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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Wintering Seed Potatoes.

The yield of potatoes depends in far
greater measure than is generally sup
posed on the condition of the seed at
planting time Experience has proved
that the first crop Of sprouts gives the
best yield and can be depended upon
even when detached from the mother
tuber and planted out without the sup
port Of potato pieces, doing far better
than a secondary or belated crop of
sprouts, even with the help Of portions
Of the already weakened tuber.
The proper preservation Of seed pota-
toes, in short is Of the utmost impor-
tance. We must take pains to prevent
their untimely growth What we want
and must have for best results is the
proper use Of the very first sprouts, which
invariably are the strongest and most
reliable. Ordinary cellars keep potatoes
Of all kinds quite we'll during winter,
but become too warm when spring APP
proaches. The consequence is that the
potatoes begin to sprout long before it
is time to plant them, and that the yield
from such seed will be greatly reduced
The danger is especially great where po-
tatoes are stored in deep bins or barrels
American Gardening says:
We aim to keep the temperature in
the cellar just as little as possible above
the freezing point. But when spring APP
proaches and the cellar temperature rises
high enough to make us fear that the
potatoes will sprout we spread all that
are intended for seed out in shallow
bins, admitting some light, but keeping
temperature still as low as is practical
BILE. Our Carman No / seed potatoes
will be spread out thinly on shelves not
usually take our Early Ohio seed pota-
toes out and stand them in single layer,
seed end up, together in shallow boxes.
When planted out in April, one medium
sized whole tuber, or ne-half of larger
one to the hill, they start promptly into
vigorous growth and give us an early
and usually satisfactory crop. Part of
our Ohios last year were simply spread
out under the greenhouse benches. A
few of them, lying directly upon damp
soil, produced strong sprouts, to 12
inches long, these sprouts taking firm
root in the ground Pulled up and plant
ed out in the trenches with the ordinary
seed, they gave us the earliest, strongest
and best yielding plants.
For keeping large quantities of seed
potatoes where there are no special cold
storage facilities modification Of the
old pitting method is safe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
The Cribbing Horse.

Gid biting in horses may be termed a
dental disease, inasmuch as it affects the
front teeth. Having fixed the jaws, sud-
den and more or less involuntary contrao-
ton Of the muscles of the lower part of
the neck takes place, clucking or belch-
ing sound is heard The horse performs
the act alone and undisturbed in cool,
deliberate way, as If he enjoyed it, and by
imitation the other horses will learn the
same trick. Support on a fixed point is
essential for the performance of this act.
The height Of the Manager is important.
If it is too high or even low, the act can
not be performed. On the ground it can
not be done, nor yet when the horse is ly-
ing down. There is some variety in the
manner in which 1t Is carried out by differ
ent horses, but the appearance Of the in
cisor teeth affords good, reliable evidence
Of its existence. Feeding from nosebag
will prevent it, or the use of a throat strap
or muzzle. If seen in the early stages be-
fore the habit is confirmed, passing fine
tooth saw between the incisors will often
cure this Objectionable vice. -Horseman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Current Weekly Comment.

