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Year: 1875

In a strictly agricultural district like
ours - and particularly an extensive
grain growing county-what is there
that can gladden. the farmer more than
to secure 'boss" plow-a perfect sue
cess, in every respect, and at the same
time within the limits of fair, square,
Legitimate price9 This we venture to
claim-and believe ourselves justified in
so doing = is the privilege of the noted


OLIVER PATENT CHILLED PIow."
Since its first introduction in the mar
ket, only some few years ago, this plow
has more than quadrupled and nearly
double quadrupled, its sales-a striking
and tangible evidence of the universal
satisfaction it has given to farmers. In
fact, the introduction of this pillow has
marked a new era in the pillow trade. To
look upon, it is exceedingly neat, at
tractve and beautifully modelled. The
metal used in the moulds and landsides
is the only material in use adapted to all
kinds OF soil. 1t is the hardest, most
dense, and fine grained metal ever used
for the purpose, and admits of the very
highest degree of polish we ever wit
messed impaired to any agricultural inn
phment yet submitted to the public. 1t
can not be cut SO as to raise a wiry edge
upon the surface, and IT WILL sCoUR--
indeed, it is claimed to scour where, steel
will not. In point of draught it is also
said that the ''Oliver Chilled plot w."
with the same power will do as mk1cIIl
work in three days, as can be performed
with any other in four days-a saving
of five days out of every twenty. We
could elaborate to the extent of over
column upon its many advantages but
prefer to satisfy ourselves with simply
throwing out hirts sufficient to prove 90
our farming friends that it will amply
repay them to give this pillow close in
spection.


NHssRs. THOMPSON & co. 'FRONT.' ST.,
have already taken orders for over 200
to be supplied thisseaso and being the
only agents in this city for tois popular
plow, our readears should give them a
call at their hardware stores opposite the
First National Bank. Another evidence
of the superiority of this plow, IN OUR
DISTRICT, is found in the fact that this
is only the second year it has been sold
here, and after one years fair trial ord
ers are coming in far them two-fold, as
compared with last year-showing they
have not only been approved but recon-
mended.
Year: 1875

Sweden is initiating Prussia in the en-
forcement of military service. Her new
army scheme is based on the German
model. Military service is to be made
obligatory on all male members of the
community between the ages of eighteen
and forty. Young men must enter the
army not later than their twenty-frst
year to undergo training of ten and q
half months. During the succeeding
six months they belong to the reserve.
They are next relegated for like period
to the Landwehr, and are afterward,
until the completion of their fortieth
year, Incorporated in the Landsturm.
Year: 1875

The health of residents in Fremont
and environs is universally known to be
good, and that fact is somewhat borne
out by the exceedingly low average of
deaths each year, unless some considera-
ble credit may be ascribed to the fact Of
our city commanding such an exception
al array of Medical talent. We have
twelve an. D.'s" in full practice, two
speciality doctors, and five or six retired
physicians of considerable eminence.
Beside those, there are also three
surgeon dentists, whose professional ex.
perience and attainments frequently in
duce numerous patients from consider
able distance.
Year: 1875

A humorous Frenchman said in describ- ing rheumatism and gout: ''Place your joint in a vice, turn the screw till you can bear it no longer; that gives you an idea of rheumatism; now give the instrument one more turn and you have the gout. !" Rheumatism can be cured by the early and faithful use of Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil, and in fact it is good to cure any kind of pain or lameness. Sold by Druggists and Grocers.
Year: 1875

The last week has been notable for the meeting of political conventions in the two largest states in the Union, and for the important action of those conventions in committing the Democracy to Infation on the one hand and confirming Republi- cAnism in its opposition to this financial heresy on the other. The Republicans of New York passed the following resolution which is certainly as explicit as could be desired:

 Further imitation of the currency, under any pretense whatever, would be a public calamity. The interests of honest indus try and the common welfare demand the speediest possible return to specie pay menta.

