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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-13
Gu,a Wearing the Green.

II once witnessed an interesting but
peculiar spectacle In animal life, but
one which have never been able to no.
count for, remarked Abraham L Civ
ens Of Brennan, Tex. II was going
home Just nt nightfall over sandy road
when / noticed directly In front Of me
what appeared to be long line of green
ribbon about one half All inch thick. /
stopped to examine 1t. and to my aston
ishment found that 1t Yves procession
Of ants marching three or four abreast
IN very close order, each one carrying o
little piece Of green leaf. The effect was
a continuous line OF green without any
break. went back to find the begin
ming, but sit Issued from the grass at
the roadside I was unable to trace it
farther tnthat direction. l then follow
ed 1t for several rods until 1t entered
the grass on the other side and was lost
10 sight. Whether 1t was Palm Sunday
or st. Patrick's day with the ants or
some political jubilee they were cole
brating has always remained mystery
to me- st. Louis Globe Democrat
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-13
CHASING THE WALRUa
How 10 KS Harpooned and Then FINISHED
With Cold Lead.


Arnold Pike tells Of a walrue hunt In
Bird bay, to the north Of Spitzberge1
The bay was full OF fast Ice, but east
ward the SEQ was fairly open, and the
hunter was rowing slowly beck to the
sloop when the harpooner suddenly laid
aside his glass and headed the boat fR
block masa which the mirage magnL
fed into tho size Of q small house. but
which was really welrua
1.-The walrua r0ises his bead, end we
arc motionlcaa. says Mr. Pike 1T "a
Intensely still. and the scrapine Of o
piece Of ice along the boat seems Ike
the roar Of railway train passing over
head On SONIC br!dga Down goes the
head, and u'o glide forward again Tho
valrus Is unoasy. again end again he
raises his head and looks around with o
quick motion, but VIC have the sun rdghs
ct our back, aud he mover notices US
Al last We ere within few feot, and
with shout Of 'Vook op, gamlingf
(Wake ", old boyA which breaks tho
stiffness Ike shot, tho harpooner Is on
bts feot, his weapon clasped III both
lands above his head
"As the walrus plungoe into tho SEQ
tho iron Is hurled IN his side, and with
{ quick twist to prevent the head from
Slipping out of tho same slit that 1t he's
cut N the thick hide tho handle IS
withdrawn ind thrown into the boat
No. 2, who with turn round tho for-
word thvart he's been paying out the
line, now check; It, es stroke and tho
'hammelnanG. facing forward hang
back On their oars to check the rush.
Dumping and scraping tho ice, We arc
towod along for about five minutes and
thon stop as the walrus comes to tho
surface to breathe.
'In tho old days the lance would fiji
ish tho business, but now 1t is the rife
He Is facing the boat sight for one Of
bis eyes and let him hove both barrels
without much effect apparently, for
nvay we rush for two or three minutes
more, when he is up again, still facing
tho boat He seems to care no moro for
the solid express bullets than If they
were peas, but he is low this time, and
o. he turns to dive exposes the fatel
spot at the back of his head and dies "
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-13

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and saddery establishment such Buggs Phaeons Surries
Daytons Track sue Road Carts and Harness. in all styles
celebrated leather Cart Saddles Collars Blankets Whips, &C.
All repairing neatly promptly done short notice All new
carriages warranted year will endeavor give salts
faction both in price and quality VIII be pleased show
stock at all times Those wishing to purchase anything in my
line will do well to examine my stock before purchasing else
where Thanking my many friends for their patronage during
the past and asking for continuance of same, am
Yours very respectfully,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
The WyandOtte Chick.

The Wyandotte chick is hearty fell
low from the word ego" He comes
from the shell a round mass Of fluff and
pluck. Given fair show he is sure to
make his way in the world against diff
culties. The Wyandotte chick is square
built and has a good constitution, in.
herited from his Brahma ancestry. 1t
is well known that cross bred fowls are
remarkably hardy and remarkable as
egg producers. The cross Of the dark
Brahma and Hamburg give the Ameri-
can Sebright a strong constitution to
start with, and years of line breeding
have not destroyed it. The Wyandotte
chick at months makes as nice a
fry as could be asked BY the most deli
cate palate. No fowl has a better shaped
carcass or looks more inviting when ex-
posed for sale. This product of Ameri-
can breeders skill has come to stay aud
is now taking leading position abroad
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Spraying Machinery.