CoRN-Trade is quiet, with the range of
values about the same.
BEANs.-Receipts have increased, but the
offerings are still moderate and the market
firm. Demand is light, however.
OATs.-The market has ruled quiet, but
track offerings are not large. Buyers are
meeting present wants at ruling rates. The
lower grades are quiet.
POTATOES Receipts have been liberal up
to the past week, but there has been demand
enough 10 keep stocks we'll sold up, and the
market closes in good condition.
FLoUR.-The market shows an absence Of
life Where supplies are needed from time
to time, buyers are meeting their pressing
needs, which ,eps some -four moving.
HAY.-There is a steadier tone to the hay
market, and the best grades are in moderate
supply, which tends to strengthen values.
The supply of lower and medium grades is
liberal.
BUTTER.-Receipts continue heavy, and
trade is dull and unsstsfac tory. Prices for
the best fresh made have been gradually
weakening, and at the close 24c is about all
that can be safely quoted for best fresh
made northern creamery. The under grades
are in large supply and dull at quotations.
EGGS. - Receipts have been extremely
light for the past week, and reserved stocks
of held and lined have been completely
cleaned up. Demand has also been very
light, but there has been enough doing so
that receipts have kept closely sold up. At
the close there is slight increase In the
supply and little easier feeling.
NORTHERN AND EAsTERN LUMBER-The
lumber manufacturers of the Northeast are
evidently determined to perfect their or
ganization before the spring business opens.
At the meeting, held February 81, which was
the second held, some few changes were
made in the original programme. Joint
spruce flooring was made $40 instead of S21,
and S18 instead of $40 The list on shingles
was stricken out, because II is said none of
the trade were present. At the second
meeting the attendance was larger than at
the first, 1919 lumbermen being present.
WooL.-It is odd, says the Commercial
Bulletin, that in the face of a free demand
for wool there should be so marked
tone OF encouragement as there certainly is
now, Except in regard to quarter bloods,
all the slight Improvement has been lost
and the market is again dragging YEARLY on
the bottom level. The cause is not far to
seek. Foreign wool, save in exceptional in
stances. is preferred to American, and while
the receipts Of American wool to date have
kept up pretty we'll with those of last year,
the receipts OF foreign wool have increased
five fold.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06

SPRUCE.
Brighton Live Stock Market.


SHEEP AND LAMBS - In lots e2d2 seas each ;
extra, SS5ots4 or 2941ac " III lambs, 495hc. veal
calves, 2h96c.
MARKET BERv.-A few choice, s6SDs; extra
~ Ng5 y; first quality. s5q5.25; second quality,
SIg475; third quality S393,75.
HIDES TALLow AND SKINs.-Brighton hides,
a aTsc y n; tallow. o5lsgtIsc Il 10; country hides.
calf skins, 75c9Sl dairy skins 2595Oc
STORE CATTLe.-Working oxen per pair. S6O9i4o;
farrow cows, Sl0922; fancy cows, S5O9SS; mitch
COWS S and .S cslyss s@!s; yesrlinss ss9s; two
tat swine, live, 3A44asc; Northern dressed hogs
SIC u 10; stores, RETAIL 81 5O3r5,
CATTLK,-Five hundred and ninety head Of cattle
put In an appearance within the week, Of which
only nine cars were from the West We found the
market a shade better in tone and hrmer in price.
The stock changed hands WITHOUT much hesitation;
sales from 4G5hc. q 10; some lower and some
higher. c. d. Way picked up in Maine II pairs OF
nice young working cattle In high working condi.
ton which will go into Connecticnt with the intent
cattle Of lbs al Sc live weight do of 5000 lbs
At &c; Q. Buck sold pair Of Swiss cattle Of 1000
lbs at market price, e. g. Foss sold steers, average
1850 lbs. at &c; . beef cows, l.s2O Ibis at Sc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
AGRICULTURAL.
Dreaming Milk.

