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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of BENJAMIN L. Knight.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Orleans, Commissioners. to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate of Benjamin L. knight
late of Irasburgh, in said District. deceas-
ed, and all claims exhibited in offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid, at the residence of the
late Benjamin l.. Knight, on the 30th day of
September and 1st day of March next from
l O'Clock, p. m. until O'Clock, p. m, each of
said days, and that six months from the End
day of Sept, A. ID. 1895, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to denomination and allow
ance.
Dated at Irasburgh, VT, this End day of
September. A. ID. 1895.
w. L. LOCKE, lc
o3s GEO. B. BREWSTER, commissioners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

4 GENT FOR THE UNION MUTAL FIRE
"A Insurance Co, of Montpelier. VI. sur
veys within one mile of Albany Village. az 90.
Anywhere in town. 5000
General Blacksmithing and Wheelwright
Work, and all kinds of new wood and iron
work well and chtaply done. Horse shoeIng
a speciality. Albany VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

~ LOVER, VT, SELLS THE U. S. CREAM
~ Separator; has fewer parts 10 clean than
other separators and does thorough separat-
ing. Also, agent for the Mutual Life tnsur.
ance Co. of New York and Union Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. of Montpelier. Cores pond.
ence solicited and promptly attended 20.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

The Spaniards have evacuated
Banes, the most important fruit port
on the northern coast of Cuba. The
Spanish soldiers made feeble attempt
to defend the place, but the rebels
were too many for them. This is a
very serious matter for the Spaniards
and it may be a serious matter for the
banana eaters of Boston, for it is very
doubtful indeed whether any more
vessels will be permitted to enter the
port of Banes by the Spaniards.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
CHAS. w HOLMES

TEACHER OF VIOLIN, JUST RETURNED
from years study under Prof. Wirth,
of Berlin, will be in Newport one dav each
week. Early applications for lessons desira-
bic, and may be made at the store Of A. X
Cowles.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

The Boston Transcript prints a let
ter from an American whom it char
acterizes as trustworthy who has been
spending a few weeks at Van, in
Armenia This letter writer says:
1.-THE condition of the city is awful.
There are here 400 refugees without
shelter, food or money. All business
is stopped and people cannot find
work. Some have died of starvation,
and but for the help we have given
many more would have died; but we
cannot feed tithe of those who are
in need. Bread is sixty paras an ok. y
At the close of the last Turco- Russian
war, bread was even higher; but
there were no deaths from starvation
in Van,as the population was not SO
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

In Ohio the State Board of Health
has been appealed to for aid in the
abatement of a peculiar nuisance that
threatens the public health of West
ern Ohio. The country is overrun
with snails. They have come in mil
lions and invade the houses, leaving
trails that are indelible stains upon
the floors, walls and furniture. They
fall into wells and cisterns, and dying
in great numbers, render the water
putrid. In the latter feature they are
proving a menace to health.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
D Hours from a. m, tol2. m. From tt
4, p; m. Amory Dawson, Pres't; II. X. Dewey
Cashier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
N. NJ. sCoTT,s

ON MAIN STREET Is THE PLACE TO
" get cut rate Railroad Tickets. Mileage
Books to rent on all New England roads.
Mem Der of American Ticket brokers' Asso-
T. o. Barton, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

w. b. BOWMAN.
HAIR DRESSER AND BARBER LA
4 dies Hair Dressing a speciality. Razor
Honed to order. Ovens Block, Barton, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

CHARLES GRAVES,
SPEClAL AGENT FOR CONNECTICUT
~ General Life Insurance Co, Barton, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
GEO. II. NEWTON.

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICF
Hours TO a. M; TO 2 and ESQ to 3
p. m. Office at House.
Irasburgh, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23

JOSIAH A. PEARSON.
hENTIST, BARTON, VT OFFICE IN
IL OWENS Block.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
CLARENCE II. WILEY.

LYIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
IL Stock Insurance in the best companies.
Stock and Mutual Insurance in the Vermont
Mutual and Union Mutual Fire Insuance
Companies. Farm Stock Insurance given at
advantageous rates in the New England Fire
Insurance Co. Solid Life and Accident In
surance. The Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance invites comparison on Management,
Dividends and Results. The employers LA
bility Assurance Corporation of London is
managed conservatively and settles for acci-
dents quickly. PatroniZe home industries.
Barton Landing, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
]. N. WEBSTER.

INSURANCE AGENT; MILEAGE BOOKS
TO Rent, Railroad Tickets for sale at cut
rates. Office over the Bank, Barton. VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-23
DIR. j. G. CAMPBELL.

DIR. J. c. CAMPBELL.
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY
Il VT. Special attention given 20 treating
diseases OF the Eyes or Ear; Fitting Glasses
etc.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
A NEW CATTLE FOOD.
Meal Of Sunfower Cake Now Used In Many
Parts of Europe.

Meal OF Sunflower Cake Now Used In Many
Parts of Europe.
Sunfower cake has been found, es-
pecially in Russia, one of the best
auxiliary cattle foods. AS early as the
year 1866 about 100, 900 centners of sun
flower oil (oil of the seeds of Helian-
thus annuus) were manufactured in
Russia, and its amount has increased
year by year, it being esteemed as a
very palatable alimentary oil The
oil was formerly obtained by hydraulic
means; the residual cake is harder
than any other variety of oil cake, and
for this reason apparently it has not
found wider application. Denmark
and the northern countries import
large quantities annually, as do also
the eastern provinces of Germany, and
che problem of its disintegration has
been successfully solved by several
manufacturers there. 1t is still I'M
known in southern and western Ger
many; now, however, that it is put on
the market in the form of meal it will
doubtless soon find general applica-
ton, suited, as it is, both on account
of its composition and pleasant taste,
for fattening cattle. The percentage
of proteid varies between about 80 to Al
per cent, the fat between about to 1s
per cent. 1t is possible to prepare two
qualities, one rich in proteid and poor
in fat, and the other rich in fat and
poor in proteid. When, for example,
the somewhat Underground meal. is
sifted, employing mesh Of 1 NM,
that which passes through is much
richer in proteid and poorer in fat
than the original, while the reverse is
true of that which remains in the sieve.
Scientific American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

HEADING the trees low shades the
ground and aids in equalizing the tenn
perature.
PEARS will rip@n more evenly and
make better quality of fruit when
grown quite open to the sun.
CUTTING back any tree that is max
ing a healthy growth tends to make a
more vigorous growth next season.
If for any reason it is found neces-
sary to cut off large limbs at this sea-
son paint the wounds with thick, coarse
paint.
GENERALLY whatever is most favora-
BILE to rapid, vigorous growth is I'M
favorable to the immediate production
of fruit.
CUTTING out and burning all parts OF
the tree showing the least indication
of black knot is the surest, simplest
and quickest of all remedies.
THE curled leaf of peaches is dis
tinct disease of fnngous character. 1t
usually develops after cold spell,
following a period of warm weather,
and rapid growth. Keeping the soil In
good filth and supplying plenty of poo
ash is good preventive measure.-6t-
Louis Republic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
HOMEMADE SPRAYING WAGON.

fruit, do not feel justified in buying a
special cart for use only in spraying.
A wagon similar to one fitted up by my
father for gathering sap may be OF
benefit, as anyone can mako it for a
very small sum. See the cut. 1t is an
attachment for any ordinary farm
wagon, which gives short turn, and
is quickly put on. Three planks come
together and are fastened to the king
bolt by putting ring and key on it.
They spread out at the back end, and
form platform for the tub or barrel
to stand on. The short planks which
stand on edge form the sides, to hold
the barrel from slipping off, and also
keep the plank down low. A bolt
hooks over the bolster, passes through
the plank on cage, the floor plank and
a cross piece, and has nut to draw up
everything tight; 1 shows how to
place each piece, 2 the manner of bolt
ing. The planks are set s1anting so
that the barrel cannot slip ahead. The
whole frame is under both axles, and
can be taken off by taking off two nuts
behind and one key in front.-Rural
New Yorker
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

