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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898.
A6RICULTURAL.
I)ocs It l'uy to Huy Commorolal
Fertilizers!
Ycs nnd No. Ycb whou tho bost
grndes of goods nro used intelligontly,
no whoro tho lowost pricod gooda nro
bought nnd used wlthout tho caro nnd
thought neccsanry to produco tho bcst
rcBults. But inark Uiia statement: For
overy dollnr galnod by using tho ordin
nry commercial ferlillzors, from 81.25
to 83 would bo galncd by uslng wiso
ly propnrcd homo mixed fortilicors.
Agaln, it may bo snld that farm ma
nuros can bo intolligontly supplomont
ed by homo mixturcs, whilo thoy cnn
not bo by tho roady mixod fortilizors.
Let ub look nt thls. An nvorage corn
crop takoB from cnch ncro of land 140
pounds of uitrogcn, G0 poundB of phos
phoric ncld, nnd 171 pounds of potash.
An avorago crop of uicndow hny tnkcs
from nn ncro 1GG poundB of nitrogon, 53
phosphoric ncld, nnd 201 of potnah. An
avorngo oat crop lakos 80 of nitrogon,
35 phosphoric acld, 90 potnah. An acro
of potatooB 110 nitrogon, 55 phoaphoric
acid, and 102 potnah. ThoBo flgurcs
givos ua pointors na to whnt our cropa
neod. Tho manuro from cattlo varles
greatly according to thoir food, but ma
turo cowb liberally fcd shewed tho fol
lowing amounls of plant food in a ton:
Nitrogon 8.G pounds, phoaphoric acid 0
poundB, potasb 0.6 pounds. It mny bo
eaid as a geuoral Btatomont that all our
common manuroanro not wcll bnlanccd,
there is too much nitrogon in thom for
thoir othcr f ortilizing material. Thoy aro
OBpecially deficiont in potaah, and tho
Bamo ia nlso truo of tho ordinary com
mcrcinl fortilizor. To moet tho nccds
of our common farm crops wo noed to
uao with our homo mado supply of ma'
nurea a homo mixcd fortilizor which
shnll bo 80 mado up that it shall balanco
our onc-sided atablo manuros. Or if
we aro going to uso fertilizer nlono, wo
neod to mix our fortilizor bo as to havo
tbo threo forma of plant food in tho
right proportion, for tho fact is noto-
rious that most of ourfortilizera aro not
well balanccd. Thoy contain too little
potash. Koughly it may bo atatod that
in a fortilizor, for ovory pound of phoa
phoric acid there should bo ono to two
pounda of nitrogen and threo to three
and a half of potash. With tlieso
flguros beforo us wo mny eatimnto tbnt
a part of tho nitrogon comes from other
sources, we may say that a largo pnrt
of it Bhould como from dover nnd from
rich nnd wcll kcpt manure. Ono hun
dred pounds of nitrate of soda usually
containa about 15 pounda of nitrogen;
100 pounds of acid phosphate containa
15 to 18 pounda of phosphoric acid;
and 100 pounds muriato potaah con
taina 50 pounda potaah. But tho only
way to learn what oach crop and whnt
our own Boila nced ia to experimont.
Thero are many difOcultiea in this,
however. At tho timo when tho ox
porimonta havo to bo mado tho farmor
ia very busy, and any well conductod
oxperiments take timo. Then it is not
alwnys easy to intorprot tho results of
oxperiments. Flots mny bo lnid off nnd
caref ully fertilized with difforent mnto
riala, yet ahow little differenco. But
every farmor should mako an effort
to flnd out juat what hia soila noed so
that he can fertilizo intolligontly, and
not buy and put on fortilizors in a blind,
hnphnznrd way. Every farmer ought
to know whether hia land needs potash
or phosphoric acid or both, nlso the
offects of nitrogen on hia cropa. Tako
an acre of land, put on ono quarter of
it 100 pounds of acid phosphate; on
anotber quarter 50 ponnds of muriato
of potash; on anothor 25 pounds ni
trate of soda; then mix the three in
the samo quantitios and put on the
other quarter acre. The result will
give a good idea of tho needa of that
iield.
Important Bnlletin.
Tho Vermont Agricultural Expori
mont Station haa juat isaued Bulletin
63 containing tho analyBea and valua
tions of thirty-six leading brands of
commorcial fertilizers, with remarks
concerning their trado valuea, and tho
commercial and agricultural valuos of
commorcial fertilizers. This ia the flret
of threo bulletins upon thia subjoct to
bo iaaued during tho spring months.
These, as well as other bufietins and
reports of tho Btation, are sont withoutf
charge to any address upon application.