While separator companies are rival
ing each other to see which can produce
q machine that will skim butter-fat the
most closely, how lie that class getting
along who depend on the old-fashioned
way of skimming milkp | mean those
dairymen who set milk at home, let
the cream arise, and lift it off the milk
in perforated tin skinner. They can
depend on no cunning mechanical de
vice to automatically aud clearly extract
all, or nearly all, Of the fat globules in
their milk. They must trust in meas
ure to nature. The old idea was that
long length of time was necessary in
which to let nature thoroughly do this
work. And 80 in the past, and many,
many times at present, the set milk is
not skinned until it is sour. That this
is a mistake is now ackno wledged by all
successful butter-makers; but wherein
lies the error2 Advocates of the sour
ing principle have believed that butter
globules continued to struggle to the
surface until the milk was loppered.
They failed to take into consideration
the fact that the conditions surrounding
the milk have everything to do with it.
By unfavorable conditions milk can be
caused to sour before more than half of
the cream has arisen, or, through favor
able conditions, not the slightest acid
reaction will show in the fluid when
the butter-fat has all gravitated to the
surface.
Of course it is for the butter.maker, in
prudence and wisdom, to regularly ap
ply, despite the variations of weather
or season, the conditions that yield him
the most cream from which he can
make thu most salable butter. Now, if
he sets the warm fresh milk in warm
atmosphere, Dreaming is retarded and
souring is fastened. He knows that
after the milk is loppered no more
cream will arise, but he fails to see
wherein the quality of the cream al
ready arisen is injured 10y Its acid
change. Not possessing a clear under
standing on this subject he Cor she)
goes on, even at the present day, max
ing butter from cream rolled rather
than skim med off from milk as thick as
jelly. Then these same ones will write
to the editor of an agricultural paper
asking what is the cause of white specks
in butter, rancid butter, and why their
butter brings only minimum price.
They surely need to learn the impor-
lance of forcing the cream out of the
new, sweet milk as quickly as possible,
to accomplish which they must lower
the milk's temperature. Reducing the
tactical temperature to forty-fve to
fifty degrees accomplished the two fold
purpose of Dreaming it quickly and re-
tarding tn E, development of acid. By
proper handling the cream ought to be
all out of it in twenty-four hours at the
longest, and then it should not be al
lowed to float there minute longer. 1t
is the opportune time to skim it, to OBJ
tain the largest yield of butter, and that
of the best quality White specks are
avoided because there is no loppered
casein clinging to the cream, and good
flavor is preserved because it has no
time to be injured by the deteriorating
changes that affect long standing
milk.-George E. Ne,oel, in Practical
Ddirymdn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06

1t is generally believed that the
houses, barns and other buildings ON
farms are seldom destroyed by fire, but
the statistics show that they are very
frequently destroyed, generally because
there are no adequate means at hand to
put out farm fire when it is once
started. One-fourth of the farm fires are
of unknown origin, one-fifth are caused
by lightning, bout one-tenth are of
known incendialy origin, one-sixth are
caused by defective flues in farm dwell
ings, nearly per cent are caused by
bad stoves or stovepipes, one-eleventh
are caused by sparks on roofs; children,
kerosene, carelessness with matches
lights in barns and spontaneous com
bustion cause about 1 per cent each:
while the other fires may originate from
gasoline stoves, locomotive and steam
thrasher sparks, furnaces, fireplace and
open CRATES, smokehouses, ashes in wood
en- receptacles and other causes.
Farmers usually insure their build
ings for full value, but carry little IN
suranoe on their removable contents
There are many total losses. Insurance
men generally charge a higher rate on
barns than on dwellings and discIimi.
nate between old and new structures,
between well and poorly constructed
buildings between good and bad chin
neys, between unincumbered property
and that with an ironolad mortgage, be-
tween property occupied by the owner
and that by tenant, and between large
breeding barns with numerous en-
ployees and those which are tended by
the owner and his family. The farmer
should provide the best possible means
for extinguishing fires which may arise
on his property. Too much care cannot
be taken with all inf1ammable oils and
other materials, with matches, tobac-
CO. ashes and lights. Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Hoods Sarsapari||a

PEELED to out her hair, as she could not
bear the weight Of 1t. At first the change
for the better was very gradual; the pains
seemed to be less frequent and the SWELL
ing In some Of the joints subsidized after
using about one bottle. Then improve
ment was more rapid and one night she
surprised us greatly by telling US that we
need not prop her up in bed as we had
one for several months, and next night
she surprised us still more by rolling
over across the bed. From that time on
improvement was Very Rapid
and she soon began to creep about the
house and then to walk on crutches. Now
she generally uses but one crutch, the dis
ease having left one leg crooked, and fear
1t will remain so. We feel that to Hoods
Sarsapsrilla we owe our child's life.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Special Manures.

The greatest successes in farming are
now made by those who have expert
mented with special manures, and have
thus learned how to use them so as to
get the greatest benefit from them
Most of these special manures are min
eral 1t is the deficiency Of stable ma
nure in the mineral elements Of plant
food that has compelled farmers to pur-
chase phosphate and potash to make up
the deficiency. At first the lack was
mainly Of phosphate. This is the miner.
al that is most needed by grain, and es-
pecially by the wheat crop. More late.
ly, as fruit growing and the potato crop
have superseded wheat, farmers and
fruitgrowers find that potash is even
more necessary for them than phosphate
Is to the wheatgrowar.-Am Cul.
tivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
The Best Part of COrnstalks.

