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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
The Test System.

At recent meeting of Kansas dairy.
men, only one of the creamerymen
present did not use the test, and a
lively discussion followed a paper on
Progress of the Test SYSTEM" The
facts evolved were: Q) That the most
important point is 70 get good sample.
(2) That if the milk is properly aerated
aud cooled on the farm, fair sample
may be obtained from milk delivered
every other day or three times week,
provided due care is taken al the cream
cry to run it through fine seive into
the weigh-can. (3) That if the milk is
not properly cared for, the patron runs
the risk of an unjust sample, and thus
the test system not only gives justice
but improves the quality of the milk
(4) That but few patrons kick at the
test, and they are the poorest ones
Mr.. Burnham showed how the test had
made the dishonest patrons stop skim
ming and enabled the honest ones, who
did not skim when pooling, to take milk
or cream from the can and save the
trouble of keeping back milk for house,
hold purposes. He said that while a
fair sample might be had from milk
every other day, it would not be as
good as if delivered every day. He
was in favor of the latter, but condi-
tons are as yet such in Kansas that it is
not practical to do it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
Annual Report Of Experiment Station

The Eighth Annual Report of the
Vermont Experiment Station has just
been issued from the press. The book
contains 200 pages, including several
illustrations and articles upon bovine
tuberculosis, commercial fertilizers, pig
feeding, spraying potatoes and or
chards, prevention of potato scab, in
sects and insecticides, experiments in
Bookkeeping and upon miscellaneous
dairy subjects, including feeding tests
with ensilage, corn fodder, corn slower,
fodder corn, Robertson mixture, roots,
ETC., and tests of dairy apparatus. Bull
letin No. As will also be issued in the
near future. 1t treats upon gluten feeds
and meals, their source, composition
and feeding value. 1t is the most COM
plete description of these materials that
has yet been published in this state.
There is undoubtedly much informa-
ton of value to the farmer in both
these publications. They may be OBJ
tanned free of charge on application to
the Experiment Station, Burlington, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

sloping floor, which catches the chop
pings. The main floor of the poultry
house is kept covered with leaves, and
every day some of the corn and wheat
that we feed is scattered here; this
keeps the hens busy scratching, and the
exercise not only keeps them warm but
makes them lay better"
What about water2" l asked.
1--WE aim to keep water by them all
the time when it is not 80 cold as to
freeze it, and always in winter give it
to them warm, so it will not freeze up
80 soon, and in the coolest weather we
water three times day."
What does it cost you to feed your
hens in winter" l asked.
"That depends on the price of
grain" answered Smith, sometimes
more and sometimes less. l have laid
in my feed for the coming winter at
lower prices than usual, and expect to
winter 125 fowls, at an average daily
cost of less than twenty cents. |
bought corn at twenty five cents per
bushel, screenings at forty cents per
hundred pounds, bran at S12 per ton,
and middlings at $13 90. l have plenty
of understandable potatoes and clover
hay, and the cost for these will be but
two or three cents day. | shall feed
about eight pounds OF corn day, and
the same of bran and mddings, and
occasionally l will substitute oil meal
for middlings, and l shall feed about
fifteen pounds of screenings day.
always expect to feed at a loss in No.
vember and December, as we do no
get eggs enough usually to paw for the
feed, but every other month in the year
gives good profit, and good part G I,
the time it does not take half the eggs
to pay for the feed"
l think my friend Tom Smith has
given us good lesson in the care of
poultry, and | have come 80 near fol-
lowing his plan that l can confirm his
statements, both as to profit and cost of
poultry keeping, when managed wisely
w. f. Brown, in Country Gentleman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
Farm Mortgages.

But the disclaimers of calamity de-
clare that the farms of the United
States are sadly burdened with mort
cages. The census of 1890, however,
develops the fact that on the entire val
ua ion returned for farms there is only
a mortgage of sixteen per cent.
On each $4,000 of rural real estate
there is. then, an average incumbrance
of $1,000. And when the fact is re.
called to mind that a large part of all
farm mortgages is for deferred pay
ments on the land itself, or for i'm
provements thereon, what her real
or personal property in the United
States can show lesser liabilities, fewer
liens in proportion to its real cash-pro.
ducing value? Certainly the manufac-
turing plants of this country, neither
smelling works, mills, iron and steel
furnaces and foundries, nor any other
line of industry, can show less incum-
brance on the capital invested Sec
rotary Morton.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

