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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
AGRICULTURAL.
Clearing the Farm of Boulders.

More than thirty years ago / bought
q small farm, twenty-five acres of which
were used for blowing and moving.
The soil was naturally good, neither
too dry, nor too wet, but there were
hundreds of boulder stones on it, and
party above it, which were in the way
of the pillow, mowing-machine and
wheelrake. These boulders were too
firmly in the ground to remove with
crowbar or lever. How to get rid of
them without too much cost was the
question. To drill and blast with pow
der would be slow, expensive process
which few farmers would like to under
take. heard of machine near Fall
River that would pull up boulders ofsev-
eral tons weight and land them on top
of the soil with comparative ease. l
was not slow to investigate the work
ing qualities of this machine, which re-
suited in its purchase and shipment to
my little farm. 1t was put to work,
and being on four wheels, one pair of
oxen could draw it from one boulder to
another, dropping each stone on the
surface, and driving astride another,
hoist it from its natural bed and drop
as before. Two men at the cranks
could lift from 100 to 200 in day of
ten hours, weighing all the way from
one to eight tons. blocked the stones
well when they were dropped on the
ground; then they could be easily
landed on drag and taken to the wall,
which 1 built when the ground was
frozen in winter and would not inter-
fere with farm work. The small stones
that the pillow rooted up were carted to
soft places on the highway and thus
disposed of, making first. class road in
place of mud.
Thus from year to year | kept on
clearing my twenty-five acres until the
whole was completed, and all walled in.
Every acre is now moved with machine.
When l began ! could winter eight head
of cattle, and now can keep four times
as many on the same number of acres.
l have not described fully how the ma
chine works, which may be inferred.
1t has pulled many thousands of bould
ers in at least ten adjoining towns, and
many farmer is rejoicing over smooth
fields on his farm and substantial walls.
Some old fogy farmers said it would in
lure the land to remove such large
boulders, as it would take much of the
best land to fill the holes, but wanted
all my land spoiled in that way. The
stone-puller l speak of was the making
of my farm, for l would never have
cleared it of rocks in any other way. A
large farmer in my neighborhood has
pulled all the large stone on his tillage
land, and now has one of the best farms
in town. To farm successfully, the
stone must be removed from the fields
for improved machinery. - William
Reynolds, Holland County, Conn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
True Value of Green Manuring.

In special bulletin from the Massa-
chusetts Hatch station, the practice of
green manuring is reviewed, and the
bearing Of recent Investigations and dis
coveries ON the subject is discussed, the
conclusion being reached that green
crops can be more economically used in
the production Of meat, milk, ETC., than
as green manures The gist of the au-
thor's views on this important subject
is thus given in the concluding para
graphs Of the bulletin;
1.-THE matter resolves itself into this,
that the search for profitable crop for
green manuring the better classes Of
soils is without avail The distinction
should be borne in mind between green
manuring-the blowing under Of green
plants-and blowing under the stubble
and remains of crop. The latter Is
necessary and often results in much
good to the land But 1t is mistake to
pillow into the soil for manure pound
of vegetable albuminoids which could
be used for milking milk or meat.
"Green manuring, except with lu-
pines on light sandy soils, marks no prog
ress in farm management, Let us then
take advantage Of these recent discover
les Of agricultural science, not to ma
nure the soil with atmospheric nitro
gen, but to produce and to utilize to
the fullest extent the heterogeneous and
carbonaceous materials derived from the
air by feeding them to farm animals.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
About SilOs.

