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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
PRESERVING FODDER CORN.
Deceive Tess Of ire Relative Value @
-Four Popular Methods.

Decisive Tess Of the Relative Value of
-Four Popular Methods.
In the eiel d annual report of the
Vermont agricultural experiment sta
ton is given an instructive account Of
results gained in testing four ways Of
preserving corn fodder-yiz; /. Ensi-
laying the entire crop. Tears and all"
(whole ensilage). 2. Picking the ears,
cribb.ng, dying and grinding them
and feeding the meal together with the
snsilaged talks and husks (stover ensi-
lage aud meal). g. Stocking in large
stocks (eorn fodder. 4. Husking, crib
bling, drying and grinding the ears and
feeding the meal together with the
stocked stalks (corn slower and meaD.
Each of the four methods Of preserva-
ton saved about four-fifths of the dry
matter as harvested, and, judged by this
alone, were Of practically equal eff
cheney, the figures being: Slower ensi-
lage and meal, 18 per cent loss of dry
matter, whole ensilage, corn fodder and
corn slower and meal, 20 per cent loss
of dry matter each. These figures are
almost identical with those obtained i'll
similar tests previously made at this
station. The character of the losses in
food ingredients is much the same in
each case.
Tho stocked folders, while stocked,
lost more and more dry matter as the
winter went on; after cutting they lost
considerable dry matter, but less as the
winter grew longer. The losses in gross
weight and dry matter in the silos were
found to be parallel, the latter, how
ever, exceeding the former. The ears in
the silo lost more of their food value
than those handled in other ways, the
reverse of the result in the 1923 ex'
pertinent. The relative cost Of placing
the same amount of dry matter in the
manager was greatly in favor Of the
whole ensilage. The time and money
spent in husking and grinding the ears
were wasted, since better results were
obtained when the ears were left on the
stalk.
In this experiment the ensilages were
relished much better than the dry fod
| ders, and the COWS did better upon them.
The same quantities Of milk and butter
were made by feeding whole ensilag(
and stover eDsilage and meal; the mill
was not changed in quality, but the
COWS ate less dry matter from whole en-
silage to produce the same amounts o.
milk and butter. There were but 81 OF
90 pounds Of milk and butter produced
by given amount Of dry matter in The
stover ensilage and meal ration to 100
pounds produced by the same amount O
dry matter in the whole ensilage ration
The whole ensilage lasted longest
and would consequently make the mos
milk and butter. An acre of corn made
into whole ensilage yielded as much al
1895 acres made into slower ensilage
The results Of this experiment as
whole arc in entire accord with thos
obtained in tho similar trial at this sta
tion in 1923.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

When potatoes are placed fora few
minutes in brine, the lightest or those
of poorest quality and most deficient in
starch rise to the top. BY this method
it is an easy matter with the aid Of
hydrometer to determine the amount of
starch and hence the quality of the po-
tatoes. E. S. Golf, who planted the
light, the medium and the heavy pota-
toes as indicated by the brine test for
two years in succession, reports to Rural
New Yorker that, unlike European in
vestigators, he noted no improvement
in the quality of the crops as a result of
this selection. He found that tubers
growing nearest the surface were Of low
est specific gravity Or poorest quality and
that the specific gravity increased with
the depth at which the potato grew.
This he ascribes to the cooler tempera-
ture found at greater depths. He also
found that potatoes grown i'll level cul-
ture, with the consequent lower tenn
perature within the soil, had greater
specific gravity than those grown in
hills
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
ERRM 49,, ~
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REAL FACTS ABOUT HEN MANURE.
why 1t Varies In ouaiity-Mixing With
Absorbents-Use For Quick Crops.

