The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-03
Clipped and Condensed.

DOMEIlME S III pays DcSJ LOT inc uAlTy-
man TO keep bis milk at home and
make the butter himself.
Too large portion of our farms is
in meadow and not enough in pasture
for the stock that is carried.
The wild freedom of the dog rushing
through choice beds in the garden after
the cat is not soothing TO the nerves.
A CALF allowed to grow up without
any education will resent having her
teats pulled when she comes into milk.
CIVILIZATION is but the outgrowth
of its needs. 1t is simply the develop
ment of mans genius for their supply.
AS new wants arise, genius and labor
supply them. The new thing needed
is made.
OTHER things being equal, early SOW
ing of grass seed always gives the best
results. There is no danger of sowing
too early.
WE claim that every farmer cannot
be market gardener, but every market
gardener must be farmer, and of the
very best kind.
SUCCESS in any line of business de-
ponds upon will, industry and adapta-
bility. This principle applies as well
to market gardening.
PLANTING worthless seeds with little
fertilizer, and growing without any cul-
tivation, and, as a result, selling for
under price, kills the market.
A DOCTOR in Kansas has produced
plant called the potomato," which is
cross between a potato and tomato,
and will yield both fruits, so we are
told.
THERE are some facts cropping out
each day that make it more apparent
that the great success of Maine dairy
men will depend on the neatness exer-
cised in the care of the cows.
STAG phosphate is a by. product in the
manufacture of Bessemer steel made
from ores too rich in phosphorus for
steel made by the usual method. All
the phosphorus goes into the Stag. This
Stag is easily ground to a fine powder.
SOME of our seedsmen are beginning
to realize the necessity of giving far
mers and gardeners better and purer
seeds and grains. | believe it is best,
seeds, provided you get a good thing to
save from.
A CORRESPONDENT of HOdrd'S Dairy.
man writes that he is beginning 10
doubt whether it was intended for the
COW to have waller within twenty inches
of her mouth for six months of the
year." Evidently that man is doing
some thinking. There is room for the
wisest to still learn.
THE frog of the foot, natures bumper
or spring, should not be interfered
with at all, only so far as it becomes
} necessary to remove any ragged pro
: iections that may be found, and tc
make V-shaped cut between the heel
of the foot and the frog, so that proper
, room may be had for the expansion of
the frog, allowing it room to spread
without binding or coming in contact
with the non-yielding boot or wall OF
the foot.
, He is a fairly close observer, is The
; farmer of to-day, but there are some
things he cannot understand. He reads
in the Scriptures that "the laborer i;
worthy OF his hire" that "he that will
not work neither shall he eat," and tina
she that will not plow by reason of thu
cold shall beg and have nothing" bu
for the life of him he cannot under
stand why it is that the man behinC
the pillow should be doomed to life o
unrequited toll, of unpaid labor, and o
T, social seclusion and ignorance.
q ENGLISH exports of horses for breed
: ing purposes last year show a consid
= cradle falling off over the two previous
E wears. In 1892 only S72 stations wer
eYnorted AGAINST lob in 1891 ant
3 39S in 1890. This decline is due, t.
!. a great extent, to the falling off in tn
demand for breeding animals in thi
, country and in South America. Dur
- ing the past year l05 mares were ex
- ported, against 8 ,436 in 1891, and 4 10
!, in 1890. In the year 1890 the Unite'
e States and Canada took ,S37 stations
=, against 653 in 1892; and the numbe
, of mares landed at United States ant
:. Canadian ports fell from 649 in 1891 t
4 4S5 in 1892.
g A sHYING horse is dangerous an
n very unsafe to ride after, and man
a men who own them are more apt
v make them worse than better. A shy
}. ing horse should never be hit with
e whip when he SHES, as that has ter
l. dency to make the horse think the OF
1t iect is hurting him, or that if anythin
4. strange appears to him that he is g
r ing to get the whip, and therefor
v Jumps and runs. Teach your horse
that you will ask them to go nowhel
to get hurt, and then when you bi
them go by an obstruction they wi
have confidence in you and do as yo
hid Them. If Won don't think so IL