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Year: 1875

Mr. George Geddes Of New York, who
writes much for the papers on agricultural
topics, and whose articles are received with
great respect, has written to the New York
Tribune condemning swivel plows. He says
the Geddes farm is fully supplied with side
hills, some Of them quite steep, and we own
a good side-hill plow, SO called; that is, a
pillow that by being turned throws the fur
rows either way. This plOw has stood idle
in tie tool room for probably twenty years,
never once used, as We have found how to
cut our side.hills aud do our work without
this side-hill plow. Some cases will not
admit OF our way Of doing things, and q
side-hill plow must be used but they are,
in my opinion, only to be used in cases where
an ordinary plow cannot be. AS to the
dead furrows and back furrows made in the
use of the single mould-board plow, they
amount to nothing practically. Auy man
that has dons much blowing will have ways
OF making the dead burrows so shallow and
the back burrows SO low that they will
hardly be noticed by the driver Of the mower
or the reaper He thinks the avoidance Of
dead burrows and back burrows is not Of
sufficient Importance to justify poor work
aud heavy drawings of the teams.


II Mr. Geddes will try a swivel plow
made at the present day perhaps he would
change his mind as to the value of such
plOws.


The sweeping condemnation of swivel
plows, because the farmer tried one twenty y
years ago, looks bigoted to those who turn
their soil with a swivel plow, whether on
level land or side hill, and do it as well as
any land side pillow.
Year: 1875

EDITOR VERMONT FARMER :---Agreoably
to my promise, l will give your readers my
experience, for the last year, in trout rais-
iUg. Although have been operating on a
small scale. can say it is quite satisfactory
and promises well for the experiment so far.
l caught out few in September, the
largest weighing one pound each, When
the same trout were put in one year ago did
not weigh one-half pound. think l can
safely say that trout will double their weight
each year if properly fed, which can be
done with little trouble and expense CON-
pared with raising pork aud poultry.


can sec no reason why people should not
improve their first opportunity, where there
is possible chance, aud make fish pond.
l have seen hundreds of places superior to
my own that are uuoccupied. Therefore
l would say to my brother farmers that l
never had the care of anything that gave me
moro pleasure to feed. than it does to feed
the trout. Instead Of its being task il is
merely a pleasure in summer to throw feed
upon the surface of the water and witness
the display of the bright, speckled sides al
they come to the top Of the water. Try il
and then you will believe it, aud can see
no reason now why it will not be a profit.
able investment. G. 9. H.


BdrRStOn, p. O., November "a.
Year: 1875

value Of hay is great. Calves and lambs
need the best of hay. Mich COWS ought to
have the best tho farm affords. a


The mattsrof feeding grain is one that is not
compreheudsd by many. II pays to feed
grain to stock. There is no way in which a
farmer can make so profitable use Of grain
as by keeping his animals thrifty.


Roots have an important place in winter
economy on the farm. In connection with
any other food tho stock may have, their
value is great. The mingIiDg Of foods so as
to create proper balance in the nutrit,vs
elements, BY which only can the whole bo util'
lied should be study on every farm. With
everything needful at hand, aud abundant
skill aud understanding of the subject, there
will be failure unless there is constant


,oversIsht and watehfsIness
of the animals themselves. The farmer
should see every day that each animal is
right, aud takes its ration aud thrives. The
care Of stock is greatly relieved and their
comfort and growth enhanced it there is a
good supply Of


Running Water


conveniently located where they can get il
without exposure to fierce winds aud wading
through snow or mud. A stream which
never freezes over is preferable to one that
closes itself by the action Of cold in half an
hour, is worth millions in a stock yard


Store animals, those kept for breeding
purposes and to remain on the farm cannot
be healthy and sound without


Exercise.