why 1t Varies In ouaiity-NIixing With
Absorbents-Use For Quick Crops.
Fhis substance is richer than the dung
Of other animals because it contains both
the solid and liquid excrement whereas
the dung of cows and horses contains
comparatively little Of their urine un-
less absorbents have been freely used.
Nitrogen (ammonia) is voided mainly
in the liquid part; hence if both solid
and liquid excrement are obtained to-
gether this most expensive element OF
plant food is saved, together with the
potash and phosphates in the solid ex-
crement. Hen manure contains all these
manurial substances except what the
fowl retains for sustenance, growth and
eggs. Therefore quality of droppings
depends upon food consumed. Thus
pen of fowls fed on a concentrated mix
ture of wheat bran parts, linseed meal
4, ground oats 6, gave a manure con-
tanning one-fourth more plant food than
q like pen fed on cornmeal instead Of
this mixture.
The quality of hen manure as usually
cared for varies widely. When first void
ed by we'll fed birds, it contains about
60 per cent water, 1.3 per cent nitrogen,
phosphoric acid / and potash one-half
of 1 per cent, with about 20 per cent in
soluble matter Cime, magnesia, sand,
etc. J, the balance being organic matter
of little nominal value. At Is cents, 5
cents and cents per pound respectively
the nitrogen in a ton Of such fresh drop
pings is worth So. 80, phosphoric acid 81,
potash 40 cents; total value SIS. 30 per
ton. But nearly half of this nitrogen
may be lost by evaporation, and as it is
the most valuable part care should be
taken to preserve it. This may be readi-
ly done by freely using an absorbent I'M
der the roosts, also using it in the bar
rels or piles in which the manure is
kept, carefully sheltered from moisture
Or heat Dry earth, we'll dried muck,
land plaster Gypsum or sulphate of
lime) or even finely sifted coal ashes
make excellent absOrbents, but not lime
or wood ashes because they might liber-
ate the ammonia (nitrogen) Unless
absorbents are thus used and the manure
frequently scraped up, mixed with more
absorbents and put in a sheltered place,
The American Agriculturist, authority
for the foregoing, calculates that about
one half it's value is lost.
The New York experiment station
found that adult hens kept in confne.
ment made about 30 pounds of drop
pings per year, fresh weight, or about
10 pounds air dry. On the above basis
this would be worth cents Fattenina
fowls made more and much richer ma
nure Roughly speaking, therefore, II
may be said that hen manure may bt
reckoned as worth 5 to 10 cents pei
fowl per year, according to theoare tax
EN- of it. The plant food in hen manure
is most in a soluble form, quickly avail
able t. plants and useful to give crops 6
good start or for quick growing crops.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

In report from the New York sta
ton Professor Roberts makes plain that
horse manure when thrown out in q
pile unsheltered from the weather loses
nearly half its value in six months.
Mixed barnyard manure when piled in
a close pile so that fermentation is very
slow, but without protection from rain
fall, loses about tenth of its value,
while the loss if thrown under the caves,
to he leached by rains and thaws of
winter, is much greater. At this station
fresh manure piled in conical heaps in
January shrank G5 per cent in weight by
April, and the loss of its fertilizing in
gradients was equal to So per cord of the
mamma
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
Cutting Coarse Fodder.

The Maine station compared the value
of chopped and unchopped hay for cows
and found no evidence that the chopping
had any effect. Cutting corn stover was
found advantageous at the Wisconsin
station. The Indiana station found that
steers made better gains ON cut than on
uncut clover hay. In reference to cut
ting coarse fodder Professor Henry says:
There should be good feed cutter on
every dairy farm, useful for silo filling
in the fall and for chatting feed in the
winter. All cornstalks should be put
through this machine, for then they are
in better condition for feeding, and the
coarser portions left uneaten are in good
form for bedding and the manure heap.
Long Cornstalks are a nuisance i'll the
feeding Manager, worthless for bedding
and troublesome in the manure pile.
Many farmers find difficulty in feeding
cut cornstalks, since sometimes the COWS
refuse to eat them. In a few cases we
have found that the sharp ends of the
cornstalks when cut certain lengths in
jure the mouths Of the COWS. When they
are not we'll eaten, tho cause is often
due to overlooking or endeavoring to
have the COWS live on too limited va
riety Of foods. Keep tho managers clean
and feed the cut fodder with care, and
usually very little will be left over, and
that only the coarsest portion. Expert
ments at the Wisconsin station show
that with the varieties Of corn fodder
raised there much more of the cut stalks
will be eaten than if fed uncut under
the came conditions
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
subduing a Drained Swamp.