 Tho Democracy of Pennsylvania. on the other hand, committed the party in that state to the Ohio doctrine of imitation pure and simple in the following resolu- ton:

 The contraction of the money cur rency and circulating medium heretofore made by the Republican party, and the further contraction proposed by it with d view to forced resumption of specie pay ments, has already brought disaster to the business of the country and threatens general bankruptcy. We demand that this policy be abandoned, and that the volume Of money be made and kept equal to the wants of trade. leaving the restora- ton of legal tenders to par in gold to bel brought about by promoting the indus tries of the people and not by destroying them.

 It is but fair to admit that the Republi- cans of Pennsylvania have been weak enough to truckle to the cry for InAation which goes up from every part of the| great State of Coal and Iron. Still the greater boldness of the Pennsylvania Democracy makes them the special charl- pions of this financial theory, and tends more and more to the committal of the party to it's support in the campaign of next year. Should Pennsylvania and. Ohio both go Democratic, this fall, itI would seem to give the infationists surel command of the Democratic nomination. for the Presidency. Should they be defeat ed in Ohio on that issue and successful in: Pennsylvania, it would leave the question: open for a sharp fight in their Presiden- tial Convention. We consequently lookI with much interest for the election re-. turns from Ohio in October and Pennsyl- vania in November.

 The Republicans of New York haveI adopted an excellent platform and nomi- mated an excellent ticket, still we do not imagine that they have much chance of success. The reform record of Gov. Till den and the prestige of recent Democratic victories in the Empire state will, we i'm agine, give that party an easy victory. An Imitation success in Ohio, next month might, however, weaken the Democracyl m state so thoroughly committed to| hard money as New York.
Year: 1875

We are in receipt of O communication complaining that, Tn its account of the Reunion of the Old Nineteenth at New Preston, last week, the Ray neglected to sgive due credit to the New Preston Cornet Band while praising the music of the New Milford band. This strikes us as a sub- iect that is best let alone. Music is very Liable to become a discordant business, and it often happens. as the writer sensi. ply remarks, that natural and healthy emulation between sister musical organ. nations is turned into bitter rivalry by the iniudicious championship of friends and neighbors outside.
Year: 1875

saw in the last weeks FARMER, some
thing said about plowing. should like to
see the subject well and thoroughly discussed
in the columns Of your valuable paper. l
have sat down to give some thoughts Of my
own, hoping that it may draw the fire Of
some Of the Vermont farmers, and that it
may shed some valuable light on the oil i'm
portant subject. ......


am ready to concede that our beautiful
modern plows do the work they were designed
to do in satisfactory manner, when handled
by one who knows his business. But am
not fully persuaded that the plow as now
constructed and run, does the work that the
farmer wants done. Ever since the plow has
been run in this country it has been drawn
wedge.shsped through the surface of the soil,
at nearly the same depth and the bottom Of
the plow has BEEN packing the subsoil for
the whole time, and we are still packing it
harder and harder every year, making the
bottom Of the furrow an almost impasSable
barrier to the shooting down Of the roots Of
the crops We wish to grow. And this sub
soil. packed as it is, makes the land wettsr
in wet times, and dryer in dry times. This
shell or crust, few inches from the surface,
holds the water and does not let it drain of
through the subsoil, as it should. And then
in time Of drouth, when the few inches Of
loose soil on top is dried up, this packed sub
soil does not allow the roots to pass down
through it, nor the moisture to pass up as it
otherwise would. 1t is known that the
roots of some of our plants will 90 long
way down after water, if there is nothing to
prevent them, Of the red clover, for instance
the small fibrous roots that nourish the plant.
will be found very near the top of the ground
in reach Of sunlight and air.


