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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Harvesting Fodder Corn.

Trials were made with the Sanford
and Red Cob varieties at the Vermont
station. In the case of each variety an
area where the growth was even was
selected in the midst of large field
and the corn cut at five different dates
between Aug. 10 and Nov. a. The
stages of growth represented were from
before tasseling until after frost. Anal
Uses are given of samples of each
variety at each cutting and calcula-
ton is made of the yield of both food
and fertilizing ingredient per acre. The
largest amounts of dry matter and of
protein, nitrogen-free extract and fat
were secured in case Of both varieties
from the cuttings made from Sept. -
to 28, when the kernels were in tho
early stages of glazing
The reports of similar trials at the
New York Cornell, New York state,
New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Yer
mont stations are summarized, from
which it appears that green fodder
usually weighs the most just as the kerr
mel begins to glaze, but it does not then
contain as much dry matter as when
fully glazed and mature. Hence such
varieties as will mature in Vermont
ATTITUDES should stand as long as they
are safe from frost. The increase in dry
matter after the kernel has begun to
glaze is mainly nitrogen extract "
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Surfeit In Horses.

Surfeit is usually due to some fault
in the diet, the surroundings of the ami
mails or to lack Of proper grooming. 1t
occurs most commonly during spring
and fall. Treatment consists in opening
the bowels by an active purgative, to
be followed by course of tonics. Give
to drains each of the best aloes and
ginger (either in ball or drink &C
cording to the size and condition Of the
animal. If the bowels are not freely
moved by this dose, repeat it in three
days. Mares well advanced in pregnancy
should not receive the full dose of pur-
gative until after foaling. Yearlings
may receive one-fourth and 2year olds
one-half Of the above Dose Colts can
better be given castor oil in doses of 3
to 6 ounces, according to age. After the
bowels have been moved give two ia
blespoonfuls of the following mixture
on the feed twice daily: Powdered nux
vomica, one-fourthG pound; powdered
gentian root, one half pound; nitrate of
potash, one-fourth pound; sulphate of
soda, one pound. Mix.-Cor. Rural
Neo Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Wintering Over.

1t is time that the stock intended to
be wintered over should be selected
out, so that the rest can be marketed
as soon as possible. AS it is necessary,
in order TO realize a fair profit, to rather
push the growth and gain with hogs,
it is of no advantage to winter over
only those needed for breeding, or that
with good treatment will make a salts
factory gain. 1t is true that where
hogs can be given a good range, they
will live even during the winter on a
comparatively small amount of food, and
if living is all that is necessary, con-
siderable number might be kept. But
with hogs rather more than with any
other class OF stock it is very important,
if the best profit is realized, to keep in
a good thrifty condition. II this is
done during the winter it will be nee.
essary to feed more or less, and feed
ing increases the cost.
Unless one is reasonably well pro-
vided with a good shelter, so that the
hogs can be kept fairly comfortable
without being obliged to feed too much
grain to maintain animal heat, the bet
ter plan, in majority of cases, will be
to crowd the feeding during the fall,
and get all of the hogs, except the
breeding animals and the fall pigs,
ready for market in good season. A
good pig of any of the better breeds
can be made ready for market at any
time after they are five months old.
To get the most out of them, however,
it is very essential that the feeding be
liberal, giving all that they will eat up
clean, in order to push the growth as
much as possible. With all classes of
stock it is very important to have it in
as good condition as possible when
sent to market, and, while it is not al
ways advisable to feed to full maturity,
yet it does pay to feed until the animals
are in good marketable condition.
BY selecting out reasonably early a
much better opportunity is afforded of
feeding when the conditions of growth
are most favorable. 1t is often the
case that, with little extra care, pig
can be made ready for market consid-
erably earlier than would otherwise be
the case, and with pigs, at this time,
it is often best to push the growth and
market rather than to winter over, even
if necessary to push the growth con-
siderably in order to secure the de.
sired condition.-Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Cut Bones for Poultry.

