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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
SHORTHORN CATTLE.
Beginning and Progress of the Breed
In This Country.

At the beginning of the past century
portations of Shorthorn cattle made to
this country, more especially into sew
eral eastern states, and in 1917 ship
ments were made into Kentucky, from
q part of which are descended the cat
tie known to American breeders as the
questionable "Seventeens," says Sec
rotary Coburn in his March report. 1t
is scarcely possible to conjecture the
number of Shorthorns that have been
imported to and bred in the United
States, as previous to 1916 no Ameri
can herdbook was kept. Entries have
been closed for volume 4S of the Amer
lean Shorthorn herdbook, and that, with
its predecessors, will contain pedigrees
of 10000 bulls and 279,000 cows, or a
total of AL, 900 pure bred Shorthorns
with lineage recorded in the United
States alone to date, besides which
pedigrees Of 1000 bulls and 5000 COWS
have already been filed with the editor
for publication in volume 40.
HI COlOI CuOl NC SllllSA
red or white or any combination of
these. The red may vary in shade from
light or yellow to very dark or ma
hogany, the latter at present being the
favorite with many breeders in this
country, while the white Is least popu-
lar or, in fact, scarcely acceptable at
all. In England the roam color is val
ued most highly, and in America it Is
an especial favorite in the feed lots, al
though breeders of thoroughbreds are
partial to red, because they claim that
animals of that color unaccountable as
1t may seem, in consideration of their
conceded superior quality, are more
readily and profltably sold for breeding
purposes.
The cows vary greatly in the milking
quality at present, but early in their
hosiery were valued highly for the
dairy. In later years majority of
breeders have unfortunately been so
absorbed in the development of the
beef making qualities of their stock
as to greatly neglect the equally i'm
portant matter of development in milk
and butter production, condition
which true friends of the breed will
hope to see modified for the better from
year to year In the future.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
A HANDY GATE.

works easily. 1t is a good gate for
pasture when you want to put through
a good many head of stock at once, or
is a good gate where a division fence
comes and you want a gate into each
field. 1t can be made any width to suit.
When the gate opens, the wire ian old
clothesline) will wind around the top
of center pole, and when relieved the
weight Of the gate closes it. 1t is "a
feet, but can be made any width. At A
may be seen one of the hinges which
holds the gate to the center hole.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
Beware OF 0intments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces Such articles should never be
used except on PERCEPTIONS from reputable
physicians, as The damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Cstsrrh Cure, man
ufactured by f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system In buying
Halls Catsrrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by F. j. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price rs cents per bot
tie.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
Live Stock Market,

There were on the market at Brighton
last week 1474 cattle, 81 sheep, 25,673 hogs,
1888 veal calves and 100 horses.
In Northern and Eastern beef cattle the
movement was not particularly brisk, but
prices were stronger because OF moderate
supplies The advance was equal 20 to to
per pound. Amongst sales reported were
oxen OF 1920 lbs at &c and steers OF 1890
lbs at DC.
There we're mich cows OF all grades TO be
had. Some were offered as low as $50 aud
others ere lrmly held at $40 and there
abouts. A fair business was done AZ $50 to
50
For veal calves last weeks prices were
maintained despite the efforts OF the butch
ers to bny for less. The following we're the
sales: 21 calves, 100 his, DC; SO calves, 1876
lbs, 5tc; 40 calves, 100 lbs 54c; II calves,
115 lbs, az 5lc 90 calves, 1876 lbs, at 53c.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
HE SSIAN FLY.
No Damage Where n Medium Grad
Fertilizer Was Applied.

