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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

animals are not so valuable for meat as
either of the ancestors for breeding.
The exceptions are only rare. They
can only be found where the animals
so crossed are lacking in some of the
important elements essential to the
breed, as improper markings or some
thing of that nature. When pure-bred
breeding animals cease to be of more
value than the price which they will
bring on the block, they have not been
properly handled. Pure-breds, such as
may and ought to be bred, will always
be of more value, speaking in a general
way, than their cross-bred descendants;
therefore, the average stockman can
not afford to breed cross-breds.
B. When pure-bred females have
once been crossed upon the males of
another pure breed, we cannot be quite
sure that they will ever again breed
true to type. They may, and they NAV
not. So frequently has it been noticed
that such females breed untrue to type
after having given birth to a cross
bred animal that it is not considered
safe by good breeders &c use any Of their
valuable females in producing cross
breds which they intend to use after
Wdlub III DICCulnk HULL lnllbs OI LnelI
own breed.
4. When cross-breeding is carried
further than the first cross there is a de-
cided tendency to deterioration in very
many instances. The explanation IS
found in the decided tendency to rever-
sion in the animals of, it may be, the
second and succeeding crosses. The
reasons why this tendency to revert to
the blood elements of ancestry more or
less remote should exist in such in
stances are not easy Of explanation; if,
indeed, they can be explained at all.
But the fact of the tendency mentioned
exists, nevertheless, and because it
does cross breeding is rendered much
more unsatisfactory and Improbable.
5. Cross-breeding cannot be gener-
ally practiced by the average stockman,
from the scarcity of the material to be
thus used. The pure.breds are nu-
merically but a drop in the bucket as
compared with common stocks, The
material, therefore, at the outset, is
very limited. But it cannot be in
creased without Increasing the number
of pure.breds to accomplish this end,
and it has already been pointed out
that it will not pay the competent
breeder of pure-breds to devote his an
finals to such uses. While cross-breed-
ing has its uses, therefore, and these
are not unimportant, it should be re-
membered that it is no fitting work for
the average farmer to engage in. Let
it be borne in mind at the same time
that because cross. breeding is not to be
commended as a general practice, the
same does not hold true of up-gr aiding.
This in Matchmaking is always COM
mendable when it can be practiced.-
Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
At Night when the Chores is Done.

There amt much rest fur a farmer from spring to
end of summer;
If he keeps his work up snug and tight, he's got to
he a hummer.
lie amt got time to set around and think of takin'
pleasure
When twelve to sixteen hours he gifts of labor's full.
est measure.
But along late in October. when the leaves hev tum.
bled down,
An the woods an fields an hillsides are all turnin'
dry and brown,
When his appetite Is apt to be in keepin' with the
season,
An calls fur roast %pertaters an pancakes out of
reason,
Then, life is worth the Twin, for he's bound to hev
some fun
When he knocks off work an goes tn house at night
when the chores is done.
In November when a Teller is a-plowin' ev'ry day,
Er December when he's thrashin' rye er DRAWN
off his hay,
Perhaps, Jest to accommodate, he helps a neighbor
kill,
Er drives ten miles to market, er takes some grain
to mill.
At all events he's whackin' round all day out in the
cold.
Chats nothiu', fur we're ust to it, We farmers young
and old.
Tain't long hours that he's 'fraid of, an exposure
makes him tough,
But when the day draws toward its close, am wind
gifts cold an rough,
He surely is excusable fur lookin' ut the sun,
An longin' fur to git tn house at night when the
chores is done,
l tell you, when the cattle all hev been put in an fed.
The sheep shut up, an colts an horses from the
water led,
An stand in straw up to their knees, a-grindin' grain
and hay,
When doors are shut to you has come the best part
of the day.
What care you fur the driftin' snow, when all is snug
an warm?
You sit down by the kitchen fire an listen to the
storm,
An smell the sassage fryin' dhe pretty cooks YOU
wite)
An wonder how it comes that some don't like a
farmers life;
Then Johnnie wants to tell you what he learnt tC
school that day,
Er Jennie tells about her pullet that has Just begun
to lay.
You're delighted with their chatter, an yer pleas
ure's Jest begun,
While yer waitin' fur yer supper, at night when thu
chores is done.
The city man, fur all OF me, can set around hi
heater,
An read by electricity err gaslight from a meter.
Perhaps he'll warm his ~slippered feet by steam il
copper things,
An fgger on the currency his store or Office brings
But as fur me, when, supper DER, | draw a littl,
higher
Up to the stove and poke at it to git a better fire,
'Taint strikes, er stocks, er panic times that eve
bothers me;
l read my weekly paper with my children on In.
knee,
My stocks is in my cellar an Pm bound to have som
fun
When | set down after supper, at night when tn
chores is done.
VA Tempier, in Exchange,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
A Big Crop Of Potatoes.

