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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
SHORT LUMBER.
Current Comment.

CoRN.-The market has shown q continu-
ed advance in prices since last week,
while the demand has ruled fair as a whole.
BEANs.-Demand has been only moderate
ior the past week but receipts have been
llght and receivers have not been urging
sales at all.
OATs.-The market shows good strenotb.
with prices higher on most grades AT the
close The demand has ruled moderate IN
meet daily needs.
EGGs.-Receipts for the week have been
quite liberal but large proportion for cold
storage. There has been a steady demand
from the regular trade.
HAY.-The market continues quiet, with
the general features unchanged. The best
hay is steady in price and moves fairly as
wanted but the lower grades are yet in ex-
cessive supply and clean up slow.
CHEEsE.--Receipts for export 3,121 boxes.
Ihere has been marked Improvement in
the condition Of the market since our last
report. Demand has been more active and
prices have been advanced full half cent.
BUTTER.-Receipts have been light. hut
buyers have been holding off, and with con-
siderable stock left over the week opened
with a dull and unsettled feeling. There
was no improvement in the demand until a
sharp cut in prices had been made.
FLoUR.-The market is quiet so far as
business is concerned, but the strong price
OF wheat mas caused values for flour to be
generally advanced. The trade is taking
some flour from time to time, but there is
no excitement over the advance, and it is
slow work to get up any enthusiasm.
WooL.-The money market continues to
rule the roost. Money is at seven per cent
and no one cares to borrow or lend it.
Business is consequently at a standstill.
One knitter dared to buy 10000 pounds of
Australian lambs and the transaction looms
up like lighthouse on a sand fiat. The
trade is immersed in war talk and has
plenty Of leisure for that occupation. The
announcement by General Miles of a new
uniform to be made Of brown duck has
subdued certain hopes, and the purchase Of
blankets tor the Massachusetts troops has
failed to boom the market.
LUMBER.-The lumber trade from the
East to the South has been very much in
Jured by the war scare. A more unsatis-
sactory April has not been witnessed in
years The yardmen here refuse to buy
only what absolutely compelled to and the
mills on the other hand are not anxious to
ship under the unsatisfactory conditions
existing particularly as prices rule quite
low Cargoes that have come forward have
been very hard to move but fortunately for
the market not much is being shipped.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
That Check-Rein,

1t is surely pity with so many fine
horses in our community not one Of
them can express himself in articulate
language. If it were otherwise we
might easily imagine that about the
first one we met on the road would say:
"Please loosen that che ck-rein. 1t tires
my neck. 1t Expresses my lungs and
impairs my strength"
The cbeck-rein is q relic OF the old
age of barbarism and cruel force, and is
an evidence now of thoughtless cow
ardice and foolish mistaken vanity.
Our hill country especially calls for its
abolition. No horse can travel with
freedom or safety, whose head is thus
strapped up, and his natural balance OF
position thus sadly interfered with.
Will not the ladies, 30 thoughtful in
the administration of many charities,
take up this question and insist upon
it that this most faithful servant of
mankind shall be freed from the tor
ture of the check-rein. G. NJ. L.
Montpelier, VT, April %, 1898.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Continuous Milking.

1 once looked upon the COW that
would give milk continually as a much
to be desired adjunct of the dairy, and
we'll remember my pride in the first of
my herd to do 80. Subsequent expe-
rience, however, has taught me that it
is rather subject for regret. l now
try in all ways except actual depriva-
ton of food to induce my COWS to dry
for few weeks at least. This is fire.
quently very difficult and sometimes
impossible, but I have found that those
cows which do milk right up to the
time Of calving do not give 80 much
milk the following year. The flow may
increase somewhat, but nothing like
that OF the COW allowed to 90 dry and
make good "bag" before calving
again.
We are now trying to dry off COW
which persistently refuses to be dried
Oft. We noticed yesterday that she is
gaining in her flow, which means APP
preaching parturition. have decided
to stop milking her entirely, and IL the
udder gets too full of milk shall milk it
out somewhat from time to time, as &C.
casion seems to require. Who knows
what the result would be if one ceased
to milk COW having a good flow9 A
butcher told me the other day that it
would do no harm at all; that the milk
would accumulate in the udder for
few days and then Ego to make fat"
as he expressed it, but it seems to me
serious trouble would result from such
a course. 1t is q frequent practice
with me to partially milk out cow
with badly distended udder prior to
calving, and 1 believe j have avoided
several cases of milk fever by so doing.
1t relieves the animal anyway and
have yet to see any evil effects from it,,
-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
How to Buy Fertilizers.

