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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

Experiments have shown that small
fruits may be profitably grown in or
chards. In an apple orchard, for ex-
ample, the apple trees were placed
thirty to forty feet apart each way.
Between the apple trees currants,
gooseberries and raspberries were set
in double rows, in lines running north
and south. The currants and goose
berries have borne well for twelve
years. The raspberries did fairly We'll
for seven years, but were taken OUT
to make room for currants and goose
berries.
Small fruits in peach, plum and
cherry plantations did not do so well.
and the experiments show against this
use of space in such orchards Pota-
toes and garden stuff may be planted
among cherry plum and peach trees
during the first three seasons. By tina,
time the trees will be in such condi-
ton that 1t will mot be we'll to con-
tinue the planting of vegetables. In
the fourth and succeeding seasons the
plum, peach and cherry land should be
sown to clover, or else the practice OF
thorough cultivation should be kept
up. In any case, no weeds should be
allowed to infest the fruit lands.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
Pickings From the Poultry Papers.

The poultry business has got to the
front and is one of the most important
industries of the land, representing as
it does, vast wealth, and the work be-
ing participated in by thousands Of
people, it cannot but occupy promin-
ent and interesting place among our
home industries so dear to the Ameri-
can people.
Never wash an egg if it can be help
ed. Gather them often from the nests
while they are yet clean, and do this
especially often during wet weather
and muddy seasons. OF course you
provide clean nests.
Don't clutter up your poultry house
by having all sorts of loose nests
around. If you are in the business
with the right spirit you need not fear
to build your nests permanently, de-
Gently and in order.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
Cultivation and Humus.

Gardeners should bear in mind the
truth that clean cultivation will not
add humus to the soil, and that it will,
in fact, tend somewhat to impoverish
the soil, so far as humus is concerned.
When weeds are permitted to devel-
op partly and are then pulled and
thrown upon the soil, they decay and
return to the soil as humus. When the
soil is so constantly and so Clearly
cultivated that no weed seeds are per-
mitted to terminate, there will be no
transformation of plant-food into hui
mus aside from that which is left on
the land in the waste parts OF the veg
etables grown.
Undeniably the weeds perform an
important function in the manufacture
of humus, but unfol turately the gar
dener cannot we'll use that function,
The weeds crowd out the vegetables,
shade them, mulch them, rob them OF
water and plant-food, and reduce their
quantity and quality.
Evidently the farmer must Keep
down the weeds. He can't sell them
He must have vegetables to sell and tC
eat, and he must supply the soil with
the fertilizers that will, at least par
TALLY, offset the gradual decrease OF
humus in his soil. The only cultiva-
ton that can make production protita'
Ole is thoroughly clean cultivation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

and glue, the last in strictly limited
quantities. If afterward clapped and
pulled dry, Ike fine muslin, it will look
as good as new. Black Grape muslin
may be successfully washed. Make
strong lather of boiling water and soap
and allow it to cool. When cold. wash
the muslin quickly, then dip it at once
into clear cold water to which has been
added a little salt Squeeze out the
moisture and hang the muslin in the
open air to dry. The more rapidly it
dries the better.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
TREMBLING Cabbage.

The process Of trenching caDDages
for the winter is very simple. A
trench is made about eighteen inches
deep and the cabbages are pulled, and
placed in the trench, leaving on all
the leaves. I usually putsthe heads
down and roots up, and shovel on an
inch or two of earth when putting
them in. Then just before the ground
freezes, | shovel on more earth, and
cover them eight or ten inches deep,
leaving a few openings to be filled
with straw in cold weather. Caulifow-
ers can be kept for some time In a
cold-frame or cellar, If the roots are
planted in moist soil. In the mar
ket garden, when beets, carrots, tur-
nips and potatoes are to be stored in
pits, the usual way is to dig a pit
three or four feet deep, and about six
feet wide, and of the length required.
The vegetables are placed in 1t in sec
lions three or four feet wide, leaving
a space Of about two feet between the
sections. The advantage of the Sec
lions is that few Bushels can be
taken out at time without exposing
the rest of the pit. When covering
the pit the top should be rounded so
that the water will run off.-W. II.
Jenkins.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
HINTS FOR FARMERS.
THE COW.

