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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11
THE APPLE CROP OF 1900. :


The local market is already re-
ceiving fall apples grown in this
vicinity. The apples while not
strictly marketable are still used for
pies and sauce with goodly amount
OF sugar. 1t is believed the crop
around Rutland and throughout the
county will be good fair average
yield.
The apple crop in Vermont of late
years has been of uncertain quantity.
This seasons promises to be an av-
erage one; probably not more. In
Bennington and vicinity apple trees
are we'll loaded. In and about Cam
bridge and Fletcher the prospect is
not SO good. "A prominent nursery
man and apple grower there told
The News reporter that he did not
expect half crop and attributes the
cause wholly to the disastrous devas-
tations of the forest worm year
ago. Grand Isle had good crop
last year; better than almost any sec
ton of the state. A fair yield is en-
pected there.
Around Burlington the crop will
be only fair and hardly that. The
vast orchards in Shelburne, which
used to produce anywhere from 25,-
600 to 10000 barrels in some years,
are now practically dead.-Rutland
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11
WOODSTOCK RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE.


All lrnins daily Sunday excepted. Flag
Station Trains Nos. .. L, aud stop on
Signal.
This Company reserve the right to cancel
trains without notice.
J. q. PORTER,
General Manager.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11
To Cure q Cold IN One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUIN1NE TABLETS
All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to
cure. E. W. GROVES signature is on each
box. Csc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11

Use LaBelle Glove Cleaner
for your kid gloves. Will clean
you gloves quickly and well. To
be found only at Dana'S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11
LUDLOW.

DR.. ID. f. Coolidge received tel :
egram Thursday morning from his
son, b. Nj. Coolidge of Chicago,
saying that Leon d. Coolidge, the
doctors Youngest son, and mem
Der of Company NJ, 37th regiment,
United States infantry, died in the
Philippines July 81. Nothing had
been heard from the young man TOT
three months. 1t is supposed that
he died OF disease.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-08-11

The Age and Weekly Tribune
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

The larger the number of fowls.
the greater Importance it is to pro-
vide them with grit. 1t can be easily
ascertained whether they have a
suhciency by opening the gizzards
of those that die or are killed and
examining the quality of the con-
tents. If the edges of the stones are
sharp it is a sign that they are we'll
supplied. IF, however, the edges are
blunt and round it is a sign that the
poultry requires sharp grit. Chick
n r often put on a grass field
where there is no sharp grit, and the
owner cannot conjecture why they
do not thrive better. Sharp grit is
to the poultry what teeth are to the
human family. Fowls that are not
furnished with it sometimes have
diarrhOea, etc. Flint grit is the best
of any that can be used, as it is
harder than any kind. 1t is not OBJ
tainable in every district, but the
best substitute must be obtained.
Anything really hard and sharp will
answer, such as old china or earthen-
ware if not broken in too large piece
pieces, and old mortar broken up is.
very good. Oyster shells help the
dlgestion, also, and are useful.
When fowls have plenty of grit they
are Kept in good condition, because
Chelr food is better digested.-Farm.
and Fireside.
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ANNIE G.. WEBSTER.

For fowls that are confined to a
small run the following is recon-
mended by II. B. Geer, in Agricul-
tdral Epitomist, as a substitute for
range food: Two or three quarts of
oats, three or four potatoes or tur-
nips, cut up, and about a pound of
scrap beef, beef tallow, or any sort
of meat that will give out some
grease and meaty flavor when cooked.
All should be cooked together, then
drain the water off or stir in enough
bran to absorb it,.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

farmer to find that out for himself
by the simple and easy method above
mentioned. We are apt to forget
what somebody tells US we are sure
to remember what we find out for
ourselves. The first objection, there
fore, against this method is that it is
a very expensive one. Seventy
pounds of dry, mature o in the
ear will furnish about fifty pounds of
dry matter in the grain. It will sur
prise the farmer to find out how
many more pounds of roasting ears
will be required to furnish the same
amount of dry matter and nutrition.
The second objection is that an all
corn diet from the roasting al period
on is not the best thing for the hog.
The hog likes roasting ears so does
his owner, but he would not relish
them greatly if he had roasting ears
alone for breakfast, dinner, and sup
per, week in and week out. While
there is nothing that will furnish the
mature hog so cheaply in the fall of
the year as ear corn and cold water,
nevertheless up to this final finish all
hogs, and particularly young hogs,
require a greater variety of feed. A
good pasture will go far toward bal
ancing this alLcorn ration, but afeed
of oats and barley or ground rye will
go still further, and while they cost
more yet we r inclined to think
that in due proportion with corn
they are a cheaper feed than the all
corn corn ration even when that is
but fifteen cents per bushe1.
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MONTH,

BARAGA, MICH, Feb. IA, 1896.
I have been using your Caustic
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Franklin Co., Vermont.
E.. R. T.

