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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

SPRUCE.
Live Stock Market,

LIVE PoULTRY.-Less than one ton on the market
and prices not more than loo " 10.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots, 81 5O9282.5o each; ex-
ira. e275@4.0O or from l1s94c per ID lambs, 4hc.
MILCH Cows.-A fair trade for the better class on
sale, with range in price from s409S55; common
cows at s2O@is.
MARKET BEEF.-A few choice, a6d65O; extra I.
e5.00d55O; first quality. 2425Gi75; second quality,
SS.7594oo; third quality, S393.5O.
VEAL CALvEs.-Prices rule steady, with good
demand for all arrivals Several lots sold at &c q 10.
W. F. Wallace sold IS calves of 30 ID. at SIC f ID.
FAT Hoes.-western fat swine. live. 4GIHc;
Northern drested hogs SIC per ID. Number of swine
at market from Vermont, 1854; New Hampshire, Is;
Massachusetts, 80; Wet, 2O,5lo.
STORE CATTLE.-Working oxen, per pair, from
ssO9l40; farrow cows. Sl6DI2; fancy cows, s509es;
mich cows and dives, s20G4S; yearlings. SSGl6;
two years old, Sl2d22 three years old. sAG32.
SHERP.-Number at mar ket from Vermont, Liza;
New Hampshire, 443 Massachusetts 3y; West Is 1881.
Arrivals heavy from the West to supply home and
export trade. Values on sheep and lambs do not
improve but low prices do not stop arrivals. In.
Jenney sold 81 sheep of $40 h. at Sc 81 III W. Y.
Wallace sold some lambs at &c d H.; II. V. Whpple
sold sheep OF $50 h. at 215c q ID.
CATTLE.-Number at market from Vermont H9;
New Hampshire, 81; Massachusetts, 5; West 2.074.
The supply ran lighter than for several weeks from
the West. Prices full as firm as last week. w. f.
Wallace sold cattle AVERAGE 100 10 at 3d3lc, live
weight; II. NJ Minis sold slim oxen of 400 ID. each
at 2hc; Britton savage so oxen, average 1000
h., at SCI J. A. Hathaway sold between 2O0 and 100
head Of Western steers for home trade, Of from
LOO @lsOo H.. at 31sqiAc u ID
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

chase Old cocks which show the STAN
ina, we shall assist the constitution OF
our fowls In lettering itself; but il we
continue inbreeding and the use of
young cocks and hens, we shall see
further deterioration. Old hens lay
larger eggs than young fowls; they may
not lay quite 30 many in the year, but
If eggs sold by the pound, they would
be more profitable than younger hens.
The old hen, generally, is better win
ter layer than young hens of the same
breed. The larger egg leaves more
room for the chick to develop, and
gives more vitality, and the chick is
Matched under more favorable circum-
stances. Our poultry shows should
give the old fowls chance, Offering
prizes that exclude fowls under four
years, and in other ways encouraging
the conservation of the very best old
birds. Give the old hen a show and
she will vindicate herself; but If we
continue in the present path, it will
not be long before poultry will become
too delicate of constitution to be profit
able.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
PittsfOrd Farm Swine Account.

In connection with the dairy at
Pittsford Farms, N. Y, hogs have been
raised to consume the skim and butter
milk. The proprietor's books show the
following figures for the year ending
December 81, 1896: Grain fed,
S445,74; milk fed, $333.7O; dressing,
$18.75; total, 1898 10. Hogs sold,
81 ,4S4.21; net gain, 1856 OF. The feed
was rye or wheat middliugs, or corn, as
the season and market made it seem
best to buy. The milk was skim. milk
and butter-milk from the creamery. 1t
was weighed and charged to the hogs
at twelve cents per hundred. About
seventy per cent of the hogs were sold
dressed, and the remainder live weight.
The number of hogs is now slightly
more than year ago, but the value is
little less. Even if the value is only
half now, the milk has been disposed of
at profit. The manure is estimated
as paying for the labor and straw used
in pens. Dry, warm quarters are con-
sldered essential for the sue ,essful
production fpork.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
Beans for Sheep.

