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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
Experiment Station Bulletin,

The Vermont experiment station at
Burlington has just issued Bulletin AZ
on Commercial Fertilizers, "-giving
the guarantees and analyses of ninety.
two distinct brands sold in the state
this year, with their money valuations.
This bulletin also includes twenty-four
pages of matter explanatory of fertil-
izers and fertilization, explaining, O
the principles governing the use of fer
tilizers; (2) the elements of plant food
(3) the materials used in commercial
fertilizers, their description, source
and composition; (D the specific action
of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
upon vegetable growth; (5) the selec.
ton, purchase and use of commercial
fertilizers; (6) explanation of terms
used in fertilizer guarantees and an
alyses. 1t is thought that this bulletin
will prove helpful to farmers who use
com mercial fertilizers, inasmuch as it
not only gives analyses of all the brands
in the state, but explains the same and
indicates the best method of selection,
purchase and use. The bulletin will be
sent free of charge to any address upon
application. A postal card addressed
to the Experiment Station, Burlington,
VT, is sufficient.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12

or the Juice of ripe fruit, II the skin is
broken: but when nectar is plenty in
the flowers, they seldom take notice of
anything but honey. When citizen
of Illinois, the writer had an apiary Of
over hundred stands OF bees, and
during a hot, dry summer, when the
flowers were yielding no honey, a
neighbor, who had few dozen grape
vines in bearing, complained that my
bees were destroying all his grapes,
and when told that bees did not injure
sound fruit he was incredulous, and
said he would prefer to believe his own
eyes, and invited me over to see for
myself. On our arrival we found his
grape vines swarming with bees, but in
all cases they were sucking about
wounded grapes, cut by birds, ETC.,
cracked open or rotting; but argu-
ment was of no avail; he would have it
that my bees were aggressors. So l
told him would put my bees to very
severe test, by placing a few punches
of his ripest and sweetest but sound
grapes at the entrance of my most pop
ulous colonies, which we accordingly
did; and, although they remained there
about week, not grape was injured
in any way, although the bloom was all
worn off by the bees climbing over
them, and the grapes considerably
withered by the heat of the sun. Bees
are like all other living things-when
pressed with hunger they will eat any
thing accessible that will satisfy their
wants, whether it is legitimate food or
mot ~
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
Progressive Farming.

The best home market for American
grains is the farm. Taking cattle as
the class of live stock in which farmers
are perhaps most interested, it may be
mentioned that there are in this coun-
try 100000 cows, and this estimate
does not include steers and calves. 1t
requires $1,000, 900 acres of land to sup
port these COWS, and the value of the
agricultural implements and machinery
required in the cattle industry is esti-
mated at 5000, ,000-an enormous
sum for a single department of agricul-
ture. 1t is also estimated that million
of horses are required in the industry,
and employment is given $50 900 men.
These COWS and horses consume 30, 000,.
900 tons of hay, 10000, 900 bushels of
corn-meal, 275 100000 bushels of oats,
$4,000 900 bushels of oatmeal, 100000
bushels of bran, and 5000 900 bushels
of corn. 1t costs about $3.50, 900, 900 to
feed this stock, and the wages paid for
labor may be estimated at $4,000, 900.
The feeding of so much grain and hay
at home saves transportation to market
and curtails expenses in many ways.
The food is simply converted into some
other salabe product, however, as the
COW is the agent which the farmer uses
for marketing his bulky products in
more concentrated forms, such as but
ter, milk and cheese. The value of the
product from the 100000 COWS has
been estimated, allowing twelve cents
per gallon as the value of milk, at $780,
100000 annually Gncluding also the
value of butter and cheese), and yet
such large sum is only about $50 per
COW. 1t is difficult to arrive at a cor
rect knowledge of the value of all dairy
products, but the estimates are low in
order TO keep within bounds. There is
a large amount of food, such as pasture
grass, which may be added to the cost,
and the food used for steers and calves
is also enormous. The home market
for farm products is still further en-
larged when the horses, sheep, swine
and poultry are included. This home
market would be improved and enlarged
if farmers were unanimous in their OPP
position in their use of scrub stock
With the advance of the thorough
breds has followed better system of
feeding, larger product, and higher
quality, but this country is yet in a
primitive condition of cattle-raising in
many respects. The common stock
holds its ground tenaciously, owing to a
lack of education by farmers, as a class,
regarding the merits of the breeds.
When the use of better stock becomes
leading feature on all farms, it will be
difficult to supply the wants of this
country in feeding stuffs. We will
have still better home market for
grain, and will send abroad more butter,
cheese, condensed milk, and meats,
while the profits from farming will be
greater because of the use of superior
animals which give larger returns at
less cost than Observation-Disclosures
Record
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
AGRICULTURAL.
Family Financiering.

