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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

Sheep and Wool,

The total number of sheep in the
United States is less than o%ne-fourth
the number required to produce the
wool used in our country. There is
not a man in our republic to-day who
would say that it would be better to
import than TO grow our wool. The
experience of the last four years will
not be forgotten in u time. The
farmer can lay out his work as a flock
master for thirty years at least. The
ignorance that classed wool as fine as
pure merino wool that ell the skill of
centuries has been required to produce,
the ignorance that classed that MASTER
piece of skill with coal, rough lumber,
and the ores dug from the ground is a
thing of the past.
There can be little doubt but what
the sheep in this country will in a few
years number six times the present
count. What part will the farmers on
our New England hills take in that de-
velopment2 Let me suggest a line of
action that will yield a profit and | clip
the race. The wool will be grown in
the Rocky Mountain region, but they
cannot raise their foundation stock.
The climate is too dry to grow the yolk
that they must resort to often. Let us
then breed pure and carefully, make a
good sheep first and take care of it,
learn the ways of a sheep, learn its
wants, and buyers will come; the weeds
on our hills will be gone and in their
place will grow sweet grass. But if
you don't like sheep let them alone;
there is no animal that requires so
much knowledge in their care or so lit
tie work, but you may learn to under
stand them. There are many very
practical books from which, if read
and directions followed, much can be
learned.
Feed well, feed regularly, feed in
clean places, make them eat two and
one-half pounds of dry feed each day,
raise plenty of turnips and give seven
pounds per day to a grown sheep and
drop one pound of dry fodder. A sheep
a year old should have its roots whole.
Never, for a single hour, shut a flock
of sheep in a barn cellar or a COW stable.
Give then always a light, dry place to
lie. They must be sheltered from the
wind. Give liberal feed with plenty OF
room, clover, pea vines, bean pods,
anything cut early and well cured, ex.
cept timothy, which should never be
fed to sheep, but almost any weed cut
early will do. l believe that with the
number of sheep New England should
keep, the face of the country would be
changed in regard to its heritage 80 the
country would present a much pleas
anter view to the eye and yield a good
income to the owner.-L. b. Harris,
Caledonia county, VT, in Farm anG
Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
A Hole in the Hog Trough.

Somewhere, and at some time, we
either read or heard of a farmer who
penned q lot of promising pigs to fatten
for market. He made a rich slop on
the kitchen stove and poured it liber-
ally into the trough; and all the spare
milk went into the same receptacle.
But his pigs became thinner as the days
rolled by. He increased the quantity
and the richness of the slops, but the
pigs would not take on either flesh or
fat. After weeks of such liberal feed
ing he became disguised and called in a
neighbor to obtain his opinion about his
mysterious case. This neighbor being
a close observer soon discovered the
secret that yelled the apparently strange
occurrence. There was a hole in the
trough and the food leaked out and
was absorbed by the porous soil be-
meath and beyond. When the leax was
stopped the pigs were 500 fattened,
but after a serious waste of food. Most
of the poverty that afflicts the farmer,
if analysed, would be found to be su-
perinduced by leaks-by holes in his
hog trough.
There are few farmers who do not
suffer from leaks of one kind or an
other. When he feeds his stock too
much or too little, or issues to them
food not suited to the purpose, he may
be said to have a hole in his hog trough,
though he may not suspect it. Buying
costly implements and leaving them ex-
posed to the weather when not in use
is evidence of a leak. Neglecting re-
pairs when they are needed is another
hole in the hog trough. Buying sup
plies of any sort on time constitutes
one of the most serious leaks in any
farmers hog trough. When a farmer
spends 80 much of his time in the cot
ton patch that he must neglect the gar
den and orchard, and fails to provide
home comforts and home pleasures for
himself and family, runs to the doctor
or the druggist every time his corns
ache or his stomach rebels against the
treatment it receives, instead of using
soap and water and common prudence
and giving himself a chance to get well,
he may be said to have several holes in
his hog trough, if, indeed, the whole
bottom has not been knocked out of it.
Farm and Ranch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
The Literary Digest.