The bone cutter is not bone mill. A
bone mill is valuable because 1t will
grind hard, dry bones and thus render
them useful, but it can do nothing with
fresh, green bone from the butcher.
A bone cutter will save its cost In a
short time, as bones can be bought for
less than meat. Bones are better than
meat because while meat contains nitro
gen (hesh forming and egg forming)
green bones contain not only nitrogen,
but phosphates. A bone is largely COM
posed of lime in soluble form. The
lime in oyster shells is insoluble and is
not utilized by fowls if they can convert
soluble lime into egg shells and store up
in the egg the lime for the bones Of the
chicks, but green bone, rich In its
natural juices, is not only digestible,
but nutritious
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

ENoC S. SMALL, of Windham Centre,
Me-, writes For some time have been
very sick with kidney disease and was
given up to die; in fact did not expect
to live muc,i longer. / was all bloated
up to nearly twice my usual size, and
had continued pain in my kidneys and
liver. tried doctors medicine in vain,
took two bottles of very well-known
sarsaparilla, without receiving any BEN
eft, and at last began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses made
me feel worse, and | thought should
have to give it up, but l continued its
use and had not taken half bottle before
began to feel very much better. con-
tinued to improve and now / consider
myself cured. have no pain, the Sore
ness and weakness are all gone, and l
am gaining strength every day. I
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved my
life, and l am glad of an opportunity to
speak in its praise and to recommend it
to others.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Exercise and Feeding Points.

Here is Manager Gilbert's Ottawa
station summary of exercise and feeding
points for poultry, which contains hints
valuable outside Of Canada:
Do not gorge the layers by overfeed-
ing.
Use every incentive to keep them
from idleness.
Feed as much cut or broken green
bones as possible
Less grain is to be fed when bones and
vegetables are supplied in abundance.
The evening ration should be grain
one and generously fed, the object being
to keep the crops Of the layers full dur
ing the long night.
The soft food and cut bones should be
fed in clean narrow trough.
When necessary, take the chill off the
drink water and supply regularly.
Keep only young active, prolific lay
ers and select from them to breed from.
Kill the nonlayers, for they are only
eating away the profit margin.
Keep no male bird with the laying
fowls. They do better without him.
Keep sharp watch on the layers and
anticipate every want.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Reseeding Old Meadows.

Can field in good state Of fertility,
but considerably run out as meadow,
be reseeded without an intervening crop?
II 3d. what is the best way to do it?
This is a query of very general interest;
hence we here reproduce from Rural
New Yorker the answer of J. S. Wood
ward, we'll known agriculturist. He
says:
Ihave often broken up an old meadow,
end after suitable preparation reseeded
and had It make an excellent meadow
NOW it as early in the season as it
will answer, and at once pillow, being
very careful to see that the whole field
is plowed. No "cut and covered"
places should be left in such field. l
follow at once with roller and harrow
and then with the cultivator. The main
thing is to see that every vestige Of
growth is kept down. If necessary, l go
over the field as often as once q week,
having cultivator with very sharp teeth
30 as to cut of the top Of every plant.
If there be any perennial weeds that es-
cape the cultivator, man should go
over and cut these of with a sharp hoe.
With this thorough and persistent
cultivation, by the middle Of September
or LIST Of October the old meadow will
be as clean as the best summer fallow-
not weed or spire Of grass will be left
alive I now seed 1t, after rain, if
possible, first going over with smooth
ing harrow, with timothy seed, one
peck to the acre. After sowing run over
with Breeds weeder, If one is at hand.
If not, hitch team to lot of brush
and 60 over the field. In the spring fol-
lowing, quite early, SOW 10 pounds of
medium clover seed and two pounds
alsike per acre. A fine meadow will re-
suit.
II the field has been in meadow a
long time, it will pay to top dress just
before the last oultivating with well
rotted manure, or if this is not available
SOW from 200 to 800 pounds of some
brand of good fertilizer and 200 pounds
Of muriate of potash per acre. / have
cut az tons Of fine quality Of hay per
land that did not give me half ton
at the last moving. An old, run out
meadow will be wonderfully improved
by giving it thorough narrowing both
ways with sharp 40 tooth harrow and
sowing ON peck of timothy seed to 200
pounds of muriate of potash per acre.
ANY one who tries this plan will Won
der the next year where all the clover
seed came from to grow so much clover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Splitting Cabbage Stems,