"They tell me you work for dollar day.
How is 1t you clothe your boys on such payP"
4" know you will think 1t conceited and queer.
But do 1t because I'm good financier
"There's Pete John, Jim and Joe, and william and
Ned
A half. dozen boys to be clothed and fed,
And buy for them all good, plain victuals to
eat
But clothng-I only buy clothing for Pete,
"when Pete's clothes are too small for him to
get on
My wife makes 'em over and gives em to John.
"when for John, who is ten. they have grown out
of date,
" when for Jim they'v become too ragged to fix,
She Just makes 'em over for joe who is six.
And when little Joseph can wear them no more,
She just makes em over for Bill, who is four.
And when for young Bill they no longer will do,
She just makes 'em for Ned who is two.
$50 you see If get enough clothing for Pete,
The family is furnished with clothing complete"
Rut when Ned has through with the clothing, and
when
He has thrown it asde-what do you do with it
them"
I" why once more round, the circle complete,
And begin to use it for patches for Pete"
Yankee Blade
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12

Is the Foundation OF
the Wonderful Cures by
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
Number of Corn Plants on An Acre.

When corn ground is checked three
feet eight inches each way, the number
of hills on an acre is 3 240. In order to
get 100 bushels of corn per acre, there
must be an average of three quite large
ears, or their equivalent, in each hill.
1t would seem that three good stalks
should come as near to producing the
required amount of grain as any larger
number of stalks in hill, although
some of our stations say otherwise.
The Illinois station says: "The results
of many trials suggest that most farm
ers in central Ohio and Illinois have at
tached undue importance to early plant
ing and frequent cultivation, especially
after the corn has made fair growth;
and that they have attached quite too
little importance to securing a uniform
stand, with at least 10000 stalks per
acre." This number of stalks per acre
gives an average of one stalk to slightly
less than linear foot in the row, but
not quite an average of four stalks TO
the hill. The average yield of corn per
acre in the United States is less than
thirty bushels. One stalk per hill, in
checks three feet eight inches each
way, should give us one-hundredth of
a bushel of corn, or at the rate of thirty
two bushels per acre. One hundred
bushels per acre are rarely obtained,
and we are forced to believe that each
stalk in hill of three or four stalks
cannot be expected to yield large ear
of corn, or two small ones. If it did,
the one.hundred- bushel mark would be
easily reached. In naturally fertile
land, three stalks should produce big
yield of corn, and in thinner soils, two
stalks will produce more grain than
three stalks. But we do not grow corn
for grain only. Except in the great
natural corn regions, the fodder is a
very material part of the food obtained
in the crop. The man keeping three or
four horses, and as many cows, finds
the stover from seven or eight acres all
the coarse food needed from November
till April, provided it is of good quality
and properly saved. The quality and
quantity depend upon the number of
stalks per acre, the thicker seeding Civ.
ing both quality and quantity. For
this reason, it is often advisable to have
three stalks in hill in soil that would
produce as much merchantable corn on
two stalks. 1t is one thing to grow
grain for market, and another to grow
food for stock that includes the slower
as well as the grain. In the latter case,
quite thick seeding suits me best
New England Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
Bees Injurlng Fruit.

