apparently they are az
hardy as the Duchess"
THE Wealthy is an excellent apple
and grown 80 far north as northern
Aroostook $50 miles north of Yer
monps north line) it will be likely t