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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Dairy Rules.

The Iowa agricultural college cream
cry has promulgated the following
rnles, which should be observed by all
patrons of creameries:
l. Nothing but tin pals should be
used in the milk yard, as it is impossible
to keep wooden pals sweet.
2. The cows udders should be care
fully washed before any milk is
drawn.
3. Milk should be aired immediate
ly by pouring or dipping from pail to
pail before cooling, and then be cooled
as quickly as possible to at least sixty
degrees.
4. Milk should be kept where the
surrounding air is pure and free from
stable odors or faint of any kind.
s. Mornings milk should be cooled
before mixing with the evenings milk.
6. Cows should have access to salt
daily, as milk keeps sweet longer when
cows are sailed often and regularly.
7. Cows should not be permitted to
drink stagnant or impure water, but
should have abundance of good water.
s. Cows should be driven quietly to
and from pasture.
o. Cans and pals should be washed
carefully with warm water, but not hot,
and care should be taken to clean the
seams of the receptacles; then they
should be scalded thoroughly with hot
water and be aired.
l would add a tenth rule, that the
mixers hands and clothing be free
from dust and clean, also the hands and
clothing of persons who handle the
milk in any manner when uncovered.
There is objections to rule 2. 1t says
the cows udders should be washed or
brushed before any milk is drawn.
Washing the udder just before milking
is not advisable, for if the teats are
damp, more or less filth will roll up be-
tween the teats and the mixers hands
and drop into the milk pail. For this
reason it is filthy practice for the
mixer to dampen his hands with milk
while milking, as a great many do. 1t
is as reprehensible as it would be to
spit upon ones hands to dampen them.
Wash udders after milking if it be-
comes necessary to do so, and always
brush them before milking. Rule 5
says mornings milk should be cooled
before mixing with the evenings milk"
This rule should be amended to read as
follows: When freshly drawn milk is
to be mixed with milk drawn at a pre-
vious milking, the freshly drawn should
be cooled - this because sometimes
mornings milk is mixed with evenings
milk, and sometimes the latter with the
former Some dairymen must have
everything made very plain to them to
comprehend. Some mixers have filth
enough under the ends of their finger
nails to inoculate barrel of milk with
adverse bacteria. No one should as
sumo to milk a COW when his hands are
in mourning as evidenced by black
finger tips. Practical Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Live Stock Market.

Mich Cows AND SPRINGERs.-The trade
was not active. Sales ranged at S24 to S54.
BEEF CATTLE.-Supplyo Of Western in OK
cess Of last week and prices steady. The
demand was fair.
SwNE.-Western steady at to 45c per
10, live weight; country lots &c lower at
Age dressed weight.
VEAL CALvKs.-A fair trade at steady
prices. Some lots at slight advance.
Short sales were at to 6ac per Id.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots, So to So each;
extra, 1926 to $4.75, or from to 4fc per lb;.
spring lambs, to &c; veal calves, q to 55c.
PRICES Of market beef A few choice, $500
to 1925; extra, IS 25 to S5.75; first quality,
SAFE to $500; second quality, 81 to $3.50;
third quality, $3.50 to $3.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The demand is inn
proving, and more New England stock was
on sale. Last weeks prices were sustained.
Sheep 2 to &c per 10, lambs D to &c.
ARRIVALS OF LIVE SrocK.-At Water
town: Cattle, 4.489; sheep, 1,407; veals,
1,1O9; swine, 10, 104; at Somerville: Cattle.
1901; sheep, 12,207; veals, LAS; swine,
27,002.
PRICES of hides, tallow and skins:
Brighton hides. u to &c per lb; tallow, &c;
country hides, 81 to 7c per lib; tallow. to
lie per lb; pelts, sheared skins, 15c to S1.O
each; calfskins, SOC to $1.40 EACH dairy
skins, 50 to 55c each.
PRICES Of store cattle: Working oxen per
pair, $50 to $50; farrow cows, $12 to So;
fancy cows, $50 to S67 milch cows and
calves, $40 to S4S; yearlings, So to SIG;
two. year-olds, S12 to So; three-year-olds,
$40 to S32; Western fat swine, live, to
4bc; Northern dressed hogs, 6sc per 10.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
UnshOd Horses.