No Damage Where Medium Grad
Fertilizer Was Applied.
1t appears from the letter of wheat
grower to The Ohio Farmer that many
farmers of that state expecting the fly
last fall, deferred seeding until late, but
the fly anticipated the wheat grower
also, for it did thorough work on all
wheat sown in this farmers section w
to Sept. "a, but after the 2Sth none OF
It's work can be found. These dates
have reference to the time of sowing
and not when eggs were laid.
Where a medium grade of prepared
fertilizer was applied 600 pounds per
acre. no appreciable damage was suf.
fered by the wheat plant last fall Its
effect was to stimulate the shooting of
a new plant from he root below the
larve, which were generally several
in number, and spring examination OF
the complete stool showed the insects
in a small, dead branch which wa
really the main plant at the beginning.
On some drill widths where no fer
tilizer was applied the wheat died en-
tirely. 1t lived long enough, however,
to nurture the larvm it contained to ma.
turity. These, in many places where
the dead plant heaved out and become
disintegrated by decay, lay about upon
the surface of the ground, every one
thing of life. The first, adults, accord.
ing to this mans observation, issUeu
forth May 4 to soon go to work deposit.
ing eggs upon the leaves of the wheat
to supply larvae for each joint above
ground, which sap the life Of the plant
and cause crinkled straws and empty
chaff next harvest time, unless Profess
cue.
Professor Webster's parasite Is fun.
gous or parasitic infection similar to
that which is destructive to chinch
bugs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
HOW TO FEED COWS.
Short Suggestions and Useful Data
For the General Farmer.

Short suggestions and Useful DATA
For the General Farmer,
It is not necessary that farmers
should weigh the daily rations for each
COW.
The quantities Of roughage can be
weighed occasionally and then be ap,
proximated in actual feeding, instead
of weighing each lot. The grain IA.
tons can likewise be weighed at the
outset, the quantities of each meas.
ured and the ration subsequently fed
by measure.
By making a mixture of the grain
ration in quantity and then measuring
out the total amount demanded per
feed there will be little danger of ac.
cident owing to carelessness on the
part of the hired help.
A careless feeder who would make
blunders in the use Of cottonseed and
gluten meals would not be expected to
recognize individuality in the COWS and
De able to feed them accordingly. Hence
the objection to making constant
mixture Of the grain ration would only
prevail in the case of careful feeders
whose care and intelligence would eha
BILE them to feed without accident
Some farmers condemn gluten meal
cottonseed meal and dried brewers
grains outright, while others have fed
them for long intervals with great sue
cess. The latter fact indicates that
probably those who have had bad re-
suits fed carelessly, that the particular
lot of grain was bad or else the COWS
to which the material was fed were in
some respects abnormal. In some in.
stances it has been reported that gluten
meal, while giving good results com.
bined with certain foods, does not work
well with some COWS if fed together
with cornmeal.
Some good feeders employ three
pounds or more Of cottonseed meal dali
ly, though it is generally held that two
pounds should be the maximum daily
allowance per COW.
Gluten meal may usually be fed more
freely than cottonseed meaL-Rhode Is
land Station.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
b NVeterl

When horse gets nail in his foot,
the best thing to do is to cleanse the
wound as quickly as possible, having
the smith rim out the hole sufficiently
to permit of the cleansing being done
right. This washing should be done
with carbolic water, and it is no bad
thing to make the horse stand in the
water for little while. A teaspoonful
of the carbolic acid in n bucket of luke
warm water will be all right. Then
after the wound Is well cleaned out
pack a little pledget of good lint with
little tar next to the wound. Over
that place oakum and go ahead.
Horse Distemper.
Give horse one dram of iodide of po-
tassa once a day for two weeks and
take equal parts of turpentine liquid
ammonia, tincture of cantharides and
olive oil; mix and rub on his throat
twice "A day till it is well blistered.
Let the horse have plenty of grass
along with his other feed, and do not
let him warm. If you can help it, and
be may get over it in time,
Creased Heel In Horses.
Poultice the heel with linseed meal;
change once a day and continue it for
a week; then apply pure carbolic acid
to 1t with brush or a feather once;
let it alone for three days; then apply
the polutice for one or two days, and
then mix two ounces oxide of zinc with
four ounces vaseline and apply little
once a day.
Warts on Calves.
Take a blunt knife and scrape the
top of the wart and apply little ter
chloride of anthony to it with feath-
err Repeat every third day until it is
lower than the skin. Then mix one
ounce of oxide Of zinc with two ounces
Of vaseline and rub on little once a
day.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
Glorious News

Comes from DIR. D. b. Oargile Of Washita,
1T. He WI toe: "Electrio Bitters has
cured Mrs. Bre or OF sorofula, which bad
rible sores would break out on her head
and face, and the best doctors could give no
help, but now her health is excellent"
Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier
known. It's tho supreme remed for &C.
zema, letter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils, and
running sores. 1t stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion,
builds up the strength. Only 30 cts. Sold
by O. Blakely, Druggist. Guaranteed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
Warts on Calves.
Concerning Hogs.