he WV
Use water to wash the butter
Keeping poor cows is a waste OF
feed.
Dirt in the milk means dirt in the
butter.
Cows should be groomed thoroughly
pnce a day.
Bran is an excellent element in a
cows rations.
The fertility of the farm is in
creased by the dairy.
If the cream is too warm the butter
will be slow to come.
A surplus of feed is better than too
many cows.
Milk fever can be best prevented by
keeping the bowels open.
Buy the cow that gives good
mess of milk all the year round.
1t is a considerable loss to dry up
COWS when it is not necessary.
Keep the COW that understands
one branch of the milk business thor
oughly.
Winter labor is always cheaper and
butter is always higher priced in Win
ter.
1t is easier to shrink COW in her
milk than to induce her to increase her
flow.
Dairymen should have well filled
silo for next winters feed.
Dairy cows fed silage always have
sleek coats, the cream making plenty
of fine yellow butter.
When you dig your potatoes always
save the small ones, as they make eX-
cellent feed for COWS.
Cotton seed meal fed to excess
may produce Inflammation.
The best foods fed to make blood
are the best for milk production.
Good butter cannot be made with
out the elements Of cream.
Butter will not keep if the butter
milk is not carefully taken out.
Calves should not be fed cold or
sour milk; it causes Indigestion.
While it will cost nothing more for
the dairyman to raise his own COWS,
he can be surer of their quality.
1t is always advisable to use bull
from a family better in your line OF
dairying than your own herd.
Cows will change from day to day
in the amount of solids in their milk
and especially in the amount of their
butter fats.
The ration must be adjusted and
turned to profit, and this ability varies
with the COW.
Weed out your herds. Keep only
the paying COWS: it is very costly to
carry lot Of 6eadhead COWS through
the winter; such animals should be
fattened and sent to market.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
TO MAKE TREES BEAR.
Information on Forcing Trees to Yield
Supply in seas II.


Supply in seas Ii.
Growers of fruit, in general, have
small patience with trees that are
slow to come to bearing. Sometimes
the grower is unreasonable in his anx-
iety to get returns from his trees. He
may have a slow-grower, a strong
wood former, or tree with some 9TH
er peculiarly that implies late fruit
ing. If this be the case, his only cure
is to wait Time will bring the fruit
age in such cases, and, if the grower
feels that he cannot afford the time,
he may as we'll remove the late fruit
ers from his orchards.
Forcing may be employed where the
tree is one that should bloom at a
given age, but has failed to bloom. In
such cases it will generally be founu
that the special conditions under
which the tree is grown encourage the
formation of wood. Sometimes the
climate may be the cause of non-frult-
ing, as in the case of fruits grown OUT
of their natural climate belt.
If the trouble be too much tendency
to wood growth, the roots may be
pruned. or the bark may be slitted, or
girdling may be tried. Each method
has it's drawback. The root pruning
cripples the tree and shortens its life
The Sitting of the bark disfgures the
tree. and the healed marks furnish
resting places for various worms,
grubs and insects. The girdling is an
intenser form of Sitting, and, like slit
ting, it produces gnarled spots in the
bark. while, like root-cutting, 1t short
ems the life of the tree.
When a fruit-grower finds his or
chards to be late fruiters, he must use
Judgment in forcing them to bear. In
case a tree shows no tendency to bear
after reaching a reasonable age, he
should freely practice on it the usual
forcing methods, for tree that does
not bear should either be made to beal
or be removed from the orchard.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
Favored VINEGARS.
How to Prepare These Aromatic
Kitchen Adjuncts.


