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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

We may 30 manage as to increase the
available amount decidedly. believe
it is good farming to do this, as well
as to be careful not to waste any.
Then getting the clover we have the
best possible foundation for the corn
crop, or for potatoes, or most anything
else. The clover has gathered most of
its nitrogen from the air, thus enrich.
ing the soil. 1t has drawn largely on
the deep subsoil also, where land is
we'll drained, for its mineral matter. 1t
has not fed very much on the soil, only
while it was getting we'll started. 1t is
the great renovating crop which is able
to bring together from air and subsoil
the fertility that the following corn
needs. Right was Mr.. Sisson when he
said the clover feeds the corn. And
there is no better combination for the
dairyman, or any stock feeder, than
corn and clover in the latitude where
corn will do well. The clover if cut
early and nicely cured, is very nearly a
perfect stock food alone, but the corn
is not. The two go together nicely,
requiring only the addition of little
wheat bran or linseed oil meal The
corn and fodder are lacking in the
albuminoids or flesh and muscle FORM
ing material, or that which goes to
make blood. Glover hay has a good
proportion of this. 1t has fully twice
as much as the same quantity of timothy
hay has. So you see the timothy hay
would be very poor feed to use with
corn or ensilage. And then the timothy
feeds on the nitrogen in the soil, while
the clover gets it from the air and adds
to what you have. Glover hay is far
better. Thousands of farmers buy the
albuminoids that they need to go with
the corn, for they must have them for
best results; so far as they can it is much
better for them to raise them in the
form of clover. 1t can usually be done
cheaper than they can be bought, and
one has the renovating effects of the
clover besides.
Clover will feed corn for the stock
men just as it has potatoes for us, and
nothing better could be grown to feed
with the ensilage, or cut fodder and
grain. Mr.. Sisson considers the feed.
ing of ensilage from the silo the best
way of soiling when pastures are short
rs they are except for about two
months in the year. Now that is just
right. Perhaps many of you do not
think 30, but as rule, in our section
cows do not get all they can profitably
use of the best of food for more thar
about two months, l think. If we
want the greatest possible results We
must feed large part of the year
Corn put in silo " i'll make cheap fooC
along with little clover, or clover hay
and some bran and oil meal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

on into the circulatory system in a
changed form, or whether it is simply
separated from the other elements and
always maintains its identity, is an un-
settled problem. 1t can be used by the
animal for maintaining the body tenn
perature and for this purpose is from
2 times to 2.5 times more efficacious
than the carbohydrates. 1t is main.
tanned by some that the fat in the milk
comes largely from the crude fat in the
food.
CARBoNACEOUS. The carbon ydrates
aud the fat contain all the carbon in the
food, just as the protein contains all the
nitroge n, ana hence are called the car
bonaceous elements.
NUTRITIvE RATIO. The relation or
proportion of the heterogeneous to the
carbonaceous elements, after reducing
the fat to its equivalent in carbohy-
drates. Hence when we say that ra.
ton has a nutritive ratio of /: SO, we
mean that it contains ! part of digesti-
BILE heterogeneous matter or protein to 8
parts OF digestible carbonaceous matter.
FoRMULA.-A recipe or statement
containing directions for mixing or COM
pounding different feeding stuffs in
such manner as to make a days feed
or ration.
BACTERIA vegetable organ
isms, not visible except with the aid of
powerful microscope. They are often
called germs, because they are the
cause or source of many diseases, such
as cholera, typhoid fever, consumption,
ETC., and produce profound changes, in
milk and other liquids, and in vegetable
and animal substances. Bacteria are
also frequently called microbes, more
especially such as are pathogenic, or
disease breeding.
ALBUMINOIDs.-See Protein.
NITROGENOUS.-See Protein.
NITRoG ENFREE EXTRACT.-See
Carbohydrates.
ETHER EXTRACT.-See Fat.
GERMS.-See Bacteria.
MICROBEs.-See Bacteria.
PATHOGENIC.-See Bacteria.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
The American Agriculturist Almanac.