much butter, for it brought only eight
or ten cents per pound, and there was
not much market even at that price.
1t was made into rolls, so have been
told, sold to the local merchants, and
by them packed in barrels. Then
when cool spell came in the summer,
the flour barrels were started for Bos-
ton by the wagons which carried farm
produce and brought back goods. Just
what happened if hot spell came on
before the wagon with its barrels Of
butter reached market, am unable to
say, and leave my readers to imagine.
The dairy cow Of to-day is as different
from graDdfather's cows as a modern
butter package differs from -four bar
rel. To get the best results from her
she should have the best of care. A
COW is so constituted that comfort is
her greatest need. She must have food
that she likes, or she will not do her
best with it. She must be handled with
gentle, kindly hands-in fact, the ira
ditional dairymaid is the bost caretaker
of cows. A rough, brutal man has no
more business in a stable where cows
are kept for profit than bull has in a
parlor. Every blow and kick and loud
word harms the cows, and lessons their
butter product. Every hour of expos
ure to rain and cold wind late in the
fall does injury to the COW. The cows
outdoor life should, for the most part,
oil at Of oh
then should go into winter quarters
Before that, she should be kept i ] the
stable nights, and also days when it is
cold and stormy. There is no gain, but
great loss, when a COW gets wet and
chilled. Even in summer, cold rain
will show its results in the milk pail
and cream can. Any well-bred COW is
sensitive to cold, especially when she
is wet. Tie present is a time when
few cows are wholly dried up. The
COW that is coming in in March should
not dry up until January or the first of
February. But the COW that is turned
out every morning up to Thanksgiving
to spend the day meandering over the
meadows of her owner, will, it is en-
tirely safe to say, not I'll the milk pail
to overlooking, nor her owners pocket
book, either. He may be able to coax
little milk out of her shrunken udder,
but he will feel very much like drying
her up, and will very likely be heard to
express the opinion that dairying don't
pay. 1t don't pay to stick to the old
ways of dairying. The dairyman of to-
day must study his business. He must
think; must learn what the best meth
DDS are and adopt them. He need not
for an in 'tant cherish the delusion that
he can make money from his cows I'M
less he learn how the best and most
successful dairymen conduct their bust
ness. Few men realize the need of
learning, but those who do, and carry
out the lessons they learn, will be sure
to attain at least measure of success.
lhe Dairyman's Association is one of
the schools for learners, and all who
wish to succeed in dairying should at.
tend its meetings, or, at least, secure
its reports. j. W. NEWTON.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
AGRICULTURAL.
Feeding Corn Fodder.

Hon. William Chaplin of Middlesex
Center writes: "The immense crop of
corn fodder this year is causing some
study and experiment as to the best
way to feed it out. H. H. Long put
his in silo, and thinks that is good
way. L. M. Cameron uses power
and cutter, cuts the fodder fine and
mixes meal and beans with it, and says
the cows eat it all. Most of the farm
ers feed it dry, and waste about twenty
per cent of it. Whether that twenty
per cent would pay for the silos or the
power and cutters is the main question"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
The s. Claus Company (Unlimited).

These days of corporations 1t would truly seem
to be
A splendid plan If Santa Claus would look about
and see
II he could not incorporate himself. and so ex.
pand
His usefulness to cover every corner Of the
land.
I've noticed as I've looked about on Christmas days
gone by,
lot of little children who have failed to catch his
Who when the Yule was at it's height had not
single toy
Or bit of peppermint TO fill their little souls with
JOY
And there have been some persons who have ven.
tured to remark
OF credence in his being they had not the slightest
spark,
For had there been person of this kind twas very
sure,
There'd be signs OF presents In the novels of
the poor.
Which is a point hen have to meet, with many of
that sort
If ever he shall find himself hailed up before the
court;
But 1, whove always found him most attentive unto
Am certain that he does exist and works most faith
fully.
But certain too am that in these Chrstmasses Of
late
He's found his work, unaided, for his strength by
far too great;
And hence think that he'd do well to form COM
pany,
And everywhere throughout the land to place an
agency.
And all who love him for his abors in the days
past
Can put their names down in his books-the stock
should go right fast.
1t doesn't that 1t could meet with failure, Just
because
They must be few who would not take stock In old
Santa Claus.
Carlyle Smith, in Harpers Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
The Country Gentleman,

This publication has become stand
ard in the department of industry to
which it is devoted. 1t is now in the
sixty-ffth year of its publication. 1t is
issued weekly and is designed to in
clude, not in name but in fact, every
department of agriculture, stockraising,
horticulture and domestic economy.
In wide range and practical value of
contents, in extent and ability of cor
respondence, in quality of paper and
style of publication, The Country Gen,
tteEaan occupies the first rank. 1t de-
votes its chief space to farm crops and
processes, horticulture and fruit grow
ing, livestock and dairying, while it
also includes all minor departments of
rural interest, such as the poultry-yard,
entomology, Bookkeeping, greenhouse
and grapery, veterinary replies, farm
questions and answers, Preside reading,
domestic economy, and summary of
the news of the week. It's market re-
ports are unusually complete, and much
attention is paid to the prospects of the
crops, as throwing light upon one of
the most important of all questions
When to buy and when to sell. 1t has
probably done as much as all other Jour-
mails combined to introduce and dis
seminate improved livestock of every
kind, and has contributed its full share
in every other department of this coun-
try's agricultural progress.
Every one of its eighteen pages is
packed with the things that are, or
ought to be, of real live interest to
every farmer. Its subscription price
may be somewhat higher than some
others, but, estimated by its varied and
incompatible value to the reading,
thinking, progressive men engaged in
agricultural pursuits, it is one of the
cheapest publications of its class. Its
freedom from trash, from sensation
alism, its candor and honesty, its ability
and comprehensiveness, make it worth
an ocean of the cheap publications that
deluge the land. Its publishers are
Luther Tucker & Son, Albany, N. Y,
who will be pleased to send copies for
examination on application.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
SPRUCE
Live Stock Market,