the hay carrier pulley above and the
other to harpoon. The length of the
wood piece is such as to just allow of
the hay to clear the tie f. To each
purline, 3 and G in cut, is attached a
pulley near middle of bay. Over each
Of these pulleys passes rope; one end
is fastened to the attachment at e and
the other end hangs loosely in the bay.
Be sure the ropes are long enough to
reach to bottom of hay when the har-
poon is on the wagon.
The operation is as follows: After
the harpoon is loaded and it is desired
to drop the hay toward the end of bay
marked ID, the man in the bay grasSs
the end of rope at d, and pulls the
harpoon toward the pulley 3, while
the man on the load pulls the trip
rope. The operation of the other rope
is the same. The attachment A is val
liable in moving clover hay, as the hay
does not pack in the middle as it does
when every forkful is in one place.
When NOW gets too full to dse attach
ment, remove it and attach harpoon to
carrier in usual way.-C. L. Reamer, in
Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

be had in prime condition during mid
summer, or at time when the atmos-
pheric conditions are most unfavora-
BILE to the development of best quail
ties in turnips. It must be grown
quickly, in good soil, and used while
young and tender. A good specimen
of the White Vienna as we grow it at
Woodlands, is shown in the accompa.
nying picture. We prefer this variety
Tor Improved ImperiaD to the later and
larger '1arge white" with its com.
paratively much larger leaves and
thicker leaf stalks. common paper
of seed will be more than enough fol
repeated sowings, and to supply an av.
erage family with kohl-rabi during the
entire season. Sow thinly IN drills, q
foot apart, as you would sow turnips
Thin to three or four inches apart, and
keep free from weeds, and soil well
stirred about the plants. If you hap.
pen to have nitrate of soda (some gar
deners like ourselves are never with.
out it), scatter a little of it, say E
pound or two to the square rod,
broadcast over the ground when the
plants are still small. The application
will help kohl-rabi as we'll as it does
cabbages. Gardening.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

the trouble, and the government has
issued general instructions to the farm
FRS TO give better feed and care to their
cows and to employ suitable rations of
kind that will give flavor and texture
20 the butter. Fermented feed is not
recommended. The question of wash
Ing the butter still remains an open
one, the two processes producing
equally good results General practice,
however, tends rather to the discon-
tinuance of the washing. The inquiry
has aroused public interest in the diff
ferent breeds of cattle. Our illustra-
ton represents what is termed the
Flemish dairy COW, the breed that pre-
dominates In the northeastern part of
France and the adjoining kingdom Of
Belgium.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
THE FARMING WORLD.
pAlRYlNo IN FRANcE.

Efforts TO Discover the Cause of the De-
cline in Butter Exports.
The different breeds of dairy cows
so highly esteemed in England and the
United States are, with the exception
Of the Durham las the shorthorn is
there always termed), entirely un-
known IN France. In that country the
people have almost as many breeds of
their own, each highly reputed in it's
own section, though the fame of the
Normandy alone has spread across the
water.
Dairying IN France is very impor-
tant industry, and French butter for
merly brought the highest price in the
London market; but the butter-malxer
would appear to have grown careless
or the market more critical with the
increased competition from other coun-
tries, for an official inquiry is now being
made into the cause of the decline in
dairy products.
It is generally believed that the
change in the feed is responsible for
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
MoLAssEs FoR STOCK.
It's FattenIng Properties Are Said to Be
Great and Beneficial