This is paper-covered book of 500
pages, nearly 6x9 inches in size. 1t is
published by the Orange Judd Com
pany, Springfield, Mass. The price is
twenty. five cents. 1t is popular refer
ence book for the farm, the home, and
the Office, and contains vast amount
of valuable information. 1t is said to
contain 1000 topics and 10000 facts.
1t is certainly handy and valuable
book for reference, containing infor-
nation which farmers need, all of
which is made easily accessible by a
copious and well arranged index. 1t
is somewhat like the Tribune Almanac,
but of much greater value to farmers.
Some of the most important of the
facts learned by the experiment stations
are here summarized and put in a con-
venient shape for reference. Facts
from the census occupy many pages,
and are thus made accessible to those
who do not have the government re-
ports. 1t is really an up-to-date CYCLIC
pedia of facts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

AT the request of an "old subscriber"
who says that he is often met with the
objection that many of the words and
terms used in our feeding formulas and
| in other places are not sufficiently un-
derstood by good many readers and
others who would be readers if they
fully comprehended the meaning of
such words, we have compiled the fol-
lowing glossary or explanation of such
of these as are most frequently used
OF course they have been explained
over and over again in these columns
and elsewhere, but when one is reading
it is not always convenient to hunt up
in back number, or even in diction-
airy, the special meaning of these mod
ern additions from science to our every
day language.
GLOSSARY.
ORGANIC MATTER The combusti-
BILE matter in feeding stuffs; that is,
the entire grain or fodder less the
water it may contain and the ash that
would remain after burning.
DIGEsTIBLE NUTRIENTs.-That por.
ton of the organic matter which can
be digested by the animal and does not
pass off through the bowels as excre-
ment.
PROTEIN. That part of the diges-
tible nutrients which goes to the for
nation of lean meat, ligaments, hair,
horns, and the casein Cor curd) of milk.
1t is generally believed, also, that pro-
tein may be, and many times is, con-
verified into the fat found in milk. The
basis of protein is NITROGEN hence the
protein elements are frequently termed
the heterogeneous parts of the food. They
are also called albuminoidS.
CARBOHYDRATES That part of the
digestibe nutrients which is the pri
mary source for sustaining animal heat
and furnishing the power for keeping
the animal mechanism in operation.
They are composed of the woody fiber
of the plant and grain, and the starch,
sugar, gums, etc and in the published
tables of chemical analyses are usually
sub divided into the terms crude fiber,
which is the least digestible portion of
feeding stuffs, and nitrogen free eThact,
so-called because it does not contain any
nitrogen.
FAT.-That portion OF the digestible
nutrients which may be dissolved out
OF the food sluffs by ether. Hence it is
frequently called ether eDtract and
sometimes crude fat. The chemists are
not quite satisfied with the present
methods for determining the amount of
fat in feeding stutfs, but are not yet ready
to announce better way. Whether
fat is actually digested and thus passed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

CURE FOR HEADACHE.-As a rem
edy for all forms of headache Electric
Bitters has proved to be the very best.
1t effects a permanent cure and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure bottle, and
give this remedy a fair trial. In cases
of habitual constipation Electric Bitters
cures by giving the needed tone to the
bowels, and few cases long resist the
use of this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles only fifty cents at G.
Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
Can't Eat
# Breakfast

a failing altogether too common
with Americans. Due generally
to excuses of some sort, whether
over-work or dissipation the re-
suit is the same. "The candle
is being burnt at both ends"
The man who begins the day in
this way is living on vital forces
that should be husbanded. If
yon can't eat in the morning as
you should, take a glass of milk
containing a tablespoonful of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
BOVinine

The effect it marvellous. You
will have taken a feed stimulant
that nourshes, makes new blood,
new bone, new flesh and nerve
tissue, and one that has no re-
action. Every vital organ of the
body will be kept in a normal
condition and will be enabled to
throw off disease. Bovinine is
a powerful concentration of the
life-maintaining elements of lean
beef, all of which are preserved
by the special cold process en-
ployed in its m anufacture.
Doctors everywhere will COM
mend it, and druggists sell it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
Items of Interest.

