The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-29
Clipped and Condensed.

COLOR, flavor and grain are three es.
sential elements of butter.
ONE of the greatest leaks in dairying
is the great loss of butter fat through
careless handling.
The present low prices of farm prod
ucts makes it necessary to reduce their
cost of production to the minimum.
IN experiments made by the Arkan-
sas experiment station, bordeaux mix
ture proved the best preventive of apple
scab.
A STRAWBERRY grower says that the
first plant that forms upon strawberry
runner is the best, and should be Sc
lected for transplanting.
PUT eave-spouts on the barn and
keep the water out Of the cellar during
the summer rains, and gather the ex
posed manure in close piles.
WHEAT-BRAN makes an excellent
fertilizer, but it pays to use it as feed
first and then save the manure in a
manner 80 as to preserve it without loss.
If you keep your milk and cream in
the cellar along with turnips, potatoes
and rotten pumpkins, and have no
other place to keep milk and cream,
sell your cows.
A, FAT SOW in summer should not be
desired. Keep the sows in fair condi-
ton, and they will give better results
as breeders, and produce stronger pigs
than when very fat.
THE fruit-drying industry of this
country has assumed large proportions,
and is of great deal of value to the
orchardist, for he now gets profit of
that part of the crop that formerly went
to waste.
MANUREs from animals differ, the
quality depending upon the feed from
which it is obtained. 1t is best pre-
served by the use of plenty of absorb
ent material, especially to prevent loss
of the liquid portions.
DURING the very warm days, the
teams should be used early in the
morning, so as to allow at least two
hours for rest at noon. More work
will be secured by so doing than by
shortening the noon rest.
MEN who have made money from
breeding and selling dairy stock have
raised their standard of excellence right
along, says an exchange, and every herd
owner should see that his herd is better
this year than it was last.
BEEF cattle in Australia, it is said
sell for $40 a head, and can be placed
in the London market for $15 per head
but they make poor beef and are likely
to afford but little competition with the
American improved breeds.
No one kind of food is perfect. Even
when horses have an abundance of
timothy hay, they will also accept straw
and cornstalks as a change of diet, a;
well as keep in better condition from
being allowed greater variety.
THERE is no reason why every
farmer should not keep bees. Hone,
costs nothing, and is a valuable pro
: duct, considering the price it usual,
brings, in comparison with the small
expense incurred in its production.
THE dairy farmer finds that the in
tensive system of culture which b.
must follow enables him to improv
the fertility of his soil so that he cal
raise larger crops and get better return
: from his land than he could before.
A DAIRY writer says that you ha
better begin dairying with two COW
) and a strong desire to thoroughly lear
the business than with ten cows and
,, confident feeling that you can succeet
as well as old hands in the business.
! WHITE clover is superior to the red
but does not grow very high, and 70
that reason it receives no consideration
: as crop for hay, but there is nothin
! superior to it in the pasture. Bot
/ cows and sheep are very partial to il
, will thrive on soils that will not pre-
T duce the red variety.