Hogs should never sleep under tho
corncrib or under any building what
ever. Dust and parasites will abso-
lutely ruin their chances Of future use
fulness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
RETAIL DEALKRs PRICES.

A wheelman's tool bag isn't complete
without a bottle of DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Heals cuts, bruises sprains. Monarch
over pain.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
A TeHns Gnfe.

A correspondent of Iowa Homestead
sketches a Texas gate which he says is
a good gate and when hung righ
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Boston Produce Market.

T-The quotations given below represent price
obtained Dy receivers lots tnot ,oobin0
riieIj unless otherwis indicated. intended
to represent actual "a les.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-24

Ten thousand demons gnawing away at
ones vitals couldn't be worse than the tor
lures OF itching piles. Yet there's cure.
Doan's Ointment never fails.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
PRESS COMMENTS.

Our tariff bands are becoming
too antiquated for u growing com.
merce. We can't get a full breath
indianapolis News (Ind.).
President Mckinley is as mild.
hammered a man as ever cut a strug-
Cling nations throat or scuttled a
young republic.-N. Y. World.
-Because of the greed Of the
sugar barOns the manufacturers of
machinery in this country are being
given an object lesson by Russia, she
having a tariff just like the one
drawn by the late Mr.. Dingley.-ThO
COmmOner.
Has congress reckoned with
the righteous Indignation of the
American people? Cuba may reject
our ultimatum. and then what? viii
the people sustaia a policy of Grim
inal aggression and eternal dishonor?
chicago Evening Post (Rep.).
The next time Cuba goes up
against" philanthropy such as that
which induced the United States to
go to war with Spain, she will prob
ably reflect that it is very, e hard
for the Ph~ilanthropist to let go Of
what promises to be . good thing
Indianapolis Presa
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
SUGAR TRUSTS POWER.
Evidence of "A Mater Hand In the
CRlamitOuS Action TOwards
Russia

In the resolution adopted by the Hi
nois Manufacturers association con-
demning Secretary of the Treasury
Gage for imposing a countervailing
duty on Russian sugar there is a clear
statement of the cost Of this action in
its bearing on American exports to
Russia.
The Illinois resolution declares that
the duty on Russian sugar is calculated
to sacrifice an American export bust
ness amounting to more than $50. OOO,-
600. In contrast to this sacrifice at the
expense Of American shippers it calls
attention to the fact that the total i'm
ports Of sugar from Russia amounted
TO but $4,000 in 1900.
Additional warrant for criticism Of
Secretary Cages action is found in the
claim that Russia's system of o
aging her beet sugar industry by limit
ing the production and fixing the price
does not mount to the payment of a
bounty-the only contingency Justify
ing the American countervailing duty.
1t is declared that not one cent is paid
out from the Russian treasury to Rus
sian sugar growers.
What is the secret Of this govern
ment's haste to impose a duty upon
Russian sugar, even at so great cost to
the general American export trade? Is
it found in the news
that the sugar monoPolists of this
country have filled Secretary Cages
ear with their own special views. and
IN their interests?" Has the sugar
trust been potent to dictate this ca
Iamitous action, asst was potent to COM
pei q violation of the constitution bv
the passage OF the Porto Rican tariff
bill7 Thoughtful Americans will be
inclined to probe this matter to the bot
tom. 1t may be worth while to know
just how completely the Mckinley ad-
ministration is dominated by thesugar
trust in matters affecting the trust mo-
nOPoly.-St. Louis Republic.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
THE QUESTION OF TRUSTS.
with an Objectionable
Measure.