A writer in Farmers Voice says:
"From my own experience and obser-
vations, and the writings of our closest
students of nature, our domestic hive
bee does not injure perfectly sound
and whole fruit of any kind, no matter
how ripe, tender or luscious. But
STOP says the objector; Il have my
self seen them by the thousand on my
tender grapes and peaches in dry, hot
weather. Admit it. l have seen the
same; but when you examine closely
you will find that they are working ex-
clusively on fruit that has either
cracked open, been bitten or is decay
ing. 1t is almost an impossibility for the
common hive bee to break the skin
of fruit; they are not built for that
purpose; their mandibles are made
for working warm wax in comb-build-
ing, and are comparatively as smooth
and round as the ends of the human
fingers without nails, and as incapable
of tearing. AS an evidence OF this,
they are not capable of splitting or
tearing open the nectar. When honey
Is scarce bees will collect any saccha-
rine matter that comes within their
reach, such as maple and sorghum sap,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
The Pleasure OF Gardening.

J. w. Newton, Stowe, VT, gives
some good advice in the New York
Tribune. 1t may be little late to start
farm garden, but his remarks are
worthy of careful perusal. Mr.. New
ton says: "Almost every farmer has
some kind of garden. Few have such
a garden as they might. Some people
haven't good place for garden. The
soil near the house is too wet or too
rocky. 1t is best to grow some garden
crops in the field. There they can be
cultivated with the horse. Weeds are
the terror of the farm garden, and if
they can be killed by horse power it is
a great saving. So sweet corn, all
beans, squashes, early potatoes and the
like should be grown where the Guilt
vator can be used among them, but not
too far from the house. There is a
real pleasure in getting the ground
ready, putting in seeds and watching
them grow. There is pleasure in hav-
ing fine vegetables to eat and sell.
All the family should share in this
pleasure. The wife and mother, the
one who has the indoor work to do,
should have the privilege of watching
tu6 RrOWluS plduto. Oue SHOULD get
out among them every fair day; she
should learn to love the garden. A
part of it may grow Towering plants,
and no farmer should grudge the land
for this. Where there are children the
garden should be place of pleasure
and of getting knowledge. In fighting
weeds they learn lesson as to what
must be done to gain success in any
field in life. The profit of the garden
is twofold-the profit of selling and the
profit of using for food. As to the lat
ter, farmers table may be supplied
with fresh vegetables from his garden
every day during the season. Few
farmers know how much food may be
grown upon an acre, or tenth or six.
teenth Of an acre, when it is devoted to
garden vegetables. Suppose family
were cast away, Crusoe.like, on rich
and fertile island, with plenty of garden
seeds and implements. How much
land would 1t take to keep one man or
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12

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 consti-
tutional disease, and it therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Hall's
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 a 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.
Ca Sold by druggists at rs cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
SHORT LUMB Err.
Live Stock Market,

Gs.-,Western fat swine, live 4}la5c; Northern
dressed hogs, SIC * ID.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep in lots. 81. 2.5Od3 each;
extra, S35Od5-or 205c e ID. Lambs. ldI6c q n.
MARKET BEEF. A few choice 26ds: extra as 256
5'5: first quality st75g5; second quality. S375a4.5O;
third quality, 53d375.
STORE Working oxen, per pair. s6odl45;
farrow cows, Sl,@22; fancy cows s. a70 milch cows
and calves, s2O9s yearlings. Ssdl6 two years old,
Sl2029; three years old, 220d32,
HIDES TALLow AND sK1Ns.-Brighton hides.
7ds1ac n 10 tallow 3dic. Country hides 81, d7c;
tallow. 2d2lSc. Calf skins sOcd2l 30: sheared skins
lOa3oc; lamb skins, 2Od25c dairy skins, 5cd65c.
VEAL CALvEs.-Veals were in better demand than
last week. and prices &c Il h better. b. NJ. Kicker
sold 20 calves, average lal2O TBS, at 3q513c b n;
Libby Brothers sold IS calves. average l20 MS at SC
e. h; S. II. Wardwell sold % calves at SIC II h.
CATTLE The supply was large; butchers would
not pay by 14c as much as last week. II. N. Clark
sold a bunch of about Is head at 453c q ~ Sturt
evant Haley bought several lots of beef cattle at
5Gjc b h. live weight b. NJ. Kicker. bull of l2O
lbs. at 21ac b b.
Mich Cows.-A good line of cows. and specua-
tors seemed more ready to purchase than last week.
at steady prices. T. A. Berry sold 10 mich at
$40 each; 5. II. wardwell sold slim COW at s34 ?
choice cows at S55 each do at $50; H. NJ. Lowe sold
extra milch cows at sI5 each.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12