A farmer who has cleared and tile
drained four acres Of swampy land
which has for many years been covered
with bogs tells in The American Agri-
culturist that the sod was so tough that
it had to be broken up with double
team of oxen. The easiest and most eff
fective method Of subduing the land
next spring is to SOW corn broadcast for
fodder, and the following year put in
corn or potatoes in hills and cultivate
thoroughly. After that the land may be
seeded down or used for any crop de-
sired.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
Thrifty Calves.

We raise our calves on skimmilk and
hay, with the exception that in the first
few weeks of skimmilk feeding they
get handful Of oatmeal each. The
heifers are grown on pasturage and hay
till nearing the time of coming into
profit. They are all the time kept thrifty
and growing. The cost Of thus raising
then is small. because they are fed
on low keep. We now have string of
them /, 2 and years old, as promising
as any to be found in the pampered
herds, Maine Farmer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
ALL SORTS.

Judge-Were you ever up b { sre h. court
Tramp Can't say. judge. What lime does
Your Honor get up.
1t not only so. it must he so, O"e Nnut
Cough Cure acts qnicklv. aud that's What
makes it go. II j DWinpll, NnrTisviil,
vearen, Stowe; Allie, No. HYDE Park; Hub
ell, Wolcott.
Do you think his kissing her was 81 much
OF a surprise as she says2 | do. Why, RI
even forgot to SCREAM.
high liver with torpid liver will not h.
a long liver Correct the liver with DpWift',
Little Early Risers, title pills that cure DIV
pepsia and cnstipa ion H i. Dwinel Nor
risville; j. j. Vearen, stowe; Hubbeli, Vol
colt
He--That Miss Blpacham is a ronounce
brunette is she not? She-I really don,
know. haven't seen her for a week.
Quick in effect. heals and leaves no sea,
Burning. scay skin eruptions quickly cnr d
BY DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Applied
burns, scalds. Old sores, it is magical i,
effect Alwa,s cures piles. II. !. Dwinpil
Morrisville; Vearen. stowe; Allen No. Hyd
Park Hubbell, Wolcott.
Do you desire the peace of Europe? Choru-
of Great Power That depends on which OF
us gets the biggest piece.
One Minute Cough Cure touches the right
| spot. 1t also touches it at he right time il
you take it when you have cough or cold
| See the point? Then don't cough. H J
Dwinell, Morrisville; Vearpn, stowe; Allen,
No Hyde Park; Hubbell, Wolcott
Wonder if Tennyson ever thought the time
would come when he must answer for every
"Idyl' word
''Give me liver regulator and | can reg
ulate the world, said a genius. The druggist
handed him bottle of DeWtt's Little early
Risers, the famous lit lie pills. II. j. Dwinell
Morrisville; Verean, Stowe; Allen, No. HYDE
Park Hubbell, Wolcott.
Kentry-Is your fat fire proof? Towne-
You'd think so if you'd thivered there al
winter.
Don't invite disappointment by expert
menting. Depend upon One Minute Cougl
Cure and you have immediate relief. 1t cure,
Group. The only harmless remedy that pro
duces immediate results. ID Dwinell, Nor
rsville; Vearen, Stowe; Allen, No. Hyd
Park; Hubbell, Wolcott.
By Jove, left my purse under my pillow
Oh, well, your servant is honest isn't she
That's just it. She'll take it right up to m
wifel
Soothing, healing, cleansing, Dewitt
Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy to sores
wounds and piles, which it never fails to cure
Stops itching and burning. Cures chappe,
lips and cold-sores in two or three hours II
j. Dwinel Morrisville; Vearen Stowe; Allen
No. hyde Park; Hubbell, Wolcott.
Spanish General-Why did you let the rel
els defeat you? Colonel couldn't help il
general; they got to the telegraph office first
j. W. Pierce Republic, Ia, says 81 hav
used One Minute Cough Cure in my famil
and for myself, with results so entirely satis
factory that | can hardly find words to e1
press myself as to its merit will never ia
to recommend it to others, on every occasio
that presents ITSELF H. j. Dwnell Morris
vile; Vearen, Stowe; Allen, No. Hyde Park
HubbolI WoIoott
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
A Natural Beautifier.

