Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-22
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Must Be "Hod" Graham.

up that a way, and if capture is
made the governorship will be in eX-
cellent hands-Ludlow Tribune
That Irasburg Ball Team.
A ball team from Irasburg went over
to Burlington and gave the Queen City
collection a good thorough trouncing
and the Free Press is all cut up
over it, and wonders why city as big
cannot have ball team as good as a
town as small as the one in question.
1t can Numbers of inhabitants don't
make ball team. though. Only nine
men can play on a side at a time. 1t
all depends upon those nine men and
their backing. Burlington enthusiasts
will do we'll to pattern after the l1as-
burg idea if they really want 10 get
beyond the first base in the baseball
propositio st J ohnsbury CALIFORNIAN.
Good Advertising for Irasburg.
Burlington got another walloping at
base ball last Saturday by that Iras-
burg team. On Labor day the same
teams played at the Queen City, when
Irasburg won out y score of to 2.
Not satisfied with that, Burlington
with reinforced team, wanted another
"tryout' with the team from he"town
of less than 1000 population, land so.
on Saturday last "The 1rasburg
Farmers" trimmed them again to the
tune of to l. The visitors were we'll
received and while the rooters general
ly were for the home players, 1rasburg
had a good bunch of fans who cheered
them on their good playing. 1t was an
| interesting game and there was good
playing on both sides, but 1rasburg
"played the game"to perfection, max
| ing hardly an error. There are some
other good teams up this way and we
would suggest that Lowell and Nor
risville could give a good account
of themselves were they invited to
Burlington. - Hyde Park News and
Citizen.
Cost of Keeping Cow.
None of the secretaries of the COW
testing associations responded to the
invitation of the CALIFORNIAN a few
weeks ago to send in what they consid-
cred representative figures en- the cost
of keeping COW, but We have an ar
ticle in this issue which covers the sub
ject very fully In preparing this the
sis, Mr.. Nelson has considered every
feature Of cost and every product from
the COW. We have given them IN full.
1t makes a longer article than most
people will read but we have published
the whole so anyone interested can get
as complete information on that branch
as anywhere known.
Mr. Nelson gives ten items of cost in
keeping COW and average of each is as
follows: Cost of lalor per COW ear,
1890; cost Of shelter, $40 equip
ment, 81 O6 bedding, $1.37: cost OF
bull 81 10; interest on value of COW,
So %; depreciation, S4 40; tax, $50
Insurance, $.27; feed, SAP Is. This
gives total of $40 SO as the average
cost of a COW per year. This is a cost
of between twenty two and twenty
three cents a day for the whole year.
The average milk production per COW
is 1902 pounds and the average amount
of butterfat is 238. 5 pounds. He finds
the total average income from COW
to be $50. 80 which gives an average
profit per COW of Sc. 40. Particularly
interesting is Mr.. Nelson's discussion
of the reasonableness of the figures
given.
Every farmer will find it profitable
to consider these figures and compare
his results with those given here. He
may not be able to figure accurately
his cost of labor, depreciation and sim
liar items of cost but he can easily de.
termine the cost Of his feed per cow,
the average production of his herd anC
see if he is working right. If he is not
study and intelligent persistence may
i enable him to make his dairy more
! profitable than it has been.-St. Johns
bury Caledonian.
Thirk ks Monitor Misrepresented Banner
One who knows Editor Howe of the
Bennington Banner would hardly sUs
pect him to be SO positive on a Ques
ZION that most eOpie admit to be de.
0ata3le as these lines from the Ben
nIngtUn tanner indicate. The Perry
Bill should be defeated for the honor
and interest and welfare OF the state
of Vermont" No qualifications here
No argument, No opinion Like two
and two am are four. What shame
that so many good and honest peonI,
are duped into thinking that two anC
two 8fe five, and waste their money
effort and time in telling other peopl,
about it Many people however, q,
BotsbeiIeve the Banner. The Monte
! believes majority of the voters O
the state co not believe The Banner
Barton Monitor.
The Banner gave its reasons, it
qualifications, its argument and il
E opinion The Monitor merely was ,
5 fair enough to its readers and to
r brother editor to reprint the short PAL
- agraph from the Hammer that tbos
q who read the Monitor could luGge fo
T themselves. The Banner Goes not con
f sIder it common honesty for a news
? paper to critlcise or contradict anothe
papers statement or argument withou
t reprintipg enough of the statement O
= argument SO that the readers them
;, selves can read both sides. Here i
what The Banner actually said on tn
=, subject and the Monitor should print j
Il or akolCgIze to its readers and to Tn
| Banner:
Among the interesting tabulations i
e Walton's Register is that showing onl
Il IA towns in Vermont granting Ii
e censes this year, Brunswick. Isle La
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