Connecticut farmers have probably
given more careful attention to this
subject than those of any other state.
Hence the importance and value of the
following concluions arrived at after
many years. experience in field and
laboratory by DIR. e. H. jenkins, vice
director Connecticut experiment sta
ton:
/. Before buying fertilizers in any
quantity the farmer should decide
from what he can find out about his
land and the past and prospective crop.
ping-how many pounds of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash he will use
per acre, and whether any particular
forms of these ingredients are specially
desirable.
This decision, involving as it does
some thought and study, though it may
not accurately meet the needs of land
and crop, will make clear to him the
uses and limitations of fertilizers.
1t is what no one can do for him.
and it is certainly great advance over
the plan of putting on half ton or a
ton of "fertilizer" or "superphosphate'
per acre, regardless of anything but the
cost per ton. This last plan, followed
by many, is like prescribing half pint
of "medicine" per week for patient,
without naming either dose or drug.
Then the farmer should get, from a
number of sources, quotations of such
fertilizer chemicals as will serve his
purpose, with definite guarantees of
composition and clear understanding
as to rebates in case the goods are not
as guaranteed, and experiment station
bulletins calculate what he must pay
for the quantities of nitrogen, phosphor-
ic acid and potash that he has decided
upon, delivered at his freight station.
The purchaser should then reckon
what he must pay in cash for an amount
of factory-mixed fertilizer that contains
nearly the quantities of fertilizer ingre-
dients which he has determined to APP
ply per acre. The cost of the factory
mixed goods will usually be consider
ably larger than the cost of unmixed
chemicals.
This difference in cost between the
two is to be offset against the cost to
him of possible pulverizing, mixing
and bagging the chemicals, and he has
lastly to determine which will probably
be the cheaper method, all things con-
sidered.-New England Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
To Prevent COntagiOn OF tuberculosis.

Recent developments, together with
the historical data concerning tubercu-
losis among the bovine kind, has excit-
ed some curiosity among thinking peo-
pie as to the possibility of rendering an
finals exposed less liable to the disease
than would seem possible under aver
age or normal conditions. Physicians
and veterinarians generally have ar
rived at the conclusion that the great
est danger comes from the germs float
ing in the dry air or dust. To this end
they argue that persons with consump-
ton should not be allowed to spit upon
sidewalks, on floors in the house, about
the streets, in streets cars or any other
places frequented by others; not that
there is danger from the spittle as such,
but from the dried residue, which is re.
garded as the most potent factor in
spreading the disease from one person
TO another. The reasoning seems plaus-
ible, and if it is true of the human SUBJ
ject, it should apply equally forcibly to
the animal kind.
The Ohio experiment station assumes
this theory as correct, and since the dis
ease has developed among their dairy
herd, the plan has been adopted of
keeping the stable atmosphere con-
stantly moist. The floors are of cement
and are swept clean twice day. Be-
fore each sweeping the entire inside is
lightly sprinkled, just sufficiently to al
lay all dust. After sweeping and while
the floors are yet moist, salt of an infe-
rior grade is thiply scattered over them
aiding materially in keeping the at
mosphere of the entire stable in
moist condition, and thus reducing the
chances of germs being transmitted in
the dust. Animals in the same stables
not affected are less liable to receive
germs, and the attendants enjoy greater
safety, if, as it has been alleged, man
can contract the disease by working
among animals affected with tubercu-
losis.
This treatment is comparatively in
expensive one. The water can be Sc
cured from the we'll or cistern con-
nected with every well regulated barn,
and the salt can be purchased at from
SO to S. per ton. In addition to the
moist treatment, the barn is opened
and thoroughly aired every day, even
in the coolest weather, and every pre-
caution is taken to prevent the atmos-
phere from becoming close or stuffy.
This practical work seems to demon
strate that the cattle are in no way I'M
comfortable under the treatment, the
attendants enjoy as good health as ever
and the spread Of the disease has been
reduced to minimum.-New England
Homestead,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Live Stock Market.