Numbered with foreign investiga-
tions reported in The Experiment Sta
ton Record is that of splitting cabbage
stems to arrest the growth of cabbage
heads nearly mature, and thereby pre-
venting their cracking This is per-
formed by cutting the cabbage stem half
or two-thirds across with a sharp prun-
ing knife, and then extending the cut
either up or down for short distance.
If the cabbage does not bend over by its
own weight, and thus widen the split, a
splinter of wood should be inserted to
keep the Ont surfaces apart. By this
means the further growth of the heads
is arrested, and yet sufficient sap reaches
them to keep them fresh until wanted
for use, according to the report quoted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Green Manuring a MlsnOmer,

A correspondent writes that he is
much mystifed by the various opinions
in regard to green manuring, and is
uncertain as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
adopting it. Our correspondent lives
in southern state, and while the prac-
tice of renovating our worn lands by
the growth of clover, peas and other
leguminous crops is important to farm
ers everywhere, it is in the South the
hope and main resource of improved
agriculture. Our correspondents diff
Guilty lies mainly in the fact that the
term green manuring" has been taken
to mean the burying in the soil of grow
ing crops in the height of their growth.
There may well be serious difference
of opinion in regard to this, particularly
in the South, for there The most disas
trous results have at times followed the
blowing under of heavy growths of pea
vines and other crops in the height of
summer, and men of experience invari-
ably caution growers against this prac-
tice. Even if no evil results TO the soil
followed the practice is wasteful in
more ways than one. In the first place,
the crop is turned under before it has
completed its work of nitrogen gather
ing; in fact, just as it has begun it.
The most valuable work of the pea vine
is done between July and the time it is
completely ripe, and if the crop is to be
plowed under, the best time to do it is
after it has done its work, and when
there is no longer danger of an injuri-
Gus fermentation of the green plants.
In the second place, the blowing under
Of n hoe nj n
clover is putting great money value in
the land for manure, and unless the
land is utterly bare of humus, its value
as food crop is far greater than its
value as manure direct. Now that we
know that the chief value of legumi-
nous crop comes from its power to fix
the free nitrogen of the air, combined
as nitrates in the soil, and that the re-
suits with most crops following (partic-
ularly wheaD are usually better from
the blowing under of the stubble only,
the wastefulness of burying two tons or
more of good hay for manure becomes
evident Fertilizing land by judicious
rotation with leguminous crops is not
"green manuripg" as our correspond
ent evidently understands the phrase,
and as the earlier enthusiasts in green
manuring understood it. Green ma
nuring, as they understood it, is waste
full farming. Adding fertility to our
soils by growing legumes to fix the nj
trogen for US, and at the same time
saving the top growth for stock feed,
and saving the resulting manure for
application to the soil, is progressive
farming-the farming of the future, if
our waste lands are to be redeemed. 1t
is not green manuring, but nitrogen
ollecting.-Practical Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

BoNNY EAGLE, Me. Gentlemen -
Your Sarsaparilla has been of untold
value to me. For twenty-six years have
suffered from acute rheumatism; have
had rheumatic fever eight or ten times,
and have hardly been free from rheumat-
ic pains for many years until about sew
en- months ago. For the last six or
eight years l have suffered terribly. I
have spent hundreds of dollars for doc
tors and medicine, but could get no BEN
eft. / tried all the remedies known, in
GLIDING two kinds of sarsaparillas, but
continually grew worse, until was un-
able to do even the lghtest work.
could hardly move around. l was in
this condition, and had been so for over
year, when began taking Aliens
Sarsaparilla. / have now taken six bot
ties, and have hardly felt twinge of
rheumatism for seven months, during
which time have been doing mans
work every day. can now do as much
hard work in day as the majority of
men, all of which is due to Aliens
Sarsaparilla. ELLIS B. USHER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Backing.