Some few practical farmers will I'M
derstand that a much larger crop of po-
tatoes can be obtained when the ma
nure is of a long, stringy character than
when well-rotted manure or special fer
~tilizers are introduced, but this knowl-
edge has not yet spread to the vegeta-
BILE grower, critically so called, accord
ing to Meehan'S Monthly, which says:
" Yet it is amazing what an enormous
crop of potatoes may be produced by
the use of such material. If any of our
amateur readers who want to excite the
envy of their neighbors by growing SUI
perior crops will cover the potato sets
with mere straw or some other kind of
litter several inches in depth before the
earth is drawn over them, they will GER
tainly have this personal satisfaction.
Draw out a trench, say four inches in
depth, put the potato sets about a foot
apart, cover the whole of this trench in
four inches deep with straw or litter,
and then draw three or four inches of
earth over it, and the product will be a
surprise. Not only are the potatoes
large and produced in enormous guam
titles under this treatment, but the
skins of the potato themselves have a
bright and clear look, which makes
them an object of beauty as well as a
desirable crop from the purely vegeta-
BILE point of view."-NetD England
Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Clicked Cow.

When a COW is choked by a piece Of
root fast in her throat, it is often re-
lieved by working the obstacle up or
down by the hand. If this is not effec-
tive, a little oil may be poured down
the throat; this generally helps to re-
lieve the COW. If this is not effective,
the next device is to put a round stick
in the cows mouth, across the teeth,
and fasten it there by a tie. The COW
in efforts to relieve herself will often
loosen the fragment. For a last resort,
take a block of wood and hold it against
the throat, where the obstacle is, and
with a wooden mallet strike a sharp
blow so as to crush the root. This, if
done smartly, relieves the animal with
out any serious injury. Relief may be
given instantly by cutting up and down,
never across, the gullet over the obsta-
Gle, and removing it with the fingers.
The wound is then closed by a few
surgeons stitches, each of which is tied
singly in a bow knot, that the silk
threads may be drawn out when the
wound is healed Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Farming in Bermuda.

The secret of Bermudian prosperity,
however, it should be said, lies in the
fact that the ordinary rule of agricul-
ture is three crops a year from the
same land, says A. Shaw in the RevieD
of ReUielCS. The staples of production
for a number of years have been early
onions and potatoes for the New York
market. The soil and climate are fa-
crops, both of which are of very fine
flavor and quality and Of sure and pro-
life yield. The climate has made it
easy to mature vegetables much earlier
in the season than has been possible,
out of doors, in other places easily ac-
cessible to the chief markets of the
United States. This fact has meant
very high prices for these crops. OF
course, Bermuda onions and potatoes
would bring only ordinary prices if
marketed at the time of year when our
vegetables are procurable. The same
piece of land will often be used in Ber-
muda to produce, first, a very early crop
of onions to be harvested perhaps in
midwinter, then a crop of potatoes to
be harvested before May /, and in the
summer a crop of sweet potatoes, of
melons or of something else. This
third crop could be used for home con
sumption, while the potatoes and onions
are far too valuable to be eaten in Ber-
muda.
One finds the Bermudians themselves
eating imported Nova Scotia potatoes
at a time when half the population of
the islands will be engaged in digging
and barreling the early potato crop to
be shipped to New York. Potatoes
have been known to sell for S25 a bar
rel on the wharf at Hamilton. Of late
years, however, they have greatly fallen
in price, for the production of early
vegetables in competition with Ber-
muda has begun in the West Indies, in
Florida and perhaps elsewhere. The
onion crop is even a larger and more
important N for Bermuda than the
potato crop.
/ was much interested in the fact
that the low prices of onions had caused
an unwonted discomfort among the
Bermuda farmers in the spring of 1898,
in consequence of which a Farmers
Alliance had been organized and the
crop had been held unmarketed and
even undug for several weeks of
deadlock between the farmers and the
produce merchants who controlled the
markets. The steamship company
which transports the produce to New
York was also an object of attack by
the alliance, on the score that its freight
rates were much too high. In NINA
ture one found all the elements of con.
troversy which at times have played SC
large a part in the life of the North
western states with reference to the
marketing and transportation of wheat
and corn crops.-NeU York World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
An Interesting Sight.

