The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26

stated to be $12,5O0,OOO, and 1t is esti-
mated that the farmers of the East Rid
ing OF Yorkshire have lost 81. SOC, 900
during the last season.
A FAMOUS writer we'll saws: cone
thing | have found out, that economy,
frugality and perseverance will count
on the right side. Experience has
taught me to do little and try to do it
well, thus getting better prices, and not
TO try and do too much and sell for less.
The more you do, the more help, the
more fertilizer, and the more expense
without extra recompense.
The majority adhere to the belief
that tomato plants, if allowed to sprawl
oyer the ground, will yield q larger
crop and quite as early as they will if
tied to stakes. An experiment station
has been investigating the matter and
found that while the total yield is not
increased by pruning and stalking. The
crop natures earlier, individual spec-
mems are larger, than when grown by
the ordinary method.
NOTING individual cases OF prosper
ity, real or perhaps only apparent, il
would appear to be easy enough to put
money into commercial pursuits and
pull out good dividends, but experience
has over and over again demonstrated
that along this line things are not what
they seem. Few business men at the
present day realize more than fair in
terest on capital invested and a fair
salary, while much the larger portion do
not do nearly as we'll.
THE Ne,D Hampton Iowa) Times
says that Mrs. Brahe, during the alb
sence of her husband at the national
butter makers convention. took charge
OF the creamery at North Washington.
She took into the factory in one day
ll,OOO pounds OF milk and separated it.
The next day she churned it and made
as fine an article of butter as has ever
been made in the creamery. The paper
challenges any lady in the world to beat
that record. She did all of the work in
the factory alone.
1T is most noteworthy fact, we'll
worth the consideration of American
farmers, that the hog products that
command the highest price in the Eng
lish markets come from countries that
are not noted for the production of
corn, namely-England, Ireland and
Denmark. The quality and cons co uent
high price of English, Irish and Danish
bacon is due, first, to the feeding of the
hog, and, second, to the manner of
curing. The best quality of bacon is
produced by feeding barley, rye, wheat
and peas, boiled potatoes, skinned
milk, buttermilk and whey.
GOVERNMENT salaries are too high.
and the hours of work too short. Let
US compare these salaries with profess
sional callings. When man fits him
self for the requirement of principal of
public school he must spend four
years course in college, and if well
qualified by natural endowments he
receives from eight hundred to thou
sand dollars per year. Why should these
corrupt office-seekers receive three or
four times the amount for a service
that any ordinary business man can
perform? The larger the stake the
more desperate will be the players to
secure it. Better cut down these sal
aries upon level with other callings
and stop corruption funds.
ANSWERING correspondent who
desires to know if it would not be q
good scheme to change his white sheep
for black ones and grow them instead,
the Stockman and Farmer says: /" He
does not state what his object could be
in doing so. Neither the wool nor
mutton of such bring more in market
than of white sheep. Black sheep do
not flourish 80 well in a warm climate
as white, because black wool absorbs
more of the suns rays than white, and
keeps the animals too warm. And
then one could not breed black flock
if he should try. The type is not
fixed. An Australian has been trying
for years to effect this, and his black
flock continues to produce nearly all
white lambs"