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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
The Butter Product.

Only a few days ago good lady
butter-maker sent for me to come and
test her cows. There were seven in
the herd, three of which went below
three per cent of butter fats, the others
average of the whole herd was three
and one-half per cent. About twenty.
four pounds of their milk would be re-
CURED to make one pound of butter.
She said they were getting about ITO
pounds of milk per day, but she made
only eighteen pounds of butter per
week, so my test must be wrong AS
we ate at the supper table she, her hus-
band and the hired man had good
laugh at the man who followed the
farmers institutes and wrote agricul.
tural articles for the farm papers. The
good woman lost her temper when told
that she lost nearly half her butter be
tween her cows and the butter bowl,
and would not believe the test that
showed over one per cent of butter fat
in her skim milk. To satisfy her that
the test was all right, l promised the
next day to go through with it all again,
also testing the buttermilk. The result
was startling. The second test showed
3.3 per cent of butter fats in the whole
milk, IL per cent in the skim milk and
at least one-tenth of one per cent in the
buttermilk. From 224 pounds OF milk,
which should have given her at least
eight and two thirds pounds of butter,
she got only four pounds seven ounces,
or a trifle less than one-half the butter
in the milk, the rest being wasted or
lost in the skim milk and buttermilk.
She is not convinced yet, and / am
going over with separator some day
just to show her. And the truth is that
fully one-third of the butter makers in
New York state are using the same ap.
planes, under about the same condi-
tons that this one is. The most ex
asperating thing about it all is they
won't believe you when you show them
wherein they are losing money. Such
people will pay S. to some travelling
fraud for the secret" of doubling the
amount of butter obtained from milk
(add rennet and churn the whole milk,
thus getting the cheese with the butter
in one mess, that tastes fairly when
fresh, but soon spoils and has no market
value), but won't believe competent
instructor who demonstrates by actual
test that they are getting only half the
actual butter fats by their present pro-
cesses. American Agriculturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

November than the frost-bitten grass
on the mowings. Sowed corn is poor
stuff. SO is corn cut before it has reached
the roasting stage. 1t should begin to be
glazed before it is cut to be at its best.
Men are finding that ensilage makes
more milk than corn in any other form.
They find, too, that it is much less
labor to fill silo in short time than
to cut and draw corn or any other green
feed daily for the cows. But all our
farming lands are not corn land. There
are great many acres of moving lands
in this state which will not bear good
corn without so much labor that it will
not pay. Hard, stony, wet lands will
bear grass if top-dressed often enough
to keep up their fertility. They can be
moved year after year and will bear
good crops of hay. Such lands do not
seem to be harmed as much by letting
the cattle run on them late in the fall
as higher and drier land. But we think
that farmers will find that it does not
pay to feed such mowings late. 1t may
do to feed short time in the early fall,
but far better way in most sections
would be to put on enough dressing to
enable the land to bear two crops of hay
in season. Then the first crop should
be cut very early, so that the second
will have time to grow. But this is not
everywhere practicable. In some places
the snow lies on late, the grass starts
late, and by the time the second crop is
large enough to cut, the sunshine lasts
only little while; the dews are very
heavy and do not dry off till nearly
noon, and it is, in most seasons, almost
impossible to cure the second crop so
that it can be packed away. In such
cases, the only economical way seems
to be to let the cattle run on them a
short time. Even then it might be
better to let the grass remain to protect
its own roots through the winter.
j. w. NEWTON.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
For POultry-Raisers.

Many reason that if dozen hens
will give their owner a good yearly
profit, another dozen would double the
profits. This is big mistake, and one
to be avoided if you expect to realize
good profits. q. j. Daniels of Toronto
writes that his advice is not to put two
dozen hens in space that is only big
enough for one dozen. With less space
they are overcrowded, and with over
crowding comes loss of tone and
vigor, making the fowlsl more suscep-
tible to disease, vermin more easily
finds a foothold, and great many evils
of the poultry-yard are traceable to an
overcrowded flock. Experience teaches
US that health is as necessary to the or
ganism Of fowl as it is in the human
family. When the organs of man are
deranged he can neither appear to so
good advantage nor do anything so we'll
as when all parts of his physical ma
chinery are intact and properly ad-
justed, and the same conditions hold
good in a fowl. AS to whether fanciers
are benefit to the community, G. J.
Devlin, an authority on poultry raising,
says: /" Wherever poultry shows have
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
Best Feed for Cows.