A HEATHER was originally dweller
on the German heaths, the last local
tiles in Germany to accept the Christian
religion.
TERMAGANT was formerly quarrel
some person OF either sex, and only the
lack of gallantry of men has limited the
word to its present significance.
LAUGHTER is day, and sobriety is
night; smile is the twilight that how
ers gently between both, more bewitch-
ing than either-H. W. Beocher.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, GO
LUCAS COUNTY, Do

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
~ my presence, this 9th day of
g. ! December, A. D., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
w. Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Co Sold by druggists at seventy
tive cents.
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RETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

ezF- The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for wholesale lots mot jobbnS
prices unless otherwise Indicated and intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

81 HAVE used Hoods Pills and think
they are the best of any for family use. !"
F. A. Bowker, South Reading, Vt. !
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

CRAVEN was at first a man who had
craved or begged his life of an enemy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-12

Drew, Fisher, Vail and Winslow of
VermonO, and is one of the best
working American standards we have.
Farmers must be udents-must use
their brains as well as hands--to gain
success.
FOR RATIoNS FOR iOOO-LB. COWS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12

Awkward Youth-sa-ay. can't yor
give me job on this ere paperH /
aoan't 'spose I kin learn TO be editor.
but I'm told there is other sorts O work
In newspaper Offices.
Mr.. Beatemall great edltor)--You
might suit In some capacity, perhaps.
Do you know anything about bookkeep'
lng3
Nope"
"Are you good at figuresr
"Ah, yes, I'm good at figgers."
"How much are 8 and n"
"Lemme see. Put down 9, an then
put down along side Of It, an that
makes 81"
"well, sir, you would do for the
counting room, but I see no reason why
you should not rise to proud eminenc0
In the circulation department"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12
FOR WOMEN ONLY.

Black satin accessories to bodlcea
are edged with Honiton lace and jet
beading.
Charming handkerchiefs are OF
squares Of very fine white linen, with
a two-inch border of renaissance lace.
A dainty tea jacket is Of sea-green
velveteen and is trimmed with inser-
tons OF white lace over white satin
ribbon.
A bordering Of white duchess lace
gives an elegant finish to black figured
net veillngs. Fish net and tulle dotted
veilings are used for mourning.
Short dressing sacks Of eiderdown In
dainty blues, pinks and grays and in
rich reds are trimmed with frogs Of
black braid, retailing at dollar.
Pretty matinee gowns have bolerOs Of
point de Venice lace or fichus Of rose
point. White laces are more popular
this season than black or cream.
The "toothpick" umbrella in dark
blue, red and black, is the design to
be used throughout the autumn. The
fashionable handle is in natural wood.
Braiding in light green satin felt
Is combined with ciel velvet In fashion.
ing larger shapes In carriage hats,
Paradise plumes form the trimming
giving an unusually brilliant coIorlng,
One Of the new shades Of pink, Dor
dering on rose, is called fauvette. Tai.
feta silk in this shade forms the ground
Of delicate evening fabric, the design
Of which consists Of alternate wide and
narrow gray-white satin stripes, with
baskets Of gayish-blue leaves and
flowers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12
GEORGE VANDERBILT

err annoy the owner of Biltmore, and
he does not feel that he has any ter
ritorial boundaries. Except for this
one farmer!
This old man sold his estate to
George Vanderbilt, but carefully
marked off one section of 1t for him
self. He did not sell quite all he
owned. There was still narrow strip
left. Upon this he moved his little
farm house and stubbornly refused to
bulge. Every year immense sums
have been offered him to sell the little
farmhouse and live elsewhere But
there he lives, placidly smoking his
pipe, tilling his two or three acres, and
enjoying the shooting and fishing of
his neighbor whose land dips down in
to valley just there, making the old
mans farmhouse a veritable spying
ground.
Austin Corbin bought his immense
country estate more craftily than most
millionaires know how to. For months
before he built his house he had old
farmers going around with their pants
tucked in boots saying to the farmers
around, wall, l guess I'd like to buy
a strip of that land O. yourn|
Think O. settling hereabouts?" the
farmers would ask.
wall, ye-es, if you don't hold your
land too high"
And so his crafty agents got hold OF
many and many a hundred acres at
the regular market price.
But there was one old farmer in the
interior Of the forest land who said
nothing, but sawed wood. When the
make-believe farmers approached him,
he answered:
II guess I won't sell just yit. In the
spring this here wood'll all be gone.
Then I'll sell the place ter ye."
We've got him cinched." said the
wise agents. THAT wood is good for
only this seasons chopping."
Meanwhile they bought up enough
land to make a handsome park, and
began to turn stone for a house; but
in the spring the old man thought dif-
ferently about moving.
Guess I've thought better Of IT," he
chuckled.
The ground was brOkeT. the stone
csrted, and the mansion completed.
Then came the stocking Of SO great an
estate.
MY boy" Corbin used to say to his
young friends. my boy, do you see
thoos vranse running around. and can
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12
A COMING SINGER.
An Illinois Young Woman vOCaliSt with
Brilliant Prospects.
(sprlngfeld, H., Lottery