Should horses be kept shod? Yes
and no. AS experience is what farm
ers want, we will give a bit of this.
We have horse seven years old that
never was shod. He was brought up
on a stony farm in Vermont, but got
on all right there. Last spring he was
taken to farm near city, and every
body said that 1t would not do to take
him into the city on the pavement.
But they did not know how the Lord
made the foot of horse, or what it can
stand. That horse has been driven on
plank road and asphalt pavement
nearly every day for weeks. He has
several times been driven into the city
on the cobble stones and even on some
of the old rough streets, but to-day his
feet are as hard as bone, they show no
signs of injury in any way. They are
strong and solid. We give this expe-
rience for what it is worth, and it is
worth a good deal TO the writer for it
proves that q horse can go without
shoes. BE has drawn heavy loads up
and down steep hills, and the men have
not found that he slipped. 1t saves
from seven dollars to ten dollars year
on horse to have him do without
shoes, and therefore this subject has an
economical side and that interests most
farmers.
But it will not do to think that
horses feet need no care whatever
when he is not shod. They must be
watched and hoof rasp kept on hand
to rasp down the outer edges of the
hoof as soon as they show any signs
OF breaking or wearing up. Then it is
necessary to keep the foot level as it
rests on the floor or ground. 1t almost
always wears faster ON the outside 80
that the hoof looks onesided. Perhaps
the foot can be seen to tip out as the
horse stands on floor. All such things
should be looked to, and the hoof kept
level and symmetrical. A word about
the unshod horse on the ice. On smooth
ice neither an unshod horse nor one
with "smooth shoes can stand. OF
the two The former does the best. He
does not" ball up" like the shod horse,
and if the ice is at all rough, he will
stand. The greatest danger is where
the smooth ice is covered with snow 80
that it cannot be seen. But an unshod
horse will 60 on very smooth road in
winter without slipping. If he has
heavy loads to draw on such roads, he
must be shod to work on icy roads.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
AGRICULTURAL.
Saving Seed Corn.

A great many farmers save their
seed corn at husking time. When the
husker finds "a long handsome ear, he
leaves on three husks and throws such
ears in pile by themselves. This is a
vastly better way than waiting until
planting time and then going to the
crib and picking up lot of ears at ran
dom and Smelling them for seed. That
is ruinous way tending to the degen-
Grafton of the crop. God has made
plants and animals so that within GER
tain fixed limits they can be changed,
improved or the opposite. In cattle
the thoroughbred is an animal which
has been produced for certain purposes
by the careful selection and breeding of
its ancestors flor at least six or seven
generations. Most farmers can at a
glance tell Jersey COW from native
scrub. The difference is one of breed
ing, an application of a natural law
which God has made for human good.
The atheistic teachings of evolutionism
and all that brood is dishonor put by
certain scientific men upon their Max
er. The variation of plants and ami
mails is a most merciful provision. 1t
enables man to bring about certain
changes so as to better adapt them to
his use. God has thus provided for
mans need.
1t is well for every farmer to know
something of this power. He can make
use of it in so many ways. Take the
topic we are on. Corn can be i'm
proved, the ears made longer by plant
ing only long ears. So they can be
made smaller, the tendency to grow
two ears to each stalk can be go de-
veloped that the larger part of the
stalks in field will bear two ears. To
bring this about the seed must be Sc
lected before being picked. Note the
stalks and see whether they bear two
ears. Select such as do. Husk your
seed corn as soon after picking as you
can. Hang where it will diy thor
oughly, cob and all. Sometimes the
cob does not dry, and the result is that
the next year the farmer finds, when
too late, that his seed corr is no good.
You don't want to do that way. Do
not be afraid to hang the seed corn
near the stove pipe. 1t is well to keep
years seed ahead, better two years
supply ahead. For it sometimes hap
pens that an early frost or bad corn
year spoils the seed corn, Or the corn
for seed, and often too, neighbor will
want to buy all or a part of his seed
corn, and it pays to be able to meet his
need.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
The OverprOductiOn Of Poor Dairymen.