If they are confined, with no chance to move
about, the vital, digestive aud reproductive
functions lose their tone, and feeble stock
is the result. For fatteniug animals the
less exercise the better. For all, quiet,
contented life, free from fear, excitement
aud discomfort, Is essential.
Year: 1875

A writer in the Mark Lane Express
states that it is possible to cure the disease
in four days. His treatment is as follows


He isolated the animals affected, put them
in a building by themselves, covered them
up to get them warm, deprived them of food,
and gave the following: Eight ounces salts,
four ounces treacle, one ounce nitre, one
ounce ground ginger, and two ounces sui.
phur, mixing it in four or FIVE quarts Of
milk.warm water. The next morning he
gave one ounce carbonate Of potash aud two
ounces hyposulphate of soda, in six quarts
warm water. This was to purify the blood
aud all y fever. On the evening of the
secohd day he gave quart of boiled linseed
oil, aud washed their feet in 4 solution Of
one ounce nitre and quart of warm water
The mouth and nose were washed out with q
quarter Of an ounce of tannic acid ia quart
OF warm water. This alleviated the soreness
Some of the tannic acid was put into the
nostrils aud allowed to run down into the
throat. In very short time the animal
would throw of quantity Of mucus, and
could breathe freely. This treatment was
continued three days, and on the fourth the
disease had almost entirely disappeared.
Year: 1875

would like to inquire through the col-
umns Of the FARMER how much hay would
be saved BY feeding two quarts of corn meal
70 COW day9 Would ten bushels Of corn
equal one ton Of hay? If csw requires
two, and q half tons Of hay alone to winter
her, would one ton be saved by feeding ten
bushels Of corn Does any one know by ex-
perieuce2 s.


I'VE would be glad IL those who have in.
vestigated this question would give the read.
ers Of the FARMER the benefit Of their ex.
perieuce, as that is what our correspondent
wishes, and is the only real test.


The result Of our experience is that a
good, healthy COW will eat two quarts Of
corn meal day and just as much hay as il
she had no meal. Some COWS 10 some cir.
euuistauCes win eat more hay If fed mod
crate daily ration Of meal. Good COWS will
make return for il 10 milk or 10 condition
and vigOr stored up as a reserve to be
drawn upon next season. Poor cows will
make little or no paying return for it. They
pay for nothing.


Meal may be made to take the place Of
hay iu part, and according to the practice
of Mr. L. W. Miller Of Stockton, N. Y, il
may replace it altogether, as winter food Of
COWS. Mr. Miller winters COWS on three
quarts Of corn meal a day, which would re.
quire about seventeen bushels Of corn. Rea.
sOning by analogy, it may be assumed that
seven bushels of the meal may be replaced
with q ton and half Of hay and the COW
wintersd we'll


Whether ten bushels of corn meal (about
500 pouuds) is the equivalent of a ton o.
hay depends on tho quality OF the hay
There is fully eighty per cent difference ia
the value Of hay, in our opinion. AS it il
not our purpose to take the question out o
the hands Of practical farmers, we say NJ
more, but call on them to tell US what they
know
Year: 1875

Joel Lund Of Hooksett writes us that he
has raised on fifteen square rods Of land
ninety five bushels and 6fty-Hvs pounds Of
mangel-wurtzel beets, or at the rate Of more
than a Thousand bushels 10 the acre. This
Is good yield, but no better than many
other men have secured the present season,
and il is safe enough 10 conclude that any
man who will manure his land literally and
cultivate it judiciously can raise thousand
bushels Of beets on every acre he will SOW.
And here we want to say that we do not
believe our farmers can this winter turn
their attention TO Q more profitable subject
than this one Of root crops. IL has been
demonstrated that the cost Of beets need not
exceed seven or eight cents per bushel, aOd
at this price there is not SO cheap food for
hogs, for young cattle, and especially for
milk cows to be had.


Says London Journal; 1--WE could
produce facts and figures showing how
assuredly the profit Of . modern farm is
regulated by the success Of roots growing
upon it, and how no other system Of farming,
and no skill in other branches Of industry,
can compensate for failures or partial failing
in root production"


While this is doubtless more true Of Eng
land than Of this country, it is true enough
here in New England where our surround
ing circumstances are crowding out the old
system Of farming, and where in order to
live and thrive we must learn to till less
land and get more from the acres we do till.


