The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-08
Clipped and Condensed.

purpose. one mans story is no story;
hear both sides.
GET everything in readiness for the
early chicks, for the early hatched
make good winter layers for next year.
PROFESSOR THOMAS SHAW of Canada
says IL would not be prude mt to cay that
roots are better feed for sheep than
ensiage.
In is wrong TO let the colt grow up
before getting him used to the harness
and the world, The same is true also
Of the boy.
THE raiu-making foolishness has been
| expo led, but not soon enough to pre-
vent the waste Of a big pile of the peo-
ple's money.
BREEDING stock will need especial
care during the next few months, or at
least until grass makes sufficient
growth TO afford full feed.
THE man who has no time to clean
his boots before entering the house
generally finds time to find fault with
his wife because she is not good
natured.
a GYMNASIUM is an excellent thing
for boy aud equally good for bull.
The, best form for the bull is the one
horse tread power, with some sort of
machinery attached
THE largest sheep ranch in the world
is in the counties of Dimmet and
Webb, Texas. 1t contains upwards of
400 600 acres, and yearly pastures from
100000 to l 100000 sheep.
THE Farm Journal is not at all dis
I fVVVhoH ha 6
tic barbed wire trust. Plain wire
makes good enough fence and is
cheaper" it says. Who confirms it?
ENGLAND is gradually giving up the
cultivation of wheat. American wheat
is superior in quality, and England can
no longer successfully compete with
our vast, unlimited area of fertile lands.
A VERY good way to cover long dis
tances in country driving without fret
ting the horses is to favor them on up
grades and in the mud, and make up
for the lost time on hard, level stretches
Of road.
THE egg of the great aux which the
Smithsonian Institution has is valued
nominally at 900. The Vermont
hen might just as well stop trying TO
| compete with that were it not that the
aux is extinct.
THE shepherd knows how to cope
with the more common disorders of the
sheep, but it is the silent, nocturnal
marauder that he cannot cope without
the aid of some means that are more
effectual than neighborly.
A CORRESPONDENT says: II con-
slider sheep the best paying stock the
New England farmer can keep. There
ought to be fifty in place of every one in
| Connecticut to-day. And why is it2 l
know of but one reason. Dogs" sa4E
IL rretty uearlys makes -One's, head
swim to keep up to all the schemes
.fOOt for the betterment of everybody
under the flag. There is grand grab
Tor government plums. We hope Gro
yer will keep a bright lookout for
schemers.
| JUST what the exact cost of pound
of poultry may be under any cilcum.
stances cannot be determined. In
some cases, when the hens have ample
| forage, the cost lie nothing, and the
average'Cost for the whole year is per-
haps not over three cents per pound.
A GREAT many Of our readers have
often wished they had a plow that
would cover all weeds and rubbish.
Messrs. Lambert & Young of Belfast,
Me-, say they have just the coulter to do
the work. 1t is easily attached to any
pillow. Better write for their price list.
AN experienced dairymaid once said
to her assistant, "As long as you will
keep all the corners clean the rest will
take care of itself" There is world
of wisdom in that remark; the trouble
in many factories is the case is reversed,
and the corners are left to take care of
themselves.
WE have two distinct types of pas
terms common in hOrses-the short,
stubby and straight, and the long and
'loping. Some prefer the one and
some the other. Then we have all the
intervening conformations between
these two. Both of the extremes are
Objectionable.
SCIoNs keep well left lying on the
ground under the tree from which they
are cut. 1t is little better to group
them, and place on the shady side of q
building with one end stuck into the
ground. No trouble to keep scions if
you don't make too much fuss trying,
So with many things,
The winter so far has been the best
in several years for sheep, and flock
owners are very much encouraged.
The wool clip for 1893 will be the larg-
est in the history of the country.
Cattlemen also are looking forward to
a prosperous year, and there is a good
demand at stiff prices.
THAT great American philosopher,
Benjamin Franklin, said: "There are
three ways in which nations acquire
wealth: First, by conquest, which is
robbery; second, by commerce, which
is usually swindling; and third, by ag-
riculture, which is the trne and princi-
| nal sourca of national wealth -