Did you ever look through the glass
front of an incubator while the eggs
were Matching? If not, do 30 at the first
opportunity, for nothing could be more
interesting. An egg will be lying as
white and smooth as if it were Just 60
ing to be boiled for breakfast, when sud
denly a little hole will appear in it and
a diminutive bill will be seen pecking
away trying to enlarge it. Then some
of the downy little chickens that have
been sitting around gossiping with each
other will become interested and run
over to take a hand. The amount of
sport they have with the poor impris-
oned chick in the egg is incredible.
Every time he moves they will dash
their bills at him and scare him 80 that
he ~withdraws into his shell and resolves
to become an egg again and see life in
the form of an omelet. Then the frolic-
some chicks will pretend to go away,
but as soon as the unmatched moves
they are at him again. When they tire
of the sport they go away and leave the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Cross. Breeding.

At the leading fat shows of recent
years 80 many of the sweepstakes ami
mails have been cross-breeds that many
people have concluded that cross-breed-
ing is an excellent practice, and have
engaged in it without due consideration.
While cross-breeding is necessarily re-
sorted to by those engaged in original
ing a breed, the average breeder of live
stock is not in a position to practice it,
says Professor Shaw in an exchange.
To prove this statement, the professor
adduces the following son
l. The results from cross-breeding,
though sometimes an Improvement, are
precarious and uncertain. They are as
likely to result in failure as in success,
more especially when the work is done
by unskilled hands. When improve
ment does follow, it is because of affinity
in dormant character in the animals so
crossed, in conjunction with the feed
ing and care. When the results are
u~nfavorable il is because of antagonism
in the dominant blood elements so
blended, influenced at the same time by
improper management. But failure
will sometimes follow under any system
of management. 1t should also be re-
membered thatIin the absence of expe-
rience we can never be quite sure as to
whether the results that follow will be
favorable or ~unfavorable. But the
average stockman cannot afford to prac-
tice what is likely to lead to failure as
to result in success, hence extensive
cross-breeding is not for him.
2. The offspring of two pedigreed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Breeding Horses.

In breeding horses hNre are other
things to be considered b 3sides the APP
pearance and performance of sire and
dam. One of the most important of
these is temperament. A vicious and
ill-tempered mare, whatever her good
points may be, should never be retained
for breeding purposes. Moral qualities
are as surely transmitted to descend
ants as physical features. A vicious
brood mare should at all times be re-
iected. De Curnieu, a French author
ity, rightly says: "No mare should be
used as a brood mare unless she is per-
fectly well known" If she has any vice,
it will most probably be perpetuated,
and in an augmented form, especially
if the sire has defects of a kindred ma
ture. It's, of course, equally as impor-
tant that the sire should be free from
vice as that the dam should be so. AS,
however, it is difficult to ascertain the
temper Of the stallion, whether confined
to his own stable or travelling the coun-
try, unless he has displayed his bad
temper in public, the greater the i'm
portance of breeding only from such
mares as are not actually vicious them
selves, and that have not even a hered-
itary faint of potential waywardness
and ill-temper in their constitutions.
Although the produce of a vicious mare
if they have good looks and free action
to commend them, may be sold at high
prices as unbroken colts, no Il should
attempt to breed horses for his own use
from such an animal. On the whole, it
is good policy never to breed from such
mares.-NeU York World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Clipped and Condensed.