The difference between palatable and
unpalatable food is often enough a
mere question of seasonings. Nor is
the barrenness of the market or Of the
garden an excuse for fiavorless food
When mint, for instance, is plentiful a
few cents will buy a quantity of the
fresh green leaves. Put them in glass
preserving jar and fill up the jar with
good cider vinegar. The mint market
may then rise or fall without cutting
short your supply.
Few people who enjoy a salad, of to-
matoes know how vastly they are i'm
proved by the addition of a little
thyme. This may, be added in the form
of the powdered leaves spread on the
tomatoes and allowed to stand in the
iceboX for a few hours, or if fresh
thyme leaves are to be obtained they
may be thrown into preserving bottle,
covered with vinegar and allowed to
stand for few weeks. After the aroma
best to strain it off. For the purpose of
keeping the aromatic vinegar old beer
bottles, the kind that have attached
rubber tipped corks are very good.
1t is now considered an accomplish
ment either for a man or woman to be
able to make a good salad. The follow
ing recipe will give a favored vinegar
which will insure good salad on short
notice, even in remote mountain camps
A quart of vinegar, one dozen tarragon
leaves, half a Lemon peel, three heads
Of garlic from which the skin has been
removed, half green pepper. Let 1t
stand for ten days and strain, using in
heavy dressing in the proportion Of
three parts oil to one of vinegar. Equal
parts of summer savory, thyme, sage
and mint will give vinegar a table
spoonful of which be added to thicken-
ed sauces to be used with roasts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
Chickens In the Plumb orchard.

One cannot live on a fruit farm and
allow the chickens full range dur
ing the summer, for they are very de-
structive to gropes and the smaller
fruits.
AS one of our plum orchards ex-
tended quite close TO the chicken
house we decided to fence off one part
of the orchard with six foot wire
netting with the following result:
Plums have been almost a total
failure with us for the past three
years except within the part fenced
off. Some trees within the chicken
yard bore as high as five crates last
year, while all bore a good crop.
The row just outside the fence
bore perhaps one-half of a good crop,
while the next row and the remainder
of the orchard bore from a few boxes
to nothing at all.
Trees within the yard are looking
brighter and make a far better growth
than the remainder of the orchard.
Now as to the reason, | can only
say that chickens are great cultivators,
scratching and enriching the soil.
All the summer through the ground is
kept moist and free from weeds.
Some say the chickens eat the bugs
and cause a crop Of fruit. There is
nothing in that at all. 1t is very true
a chicken will eat the cuculio, but that
does not cause the tree to set fruit.
In conclusion | would say fence off
your plum orchard for a chicken
yard and the heavy crops will more
than pay the price of the fencing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

Don't imagine that lice go south OH
a pleasure trip in winter-you don't
see quite so many of them, but they
keep closer quarters and hug" the
hens a little tighter-that's all.
The fact that so much poultry is
sold is prima facie evidence that pouI-
try raising is profitable. Poultry,
too, brings quick returns.
There is nothing in its relation to
the hen house that is more important
than whitewash and a white wash
brush, If they are used.
AS rule never breed from the
same gobbler more than one year I'M
less the same breeding hens are re-
tanned for another season.
The fowls for fattening should be
separate from all the rest and be fed
so as to make the most flesh in the
shortest time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How to Make Fish ChnNder.

A four pound haddock, skinned, the
flesh cut from the bones and divided
into two inch pieces. Cover the head
and bones with cold water and boil
half an hour. Fry four slices Of fat
salt pork and two small onions sliced;
skim them out, pour in the strained
bone water, boil and add one quart
sliced potato. Cook ten minutes, add
the fish, one tablespoon salt and one
half teaspoon white pepper. Thicker
one quart hot milk with two table
spoons each -four and butter cooked to-
gether and pour 1t into the kettle. Do
not break che fish by needless stirring.
Split six butter crackers, put them in
the tureen and pour chowder over them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
Gardens for School Children.

In Sweden gardens have for some
time been regarded as indispensable
adiuncts of public schools, the author
tiles sensibly concluding that this
would be the best way in which agri-
culture could be taught to children.
Now Germany is following this eX-
ample, and is not only having ordin-
airy gardens made near all the public
schools, but is also establishing botan-
ical gardens, with the object that
these shall supply the trees, flowers
and other plants, which are subse-
quently placed in the school gardens
so that the children may study them.
At Breslau a botanical garden COW
ering several acres has already been
laid out and plants are being regular
ly sent from it to teachers throughout
the country, who plant them in the
school gardens and lecture on them
to the children. In the suburbs of
Dresden a special agricultural college
has been established for the purpose
of teaching boys how to cultivate for
est trees and girls how to SOW and
raise the various kinds of vegetables.
When winter comes all the pupils
20 home, as outdoor instruction is no
longer possible, but they take with
them seeds, bulbs and young plants,
which are able to grow indoors and
which they can thus study at their
leisure. Finally, there is botanical
garden in Leipsic at which lectures are
constantly being given to children, and
so highly are they appreciated that
almost all of the children who attend
them have now little gardens of their
own
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How to Make Cheese Paste.