When horse stops and proposes to
turn around, don't resist the turn, but
give him quiet horizontal pull il the
direction he wants to turn, so as to car
~ him farther around than he intended
to go, and if possible keep him going
around half dozen times, says horse
trainer. In most cases this will upset
all his calculations, and he will 60 quiet
ly on without much ado.
If six turns will not do, give him 20
in fact, If he will keep on turning to
your rein, you are sure to conquer, as
enough turning will confuse him and
leave him at your command. If he will
not turn and will back to the rein, keep
him going backward in the direction
you want to go. He will soon get tired
Of that and prefer to go with the right
end forward, but before You let him go
give him decidedly more backing than
he Ikea
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
a BETTER MAN.

c. Y. FULLER, Blacksmith, East I'M
ion, Me-, writes For four years have
had kidney disease, which has been con-
tinually growing worse, although took
medicine that claimed to be sure cure.
My trouble consisted Of severe pain in
the lower part of my back and hips, and
also a complete loss of appetite. l be-
gan taking Aliens Sarsaparilla, and two
bottles have cured me. The pain left
my back and hips and has not returned
since. My appetite is complete, for the
first time in years. Aliens Sarsaparilla
is decidedly the best medicine ever
used, and will recommend it to all. 1t
cures.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

CURE FOR HEADACHE.-As a rem
edy for all forms of headache Electric
Bitters has proved to be the very best.
1t effects a permanent cure and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle, and
give this remedy fair trial. In cases
of habitual constipation Electric Bitters
cures by giving the needed tone to the
bowels, and few cases long resist the
use of this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles only fifty cents at G.
Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

Physicians generally fall to recognize
the Importance OF this fact, but treat the
organ itself instead of the cause Of the trouble
The noted specialist, Franklin Miles NJ. d.,
Ill. b., mas giventhe great ter part of his life
discoveries concerning 1t are due to his efforts
Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine, the unri-
principle that all nervous and many other
difficulties originate from disorders OF the
nerve centers. It's wonderful sue cess touring
these disorders Is testified to by thousand, in
every part of the land,
Restorative Nervlne cures sleeplessness,
nervous prostration, dl zzness, hysteria, sex
Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. 1t
Is sold on a positive guarantee by all drug
gists, or sent direct by the DR.. Miles Medical
Co., Elkhart, Ind, on receipt OF price 81 per
bottle, six bottles for IS, express prepaid.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
Clipped and Condensed.