SwINE.-No change on Western at 80 to
44c !. W.; country hogs at Al to 45c j. W.
BEEF CATTLE.-The supply was decided
ly lighter than last week but the demand
was very moderate and prices were prsoti-
cally the same.
Prices Of market beef: A few choice, Sc to
$3.50; extra, 1925 to $3.50; first quality,
$4.75 to So; second quality, 81 to 81. 40; third
quality, SO to $3.50.
Mich Cows AND SPRNGERs.-The trade
was inactive and buyers in less numbers
than usual. Good cows sell the best. Some
sales pending at $40 to $48 head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The market was in
clined to be dull and prices showed little or
no change. We quote: In lots, $3.50 to
$500 each; extra, 1926 to $3.50, or from
q to 53c per pound; spring lambs, AZ to &c;
veal calves, 8 to 5ac.
Prices of store cattle: Working oxen per
pair, $50 to $3.50; farrow cows, $12 to $22;
fancy cows, $50 to $50; mich COWS and
calves, $50 to $4S; yearlings, IS to SIG; two
year-olds, S12 to $22; three-year-olds, 500 to
1872; Western fat swine, live, 81 to 4fc;
Northern dressed hogs, Al to 4gc per pound.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
COttOnseed Meals.

Much has been said and written rela-
tive to the use of cottonseed meal as a
cattle food. Nearly all investigators
agree in giving it high value and
urge dairymen to use this material, not
only because it is cheap source of
protein, but because it also has a high
manurial value. Practical feeders diff
fer greatly in their estimates of cotton
seed meal. Some seem to use it very
satisfactorily for while, and later con-
clude that the feed is not we'll adapted
for their purposes. Occasionally a
feeder observes that the health of his
animals is affected by the feeding of
cottonseed too freely, and 1t sometimes
happens that even after animals have
been fed for months with apparent sue
ces that they are injured by its con-
tinued use. 1t has also happened that
cows fed upon cottonseed meal do we'll
for time and the later the milk dow
is diminished without any apparent
cause.
There are at present no other con-
centrated feeding stuffs which vary 80
much in composition as cottonseed
meals from different sources and diff
ferent mills. Within three weeks the
Maine agricultural experiment station
has examined samples varying from %
per cent to over 50 per cent protein.
This great variation in different lots of
cottonseed meal may explain the differ
ent estimates of different practical
feeders and of the same feeders at diff
ferent times. If cow is fed cotton
seed meal containing 26 per cent pro-
tein, and is then fed an equal weight of
a meal containing 81 per cent, it is
evident that the amount of protein
which she received will have been
doubled by the change. If she has
been fed up to her full capacity in the
first instance, such an increase might
result disastrously. On the other
hand, changing from cottonseed of
high protein content to one of low pro-
tein content would diminish the milk
flow unless the amount of meal fed is
also correspondingly creased.-Rural
World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
High Commentator.