We have got to feed our COWS better,
keep our hogs cheaper, and push our young
stock faster, and we know OF no other way
TO do these things SO easily as by increasing
our root crop.-Mirror and Farmer.
Year: 1875

The time has come for the farmer to look
particularly to his means Of making his ami
mails comfortable during the cold period. II
ought to be too we'll settled at this day to
require further mention, that no farmer can at
ford to keep his stock exposed to the weather,
or even in stables with a small ventilator
between each two boards. He cannot afford
to warm all out doors. or a cold stable, by
burning food inside his animals for that pur-
pose. But notwithstanding all the sermons,
and all the discussions at clubs, thousands
will still feed their stock at a straw or hay
stack, or put them in stables that only break
the heavy force of the wind, leaving currents
in general circulation. Does any farmer
think, If he stops TO think about it at ALL
that ii is cheaper to feed a COW thres-iourths


Of ton of hay, extra, to keep up animal
heat, than to spend fifty cents per animal TO
make his stable warmf--Live Stock Journal.
Year: 1875

Winter closed in early on farmers this
year, aud long term Of feeding cattle at
the barn is probable. The first, last and
most important work for the next five months
is the care of stock. For the farmer aud
the farmers boys recurring round OF chores
calls them morning, noon and night. There
are but few frst-class hands to do chores,
either owners or hired hOlp. lis extremely
difficult to hire help who are competent to
take care of stock. The simple routine Of
feeding, watering, cleaning stables and shut
ting the door with slam the moment II is
done, never makes good stock. The cost of
wintering stock is 50 heavy compared to sum.
mering that the wasteful aud indifferent way
it is done appears more fragrant. 1t is not
easy to make stock gain as fast in winter as
in summer, but it can be done, at big profit
over common methods. II costs nearly as
much to keep animals alive aud at a station.
airy point in weight and value as to make
them grow. The cost of barely holding the
amount gained in the summer, at an expen-
diture Of one to two and half tons Of hay
in winter, balances the profit on summer
gain, and frequently over-balauces, SO that
there is an actual loss in the year. Far
mers may well complain that farming does
not pay, when these losses are to be charged
to the account.


Certain things are essential to good care
Of stock, such as will make them thrive.
The first is .....


Warm, Comfortable Quarters.


Without warm barns aud stables little caI
be accomplished. There is constant drain
upon the adipose matter in the food aud in
the system to maintain animal heat. If
animals are exposed to all temperatures,
storms and cold winds, it requires about as
much food as they can eat to simply sustain
the temperature of the body and to supply
motive and nervous power. Barns and
stables should be SO constructed that they can
be effeCtually closed against the entrance of
cold wind. If the boarding is tight, and no
air-holes or cracks, the stable can be kept .
comfortable temperature. When the stable
is old and the walls full of cracks, a very
effective method of making them warm, at
small expense, is to put up inside walls and
fill the space between from four inches to
one foOt) with dry saWdust, 1t is 6ne
non.conductOr. Batten all cracks and make
everything snug Sheep should have plenty
of room to eat all at once, and dry footing,
las important rs food. Cattle must have
the privilege Of lying down in comfort. rest
ing uudisturbOd and rising with ease,
Stanchions are hard, cruel things for cattle
of medium or large size, Chains or bows
should be adopted as an act Of humanity.


The buildings and stables being warm and
comfortable, the farmer has leisure to give
his attention TO


Feeding Animals.


Good haV ia the common food, and Is taken
Year: 1875

Our correspondent who writes for the
FARMER this week the frst of series of
articles on "Bee Keeping" is one of the
most extensive and successful bee keepers in
the country. His communications will en-
body the results and suggestions of his large
experience in his chosen speciality, and will
be Of great value to those who keep bees,
and of interest to all w
Year: 1875

Perennial rye grass is in England regarded
as the most valuable of cultivated grasses.
1t yields an immense amount of forage is
very early is adapted to various soils, and
is hurtful to stock, if ripe. But it is not
very nutritious, and is very exhaustive to
the soil.
Year: 1875

.