A Waterbury, Conn.,, correspondent
asks, in the Country Gentleman: ~
have a quantity of rye, and several
bushels of beans, various kinds, includ-
ing field, bush, pole and Lima. un-
derstand beans are excellent for sheep
in milk, Could use my rye by grind
ing with the beans and oats and use
with wheat bran for sheep during the
Landing season. In what proportion
would you adviser" To which that pa
per replies: "The beans are rational
food for sheep with lambs, because an
abundant supply of protein is essential
to a liberal flow of milk. A mixture OF
100 pounds rye, 100 pounds oats, $50
pounds beans and 80 pounds of wheat
bran, or in the same proportion, will
give you grain ration that can hardly
be improved upon for your ewes. If
you are a practical man, you need no
advice as to the quantity of food to sup.
ply. You will make no mistake in feed.
ing very literally, especially if by 80
doing you can get your lambs ready for
an early market"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

very frequently demonstrated. Many
herd which has been pronounced
sound, and has appeared to be so, has
been shown, by the test (contirmed
afterward by autopsies) to have been
diseased thoroughly and dangerously.
A veterinarian inspected carefully BY
physical examination, few weeks ago,
a costly herd of thirty-six registered
cows in Waltham, Mass. Only six were
condemned, and they were badly dis
eased. The remaining animals APP
peared to be in good health. But the
state authorities applied the tuberculin
test, and condemned twenty Of them
all of which were found to BIZ tubercu.
lous. And in eighteen of these animals
the disease had extended even 10 the
udder
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
Rational Use OF Fertilizers,

Subjoined is synopsis of Professor
Hills paper On this subject, read at
the late meeting of the Dairymen's
Associations
Statistics show that the tonnage of
commercial fertilizers sold in Vermont
is less than that sold in any other state
using this class of goods. No doubt
this is largely due to the practice Of
dairying throughout the stale. Yer
mont is led by but two states in the
number of cows per square mile, and
by two only in the number per inhab-
liant. The average Vermont COW pro-
duces 1856 pounds of butter per year
perhaps higher than that given in any
other state.
The first point for dairymen to con-
slider is fertilizing by feeding. Nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash-the
three deficient elements of plant food,
the three ingredients which alone cost
money in our commercial fertilizers-
are present in the feeding stuffs which
we buy and grow. They cost in the
commercial fertilizer, at the market
rates of the past year, sixteen and one.
One-half cents per pound, and are
nearly as available in some of our
folders and feeds as in The average
commercial fertilizer. Three-fourths or
more are voided by the animal.
Taking daily ration of ten pounds
of corn slower, ten of hay, four of corn
meal and four of wheat bran, the fer
tilizing ingredients contained in 100
days. feeding amount to so 81. II,
however, the corn meal be cut down to
two pounds, the wheat bran to three
pounds, and pound and half each of
cOttonseed and linseed meals be SUBJ
stituted, the fertilizing value of 100
days feeding amounts to 81 .93-a gain
of $2.42 The grain fed in the first
ration costs, at the market prices of the
past year, $40 and contains manurial
ingredients worth one.half it's cost.
The grain fed in the second ration costs
SO so and contains manurial ingredi-
ents worth ree.fourths its cost. The
first ration is not unlike that very COM
monty fed by dairymen. 1t is quite
certain that, from the standpoint OF
both food and manure, the substitution
OF portion of the corn and bran by
some of the concentrated meals is, at
market prices, a paying operation. 1
do not wish to be understood as pro-
posing either of these rations in its en-
tirety as ideal. l should prefer corn
ensilage to corn stover-or, as a second
choice, corn fodder stocked in large
stocks. l should prefer clover hay to
hay from mixed grasses, since the clo-
vers are among the best, if not the best,
means of prOWinp nitrOuen unon m a
farm.
Secondly, in reference to the rational
care for and use of manure: The liquid
manure is more valuable than the solid
pound for pound, and yet it is too fire.
queDtly wasted.
The wastes of manure are caused by
fermentation and teaching. The first
may be controlled, or made to improve
the manure by careful management.
The second can be entirely prevented
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
Glover DecOctiOn for Chicks.

If clover is finely chopped, boiling
water poured over it, and the mess al
lowed to remain over night, until the
next morning, strong decoction of the
clover is obtained, known as clover tea.
This water off the clover is the best of
ell liquids for mixing ground grain, es-
pecally for chicks. The clover may be
fed to fowls with benefit. 1t is an ex.
cellent and agreeable change for the
fowls if it is thickened with corn meal
and bran, and it may be used for duck
lings OF young turkeys. II given warm,
on colo mornings, it is an invigorator
and tonic, and it is 80 cheap as to really
cost nothing compared with other sub.
tances.-Fanciers Review.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