1CS T8CCenAuR properties are sara TO 10
Great and Beneficial
Owing to the recent changes in leg
islation in regard to beet-root sugar I'm
Europe, the question of how to dispose
of the residuum molasses to the best
advantage has assumed paramount inn
portance. 1t is proposed to turn the
molasses into food for cattle. Already
on several European markets a product
is sold for stock feed containing 60 per
cent. molasses, 40 per cent. cocoa oil
cake, which costs fraction more than
one cent per pound Another fodder is
composed of 30 per cent. cottonseed
flour. 40 per cent. palm nuts and 40 per
cent. molasses. Some factories under
take their own mixing, and the sub
stance produced contains IA per cent.
protein, 3 per cent fatty matter and so
per cent. non-nitrogenous matter.
The results of feeding cattle on these
rations have been most satisfactory.
Sheep have also been fattened on a
mofasees diet One of the best ways of
giving molasses to cattle is to mix it
with their drinking water. and aston
ishing success has been obtained by
adding to the water given to cattle
about two pounds molasses per diem
per head. As cavalry horses have
been found to do good work on a con-
tinuous diet of sugar, it has
been thought that cattle might
thrive on molasses alone. This belief,
however, has been disproved by
Prof. Maercker, who concluded that
the maximum of molasses that it was
advisable to feed per 1000 pounds live
weight and per diem was to pounds
for oxen and 211 pounds for mich
cows. That this was wise restriction
has been evident by the results that
have followed when the proportion of
molasses was exceeded. Experts now
say that the best results are obtained
by using so per cent. of fodder and SO
per cent. Of molasses. The utilization
of molasses for catt1e-feeding is not
new; it has been practiced in many
countries for over half q century. In
the West Indies one of the events of
the beginning of crop on the sugar
estates is the first feed of chop
tops" given TO the working cattle. The.
top part Of the sugar-cane is sliced fine
in a cutting machine and piled into
troughs. Rock salt is then pounded
fine and Strewn over the fodder and
over all is thrown top-dressing of
rich molasses. The cattle revel in the
mixture, and after having fairly gorged
themselves, they will hnger to suck up
the molasses that has trickled down
into the bottom of the trough. Before
many weeks have passed they are fat
and shining, and horses and sheep,
which also take kindly to the food,
give ample evidence of its fattening
and beneficial properties.-S Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
SPRAYING WAGON.

How to Make One at Home at Compare.
lively Small Expense.
Many people are deferred from many
farm operations which they believe
would be beneficial. because of a lack
of cash to buy implements. A friend
put barrel into a light spring wagon,
and undertook to spray potatoes. In
turning at the end, the barrel tipped
against and broke the dashboard. The
team ran, and he came near being
killed. A lumber wagon with the box
on is heavy, cannot be turned around in
a small space, and is too high for ease in
filling the barrel. l have seen men SO
anxious to test the value of spraying,
that they used a two-horse sleigh, but
it was very unhandy. Ordinary farm
ers who grow only their own supply OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

loaded its front edge is raised to a
proper height by the same means. To
dump the scraper the collars are
clutched, and the winch turned in the
opposite direction from that required
to lift the front.
The object Of dividing the load into
three parts is that by operating each
scraper separately the machine can
easily be managed with two horses.
When the three parts are loaded the
machine will hold as much as can or
dinarily be drawn on a wagon with
two horses Thus one man and one
team can operate the machine. The
inventor declares that it requires less
than one minute to either load or un-
load. The machine has been thorough,
" tested, and has proved itself entire
ly satisfactory. Y. Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
Goats Pay Better Than Sheep.

Missouri farmer writes that he
finds goats profitable for rough land
filed with weeds and bushes. He has
had goats for four years, and they have
destroyed the bushes, sumach and
small persimmon trees. His hogs have
been free from disease, while all
around him farmers who did not keep
goats lost most of their hogs by chol-
era. The writer says that the meat of
young goats is better than mutton.
The wool of sheep is now worth SO lit
tie that the question is worth thinking
of whether few goats may not be
kept with profit on rough land insult
ed to cultivation in some of the eastern
states-Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
Fertilizers for Hoed Crops.

