The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-22
Clipped and Condensed.

The largest pecan crop ever known
in southwest Texas is now being gath
cred.
THAT the farmers are gradually ap-
preciatlng the benefit of their institutes,
when properly conducted, is shown by
the increased attendance.
"WHEN we do not spend our money!"
says an old gentleman, " we are eco
nomical; when other people do not
spend their money, they are ~slingy."
THE greatest loss Of young turkeys is
due TO the large gray lice, which work
on the heads and throats, but which
cannot be seen except by a close exam
nation.
SLEEPING on the bare, cold ground
in the fall gives the cows rheumatism,
aud they often take cold and contract
disease which hangs to them all the
winter, and in some cases proves fatal.
Hoes are very susceptible to changes
in the weather. This is shown by their
restlessness before storms aud their
careful preparation of warm beds be-
fore the approach of a cold spell of
weather in winter.
THE dairyman has little use for a
COW that gives a large quantity of poor
milk when he is making butter from
her cream. With the man that is sell
ing his milk, the quantity is of more
importance than the quality.
1T is my firm belief" writes an ex-
perienced veterinarian in the American
TIrOtter," that there never was a horses
eye affected merely from the presence
of the wolf tooth. However, they are
useless and may be extracted"
If a sheep has not good digestion
is not a good feeder, with all that that
implies-it is no good. A mincing
sheep, and one that cannot digest what
it does eat, is a good sheep to get the
pelt off from as soon as possible.
ONE of the hardest things to do is to
make a valuable experiment in the field
Of agriculture. He who can put a ques-
ton fairly and squarely to nature, and
wait perhaps a lifetime for the answer,
is more than one man in ten thousand;
but upon such men the progress OF our
agriculture depends.
ARE pigs from sows that are allowed
to breed but nee a year and farrow in
the spring of more value to the buyer
for breeding purposes than those bred
from sows having two filters a year?
Have they more constitution, more
adaptability for breeding well and pro-
ducing a vigorous offspring?
THOSE farmers who are endowed
with a liberal supply of common sense
invariably feed hay and grain to their
stock in the spring time, when grass is
nt,n and tanAor thorahu ounilinn
any risk or loss from a sudden change
from dry to green food. The change
in the autumn should also be gradual.
IN India certain regiments with $50
men were placed under observation.
They were divided into free drinkers,
moderate drinkers and abstainers. 1t
was found that the deaths of the former
were forty.one per 1000, of the mod
crate drinkers, twenty-three per 1000,
and of the abstainers only eleven per
1000.
THE age at which a ram ceases TO be
useful will depend largely upon his in
herent vigor, the amount of service that
has been required of him, and the
nature of the food and feeding adopted.
The breed will also have an influence.
II 10 AhOuSht biob II w NV )thAN
will cover the period Of greatest vigor
in rams.
THE farmer of the future will be a
woman, if Michigan affords a basis Tor
prophecy. In Wayne county alone
there are 220 women farmers, and in
the whole state S,707, with an owner
ship of go, 439 acres. The value of
The land is estimated at S43, 500 900, and
the earnings of the women aggregate
S4,354, 500.
The best way to start the sprout is
to put the potatoes in a warm, sunny
place and shrivel them; this way makes
a short, greenish and healthy sprout,
and they come up quicker than they
will if the sprout is started in the
kitchen by the stove. Sprouts started
this way are pretty sur to perish when
put into the cold earth,
To stop diarrhpa in a calf, a raw egg
stirred in the milk is good; lime water
is also good. 1t is prepared by putting
a small lump the size of an egg in a
gallon jug and filling with water and
shaking. When the water becomes
clear it is ready for use. A tablespoon
full of this water should be put in each
calf's ration of milk when there are
signs of securing.
EVERY flock of fowls has its culls.
These should be selected and placed by
themselves in a comfortable, closed
coop and fattened. Furnish them plen-
ty Of water, a basin of coarse gravel
and a plenty of food also. The confine-
ment helps them fatten; they have
nothing to do but eat, rest, sleep and
get fat. They should fatten in from
two to three weeks.
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