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Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05
coTToNSEED MEAL AS A STOCK
 RATION.

Bulletin No 131 issued by the South Carolina experiment station in 1907 takes up quite fully the feeding of cot tonseed meal as concentrate with corn silage. and the results of experi- ments conducted indicate that the combination makes a very effective one and that cottonseed meal may be fed in much larger quantities than has been generally supposed was advisa- ble. It was found that from five to six pounds of meal per COW with corn silage could be fed daily without af- fecting the health of the animals. In fact. with such feed their health was exceptionally good. The ration was consumed with great relish at the end of a five months feeding period, the cows continuing to prefer the si- lage to bright. dry hay. and on no ra- tion which had been given them in previous, years did they produce more milk and butter fat. The ration was also the cheapest that could be fed, it's value being considered due in large measure to the fact that well ripeped corn rich in grain was used for silage, which furnished the carbohydrates necessary to balance the protein of the cottonseed meal.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The only kind of settlement which does new country any good is that resulting from a representation of the advantages of the section in their true light, as misrepresentation always re- acts. Those interested in the perma- nent progress and welfare of their To- cality should do all in their power to see to it that the newcomer is not swindled or hoodwinked. The major part of this development dirty work is not chargeable to responsible parties, but usually to grafting real estate agents who deceive and defraud the settler to the limit, and when they have plucked him to the pinfeathers decamp to greenef fields, where they may operate on new and easy victims. Tn view of this situation, so general as hardly to require mention commercial organizations in new and developing sections would do well to put a damper on this contemptible shark work, for they must realize that, while the con- tented settler is the best possible auto matic advertising agency a community can have, there is no factor tending to put a more effective quietus on prog ress than a half dozen folks who have fallen prey to the unconscionable land boomer and grafter, as they are sore and can be counted on to knock in season and out. and in view of their experience they can be excused if the rosy tinted prospects held out have be- come a trife dimmed.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05
A HANDY ScRAPER.

A very handy scraper-in some sec tions dubbed 'Mormon"-is made by using plank by F inches and about eight feet long. On the front and lower edge of this should be fastened by bolts eighteen inches apart strong and an eighth of an inch thick, this giving the scraping edge. Into the plank from the back side should be mortised obliquely a couple of two by fours or sizes about three feet apart and trife below the center of the a foot and a half apart and flat side up. To these should be nailed a cross board or two on which to stand. A chain is the gear which is most con. venient in hauling the scraper, and this can be inserted through two inch holes bored a foot from each end and at about the middle of the plank and fastened to strong hardwood pegs run ming across the grain of the plank, so as to lessen the likelihood of split ting. For short hauls this will handle more earth than three ordinary horse scrapers, works fine in scraping up loose manure in yard or feed lot or will do very effective work as a pull verizer or road drag. When loading as a scraper two men should stand so as to throw the bulk of their weight on the scraping edge. It is dumped easily by stepping off and throwing the platform forward with the hand.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05
Why He Was Sad.

Jones' rich grandmother died, and Jones seemed unnaturally depressed and sad. His friends tried to cheer him.
 "She left last will and testament, I suppose" said Jenkins carelessly.
 "Oh, yes," said Jones, raising his head at last, "she left a will and testa- mentp
 "Ah," chimed in Brown, "you were always a friend of hers! Of course your name was mentioned?'
 "Yes," answered Jones, bursting into floods of tears, my name was men, toned, boys. I-I am to have"-
 They hung expectant, while more sobs choked back his words.
 'I," he declared at last, "am to have the stamentp'-London Scraps.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The beginner in the poultry business often makes the mistake of trying to raise too many chicks and keep too many fowls in the quarters which are available. This overcrowding tends to undermine the health and vitality of the flock and in so far to defeat the very object in view in such overcrowd- ing-namely, tbe profit to be had in returns
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05
Innocent Girl,

Sarcastic Father-Juli9, that young man Smily has been here three nights in succession, and it has been nearly midnight when he left. Hadn't you better invite him to bring his trunk and make his home with us?
 Innocent Daughter-Oh, papa! May I? It was just what he wanted, but he was too bashful to ask you. He'll be delighted when tell him this even- ing.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