The loss by the drought must be
millions in the State. In June the
prospects was for a crop like that of
1891, which so delighted the farmers.
Then came the July drought, to be
followed by the yet more terrible one
of August, which in many localities
is yet unbroken. Many farmers de-
clare they wish they had not used
any commercial fertilizers this year,
as the result was to make the cotton
less able to endure the intense heat.
Davidson Despatch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
Live Stock.
SIX 1

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
IF pigs can be raised in six months
and,soId at a heavy weight of about
200 pounds, they pay better than
those kept much longer. It is well
known to all breeders that it is dur
ing the first six months that the ami
mails gain the fastest, and after that
every pound of flesh or fat comes
slower and at a greater outlay of
food. Up to the period of six months
a pig should gain so rapidly that the
change can almost be seen from day
to day. Young six months old pigs
always command fancy prices in the
market, too, for the flesh is sweet
and tender, and the pork is not all
fat. Epicures demand this kind of
young pork, and they eat with a
relish when they would turn up
their noses at fat pork from pigs
eight months or a year old.
1t should be made a point to raise
the young pigs so they will tip the
scales at 200 pounds at least at the
end of six months, and if they do not
do this there is something wrong in
the feeding or the breed. Pork raised
at this rate pays a good profit, while
that produced by the slower method
of holding the pigs several months
later does not always reward the
owner. When the young pigs are
old enough they should be allowed
the run of a pasture field where
clover is pretty thick. Turn them
loose in the field with the SOW. If
the field has plenty of good fresh
running water in it, and ample shade
for the animals, they will do much
better and not suffer drawbacks from
the heat. The SOW should be fed
freely on milk slops with bran mixed
in it, and when the pigs are old
enough let them eat with the mother.
Liberal feeding of this mixture
should not be turned into wasteful
practice. Give only as much as they
will eat up clean at a time. Feeding
twice a day is better than heavy
feeding once a day. With this bran,
milk and clover ration the pigs can
get along without any trouble for
two months or more, and they will
grow rapidly during the whole time.
When they r two months old a lit
tie corn can be fed to them give
them about ear a day along with
the bran and buttermilk slops. The
adds to them fat and strength
and the liberal feeding of clover
keeps the system in excellent condi-
ton.
At the end of four months the pigs
should be old enough to stand a
heavier and more heating diet, and
it is we'll to substitute for the corn,
bran and milk Stops a diet of bran
and cOrnmeal softened with water
and mixed to the stiffness of a dough.
Feed this to them twice a day and
give them as much as they will eat
up clean at a time. Then turn them
loose in the clover field as before,
and let them eat in addition all the
grass they will. Finally during the
last month of their lives confne
them in close but perfectly clean
quarters and fatten them off with
cornmeal and bran. Give them twice
as much of the former as the latter,
and let them eat literally of the
mixture. At the end of the six
months they should be fine, fat pigs,
weighing from 200 to 24O pounds
each, and every pound will represent
good profit. G. w. JONES.
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NEW ORR

1t is the custom of many farmers
to commence feeding new corn to
hogs as soon rs it is in, roasting ear,
making it, with the addition of a
pasture, frequently scanty, the sole
feed from now until the hogs are
finished for the market. We regard
this as a wasteful practice, says Wal
lace's Farmer. How wasteful it is.
any farmer can see for himself if he
will pull off an ear of corn in roast
ing ear, hang it up to dry, pulling
one each week until the corn is ready
to cut up and then about the first
of December, when all are thorough
ly dry, shell and weigh the grains on
each ear, taking care that the ears
selected be as nearly as possible of
the same length and the same mum
Der of rows. He will then under
stand as he never did before that up.
to the roasting a stage the corn
plant is simply getting ready for
work and that it's work of storing
food in the a is done in a
lively short period. If, therefore.
the farmer feeds corn in the roasting
ear stage he does it at a very great
loss. How great the loss is we will
not say, p~referring to allow the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
The Dairy.
BEEF Oh MIX, WHICH,

