The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-10
Clipped and Condensed.

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brings the highest price. After the
hog reaches certain stage, the cost OF
each additional pound is increased.
MILK and eggs are two articles that
are always sold for cash, and they en-
able the farmer to receive daily returns.
He does not have to wait for harvest
time for such products.
Do not pillow a piece of ground and
leave it naked. Grow something on ii
to turn under. II the land will not pro.
duce crop, let it be gaining in fer
tility, so as to prove profitable the next
year.
THE function of the queen bee, says
a writer, is simply to lay eggs and thus
keep the colony populous. This she
does with considerate energy. A good
queen when at her best will lay 1900 or
5000 eggs in day.
To be a horse-breeder, says an ex-
change, one must have natural ability,
but there must also be long, careful
study and training. No department of
agriculture requires more perfect knowl-
edge to make it a success.
No farm can be complete without
feel able to buy one, go to the woods
and make one some time when the
ground is too wet to work. There are
very few seasons the roller is not
needed
AN experienced sheep-grower 6nds
it good rule to retain about ten per
cent of the best eve lambs, aud to sell
that proportion of the oldest sheep
every year. This keeps up the infusion
of young blood and steadily enhances
the value of the stock.
The rag-weed which follows crop of
rye or oats, dog fennel, bitter weed and
the like, although little may be eaten,
will often impart bitter flavor to the
milk of cows pastured in such field.
Even this trouble can be overcome.
A WISE outlay is not extravaganza.
There is no money in following cheap
methods with stock. Pay literally for
good breeding animals, and continue
the standard by giving the best care
and food. The outlay is little more,
but the net returns are more every time.
THERE is always one excellent SUBJ
stitute for clover or timothy hay when
the crop is short, and that is millet. 1t
is seldom that millet fails, and it yields
a large supply on rich land. Being a
summer crop, it grows rapidly and de-
stroys weeds by crowding them and
keeping the land shaded.
If the farmer is content to raise the
small horse for his own use, he must
not complain by and by that he cannot
sell him. On the other hand, if he
breeds for the heavy-draft market, ex-
perience shows that he will get enough
small and medium horses to use, while
the extra large animals will always sell
readily.
If two and one-half year old steer
can be turned off at a better profit,
weighing ,250 pounds, than if kept un-
til three years old, and brought to a
weight of 1000 pounds, it would be
folly to hold him. The older an animal
gets the more it costs to put on flesh,
and cattlemen are adopting the policy
of feeding off earlier.
THE majority of farmers should de-
pend upon raising their own dairy
stock. This should be done more
pecially at the present time. And the
advantage is that the heifers can be
raised in proper manner and adapted
to the farm, which could not come from
frequent changes in ownership.
A PLOw in Germany has been worked
successfully with electricity, and in this
country an electric weed-killer has been
tested which kills the weeds, the cur
rent being generated on the car, pass
ing out through a brush, and from
thence it is brought in contact with
the weeds. The circuit is completed
through the wheels of the car and the
ground.
ALL the stock on a farm must be
carefully observed. Each individual
should be kept under careful watch, 80
as to guard against disease or a reduc.
ton of flesh or product. The loss of
appetite by one animal may be due to
some cause that can affect the whole,
and by attending to the matter in time
there may be great saving in prevent
ing ailments among the other members
of the flock or herd.
EVERY farmer should have few
sheep in order to save much of the ma.
terial growth that would be wasted
Sheep will eat great many plants
which cattle reject, and they Craze close
to the ground. Young and tender weeds
are delicacies to sheep, and they, there
fore, assist in Kidding the fields of such
pests. A small flock of mutton sheer
should be kept, if for no other purpose
than to supply the family with choice
meat.