woman or child in food2 II you had
plenty of manure, on how large a piece
of ground could you grow your own
food? Pleasure, profit and health come
together on the table in the farmhouse
when well grown and nicely-prepared
vegetables and garden fruits are placed
upon it. The husbands skill in grow.
ing and the wife's skill in cooking are
here combined for the welfare OF the
home. Many home might be made
happier by good garden. White
bread, pork and potatoes, as a regular
hot weather ration, do not tend to
health or happiness. But what pleas
ure the family takes 10 watching the
growing of the early radishes and peas
AMI asparagus-the first fresh vegeta-
bles OF the season. How they break
up the monotony of the farm life! So
the garden is, in every way, blessing.
The profit which comes from selling
early vegetables is greater than many
suppose. A great many cents, and five
and ten-cent pieces, come in where
there are things to sell from the garden.
In some country villages most people
have gardens, and the only way to sell
is to get ahead of them. Garry bushel
of peas or a few punches of rhubsrb
into town before the folks there have
them in their gardens, and they meet
with a ready sale. In larger places
there are usually plenty of people to
sell to if what you offer is ahead of the
season. To some farmers it would be
small business carrying twenty-five or
fifty cents worth of garden stuff to sell,
but to hundreds of families an addition
of S. or SO or S25 to their income
would lift burdens and greatly add to
their happiness. Use lots more ma.
nure than you think is enough. Get
good seed, and kill all the weeds as soon
as you can see them. Then you will
be likely to find pleasure, profit and
health in the garden"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
Clipped and Condensed.

THE bee is friend to the fruit
grower, and the fruit grower should re-
member this, and not spray poison on
the trees when in bloom.
THE laws of breeding hold among
bees as among our higher amin ais, says
writer. BY careful selection in
breeding we may greatly improve them.
A WRITER in the American Bee Jour.
nal says string kept saturated with
coal oil and tied around the hives will
prevent ants from nesting under the
cover.
WHEN horse refuses his food, it is
sure indication that something is
wrong. 1t is better, however, to delay
giving any kind of medicine until few
hours have passed, unless it is case of
some slight ailment that will soon cor
rect itself.
BRAN is an excellent ration for
horses, especially if fed with cut hay, as
it is not as heating as corn and con-
tains more mineral matter than the
whole grain. Bran and ground oats
mixed make an excellent combination
for summer.
A NOON rest for work-hOrses should
not be restricted to too short a period
of time. 1t is better TO get the teams
out early and give them two hours rest
during the middle of the day than to
drive the horses too hard when the heat
of the sun is oppressive.
BITTER milk comes from bad feed.
The rag weed, which follows crop of
rye or oats, dog fennel, bitter weed,
and the like, although but very little
may be eaten, will often impart bitter
flavor to the milk of cows pastured in
such field. Even this trouble can be
overcome.
WHERE general purpose COW now
yields profit, it may be safely said
that special purpose one would do
still better, if the breed best adapted to
the existing circumstances was selected.
Is is not always wise maxim to " let
well enough alone.p There is no such
thing as "well enough"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-12
G21 M Warranted Solid Gold CIT ~
S0A w. Beautiful Chased Holder S0AgN/0/

You durability
reduced &100 duab ready
the ink flowing steadily uniformly They are
all Mont
pier vicinity Orders received from all the country
Money refunded satisfactory BY mail postage paid
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RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for Wholede lots mot jo65H0
prices unless otherwise indicated, and are intended
to represent actual sales.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23
SHE WIS TIRED OF LIVING.
A Female Patient at the Pest House
Attempts to Take Her Life,
Swallowed a Large Amount Of
Carbolic Acid With Suicidal In.
tent - Thought She Would be
Marked and Therefore Did Not
Want to Live She is Closely
Watched Now.