There is little doubt that the number
of silos that will be built this year will
exceed that of any previous year, and
one who reads the dairy literature of the
times will notice that dairymen are
more and more pronounced in favor of
silage. The majority of silos are, |
think, built in the barn, using part of
the hay-bay. The objection to them
there was that the "steam" was sup
posed to cause decay of the barn roof
ing. This is quickly avoided by putting
hood or cover over and little above
the silo, built of thin lumber, and with
separate ventilator for the escape of
this vapor The use of a stone founda-
ton is being largely avoided by substi-
tuting mudsills" bedded their size in
the ground, and made solid by turning
thin cement about them, and then toe
mailing the studding to these stills. The
size of the silo is to be regulated by the
number of grown cattle, or the proposed
number, allowing about 300 cubic feet
of settled silage for each cows winter
comfort. All kinds and fashions of ST.
los seem to have resolved themselves
into two styles, silos ceiled up on the in
side with No. ! flooring, the matching
filled as put on with thick paint Of some
kind, and double boarding, with cheap,
sound lumber, half Tapped 30 as to
bring the edges of one layer in the GEN.
ter of the board below it, using tarred
paper between the thicknesses to make
an air-proof wall. Stone and grout
floors are not essential, if there is dry
foundation; clay well pounded in for
floor and made foot higher at the
walls than in the center being, on the
whole, superior to grout. 1t is found
that silage will not freeze. 1t may chill
a little in the most severe weather, but
after the slage has been fed down so as
to clear ones head few loose boards
laid over the top, and half ton of
straw put on, will keep the cold air out
from above, and there will not be any
more frost seen in the pit. Filling the
silo may be fast or slow, as one chooses,
though as a rule it is best not to allow
more than three days to elapse between
filings, or there is liable TO be dark
streak at the place where the last filling
commences. The smaller varieties of
corn may be put in whole, if put in the
pit tops and butts reversed, and all put
in " east and west" so TO speak. Green
hay well trod into the corners now and
then will keep the air from going down
and spelling more or less silage in the
corners. The larger kinds of corn can,
we think, be cut into the silo with man
ifest economy, especially in the taking
out. From forty to fifty pounds of ST.
lage daily is about the safe limit of
consumption per COW, and this, if rein
| forced with about five pounds of " sec
onds" oats, if handy, and gluten meal,
and little clover hay at night-three
or four pounds-makes up an ideal ra-
ton for winter mich cow. A good
silo in the barn, holding 100 tons,
should be built for S50.-Prdcticdl
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
Capitalization of Crops.

With wheat at 60 cents in Chicago
and little more than half that price in
some sections Of Oregon, The Oregonian
thinks their farmers ought to try to
relieve themselves of the tyranny Of
growing wheat as an exclusive crop
Not only wheat, but all crops are too
much centralized, says Country Gentle
man, authority for the following: Four
states produce over 80 per cent of our
wheat; four produce over 3S per cent Of
corn; five, over 66 per cent of rye; four,
half the oats; two 81 per cent of barley;
two, go per cent of buckwheat; two, 80
per cent Of tobacco; four, so per cent
of fax; one (Kentucly) over SO per cent
of hemp Yet some of these states differ
widely in position and climate, and
these products readily adapt themselves
to varying conditions Of climate and
soil This Capitalization of crops shows
that farmers Of the United States in
cline to grow the crops most easily
raised, and which promise the quickest
returns in money, without regard to the
possible failure of the one crop or its
fall in the market to a nonpaying price.
When each section of the country shall
produce greater variety of things and
be less dependent on single staple,
prosperity will be more general and UNI
broken. The movement toward decen-
tralization has begun, but it should be
more general and extensive.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
Corn for Hens i'm Summer.

Corn will make the hens lay in win
ter, but is detrimental to laying III
summer, says writer in The Mirror
and Farmer: A small allowance of corn
may do no harm, but when the very
warm days come it is too heating.
When hens are laying, they are capable
of utilizing food for producing eggs, but
when ON the range they have no diff
Guilty in securing all they desire. When
hens are confined in yards and fed n
large ration of corn daily and are also
exposed to high degree of warmth,
they are liable TO die from apoplexy or
9Terheating of the body. This is especial
" the case with large breeds that are in
a very fat condition. Corn possesses but
a small proportion of mineral substances
and is too stimulating as summer food.
If the hens are kept in Enclosures, it is
better to feed them lean meat and
ground bone once day, with plenti
full supply Of chopped grass, especially
Of clover, rather than grain A mess of
grain may be given three times q week,
but such meal should be light, ground
grain being excellent Scatter whole
grain. however, so as to induce the hens
to scratch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
The Fodder Corn Crop.