II used to be thought that the tops OF
oornstalks made the best feed. This idea
was wholly based ON the fact that they
we're fine and easily ohewed. BY the
test Of sweetness the lower part Of the
stalk is much the richest, only near the
butt the stalk is apt to be hard. The COW
test Of the best part Of the stalk is easily
made. She will invariably grasp the
stalk In the middle, double it up and
then chew until she has left outside her
mouth only the butt and little piece
of stalk attached to the tassel. This will
be rejected, and another stalk will be
taken up, to have repeated on it the
same process. American Cultivator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
The Buff Plymouth Rock.

The popularity of buff plumage IL
doubtless responsible for the Buff Plym-
outh Rock. This popularity is in itself
something remarkable. For years and
years the Buff Cochin had the honor of
being the sole representative Of this col
or Then the Pekin Bantam appeared,
which was but diamond edition of the
Buff Cochin. This was followed by the
Buff Leghorn and the Argonaut. and
then appeared simultaneously the Buff
Wyandotte and Buff Plymouth Rock. In
some cases these two varieties were bred
from the same yard of fowls, those with
rose combs being called Wyandottes and
those with single combs Plymouth
Rocks.
In the Buff Plymouth Rock, when
fully perfected, we have a medium sized
fowl of great practical value and of re-
markable beauty. The color is soft,
rich, even buff color that cannot be
surpassed among solid colors for beauty,
and color that is as useful as it is
beautiful, for it harmonizes with the de
sired rich yellow of the skin and legs,
produces pinfeathers that are inconspic-
uous on the dressed poultry, and does
not readily show stains and marks of
soiling It is a color therefore that
adapts the fowl to all sections of the
country and makes 1t of value to the
practical poultry raiser. according to II.
s. Babcock, who writes the foregoing
to American Agrioulturist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
A Bounty ON Agricultural Exports.

The Luban idea is to pay transporta-
ton charges on our agricultural ex-
ports out of receipts from customs du-
ties. The 5000, 900 900 of tariff revenue
would thus be paid in bounties on farm
exports. But the foreign market is al
ready overcrowded, and this additional
stimulus of say fifteen cents per bushe
for that is about what it costs to get
wheat from the country elevator to the
English market might 80 increase
American production as to depress
prices more than the bounty on exports
worth fifty cents now, the bounty would
make the price say sixty-fve cents.
Judging the future by the past, this
would lead to production that would
force the market to forty cents, so that
even with the bounty added the state of
the farmer would be no better than at
present. We believe the Illinois state
grange erred in endorsing the scheme
without more careful consideration
Far wiser appears to be the plan of a
bounty on domestic sugar, to encourage
the production at home of the $500 ,O0O,-
O0O worth of food that we now import,
seven-eighths of which came in free
last year. Certainly it is economic
folly to export wheat at starvation prices
to pay for imported sugar. Let US
raise what we consume, encouraging
this policy in every reasonable way, be.
fore trying to increase our exports in
competition with the peoples of Russia,
India and the Argentine. If the GUS
toms revenue is to be used to protect
the unprotected, let the policy thus be-
gin at home. 1t has been shown be-
yond peradventure that this plan ap-
piled to sugar would give consumers
equally as cheap sweets, and at q great
saving to the nation i'll the long run.
But if the indirect revenue from GUS
toms is to be applied either as home
or export bounty on unprotected agri-
culture, it will necessitate doubling the
direct taxes. For the internal revenue
now meets only about one-third the
government expenditures; the balance
would have to be met by internal reve-
nue. taxes on other articles or on in
comes. Whether such taxes would be
less burdensOme to the common people
than the tariff is an open question.
The thing is as broad as it is long. The
argument runs in circle. A nation,
like an individual, can't lift itself by it's
bootstraps. -Orange Judd Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Be s are Of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. In buying Hall 8 Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the gerpine. 1t is taken
internally, and made in Toledo, o., by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
q Sold by Druggists, price seventy
five cents per bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
DishOrning Cattle,