Every dairy farmer in the land will
prick up his ears at any sort of talk that
relates to the question of future price
of butter or cheese. Talk to him about
what he can do to decrease the cost of
production, save needless waste, and
secure greater economy, and large
portion of them will grow suddenly list
less and Indifferent. This is strange
but true, nevertheless. Every teacher,
lecturer, or manager of a creamery that
is called on to deal with farmers in a
collective capacity will agree to this
feature. There is no good reason why
this should be 30. The amount of net
cash farmer is getting from his milk
depends upon the amount it costs him
to make that milk. If the cost is in
creased because he does not rightly
understand the right economies of his
business, then that lack of understand
ing adds to the cost of production. If he
does not know that he is milking lot
of poor, Improbable cows, then his ig-
norance causes big increase in cost of
production. If he does not know how
to feed properly balanced ration, that
adds still more cost. If he does not
know how to breed good cows, there is
added another expense. If he does
not understand the principles of good,
healthy, comfortable stabling, then in
comes still another cot. Look over
the herds, stables and methods of thou
sands of farmers, and you can see at a
glance that they are guilty Of lack of
understanding in all these points. How
can such men hope to make a penny of
profit? Invariably you will find that
they do not know whether they are
making profit or not. They are as con-
tented as lambs in what they don't
know.
They are unwilling to spend cent
to get better knowledge, and thus get
out of this w.little-and-d0-les rut.
Their eyes are strained all the time to
look at the market to see what price
they are to get. They ought to know
that they might look the market out of
countenance forty times day, and not
affect it the weight of hair.
But they can do something with the
home end of their business. Why
don't they spring eagerly into the
breach and stop the big leaks, and thus
make profit? 1t is a great mystery,
and what makes it very discouraging is,
that there is 80 great number of Just
such farmers trying to keep cows, and
hattering themselves that they are max
ing money at it.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

animal by and by from that fellow, and
l will advise a well. balanced ration and
give him some tonic powders to mix in,
which the dollar paper would have ted
him, had he subscribed for it and prac-
ticed its teachings. So let the scrub
fellow alone. 1t will be better for me
to have him pay me ten or twenty dol
lars than it will to pay the editor one.
Practical Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Creamery Reports.

ORANGE COUNTY CREAMERY, Chel-
sea. - Report for August. Milk re-
ceived, 262,701 pounds; butter made
from same, and equivalent of milk and
cream sold, 1866 pounds; received
for butter, deducting freight and COM
mission, So 1922; running expenses,
including reserve for interest on stocks,
tubs, etc, S329.35; paid patrons for
butter, II cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

f., Maud-Look at that grass widow 60
ing in the surf in that shockingly low
cut basque to her bathing suit: She
must have nerve TO wear suit like
thatl Gladys-Yes, it does show con-
siderable backbone. .-2 !
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

She never complains of her husbands
i'll treatment of her, remarked Squildig.
She suffers in silence. If she suffers
only when she is silent, replied Nc
Swilligen, she doesn't suffer long at a
time,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

BUCKLEN's ARNIcA SALvE.-The best salve
In the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers
salt rheum, fever sores, letter. chappcd
hands, chilblains, COINS and all skin erup-
required. 1t is guaranteed TO give satsfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price twenty. five
cents per box. Fol- sale by G. Blakely
Montpelier, VT e z--s ES "a sS-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

What are you going to be when you
grow up, my boy? A king, answered
Willie proudly. And you, Dickie? 1
guess III be an ace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

HUNDREDS of precious little ones owe
their lives to DIR. Thomas Eclectric OIL, the
sovereign cure for Group and all other throat
or lung diseases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
iRETAIL DEALERS PRICES.
Boston Produce Market.

kx-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receiyeIs ruhoiaIe oti mot iobbins
prices otherwise Indicated and intended
to represent actual anlea.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
HOw's This :?

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY e. CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrb Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Price seventy.6ve cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

Mistress-Well, Mary, how is your
yonng man? Mary-Very well, mum.
/ generally calls him my fnancay.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-22
Boston Lumber Market.

LONG LUMBER.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
THE AMHERST. NELSON SENATOR
SHIP

The Amherst New Era of this week
says: In the senatorial fight in the two
counties of Amherst and Nelson, Hon
Bland Massie got 43 delegates in Am
herst aLd'3S in Nelson, II aking 81 delo gates
in all and Judge Brown Is delegates in
Amherst and So in Nelson. making rs
delegates in all, With Mays Store. in Mel
son.wth three debates to be heard from
If Massie gets that precinct lie will he
nominated by six majority, if Brown
gets it he will tie Alassie. We learn from
IL reliable source that Mass.e carried
Mays Store, if so he is the Democratic
nominee fol Senator. The delegates for
the senatorial convention will meet on
the ID at Amherst Court House, in con
vention to nominate IL candidate for the
senate
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
RoANoKE,s NENT SESSION.