Karl's Glover Root Tea purifies the blood
and gives a clear and beautiful complexion
For sale by Hall & Cheney and G. B. Foss.
Mike Ton the road)-How far is it to Chist-
nut Hill, sir? Native-About five miles.
Whom do you want to see there? Mike
Faith, I'm anxious to see myself there before
night.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Constipation causes more than half the ills
of Romen. Karl's Glover Root Tea is pleas
an0cufe for Constipation For sale by Hall
& Cheney and G. b. Foss.
ITO you let your wife have her own way?
OH yes; IT'S only when she wants to have
m5e that | object.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

You may have some sense, but if you stand
with the door open this weather, you can't
prove it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

an recommend it to all women. A
nJor OF my friends AMI neighbors
asvc taken it on my recommendation,
al have always found relief" - Mrs.
'AAEs CRANKsuAW, Frankfort. Fa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
A Fact Worth knowing.

Constipation, Lagrippe, Pneumonia, and
ali Throat and Lung diseases are cured by
Shiloh's Cure. For sale by Hall & Cheney
and G. B. Foss.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

e lady friend tells the sufferer to try
Lydia z. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound
because it has cured her.
The following letter shows the result
of that trial, and is a sample of thousands
of similar cases happening daily.
81 had been very sick for a long time;
doctored with many prominent physi-
clans. They pronounced my case dys-
persia, and said there was tendency to
cancer Of the womb. There was a sense
of fulnqss and weight in stomach after
mslls, loss of appetite, and offensive
be.ching OF wind, dizziness, all gone
feeling in pit of the stomach; headache,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
All Recommend 1t.

Ask your physician, your druggist, and
your friends about Shiloh S Cure for Consump-
ton. They will recommend it. For sale by
Hall & Cheney and G. B. Foss.
Wife-This is cruel And you told me /
need never worry about your coming home
late at night. Husband-Tbis isn't late at
night, my dear; it's early in the morning.
1t Saves Lives Every Day.
Thousands of cases of consumption. AS
thma, Coughs, Colds, aud Group are cured
every day by Shiloh's Cure. For sale by Hall
& Cheney and G. b. Foss
Editor-The characters of your story are
too cheap Auther-Well | can make a
plumber out of this farmer.
Karl's Glover Root Tea
is a cure for Headaches and nervous dis
eases. Nothing relieves so quickly. For sale
by Hall 4 Cheney and G. b. Foss.
Catarrh Cured,
health and sweet breath secured, by Shilohs
Catarrh Remedy. Price so cents. Nasal In
iector free. For sale by Hall and Cheney and
g. B. Foss.
For Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint you have a printed
guarantee on every bottle OF Shiloh's Vital
izer. 1t never fails to cure. For sale by Hall
& Cheney and G. b. FOES.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
The Ills of Women.

1t is generally the man who has the least
to complain about that does the most kick
inn
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

j. W Pierce, Republic, Ia, says ~ have
used One Minute Cough Cure in my family
and for myself with results so entirely salts
factory that | can hardly find words to ex-
press myself as to its merit. | will never fail
to recommend it to others, on every occasion
that presents itself" H. j. Dwnel Morris
vile; Vearen, Stowe; Allen, No. Hyde Park ;
Hubbell, Wolcott.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
ALL AT SEA
But Finally Rescued from Danger.
Result of Taking a Friends Advice.

There are thousands of women to-'"~
entirely at sea, so to speak, az
their ailments are concerned. 'hi
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Soothing healing, cleansing DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve is the enemy to sores
wounds and piles, which it never fails to cure
Stops itching and burning. Cures chapppd
lips and cold-sores in two or three hours H
j. Dwinel Morrisvile; Vearen, Stowe; Allen,
No HYDE Park: Hubbell Wolcott
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Spanish General-Why did you let the reb-
els defeat you? Colonel couldn't help it,
general; they got to the telegraph Office first.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

By Jove, | left my purse under my pillow!
Oh WE'LL your servant is honest, isn't she
That's just it, She'll take it right up to m,
wife
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Don't invite disappointment by expert
menting. Depend upon One Minute Cough
Cure and you have immediate relief 1t cures
Group. The only harmless remedy that pro
duces immediate results. II. j. Dwinell, Nor
risville; Vearen, Stowe; Allen, No. Hyde
Park Hubbe, Wolcott
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
Karl's Glover Root Tea
CatarrlI Cured

is a cure for Headaches and nervous dis
eases. Nothing relieves so quickly. For sale
by Hall & Cheney and G. B. Foss.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Iudge-Were you ever up b ,re h. court
Tramp Can't say. Judge. What time duee
Your Honor get up.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20
1t Saves Lives Every Day