SHEEP AND LAMBS In lots, 81 500262. rs each ex-
ira, S25Og3.5O or from lad3Ac per ID lambs 3G41{c.
FAT HoGs.-Western fat swine, live, 31s6415c;
Northern dressed hogs, 4ac per 10 Stores, retail,
2l25O 40.
MARKET BEEF.-A few choice, s697.OO; extra,
E55q5.75; first quality. S5dj.25; second quality,
s4dI.5O; third quality, s363.56.
STORE CATTLE.-working oxen, per pair. from
SbI1liO farrow cows, SlO0!2; fancy cows, 250D75
mich cows and calves. S2O94s; yearlings, ss61l6;
two-years old, Sl2G22; three years old, S2O@32.
HIDES, rALLow AND SKINS. - Brighton hides.
sd6hc per h; taow, 3Gic per 10; country hides
Sd5Hc per h; tallow, l1s@2c per 10 wool pets ,
S5q55c; calf skins, 6Oc9sl5; lamb skins, none
dairy skins, 40050c.
CATTLE-Over $500 cattle have arrived within the
past week Of which number 1861 head were from
the West. The demand at the yards cattle re.
mains unchanged. Hume butchers were buying
some cattle from western and northern dealers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

lions, weakness OF the stomach, lndlges-
ton. bloating, leucorrhpa, womb trou-
BILE, 6ooling, nervous prostration, head
ache, general debility, etc. symptoms of
Womb Troubles
are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, don't care" and "want TO be
left alone" feelings, exctability, irrita-
bility, nervousness, sleeplessness, fatu-
lency, melancholy, or the "bues," and
backache. Lydia X. Pnkham's Vege-
table Compound will correct all this
trouble as sure as the sun shines. That
Bearing-DOwn Feeling,
causing pain, weight, and backache, Is
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by its use. Under all circumstances it
acts in perfect harmony with the laws
that govern the female system, is as
harmless as water. 1t is wonderful for
Kidney Complaints in either sex.
Lydia II. Pinkham's Liver Pills
work in unison with the Compound, and
are a sure cure for constipation and sick
headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash is frequently found of great value
for local application. Correspondence
is freely solicited by the Lydia f.. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. and the
strictest confidence assured. All drug
gists sell the Pinllham remedies. The
Vegetable Com0ound in three forms, -
Liquid, Pills, and Lozenges.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
Fall Care OF Cows.

Grandfather's ways may have been
very good for him and his stock, but
they are not good for us, and The man
letting his cows be out in cold rains and
winds needs to stop and think. Grand
fathers COW was not expected to make
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

ALL RECOMMEND IT. Ask your
physician, your druggist and your
friends about Shiloh's Cure for Con-
sumption. They will recommend it.
For sale by w. E. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for ohoeSdle ots mot jobbns
prices unless otherwise Indicated and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiIiousness, Indigestion, ii "A d &c he
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
PROOF IS POSITIVE
THAT LYDIA Il. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Is Daily Curing Backache, Dizziness,
Faintness, Irregularity, and all Fe-
male Complaints.
ESPECIAL TO QUA LADY READERS. ]

Intelligent women no longer doubt the
value of Lydia E. Pinkhdm's Vegetable
Compound. 1t speedily relieves irregu-
larity, suppressed or painful menstrual
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
PrOprietOrs Toledo Obi

Il d. CdENE u w.,
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.
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.
NOTHING 30 lubricates the muscles
fA;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
Epilepsy.