Times.Register: Every thing will be
in readiness for the opening of the Forty
fifth session of Roanoke college next
Wednesday morning at $50. Nll the
members of the faculty will be on the
ground to begin the, work of the year
promptly. Some improvements have been
made and the buildings will he in good
order. We nre glad to learn that tho
faculty are much encouraged by the pros
poets Of II large attendance. The first two
students to arrive are Jacob i. knight,
of Nebraska, and l<tu Six Kim, of Korea
Next week the boys will "pour in
and our streets will present an enlivencd
appearance. The more the better and we
hope Roanoke will not only have large
number from II distance, but that the
local patronage may also Inc increased.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
Coming and Going.

Miss Marion Franklin, who has been
visiting friends in Bristol for the last
week or two returned home yesterday,
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Scliue
Harr son.
DIR. John lizard returned from Pearls
burg yesterday, where he went to see the
child OF MIR. b. f. Bransford, in response
10 Il telegram.
The Misses Edmuuds who have been
visiting Miss Mamie Read, left for
Lynchburg yesterday.
w. c. Baldwin and sister are in Wash
ington for Il visit of Il few days.
f. H. Pierce, of Christiansburg is IL
guest at the Ponce de Leon.
Miss Sadie Morrow, of Memphis, Tenn,
is a guest at the st. James Hotel.
j. ID. Davis, ol .Bluefield, is in the city
on business.
DIR. U. n. Hewett and wife, of Ewing
ton, are registered at the Ponce de Leon.
w. II. Semple, of Martinsville, is in the
city on business.
Jas. +. Boone arrived in the city yes
terday from Dayton, o., on visit TO
friends and relatives.
II. p. Newsom, of Emp, ria, Va, is in
the city on business.
VIM. Spencer, a coal operator at vi
Wan, w. Va, is registered ut Hotel Roa-
noke.
j. J. Cox, of the ST. james Hotel, is on
the sick list.
II. l.. Lawrence, CT bristol, is among
the guests at the st. James.
Major 4. r. Veparle and Alexander
Hamilton, of Petersburg, were in the city
yesterday.
Henry c. Price, n prominent citizen OF
Franklin county. was iii the city yester.
day.
Miss Daisy wingiield is visiting friends
in Buchanan.
Fincastle Herald says T. +. Cofer and
wife and little daughter, OF Roanoke,
spent several days III town this week
with relatives.-Mrs. i. Beckley and
children are visiting relatives and friends
in Roanoke Arthur Woodson, of the
Norfolk aud Western railroad Offices 1T
Roanoke. spent several days in fincaslle
this week with relatives aud friend2- 5.
H Beckley, of Roanoke, is spending IA
brief vacation with relatives here Miss
Bessie Anderson, II popular young lady
of Roanoke, who spent several weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. j. Il. Shue of this
place, returned to Roanoke last. Tuesday.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
GOOD TEMpLARs.
a Decrease of Eight Per Cent. of til
Membership in Virginia.