No crop which the farmer can grow
will produce so much or so valuable
feed for cattle us will fodder corn. 1t is
not perfect ration, but with plenty of
home grown fodder corn farmer can
afford to buy wheat bran, fine middling
and oilmeal to supplement its deficien-
oies- 1t Is best to drill the fodder corn
early, for 1t will then tassel and ear
while the weather is still favorable for
securing the crop in good order Even
when put into silo, warm, dry wealth
er is better for doing this job than
weather which is cold or wet The rich
er the juices in the stalks the better will
the silage keep But fodder corn cut
party and well cured is very nearly as
good as silage, and with a little clover
hay each day will keep young stock
through the winter quite as well. Milk
COWS do better with silage, as its succu-
aence increases the supply of milk
American CultivdtOr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

THERE is more catarrh is this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
uounced it local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and, by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proved catarrh to be a consti-
tutional disease, and it therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market
1t is taken internally in doses of from
ten drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucus sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimo-
malls. Address,
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
CO Sold by druggists at rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
Honey and Beeswax.

The census has revealed no material
increase in the production of beeswax
during the last 10 years, during which
the honey producot has gained nearly
100 per cent. This is explained by the
more general use Of the extractor, which
greatly increases the product Of honey
per hive, while it discourages the build
ing of comb. In 1870 but IL states pro
duced more than 1000, 900 pounds of
honey each, while in 1900 there were
90 that produced more than that guam
tity--Iowa producing nearly 1000, 900,
Illinois, Missouri and New York over
1000, 900, Texas Wisconsin and Cali
fornia over 5000, 900 pounds. The
United States imports no honey or bees
wax, but in the nine months ended
March 81, 1894, exported honey to the
value of SLY, 571, or 10 times as much
as was shipped abroad in the like period
Of the previous year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
The Size OF Eggs.

Who pays as much attention to the
size of eggs as the subject demands?
In country, where an egg is an egg,
where eggs are sold by the dozen In
stead of by the pound, it is perhaps not
singular that the attempts at improv-
ing the laying qualities of fowls have
all been made in the direction of in
creasing the number and neglecting the
aggregate weight of the eggs laid. The
importation of the Minorcas, if it ac-
complishes no other good results, will
not be an utter failure, because it has
once more brought the subject of the
size of eggs into notice. AS far as pro-
ducing food is concerned, ten dozen of
eggs weighing two pounds to the dozen
are worth as much as thirteen and one
third dozen weighing one and one-half
pounds per dozen; or, in other words, a
hen which produces 100 eggs per annum,
the eggs averaging two pounds per
dozen, is the equal of hen producing
100 eggs per annum, which weigh only
one and half pounds per dozen 1t
would be we'll if this matter received
more attention, and if breeders in at
tempting TO improve the laying quail
ties of their flocks should strive to add
size to number. Both are valuable
qualities, and both should receive at
tention. 1t may never happen that
eggs will be sold by the weight, be-
cause of the greater convenience in
counting them out, but large eggs will
always be worth more to the consumer
than small ones, and will sell more
readily. So that, whether the poultry
man consumes the eggs in his own fam
lily or sells them to consumers, he will
find that size is profitable quality
american Poultry Yard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
The Poultry Yard.