The machinery used in orchard work
is an important item. Spraying is hard
work unless the pump is run by horse
power, and this can be used with profit
only by owners of exceptionally large
orchards. The vast majority of apple
growers are necessarily forced to use
hand pumps. These are now offered by
the trade in almost endless variety, and
selections are often difficult Pumps of
various descriptions have been tried at
the Cornell station, and the following
are some of the points emphasized by
E. G.. Lodeman, horticulturist at that
station:
The pump should be powerful. 1t re-
quires double the amount of exertion to
apply given amount of liquid with a
small pump that is necessary when one
of ample size is used. In general a
pump used for orchard work should
have a cylinder at least 2 y inches in
diameter, the stroke being from to 5
inches in length. The handle should be
long, as greater power can then be OBJ
tanned. Working parts which are ex-
posed to the action of the materials ap-
piled should be of brass or else brass
lined, for iron soon corrodes. The air
chamber should be rather small, espe-
cially if the pressure of the liquid can
be utilized in keeping the nozzle free
from distinctions In such cases the
one who pumps should be able to in
crease the pressure of the liquid in the
nozzle by one or two quick strokes of
the handle. A large air chamber defeats
this.
Many pumps are supplied with agita-
tors, but these have not proved so salts
factory as was hoped. 1t was found that
those which stirred the liquid by means
of stream which was discharged from
a return pipe near the bottom of the
barrel did not keep the liquid in the
entire barrel stirred, but only in that
portion of it which came directly under
the influence of the current. Another
objection to this class is that too much
power is lost. Paddles of various kinds
have been recommended. They are at
tached to the pump handle, and with
each stroke pass through a certain por-
ton of the liquid. These do better work
than the agitators mentioned above, but
they also require considerable power
No agitators We're used in making the
applications we have undertaken. The
liquids were stirred with stick as often
as was necessary, which was commonly
before each tree was begun. The amount
Of liquid applied to the large trees Is to
20 years old at each application aver
aged about four gallons If less liquid
was used it was found to be insufficient
to cover all the parts of the tree as thor
oughly as was desired. When more was
used, most of the excess fell from the
tree to the ground and was lost. The
number of trees which may be treated
in day is about 1876.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Refractory Animals.

Any farmer is really unfortunate who
possesses balky horse, kicking COW or
breachy animal of any kind, and the
best way to get rid of the evil is to dis
pose of the beast, even if it is done at
something of sacrifice. Refractory
cattle should be prepared for the sham
bles; refractory horses put upon tread
powers if balky, and to scity use if un-
ruly. There is neither peace nor profit
in keeping such, and the real aim of
life should be to make the situation as
comfortable as possible. Kicking cows
are sometimes kept on the plea that
they are good mixers, but it is not fit
one, for fatter cow will bring sufficient
money in the market to purchase a
good kind mixer any time, and the per-
plexity saved is worth the price again
annually. A writer speaking on the
subject says: I" 1 do not speak of them
as a looker-on, but from my own expe-
rience as farmer and dairyman, and
know that the husbandman never feels
happier concerning his farm regula-
tons than when he determinedly re-
solves that he will not have balky,
kicking or unruly animal upon the
premises. "-Ne,o York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
The Fruit Crop.

l hear from different parts of the
country that the freeze at Easter time
and perhaps the cold waves in the early
part of April injured the fruit buds con-
sderably, the New England states
alone of all the eastern states escaping
serious injury. In Michigan and Del
aware the peach buds were nearly per-
feet up to the latter part of March, not
having been injured much by cold in
February, as were those in New Eng
land, but now their percentage of bios
soming buds is, judging from reliable
information, about the same as ours in
New England. Around Geneva, n.
Y, they are badly damaged, but some
are left. In my orchard blossoms are
sparse on the peach, and only mod
crate blossom on the apple and plum.
At my Summit peach orchard there was
on most of the trees plenty of blossoms
but tendency to wilt and drop off, ow
ing perhaps to the weakening effects of
previous weather, but certainly due in
some cases to the wrenching the trees
had in the storms of last August. The
effect of these storms will be felt largely
throughout the season in trees debil-
itated from broken roots in branches
giving way where splits have been
started. This will tend to diminish
the fruit considerably, as no orchard
escaped. The owners of two of the
large orchards in towns of Connecti-
cut bordering on the sound said they
had plenty of bloom, so that though
many orchards appear as though the
crop must be light, yet there are also
many that promise well, and the pros
pect is that we will have peaches
enough. The weather during blossom
ing time of all fruit has been good and
favorable far pollenation, which means
a great deal. Now the apples, pears,
plums and ounces need right away a
good dose of bordeaux and paris green.
The bordeaux keeps the foliage healthy,
and the poison cuts off most of the in
sects.-T'roy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Fertilizers on Garden Crops.