Cows fed on straw and roots probably
produce not only more milk, but that
of better quality, if fed we'll bal
anced ration of g cd, aromatic, easily
digested foods. If, however, ration is
reasonably good, aud cattle have a full
supply of food, experiments appear to
prove that the per cent of butter fats
cannot be materially increased by a
change of food, though it is believed by
many intelligent dairymen that, by
taking young animals and feeding them
continuously for several years on ap-
propriate and nourshing rations, the
system can be so changed, educated and
developed that the per cent of butter
fats will be increased. Experiments
have been instituted at Cornell Uni
versity to see if any light can be thrown
upon this phase Of the question.-Pio-
neer Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
Fall Pasturing OF MOwings.

Many Vermont farmers have been
getting ready for a poor hay crop next
year. How have they been doing it?
BY turning the cows out on to the now
ings day after day until snow came.
see how it looks. Here and there on
the ground are lying grass roots, stub
BILE with the roots clinging to it, and all
the heritage is gnawed off as close to
the ground as possible. A meadow
cannot be moved and fed off year after
year without growing poorer and poorer,
bearing less and less grass. If dry
weather comes, there will be hardly
grass enough to pay for moving. A
good many farmers in Vermont had to
buy hay last spring. Hay was high,
and they learned a costly lesson. A
great deal of corn was planted in the
state the last season. Corn has done
exceedingly well, and there is much
more feed than there was year ago.
Many new silos have been built. Corn
is going to be most important factor
in our future farming. Hay will be
less and less depended upon. We have
plowed too little, let mowings lie in
grass too long. The silo is working a
great change in our farming. Pastured
mowings bear 30 little grass except in
wet seasons that they ruin the man who
depends upon them. Corn is, with the
modern methods of culture, one of our
surest crops. 1t stands drouth better
than almost any other crop. Ensilage
makes the very best feed when the pas
lures fail. 1t makes far better feed in
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
JOhnS0n'S ''i ;sso'
ANooyNelINIMEMr

Invented in 1910 by the late DR.. A. Johnson,
Family Physician. Its extraordinary WORTH
merit and excellence have satisfied everybody
for nearly n century. 1t Is marvellous how
many different diseases and complaints It will
cure. tits used and recommended by physi-
clans everywhere. 1t is the best, the oldest,
the original. 1t is unlike any other. II is
superior to any other 1t is not merely a Lin-
ment, it is the Universal Household Remedy
For Internal as much External use. over
SO years the demand for it has steadily in
creased. 1t is used and endorsed by all
athletes. Every Mother should have it In the
house, dropped on sugar suffering children
love it. 1t produces permanent increase of
vital activity in the parts, and by its electric
energy excites the organs to more vigorous
exertion giving power to throw off disease.
Ihave never been a Bile to sell any of the many
other Liniments left sale with me a d
claimed to be just as good as Johnson's Ano-
dyne I,initnent Simply the name Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment 5 what sells to my trade.
ALoNzo PURINGToN, w. Bowdoin, Me.
The Doctors signature and directions every bottle
1std Pamphlet free. Sold every where. Price Is cts.
Six bottles S2,O0 s. JOHNSON & CO.. Boston. Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

been held there has usually been great
Improvement in the size of the poultry
in the surrounding country. A fixed
standard for breed is very important.
Without one, those differing in opinion
would breed to different standards, and
in that way they would lose their char
acteristics or tendencies. Without
doubt great good has been accomplished
by fanciers. They have increased the
number of those who keep fowls, have
spread knowledge of proper care and
multiplied the desirable breeds. Fan
ciers take more pains to secure at any
cost the best breeding stock they can
get, 80 that they may keep up the
breeds. Exchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
letter
TOnSilitiS
TOOthaChe

That creeping, spreading, itching, tingiing
skin irritation, the pains attending toothache
and inflammation of the tonsils, are soothed
by this Anodyne. 1t cures asthma, bronchitis,
colds coughs, catarrh, collie, Group, cramps,
chills, dyspeptic pains, diphtheria, govt, hack
ing, hoarseness, headache, heartburn, whoop-
ing cough, influenza, irritations, inflammations
neuralgia, nervousness, pneumonia, sciatica
rheumatism, vertigo, vomiting sore lips, sore
throat, sore lungs, la grippe, chest palms,
bowel pains and kidney pains. tits the sover-
eign cure for bites, burns, bruises, cuts chaps
cracks, corns, chilblains, Commissions, Deafness
freckles, fractures, humps, rngworm, stings
scalds, strains, sprans, soreness, Stiffness
swellings, and any ache, any pain anywhere.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

Live Stock Market,
VEAL CALVES, 21S95kc.

SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots, 81 .5O026D2. 50 each; ex.
ira s27535O, or from lhG31ac per ID lambs, 3@41o.
FAT HoGs.-western fat swine, live, 31<G4Zc;
Northern dressed hogs. 4Hc per ID. Stores, retail.
MARKET BERF.-A few choice s696.5O; extra,
Eo5mg575i first quality, S5d525; second quality,
S4g4,5O; third quality. S395.56.
STORE CATTLR-working oxen, per pair from
sewqliO; farrow cows, siO9g2 fancy cows, g50970;
mllch cows and calves, S2OG48; yearngs. SS9l6;
tWoyears old Sl2g22; three years old, S2OG32.
HIDES. TALLow AND SKINS - Brighton hides:
sgsSc per h; tsllow, 5gic per II; country hides.
5gonc per 10 tallow, lh(G2c per n; wool pelts I,
SSS S calf skins 6Oc@sll5i lamb skins. none
SHBEP.-The supply is abundant and prices do not
improve A large proportion went direct to the
export.
CATTLE.-The Western cattle in fair supply for
foreign and home trade, and sac, live weight buys
the best from that source, such weigh 1900 lbs
West ern range from 4lD5Hc. which is decline of
lHc from last week. light run from the North
and inferior quality,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
The WOOd-Pile OF Life.

"How we do all shun the wood-pile
of lifel' said Mr.. Gratebar. "There's
the wood, free to all, with the sawbuck
and the bucksaw standing by, but we
go all around 'em and pick up chips
rather than saw wood. We don't want
to work; we want an easy job; we
have vague sort of an idea that wood
will come and pile itself up in the cell
lar. But it won't. If we want bright
fire on the hearth, we must tackle the
wood. pile manfully"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

ALL FREE.-Those who have used
DR.. Kings New Discovery know its
value, and those who have not have
now the opportunity to try it free. Call
on the advertised druggist and get
trial bottle free. Send your name and
address to H. f. Bucken & Co., Chi
cago, and get sample box of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills free, as well as
copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instructor free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. Go to G. Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
MISCELLANY.
Be Content.

Mistaken mortal ever fretting,
Grasping grinding, grooming. getting.
BE contenti
II thou hast enough, be thankful,
Just as II thou hadst bankful.
Be contenti
II fortune cast thy lot but humble,
Earn thy bread and do not grumble,
Be contenti
Have the rich, think'st thou no trouble9
Twice thy wealth, thy sorrows double.
Be contentl
List the lore OF learned sages-
Those wise men of the Grecian ages,
Be contenti
Their reckoning up of all earths riches
Was comprised in one short phrase, which is
Be contenti
The rich man gets, with all his heaping,
But dress and drink. and food and sleeping,
Be contentl
Though in sleep the rich men gain not,
Poor men sleep when rich men may not
Be contenti
Remember, thou for wealth who rakest,
thought thou broughtest, nought thou takest.'
Be contentl Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
NEW YORK " " " " y:
WEEKLY TRIBUNE "
OF
November 4, 1896.

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
Mistaken Idea.

81 think" said the convicted burglar,
"that l am deserving of the thanks OF
my country. All that l ever did was to
release money that was locked up in or
der that it might be put into circulation,
and in that way have been of inestima-
BILE service to the deserving working
classes and to trade and business in
oaperal -
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

THERE should be no ironclad rules
for milking, but improper handling will
spoil good mich cow quickly. None
but careful and level headed person
should break in heifer to milk. Learn
that cows natures vary, and that they
cannot all be treated alike. The cows
can learn your whistle as we'll as dogs
can; keep the dogs away.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

KNOWLEDGE dwells in heads replete
with thoughts of other men; wisdom,
in minds attentive to their own. -
Cowper.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
Catarrh

inhalants, snuffs and other local appli-
cations can give only temporary relief.
The true way to cure is to purify
your blood by taking constitutional
remedy like Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
eliminates all impurities and thus per-
manently cures catarrh. Remember
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