A coat of tar and feathers and free ride on a three cornered rail would be too good for the chap we heard of the other day who succeeded in getting the owner of a little ten acre property near where the writer lives interested in a deal for the purchase of his place and finally wound up by paying him dollar. having him sign contract for sale which entitled the grafter to commission if sold to any other party within a period of ninety days. This deal in effect gave the real estate manipulator an option on the place three months for a dollar, while the advance in the price of the place dur ing that period was easily from $25O to $4OO. The transaction was the more contemptible because the ranch owner was an honest, simple minded fellow for whom the ways of the agent were clark" It is tricks of this caliber that tend to put real estate agents and fruit tree peddlers in the shyster- grafter class and tend to bring on them the contempt of all fair minded peo- pie.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

If the flock of poultry do not have a range which will enable them to get all the green food they need 1t is well to SOW bed of lettuce. turnips or rape for them so that this lack may be sup piled during the summer months. They greatly relish this green food and will respond in larger egg production.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The English sparrow. the Eluc jay, ;he blackEird nuu ,r'w ;..r essentially marauders so fIr as other birds are concerned. destroying th>ii EprGs. breaking their eg~s and ofteh kihinE their young; hence whenever any If this tribe of disturbers make prepara- tions for nests about the premises they should be put to rout. It will mean greater peace and security for the other valuable birds.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

Potato Culture on Irrigated Farms of the Vest is the caption of 0 valu- able bulletin farmers' bulletin No. 3S6I which has lately been put out by the department at Washington. The bulle- tin is prepared by E. H. Grubb. a Col orado potato expert. who incorporates in his treatise his own best experience and that of others in irrigated sec tions. The bulletin gives directions for the preparation of the soil, planting. cultivation and irrigation. It should be of real value to every potato grower in Semiarid sections.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

If the currant and gooseberry bushes are troubled with the leaf eating worm which so often plays havoc with them the trouble may be reme- died by sprinkling the bushes with a solution made by mixing one teaspoon full of paris green in ten or twelve quarts of water and applying with a common sprinkler or hand sprayer. If the worms should make a second at tack when the fruit is partly formed powdered hellebore may be used in place of the arsenical spray, being mixed with an equal weight of slaked lime and sprinkled on the leaves through a piece of burlap when the dew is on.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The western mountain quail, while closely resembling in size and habit his eastern, cousin, possesses an indi- viduality quite his own. Instead of whistle which says "Bobwhitev' the western quail has a call which has been interpreted to mean "Sit right here" and the quaint little call is given in very. sharp and authorita- tive manner. The western bird is very active and gets under wing like a shot. taking one approaching so much by surprise that it is often out of range before one realizes it.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The cheapest as we'll as safest fly killer is a teaspoonful of formalin added to half pint of water, the solu- tion being put in any convenient shal- low dish. The flies will be attracted to it more quickly if a little sugar is sprinkled in. as they are fond of sweets. This mixture will kill the flies quickly, but will not seriously affect the little folks should they drink two or three saucerfuls by mistake.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

Prices are never too high for what a fellow has to sell and never too low to suit for those articles or products he may have to buy.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

One of the largest recorded yields of potatoes is 972 bushels per acre. cred ited to a grower in the state of Wyo- ming. This showing will be the better understood when it is remembered that the average annual yield for the whole country is just about one-tenth this amount, or between eighty-five and a hundred bushels per acre. The fellows who are making the most mon- ey in the potato business are not the ninety-seven, buShel type.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

Cockleburs, quack grass and a good many other weed pests that might be named are often the direct result of a system of absentee landlordism in which shortsighted, stingy proprietors and shiftless one year renters play the leading roles. In such cases the only effective way to get rid of the pests would be to revolutionize the system and banish or convert to a better agri- cultural way both landlord and tenant.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

The dairyman who is wide awake and keeping up with the procession has already eliminated the loafers from his herd of cows by means of the Babcock tester. while those run down with dis ease he has got rid of by applying the tuberculin test. On the other hand. there are scads of fellows, dairymen, so called, who are still shining along in the same old 'slipshod manner, not knowing and seemingly not caring whether their cows are paying their way or not. Little short of an earth quake would wake them up, and it is questionable if they were aroused if they would have gumption enough to take advantage of the opportunity.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

While the ordinary four or six shoy- >el corn cultivator cannot be entirely dispensed with in handling the corn crop, more scientific cultivation of the soil as we'll as more thorough killing of weeds can be effected with the little time to get the knives to working at their best. but when the operator gets them adjusted once so that they SCOUT and do the work he has little further trouble. Many corn growers will use nothing else for the later till ing of the field. when the soil is dry enough to work.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

Every gardener and fruit grower, even though operating on a small scale, should equip himself with small hand sprayer, of which there are several good makes on the mar ket. This can be used in the spraying of berry bushes and potato vines,
 while it can be used with good results in giving the interior of henhouse or stable spray with an insecticide or disinfectant. By using a ladder the outfit may also be used quite effective ly in the spraying of small fruit trees.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