When cows are dishorned, says a
writer on this subject, you do not find
any cows in herd past seven years old,
and in my experience, while looking
over herd of forty cows, the owner
had but two Cat least he gave me their
ages SOY that were more than five or six
years old. Now, this is decidedly a
benefit worth thinking about. You
men who oppose dishorning, just think
of never being obliged to show man
an old COW, except now and then one
that will lose its teeth or whose teeth
have been worn small and stand wide
apart. What benefit, and only just
simply to have to haggle their horns off
and the thing is settled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Makes Pure Blood

That is why the Cures by Hoods
Sarsaparilla are permanent. They do
not rest upon the insecure support of
temporary stimulant, opiate or nerve a
compound, but upon the solid founda-
ton of vitalized, enriched and purified
blood. Read this:
The cure Of Olive Carl by Hoods
Sarsaparilla has few equals in medical
history. The testimonial was first
published two years ago, and late
letter from her mother says Olive con-
tinues In good health and "We are
satisfied her remarkable cure by
Hoods Sarsaparilla was permanent"
Briefly stated the case was this: "When
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06

az can't eat, I have no appetite" Ii the
complaint OF many people just now. This
is because the blood is in a sluggish and
impure condition. Vitalize and enrich
it by taking Hoods Sarsapsrilla, and you
will soon be hungry all the time because
your blood will demand proper susie
nance from good food.
Nervous Dyspepsia.
al suffered with what the doctors called
nervous dyspepsia. could hardly walk
and could hardly keep anything on my
stomach. doctored for six or seven years
but the different medicines did not do me
any good and grew steadily worse.
would have sick headache for three days
and nights causing me such agony that 1t
seemed as though would rather die than
live. was told to try Hoods Sarsaparilla
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Cholera Morbus 4
Cholera Infantum
Chronic Diarrhoea

No words can express the misery and
mourning these common complaints have
caused. Little graves and aching hearts
everywhere, silently record their terror This
Anodyne has repeatedly cured these awful
bowel troubles after the best medical skill had
failed. 1t has probably saved more lives and
relieved more suffering than any other remedy.
All who use 1t are amazed at its wonderful
power and are loud in its praise ever after. Its
special province is TO allay pain and cure in
hammation. Internal much as External. 1t
soothes and heals burns, bruises, chaps,
sprains, stiffness, swellings, backache, and
every lameness. 1t cures asthma, bronchitis,
colds, catarrh, collie Group, cramps, whooping
cough, toothache, sore lips, throat and lungs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06

bottle was 80 much better that could
eat things that had not dared to eat be-
fore for years. have taken six bottles
and feel like different person." MRS.
SIMON DECKER, Ruggles, Pennsylvania.
Refreshing sleep has been given me by
Hoods Sarsaparilla and now rest well
and do not feel tired in the morning as
used to-" JOHN CRAIG, Somerville, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Fancy Cheese.

The fancy cheese business of this
country is reaching large proportions.
Neufchatel, Brie, Camembert, Isigny,
Limburger, Sapsago and Swiss are
largely made here. With the single
exception of the last named, the do
nestle article is in every respect as
good as the imported--some of it is
better. Port de Salut is a French
cheese that has not yet been success
fully made here. All will yet be made
here, and of the best quality, says the
Rural New Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
Makes Pure Blood

Olive was years old she had the whoop-
Ing cough and measles, followed by in
tense pains in every joint in her body,
like rheumatism. Physicians were puz-
zled, but after a consultation, pronounced
the disease some form OF
Constitutional ScrofuIa.
"When we began to use Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, she could not be moved without
crying out with pain, and we were COM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-03-06
FARM for SALE

Norcross farm, two miles east from Plainheld
village ll5 acres of land good selection of grated
orchard of 800 trees and cedar swamp Tillage land
in good state of cultivation, will cut thirty tons of
hay or more. Buildings in good condition, barns
lately repaired. good silo, and cellars under the
Town bonds an paid, taxes light III said farm Is
not sold. II will be rented the coming year. For
further particulars inquire of ID. j. N0RCROSS or
CLARK KING OF Montpelier
February "a, 1895.