II will be remembered that in Deem
Der, 1899, Mr.. Mckinley suggested to
congress the ACCESSIBILITY of giving the
people some relief on the trust ques-
ton. Just before congress adjourned
for the summer the republicans pre-
pared a constitutional amendment
which they pretended to believe would
provide a remedy, but which, in fact.
was intended to take away from the
states the power which they already
have to deal with this question. The
democrats voted against the amend
ment, and the republicans then brought
in an antitrust bill, which was support
ed by both the republicans and demo
Gratis, and which was passed by an al
nos unanimous vote. 1t went to the
senate, and there it lies buried. When
congress reassembled last December
no effort was made to resurrect this
bill. The election was over, the pur-
pose of the bill was accomplished and
the republican senators were indiffer-
ent to it. II a tithe of the energy which
has been wasted on the subsidy bill had
been devoted to the antitrust bill it
would have passed the senate long ago
Congressman Babcock has intro
duced a measure a~bolishing duties on
certain iron and steel products, being
prompted to do so by the formation Of
the billion-dOlIar steel trust. The Kan
sas City platform contains the follow
ing plank: The tariff laws should be
amended by putting the products Of
trusts upon the free list, to prevent mo-
nOpoly under the plea Of protection"
Mr.. Babcock is therefore carrying out
a plank of the democratic platform, and
the democrats will doubtless give him
all the assistance possible. But as the
republican platform did mot commend
this remedy, and as the republican lead
ers do not favor any remedy at all, Mr..
Babcock is likely to find himself as un-
popular among his republican col
as Nj. Littlefeld was when he
opposed the Porto Rican bill, or Mr..
Mccall was when he denounced the
army bill. The republican who does not
recognize the insincerity of republican
promises upon the trust question must
be blind indeed.-The Commoner.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
LEST WE FORGET.
Royal POmp and SpIendOF Of a Re.
publican Presidents Induc-
ton Into Office.

President Mckinley reviewed the
inaugural parade from a magnificent
Court of Honor which stretched its
stately length along Pennsylvania
avenue in Washington for a distance
of several blocks, covering the front
of the United States treasury, the
white house, the state, war and navy
buildings.
II was an imposing spectacle, this
great stage picture of the president
reviewing the impressive pageant or
gained in his honor. The written de-.
scrlption of the marcel past the chief
executive of the nation reads like the
accounts of the SURPRISINGLY splendid
pomP that marked the celebration Of
the late Queen and Empress Victoria's
diamond jubilee in royal England.
The total cost of Mr.. McKinlev's Sec
n Inauguration as president of the
United States is estimated at Sd
100000.
There were colonial troops in the
American pageant as in the English,
IMPLYING the world-power of America
as of Great Britain, Indicating the
"tar-hung battle line" of a republic
that has gone into the empire bnsi-
ness-the subjugation and forcible
government of weaker peoples. For
the first time in American history
colonial dependencies were repre-
scented in the most characteristic GER
emory of American national life. The
colonial troops in the presidents inc
augural parade hailed from the help
less little island which is being gov.
erned in the interest of the sugar
trust.
Yes, it was imposing. The great
republic of Rome delighted in such
spectacles in the days when it had
ceased to be a republic, save in name.
1t, also, spent millions for spectacular
effect, and included its conquered peo-
pies in the columns passing in review.
The American spectacle of March 4
would not have been possible in the
earlier and simpler days Of our re-
public. Neither is it possible under
a faithful maintenance of the pripci-
pies that prevailed in those earlier and
simpler days.-St. Louis Republic,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
NOTHING IMPRESSIVE.
The P~Fesident'S Inaugural Address
Contained Nothing Of Much
Weight,

Inc inaugural address of a prasi-
lent who succeeds himself in the ex.
ecutive Office a never pique curiosity
or reward study like that of one who
enters the white house for the first
Time or who returns to it after an alb
senCe OF four years, as Mr.. Cleveland
did in 1898. This would be true Of
any man who had been in Mr.. McEiD.
Ieys place during the past four years
But it is peculiarly true of the present
incumbent that he could not saw any,
thing at the beginning of a second
term which would strongly impress
the nation. The trouble is that four
years of experience has demonstrated
that words count for but little in bjs
case. 1t was William Mckinley who
told congress hat it was our plain
duty" to grant Porto Rico free trade.
and it was William Mckinley also
who, a few weeks later, used all the
power and patronage of the executive
to force through congress a Porto
Rican tariff. After that performance
nothing that Mr.. Mckinley could saw
would ever carry much weight with A
country which had learned that the
important thing was what he would
don. Y. Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