springfield, ILL.,, Lottery
Miss Bessie 0'Brien, who 10 new
studying music under the great Nine.
Marchesi at Paris, Is progressing ad-
mirably. In musical circles abroad this
young lady Is now regarded as COM
ing star Of the first magnitude. She
speaks OF herself In letter Of recent
date as follows: Last week, after a
months vacation, resumed my musl-
cal studies with Nine. Marchesl. My
voice Is in excellent condition, and Its
improvement is more apparent now
than at any time previous. Since ! be-
gan studying with Marchesi / have
gone through some very difficult work,
the madame requiring her pupils to I'M
derstand time perfectly and to define
thoroughly the vocal sentiment and ex-
preston of selections, go that one must
necessarily spend time and labor in
translating and acquiring the full sense
Of each study in progress" Miss
o'Brien's voica is Of wonderful quality
and Of compass little short Of three
octaves, from lower q to high D Nat.
Her tones are superb In quality and are
warmly sympathetic, and she has good
dramatic ability. She is a pretty girl,
with dark brown hair and dark blue
eyes, is very earnest and determined,
and, with all the applause that she has
received, is modest and unassuming.
This youthful vocalist is at the present
time not quite IS years of age. She
was born in this city In October, 1873,
and is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis o'Brien, old and respected resi-
dents Of the capital city. When but 10
years Of age Miss O'Brien used to &C
company her sister, who is organist
at St. Agnes church in Springfield, to
choir rehearsal, and, without the no.
tice of anyone, the child sang with the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12

you hear the Qusilf My hoy, IN TOW
years I'll have Amer shooting than
BerosfOrd has got os his place."
A startled squawk Of the wild fowl
broke the stiffness. A stamping oil
game in the woods told that disturb
ing element was az hand. Through
the elegantly planned park came the
old man. with gun on his shoulder
and his dogs at his heels.
Where are you going2' demanded
Mr.. Corbin.
Going home" replied the old man,
laconically.
"I'll see about that" said Corbin.
A lawyer was called in, and the law
was read: but the closest application
could find no hindrance to a man In
reaching his own property, "A man is
entitled to gangplank TO his own
habitat" was the ultimatum; and they
could get no further.
That man still holds the property.
He has an idea his grandchildren will
sell for millions.
There Is we'll known story that
Levi p. Morton. with his Jersey pigs
and his Attorney COWS, would dearly
like to purchase a snug bit Of prop
erty that lies next to his; but the own'
er holds on. for peculiar reasons. He
wants to be next the rose" He Is q
politician Of local repute, and the privi-
lege Of saying that he lives next to
Morton is worth twenty votes to him.
When 80 lofty reason restraints a
man, 1t is a mean politician that would
seek to tempt.
At Lenox, upon one Of the lovely
hillsides heading up to October Noun
tain, the Harry Whitney country place.
there stands little shanty,with cob
ble-stone foundation, and a single
sprawny tree growing alongside. On
each side of 1t end great estates. Many
and many time have the owners Of
the property on each side tried to buy
of the old woman who owns 1t; but
she, poor thing, keeps a thin-sided COW
and sells her milk to the nelghbors and
holds on. At first she wanted $4,000;
now she refuses $4,000. But she is old,
and cannot live forever. Then her lit
tie place will be bought cheap from
her son, who urges her to sell.
Such are few Of the tales Of men
who, having great estates, want one
little spot besides; and such is the tale
Of mans cupidity that these owners,
poor and suffering for necessities, bear
their poverty and hardships, sure that
a gold mine will open at their feet II
they can only wait long enough for It.
ALBERT CAMERON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12