A Holstein COW. Princess Carlotta, owned by the Missouri experiment sta tion. gave last year 18,405 pounds of milk, which. with the SIS pounds of butter fat made therefrom, contained more human food than is represented by the complete carcasses of four steers weighing 1,250 each. The quan- tity of milk in question contained a to- tai of 2,218 pounds of dry matter, as follows: Protein, 552 pounds; fat, SIS pounds; sugar, 920 pounds; ash, 128 pounds. As the carcass of a 1,25O pound steer is 56 per cent water, each would represent 548 pounds of dry matter. Tn view of such a milk yield as this, one can readily appreciate that COW is. in fact, machine, highly organized and sensitive, and that her ration, both as to composition and quantity, is'a most important matter.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

A handy trellis on which to train raspberry. dewberry and logan berry vines consists of three wires properly supported by posts and crosspieces, two of the wires which are at the out side being of equal height and about two and one-half feet apart The third wire is between them, about a foot above. The first seasons growth of vines may be trained along the lower side wires, while the following season they may be fastened to the higher central wire and the side wires used as before for the new growth. By this method the fruiting vines may be kept separate from the new growth, while the berries are borne where they can be got at easily without scratching the hands. The posts need not be placed at more frequent intervals than are necessary to support the weight of the vines. as the wires can be stretched taut by proper bracing at each end of she stretch of trellis.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05

Now and then one unwittingly of ne- cessity moves into house that is al- ready inhabited with the notorious bedbug. the bane and object of loath- ing of every cleanly housewife. A friend who was confronted with just such a situation as this resorted to the sulphur method. which consisted of sprinkling about three pounds of sdl- phur on half an iron kettle of live hardwood coals. It did the business. The sulphur fumes penetrated every where, coming out of the cellar win dows and through the cracks in the shingles. where dead bugs were found by the dozen when roof repairs were made later. It is well to set the kettle of coals in shallow box of earth or on an old piece of sheet iron or zinc to prevent things catching fire in case the sulphur boils over. To make the smudge most effective all the interior doors should be open. and all windows and outside doors should be closed. z
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-05
The New York and Hartford
 Millinery PGrIOrS

Have returned with as swell a stock of Millinery as you will find in any ex- elusive millinery parlor within 50 miles of Canaan. Give me call and be con- Yinced.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
ESTATE OF JAMES r. LANGDON.
State Of Vermont,
ct of Washington SIS.

District OF Washington SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons inter-
ested in the estate of James r. Lang
don, late of Berlin, in said district.
deceased Greeting:
Whereas. application hath been
made to this court in writing, by the
executor praying for license and au-
thority to sell all of real estate of
said deceased, situated in West Hav-
en-, Fair Haven. and Poultney. county
OF Rutland and State of Vermont.
The properties known as Carvers
Falls Electric plant with the franchis-
es, flowage rights, equipment, trans
mission lines, buildings. with the ey-
tensions and additions thereto situat-
ed in West Haven, Fair Haven and
Poultney, Vermont, also the interest
in the property known as the Eureka
Slate Quarries, with all machinery,
buildings and equipment, with the ex-
tensions additions thereto, situated in
Poultney. Vermont. of which James
| r. Langdon owned one undivided
four-fifths and Simeon Allen of Fair
Haven, Vermont, owned one undivid-
ed fifth, excepting the portion of the
said Eureka Slate Quarry proper
| ly authorized sold to the Matthews
Slate Company by order of the Court
July 2S, 1904.
Whereupon, the said Court appoint
ed and assigned the 18th day of June,
1910, at the Probate Office in Montpel-
| Ter, in said district. to hear and de-
eide upon said application and petit
ton, and ordered public notice there
of to be given to all persons interest,"
er therein, by publishing said or
der together with the time and place
of hearing, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY
| in the Vermont Waterman and State
Journal, a newspaper which circulates
in the neighborhood of those persons
interested in said estate, all of which
publications shall be previous to the
| day assigned for hearing.
Therefore. you are hereby notified
to appear before said Court. at tie
time and place assigned, then AM
there in said Court to make your OBJ.
jections to the granting OF such Ii
cense, if you see cause.
Given under my hand at Montpelier,
in said district, this 21st day of May
| 1910
FRANK ]. MARTIN,
I39-41 Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26