The Western Rural iavors having co ws
come in in autumn and milked through the
winter. The price Of butter is then higher
there is more time for milking and caring
for milk the heat is not extreme, aud there
are no flies. The system of winter feeding
and care prevalent on many New England
farms would be fatal to the success of q
wiutery dairy. Cows that give milk in
winter must have warm quarters, where
they can be comfortable, early cut hay made
from sweet grasses, and grain in many cases,
regular feeding and accessible water in
abundance. These conditions being supplied,
there is no reason why winter dairies should
not be success, so far as the production Of
milk is concerned. The milk room needs to
be different place from that Of summer.
Year: 1875

the conclusion that the difference when it
exists, is caused by the variation in the in
tervals between milking. The longer the
Interval the lower the percentage Of cream.
The nights milk Of COWS which were not
MIXED at night until fifteen hours after the
morning milking required 5,27 pounds more
milk for a pound of butter than the morn
ibp's milk,
Year: 1875

4he superintendent Of the Ridge Hill
creamery writes to the Utica IN. ~ Her
aid that he has been making tests of the
comparative richness of the milk of night
and mOrnipg And the results incline him to
Year: 1875

a controversy That questions of WHAT TO WEAR, AND HOW WHERE TO BUY TO THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE

 The larger portion look to the Weekly Papers of Goods they desire and examine goods and prices.

 The Boston Square Dealing Clothing House fully Ing this fact always of the give needed they have met with, is owing to the fact that the learned experience instance peor " they advertise to do,

 sale House of conducting " will be interest general pubc wherever Popular Branch Houses lOcated showing the gre" ~ tages they hold others Retail business

 the establish aMANUFACTORY Of CLOTH the ordinary manufacurer by ensung all to the best Custom made The price which, Ony Will this most important depart 

 Secondly They employ in their work room the pest the best class of Wor garments makes the gooos the most desirable Clothing to buy.

 greatest care IS useo anu material used All Cloths are

 which prices they able to lay do ther business scuy or CASH and have ONE PRICE ONLY

 goods be cheerfully the refunded 1 should purchase not satisfactory

  BOSTON his goods for in Boston, ] market ""'
Year: 1875

AN old man of much experience
says:


have seen young man sell good
farm, turn merchant. and die in an in
sane asylum.


have seen farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking at.


have seen man spend more
money in folly than would take to snp-
port his family in comfort and inde-
pendence.


have seen young girl marry O
young man IF dissolute habits, and re-
pent of it as long as she lived.


Ihave seen man depart from truth
where candor and vsracity would have
served him to a much better purpose.


have seen the extravagance and
folly of children bringing their parents
to poverty and want, and themselves
to disgrace.


l have seen prudent and industri-
ons wife retrieve the fortunes of a
family when the husband pulled at the
other end of the rope.


have seen young man who de-
spised the counsels Of the wise and
advice of the good, and his career end
in poverty and wretchedness.
Year: 1875




FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., Dec, 16, 1875


On last Sunday morning. while the church bells were
Ginning the attention Of the people in the streets
attracted a couple OF thieves, who had been cap
tured adjoining county and were being carried TO
Columbus county, where they had stolen some horses.
after church the report OF pistol shots heard
up the main street. the centre of the town. Quite
q large crowd gathered upon the street. On inquiry It
was found that q negro had been shot On investiga-
ton by a special detective from Raleigh it6as learned
that about three years ago this man had most inhu-
lin county, by beating his brains out
with rock, for other provocation
than the fact that the boy prvy TO some OF his
steaiings and likely to inform the authorities Of
the fact The murderer escaped and has since that
time been in this place under assumed name, hav-
ing been indicted in Franklin county. The Governor
commissioned Mr. Clifton, special deputy TO work up
the case He arrived here Saturday night, and by
to-day had managed through Deputy Sheriff
Mcmillan and City Marshal Powers TO arrest the
derer and he brought along the street the
principal hotel he Mr. Clifton, when he imnedi-
atey broke nnd.ran. The third shot from Of the
officers feed him to the earth. On examination IL
ascerained that the ball had taken effect in the thigh
and made only flesh wound. doctor was called
10 see him and had him moved to the Jail, where the
ball very readily removed He is said TO be
desperate negro and Mr. Clifton says there will be
trouble 10 establish his guilt OF the killing OF the boy


On Friday, unless the Governor shall interfere,
by the name OF Mcdonald very desperate negro, will
be hanged for the crime of burglary.
Year: 1875

NEwBURG Dec l6 1875.