Editor-The characters of your story are
too cheap, Auther-Well, | can make a
plumber out of this farmer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-02-20

Do you think his kissing her was 81 much
OF a surprise as she says? do. Why, I'll,
even forgot to scream.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-14

The INITIATED, perhaps, can see nothing
commsndatory in that. But lust look
inoo 1t a moment. The man or woman
seized With the gambling fever and ven.
curing into stock exchange can get
credit, give notes, mortgage property
and DO anything until his or her fortune
is entlreiy consumed. In this kind of
gampling there is no limit to what the
player may risk. But when the player is
confined toscash, as at Monte Carlo, thers
Ii hard and fast limit Few persons 90
there with their entire fortunes in cash
o'her"ise rich man might go there ard
HaVe pauper. How many fortunes this
rule has protected it is difficult to esti
mate. A player cleaned out of his cash
may leave with the intention of going
away TO convert his property into cash
ana return as speedily as possible. Some
ol Iiieh 90 this, but with a great many
common sense takes the place of the
gambling fever before they are many
miles distant from the play room.
VI course this rule was not established
ior philanthropic reasons. The business
CT the pank il to make money over the
green cloth. Sentiment plays no part in
the transaction. 1t was simply estab-
llshed to protect the concern against
swindiers and frauds, and the bank saves
more in the long run than it loses.
The EXPERIENCED PLAYERS.
hxperieEe1d players, the men and
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-14

Is entitled to the honor of being the sec
ond SMALLEST but it is a Thousand times
aors famous. The little tract of land of
I've and three-quarter square miles, NOS
as big as the front yards Of some Of the
great Texas ranches, and with minia-
tura army of 1876 men, is the center of
mors gold than the greatest bonanza mine
ever discovered. 1t is only nine miles
from here, but those who visit the Ri
viera solely for the pleasure of play pre-
fer to stop at some of the hotels Habound-
ing in the tiny dominion of the Prince
Of Honaoo.
Each year the gambling house gives
big sums for yacht racing prizes. To win
one of these the cleyerest al d richest
yachtsmen in Europe fit out their racers
and sail down to the Mediterranean
Royalty, the nobility and all the off
shoots OF aristocratio Europe take part
IN these races, and thousands come to
msrgle in the gay crowd. This year the
managers of the game have appropriated
$4,000 for yacht and pigeon shot prizes.
IT they do not get it back again one thou
sand times over it will be regarded as
failure.
A MIsLEA DING TITLE.
There is no hint of the real business
of the company operating the gambling
house in Its legal title, of which the Eng
ljsh translation Isl cite Company of
Sea Baths and Club of Foreigners. +"
There is bathing house at Monaco.
bus tits merely incidental If the stock
holders depended upon it for receipts
they would not get 40 per cent dividends
on 6neir ipyestmen5s, as they have for
number Eofls years past, even after the
stock has been wateTd in a most gener-
Gus fashion.
Mneh gold is expected to flow into the
strong boxes Of the bank wnile the yacht
Ing crowd is here, and unusual prepara-
tions nave been made for accommodating
those who have a fancy for the green
CLOTH. The old play rooms have bean
remodeled and redecorated, and are more
beautiful than ever. The roulette tables
have been re-adjusted and balanced to the
thousandth part of an inch. Big play is
expected, and 1T Is almost certainty
THAT before many weeks have passed the
outside world will hear of some fabu1ons
winnings OF loaings. News of winnings
will travel more widely than the pe,ys
OF losses, for it is part of the Monte Car
loeystem to magnify the winnings and
hush up or minimize the losings. IT is
a clever bait to set before the world, and
moro gold pours in as a result.
Much has been said against Monte Car
10 and the evil 1t has worked 1t has a
few things in its favor, however, which
arc generally lost sight Of. The first of
these is that every player, whether he be
prince or pauper. must play with cash.
When his cash is exhausted he must stop.
No credit is given, an I o U is unknown.
and a nate Endorsed by Rothschild
would be politely refused.