DE WITT's LITTLE EARLY RIsERs for bill
iousness, Indigestion, constipation, A small
pill, prompt cure. w. K. Terrill & Co.,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04
HOw's This z

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY e. CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

THERE are just seven horse cars now
running in the city of Detroit. All the
rest are electrics.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-04

Halls Catarrb Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price seventy-five cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free
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Catarrh

Affects your head, but it is not therefore
a local disease. II it did not exist in
your blood, it could not manifest itself
in your nose. Whatever impurities
the blood does not carry away, cause
what we call disease. Therefore, for
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-01
CHAPTER Xxx

Lifting his head cautiously, Leonard
looked over his shoulder, and the mystery
was explained. In her madness and the
fury of her love for the mistress whom She
had outraged and betrayed, Soa had striv-
on to throw herself upon the stone with
them so soon as she saw it commence to
move, but too late, for feeling herself slip
ping forward she had grasped despairingly
at the first thing that came to her hand,
which Glanced to be Leonard's ankle.
Now she must accompany them upon their
nwesome journey, only, while they rode
upon the stone, she was dragged after
them upon her breast.
A flash of pity passed through Leonard S
brain as he realized her fearful plight.
Then for awhile he forgot all about her,
since his attention was amply occupied
with his own and Jnanna's peril. Now
they were rushing down the long slope
with an over increasing velocity. and now
they breasted the first rise, during the last
ten yards Of which, as in the case of Otter,
the pace of the stone slowed down SO much
i'll proportion to the progressive exhaus-
ton of its momentum that Leonard
thought they were coming to standstill.
Then it was that he kicked out viciously,
striving to free himself from the weight
OF Sea, which threatened to bring them tc
common ruin, but she chung to him like
an ivy to a tree, and he desisted from his
efforts lest he should cause their sledge tc
alter its course.
On the very top of the rise the motion
Of the stone decreased almost to nothing
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-01

AT THE PVsT-oFFICE AT MARTINsBUFG
W. VA.
DEPARTURES.
Mail close at 1910 a. nj. for Hagers
town. and all points east.
At 9 20 a. m. and and Z p. M, fol
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
Newly ork and all points East and South
At SIS p. m. for all points East.
At 20 p m. for Pittsburg and all 10
cal and through points West.
At D. "a. for Hancock, Berkeley
Springs, Cumberland, and principal 10
cal stations on the main stem of the B
& o. and all through points West.
At IS p. m. for Pittsburg and all
places West.
ATT As a. m. and 2 30 p. m. for Hag-
erstow u Baltimore and all intermediate
stations on C. V. R.R
At II a. m. and $40 p. m. for Win
chester and intermediate stations on the
G. V. r. r.
Mails arrive by a. m. from all through
points East, West, and South.
At s 25 a. m. from New York. Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
local points on old line of B. &. o. r. r
AT 2 and 8 &c p. m. from all point
East and South.
At $50 m. from st. Louis, Cincinnati
and intermedi late points.
AT 7 30 p. m. from Chicago, Wheeling
Pittsburg, and intermediate points.
At s 10 am. and 90 p. m. from Wiz
chester and intermediate stations on th'
G. V. r. r.
At IL 80 a. m. and 70 p. m. from
Harrisburg, Hagerstown, and interme
diate stations on the G. V. r. r.
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THE MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS
AT THE PUsT-oFFICE AT MARTINsBURG
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-08-01
WESTLINE.

Oats are all cut,
Isaac Moore was elected clerk of
district No. 80.
John Zeug threshed barley for the
neighbors for eally feed.
Twenty voters attended the school
meeting last Saturday in Dist. 80.
John n. Jones missed the train and
was not home for the school meeting.
For the past month hay stacks have
been raised as if by magic in all di-
rections.
James Casserly arrived from Chi
cago last Wednesday, after visit of
four months.
Old farmers all say the crops are
better in this vicinity than they have
been for Is years.
A baby hail storm visited this vicin-
ity week ago Saturday. The hail
was too small to do damage.
Chas. Casserly of Chicago arrived
in Westline Friday. He says crops
are better here than anywhere in
Wisconsin, Illinois or Michigan.
John Casserly, Jr., got a free round
trip to the Waseca assembly for guess
ing the nearest to the number OF
words in DR.. Talmage's sermon deliv.
cred at Waseca on the 10Th inst, the
number being $500. His guess was
$3.50.