All summer the man worked out do
ing chores. and when winter came no
housed up, only going out to do odd
Jobs. Spring dawned, and with 1t came
the agent The old man by this time
was ugly. you can't hev that thar
house fur less than $5O,OOO," said he,
"and cash at that"
"I'll pay It," said the agent. Il will
be here tomorrow with the money and
q lawyer"
Next morning came the agent, the
lawyer and the money. But when they
approached the house they saw some
thing had gone wrong. The chickens
were running wildly in all directions,
the windows were broken and the door
hung mournfully upon one hinge. AS
they stopped to gaze at the strange
sight wildly disheyeled figure came
rushing around the house crying:
Money, money! Where's the money?
Let me eat it! Let me eat IT." It was
the poor fellow, gone stark, raving
mad with Joy at the prospect of sudden
wealth. Three months afterward he
died In the madhouse!
Not all such tales have so tragic an
ending. Upon the very border of Bit
more, George Vanderbilt's North Caro-
lima estate. there dwells farmer, fat,
rudy, and contented. knowing as he
does that the owner Of Biltmore would
give a cool million any day to Gust
him.
Biltmore is SO planned that Its bor-
ders end upon streams, in forests. and
upon large adjoining estates OF gentle
men. Bill Nye's place touches Bllt-
more upon one end. These people new
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12

session of so many miles Of property
that he needed no more. Here shall
place my house." he said, land the
park shall extend for miles around us,
farther than we can see or walk or
drive. It shall be like baronial es-
tate into whose depths the owner can
penetrate, but offering no access to
the stranger"
When the surveyors set out to place
the boundaries of the big fence they
were amazed to find small piece OF
property that was not in the plans. 1t
consisted Of a small strip Of land run
ming back about forty rods into Mr..
Rockefeller's domains. Upon the lit
tie plot stood a simple frame house,
untenanted, while around the door
strayed few lonesome chickens.
The surveyors reported this to MT.
Rockefeller. Purchase the piece OF
property" ordered he.
When the Rockefeller agents APP
preached the small house they found
an old man out by the door feeding his
hens. IT doan't think as I want ter
SELL" said he, rehectively glancing over
che spreading acres beyond. Fact is,
/ like ter have nice neighbor like
that. I'm contented here, doin' chores
for the neighbors an working out win
tiers. No, l doan't want ter sell"
zone of those obstinate old fell
lows" calculated the agent. Leave
him alone. He'll come around"
But the man did not come around
fast enough. Meanwhile Mr. Rockefel-
Ter wanted to build that fence. The
little plot stood next the best water
Nhance on the place. A beautiful little
river cascades into a ravine back OF
the plot BUY at any price" ordered
the millionaire. But the agent held
out
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12
BESSIE O'BRIEN.

choir. Later at home she would sing
this difficult classical music with tho
feeling and expression Of an older per-
son and with a dramatic force which
quite astonished her friends. She soon
became regular member Of the choir.
and two years later was its principal
soloist. Miss o'Brlen made her first
great impression when she sang solo
in st. Jarlath's church in Chicago
about eighteen months ago, on which
occasion she surprised those who were
fortunate enough to hear her by the
great power and beauty Of her voice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-12
Rotation of Crops.

Some American tourists were visit
Ing an old monastery near Florence,
and going through the grounds at last
came to a spot which contained large
vegetable garden on one side, while
on the other lay the cemetery Of the
fathers, a path dividing the burial
place from the garden.
Glow often do you change your gar
den over to the other slider" asked one
OF the party, with an attempt at IA
seriousness.
To his surprise the father gravely
answered, about once in twenty-five
years."