Cheese paste for sandwiches is easily
prepared. Boil two eggs hard, separate
the yolks from the whites, mash the
yolks smooth and chop the whites very
fine; mix and put through vegetable
press; then add butter the size of
small egg and three heaping table
spoonfuls of grated American cheese.
Beat together until it is a fine, smooth
paste. If not salt enough, add little
and also dry mustard if liked.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
The ISaby's Shoes.

During the creeping PERIOD &C
seems impossible to keep babys shoe
tips in good condition for more than
a day or two. Even the daintiest and
strongest of the new shoes become I'M
slightly after a days creeping about
the floor. This can be avoided by fit
ting cap 81 kid (cut from the top of
your old shoes) to the little shoe. Let
it come back as far as the hollow of
the foot on the bottom and to the but
tons on top. Fasten an elastic to the
sides, cross at the back and slip over
the foot across the ankle. This can be
easily slipped off and on, and will save
the shoes and patience.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How Tn Glenn Picture Frames.

The best preparation for cleaning
picture frames and restoring furniture,
especially that somewhat married or
scratched, is a mixture of three parts
of linseed oil and one part of spirits of
turpentine. 1t not only covers the dis
figured surface, but restores wood to
its original color, leaving a luster upon
the surface. 1t should be applied with
a wooden cloth and then rubbed when
dry with silk.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
HOW to Make Bread Crisns.

Bread and butter crisps to serve
with salad need a fresh loaf baked so
as to give square slice. With sharp
knife cut off all the crust, butter one
end Of the loaf and shave off in the
thinnest slices possible. Roll each slice
tightly and fasten with a wooden tooth
pick. Lay on fat pan and place in a
quick oven until crisp and lightly
Drowned. Remove the toothpicks and
serve hot, piled on a plate over which
is laid a folded napkin.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How to BroiI Tomatoes.

Cut the tomatoes in halves, sprinkle
the insides of the slices with fine bread
crumbs, salt and pepper place them
in a broiler and broil over the fire for
ten minutes, having the outside next
to fire. Carefully slip them on hot
dish and put bits of butter here and
there on each slice. Put the dish-in the
oven for ten minutes and then serve.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

Look personally after the details OF
your business. Few hired men have
the sam. interest in 1t that you have
even If you pay them good wages.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18


NOTED.
$50 A. M.-EXPRESS MAIL due Rutlant
II ;O5 a. m, Troy 2:l0 p. M, Albany 2:S
p. m, New York 700 p. m, Below
Falls :25 p M, Boston 5:45 p. m, Prov
dence Z :25 p, M, Worcester 500 p. m
Springfield $3.50 p. m.
1920 NOON-GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYEl
due Rutland l2:OO p. M, Troy 1850 p. M,
Albany 5:25 p. M, New York $3.50 p. m.
Bellows Falls 1858 p. M. Boston TAI p
M, Worcester $3.50 p M, Springfield
6:1S p. M, Pullman parlor cars and
coaches tOBOStOr and New York.
LIS ?. NJ, MIXED TRAIN Tor TiconderogA
Rutland and intermediate stations, due
Ticonderoga 6:45 p. m, Rutland 10 pm
5.35 7. M. Local passenger for Rutland anc
intermediate stations, due Rutland $40
PM.
1906 P. M.-For Boston and NewYork daily
due Rutland 1910 a. M, Troy 2:45 am,
New York 7 go am, Boston 1900 a. m.
Worcester 6:35 a. m, Providence 8:1e
q. m. Pullman buffet sleeping cars to
New York and Boston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How to Make Cranberry MnrmaIade.

A delicious cranberry marmalade Is
made from ~ plnts Of cranberry, ene-
half pound of English walnuts, one
pound of sugar. Boil together till very
thick and pour in mold. When cold,
slice In thin slices and serve.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

The O5 p. M, train west has Pullman palace
sleeping car to Buffalo via. Norwood without
change, arriving Buffalo AS next morning.
G. B. HIBBARD, Gen'l Passenger Agt.
H. A. HODGE Traffic Mgr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
How to Renovnte Crane.