Ella Tuttle, one of the smallpox pa
tients at the pest house, made a sensa-
tional attempt to end her existence
early Sunday morning. The case for
the rash act was her belief that the dis
ease would disfgure her face.
One day last week the Health Officer.
DR.. J. G.. Walden, made his customary
call at the pest house, and before leav-
ing took drink of brandy as he was
not feeling well. He accidentally
picked up the wrong bottle, and small
quantity of carbOlic acid passed his lips
before he realized his mistake. The
girl was watching him from her bed
and after the doctor left she inquired
of the nurse regarding the contents Of
the bottle. She also wanted to know if
il would cause death and wondered if
her body wo I'D be exhumed if she died,
and whether her relatives would be
permitted to attend the funeral. The
nurse placed the bottle over the bed oc-
cupied by the Tuttle girl, and thought
no more of the matter.
Saturday night, or early Sunday
morning, the girl got out of her bed.
and succeeded in making her way TO
the bottle. She swallowed most of it's
contents, and when discovered i'm the
morning was unconscious and sinking
rapidly. The nurse applied some sim
pie family remedies and the Health
Officer arrived within a short time.
Her condition was then so serious that
he despaired Of saving her life. How
ever, under the influence of powerful
restOratives, she regained conscious
ness, and then commenced vomiting.
She is now on the fair road to recovery.
The girls home is on Coal street in
the North End, but she has been en-
ployed as a domestic in a family on
Sixteenth street. When the Health Of
ficer visited her, she appeared to think
she would die, and if she recovered
would be marked. The doctor assured
her that she was getting along nicely.
and that she would be marked from the
disease but slightly. Since her unsuc-
cessful attempt. she has asked DR.. Wal
den to give her something to kill her.
She is being closely watched night and
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
Plthilv Told

Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PIthny Told.
The date for the fireworks display
at Mozart Park by the Pains has been
changed to September Sd.
Labor day promises to De big hol-
iday.
Both Opera Houses announce at
fractions for next week.
The Board of Public Works is wild
ening the pavements on Thirteenth
street, above Byron.
Prof Shields was in the city last
evening.
Superintendent of Schools Lewis
made a flying visit to the city yester-
day. He is in Parkersburg to-day.
"A whitewash was reg. g.stered in May
or Ca,dwell's court yesterday morning.
The Council Committee on Police IS
called to meet this evening at 1880
o'clock.
The Pastime Fishing Club, which
has been in camp for some time about
a mile above Powhatan, will break
camp to-day and return home. Capt
Mike Travis and John Lantry report
having an excellent time and that the
boys are all fat and hearty.
AS per notice in another column,
Messrs. Plume & Pekari have dissolved
partnership amicably, but will continue
to sell their goods as heretofore. Mr.
Plume will attend to the trade out Of
the city while Mr.. Pekari will attend to
the city and suburban trade.
The members of Garfield Assembly,
T.
to meet at Beethoven Hall Saturday
morning at $50 o'clock.
The Council Cimmittee on Police
will meet Monday night The Commit
tee on Streets. Alleys and Grades is
called for this evening
One plain drunk was in The lookup
last night.
The Central Garden Club will give
a dance at their new club hoIse on
Friday evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-23
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WAREHOUSES; BURNED.
THE IRON TRADE.

Cleveland, o.. August 22,-The Iron
Trade Review says: Advances in
Bessemer pig iron gray forge steel
billets and wire rods have taken place
i'm the past week. Considerable Besse-
mer iron has been taken up and the
price has advanced % cents, transac-
tious ranging from S19.S5 TO $14O0 in
the valley, while sales of upwards Of
25,OoO tons have been made In the
Cleveland district. The situation is
the strongest in several weeks. Forge
iron is higher. sales having been made
at $500 to 1929 at Pittsburg, while
S11.75 is the lowest valley quotation.
The meeting of bar iron manufactur-
ers in Cleveland Tuesday made no
change i'm prices.