Charlottesville, Va, Sept. 10. The an.
nual reports Of the various officers of the
grand lodge of Good Templars, now in
session in this city, show decline
of per cent in the membership of the
order in this State, there being 8, oSS at
the last meeting and 3. 02S at the present
The number of LODGES has decreased
from 80 last year to 90. The grand chief
Templar reports that the organization
in this State has received.no aid this year
from the International Suprn.e Lodge
either in money or lecture VOL k. The
appeal sent to all clergymeu of every de-
nomination in Virginia asking for II vol
untary contribution to help the order met
with results far from satisfactory, which,
in the opinion O. the grand chief Tenn
plar, demonstrated very clearly that the
occupants Of our ulpits were Indifferent
to the objects of Good Templary." The
State lecturer during the year visited
Mecklenburg, LuIenburg, Alexandria,
Prince William, Albemarle, RocAbridge,
Accomac, Northampton aud Bedford
counties, adding SO members OF the Or
der. The receipts of cash have been less
than the expenditures.
The report of the grand secretary of the
juvenile work shows thai the number of
tenn pies last year was 80; the present
number. 21; membership last year, S09
this year, .0j.
The grand lodge of Good Temp!ars
went into the election of officers with the
following result: Rev. J. w Guy, grand
chief templar, re elected Rev. II. l.. Hout,
| grand counselor: Mrs. S. Leterman, grand
vice TEN Mar; G. w. HawXhurst, grand
secretary, reelected; Miss S. NJ john
son, grand superintendent of juvenile
Templars
The following officers were appointed
Col. j. Il. Miller, grand passed chief Tenn
plar: j. c. Jordan, grand chaplain; W. J.
Wilson, grand marshal; Miss Ida j.
! Quick, assistant secretary; Miss Susie
Turner, assistant marshal J. ii. Scy-
mour, grand guard; John Mitchell, grand
sentinel; w. L. Shelton, grand messen
ger. These officers were then installed
10y Airs. job HuwXhurst, senior past
grand chief Tempiur.
! The committee on temperance legisla
ton, through Hon. job Hawxhurst,
chairman, reported in favor of urging
upon the legislature the enactment of
laws for the better enforcement of the
local option laws AMI the enactment Of
some new laws for the better control of
the liquor tr ilic and,asking Tor IL repeal
of the law taking from the courts the
iur' sdiction of violations of revenue laws.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
ZIG SALE OF FINE LINERS A rare op

portunity to get the finest Linens at saw
ing of rs per cent.
Fine Fringcd Table Sets, cloth D yards
long; l dozen doilies to match; regular
value s5-only 1915.
Fine Fringed Table Sets, cloth yards
long; l dozen Doiles to match; only 81 50
worth Sc.
Fine Hemstitched Table Sets, washed
German Damask, cloth D yards long, l
dozen napkins 20 match, only 81.
Fine Ilemstitched Sets, cloth yards
long, doz. napkins to match, only 81. so.
Fine Knotted Fringe Table Sets in fine
Linen Satin Damask, in Nile green, light
and dark blue and pink the newest in fine
Linens in colored sets, . yard cloth and
dozen Doillies to match, Sc.
Frngcd Linen Table Cloths with red
borders, n yards long, now 62ac, worth SOC
)Frnged Linen Table Cloths with red
borders, D yards long, now soc, worth 81
72-nch fine Bleached Damask, worth
81. rs yard, now 81
Napkins, Large Size, to match Linen
81 dozen
72inch Bleached Damasll in beautiful
designs at Use a yard.
72-nch Plain Satin Damask, with 9-inch
satin border; never less than s1.25, here
for 81.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
1900 WORDS A MINUTE.
Remarkable Speed Over Wire Said

Remarkable Speed Over Wire Said to
Have Been Obtained in LONDON.
Omaha, Neb, Sept 1O.-A most re-
markable experiment in rapid telegraph.
ing was made recently in London by
Messrs Squeir and Crehore, by the use of
the synchro1ograph, according to Il let
ter received by Editor Edward Rosewa.
ter, of the Bee, from George l.. Squeir
The English postal lines between Lon
don, via York and Aberdeen, were used
for the trial August 30, and speed of
4,3OO words minute is said to have beeu
accomplished. a rate of 1900 words
per minute is also said to .have been OBJ
Uainrd on IL cable between London and
Germany.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11
THERE S NOTulNG SO GOOD.

There is nothing just as good as Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Colds and Coughs, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will net clai nj there is
anything better, but in order tc make
more profit he may claim something else
to be just rs good You want DR. Kings
New Discovery because you know it tc
he safe and reliable and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and Tor all affections
OF Throat, Chest and Lungs there is
nothing so good as is DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. Trial bottles free At Missiles
Pharmacy. 100 Jefferson street
Regular size 80 cents ana 81.
Breakfast, 20 cents; dinner, % cents;
supper 20 cents. Meal tickets. 81. 7.
j. Catogni's restaurant.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-11

have in my mind the answer of pun
hah puller to an English lady, who on
couraged him to improve his position
Mem Sahib," he said, when he at last
graspcd her meaning, my father pulled "
punkah my grandfather pulled puil:nh.
all my ancestors for 1000, 600 ages pulled
punkahs, md before that the god who
founded our caste pulled "a punkuh ov.r
Nishnun'-Sir Grant Duif's Diary