1 know il will make them we'll"
General Buzzell's case was like thousands
of others.
People from over. work, strain upon brain
and nerve or other cause, break down in
health, feel that they are physically weak
and that their nerve strength, energy and
power are greatly diminished. Just 80
sure as night follows day will prostration
and debility, the wreck Of nerves, brain
and body, follow il cure is not Immediately
sought.
Neglect is the fatal thing. Never al.
low the first symptoms-the tired feel
ing, the weakened nerves, the loss of
power Of endurance, the lack Of snap
and energetic drift you into total loss
of health Take DR.. Greene's Nervura
b ood and nerve remedy now and 1t
will cure you, as it cured General Buzz
zell, as 1t has cured thousands upon thou
sands Of others. 1t is the great curer of
disease, the great strengthener of nerves,
the great builder up Of blood, the great
invigorator of brain and body. 1t will
make you we'll.
Do not class this most valuable rem
edy with patent medicines. 1t is a
physicians prescription, and its discov-
erer, DR.. Greene, of "a Temple Place,
Boston, Massachusetts, has the largest
and most successful practice in the world
in nervous and chronic diseases, and can
be consulted free of charge, personally or
by letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
Is Poultry Degenerating?

Our grandfathers' chickens, writes
G. D. Coleman, in the Rural Ne,o-
Yorker, were not afflicted with the
many malaaies to which the modern
chick has fallen heir; neither were they
so tender and difficult to raise. To-day
the hen man must be quite doctor,
wise in hen ailments aud able to pre-
scribe for his flock. This may not be
so difficult for the gentle man of leisure
who follows his fancy, aud whose flock
numbers less than 100; but to the
poultry specialist whose sale runs into
the thousands per year, and the prac-
tical farmer VINO makes quite an item
of poultry, the diseases OF the modern
fowl are quite drawback. There are
many good reasons for the delicate con-
stitutiou of the modern hen.
The greatest source of weak constitu-
ton is the aeresy thai has passed cur
rent, and is sill taught as sound doc
trine, that hens should be killed off
after the second year. We breed from
fowls too young. A hen in her third
year, and cock of the same age, if
both are healthy and vigorous, will, all
other things being equal, produce the
Lloot NlSOlOuo ObiNhos ilbho VIII id1
up to five ard six years of age. | have
known some which exceeded that age.
Cocks will retain vigor to nearly the
same age. Probably out of twenty
specimens, not One.third will come
up to the required standard, but
from these we should breed. 1t
need not be said that we inbreed too
much; fancy is too much consulted, aud
vigor of constitution is not point. If
we will spare the vigorous old hens,
and change around the vigorous old
cocks, or effect an exchange, or pur-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
BTATK OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, .s
LUCAS COUNTY. %

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
!, December, A. D., 1886.
LIS A. w. GLEASON,
~ Notary Public.
Halls 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 Il CO., Toledo, o.
q Sold by druggists at seventy
Eve cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

BUCKLEs's ARsIcA SALvE.-The best salve
in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers,
salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, CONS and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give satisfao-
ton, or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Fol- sale by @. Blakely,
Montpelier. vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05
RETAIL DEALkRs' PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers for whoesals lots mot jobbnS
prices unless otherwise indicated and are intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-02-05

The first shovel was the nose of a
shoveltsh.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19

Wheat continues to go up, much to the
disgust of the silver men who have held
that any advance of that staple must be
preceded or accompanied by an advance
in silver. AND what makes it worse for
the silver men is that we are beginning
TO export wheat to India. OF course the
explanation Of all this is easy enough.
ghe Indian crop has failed, and impend-
ing. scarcity has raised the price as it
always Goes. But unfortunately for ths
silver an lie has virtually held that the
law of snpply and demand did not
affect wheat; the price Of that staple be-
ing regulated by the price OF silver; and
kers is wheat going up and silver going
down. Bryan ought to put out some
explanations that will be consistent
with MS theory that wheat and silver
are tied together.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Lesle's Weekly prints a story to the
effect that William Jennings Bryan, Pop
oa7Rtic candidate for President apple Il
by letter On January last to w. J. Block
CT the Herald Square theater for the
place of press agent.
4 Washington special says TINT if Spain
GOBs not cinse the war in Cuba within
less than three months, the United
States will take such steps as will
amount TO q virtual recognition of Cuban
Independence.
TIE viceroy of India has cabled that
owing to the lack Of rain the crops ID
northwestern India, in several districts
of central India and in upper Burmah,
have been seriously damaged and that
unless rain falls shortly famine will be
inevitable.
a Washington % special to the New
York Herald says that this Venezuel an
liisp ute has been settled, an agreement
on all thu essential points having been
reached between the United States and
arbitration is assured and that diplomatic
relations between England and Venezuela
will be resumed.
At Philadelphia, Saturday, Judge
Dallas made an order in the United States
Circuit court granting an anoilliary re-
ceivership to take charge of the property
in Pennsylvania of the Bay State Gas
company.
Henry u. Clayton, United States dis
triot attorney for the middle district Of
Alabama, has been summarily removed
from office by the President. Clayton
was delegate to the Chicago convention
and is now a candidate for Congress in
violation of the rules of the department..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19
Demooratic PIeasantries.