The handsome advertisement of the
Bradley Fertilizer Company" in the
last issue of the WATCHMAN, was made
up of splendid testimonial regarding
their superlative fertilizers, given them
editorially by the american Agricul-
turist." To say, as the "Agriculturist''
does, that "Bradley's Fertilizers are
of the highest agricultural value, and
are therefore, the most economical to
use, is praise indeed, but it is our opin-
ion that the tens of thousands of farm
ers, who annually use them, would all
say the same. The fact is "Bradley's
Fertilizers" have, because of their uni
form and superior quality, won a rep
utation that is of the highest credit to
them, and that is why 30 many farmers
will not consent to even try competing
brands,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
HOw's This 7

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by taking HALLS Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
]. 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.fve cents per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

shoulder come under and against the
colts stide joint, and the inside of your
left knee close to or againt inside and
front of colts leg. Now place right
hand 0humb downward) on front side
of fetlock joint, and after taking this
position several times, and feeling as
sured of the colts kindness and willing
ness, gently lift the foot few inches
from the floor, letting your left arm
hold weight of leg, and your left
shoulder pressing upward and against
stife to again insure the equilibrium,
Repeat this, gradually raising the foot
higher and changing it's position until
you can handle it at will; teach him to
stand still and allow bis feet put in
position to shoe and gently pounded
with light hammer, etc. Use same
methods and principles for the other
foot, the right hand and right shoulder
instead of left.
Do not, under any circumstances,
let colts foot drop suddenly, especial
ly if the colt is bearing any weight
toward it, as this will cause many colts
to fear having their feet taken up.
Many times the colt that is called
"ugly to shoe" is not properly educated
to having its feet handled and is only
afraid, caused by the sheer himself being
afraid and disregarding the law of
gravitation; for as he grips on to the
colts foot and lifts it up, he pulls it
toward himself instead of swaying
toward the standing leg, as he should
do. 1t is best to have all colts proper
ly taught to have their feet handled be-
fore taking them to the sheer, as shoers
ought not to be expected to have pa
tience and time to properly educate all
the colts and horses of their vicinity.
We will next consider leveling the
feet and putting them in proper shape
to 60 to pasture in the spring, 80 they
may almost to certainty come to the
barn in the fall with sound, perfect feet
and limbs.
CoRRKCTIoN.-In one Of the quotations in
the last paper, the type read "shin waist
ed" where the writer intended to say "slim
wasted" As some readers might be puz.
zled to know the meaning of "shin waist
ed" the correction may be worth making.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Creamery Reports.

ORANGE COUNTY CREAMERY, CHEL-
SEA. Statement for March. Milk re-
ceived, III JOB pounds; butter made
from same and an equivalent of milk
and cream sold, 1874 pounds; received
for butter, deducting freight and COM
mission, 81 ,953.7l; running expenses,
including reserve for interest on stock,
tubs, etc. $264.1S; paid patrons twenty
and one.half cents for butter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
SUDDEN DEATHS ON THE ISoREAsE.-Pe

SUDDEN DEATHS ON THE INcREAsE.-Peo-
pie apparently well and happy to-day, to-
morrow are stricken down, and in ninety.nine
cases out of every hundred the heart is the
cause. The king of heart remedies--Dr Ag-
news Cure for the Heart is within the reach
of all, and if there are symptoms of heart dis
order it should be used without delay. 1t re-
lieves in 80 minutes, and cures most chronic
cases. Is. Sold by w. E. Terrll & Co. and
Collins Blakely.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, 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 by G, Blakely,
Montpelier, VT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

George Dunn of Pownal, VT, has
purchased from Hood farm, Lowell,
Mass, very promising young Berk-
shire boar that ought to be prize win
ner and great sire. Mr.. Dunn has
shown good judgment in selecting
from the Hood farm herd, which con-
tains the richest strains of Berkshire
blood that can be found in the country
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

Coughs and colds, down to the very bor-
derland Of consumption, yield to the sootli-
ing, healing influences Of DIR. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
RETAIL DEALERS PRICKs.
Boston Produce Market.