Numbered with the many things Of
general interest told in The Poultry
World are the following:
There is no economy in keeping roost-
ers after the breeding season is passed.
and economy is necessity with the
poultorer; also if one wishes to preserve
eggs those from hens with male will
not keep so we'll as others.
Feathers on the legs of any breed are
or should be, considered a nuisance
They ought to be discarded as point
and eliminated by careful breeding
Feathers are as troublesome to the fowl
during wet or freezing weather as to the
picker at dressing time
Every drop of kerosene will spread
over a spot as large as a silver dollar.
Time is worth too much to spend it
brushing oil on the roosts. Buy small
water pot with fine rose. Put in it IA
quart of oil and sprinkle the roosts, floor
and walls quickly. Two applications,
a week apart, will make things blue for
lice and mites
If you clean up the buildings, don't
stop there, but every nestbox and roost
should be painted white with mixture
of strong lime and half pint Of crude
carbolic acid to every bucket Of liquid
lime. Vermin can be kept out by such
cleaning, but it should be done every
two months during the summer.
There is more money and less trouble
In producing eggs than in raising broil-
ers or roastcrS Eggs are a finished prod
uct and require no feeding and fussing
with, no risk of loss, and at the last no
bleeding, scalding and picking, as do
chicks All this work takes time and
strength articles in which many poul-
terers are deficient Eggs bring cash at
once without waiting. There is no dan
ger Of overproduction, as present offer.
ings show,
Poultry vermin are at the bottom Of
more trouble among fowls than any
other one thing. Many advise the direct
killing of any bird that droops, because
it seldom pays TO doctor one, But many
times good hen acts sick because of
the lice or mites which are preying upon
her. and a good busting with insect
powder or greasing will put her to
rights again SO she will begin to lay
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
GOOD AND BAD BLOOD.
The Weak Point in the Spring,
MEDICINE THEORY.

We are told that the source Of three
fourths Of our diseases Is in our blood. that
a good purgatve three or four times a year
will keep us in good health. Is this so OF
isn't it? 1t may be all right for strong, fat
people, people whose blood is too rich For
thin people it certainly is not good. Dyspep-
tics, consumptives, pale thin, anBmic peo-
pie suffer from poor blood, a scarcity Of red
corpuscles. No purgative or so-called blood
medicine can help them.
" The blood is the life" yes, but what
makes the blood? Food Good food is all
that is needed to make poor blood rich.
Paskola, the rich pre-digested starch food,
very purpose.
There is no difficulty in understanding
why it is that small quantity OF Paskola
will do so much good. 1t is made out of
mans most important food, starch. In or
der to help the weak stomach it Is pre-
digested.
Any good pure tasty starch food will do
you as much good as Paskola if you can di-
gest it. II you can't, nothing will do you
good, except Paskola, for it is already d.
gested.
Paskola is not blood medicine. 1t is
food that enriches the blood. 1t also helps
the digestion of other food.
1t makes thin, PALE poor-blooded people
so fat and healthy that their friends can
hardly recognize them.
Mr.. James 9. Collin, Of Syracuse, N. Y,
says: I" Paskola is indeed food, and a
royal one, too. | have already gained six
and one-half pounds"
Send for descriptive pamphlet to
THE PRE-DlGESTEO FOOD co., 30 Reade ST., N. y
w. E. TERRILL & CO.
o state Street. Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
MONEY WELL SPENT
Is DOUBLY EARNED;
THINK 1T OVER
As you read this and consider
these instances.

Take the case of Mr.. Peter Dulac, Jr.,
who works in the pulp mill at Fair
field, Me. He is Woodworking, indus
trious man, but his blood became im-
pure, and he became so run down that
he had to give up work. Aliens Sarsa-
parilla Strengthened him out. That
was money we'll spent. Read what he
says: FAIRFIELD, MAINE,
GENTLEMEN Il want you to know
what your Sarsaparilla has done for me.
was troubled with impure blood, and
although l have always been a strong,
tough man, l had to give up work. Ny
skin was all covered with blotches. The
doctors here said it was eczema. They
treated me, but in vain. | kept growing
worse. One day while in Mr.. Carle-
toms drug store, he desired me to try
Aliens Sarsaparilla, and said he knew
it would cure me. l commenced to use
it and before had taken one bottle,
was able to go to work. took two
bottles and felt that was cured. This
spring | took two bottles more, and
can say that am now in better health
than for ten years. | work hard every
day, and have had no signs of my old
troubles returning. l believe am cured
as it has now been a year or more since
taking the first bottle. Yours, PETER
DULAC, In. E. P. MAYO, witness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

need water in summer for the same
reason that warm blooded animals in
general need it, and for the additional
reason that they are arti6cially devel-
oped as milk producers and milk pro
duction demands water. Water should
be furnished in the pasture so they
can drink during the heat of the day
and at other times if they desire. Many
pastures have no natural supply of
water.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

81 have given Bovinine in
quite a number of cases of
Cholera Infantum and the So
called summer complaints of
children, and have been CRATE
full beyond my expectations
with the results.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
Water for Cows.