Now, then, il my ideas are correct, it fol
lows that the plow now in use is not the i'm
plemeut we want, but something that viii
move the soil without pressing upon the sub
soil. If any one doubts the existence Of thii
barrier that speak Of, let him 60 into hi'
field and dig down about the length of hi
spade aud find it, and then let him 60 int
the woods whore the virgin soil has neve
been moved and try to find it there. l be
lieve IN stirring the land to a good depth
but not in this everlastingly turning every
thing down out of the reach of light aud air


II the man lives who can invent an impe


ment that shall be cheap and durable, AM
that will thoroughly stir the land to tn
depth of twelve inches without any pressur
upon the subsoi, let him do it at once
and he mag boast that he has lived to som
purpose. The only thing that | can think {
that may do it, is very powerful revOlvin
harrow. G.
Haperhill, N. H., Noe 26, 1875.
Year: 1875

Shying generally arises from timidity, but
sometimes II is united with cunning, and in
duces the animal 10 assume q fear Of some
object for the sole purpose of finding an ex-
cuse for turning aside. The usual cause of
shying Is, doubtless, the presence Of some OBJ
ject to which the horse has not been accus-
toned, and If be has defective eyes, which
render him short-sighted IL will be difficult
to convince him Of the innocent nature Of the
novel object. There are endless peculiarities
in shying horses, some being dreadiully
alarmed by one kind Of object, which to
others is not at all formidable. The best
plan Of treatment which can be adopted, is
to take as little notice as possible of the shy
ing, and to be especially careful to show no
fear Of its recurrence when the "alarmiDg"
object appears in the distance. When tho
horse begins 10 show alarm, but not till then,
the driver should speak eucouragingly 10
him, and, if necessary, with a severe tone,
which may even be supported by the use Of the
whip if his onward progress cannot otherwise
be maintained.


The principle which should be carried
out, is 70 adopt such measures as will get
hhO hOASo w pass tu0 OOJSCb ~ WhlCu no
SHES, somehow or other, and this should be
effected with as little violence as possible,
always commanding in an encouraging tone
as soon as the purpose is gained. Nothing
has SO great a tendency to keep up the habit
as the plan so common among ignorant
grooms of chastising the shyer after he has
passed the object Of his alarm. II he can
be persuaded to 90 quietly up to it, and ex-
anime with his muzzle, as well as with his
eyes, great good will be effected, but thiscan
seldom be done with moving vehicles, and
heaps Of stones or piles Of sand are generally
only alarming from defective vision, SO that
each time they assume new phase to the
active imagination Of the timid animal.
Punishing-bits only make high-couraged
animal worse, and the use Of "overchecks"
rarely, if ever, proves beue6cial.-Wilkes'
SDi1 IL.
Year: 1875

bers we're two by four inches instead Of three
by four. These we're fitted together in pairs
by tackipg two or three pieces Of board across
their edges to keep them just four inches
apart, aud also for convenienoe in handling
them, and If tho bottom Of the ditch was soft
board or slab was put under them. Two
Of the drains, however, we're made by putting
together boards iu the shape Of an inverted
V, one six and the other five inches wide and
one and Oue-eighth inches thick A shin
board was placed at the bottom to prevent
them from settling 10, where the ground was
soft and enough gravel was put on to the
spouts to cover them. and the bitches filed
up. Some Of the piece still has many small
roots in it, so that it could not be ploWed
very smOOthly but as soon rs we can get il
smooth enough to suit us, We shall manure
and seed il to grass, believing this to be the
most profitable crop for the land.


We have put in l25 rods of underdrain
this fall at an expense. all told, Of about
sevcnty.6ve dollars. Next year, il what we
have done works well, we hope, Providence
permitting. to put in as much more and will
try to report progress to the FARMER.


Ii is claimed that tile are the best ma
terial for underdrains which is undoubtedly
the case, and they may be the cheapest when
made near enough 50 that transportation does
not cost too much, but other materials, such
as hemlook timber for instance, are cheap
and will last long time in wet land, and
that is where one will be most likely to put
them for this purpose. E.A. F.


Waitsfeld, Dec l, 1875.