KY-The quotations given below represent prices
obtained receivers uhoiesae lots mot ,oo6tns
priees dniess otherwise Indicated aud are intended
to represent actual sales.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 26c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
AND
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Tar Is praised by its users. Its curative effects
are like magic. Sold by druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

RUBBER STAMPS made to order by the
Vermont Watchman Company
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27

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CoRREcTIoN.-In one Of the quotations in
the last paper, the type read "shin waist
ed" where the writer intended to say "slim
wasted" AS some readers might be puz.
zled to know the meaning of "shin waist
ed" the correction may be worth making.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-27
Boston Wool Market.

MICHIGAN.
Fair play., 1898-09-03
NO WOMAN IS EXEMPT.

! Regularityis n matter of Importance
in every woman's life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
| trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unscttle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation of woman's health is
4 perfectly normal and regular per-
formance of natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE SKIES, of Eldred, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet in this
country. Read what she says:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I feel like n
new person since following your ad-
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles were pain
full mcnstruation and lcucorrhna.
was nervous and had spells of being
confused. Before using your remedies
l never had any faith in patent mcdi-
Ili4to. i ilo" " 1911 " t!isiL
had anything do me SO much good for
painful menstruation as Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your Sanative Wash has cured
me of leucorrhna. hope these few
words may help suffering women"
The present Mrs. Pinkhams expert
cncc in treating female ills is unparal
lcled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia +. Pinlshan, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department Of
her great business, treating hy lcttor
as many as n hundred thousand ailinG
women during 4 single year.
All suffering women are invited 10
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at LINN,
Mass, for advice about their health.
Fair play., 1898-09-03
WHERE ROAD TAXES GO.
A Condition of Affairs hicir 8.>isis
In other states We'll as in
Old Kentucky.

"lt l. IA disgrace !" the principle of
felf-ro>crHmrnt," SAYS til" Louisville
Courirr-,lourual. 'Ihat the law w-:,b,iu"
people of Kentucky do not rise in thclr
majesty and might and put .H end 10
the present system "t Iicrf5s.,. robbery.
What is really wanted i not 1"ll-"ale
raids bat the hanging Of u few over
srcrS and contractors. and the imIcach-
mcnt of Il few county Judges and local
magistrates.
The farmers complain of hard times
aid high llNrS. Yet they stand like
logs of wood and see iAriu,ri.ts pill
!ag,d right out of hand. saving never
:, word. in jefferson county aiouc 80.
500 annually are wrun" from the poo
pie upon the protest OF road milking
II : safe 10 say that not ouc-third Of
this vast sum is ever devoted tu the
purpose intended. whilst tvo-third> of
it goes INTO the pockets of tn" heart
less bloodsuckcrs masqucradIu% rs
road oveTsoer>. and ra>caiil cOntrac-
tors. With whom these are in partner
ship.
AS rule The county judges either
know nothing about il. or care untnir"
about it. Meanwhile, the rour farmer
stands off with his fingers in his mouth,
aS dumb ~ a post and AZ helpless as
calf. Year after year this robbery goes
ON. What We need ut Frankfort is a
good roads commission invested with
ample power to investigate thcs"
fri@htful corruptions and TO punish
those chargcable either with c0llusiuu
TO loot the Taxpayers. or with guilty
neglect in the dnty Of protecting the
public money"
Fair play., 1898-09-03

/ know by actual experience. says h
writer in iioard's Dairyman. that "A
calf can bs raised on skimmill<. if he
has enough. We have one now. on This
place. that, at four weeks, gets -
pounds of skimmlk a day. and. be
SIDES. all the bright hay it wants. which
is Il good deal. And with this liberal
feeding il is a beauty. ana as for
growth. as the hired man expresses it.
beat; any calf | ever did see" The
trouble with not only calves. but most
young stock is that they do not get
enough. \ growing boy will eat more
than IA grown man, and the growing
calf wants enough, or il will not lee a
grow ing calf