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
This country is peculiarly situated
lust now-indeed the conditions have
been developing for a year or two,
and naturally enough will continue
to claim increasing attention from
the farmers, especially those of the
great West. 1 refer to the unusual
scarcity and consequent high prices
for beef.
Here at the East and even in Yer
mont this scarcity is quite severely
felt. There is only a small home
supply, for this is not at present
much of a beef-producing section,
and the supply comes largely from
the West. This is favorable for the
Western farmers and of course it
will encourage them to redouble
efforts to supply this continual de-
mand.
How long this condition of things
will continue it will be difficult to
tell, but until at least the supply and
demand become more nearly equal.
The Eastern and middle portions
of the United States with their supe-
rior advantages for dairying, and IN
which the farmers are so largely n
gagged will hardly care to make any
great changes in their particular
branch of business, in which they
have become proficient, and indeed
it would hardly seem advisable, but
the great West and Southwest, with
their abundant resources for rearing
and fattening cattle, of which they
have some of the best beef-producing
breeds in the world, are already in a
condition to take advantage of the
present condition of things, and
make a success of it. This seems to
be particularly in their line and they
certainly should make the most of
their opportunities, which no doubt
they will endeavor to do.
Under these circumstances it may
not be hardly practicable to under
take to make a speciality of both
milk and beef from the same herd or
on the same farm, but that which
promises the best results should have
the preference.
Not all of the farmers in the West
will ARE to go into the beef-prO-
ducing business. There are some
sections where dairying has become
established and successful and where
this is the case it will doubtless be
the most successful to pursue it, as
frequent changes from one branch
of farming to another are generally
demoralizing and Improbable. Hence
if a farmer is in a good condition for
dairying he had better keep along
with it, always striving for excel
lence in the business, while if grazing
and beef-producing is his preference
and in his line, that should be fol
lowed up with equal diligence and
carefulness.
There is room enOughln the United
States for these industries without
coming in conflict with each other
indeed this division of labor and
product should naturally be better
for both, and each thereby enjoy the
largest degree of prosperity, as the
result of following s~pecialties to
which they are from the conditions
in the case particularly adapted.
E. R. T.
Franklin Co. Vermont.
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The Poultry Yard.
CLEANING THE CHICKENS OF ENEMIES.

CLEANING THE CHICKENS OF ENEMIES.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
In the hot weather the natural
enemies OF the poultry cause endless
torment for them, and many cases
where the birds are supposed to have
been overcome or injured by the
heat has been more with lice. These
troublesome little insects get into
the feathers and make life miserable
for the chickens, and added to the
heat they cause the birds to lose
flesh and to refuse to lay. The actual
summer loss from the lice is thus
directly and Indirectly great. The
small chickens that are struggling
to get along this hot weather cannot
gain much in weight if troubled with
lice. The hot weather alone is suh-
cient handicap for them, and we
must make it a point to relieve them
of their natural insect enemies so far
as possible. Lousy hens cannot and
will not lay eggs. They become too
emaciated and tormented to do their
duty in this respect, and no one can
blame them for striking on this &C
count.
1t takes one a long time in the
business to accept the fact that lice
will get into almost any hen house
and cause endless trouble. Some
think that the conditions are SO clean
and sanitary around her place that
it would be impossible for lice tofnd
Judgment there. Nevertheless, lice
in abundance are often found in the
cleanest places, and it is a matter of
common sense to go through the hen
house and quarters every little while
and make a clean sweep of them. 1t
will be found that many Of the ordi-
nary diseases will then cease to at
tack the chickens, and in the end
you will be convinced that lice were
undermining the health of your
chickens. Tt takes a long time to
learn this, but after once learned it
is never forgotten.
There is no reason why the lice
should give any such trouble to those
who raise poultry, for provision is
made to kill the lice in every hen
house and on every bird. The ap-
plication of the insect powder is so
easy and simple that there is no ex
cuse for any one. The presence of
lice among the chickens for any
length of time is an Indication that
somebody does not understand her
business. l have known many wo-
men living on farms who have
actually given up raising poultry
simply because they became dis
gusted with the lice. The hennery
became infected with the lice, and
their presence near the living quar-
tiers we're so disgusting that they
sold off the poultry in order to clean
out the lice. A little study and aI-
plication of common sense would
have cleaned out the lice just as
effectually, and the poultry could
have remained.
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WONDERFUL FOX HUNT
Continued From First Page.

briefly by Kitchener, but il is clear that
he attaches supreme imortance to the
capture Of Dewet and Steyn a. the first
real stroke Of his campaign, Military
men here are commenting upon the fact
that General French, the hest cavalry.
man on the British side, is not employed
against Dewet but the probable explain.
alton is that his rank excludes his ON.
manding a small flying column. French
was last reported at johannesburg, but
has not been mentioned in the dispatch
es from the front for several weeks.
Sir Robert Reed who made the most
dismal speech ever heard in Parliament
a year ago when the cup Of British hum-
ilation was trimming over was the Oh et
croaker at yesterday debate and he
startled the Liberals by advocating We
gotiations for amnesty and business az.
rangements for restocking Boeos farms
and rebuilding houses. Mr., Frederick
who had recovered from the previous
days made a spirited reply
charging him with aiding and abetting
the enemy,