[Our correspondent is right in the notion
that filling tber al too deep with stones
increases the probability of its filling up. If
there is foot Of earth below the point the
plow reaches, and brush, straw or some other
6brous substance below that, to serve as a
strAiner, the chance OF the drain remaining
in good order is far greater than if the depth
Of earth is less.


We shall expect a continuation of this
interesting account Of au agricultural enter
prise which gives promise Of making large
return. If farmers would more generally
take hold Of, and prosecute Improvements
which would develop the productive capacity
Of their farms, we should not hear so much
groaning and complaining that farming does
not payl
Year: 1875

Regularity in the milking of COWS is of as
much Importance as regularity in feeding
them. ln state of nature, the COW is re.
ieved of its milk great many times day.
A calf allowed to remain with its mother
will help itself seven or eight times a day.
Under such circumstances the udder of the
COW will remain small, aud if allowed to
retain the milk secreted during the twelve
hours, feverish symptoms are likely to be
produced. The practice of milking cows
more than twice in twenty-four hours causes
the capacity of the udder to be greatly in-
creased, and probably helps in maintaining
the lacteal secretion long after pregnancy
has taken place. When, howevr, by an
artificial system, the COW has been enabled
to retain her milk without inconvenience for
twelve hours or so, she ought to. be MIXED
regularly every day at the same hour.
When the time for milking arrives, the udder
usually becomes distended to its utmost
capacity, aud if the milk is not speedily
removed, the animal suffers considerable
pain. Gases Of fever, the result Of allowing
animals to remain too long unmilked, are
indeed, by no means Of unfrequent occurrence
1t is especially necessary to attend to thil
point for some days after the animal ha'
brought forth its young, for during tia
period very little irritation of the lactea
organs is likely to bring on that most fata
of all maladies, fever. If milking be toe
long delayed, nature will try to help thu
poor animal. An absorption of milk into
the blood will, to some extent, take place
and that which remains in the udder viii
become deteriorated. When neglect t.
milk COW at the regular time is repeated
several times, the secretion of the fluid il
permanently checked; and there are many
cases where, by such neglect, an animal ha
become dry in less than month.-Irisj
Farmers Gazette.
Year: 1875

The Board of Agriculture has opened its
series of winter meetings which are to be
continued for two months.


Members of the board will be present at
all Of the meetings and read papers prepared
for the purpose, aud will be assisted by peo.
pie in the vicinity of the several meetings by
papers, addresses and discussions. The
board depend upon local talent, the farmers
and others in the vicinity, for help to make
the meetings Of practical value to the farm
ing community. Any person wishing or
willing TO read paper or speak upon any
topic related to agriculture in its broadest
sense, is invited to do so, and will be assigned
place on the programme on application
by letter or otherwise to Professor Seely at
Middlebury. That practical questions are
preferable is obvious. The results Of expe-
rience and observation in settling the numer-
Gus questions which arise upon the farm are
worth thousand times more than the most
ingenious theories.


The success which has attended the system
Of local meetings Is very gratifying The
great interest showed by farmers and Others
in the exercises indicates that the efforts OIL
the board are appreciated that its seed falls
on fertile soil-that the farmers are ready
to cooperate with all workers for the com
mon cause.


The most hopeful sign which can dawr
upon tho agricultural horizon is the evidences
that farmers cheerfully admit that there il
something more for them to learn and are
turning with iuquiriug eyes in every direc'
tion from which additions to their fund o
knowledge may come.
Year: 1875

With cooked food the grass period con-
tinues throughout the year. With this
system, Conducted in warm, well ventilated
period Of the winter, and afford as much
suckle to the lambs as in the summer. But
the crowning adoption of this system is for
the production Of milk.