A New Jersey gardener who has
been using commercial fertilizers for
over 20 years has come to the conclusion
that it pays to mix the fertilizing in
gradients yourself. He says;
For few years past have bought
fertilizing ingredients by the ton and
mixed them myself. The following
formula is very valuable one for most
kinds of truck or vegetables: One thou
sand pounds cottonseed meal or bone
meal both costing about $50 Il ton; 800
pounds boneblack, costing S25 ton,
and 500 pounds of muriate of postash,
costing SAG to $40 ton. This makes
one ton of first class manure, costing
about $50. l have had better results
from this formula than from SAG special
manures from the manufacturer. |
used the above formula on two acres of
sweet potatoes last season. making a
fine crop of about 60 barrels to the acre.
/ put / 200 pounds of the $50 fertilizer
on each acre, costing about SIS an acre.
To estimate the value of fertilizers
several years are necessary. We may es-
innate for some particular crop or year,
but we must include several to be cor
rect / shall count ON my two acres of
sweet potato grounds for several years.
We can reason on the future only by the
past. My married land shows the good
effect of mari put on 26 years ago Pure
bonemeal will last for years, because it
contains a good deal phosphoric acid
and other fertilizing ingredients. Mu-
riate of potash contains much potash,
which is lasting.
l have experimental with nitrate of
soda, which costs from $50 to $50 a
ton. This is fine fertilizer for toma-
toes, cabbage and many other garden
CrODS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian tube. When this tube is in
famed, you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out, and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infiamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by HALLS Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. Free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo O..
ca Sold by druggists, rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
FARM And GARDEN.
A Farmers Daughter.

A sight discerning hearts to bless,
In peach checked wholesome loveliness,
Is the country girl who long has toiled
In tresome round-yet all unspoied
From morn till night with a heart so light,
She answers the carols of blithesome birds,
AS she tolls content with akitchentask,
Or with dimped arms in the creamy curds.
Perhaps she tathers the gentle kline
Mid odors of hawthorn hedge and clover;
Perhaps she runs in a fairy race
Under the rustic fence or over.
Not In the city will all men find
The stalwart lasses of this good kind,
The rosy cheek and the dancing curl,
The stalwart form aud the teeth of pearl
The strength-with sense-of the farmers girl.
Her soul is clean as her eyes are clear;
She fills the bounds of her homespun sphere,
Caring but little for boarded wealth.
Her heart and cheeks have the hues of health
Rich in the joys without alloys
In touch with nature, the lowers.and trees,
Her mind content in the wholesome poise,
Absorbed in blessings from such as these
Her life is level, her words are true,
Her heart as light as dancing feather,
Her souls horizon as good to view
AS highlands tinted with purple heather
The frankest eyes meath hair a-curl,
The lthest motion-our pet and pearl
The red.cheeked wholesome farmers girl.
-Prairie Farmer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Growing Large Corn Crops.

The corn plant delights in rich soil
1t is impossible to have the ground too
mellow and rich, though where the soil
is mucky and full of vegetable matter
some mineral fertilizer, phosphate or
potash, is needed to give the stalks
strength in proportion to their size and
weight and prevent their prostration in
heavy winds.
How large corn crops can be grown
on good land with a good season? The
largest reported yields We're, says Amer
lean Cultivator, authority for the fol-
lowing, about 154 bushels of shelled
corn per acre. 1t was western corn, and
would not hold out weight 60 pounds
per bushel as does well ripened flint
corn. 1t is probable that some of the
Dent varieties of corn will give the
largest yields per acre, either by bushel
or by weight, but their fodder is coarser
and not so good as is that of eastern
flint varieties. Neither will the Dent
corn do so well on moderately fertile
soil as will the yellow or white fiints.
Unless soil and season are both very IA
vorable much of the Dent corn will not
be fully ripened 1t is for this reason
that poor seed is so common at the west
and so rare in the east The Dent corn
cob is thicker and usually never dries
out till the corn is frozen. AS the chit
or germ is imbedded in the damp cob,
its vitality is pretty sure to be injured.
The distance apart between rows of
corn depends on the kind grown and on
the richness of the soil. We have grown
very large crops with hills three feet
apart each way of the yellow flint eight
rowed corn, allowing only three stalks
to hill. Dent corn grown 80 thickly
as this will not produce as many ears
as it would at distance of 81 feet
each way. But the way to get the lar
gest yield is doubtless to drill the seed,
applying some nitrogen and fertilizer
with the seed and cultivating the crop
with the harrow before the grain is up
and after until it is six inches in height.
This makes the corn in drills about as
easy to care for as il it were in hills.
Narrowing the corn will not pull out
any plants if the surface is free from
sod and stone. 1t cultivates the soil
where the hill stands as it is impossible
to do with a cultivator, and it kills all
the small annual weeds in the hill,
which lessen the crop where hand hoe
ing is not practiced. When the corn is
put in drills, the cutting out Of occa-
sional stalks more often improves the
grain yield than decreases it. 1t is very
rarely that seed is put in thinly enough.
=
inches apart, they look very thin, but
this il the distance in the row which
gives the largest yields Of grain. AS
usually grown the ears on drilled corn
are not so large as those on corn grown
in the hill, This makes greater labor
in husking and if the crop is very thick
there will be good many stalks that
have no ear.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Clipped and Condensed.