only trimming on one of the severe
hats with front or side roll.
Black and white is also favorite
combination for the big roll brim
sailor which earlier introduced and
which bids fair to have great popu-
larity. 1t is perhops not so generally
becoming as the old time straight
brim sailor, but this is because it is
worn so low on the head and the hat
itself is of more graceful lines than
is the straight brim model. The brim
is wide enough to shade the face If
worn fairly well forward, although
toward it's edge 1t rolls upward for
about three inches.
All kinds of straw are used for
this sailor, but some of the prettiest
are in very flexible though rough
white straw, with wide black velvet
ribbon folded around the crown and
three large feather pom poms, two
black and one white, posed at the
left front, quite high against the
crown.
| FlOWtIS are eAltuSlNtly uStu vi al
kinds of summer hats and, as a rule
the larger the hat, the smaller the
| flowers used for trimming. Lilies o
the valley are extremely popularThe!
are used in punches on large fla
hats in which the white tone FREEDOM
mates. Then, again, the lilies ar,
fastened into an entire crown OF
large lace or straw shapes. Whel
combined with pale green leaves the,
occur on turbans in fascinating ca
bochons. Tiny roses, forget-me-nots
violets, tiny corn-howers and fin
mignonette are also used on man,
models.
Lace wells dyed to match the colo
of the hats with which they are worl
are the latest. They are not pinne
in, however, but hang down straigh
from the brim.
Shoes have fancy buckles of som
kind and are worn with gaily colore
stockings, either plain or embroider
/ ed.
FLORENCE FAIRBANKS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
HUMPHREYS

Humphreys Veterinary Specifics
"For Every Living Thing on the
Farm" Horses, Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs, Dogs, Poultry.
A. A. For FEvERs.' Milk Fever, Lung Fever.
ID. b. For sPRAINs. Lameness. Rheumatism.
G, G. For SORE Throat, Epi1ootic. Distemper.
d. D. For WORMS Bots. Grubs.
K. X. For COUGHS. Colds, Influenza.
r. r. For COLO, BeIlyache. Diarshes.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
n. II. For KIDNEY and BLADDER disorders.
III. For SKIN DISEASES. Mango, Eruptions.
J.K.For BAD CONDITION, Indigestion.
At druggists or sent prepaid
on receipt Of price. go cts. each.
500 page Book and Stable
Chart to hang up mailed free.
HUMPHREYS HoMEo. MEDICINE co. Corner
William and Ann Streets. New York.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
State of Vermont.


District of Washington. IS.
Lumena Brisbais VS.. Vanence Bris-
bais.
In County Court, September Term,
1910.
Whereas, Lumena Brisbais OF Mid
dlesex, in the County of Washington,
has this day filed in the office of the
Clerk of said Court her libel for di-
vorce against Vanence Brisbais OF
Montreal, Canada, and setting forth
in substance that she was lawfully
married to the said Vanence Brisbais
at Hancock, in the County of Hough-
ton and State of Michigan on the 14th
day of April, 1885, and that she on
her part had faithfully kept the mar
riage covenant, and performed all
the duties appertaining thereto; but
that the said libelee on his part had
not kept the marriage covenant but
had violated the same; for that the
said libellee during said overture
for three consecutive years had will
fully deserted the libellant; and being,
of sufficient pecuniary and physical
ability, had, without cause, grossly,
wantonly and cruelty refused and ne
elected to provide suitable mainten-
ance for the libellant; and praying
that, for the causes aforesaid, the
Court would grant her a divorce from
the said Vanence Brisbais.
And whereas, it is made to appear
that the said Vanence Brisbais re-
sides and is without this State where
service of the process of this Court
cannot be made upon him, therefore
it is ordered that the said Vanence
Brisbais be given notice of the PEN
dency of said libel, given opportunity
TO make defence therein ana sum-
moned to appear and make answer
thereto before the Honorable County
Court next to be held at Montpelier
within and for the County OF Wash
ington and State of Vermont, on the
second Tuesday in September, A. ID.
1910, by publication of the substance
of said libel together with TINS or
der in the Vermont Waterman ana
State Journal, a weekly newspaper
published at Montpelier, in the Coun-
ty of Washington, three weeks sue
cessively, the last of when puDhca-
|tions shall be at least six weeks prior
ito the said second Tuesday IN Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1910, which shall be
deemed sufficient notice TO the saiu
Vanence Brisbais.
Given under my hand at Montpe-
lier in the County OF Washington
this 10th day of Nav, A. ID. 1910.
MELVILLE e. SMILE,
w. N. Theriault, Attorney for the
Libellant SS-4o
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-26
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