The COW, during the period of Iactation,
requires soft, pultaceous food. Her milk is
eighty.seven per cent water, aud it is doing
violence to her nature to feed her on upon
dry hay. The best grasses which nature
furnishes to the COW contain from seventy
FIVE to eighty per cent water, and these rich
grasses are always found conducive to a
large flow of milk With this system we
can initiate her summer food, and in some
respects improve upon it.


Our pastures, after long period, become
deficient in some of the elements necessary
to supply all the wants of the system Of the
COW. The skillful feeder can supply these 10
better balance in the winter food, which
being reduced to soft, pulpy state, can be
as easily digested as grass, and will furnish
a more valuable flow Of milk in winter than
grass in summer. This has been so clearly
proved that Mr. Boies of Marengo, Ill.
has followed the winter feeding of cows for
some years, and regards it as more profit
able to allow his cows to 60 dry in the hot
months OF summer, and come IN during Sep
tember and October. He produces more
pounds Of milk during the year in this wa!
than when his cows come in in March anC
April.


The result depends simply upon skillfa
feeding. Our knowledge is now SO far ad
vanced in the chemistry of foods that we cal
determine correct ration for milk, and thi
ration may be better adapted to produc'
quantity and quality than ordinary pasture


Vermont has an enviAble celebrity for he
delicious butter, and she owes it to the grea
variety Of grasses produced upon her hill
aud mountain sides.-E. w. Stetoart, a
| VeTDont DalrUD1ea's Association
Year: 1875

A writer of the New York Times discusses
the question of improving stock in sensible
way, saying that if farmer keeps thirty
COWS that average thirty dollars year each
for milk, aud can increase the average to
forty dollars a year by the use Of thorough
bred bull, Of good milking breed. he can
afford to pay a good round sum for a bull.
Add yet better results than this have been
accomplished. If he is raising cattle for beei
and he can add two hundred pounds to the
carcass of each, by the time it is ready for
the shambles, by the use Of Short
Horn bull, it will certainly be profta'
Bile for him to pay good price fol
such bull. And yet this is the ayeragS
result of using thoroughbred bulls on tbs
native cows Of the country, as estimated BY
all the best stock breeders. And this two
hundred pounds is clear gain, for it is pro-
duced with no greater consumption OF food


Ii the use of thoroughbred ram on a aocI
of common ewes will increase the weight Of
fleece one pound, on the average, certainly
more than "fve in hundred could make II
pay !" whether more than one in five would
or not is another question. Aud 80 will
hogs The difference between the common
'WoOds" breed Of the past, and the improves
breeds Of to-day, is beyond comparison.
Year: 1875

The early opening of winter. bringing
stock to the barn several weeks sooner than
was anticipated, and extending the feeding
time, will bring many farmers out short Of
hay. The suggestions in the FARMER Of
May %. on the value Of straw, are worth
consideration at this time.
Year: 1875

he weather at the opening of the series of
agricultural meetings last week, was intensely
cold. Ordinary Iangdage does not begin to
be sufficiently expressive to mention it.
But the royal hospitality of the West Rut-
lauders made all seem sunny as June.
Year: 1875

and his associates had wrought, he took his own life, and dared to rush uncalled for into the presence of the Eternal Judge! Of what avail is a life spent in intense ap- plication to business, the schem- ing and planning, the seething brain, the sleepless nights, the agonizing days and the doubts fears and perplexities that attend the accumulation of great wealth, if such is the end? Here is ter rible lesson, and one that should not be lost. We do not believe that w. 0. Ralston was a man who worshipped mammon alone. There are probably thousands of people on this coast who can tes- tify to good and worthy deeds done by his hand. Neither can we believe that he was sane when he committed the final act; but the terrible lesson remains, and let our financiers and all who are madly rushing after great wealth. take heed to it.
Year: 1875

A brutal Western judge has de- clared it to be a good ground for divorce for a woman to tie her husband to a gate-pOst during a violent thunder storm, with 8 pa. tent lightning-rOd hitched to his spinal column. Some of the Wes- tern judges wouldn't allow women any amusement if they could help it.