Every farmer ought to be intelligent.
So had all other classes, but the farmer
OF all men needs a clear head and to be
intelligent as to the general trend of
mems thoughts and actions. There
fore we commend to our readers and
especially to our farmer readers the
weekly paper named at the head of this
article. We do not know of n peri
odical the reading of which will make
a person 80 intelligent as the Literary
Digest. 1t gives n a view of all sides
of popular topics of thought. What
people are interested in thinking about,
talking and writing about, this is what
you will find in its pages. 1t is pre-
e%minently a paper for busy people such
as farmers, business men and profess
sional men. The weekly perusal of its
pages will do more to make a person
intelligent than any similar agency we
know of. 1t contains extracts from all
of the leading periodicals. of the world,
daily, weekly and monthly, is we'll illus
trated, and is able in every way. Pub
lished by the Funk & Wagnslls Com
pany. 30 Lafayette Place, New York.
Price, SO per year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
Record OF Half a Dozen Sheep.

Formerly l made ewes and lambs the
principal stock of the farm. Since |
changed to dairying, 1 still keep a few
unsuitable for larger stock. These util.
ize grass and rubbish that would, other
wise, make a good deal of labor to keep
down. These pets, for they are pets,
average about a half dozen in number,
but last year, only five. The five pro-
duced nine lambs and thirty pounds of
wool. The lambs, which began to
CONF about the middle of February,
went to the butcher of a neighboring
village at "a 25 each. The first one
weighed seventy pounds, and went
May II. All were off by the last of
July. One eve, mother of the single
lamb, was sold to the same butcher at
four and one-half cents a pound; she
weighed $50 pounds, bringing $6.75.
She cost $3.50, leaving an increase of
SO 25. She was sold because of a de-
lective udder. l do not part with a
good eve 30 long as she will raise
good lambs. l have one which l have
had six years, that invariably has twins.
These are only common, open-wool
sheep, picked from droves bought often
for feeders. The ram used for the past
season was a spring lamb of South
Down lineage, ugly and m%isshapen, a
common drove sheep; yet his lambs
were beauties. One of the rams-we
never castrate our lambs-was thought
by the butcher too nice to kill, and was
sold to the keeper of quite a flock for
breeding purposes.
Our sheep have al open pen under a
shed for night shelter and inclement
weather, but are invariably turned into
an acre lot on all good days during cold
weather. We feed them corn and hay
all winter, and they are always fat-too
fat, | am often told, but l do not get
alarmed. The lambs have access to q
trough of ground corn and bran, some.
times cats, till they are old enough to
eat whole grain, when they get the
same ration as the mothers. Since
began keeping sheep about forty years
ago, l have never bought a thigh
toned " ram, but just such as l could
find among the droves, and have sold
my lambs as low as 81 and as high as
81 each. The latter were from a grade
Blackwell ram, costing 81 in the early
sixties. 1 have much faith in good,
strong, heavy ewes, with open wool
and good feeding and care. To reca.
pitulate:
Nine lambs at S4.25 each. $685.,
Thirty pounds wool at Is cents per pound...,.. 54l
Increrease on eve sold. 3.2
TOtal. .sl6.st
Or SO. 38 each from the five ewes.-Ru.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

In HEART DISEASE IT WORKS LIKE
MAGIC" For years my greatest enemy was
organic heart disease. From unessiness
and palpitstion II developed into abnormal
action, humping, fiuttering and choking
sensations. DIR. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart gave instant relief. and the bad
symptoms have entirely disappeared. 1t 10
q wo~nder-worker, for my case was chronic"
Row. L. 8. Dana, Pittsburg, Pa.-37. Sold
by w. X. Terrill b Go. and Collins Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, cbapped hands, c%hilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. For sale bv g. Blakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

There is but one good way to prepare
any kind Of soil for good crops. One
cannot grow paying crops In a mass OF
clods, in which q large share of the
plant food Is locked up beyond reach Of
the plants.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

Hauling corn fodder up from the field
every few days as wanted during the
winter is, in most cases, a very slavish
and unnecessary operation. No time
should be lost now in getting it into
NOW or stack.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

Corn and alfalfa go splendidly to-
gether, especially for feeding fattening
animals. Corn being deficient in pro-
tein, and alfalfa rich In The same ipgre-
dent, serves to moro nearly balance the
ration.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