A CALF we'll started on milk and fed
judiciously with grain and skim-milk
all summer will be worth more at six
months than one not 80 we'll fed in
twelve.
IT is predicted, that the price of corn
will in few years average higher than
that of wheat, and that, as corn is grad
ually coming into use in Europe, the
demand will be very large.
ONE advantage there is in ensilage
over root crops is that the one opera
ton of cutting and packing suffices for
the whole crop, whereas with roots
daily preparation is necessary.
WESTERN farmers, who from long
experience with alfalfa may be sup
posed to understand its peculiarities,
say if cut the day before using it will
not produce bloat in sheep or cattle.
ITALIAN bees are said to be more en-
ergetic in resisting the attacks of the
bee moth than are the common black
bees. As rule, moth invasion means
a weak, queenless colony and neglect.
The importance of the mutton breeds
may be noticed by going into the large
large majority of sheep which are sent
to market are deficient in quality as
mutton.
TIE arid regions of this country are
eleven times the size of the British
Islands, and embrace eight states in
part or in full, and three territories,
covering, it is estimated, 100000
acres Of land.
TIE first object in keeping stock for
the market is to secure growth. Get
good size and large frame, and then fat
ten. Feeding fattening foods to grow
ing stock is not economical, as fat 10 not
q necessity with them.
THE most successful dairymen are
the most careful as to the condition in
which the young animals are to be kept
which are TO be used in the dairy when
they become old enough for being thus
used, says a Canadian dairyman.
SELL your cows if you will not pro-
cure a good thermometer, trust
worthy tester, and if you are not will
ing to school your intelligence to the ut
most within your power. There is no
profit in unscientifie work in this pro-
gressive day.
WHILE the raising of the stock will
enrich our soil and renew its produce
tiveness, it will market the farm prod
ucts better than to ship the feed away.
While graln-growing is yearly becom-
ing more Improbable, our hope is in
stock breeding.
COARSE ground bone on the orchard
land will show good effects for many
years, as the particles of bone will be
given off gradually each year, and there
will be less liability of loss of phos-
| phoric acid from teaching. Potash is
also excellent on orchards, ashes being
very suitable.
THE latest wrinkle for covering the
silo is to add water in the proportion of
two and one half gallons fol- each square
foot of top surface. The idea back of it
is that the water hastens the formation
of the mold cover. The silo is filed and
we'll packed and allowed to rest for three
days, when the water is added.
A NEW JERSEY fruit.grower had
number of young fruit trees last year
that were badly infested with bark lice.
He sWabbed them we'll with strong sal.
soda water, using whisk broom. A
day or two after the lice had all disap-
peared. This year the trees are en-
tirely clear of them, and are the most
thrifty lot in the orchard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
AGRICULTURAL.


Far back in the ages,
The plough with wreaths was crowned;
The hands of kings and sages
Entwined the chaplet round;
Till men of spoil disdained the toll
by which the world was nourished,
And dews of blood enriched the soil
Where green their laurels flourished.
Now the world her fault repairs
The guilt that stains her story;
And weeps her crimes amid the cares
That formed her earliest glory.
The proud throne shall crumble,
The diadem shall wane,
The tribes of earth shall humble
The pride of those who reign
And War shall lay his pomp away
The fame that heroes cherish,
The glory earned in deadly fray
Shall fade, decay and perish
Honor waits, DER all the earth,
Through endless generations,
The art that calls her harvest FORTH
And feeds tn expectant nations.
49, William cullen Bryan
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
HERES A MAN
WHO HAD RHEUMATISM
FOR &c YEARS.
Had Rheumatic Fever Eight or
Ten Times.
The Disease Entirely Driven Out
By Six Bottles Of Aliens.

Mr.. ELLIS B. USHER of Bonny Eagle,
Maine, whose case has become we'll
known for miles around, and whose re-
lease from this terrible disease is consid-
cred almost a miracle by all who know
him, is now we'll man, and considers
Aliens Sarsaparila the most wonderful
medicine of the age.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
HOw's This 4?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known F..
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, seventy-fve cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

NEARLY 10000 tons of corks are
needed for the bottled beer and aerated
waters consumed annually in the Brit
ish Isles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

THE grain, the smallest weight stand
ard in general use, was 40 called from
originally being the weight of grain
of wheat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19
The Human Electrical Forces!
How They Control the Organs
Of the Body.

The electrical force Of the human body, as
the nerve fluid may be termed, is an espe-
claly attractive department of science, as 1t
exerts so marked an influence on the health
of the organs of the body. Nerve force Is
produced by the brain and conveyed by
means of the nerves to the various organs OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

vitality necessary to in
sure their health. The
pneumogastric nerve, as
shown here, may be said
to be the most important
OF the entire nerve sys-
TEN, as 1t supplies the
heart, } lungs, stomach,
bowels, etc, with the
nerve force necessary to
keep them active and
healthy. As will be seen
by the cut the long nerve
descending from tn o
base OF the brain and
terminating in the bow
els is the pneumogastrlc,
while the numerous lit
tie branches supply theI
heart, lungs and stom-'
ach with necessary vi
tally. When the brain
becomes in any way dis
ordered by irritability
or exhaustion, the nerve
force which it supplies
is lessened, and the or
gans receiving the d.
minlshed supply are con-
spotlpntlv wpa kpnpd