The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-08
purpose he esteems pumpkins


wash aud dry them before laying, and
they will last much longer and not be.
come covered with moss.
In blowing or teaming on the road in
hot weather. always rest The horses on
an eminence, where one minute will be
worth two in warm valley.
A GOOD many Canadian turkeys we're
sent across the border alive for the holt
day trade in order to save the duty,
which is higher on dressed than live
poultry.
THERE ia always wisdom in counsel.
The oftener farmers meet for exchange
ing views the better, If their motives
are right and their actions are directed
with wisdom.
THE hog never lifted a mortgage for
the farmer that goes in TO hogs p" only
when they are high in price. The hog
does his best for those only who are his
friends in adversely.
DAMPNEss in the poultry house ac-
compauied by bad odors will breed
disease. especially roup, quicker than
cold. Look TO this matter and do not
allow it to occur next fail.
FRANCE does more for market poul-
try than any other country Small
fl Jcks and many of them is the plan
adopted by the French. The cot ayers
know the value of good egg aud meat
crop.
In screwing nuts upon any part Of
machinery in cold weather, be careful
not to heat them first with the hands,
as they will contract after being screwed
on tight and become immovable after
wards.
1T has been predicted for some time
past by saugulne hog-men that hogs
would reach the seven cent mark before
the close of 1899. This prediction has
been realized at most of the leading
markets.
THE calf will enjoy the liberty of q
pen better than it will to be tied in q
corner. Just watch it when il has fin
ished drinking its milk and see how it
will run around the pen. The tied.up
calf can only hop up and down.
If you keep your fowls confined in
pens, throw in all the refuse vegetables
from the garden, such as cabbage, tur-
nips, onions, peas, beans or anything
else that grows in the garden. They
will not waste it, but on the other hand
| Will uldhc IcIuIub III eggs
SOME orchardists claim great benefit
from the cautious use of common salt
applied as top-dressing. 1t may act
in three ways, either as an inst cticide,
as an amender of texture, or by increas-
ing the solubility and therefore the
availability of the plant food in the soil.
WHEN the tomato worm has numer-
! Gus white spots on his back, do not kill
! him. Let him live, even if he must eat
, a few vines, as those white spots are
the eggs of parasite that will, when
Matched, destroy more tomato worms in
week than man could in whole
, season.
g THE experiments of Professor San
3 born and others have shown that
8 neither the hot weather of summer nor
D the cold weather of winter is the best
3 for fattening. The greatest gain from
9 a certain amount of food is made, other
Q things being equal, during the moderate
9 weather of autumn.
o DECEMBER 18th, 1927, there was is.
sued "Pros pectus of Monthly Journal
for Farmers and NJ chanics, to be pub
lished in Gardiner. Me-, and edited by
Ezekiel Holmes, NJ. D., Professor Of
Agriculture, Chemistry and Natural
" History in Gardiner Lyceum." This
was the germ that produced the Maine
Farmer. -
WHEN cattle are seen licking each
other it may usually be taken as an in
e dication that they need salt. Not hav'
ing it, the bliny exudations from the
l. skin attract them and the habit of lick
ing each other is formed. By this
b means large quantities of hair are taker
e into the stomach, which forms intC
hard balls.
e THE best course of training is no
% such as shall fill horse with fear if BIZ
have half supply of horse sense; anC
n if he is lacking this valuable ingredient
~ the best thing to do is TO pass hin
along till he finds an owner built OF
his own plan. Then the two may fgh
- it out on their own line, each having
II an object lesson in the actions OF ths
other.
& How to live without work has beer
u puzzliug the human mind ever since
our first parents were ousted from Chi
n Garden for violating their sacred trust
ss The attempted solutions of this dfficul
problem have been very unsatisfactory
10 in the majority of cases where it ha
Ii been undertaken, but the trusts seen
to have solved the problems for thei
n inventors.
le THE road question is undoubtedly al
important one, but it must be decide
IN by sense rather than sentiment. BE
,e fore the people can be induced to ex
pend four thousand dollars per mile
covering the state with gridirOn o
IA stone road, they must be assured that
~ will pay not only in the pleasure o
somebody else, but in dollars and cent
ne to the man who pays the taxes.
~ MR.. JACOB B. GAUNT, Medford, Bui
"a lington Co., N, j., thus gives his ez
IA nerience: " From experience | can sa