On many farms we see the stock still
tramping over the meadows as it has
done ever since haying. We never
thought it paid to thus secure a little
fall picking at the possible expense of
the hay crop the next year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

Professor Bailey says that an annual
application of potash should be made
on orchards. If muriate of potash be
used, it should be applied at the rate of
500 to 700 pounds per acre.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

Orchardists who are using bolts to
keep apple trees from splitting claim
the boring and boiling does not injure
the trees.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

CATARRH is a disease which REQUIRES
q constitutional remedy. 1t cannot be
cured by local applications. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is wonderfully successful
in curing catarrh because it eradicates
from the blood the s%crofulous taints
which cause it.. Sufferers with catarrh
find a cure In Hoods Sarsapari'la, even
after other remediec utterly fail.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
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Boston Produce Market.

eY~ The quotations given below represent prices
obtained by receivers Tor pholesdle lots (not iobbfne
pyieesJ unless otherwise Indicated. and are intended
to represent actual seles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
HOw's This 7

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cured by HALLS Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO.,
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wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HALLS Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
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and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price, seventy-fve cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-22
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
.JOhnSOn'S
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
CAROLINA POLITICS,
Accounting for McLaurin's Large VOto-
TilimRn's Power Curtatled.
(New York Evening Post. }

(New York Evening Post.)
Charleston, s. G., Sept. 7.---There
is an intimate connection between
the recent senatorial primary and
tho formal announcement that tho
State constabulary system is to be
abandoned on October lst, except in
the country districts where there is
no local police. This system was o.
tablished rs an adjunct Of tho dispon.
sary, tho excuse for it beinp tho
claim that the local police forces
could not be trusted to enforce the
law. 1t quickly became political
machine, and it's members we're gon.
orally Of an unprincipled class,
whose spying and searching of citi-
zens' houses for contraband liquor
became almost unbearable. Tho
system cost the State over $4,000
year, and it's continuance would
render the dispensary unprofitablo
in the competition in tho original
package stores That was Il good
reason for its discontinuanco, but it's
abandonment was given n politi-
cal turn in the interest Of McLau.
rim.
Governor Ellerbo desired the cleo.
ton of McLaurin and on the day
preceding the primary word was
quietly passed. among the conserva'
tive (anti-Tillman) democrats that il
McLaurin won tho constables would
be withdrawn. Thus McLaurin'a
large majority is explained. If the
| conservative democrats had divided
| their votes between tho three candi.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
PROFESSOR MONTAGUE.
Unanimously Chosen President OF Furmau
Uniyorsity-The frestd-nt.el 10 Doan
OF Columbia University OF Washing
ton.
(Rogistor.)


Tho board Of trustees of Furman
University mot last night at tho
Baptist church. and unanimously
elected Professor A. p. Montague, Of
Washington, d. c., president Of Fur
man University Of Groenvllle, vice
DR.. Charles Manloy, who resigned
several iuonths ago.
Professor Montague is Virginian
by birth, but % now a resident Of the
national capital. He is celebrated
educator and scholarly gentleman,
and the university mas added lustre
to tho time honored institution by tho
addition Of Professor Montague to
its faculty.
Professor Montague WAS born in
Virginia, and is u graduate Of tho
University Of Virginia and tho Co.
lumbian University Of Washington.
Ho is 43 years Old
He enjoys tho distinction Of hav-
ing tho titles Of LII. d. from Rich
mond college and Phi. D. from tho
Columbian University Of Washing
ton. Prof. Montague is now dean of
the faculty Of the Columbian Uni
vorsity and also professor Of latin.
The now president was highly re-
commended by j. l.. NJ. Curry, Sec
rotary Of the Peabody fund, ex-Gov.
ernor Northern Of Georgia. Dr. J. N.
Frost, On eminent Baptist divine,
and Dr. w. L. Potors Of tho Uni
versity of Virginia.
Professor Montague was notified
by n telegram Of his election to tho
presidency OF Furman University
soon after tho board meeting, and
while the trustees had not received
an acceptance last night, they have
reason to believe that the president
elect will accept tho position.
Tho trustoos say tho outlook for
tho university during tho approach
ing session is remarkably bright,
and the attendance at Furman will
bo very large. The university opens
on September %, and there is every
reason to anticipate successful and
eventful session.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
Take JOHINSOWS
CHILLI q FEVER
TONIC -Aaasass1zalsasss,Is18ssspv~
Newberry College Notes.