THE Vermont experiment station,
after three years of experiment, decides
that sour milk is superior to sweet for
feeding pigs.
To be on the safe side, we should
always anticipate drouth and be pre-
pared to meet it with plentiful supply
of crops for soiling.
To prevent borers, wrap taxpayer
around the trees. The paper should
extend six inches below the ground
and six inches above the surface.
SOILS which are rich in humus con-
tain larger amount of phosphates as
ISOLATED with them in available forms
than the soils that are poor in humus.
KILL the tent caterpillars before
they do damage. A few hours work at
the right time will prevent much dam
age and lessen the crop of caterpillars
next year.
PLENTY of shade in the hog pastures
is necessity, and not luxury. 1t is
to your interest, as we'll as for the good
of the hogs, that they are not compelled
to endure the heat of the sun.
THE fact that it does not pay to
prune the new growth of raspberries
during the summer, or even later, was
observed by us nearly score of years
ago, says the American Garden.
FARMERS are learning that manure
and fertilizers are plant foods, and that
plants select the kinds of food preferred.
With knowledge of the requirements
of plants comes larger increase in the
yields.
BUY once or twice week large
beef heart from your butcher, boil it
until we'll done and tender, chop fine
and feed to both young chicks and old
fowls. They eat it ravenously, and it
is fine food for them.
SAMENEss of diet may lead to consti-
patton of the bowels. This results when
cottonseed meal or cornmeal are fed
continually without change. The rem
edy is variety of food. Medicine is un-
necessary if the animals have varied
diet.
A MISSOURI orchard grower says his
trees are never disturbed by either rab
bits or borers, and because he washes
the tree trunks in the spring and fall
with a solution of one tablespoon asa
fntida, two of sulphur and four of SCOT,
in one quart of strong soapsuds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Corn Fodder or Hay?

The question which is the cheapest
fodder for cattle, corn fodder or hay,
must depend largely on the soil and eli
mate In the several farmers meetings
IN Massachusetts which have discussed
the value of corn fodder, whether fed
dry or in the green state or from the
silo, the impression has been that an
acre of land in corn will produce much
more cattle food than an acre Of the best
English hay, and that upon the dry
lands Of Massachusetts, corn is probably
the cheaper fodder in very many cases.
In the cooler climate and stronger soil
of Maine, however, different conditions
are found and different opinions pre-
vail A recent number of the Maine
Farmer contains a discussion of this
question. One of the writers estimates
the cost of an acre of corn as equal TO
six tons of hay, while the lowest esti-
mate is an acre of corn costs as much as
81 tons of hay. Professor Jordan of the
Maine experiment station finds as much
digestible food in 2M tons of hay as in
an acre of stout corn. Major AlvOrd es-
Inmates the value of an acre of corn as
equal to BIZ tons Of good hay. Major
Alvord's estimates are for the warmer
climate of Maryland
There is a very wide difference be-
tween all these estimates and that of
Mr.. Hickox, correspondent of The
Massachusetts Ploughman. Mr.. Hickox
says he grows 20 tons of fodder corn per
acre, which is equal in feeding value to
eight tons of the best hay, and that he
grows all the fodder for his stock of rs
cows and 20 head Of growing cattle and
six horses on So acres of land, using a
variety of fodder such as oats, fed green
and rye, with some hay. One acre of
land under his system winters three
cows while under the ordinary system
about three acres are required for each
COW.
Here is very wide difference in re-
suits, and the difference is due chiefly,
as would appear to the high culture of
Mr.. Hickox's farm and his system of
feeding green fodder throughout the
year. Green fodder is more digestible
than dry. 1t can be grown in very
heavy crops when fed green or from the
silo, and wherever dairying is followed
on land suitable for tillage it is I'M
doubtedly the better way to feed green
fodder as constantly as it can be done
in connection with some dry fodder in
winter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Crops In Young Orchards.

A young orchard may be cultivated
for one or two years, or until it has
made too much growth and acquired
large roots. Potatoes or cabbages are
excellent, as they require clean cult
walton, and the manure used in the
rows will also benefit the trees. If the
growth of the trees is too rapid, how
ever, the orchard may be used for
grass for one or two years and then
cultivated again. Pear trees that grow
too rapidly are more liable to blight
than those that are of slower growth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Club Foot In Cabbage.

A. s. Fuller, New Jersey, tells that
clubfoot in cabbages only occurs on soils
where cabbages have been grown be-
fore or the plants raised in an old hotbed,
and lime will not prevent it. Plant on
fresh ground, and raise the plants on
fiat where brush heap has been recent
ly burned, but if early plants are want
ed, scrape up this burnt soil and use it
i'll the frames as top dressing. He has
practiced this mode of raising plants
for 40 years and never has any clubfoot,
except when he has occasionally had to
purchase plants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13

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