Boston, October 18.-Ths meeting of the
Democratic state committee yesterday to
consider the merits Of the Faneuil hall
dispute ended in a row, almost in free
fight.
N. 6. Robinson the secretary OF the
committee, sfnarting under charges of
fraud and indecent conduct, attempted
to assault Tim Coakley. He was pre-
vented from getting at Coakley by mem
hers of the committee. who pulled him
of. Dan Coakley spit in George T. Nc
Laughlin's face, and this exhibition Of
Democratic pleasantly caused such a
rumpus that half the members were en-
gagged trying to prevent the other half
from assaulting one another. The crisis
was reached on a motion to adjourn
which, being carried by the anti-Wil-
liams people, made the friends of the
Dedbam statesman frantic with rage,
1t was then that the attempts at per-
sonal annihilation began.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19
CURRENCY REFORM.
{ Boston Transcript. }

Among the first currency reforms that
should tie undertaken is the retirement
of the greenbaeks and the abandonment
of the banking business by the govern
ment. It's only legitimate service in that
direction is to impose proper restrictions
upon its conduct by Others. Whether it
is possible to bring this about as Con-
gress is likely to be constituted may be-
question. but even that is DO reason
why the country should not look the re-
eponsibilities of the hour squarely in the
face. The election of Mckinley will give
tie country renewed conlida nee, but
chat confidence must not be abused A 8
this has been year Of education in cues
iiou of currency We hope the process will
not end when the campaign is over
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19
Watson Has Ordered His Name Off the
Kansas Ticket.

Watson Has Ordered His Name Off the
Kansas Ticket.
Augusta, Ga, October ia special
to the Chronicle from Thompson quotes
Mr.. Watson as saying it Is true that he
b as ordered his name off the ticket in
Kansas but 1t is off the Democratic
ticket and not off the fusion ticket. He
says there is no fusion ticket in Kansas.
There is Democratic ticket and a
Pcpulist ticket and Democrats have
printed over the names of the Bryan and
Sewall electors the names of Bryan and
Watson to deceive the Populists into vot-
ing for electors who will In turn vote for
Bryan and Sewall. II am willing, !"
said Mr.. Watson, to accept any fair
fusion in Kansas that will divide the
electors between the Populists and Dem
oorats. ] am willing even to accept an
equal division, though by reason of Pop
ulist voting strength in Kansas, the
proper proportion would be about eight
POpulist electors to two Democrats.
contend the Democrats have no right to
print my name over the Bryan aud Sew
all electors to deceive PopulisB voters
and have ordered my name taken from
the Democratic ticket y
Y In W atson's Favor.
Topeka. Kan., October 17.-The state
election board today decided the contest
between "the middle of the readers
(Watson) and those who favored fusion
in favor of Watson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19

Flour has gone Up half dollar a bar
rel. This Will be great thing for Mr..
Bryan and ought to help along his cleo
tion wonderfully. He has been telling
the people all summer that rise in price
would profit everybody, especially wage
earners, and now that riae in price has
come in one Of the staple articles OF
food, the wage earners will have chance
to get a taste Of it. If it be
ms delightful as Bryan says of course
they VIII want more and to got more will
go in for Bryan and a general rise i'll
rricee. Though the rise in wheat up
sets his theory that wheat and silver are
siemese twins. it may help him more
than it hurts hin by demonstrating to
tae wage Garner the great benefit of hay
ing to pay more for the necessaries of
life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-19

The story that the administration has
determined to recognize the independence
of Cuba by January list If the rebellion
is not put down BIZ that time, is import
ant If true. Rut much better evidence
will be needed than has yet been forth
coming to induce people TO believe it,
On January 1st. President Cleveland
will be within 60 days of the end of bis
term. That he will deliberately then
without any pressing exigenoy taxa upon
himself the responsibility of action that
may involve this country in war with
Spain does not seem probable, indeed it
seams vastly improbable. It would be
fer more natural and far wiser at that
time for President Cleveland to let the
status quo remain SO far as any action
on his part were concerned, and allow
the incoming President, upon whom in
any event will fall the burden of