"Thc College needs additional schol-
arships for assisting poor Students"
quote from the catalougc. Within the
last two years six scholarships have
been established. but all of them have
been awarded for the next session, and
still q number Of applications are on
file, asking the Faculty to aid moritor
lous poor boys by giving them free
tuition. This mere statement il q
strong appeal to the benevolent friends
Of Christian education. And those who
are sccking q worthy object for their
bcneficonCo can find it at Ncwborry
College. Expenses here arc worry low,
but many young men who desire to fit
themselves for larger usefulness are
not able to pay tuition.
S43 will pay the tuition and fees of Il
student for one year. A scholarship
yielding this amount annually is q
threefold benefit: 1t Is perpetual
memorial to the one whose name 1t
bears; it is Il constant help TO some
worthy young man; it is contribution
TO the maintenance OF a Christian col
legc. and, thereby, relief 20 the
synod that is pledged TO its support.
And, besides, there Is the great truth,
that every act of beneticcne blcsscs him
that gives more than him that takes.
Only three weeks remain in which to
prepare for the next session. The pros
poets arc encouraging, but oil friends
Of the college are urged 10 make an
earnest effort to increase the attend
ance of students. The future Of the
college never seemed more promising;
the students mover more enthusiastic;
and our friends never more confident
and hopeful; but 1t was never moro i'm.
pOrtant that we work together to build
up the institution.
GEO. B. CROMER.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14


proximate what tho total incoming
crop will be and any estimate ls of
little value. Planting was from
three to four weeks late throughout
tho South, and vast area Of land in
four States of tho Mississippi Valley
was overflown and planting was from
six to eight weeks later than usual,
and with the exception Of short
period in July, reports concerning
tho progress Of tho crop in all tho
States have boen conflicting.
According to the Government ro-
ports, tho number of acres planted in
cotton in 1804-05 was 23,0SS, 600.
This was remarkably favorable
year from start to finish, and the to-
tai crop proved to be 0,00l, ,00O-
this was the largest crop ever raised.
This year tho Government reports
the acreage at 24,001, 900, and evon
had the season been as favorable in
every respect rs that of 1S04-05
tho outcome Of this yoar's crop could
only be 0,ll7000 bales; but, from
the beginning up to this date, tho
seasor has boon notoriously far less
promising than in 1So4~05, oven with
tho increased acreage it is not un-
reasonable to expect q marked fall
ing of from the yield Of that year.
At the opening of each yoar thero
is n vast deal of irresponsible, VIC.
lently conflicting, guessing with
reference to tho current cotton crop,
and high authorities have gone
astray rs much rs 100000 bales in
their estimates.
One Of tho poculiaritios Of cotton
planting is that tho crop is mover
made until it is picked, ginnod,
baled, and even q cotton planter on
small plantation cannot tell how
much his crop will turn out until
the bales arc counted.
As $4,000 bales Of cotton, in ad-
dition to crop Of 8,757,0G4 bales
in all 0,072,004 balos--passcd out of
sight during this year of unfavor-
able conditions, it is not likely that
the growing crop will provo in OK
cess Of tho legitimate demands of
the world, when trade revival is
rapidly spreading in every other
commercial industry and branch Of
comnerce.
The future prospects of tho South
are most flattering, and no section of
the Union affords such advantages
for profitable planting.
Last year tho South doubtless do
rived the largest net profits from the
cotton crop ":nce tho war, because
the year previous in nearly all SOC
tons of tho South ample food crops
| for man and beast were raised mt
homo and by this means the crop
was produced cheaply, tho produc-
ton was not excessive and tho price
highly remunerativo. So long as
such policy is adhered to, satisfac-
tory results must onsue.
Very truly,
LATHAM, ALEXANDER Il Co.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-14
TWICE A WEEK, $l.5O A YEAR

dates, according to personal prefer
ences, there would have been no
election in tho first primary, and
Tillman, with his enemies divided,
would have remained power in the
State. AS it is there is an end to
footionalism and Tillman is no long
or q dictator.