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The Washington times., 1894-12-27

Start good. Won driving.
Betting Sonora 4; Ber" yn, : 10 10: Criterion,
$50: Reynard, 10; Salisbury, 800; Malcott, 3, and
Ir. James, 300.
OOY Fourth race-Seven fUrlongs Three
OZt year-ol3s. Selling Purse, 500. lime.
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glI Chateau, no.. 3 2h Is IS Yetter
905 Flushing, lW.... In 32025 IN ply.
s9 his Grace, no.. ! $50 - 35 ham.
915 Ltale Bravo, l0f Pars0n
Start fair Won gallopinE
Betting Chateau, 10. Flushing, 10; His
Grace g T. 3. and Little Bravo, p
OOo Fifth race-Six ana one-quarter fur-
OZC longs Iwo-year-olds Selling Purse,
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satchel, containing gold watch and of
money. Reasonable reward for return OF same
TO Mrs. j. q. LEWIS, care Estabrbok, III Market
Space. &c de25-3t
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The Washington times., 1894-12-27

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all grades, al the lowest prices; you can order
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Working Breeding Mares.

There are thousands of farmers who
keep teams of mares for the purpose of
raising one or two colts every year, but
who yet cannot dispense with the labor
these mares are able to perform after
they have recovered from the effects of
foaling. We have often worked such
mares in the field or on the road after
the colt is 2 or 3 weeks old. 1t is only
necessary to confine the colt so that it
will not be in the way while its dam is
Working, and be somewhat careful not
TO overwork the mare, making her milk
hot and feverish. Some mares give so
much milk that it is best to take them off
the pillow or harrow during the middle Of
the forenoon or afternoon. Otherwise
ehey will work with great difficulty, and
the milk will be injurious to the colt.
When the dam has to be gone all day,
bhe should be MIXED at noon. A still
better way is to halter break the colt
early and have it travel alongside the
team. We have seen this done with
colts not weeks old, and when thus
managed the breeding mare is soon en-
hbled to do as much work as if she
were not rearing colt.-American
CultiUator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Clipped and Condensed.

THE hog with coarse, straight hair
will not fatten so rapidly, usually, as the
one with fine soft hair.
THE coming COW is the one whose
product may be quickly churned as well
as being rich in butter fats.
IN estimating the value of sheep or
other live stock, the benefit they do the
farm should always be considered
MANY people fail with poultry be-
cause of neglect. Fowls respond to
good treatment as readily as the dairy
COW or other animals.
PLAN to can or evaporate all fruit
that cannot be used on the home table
or marketed. Evaporated apples are
bringing high prices at present.
No animal will thrive if overfed. 1t
will seem to gain rapidly for while,
but sooner or later the digestive organs
become impaired and disease results.
CORN needs shallow cultivation, as
the roots do not run deep. Keep the
cultivator running throughout the sea-
son to conserve moisture and kill the
roots.
SORE places on animals, caused by
flies, may be anointed with mixture
of one pint of crude petroleum, one Ia
blespoonful of wood tar and one tea
spoonful of carbolic acid, well mixed.
The Massachusetts experiment sta
ton made an experiment in feeding
skim-milk to calves and pigs. The re-
suit showed that it was equivalent to
selling milk at thirty-tive cents hun
dred.
AS the work with the various imple-
ments is finished up for the season,
see that they are thoroughly cleaned up
and that they are properly stored away
and sheltered. This will be found good
economy in every way.
THE young steers are the ones that
pay. They should be we'll bred, so as
to grow rapidly. There is no necessity
for keeping steer longer than when it
is three years old. The greatest gain
in weight is when they are young.
KNOWLEDGE is power in farming.
The man who reads, knows animals by
their pedigrees, understands the charac-
teristics of breeds and feeds his land
accordingly to the needs of the crops,
has large advantage over the one who
is not so fortunate. Intelligent farm
ing always pays.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01

if possible, and feed it Immediately.
For if bran is added to the milk in a
condition of incipient sourness, it will
produce rapid fermentation and con-
siderably reduce the value of the food,
besides making it injuriously unwhole-
some. The excess of acid produces in
digestion, which is the direct cause of
that disease of swine, especially of the
young animals, which is popularity
called black teeth. This is not dis
ease of the teeth, as is supposed, but the
result of corroding products of sour
stomach. There is more profit in a lot
of young pigs fed properly in this way
than in any other farm product. The
milk is without countable value for any
other use, and is a waste, while the
clover costs but little, and its whole
value is returned in the manure left by
the pigs, and due to the elements of
fertility in the milk. This, too, is a
way of making money from the atmos-
phere, for the fat of the pigs takes
nothing from the soil, and is made up
solely Of atmospheric matter, and thus
the soil is enriched, while the farmer
gets all that is possible from the land
without any cost. A small quantity of
the soft corn at the gathering of this
crop will finish the pigs in handsome
manner.-Colemdn'S Rural World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Feeding Young Colts.