Milk is about eighty-seven per cent
water. TO produce good yield of
milk without plenty of water is impos-
sible. The water of milk is taken from
the blood. Diminishing the water in
the blood creates thirst and fever. Pro-
fuse perspiration makes person thirsty
because the fluid perspired comes from
the blood and not enough is left to an
swer physiological requirements. Cows
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

HAY-RACKs should not be above the
troughs, as they cause the animals to
inhale dust. The proper place for a
hay rack is on the floor, alongside of the
trough, so that the animal can eat by
standing above the food.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS or THE
~ TOWN, VILLAGE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
or MONTPELIER, VT-The town and highway
tax bills of the town OF Montpelier the village and
highway tax bills Of the village OF Montpelier and
of 1894, having been put in my hands for collection,
as provided by law, you are hereby notified to pay
the amount OF your taxes to me at the Montpelier
National Bank of Montpelier, within ninety 1907
days from the date of this notice.
LEVI IL. BIXBY,
Treasurer of town, village and Union
School district of Montpelier,
Montpelier, July ?, 1884,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
IT'S WORTH 1T.

You'd have to be rich to pay $1,000 a
bottle for Aliens Sarsaparlla, but here's
a man who says it is we'll worth that
sum. Read what he writes regarding
this famous remedy.
KENNEBUNK, Me. l cannot express
too forcibly the gratitude feel for what
Aliens Sarsaparlla has done for me. l
am now 70 years old, and for sixty years
| have suffered from Acute rheumatism.
AT the age of 10 contracted this terri
BILE disease by exposure, and it has chung
to me all my life. The disease was
mostly in my right hip and back.
have suffered terribly at times, so much
SO that in ten minutes it would seem as
though | suffered the agonies of life
time. Doctors and medicine seemed to
do no good until this spring, when I
bought bottle of Aliens Sarsaparilla
for my blood. 1t is wonderful medi-
cine. 1t seemed as though | could feel
it going through every vein, and before
l had taken half bottle l could feel the
rheumatism leaving me. Now I have
taken but one bottle and am free from
the disease for the first time in sixty
years, l am cured. One thousand
dollars would not cover the value of this
one bottle of Aliens Sarsaparilla to me.
[Signed1 ELIJAH BUELL..
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
SIT. LOUIS WITHOUT
Canadian Pacific Railway

A Through Sleeping Car will leave as follows
every Monday: Portland s.i5 a, NJ, Fabyan's 1880
r. NJ, st. Johnsbury 3i3 p. NJ, Berths reserved at
Canadian Pacific Railway office, No. 1877 Washington
street Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers CasJori9
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18
THE STATION AGENT SPEAKS.

Salt Rheum is very uncomfortable
disease, and is very obstinate and hard
to cure. Mr., c. E. Keys, Station Agent
at the Maine Central Railroad at Rock
land, who is so well known that his tes-
tmony is valuable, was cured of his
Salt Rheum by Aliens Sarsaparilla.
RocKLAND, Me. GcRtlemeR;- / wish
to give my testimonial for Aliens Sarsa-
parilla, as it has cured me of a very dis
agreeable disease l had Salt Rheum
all over my hands, and could get nothing
to help me, until began using Aliens
Sarsaparilla had not taken it but a.
short time when the disease began tb
disappear. BY the time l had taken one
bottle was all well, and have seen no
signs Of it since. Since taking your
valuable medicine have been in perfect
health in every way, but l believe l
would be sick now if had not used it.
It is worth $500 bottle and would be
cheap at that price. c. +. KEYS, M. c.
r. K. Station.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-07-18

Numbered with the many things of
general interest told in The Poultry
World are the following: