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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

the value of the calf and the manure.
The average of their figures is S9S
per COW per year, though eliminating
part Of their figures which are plain
ly from some section where expenses
are much higher than in northern
Vermont, gives an average of S76.42.
Estimates prepared by Prof. G. F.
Z. Story and the Advanced Dairying
Class IN 1915 place the cost of keeping
each COW under Vermont conditions as
follows:
reed. actual cost 100 Vt. cows S4+.42
Labor 2t.55
Int. on inv. $50
Incidentals, insurance, depre-
citation taxes u
Keep OF bull 4
Overhead charges 3
S97.47
Allowance for calf and manure SO.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
Straightforward
Testimony
Many Barton Citizens Have Profted
By It

BY It
! you have backache, urinary
~Oooies, days Of dizziness, headaches
:. : NERVOUSNESS, strike at the seat of
< F0lo-e, These are often the symp-
.l-'-s O weak kidneys and there is
s-4's eanger II delay. Doan's Kid
rms are especially prepared for
80! a--Enenrs-are endorsed by over
wv people, Your neighbors rec
.-nsao THIS remedy-have proved its
- -. Il many tests, Barton readers
-. AXE fresh courage in the
.n1orTard testimony of a Bar
soa citizen.
:, Cutler, farmer, Park, ST.,
suffered from Iumbago and
=. Snsanaeic pains in my shout
ms bothered me a lot and
r. = lie miserable. ! heard of Doan's
Fl-S and decided to use them,
az &c c the Z, ", Barron Co,
a. r'-ga' soma. They relieved me
- n say Doan's Kidney Pills are
'elao-e kidney medicine"
MIS- me &c. at al dealers. Don't
1oars r. lor 2 kidney remedy-get
u, c. H1--Hey P-lls-the same that
Rruss P-=HA c- Foster-MiIburn Co.,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
SUTTON NORTH RIDGE

Erwin Clark has returned from
Boston.
Fred Carr cut his hand quite badly
recently.
The weather is very unfavorable
for sugaring.
Avery R. Curtis is at home for a
few days rest.
Mrs. o. ". Ingalls, is able to sit up
a little each day.
Miss Belle Fairbanks is visiting
friends in Barnet.
George Allard is working for Oscar
Bundy, who is quite III.
Fred Carr spent Sunday at the
home Of his brother, in Newark.
Mrs. Roy Badger Of St. Johnsbury
was . recent guest at Z. Z. Grants.
Miss Louise Fairbanks began her
school Monday after a vacation of
two weeks.
Irwin and Lila Davis and Mildred
Dunton have been visiting their
uncle, Leo Blake.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
Continued from last week.


-..---s or Profitable Farming.
-.- = r---.-
--.-,7 -, a[-+a-Ia5
- . 90 u e e- ~ 80
survey u LLe ecG-
---7 "a - 60 80 =
-- ---- --L-l - 100 - 80
q s- -. - -- - -
s-- 80 .--'-l -l p-T' 80 -o:-
--~7 nc 80 - - -
Oh - - = = q II
---.- ee--o-~- o--s. : =
r.-. ING - -lA---- III ma ~. go : :
------ u e -- nun II
..- "---- - - -
--- ---@ IN yoL 60 r-.--- g
r- 90 Ns---o--o "a :i-S
=- FARMERS III - : CT -.--7
~7 @ SECURE
-"- III the la9| c--Sa pIsL
-s are -'1 e--a 1-S ~, -ioI
- 90 ----.-S'- gu 80
--E s~-JecI q t al II
--- E-----'-E com E'-'L : Oi-2
-- -l9s,cLl--:S me pIoo-
--- S--Sr Il - 80
farm mana : J---1--' 81, 81:
-= - --- prom, q the -&II-l . US
---- >e-r-o1S oepeLl,S up
r. @ ---s; SIZE OF business;
-----E -t1sIo-A' DIVERSITY a-'
---g E---S
J. Sc Or BUSINESS:
There are several methoos CT Qe-
terminating ne SIZE OF business the
most reliable beng the nurnper OF
cows, the number OF improved acres
ga- farm and the amount OF capltaI
invested. Inc statistics VIII snow
mat the county qnoer consIoera.
non RANKS very nlgh Il We Juoge II
y the Irst method, occupies nlnth
Place by the second, ana thirteenth Dy
ne thlrc.
Further analysis, however, reVeaIs
ne TACT that i occupies TINS low place
I amount OF capital invested because
ne land values have not as yet feIt
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

Thousands Of uFrrnen ~o-k todzv while suffering
f-nru kisn~v hizd-r rs-rrs tNzt car - relieved
a. I Wzwu- RI ~ & 0~-z- Park. Cal writes.
81 N-E 70 So down durirT nv hows-~ors- Nv hack
arF,a% - zl-o nv hip rzT-~S ESD ~
- - 49, 50 r-~ar Now 7 thankful 70 saw
-. F.I-~ ETT--~ Dsf1r - - ~ rzz- ."
r.~s-~h- ~rr- --rrSrta- so -unli~r f~-rs. -1-u
- -=-s - T-ss-s-ien- - kf@n~v s-nrAi-- Frlev
- r=rs 49, 80 80 --17ztf- Th-v fs-i-~
80 G~1% $780,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

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to
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showing the cOuntys participation in the
hans
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
: commissioners Notice
u Lmma Louise BIasdeIl

ss--i=c ~ El-1. having hAap
5. = IL I#.---.-[-- Honorable Probate Con-,
s-c=~- -- orleans coTurnissi0DarS
- and - 1A----e, and adjust the
Es-=sla-= O. l. IA US Of al persons azainsI
a. u NJ r ~ -lI--se BlRsdaII. late Of
- -l-lr- --r- u onset thereto hereby
C7-.--sz-c e. - - El-t meet for the purroSe
E,--s.=4ls In ~ sa--sy House in the village
en- --c :, { -ss-ct, on the I'd day OF
r. e ID -z,-l O'clock p m nom az
- -zy A-- that six months from m
-. y '-lza-y a. DIgIa isthe Tfrne
A. t-=.- -.z.-----. Tor said creditors TO
Lgsz.tl--- 20 . for examination
~s - I, this I'd CAV ~ March
r v RARPp>.
GEORGE Hon
Conn
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

This total of 606 registered cattle is
just little over lac of all cattle in
the county, q very poor showing for
pure dairy section as this is.
8. Crop Yields.
The relative rank of the counties
as regards crop yields per cultivated
acre, in which Orleans stands near
the head with $3.50 per acre, is CIV
en- in Table 10. Further analysis of
the data gives the following as to the
most important crops of the region:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
ORLEANS: A Home=County Study
b. Bruce R. Buchanan, West Glover, VT

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

Mr.. and Mrs. h Davis and family
Of Lyndon were recent visitors at
Charles Blake's.
Mrs. Eddie Sheldon visited Mrs.
Jane Woodman in Glover Saturday,
it being her SD birthday.
Harold Gray of Cornish, Ne, and
Margaret Ruggles of Lyndon were re-
cent visitors at John Blake's.
Theda Sheldon, Luda Barber, Ber-
nice Barber, Laura Dane and Helen
Holtham return to Lyndon institute
this week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09


Beans, bu- LAT 2O.25 q.
5 Fruit, bu. 1882 O.94
Hay and grain are the most impor-
tant, crops of the county and yield a
good return, while potatoes as a cash
crop stand out prominently. Beans,
which have been suggested as cash
crop do not compete with the potato
to any great extent. A study of some
of the individual crops follows.
The Hay Crop.
The one important cash field crop
of Orleans county is hay. Large
quantities of pressed hay are shipped
to the Massachusetts markets each
year, the price delivered at the car
the past few years averaging about
s16 per ton. The report Of the Bos-
ton Chamber of Commerce quoted
above states that the farm price OF
hay in Northern New England Is
about 81 less than that IN Massachu-
sets, as II costs that much to bale
and transport to the market As the
figures show this is one of the most
profitable crops to grow, averaging
about $40 per acre and exceeding the
state average by OLA 7 and and the
New England average by p Tand the
national crop index fure by O-16T.
With good care this crop should net
large sum to the farmer as a cash
crop to supplement the dairy indus
try, but attention must be paid TO the
market requirements The report
| quoted above is authority for the
statement that only a small amount
| of hay grown in this region would
pass as No l hay. The market de-
mands good timothy hay, the soil OF
Orleans county can produce II, the
markets are near at hand-happy and
prosperous is the farmer that can find
the correct proportion Of dairying and
hay production
/ The Corn Crop.
The county under consideration Is
so far north and Is so high that the
corn crop often fails TO mature, es-
peciaIIy in the higher portions OF the
areas. II ranks thirteenth N the
Weld of corn per acre with 2o-7 bush
els as contrasted with the state yield
Of 3e5 bushels The full effect
of the poor corn climate Is seer
n the area of corn per farm which Is
less than one acre IN the ave north
eastern counties Orleans has the
lowest acreage of any according &c
he 18th census, though manv sllos
have been built since 1909 IN fact
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09

Cost per COW per year s87A7
Allowance must be made for the
TACT that the COWS in the cow test as
sOciatiOns from which the above feed
cost was obtained probably receive
more than the average.
The close similarity of the figures
n the three estimates obtained in
such widely different ways, shows
plainly that the statement of Vol
and Harris that ~one-fourth to one
third Of the number of COWS in Wis
cOnsin do not even pay for their keep
to say nothing about yielding a profit
to their owners" is only too true for
Vermont. A successful dairy COW
must produce much more than the
average (S47) to be profitable Or
leans county as whole must wake
to the great and pressing need for
better cows. Studies should be made
of the records of the COW test associa-
tions with the aim of finding espe-
cially successful methods of manage
ment and the needs of the average
dairyman. More associations should
be formed with the aim of testing
every COW in the county, and County
Breeders association should be form
ed, encouraging the keeping of more
pure-bred stock At the present the
following is the most accurate list
available of the pure-bred stock of the
county. This list is taken from the
County association page of the Or
leans County Monitor for February g,
1916.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-09
wo7AS CRIED WITH PAIN

ITO be Continued
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20

and for the production of oil and meal
have brought about greatly increased
prices. The seed of the best varieties
of soy beans is selling for $3.50 to 81
per bushel Of go pounds. AS the mer-
its of the crop are better appreciated,
the demand is not likely to diminish.
Utilizing soy-bean seed as feed is dis
tinctly profitable. In addition to the
value Of the seed, the benefit 70 the
land on which the beans have been
grown and the use of the thrashed
vines as a urce Of feed must be TAX
en- into consideration.
The average yields of soy-bean seed
to the acre in various sections Of the
United States range from about Is
bushels in the northern states to about
25 bushels in the northern part of the
cotton belt. The average yield in east
err North Carolina. the largest seed
producing section in the country, is
about 25 bushels, although many fields
produce 35 bushels or more to the acr
Maximum yields Of 80 bushels to the
acre have been reported from North
Carolina and Tennessee. e%1t
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
I'll.
We Go to Meeting and See Mr.. Wright
Again.

We Go to Meeting and See Mr.. Wright
Again.
I had a chill that night and in the
weeks that followed I was nearly
burned up with lung fever. Doctor
Clark CINE from Canton to see me
every other uay for a time and one
evening Mr.. Wright came with him
and watched all night near my bed
side.
In the morning he said that he
could come the next Tuesday morning
if we needed him and set out right
after breakfast, in the dim dawn light,
to walk to Canton.
peabody Baynes," said my Aunt
Deel as she stood looking out Of the
window at Mr.. Wright, "that is one
of the grandest, splendidest men that
I YER see Or heard of. He's an awful
smart man, an a day O. his time is
worth more'n a month Of our'n, but
he comes away off here to set up
with a sick young n and walks
back. Does beat all-don't it?-
ayes!"
eff any n needs help Sile Wright
is always on hand" said Uncle Pea
body.
I was soon out of bed and he came
no mort TO sit up with me.
When I was we'll again, Aunt Deel
said one day: "Peabody Baynes, I
amt tAard no preachin' since Mr..
Pangborn died. I guess we better
go down to Canton to meetin' some
Sunday. If there amt no minister
Sile Wright always reads a sermon,
if he's home, and the paper says he
don't go way for a month yit. ]
kind o. feel the need Of a good sermon
-ayes!"
Cali right. I'll hitch up the bosses
and We'll go. We can start at eight
o'clock and take a bite with us an
git back here by three"
I had told Aunt Deel what Sally
had said of my personal appearance.
"Your coat is good enough for any
body-ayes!" said she. "Tll make
you a pair O. breaches an then 1 guess
you won't have to be 'shamed no
more" ....
She had spent several evenings max
ing them out Of an old gray flannel
petticoat of hers and had put two
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20

anu LIN goin' to cook the best
dinner l vel cooked IN my life," said
Aunt Deel.
When the great man had gone Uncle
Peabody took me in his lap and said
very gently and with a serious look:
"You didn't think l meant it, did
ye?-that you would have to go way
from here?"
II don't know" was my answer.
"'Course I didn't mean that. I just
wanted We to see that it want going
to do for you to keep OF tippin' things
over So"
That evening as I was about to go
upstairs to bed, Aunt Deel said to
my uncle:
"Do you remember what OF Kate
wrote down about him? This is his
first peril an he has met his first
great man an I can e that Sile
Wright is kind o. fond O. him."
I went to sleep that night thinking
of the strange, old, ragged, silent
woman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
ro,ano's Lonu.Lost Crown.

