The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-01-04
Clipped and Condensed.


keeps more sheep than he al keep
well.
II is estimated hat the pack Of sweet
corn in Maine will reach 10000, 900
cans.
A New YORK breeder is trying to es-
tablish a strain of pure white carriage
horses.
TIE farmers are "A per cent of the
population, but own only 20 per CEN of
the wealth of the country.
SHEEP that are kept on low, wet land
are more liable to the disease of foot
rot han those on high ground.
WHEN a man begins to feel back of
his shoulders to see if his wings have
s~tarted-lhe devil begins to laugh.
served body and comfortable health is
worth more to any man than an extra
farm.
THE chief cause of failure with most
of us is that we do not persevere in one
line of business on the farm, and do not
say no.
THE Rural NeW Yorker says: "When
a man buys stable manure, he buys
an unknown quantity of an unknown
quality"
MORE is now given for the money to
the purchasers of printed matter than
at any previous time in the history of
the world.
NOTHING more quickly marks a
young man as a gentleman than defer
ence to the whims and habits of those
past middle life.
He who profiteth by his own mis-
takes is wise, but he who acknowl-
edgeth not that he maketh any mis-
takes, of a truth the flies alight upon
him.
IN agriculture, the one thing above
all others the most desirable is profit.
Too many acres are now titled that
only turned the actual cost of the oper-
alton.
IN cultivating small crops or such as
require hand work there are often times
when ones work is worth five dollars a
day as compared with one dollar a few
days later.
THE best churn is one with no dash
in ii; it may be in the shape of a bar
rel, a square box, an oblong box with
square ends or an oblong box with
rounded ends.
No more sheep should be kept in any
room than can be fed comfortably in
racks in the same room and also have
room to exercise aud lie down, as they
may prefer.
SALT is as truly a food as sugar, which
goes so largely to maintain the vital
heat and support life, and it should be
given to all animals that do no not live
wholly on animal food.
WE have heard of folks who live on
the interest of what they owe. Ma
tional bankers are the only class of per-
sons in the country who enjoy such
privilege under the law.
THE man who enters into any associ-
ated business, where he cannot look
after and protect his W interests, is
pretty sure to sooner or later find him
self at the mercy of rascals.
On the railways in France passen-
gers are sold cooked snalls in packages.
Snails would 60 off very slowly if
handled by American train boys. But
they are quite as good as oysters.
ACoNITE cures milk fever. Give
twenty drops of the tincture every hour
for seven or eight hours, and some
cruel with it. In two DAYS the cows
will be all right if treated promptly.
THE older a country gets the more
densely populated it becomes, and
therefore the more frugality it takes to
live in it, says an exchange; but the
facts seem at wal with the statement.
THE best sheep is the one that has
short legs and a good body, of good
length and properly shaped, square on
the shoulders, "a round rib, good straight
back, well rounded hams and a heavy
brisket.
KEEP the colts, calves, pigs and
lambs growing and there will be good
stock to sell. Turn good burrows in
The field in season, plant and cultivate
in good time, and there will be a good
yield Of crops.
The farmer who lets nothing inter
fere with his blowing, both spring and
fall, but is always ready to take ample
time to prepare a good seed bed, will
raise better crops than the man late
with his blowing.
NATURE puts water Gin combina-
ton" in a way that man can not imi-
tate. And it is natures water in com
bination with what we call the elements
of nutrition that makes succulent feed
so useful and valuable.
PLAN out the seasons work in ad
vance. During the winter do as much
preparatory work as possible. Plan to
get the work all done in good season,
By having the work properly systema-
TIED and distributed less hired labor
will be needed.
THE main idea of farmers institutes
is Improvement for the farmers at
large, by focusing to as fine a point as
may be possible the knowledge and
practical experience of those who at
tend such gatherings.
IN many kinds of business a want of
attention to the details will result in
loss where a profit could have been
easily made if the minor parts of it had
been closely watched. Many little