The trial Of Robert Gibson, who was indicted for an
attempt to kill Alfred Post the President OF one Of the
national banks Of this CITY, by shooting at him on tho
street In August last concluded Goshen the
Court of Sessions to-day The jury after three hours
OF dehberaton, found verdict OF guilty Of assault
with firearms with intent 70 do bodily harm" The
sentence deferred until tomorrow Gibson assey-
crates the existence of improper intimacy between his
wife and Post but is believed TO be suffering from
monomauia The shooting was sequence to hreat-
enng letter which the prisoner sent TO Mr. Post Mrs
Gibson has twice been separated from her husband aeg
ing cruelty as the Before her marriage she was
employed as scamstress in POSTS family and also
gwen work by them during her separation from her
husband This the supposed cause Of Gibsons jeal.
ousy The ridiculous nature OF the prisoners charges
against Mr.. Post is shown by letter which he ad-
dressed TO Mrs Post which read in evidence at the
trial. charging her with completely with her husband In
alternating his wife's affections from him. Gibson was
oreman Of repairs IN the Newburg Water Works
Year: 1875

A GENTLEMAN.-Show US the man who is
ever ready to pity and help the deformed );
show us the man who covers the faults Of
others with a mantle of charity ; show US the
man who bows as politely and gives the
street as free to the poor sewing girl as to the
millionaire; who shuns the company of such
as gather at public places to gaze at the fair
sex, or make unkind remarks to the passing
girl show US a man who abhors libertine;
who scorns the ridicule of his mothers sex
and the exposure of womanly reputation !;
show US the man who never forgets for an in
slant the delicacy due woman, in any condi-
ton or class-and you show us gentle
man.
Year: 1875

frozen that it will not come again unless
it takes start again from the root.


Court is now in session at Fairmont
Judging from the number of persons
summoned before the Grand Jury, there
must be considerable business on hand.


Our roads were let out few days
since to the lowest bidder, preparatory to
being worked under the new road law.


Whisky has, for sometime, been inter
rupting the peace of our citizens. a
powerful effort is being made to do away
with il TRANSIENT.
Year: 1875

74a

 Encouraged by our former attempt to write for the papers, we again take up the pen in behalf of this, our native place. The first item that comes to mind is the fact that John A. Decker and family have moved to Hartford. MT. Decker has long been a resident of this place, and iu leaving he carries with him kind wishes of success from his many friends......The lodge of Good Templars is in prosperous condition and increases in numbers rapidly. A great influence for good is going out from this society, There are now l0s members in good and regular standing, and if all these prove earnest workers in the cause of tenn perance we prophecy that ere long every saloon will be closed here, and the clouds which have for years darkened our village will be dispersed. Success to the Good Templars. May the blessing of Heaven rest upon their labors. Tue new building now occupied by the milliner, Mrs. Olin, and Roman Seger proves quite an attract i've place; and it has just received hand some coat Of paint, which adds much to the appearance of the village street......The youth of this village are at present most ir- terested in the study of botany, as new Flora has made its appearance here, and new specimens of floral beauties are daily discovered. .....It seems we have an un- known authoress in this vicinity, and we hear that the latest from her pen is The True Story of the Warren Widder.' Now as the readers of THE NEWS are all some what interested iD Mrs. Simpson, it is re- ouested that this authoress send this story for publication to your paper, for light should not be hidden under bushep nor in the magic circle of the Templars..... IA young man from Lower City, while return ing one Sunday night from visit to his af- tianced, found much trouble ill crossing the river Jordan, which had swollen and over. flowed it's banks while he made his long tarrying with his charmer. He finally crossed the angry flood and lived to tell his adventures to his anxious mother at home. A kind friend (whom we may call Ghetto for shorD suggested that lighthouse C erected on the spot to guide all wayfarers homeward bound during the small hours of