To renovate black Grape dip in a
scaldlng hot mixture of water milk
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18

When a man is tortured with back
ache or lame back he doesn't want to
experiment with new and untried
remedies.
He realizes that the backache is
kidney ache.
The lame back virtually means lame
kidneys, and he knows that there's
very serious trouble in store if he
doesn't get his kidneys to do their
duty. In his trouble he naturally
turns to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
DOan's Kidney Pills

Others all around him have been
cured of kidney complaint by this
wonderful little remedy. He has the
testimony of Others to guide him. He
KNOWS that Doan's Kidney Pills
WILL cure, no matter what form of
kidney complaint he may have.
He learns this by reading emphatic
evidence like the following:
Mr.. H. J. Woodbury., carpenter, of
81 South Chestnut street, Augusta,
Me-, says:
I 81 was interviewed in the spring of 1896 by
ence with and opinions of Doan's Kidney
noyed by the action of my Kidneys, that the
slightest cold always settled there and pro-
j duced intense suffering, and that Doan's
I Kidney Pills had cured me. 1t is now two
years and a half since / was first inter
&viewed, and I can conscientiously say, the
longer and more fully you know Doan's
Z Kidney Pills the greater faith you have in
them. Everyone, as far as have heard,
speaks in the highest terms of their great
&value."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by|
y all dealers. Price so cents. Nailed
8 by Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, NY,
/ sole agents for the United States. Rel
= member the name-Doan's-a takeI
mo substitute.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-09-18
RUTLAND RAILROAD.
Time Table Corrected to June "a, 1901.
Trains Leave Burlington
GOING SOUTH AND EAST

DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY UNLESS oTHERwIiK
NOTED,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31
OVERCOME BY THE DEBATE.

"Scuse me for being so late, m-m-my
dear, but fact is we was having a
dis-discchcussion on whether the con.
s'tooshun follows tn flag, or tn f-f-fag
follows corstooshun."
"oh, yea were, were you? Well,
what did you decide?"
"Thass it What did we decide? Jim
S-S-Smith says that flag don't f-f-fol-
low anything. He says that flag al
ways leads. Thass what Jim says. Joe
Bangs says that cons-tooshun is
more'n hundred yearsh old and when
it goes away anywhere it ought ito
be t-t-taken In a hack. Jim says 1t
couldn't by no possible means follow
anysilg. Good crack, wasn't It? Joe's
got g-g-great head"
And what did you decide?"
who? Me? Mean me, my dear
Why, JUS said that the best way to
solve per-oblem was to wrap con-
s'tooshun tightly round flagstaff. an
then let 'em go into 1t togesser. Thass
tn way. Whatever thing Of IT,"
Well, I think If you don't pull off
your shoes and follow them with the
rest OF your garments, and then wrap
the blankets tightly around you.
therell be enough kinds of trouble
raised in this family to wreck the best
government that ever was formed"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-31
MIXED ON THE TIME.

From the Detroit Free Press: When
the man from West Virginia finally
got train he mentally registered q
VOW that he would never come to De-
troit again or permit his friends to do
SO II he could influence them to stay
away. Magnificent city," he admitted
70 himself. but I'D go crazy II l lived
here"
He asked the hotel clerk what time
the train left and received a prompt
answer. He then sat contemplating
the city hall clock through the hotsl
window. The clerk considerably
stepped over and told him about the
difference in time. and the man was
SO confused that he got mixed on the
half-hour business. grabbed his valise
and started along Fort street on the
run.
What time Is it? he inquired
breathlessly of . man ON the corner
Of Wayne.
Say. boss, I'm no lightnin' calculat.
err" and the citizen shuffled ON.
Have you the timer" when a biz
poilceman sidestepped to avoid the
rush.
That's too old game to be workin'.
II ketch you on this beat again I'll
call the city Victoria. seer" and hs
too. passed on.
For heavens sake! have you the
timer" of the next citizen, who fiattsr,
himself that he Is a wag.
Yes, and I'm going to keep II"
with chuckle.
But I'm trying to catch a train"
How much of start has IT." Then,
soiemnly: TO be right on the level
with you, stranger, we don't know any.
thing about the time here. The only
thlng you can do is to throw her wide
open and go FOR a record"
lie did and got there before the
train was made up.