The large amount of labor required
in cultivating hoed crops makes it all
the more important that they should
be pushed forward as rapidly as posi-
BILE, and also in ways that will not les.
sen the moisture in the soil. For thi.
reason the concentrated fertilizers
containing available nitrogen are pref.
cradle to stable manure. There is al
ways in coarse manure a great amount
of vegetab bic matter which will ONLY
rot when the soil is wet. Under the
furrow this manure holds up the soil
creating air spaces which dry out both
the manure and soil so that the manure
will not rot. The commercial fertilizer
furnishes nitrogen without making
the soil dryer. This often means with
a hoed crop the difference between
failure and success.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
STIRRING THE CREAM.
An Important Item in the Making of
a Good Quality of Butter.

An Important Item in the Making of
Good Quality of Butter.
One of the most important items in
the making of a good quality of but
ter is the proper and uniform ripening
of the cream. On the average farm
the cream for several milkings must be
put together in order to make a suffi-
cient quantity to churn together. It is
important that all of the cream be
ripened uniformly if all of the butter
is taken off the cream, hence no fresh
cream should be added to what is
already ripening for twelve hours be-
fore churning. Every time fresh cream
is added the whole should be stirred
thoroughly together. A long wooden
paddle that will reach to the bottom of
the vessel should be used, and the stir
ring should be given with a rather up
ward, lifting motion that will bring
the bottom cream to the top, rather
than a stirring motion that will start
the cream in a circular motion around
the vessel. The idea is to mix the old
and new thoroughly together. This
must be done every time fresh cream is
added. A thorough mixing of the
cream secures a uniform ripening, and
in churning all of the butter comes
at once, SO that none is lost in the but
termill1, as is often the case when no
particular care is taken on this point
Cream should be thoroughly ripened,
but should not be allowed to become
sour. Slightly acid is the right condi-
ton, and the more fully this condition
is secured the easier will be the churn-
ing, the more thoroughly the butter
will all be taken out of the cream, and
the better the quality of the butter.
The management of the cream is the
essential item in the making of good
butter and it should be SKINNED off
while the milk is sweet, kept at an
even temperature while ripening, and
ripened as uniformly as possible, and
then churned as soon as slightly acid.
Prairie Farmer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
LIME AND ALCOHOL.
The Two Latest Methods OF Preserving
Fruits and Vegetables.

The Two Latest Methods OF Preserving
Fruits and Vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables are preserved
in France by simply bedding them in
lime. The process has been tried sue
cessfully on oranges, cherries, grapes,
pears, apples, prunes, gooseberries,
onions, potatoes, tomatoes, sugar beets
and shelled chestnuts. The following
claims are made for this method: 1.
The lime does not in the least attack
the skin Of the fruit even after pro-
longed contact. ?. The fruit does not
dry any more in the lime than in the
air. 3. No change takes place in the
fruit other than such as is the natural
consequence of its evolution.
A still later method is that of pre-
serving fruits by means of the vapor of
alcohol. This process, which has hith-
erto only been tried with grapes, is
extremely simple. According to the
inventor. another Frenchman, it can
be practiced anywhere, and needs no
special apparatus. In every place
where a uniform low temperature can
be assured, grapes can be stored in
closed compartments, adding alcohol
either in jar, or even saturating with
it the wooden framework which sup
ports the grapes. The cost of the alco-
hol, it appears, is very snaI.-N. Y.
World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
SIMPLE HAY CARRIER.

So Easily Made That Scarcely Any De-
scription Is Needed.
The homemade hay carrier prom
ised to the readers of this paper is
shown by inclosed drawing. There is
scarcely any description needed. How
ever, few words of explanation may
not be out of place.
The drawing shows portion of hay
barn. the rest being cut away to take
less room in printing. The homemade
attachment is shown at A, which con-
sists of a piece of wood 2x2 inches of
good oak. At either end is securely
bolted a clevis, one to be attached to