When the Prussians took possession
Of Cracow, in 1894, the Polish king
dom ceased to exist. The king Of
Prussia coveted the traditional dia-
dem Of Poland's kings for his own
adornment. 1t had, however, L.sap-
peared mysteriously, and the Prussian
king was baked of his wish. In Janu-
airy, 1914, seven months before the
world war broke out, during a severe
storm, lightning struck a stately elm
close to the city and brought to lighk
q secret treasure which had lain bur-
led at its roots for 1923 years, the long
lost crown Of Poland. i
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
,v,nes Dack,: said i.

"Why?"
"I-Im afraid she'll do somethins
to him."
Nonsense! or Kate is just as HARM
less as a kitten. You take your can
die and go right up to bed-this min
ute-ayes!"
1 went upstairs with the candle
and undressed very slowly and
thoughtfully While l listened for the
footsteps of my uncle. I did not get
into bed until I heard him come TN
and blow out his lantern and start
up the stairway. AS he undressed
he told me how for many years ths
strange woman had been rowing In
the roads cup hill and down dale,
thousands an thousands O. miles"
and never reaching the end of her
journey.
In a moment we heard a low wall
above the sounds of the breeze that
shook the leaves of the old 'popple"
tree above our roof.
"What's that?" I whispered.
II guess it's OF Kate ravin'," said
Uncle Peabody.
1t touched my heart and I lay lis
tening for a time, but heard only the
loud whisper of the popple leaves.
tContinued Next Week)
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
Uncle Peabody Opened 1t and Old
Kate Entered Without Speaking.

worn and faded bonnet. Forbidding
as she was 1 did not miss the sweet
ness in her smile and her blue eyes
when she looked at ME. Aunt Deel
came with a plate of doughnuts and
bread and butter and head cheese
and said in a voice full of pity:
"Poor Of Kate-ayes! Here's some
thin for ye-ayes!"
She turned to my uncle and said:
peabody Baynes, whatn we do
I'd like to know-ayes! She can't
rove all night"
"Pll git so1ne blankets an make
a bed for her, good 'nough for any
body, out In the hired mans room
over the she'd" said my uncle.
He brought the lantern-a little
tower Of perforated tin-and put a
lighted candle inside Of 1t. Then he
beckoned to the stranger, who fol-
lowed him out Of the front door with
the plate of food in her hands.
swell I declare! It's a long time
since she went up this road-ayes! y
said Aunt Deel, yawning as she re-
sumed her chair.
"Who Is OF KateY l asked.
ooh, just a poor OIL crazy woman-
wanders all '~round-ayes!"
"What made her craZy?"
"Oh, I guess somebody mlsused and
deceived her when she was young
ayes! Its an awful wicked thing to
do. Come, Bart--go right up to bed
now. It's high ~time-ayesT"
~ want to. walt I'll, Uncle Peabody
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
GROWING SOY BEAN
IS VERY PROFITABLE
Seed Industry Is Being Developed
in Many Sections.
Increased Prices Brought About by De-
mand for Seed Purposes and Utill-
cation a. Food-crop Also Of
Benefit to Soil.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The soy bean is a very profitable
crop when grown for seed, and the
seed-growing industry is being devel-
oped in many cotton-growing sections
and in the southern part Of the corn
belt. The character Of growth, Its uni.
form maturing habit, and it's large yield
Of grain recommended the soy bean
for seed production. The many disad-
vantages which attend the harvesting
Of cowpeas are not common to the
soy bean. The increased demand for
seed for planting purposes and the
utilization Of the dried beans as food
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
She Had Spent Several Evenings
Making. Them Out Of an Old Gray
Flannel Petticoat.

pockets in them of which I was very
proud. They came just to the tops
Of my shoes, which pleased me. for
thereby the glory Of my new shoes
suffered no encroachment.
The next Sunday after they were
finished WI had preaching in the
schoolhouse and l was eager to go
and wear my wonderful trousers. I'm
Gle Peabody said that he didn't know
whether his leg would hold out or
not Through a whole meetin'." His
left leg was lame from a wrench and
panied him if he sat long in one po-
sition. l greatly enjoyed this first
public exhibition Of my new trous-
ers. I remember praying in silence,
as we sat down, that Uncle Peabody's
leg would hold out. Later, when the
long sermon had begun to weary me,
l prayed that it would not.
1t was a beautiful summer morning
as we drove down the hills and from
the summit of the last high ridge we
could see the smoke of q steamer
looming over the st. Lawrence and
the big buildings of Canton on the
distant flats below us. My heart beat
fast when l reflected that | should
soon see Mr.. Wright and the Dunkel-
bergs. l had lost Il little of my inter-
est In Sally. Still | felt sura that
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
and sundry copies of the New York