A bit of conversation that occurred at
one of our state agricultural fairs and
was reported in local paper seems to
illustrate n very common feeling in re-
gard to the feed for young colts. An
old farmer approached leading horse
man, and after explaining the age and
other points connected with his colt at
home in all seriousness asked the horse
man if he supposed quart of oats a
day would be such high feed as to in
jure the colt. "a quart of oatsl" roarod
the one questioned "Why, man alive
that's about what its owner gives his
Plymouth Rock rooster in that pen over
there every dayp' The old mans ideas
We're only little more ridiculous than
those of many others. There seems to
be a great fear ON the part of some
farmers that they may feed their grow
ing colts too much, and SO these ami
mails take five or six years in coming to
an i'll developed maturity on rough fod-
der, with little or no grain No animal
upon the farm stands more in need of
growth producing foods to make its ex-
istence profitable to his owners than
colt, and the amount that it Gao profit
ably consume is by no means small.
Think of the feed that the great trot-
ting horse Axtell consumed when but
a 2-year old, as reported by his former
owner, Mr.. c. w. Williams Five
quarts of oats two quarts of bran, two
quarts of carrots and three or four ears
of corn three times a day. And the
speed that he developed under such
course of feeding showed that he made
good use of it. 1t is not necessary that
all should feed so heavily of grain, but
enough should be given to keep up
thrifty growth, and an all round de-
velopment both summer and winter
The profit would lie in this, that a much
better horse would be produced, and one
that would be ready for the harness or
sale very much earlier in life than its
poorly fed neighbor. There would be Sc
rious danger i'll feeding large amount
of corn to a growing colt, as there
would to any kind of growing stock, and
a FLY should have still less. But when
oats bran and such rRts as carrots are
given the ordinary feeder will not be
likely to give too much.
A good many will say that their colts
will not sell for enough at maturity to
admit Of raising them on expensive
foods. But no one should raise that class
of animals. 1t is folly to keep any kind
of stock that will not repay the cost of
keeping in thrifty growth. An inferior
animal will hardly pay for the inferior
food it is kept upon, much less return
any compensation for the work that has
been expended in caring for it. Raise
the kind of stock for which there is
demand at good prices in the market,
and then feed the best growth produc-
ing foods. If this does not pay, do not
raise stock-D. Worcester, in Ameri-
can AgricultWiSt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
When to Stop CuItivating.

In order to get the best results. Gull
tivation should not cease till we have
made our crop. 1t depends on the sea-
sons, the kind of soil and its conditions.
and the growth of the plants, mainly
when we should stop the cultivation.
All plants do not need the same amount
OF cultivation. Weeds hurt some crops
worse than others, but our rule is to
cultivate until all the different part.
are clear of weeds and grass. Some
plants, such as corn, cane, peas, ETC.,
make such growth as to thoroughly
shade the ground at a much earlier
period than some other plants and do
not require cultivating 80 late. But in
cultlVallng our sole purpose is not the
killing of weeds. Aiding to secure
moisture in time of drouth, admitting
the air into the soil and making the
plant food in the soil more available
are very important items. This is why,
In good growing season, with vigor-
Gus, thrifty plants the cultivation need
not be continued 80 late as when the
season is dry, and from different causes
the plants have not attained a full
growth 80 early. My experience has
taught me that in dry seasons the cul-
tivations should be more frequent and
very shallow, more especially the later
ones. By surface cultivation we keep
the top soil in good filth; this acts as a
mulch, which retains the moisture and
increases the growth of the plant. In
stirring the soil deep we not only dis
turb the roots of the growing plants,
but it also dries out the moisture to a
greater depth. Hence deep cultivation
decreases the moisture, while surface
cultivation increases it. II is impos-
sible to have plan of work that will
suit all seasons, and to cultivate in the
same way and the same number of
times each year will fail to give the
best results.-John W. Delk, in Agri.
cultural EpitomaSt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Desirable Poultry.

At the Rhode Island station expert
ments have been conducted in crossing
pure bred fowls The various crosses,
both alive and dressed, from this station
were exhibited at a Rhode Island poul-
try exhibition. The judges pronounced
the cross of Indian Game on Light
Brahma the best specimen Of dressed
poultry, followed by the crosses Of
White Wyandottc on Indian Game,
White Wyandotto on Light Brahma,
Indian Game on Golden Wyandottc and
Dorking on Dark Brahma The judg-
ment was made in accordance with the
popular demand for yellow poultry.
Judging from these experiments, S.
Cushman, manager of the poultry divi-
sion, reports that the raiser of market
poultry will not make a mistake if he
crosses Indian Game cockerels or cocks
on Light Brahma hens or ON any vari-
ETY. of Wyandotte hens, or Wyandotte
males ON Indian Game hens or Light
Brahma hens, 1t was found that m
dian Games and their crosses were
harder to pluck and more difficult to
caponize than any other of the crosses.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Useful Kerosene Emulsion.

If one has a spraying pump, he needs
nothing better, or if he has nothing of
this kind he can use a common sprin-
killing pot or can, or for so few sheep as
he has he can take a sponge, or even
handful of cotton rags sewed loosely
through and through, and catch each
one and apply the emulsion so as TO sat
urate every part. All that is necessary
is to be sure that every place on the
sheep, even the toplnot, when they have
one, be sprinkled, sprayed or swabbed
SO as to wet completely every tick. If
this be accomplished, one way is as good
as another. 1t is not the way but the
emulsion that kills
Kerosene emulsion not only kills the
ticks, but if copiously applied will de-
stroy every egg or nit, so that one APP
plication, if thorough, will rid the sheep
and lambs of all ticks and the liability
to be restocked by a new brood from the
eggs. 1t will also kill lice on any ami
NAL, whether horse, COW, sheep, hog,
poultry, cat dog, or boy even, if he is
ever so unfortunate as TO get them. In
using kerosene emulsion it is better to
apply on warm day or in warm build
ing, so that the animal shall dry with
out getting chill, although wetting
with the emulsion is no more injurious
or disagreeable than complete wetting
by rain and not half SO damaging to
sheep as to be washed by the brook
washing process.-J. S. Woodward, in
Rural NelD Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
500 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh, being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
sttutional treatment. HALLS Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers, that
they have offered One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address,
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
@Sold by Druggists, seventy-fve
cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Here's Proof that il Cures Blood
Trouble and Constipation.

We frequently hear people say that a
guarantee don't amount to anything.
However that may be with other prepare
tons, it amounts to just this with Aliens
Sarsaparilla, every bottle has guarantee
label near the bottom. If no benefit is
derived by the time it is taken down TO this
label, it can be returned to US, according
to directions on the label and we will re-
fund the full price; provided it is taken
regularly an1 according to directions, and
foi the diseases for which we recommend
1t, and provided it is not purchased at a
discount from the retail price. No RENEE
dy without wonderful properties, and sold
at so low price, could be guaranteed UNI
der these terms. We are convinced by
our experience and by the strong testimo-
mails that are constantly pouring in, that
we are perfectly safe in guaranteeing AL
lens Sarsaparilla.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Summer Food for Live Stock.

The secret of success with all live
stock in summer is to keep them on a
cooling diet. This is not the season for
fattening, and the owner that attempts
to force COW, steer, hog, sheep or chicken
into a fat condition during the hot
weather is running the risk of losing the
creature. 1t does not necessarily follow
from this that the animal must be kept
at a standstill, for the old, oft repeated
Saying is true that the animals must be
kept growing from the time they are
born till they are led to the slaughter
house. This is true, but there is diff
ference between growing and growing
fat. All of the young animals should
be growing rapidly this summer, but
growing in size, bulk, strength, bone
and sinew and not in fat Too many
breeders do not place sufficient emphasis
upon the distinction between these
terms.
Hogs fed ON corn right through hot
weather will be very apt to develop hog
cholera The diet is too heating and fat
tening for their systems in summer.
Poultry fed on grain, corn and chopped
meat daily and given little else will
lay on such quantities of fat that they
will quickly succumb to the effects of
the heat There is little danger of the
sheep and COWS suffering in this way,
for they are turned generally i'll the
grass fields and are compelled to pick
up their living in this way. And, when
you come to think of it, how very few
summer diseases either the sheep or
cows have! They are rarely sick, and it
is seldom one loses either in hot weather.
Their diseases come chiefly i'll winter,
when they are exposed to inclement and
severe weather. Now, is not this large
ly due to their cooling diet of green
grass, leaves and vegetables? This keeps
their blood cool and healthful, and their
systems are not clogged up with undi-
gested food.
The summer diet for all of the farm
stock should be such as to make the ami
mails grow and thrive WELL but not to
fatten them. The green grass roots and
vegetables are full of nutritious sub
stances that will make the animals
grow rapidly, and when a little grain
is added to their daily ration they will
lay on muscle and bone as we'll Our
grass diet cools and purifes the blood,
and it cleanses the system so that
stronger and healthier food can be di-
gested with ease. A little grain should
consequently be or en- in the summer
to make bone and muscle, but the chief
diet with the hogs and chickens should
be green truck.
Horses can stand this diet, too, al
though those engaged i'll hard work
need more grain than grass. Neverthe-
less our farm horses would be better off
If they had chance to eat more green
truck and fodder in the summer. There
is no better green fodder for a change
than green cornstalks, and these should
be planted every two weeks in the
fields, so that steady diet of them can
be had right through the hot weather
and well along in the autumn. The
first seasons growth of most of the
stock is very important, and it will be
made almost perfect if the animals are
fed plenty of green food, with small
portion of meal, bran or grains.-E. p.
Smith, IN american CultiUator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Best Top Bar and Spacing.

A diversity of opinion exists as to the
best width and thickness for top bar
and the best space from center to center
when running for comb honey. A num-
Der of successful apiarians follow Lang
stroth for both comb and extracted
honey. Mr.. Dadant lMlieves that the
thickness and width of'top bars have in
fluence only ON the brace and bur
combs and not on the amount of harvest
Mr.. J. A. Green says;
Whether for comb or extracted, the
brood combs should be 8-S from cen
ter to center; seven-eighths is the best
width for loose frames and one inch for
fixed frames l prefer O thin top bar
properly supported. Without bracing
three-quarter inch is about right
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01

stranger. Cows being driven by vicious
dogs also makes them scared, and l
make it a practice not to allowaa dog
near COWS. / have seen some dogs that
could be allowed to gather the cows, but
only in rare instances, and that where
the COWS have been reared to it. One
quick COW in herd may do a lot of
harm by starting others. When one
COW starts the alarm, generally the
whole crowd follow. Every one who
pays close attention to the milk yield
will find that when cows have been
alarmed and running, as when, for in
stance, they break out of the field, it
diminishes the yield of milk. This is
why l advocate quiet-tempered cows
and kindly Recommendation Dykes,
Jr., in Farming World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01

E. LANDERs, of Benton Falls, No,
writes Il had severe kidney trouble,
and could not straighten up or walk.
was advised to take Sarsaparilla. l took
two well-known kinds but got no benefit
and was at last induced to try Aliens. /
took two bottles and am today well man.
l am now able to do a hard days work
in the pulp mill every day, and have no
signs of a return of my old trouble, nor
do expect to. l would advise anybody
troubled with kidney disease to give ALI
lens Sarsaparilla good trial. 1t saved
my life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Keeping Flies Off Horses,

During the summer and autumn
months, when flies are most numerous,
the work horses, unless thoroughly pro-
tected, eXpend nearly as much strength
in fighting the flies as they do in actual
farm labor OF course some horses are
more sensitive TO flies than Others and
many serious accidents to both man and
beast have resulted from horses becom-
ing tangled in the harness in their fran
tic endeavors to rid themselves of the
little black pests. The best protection
Is fly sheets made of some thin, strong
fabric. They should reach below the
traces on each side when blowing and
should be made in two parts, the first
extending from the collar backward,
while the second should cover the neck,
being secured with strings at the throat
and near the collar. To guard against
the bottly tie large tassel of cord to
the center of the throat strap under the
neck and secure several strings of leath-
er or Irvine to the martingale, letting
them extend down to the knees between
the forelegs The constant swinging
movement of the tassel and strings pre-
vents the fly from singing or deposit
ing eggs. While ON the road coarse
net of leather or cord will be sufficient,
especially if the horse moves ON a trot
If the legs of horses be washed in water
i'll which tansy leaves have been boiled,
flies will avoid all such portions for
several days thereafter. The large black
and green horsefies alight on the abdo-
men of horses and this part Is protect
ed easily by the use Of tansy wash,
which is very readily applied.-S.
Yates, IN American Agriculturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01
Nervous Cows.

Cows should be managed quietly and
spoken to gently. From calves they
should be 30 treated that they will have
nothing to fear from their attendants.
Half of the nervous cows one sees have
had the life frightened out of them by
bad usage. Where cows are abused by
bad-tempered mixers, and where, as l
have seen, good cows tail is broken at
the rump by blow from stool, we
need not be surprised if some COWS are
nervous and quick when they see a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-01

Miss JOSIE WILSON of South Walpole,
Mass, writes Il have been troubled for
a number of years with terrible disease
called eczema. My face was terrible
sight, all red blotches. tried everything
and was on the point of giving up in de-
spair, whensomeone recommended Aliens
Sarsaparilla, and l have only used one
bottle and my face is almost well, and
there are no pimples on it at all now.
cannot speak too highly of it, and have
recommended it to great many of my
friends who now have great faith in it. I
shall get some more and keep on using it
as know it is doing me good.