The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-04


KEEP pegging away at the late weed,
or here is where the seed is borne that
viii make work and trouble by produc-
ng legious of weeds next summer.
ONE of the most serious interfer-
noes with the Improvement of our
Domestic animals is the persistent prac-
ce of crossing and mixing breeds.
FROM the hour Of our birth, till that
# our death, we rush along, often
eedlessly, apparently in haste to reach
'ome goal. But what, aud where?
THE word "comfort," is the keynote
success in winter dairying, and that
comfort must follow the cow right
Trough every hour of her every day
life.
ONE reason why some persons fail to
make a success of farming is they never
rave place for any thing and never
<now where to find a thing when
wanted.
THE egg contains about all the ele-
nents constituting the human body,
md it is reasonab c to suppose that the
| producer of it must have variety of
| dement's to make it up.
Mr.. WIDMAN, of Wisconsin, has the
merit of keeping herd of cows from
which he gets an average of BOG pounds
| outer per COW. The cows are grade
Jerseys, bred on the iarm.
IT is estimated that the average life
Of horse in New York city is four
years and that the average consumption
IS $4,000 head. 1t is computed that at
least 10000 are draft horses.
A GOOD manager of a farm knows
from one to three years ahead what
kind of a crop is to be grown on each
field OF his farm, provided always there
are no intervening providences.
IT is currently reported that range
sheep are selling in Kansas City at SO
per dozen. This is indicative of the
tendency on the part of many breeders
to unload sheep now at all hazards.
IT is never safe to predict the huctua-
tons of trade, for no man can see all
of the factors which enter into the
problem, and if he did he could not
measure the relative importance and
bearing of each of them.
DR.. WILSON, the well-kuown En-
gIish authority, says the average num-
Der of hairs to the square inch on a
human scalp is about 900, and the
whole number of hairs on the scalp of
an adult is ia the neighborhood of
100 600.
THERE are but few movements that
have done more good for farming gen
orally than institutes, and these meet
ings should be made better every year.
Speakers should be arranged for in am
pie time, so that the best instructors
can be secured.
THE great cow fight at the World 5
Fair is now going on, says A. L. Crosby
in Stockman. 1t is triangular one be-
tween the Jerseys, the Guernseys and
the Shorthorns. UptO date the Jerseys
are ahead, with the Guernseys close
second and the Shorhorns in the rear.
THE fair should be made to show the
moral and educational advancement OF
the peOpl-, the highest ideal of state
excellence. A premium list to pander
10 the lowest tastes of the people will
not bring the fair success in "a true way
and will Deprive it OF the support OF the
people, or ought to.
" If you are satisfied with a small
business that will give fair income,
you may take to farming, yet it will
give better yield for small capital
Than any other honorable business
known" But you must know how
Too many don't. Tbey thiuk folks can
be born farmers. They can't.
ONE of the most important items in
the management OF young pigs is t.
feed so that regular growth from Dir h
to maturity can be secured. 1t will not
, answer in trying to secure the best re
suits TO start during the earlier stages
of growth with the expectations Of
making up later by examining.
; SULPHUR properly fed to fowls is
undoubtedly beneficial. Small quaint
ties stirred in their soft feed, once OF
twice a week, will nearly always pre-
vent bowel diseases. Frequently (
fowl is found with head bare, the heaC
red and scurvy. Sulphur ointment OF
the bare spots, and a little in the sof
food will restore the lost plumage.
,, AN English newspaper says: eth,
present year is, without exception, th'
worst that ever cursed the Engisl
farmers. The trouble began last au
tumn when hard frosts came before the
winter wheat had got fairly under way
, and the spring crops, barley, oats, pea
: and beans, were ruined by lack Of
rain unprecedented in the history o
the country"
p IN European countries straw is yer,
highly esteemed. 1t is common GU
tom when making out the lease of
; farm to require the tenant to use, or t'
leave upon the farm, all the straw o
the grain crops grown upon it durin!
y his occupancy. To sell the stray
n would not only be violation of thu
contract, but would be considered
e very bad farming practice.
AMONG the treasures and curiositie
of the Agricultural Library of tn
!, Massachusetts State Board of Agricul
Y ture, which has recently been indeXe
+ by Mr.. Frederick H. Fowler, first cer
of the board, under resolve of the las
v legislature, is a report written by Olive
: Wendell Holmes as chairman of com
v mittee on a blowing match at the an