To promote early maturity with any
class of stock, good feeding must be
practiced from the start to the finish.
CARROTS yield about fifteen tons per
acre in Scotland, and sold for S15 a ton
in Glasgow last winter. They exceed
the price of potatoes, although potatoes
have more nutritive matter in them.
THE man who makes it a rule to milk
his cows in the stable is the one who
has the least trouble with them. 1t
takes but a minute to put them in and
turn them out, and this time is well
spent.
WHEN ows and mares have given
good results in breeding, it will not be
wise to replace them by younger stock
as long as they prove reliable breeders.
All does not depend on years, but on
vigor.
NITRATE OF SODA is one of the most
valuable of heterogeneous manures. 1t is
perfectly soluble and Immediately avail
able for the nourishment of the plant.
1t goes rapidly down to the subsoil and
improves its texture.
THIS country exports about SS,0O0,-
900 worth of oil-meal annually, every
pound of which should be used at
nome. If farmers would feed it as they
should, it is doubtful if the supply
would be equal to the demand here.
GRASS clipped from the lawn by the
lawn mower is fine food for fowls of
any kind that are kept in confinement;
and if it is so used, the lawn mower
may be may be made to pay for itself,
and the lawn be a source of profit as
well as pleasure.
COMMON stock can be improved by
liberal feeding, but the shortest road to
Improvement is by grading up the
stock. A pure-bred male will change
the character of the stock in a few
years, and then the feed will be applied
more proftably.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

chicken to be Matched in peace. The
hole in the shell grows larger and
larger, and finally a head and neck COW
cred with what looks like coarse, scant
hair, are thrust out. Then a kicking
and %scrambling takes place on the part
of the chicken to free himself from his
shell. Every now and then he will lie
quietly for a while exhausted by his
efforts. Finally he steps out of his
shell, and in a few hours is a fluffy.
downy little hick.-Agricultural Paper,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
WOODBURY. AND MANSUR.

The standard Bearers for Vermont Re
publicans-The First Ballot Decides the
Lieutenant-GoVernor Question-An En-
thusiastic and Harmonious Gathering
The Platform Adopted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

is now covered. Whatever we niGy say
relative to the present conduct of the lead
ers Of the democratic party, we cannot equal
the expressions of disgust that are heard on
every hand from its W members. The re-
publican party of to-day offers to the young
men of this country the opportunity for pa
triotiC service that no other party can, and
/ predict large accessions to IT in the next
two years from those wEo will during that
time reach their majority. | have been a
republican for more than thirty years. L
cast my first presidential vote for Lincoln
and the last for Harrison, and if | live until
November, 1896, l shall cast a vote for the
next president of the United States, which
may be Mr.. Reed, that brainy man from
Maine, or Mckinley, that Napoleon from
Ohio. l never felt so proud of my member.
ship in the republican party as to-day, anu
when l shall have done with things of earth
nothing could be said of my political life
that would be 80 satisfactory as, He was a
consistent member of the republican party
from 1860 to the time of his DEATH | be-
lieve in the just and wise enforcement of
the statute laws of this state, and in a
strictly economical and business. like con-
duct of the government of our common
wealth. If | am elected, | will direct my
energies to this end"
When the applause that followed Colonel
Woodbury's speech, and that frequently in
terrupted its delivery, had died away, the
chair announced that nominations for
lieutenant.governor were in order. The
name of Colonel Zophar NJ, Mansur of
Brighton was presented by Porter III. Dale,
seconded by General j. j. Estey of Brattle-
boro, Colonel Fletcher Proctor of Proctor,
Hon. p. X. Gleed of Mo~rrisville, E. A.
Howe of Ludlow, l.. Bart Cross of Mont
pelier, Colonel II. E. Parker Of Bradford
&. w. Randall of Waterbury, and Major
Josiah Grout Of Derby.
Homer w. Vail Of Pomfret was nomi-
mated by w. G. Whipple of Pomfret, sec.
onded by William Chaplin of Middlesex, o.
NJ. Barber of Arlington, j. G. Enright of
Windsor, Honestus Stearns of Reading,
c. M. Winslow of Brandon, Fred Arnold
of Bethel, Hon, Victor l. Spear of B~raintree,
and c. M. Wilds of Middlebury.
Alex. Dunnett of st. Johnsbury nomi-
mated Hon. Henry G. Bates of ST. Johnsbury
for the position, seconded by ID. w. Nash of
New Haven, l.. f. Wilbur of Jericho and
Horace Graham of Craftsbury.
Loud calls for a ballot were heard, and the
chair appointed Hon. ID. j. Foster of Bur
lington, Alex. Dunnett of st. Johnsbury, O.
M. Barber of Arlington, p. II. Dale of
Brighton, and W. G. Whipple of Pomfret as
~tellers, When the count had been com
pleted the chair announced the result, as
follows:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria \
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castorls "A
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
TO HELP WOMEN.
That Is Why This Woman Writes.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY BEADEBs.l
Few people have any idea of the suffer-
ing that Expresses some women.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
SEASONED LUM Err
For House Finish, etc.
M0ULDINGS IN GREAT VARIETY