Mirror"
Aunt Deel began with 1.-THE Stolen
Child" She read slowly and often
paused for comment or explanation or
laughter or to touch the corner Of
an eye with a corner of her handker-
chief in moments when we were all
deeply moved by the misfortunes Of
our favorite characters, which were
acute and numerous.
In those magazines we read of the
great West-"the poor mans para
dise"-"the stoneless land of plen-
ty"; of it's delightful climate, of the
ease with which the farmer prospered
on it's rich soil. Uncle Peabody spoke
playfully of going West, after that,
but Aunt Deel made no answer and
concealed her opinion OF that SUBJ
ject for a long time AS for myself,
the reading had deepened my inter-
est in the east and west and north
and south and in the skies above
them. How mysterious and inviting
they had become!
One evening a neighbor had brought
the Republican from the post-office.
I opened it and read aloud these words
in large type at the top of the page:
"Silas Wright Elected to the U. S.
Senate"
"Well l want to know!" Uncle Pea
body exclaimed. "That would make
me forglt it if I was goin' to be
hung. Go on and read what it says"
I read the choosing of our friend
for the seat made vacant by the res
ignation Of William L.. Marcy, who
had been elected governor, and the
part which most impressed us were
these words from a letter of Mr..
Wright to Azariah Flagg of Albany,
written when the former was asked
to accept the place:
II am too young and too poor for
such an elevation. l have not had
the experience in that great theater of
politics to qualify me for a place SC
exalted and responsible. l prefer
therefore the humber position which
| nov occupy
"That's his way" said Uncle Pea,
body. "They had hard work to con
vince hin that h. knew enough to be
Surrogate"
big men have little conceit-ayes! ="
said Aunt Deel with q significant
glance at me.
The candles had burned low and
was watching the shroud of II OF
them when there came Il rap at the
door. 1t was unusual for any one to
come to our door in the evening and
we were a bit startled. Uncle Pea
body opened it and old Kate entered
without speaking and nodded to my
aunt and uncle and sat down by the
fire. Vividly I remembered the day
Of the fortune-telling. The same gen
tie smile lighted her face as she
looked at me. She held up her hand
with four fingers spread above it.
ayes" said Aunt Deel, "there are
four perils."
My aunt rose and went into the
but'ry while I sat staring at the
ragged old Her hair was
white now and partly covered by a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-20
CHAPTER w,
In the Light of the Candles.

III tuS ItSuS u Tic
One day the stage, on it's way to
Ballybeen, came to our house and
left a box and a letter from Mr..
Wright, addressed to my uncle, which
read:
"Dear SRI send. herewith a box
Of books and magazines in the hope
that you or Miss Baynes will read
them aloud to my little partner and in
doing so get some enjoyment and
profit for yourselves.
"Yours respectfully,
rs. WRIGHT, JR.
"P. S.-When the contents of the
box have duly risen into your minds
will you kindly see that it does a
like service to your neighbors in
School District No. z? s. W.. Jr."
Il guess Bart has made a friend O.
this great man-sartin ayesw said
Aunt Deel. II wonder who'll be the
next one?"
The work of the day ended, the
candles were grouped nea the edge
or tn table and my aunt's armchair
was placed beside them. Then I sat
on Uncle Peabody's lap by the fire
or, as time went on, in my small chair
beside him, while Aunt Deel adjusted
her spectacles and began to read.
I remember wildly the evening we
took out the books and tenderly felt
their cover and read their titles.
There we're "Cruikshanks' Comic Alma
nae" and GOODS Comic Annual;
tales by Washington Irving and James
h. Paulding and Nathaniel Hawthorne
and Miss Milford and Miss Austin ;
the poems Of John Milton and Felicia
Hemans. OF the treasures in the box
I have now in my possession: A life
of Washington, "The Life and Writ
lngs of Doctor Duckworth," "The
Stolen Child" by "John Calf, ESQ.,;
'Iiosine Laval" by "Mr. Smith; Ser
mons and Essays by William Ellery
Claiming. We found In the box also,
thirty numbers of the Omitted States
Magazine md Da.n"Voti" RaG..""