The greatest discovery of the age. Epilepsy com
pletely and permanently cured. No opium. no
morphine, no brOmtdes, no sedatives, nor anodynes
used, Price reduced to sl.OO Try parcel and you
will be surprised at the wonder Improvement.
Testimonials sent II desired. Address,
NERVO-LEPTiNE co. Talcott. Frisbe Co.,
sole agents for the U.S.. Box 1856, Hartford, Conn
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11
HOW's This =?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. T. CHENEY g. 90
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

NOTHING 80 lubricates the muscles
as sweet toll.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Anecdotes Of Eugene Field Roth Humor
 ous and Pathetic.


 ous and Pathetic.
 Superintendent T. B. Jennings of the weather bureau of Kansas was a room mate and close friend of Eugene Field at tho State University of Missouri Ut Columbia. Speaking of Field, he told of an experience Field had that came near ending the poet life 24 years ago.
 Said MT. Jennings: In June, 1871, Field and two other friends and 1 start cd south on hunting trip. We went down through Missouri and Arkansas, into Louisiana Cholera was bad that year. All the boys except myself were taken with it. One day the doctor came and found Field rigid. He pronounced him dead and preparations were made to bury him. Ho was put into q rough pine box, and got two darIies 10 help me take him to the graveyard. On the way we had to go over what once had heen planked road, but which was badly worn out. We were going along the best we could, when a moan came from the coffin. The two darlxies turned and ran, and no indaeement l could of fer would bring them back. got q plank and pried opon the coffin and found the occupant alive. He had been in a stupor, and the rough riding had aroused him. took him on my shoal- ders and carried him back to the camp, where he was nnrsed until herecovered. 1t was Il mighty narrow escape for Eu gene. Our two other friends both diet of the disease. .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02
4 Probable Historic Event.

Should the Christian powers enter Constantinople their entry wonld be a historic incident unsurpassed in interest by any other that ever occurred. It is nearly a50 years since the Turks took tho city by storm. and they have held it amid all the vieissitades of war and of fortune. It is possible that, after the lapse of centuries. Constantine XIII may have Christian successor and that the church of St. Sophia may be restored to Christendom. But the changes that might follow the entry of the Christian powers into the great city which in the procession of the ages has been known as Byzantinm, Constantinople and Stain- boul, are unimaginable New York Sun
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02
North and Northeast

If you have any intention of going to the North or East this fall or winter ynal ehanll advise yourself Of the best ronte from fhe south and Vest This is lie IoliisVfIle < Nashville railroad, which is fnnning double dally fralns ffo,n Memphis through 10 Louis lanta, Nashington Philadelphia, New York Chicago. Detroit. Buffalo and all points North and East Pullman Sleeping Car Service AslH9hsh; snee4alY low rates nude to Atlanta during the continuance of inc 13aIIxl34 ssfs49ss. i4A p0s5 tion, For particulars IS to Tltes and through ear service. write
 t5 F AIMoRE, 6en't Pass. Agent,
 sL0ulsYiiie. ky
 7haA bAlhdAkTEN. Pass Aren't
 Memphis Tenn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02

The first practical joke that is record ed of Field occurred in st. Joseph, Mo, where, during his early newspaper days, he was city editor of The Gazette. The proprietor of the establishment promised frequently to raise the salary of his em- ployees, and quite frequently neglected to do SO One day when he Was expected home from Il visit to St. Louis Mir Field hired a brass band, and collecting all his associates, went to the station. When the train arrived, the proprietor of the St. Joseph Gazette was astounded to find himself received by brass band and the entire editorial and reportorial staff of his paper, each one carrying 4 large cotton banner, on which was painted the legend, "How About That Raiser" The joke had it's effect, and next morning the salary list was in creased 20 per cent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02

A little cripple called at the Field home in Buena Park and said he would like to see Mir. Field.
 But, my little fellow, he ia dead, " said the attendant
 .I know it. :" said the boy, "bnt, oh. do want to look at him so bad He was so good to mef2
 The door opened wide to him and mp the stairs he toiled to the room where the dead poet lay. Here he stood and looked into the still face. No word was said but big tear ooursed down the boy s cheek as he turned away to leave No one knew who he was, and no one asked, for they knew he was one of the poets friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02

Mir. H. H. Kohlsaat, like Mir Stone, was frequent victim of Eugene's jokes. One time Mir. Field purposely or acci- dentally, obtained q list of guests whom the Kohlsaats had invited to a dinner and wrote each note asking that they be so kind as not to appear i'll evening dress The dinner, the note read, would be entirely informal, and it was hoped that the gentlemen would come in their business suits and the ladies would wear their bonnets. The party assembled in the toilets suggested, much to the amaze ment of their host and hostess, who had prepared very handsome dinner. nor did any ono offer an explanation until several days after, when they heard that their peculiar behavior had been remarked upon
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-02
TELEGRAM.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 15, '95.
KAUFMAN BAZAAR CO,
 PINE BLUFF, ARK. Expressed 60 SAMPLE CAFES at 60 cents on the dollar.
 II. BLACK < GO.

The above telegram was received by us and the capes will arrive here Tuesday They consist of as fine garments as wereNever brought to Pine Bluff. Having Aeen bought at the above price will be Sold the same way So an early inspection will save any lady 40 per cent. If you are interested give us a trial.