Piazza Columns and Balusters, and Stair
Novels and Balusters, Corner Blocks, ETC.,
turned to order. Special attention given TO
all work in our line.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
Hoods siSss'ssiiHC Cures

Moods Pills cure all liver Ills, constipS
ton, biliousness, sick headache, indigestion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-19
GRAND ARMY EXCURSION 81
To Pittsburg. Via the Nickel Plate
Road

Special train will leave Chicago Mon
day, Sept 10, at II O'clock a. m., for the
accommodation of q. A. r. comrades
who desire to enjoy delightful and
cool ride along the south shore of Lake
Erie to Cleveland, where an opportunity
will be given to afford visit to the
Garfield monument. the shrine of which
no patriotic American should fail to
visit. The gates of the Lake View GEM
etery are situated within stones
throw of the Nickel Plate road. The
soldiers monument, which has recently
been erected i'll the public square in
Cleveland, is said TO be the nnest in
America, aud among the many other
attractions of the Forest City by the
lake Is Euclid avenue, acknowledged to
be the most beautiful street OF its length
in the world.
The fare for the round trip is $40.
good to return until Sept. %. In addi-
tion to the special train returning, the
excursion tickets will be available on
either one of the three regular trains
each week day and two on Sunday.
For sleeping car accommodations, or
orther information, address
j. Y. CALLAHAN, General Agent,
No. 1879 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-19
Death at Craps.
Hardin (Kv.) Independent.

Hardin lKv.) independent.
"Pick" Hunter, a colored boy, who
was just out of the penitentiary, attend
ed a dance last Saturday night. After
getting tired "shuf1iing his feet' he
went back Of the house and Joined a
crowd in a crap game. Pick did not
have but one dime. and after putting it
up as stake he threw the dice and ex-
claimed: "Come seven. come eieyen!''
The seven or eleven did not come.
and Pick fell over headforemost, dead.
The rest of the crowd thought he was
only drunk, and pushed him over TO
one side. Finally some one pulled him
over and found him to be dead. The
rest of the population fled, leaving Hun
ter by himself"
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-19
A BABE AT EIGHTEEN.
DEvELOPMENT STOPPED Al
EIGHT MONTHS.
A Babe Yet in Size. Manner and
Wants-Ths Cass Puzzles
Scientists.

One of the most remarkable cases OF
non-development on record in this
state or any adjoining one ls that of the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry. of 36l2
Aspen street, says the Philadelph In
quirer. The daughter was born on
May Is, 1876, and is named Mary
Frances. The young woman is
St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-19
Secures Each Part.
WHAT PART EIGHTEEN CONTAINS,

The Levee at New Orleans.
Entrance to Metarie Cemetery, New Orleans.
An Old Tou1b III Metairie Cemetery.
Avenue of Tombs, Girod Cemetery New Orleans.
Steamship Passing Through the Jetes Below New Orlea
Scene in French Market, New Orleans.
Tampa Bay Florida.
Beauvoir, Home of Jefferson Davis.
A Wreck on the Gulf Coast.
Scene on the Indian Rver Florida.
Tallahassee Scout Of the Indian River
Billy Bow1egs, Son of the Famous Chief.
Banyan Tree, Near Key West, Florida.
The Harbor of Key West Florida
Street Scene in Key West Florida.
Entrance to Havana Bav
Moro Castle Havana Cuba.
Street Scene in Havana, Cuba.
A Cuban Tramp.
A Country Village in Cuba.
Indian Statue, FL Prado Havana
Farm Scene in CubaS
The Columbus Cathedral Havana.
Hotel Boats, Harbor of Havana.
Havana Transfers
The Havana Mi1knan.
Scene in Tenement District Havaua