The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Clipped and Condensed.

ONE Of the best ways of increasing
the appetite of horse is to change his
diet.
IN addition TO its value as stock
feed, the roots of the clover make one
of the very best fertilizers for other
crops.
THE constant squealer fattens slowly,
because cOntentment is necessary to
the taking on of flesh. The squealer is
never contented.
THE merino sheep is naturally
long-lived, slow-maturing animal, and
one that, if properly cared for, pays
well in the amount of wool clipped.
TALL trees are not necessary in the
orchard. The higher they are, the
greater the cost of gathering and
the more loss by windfalls. Prune
young trees 30 as to make the head 8
low.
EXPERIMENTS have been made with
planting wet wheat by Washington
farmers, and it has been found that not
more than one-third of it will grow, and
that which does grow yields a weak and
inferior stalk.
A HORSES condition doesn't mean
the outward appearance alone, but the
strength TO endure hard work and
maintain health. 1t takes liberal feed
ing and plenty of exercise, and re-
quires time to produce.
IT is not necessary to warm the
drinking water, but it is very important
that it be pure at this season. The
water goes into the milk, and when the
COWS drink from surface water in the
fields they pass it to the consumers.
NOTHING will be gained by planting
seed in the ground unless there is suffi-
cient warmth in the soil to terminate
the seed and give the young plants a
good start, while the chances are, in
cod soil, that the seed will fail to ger
inmate.
Do not feed the little chicks too
heavily, or the result will be bowel dis
ease and leg weakness. Three meals a
day are sufficient, but small proper
ton of millet seed should be scattered
over their runs in order to keep them
busy scratching. Exercise is as i'm.
portant for them as the food.
THE more you can induce the lambs
to eat, the faster they will grow and
the sooner they will reach the market
Ground oats make the best grain food.
Place it where they can eat all they de-
sire. Feed the ewes literally also, il
order to provide the very young lambs
with plenty of milk.
For the table, SOW beet seed as early
as can be done. Also parsnips ant
radishes. Beets are a luxury if the
early and tender varieties are used
The ground should be very rich. Beets
that are grown for stock are unsuitable
for the table, though they are frequent,
used for such purposes.
If mich COW is desired, her beef
producing qualities must not be consid
cred. A COW that converts food int
milk is not one to produce beef. Th,
breeds for beef are not regarded as but
ter or milk producers, though individ
uals occasionally excel in that direction
The dairyman should select breeds tina
are reliable for conforming to the re
quirements of the dairy, leaving tn,
value Of the cows as beet producers GU
of his estimates altogether.
IT has been proved by experiment
thoe iohuOh PuiPiO, Pdlio Slocu du'
white arsenic, when applied upon foil
age along with bordeaux mixture, d,
less injury than when applied in waite
alone; that london purple and pari
green are not more injurious to foliag,
when applied in resin mixture; tina
foliage will suffer greater injury wher
arsenites are used in sulphate of coppei
solution, strong soapy mixture and eat
celeste, or iron chloride solution.
A WRITER in turf journal gives the
following rule to estimate the height {
colt will grow to: Take colt at any
time between six weeks and one year
stand him on level surface so that he
will stand naturally, then measure the
distance from the hair of his hoof to his
knee joint, and for every inch or frac-
ton thereof he measures he will be
hands high when matured. If he
measures fifteen inches he will grow to
be fifteen hands high; if 155 inches, he
will grow to be 15t hands high, and SO