The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-07
Clipped and Condensed.
Berlin, Vt.

PAY as you go" and save enough
to come back On.
A THOUGHT may be small in itself,
but it may produce tremendous results.
EVERY farm, whether it be large or
small, should have good apple orchard.
For the first time in the experience
of fruit dealers, oranges are cheaper
than apples.
HEREDITY in richness, in dairy stock,
is quite as worthy of encouragement as
heredity in quantity.
To New England farmers, the great
populist movement of the far West
seems simply a " craze
ONLY one graduate to receive his
degree in the full course in agriculture,
at the late state college commencement
in Maine.
THE ostrich is a generous layer.
Sixty eggs will be found in and around
nest. One of these is equal to twenty
four hens eggs.
WHEN COW or other cloven-footed
animal is seen to lift its foot, stretch it
out and endeavor to lick it, the foot
should be examined without delay.
SAVE all the poultry droppings dur
ing the winter, and in the spring place
it on your wife's flower bed or in the
garden, and see what benefit it will be.
"WHEN we do not spend our
money!" says an old gentleman, we
are economical; when other people do
not spend their money, they are stingy."
IN choosing your brood mares, don't
lose sight of the fact that every foal
must have two parents and that its in
heritance comes equally from those two
parents.
AND the old man sayeth, What shall
we do with the improbable kline; they
are not fat enough for beef, and no one
will buy them for the purpose of milk
ing them?
THERE was never first-class dairy
COW on earth that was hardy. Is it any
advantage to have COW that can live
out in Minnesota blizzard for three
days and give teacup of milk day?
IMPROVED implements in the dairy
aid materially in making more uni
| form article of butter and enable the
operator to get more and better arti-
Gle with a less expenditure of time and
labor.
PROFESSOR HENRY very truly re-
marks that the management of live
stock is dependent upon good judgment
in handling the cattle. If one lack this,
all his other qualifications count for but
little.
AT the Ames, Iowa, sheep shear
ing, the managers very wisely decided
to award the premiums on tleeces on
commercial values and by competent
experts-wool dealers in Chicago. The
fleece that brought the most money was
the best.
THAT larger yields of both corn and
stalks are obtained by planting a larger
number of kernels than is customary in
the best practice of Illinois is the YER
dict of the experiment station of that
state. 1t is not so in Vermont.
THERE is a kind of politics that the
farmer should be interested in and
should give careful attention and
thoughtful study to, and there is kind
that he should give the widest berth
and shun as he would the smallpox.
BY the way, have you figured up the
| COst VI youI CIopo loob yoot' II JOu
have not, how do you know which you
have lost the most on, or whether you
have made money on any? This guess
ing farming don't pay' is poor bust
ness policy.
THE Gate City states very unusual
circumstance in the following: " A
farmer living near Irwin, Iowa, because
he can't get his price for his colts is
killing them off daily and feeding them
to his hogs. He has plenty of corn and
hay, but just kills them for pure Gus
sedness."
AMERICAN beef is held in higher es.
TEEN at present in the English markets
than ever before, Notwithstanding the
fact that butchers there have tried to
prejudice the people against foreign
meats by selling the best cuts as home
grown; and all rough and inferior meats
as foreign.
THERE are no more milk, cheese
butter and beef breeds. Investigation
study, thought and careful experiments
have proved this old classification al