To strike the fostering letters from the
body Of the slave?
Shall we set a Politician in a Martyrs hon
Ored place
And mock the shadow Of Lincoln with our
COuntry's black disgrace?
Was this the lesson taught us by SHOWS Of
Valley Forge?
And shall We, later. initiate the tyranny Of
George?
Why, every man and all men are Of right
and should be free;
We clinched it on the battle fields, we
proved it on the sea.
Shall the statue tall Of Liberty b. hurled
adown the gates
While the shadow of Oppression in the
empty spaces waits?
Forbid 1t God. The hour will come, and
gathering legioRs swell,
Not all the gold Of Midas and not all the
hOrdeS Of He'll
Can stay the day when Freedom, bound,
shall loose her shaCkled limbs
with the sky to send her teardrOps down.
the sea to sing her hymns,
And the memory OF Mckinley will be then.
as II is now,
The emperor of Cuba, with a trademark
on his brow.
Ernest McGaTey.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

Pull down the honored stripes of old and
Haunt a flag Of black,
For the Pirates are victorious and Free
dOm's on the rack:
Paint out the stars that hOated once 81
proudly overhead
And fly the skull and CrOss-bones as our
emblem there instead.
For the Emperor Of Cuba in McKinley's
person stands
AND the good ship Constitution now lies
rotting on the sands.
Blot out the solemn compact for a dirty
dollars sake,
Since promises are pie-CTust, and were
merely made to break:
Send our soldiers and our sailors forth like
cattle dumb to die
For a National dishonor, for the glozing Of
a lie:
For the breaking of the Spanish chains
new manaCIes we bring.
So that Cubans may be vassals, and Nc
Kinley may be King.
Was this the creed that Henry taught,
that Washington upheld?
Is the light of Freedoms lamp within our
breasts forever quelled?
Was ii thus we gave our Volunteers, and
wealth u"nCOunted gave
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

There is a delicious righteousness
about the presidents inaugural adj
dress which compeIs one to believe
that Mr.. Mckinley was serious when
he wrote it. Certainly no man with
a keen sense of the ridiculous could
have written it. AS for the Philip
pines, the president is as optimistic
and as benevolent as a rural evan
gelist. I'VE are not waging war
against the inhabitants of the Philip
pines. A portion of them are waging
war against the United States" To
be sure. The lamb will muddy the
waters of our stream, and when he
persists in doing it we must benev-
Olently assimilate him. If people
would only submit to us, there would
be no trouble. There never would
have been any trouble in the world if
people had had the grace and intelIi-
gence to be submissive. If it had not
been for evil-disposed persons the
United States might be a British col.
Ony to-day, and Mr.. Hay, for example.
instead of eking out a painful exist
ence in trying to give away the inter-
ests of the United States, might bs
sitting in the house of lords with the
marquis of Salisbury or in the COM
mons with Mr.. Chamberlain.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

1t may be doubtful whether
talking about it will bring about
democratic reunion, and put the party
again in shape to win victories; but
there is a general disposition to give
attentive IA to all suggestions made
in that direction. And quietly, just
as the little leaven leavens the whole
lump, the work of democratic re-
Mobilization is going on, all over the
United States-the fruits whereof,
we believe, will ere long be apparent.
Albany Argus.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13
FRRaPARa NOTICE

The public is hereby notified not 70
hunt or otherwise trespass on my prop.
erty on Grand Gallon, Bayou Sale or
Bayou Grassy. The roads through said
properties r not public, but private.
and all persons are warned net 70 use
without first obtaining the permission
OF owner, under penalty Of the law.
IFespasstng is also forbidden on the
property q g, B. Cenac on Grand Call
A01. PIERRE CENAC
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1901-04-13

THE country" says a protec-
ZIONIST organ, that tries to shut out
American manufactures handicaps it.
self in the industrial race. A policy
of that kind substitutes something
inferior for the best and cheapest"
But why is it such a mistake for
other countries to shut out our cheap
things by protection when we main
tain the system for the special pur-
pose of shutting out from us the
cheap things of other nations?-
Louisville COurier-JournaL.