Such as deslro to havo their names
placed upon tho mailing list to receivo
futuro issues without furthor notico
Bhould add thla statement to their rc
quest for tho bulletin. A poatal card
diroctod to tbo Exporimont Station,
Burlington, Yt., ia aufflclent.
How's Thls 1
Wo offer ono hundrod dollnrs roward
for any cnao of cntarrh that can not bo
cured by taking Ilall'a Catarrh Curo.
F. J. CIIENEY & CO
Proprietors. Toledo, Ohio.
Wo, the undorsigncd, havoknown F.
J. Chouoy for tho last flf tcon years, nnd
boliovo him perfectly honornblo in all
bueiness trananctlons nnd llnnnclally
nblo to carry out nny obligationa mado
by tho flrm,
Wkst & Tiiuax, Wholesalo Druggiats,
Toledo, Ohio.
Waldino, Kinnan & Makvin, Wholo-
aalo DruggiBtR, Toledo, Ohio.
Hnil'a Catarrb Curo is takeu intor
nally, ncting directly upon tho blood
nnd mucous aurfaccs of tho system.
Prico soventy-flvo conts por bottlo.
Sold by nll druggiata. Tcstiraonlala
freo.
Hall'a Family Pilla aro tho beBt.
Can Wo Farm Wlthout Commercial
Fertilizers I
It 1b not much dono in thoao daya,
but lf It could bo dono, It would savo
tho farmors n vaat amount of monoy.
Lot ovory farmor who roada thls flguro
up how much ho pnya out yearly for
fortilizors and thon multiply that by
ton or twonty, and we think it will
mako him staro whon ho soea tho flg
uros, It ia tho fortilizor billa, tho food
bllls, and tho billa for hlrod holp whlcb
koep tho farmors of Vormont poor.
And whon n farmor devlses a way to
farm with no fortilizor billa and witb
small food billa, you will flnd that man
raaking monoy, providod ho grows good
crops. Somo men aro doing this, but
thoy aro vory fow, and tho men who
do it and who can tell othors how to do
it aro fowor yot. In fact wo do not
know of but ono man who has boon
and is yet making moncy out of farm
ing without commercial fortilizerB, and
who has wrltton a book to toll othorB
juat how ho has done It, nnd how thoy
cnn do it. Tho mnn is T. B. Torry,
nnd tho book is "Our Farming: How
Wo Mado n Run Down Fnrm Brlng
Both FroQt and Ploasuro." This man
is ono of tho bost writora on farm top
ics wo havo in this country, and ho is
probably doing moro than nny othor
man to holp the farmors of tho United
Statea to Improvo. Now Mr. Torry
does farm without ferlillzors, and in his
book ho tells all about how ho doos it,
nnd if nny reador of tho Watchman
wants to aavo hia fortilizer billa, lot
him Bond $2 to the Farmor Company,
Philadolphia, Pa., for Torry'a book and
they will got moro than $10 worth of
information. In fact wo do not know
of a book on farming wbich givcs bo
much practical information na dooa thia
of Terry'a. He took n poor worn out
fnrm, wnB n poor mnn, bo poor that he
could not afford deccnt clothes to wear;
he and hia wifo workod liko slavca nnd
got little for it beeidea a acnnty supply
of food, for it took all nnd moro tbnn
all they could get to pny thoir intereat,
nnd they woro deeply in debt. Tho
book tolla how all this wns gradually
changed, how they loarnod to farm bo
as to pay all their debts, make thou
sands of dollars, and get a great doal
of enjoyment out of their fnrm lifo.
Wo aro far from aaying that lf you get
thia book and rend it, you can quit
right off tho buying of fertilizera, or
that you cnn turn right round nnd go
to mnking monoy, but we do say that
we know of no othor book which tella
so much about how to make money by
farming, nnd how to fnrm without buy
ing fertilizers. The book containa 367
large pages and many illuatrations, is
well gotten up and ought to bo owned
by overy farmer. It tella juat how Mr.
Torry grows big crops without buying
an ounco of fortilizor. Ho did though
try a ton one year, but could not seo
thnt it did n mito of good, nnd so of
courso ho bought no more.
Brnlm Necdcd in Fnrm Work,
Somo mcn aro a hindranco rather
thon n holp in many operationa on tho
farm. They aeom to bo too dull, too
bectle-hcaded, to underatand what is
wanted of them. Thoy can work, and
work hard, but thoy accomplish bo lit
tle that thoy actually do not oarn their
board. Thoy break tools, injnre anl
malB and havo to boconstantly watchod
while at work to provont them from
doing tho vory thing you do not want
them to do. A farmer of my acquain
tance eent a man he hnd hired for a
fow days Into tho tiold to thin out a
couple of acres of corn that had been
planted too thickly by anothor man.
Ho told him diatinctly to leave four
plants in oach hill, and in overy in
stance to loavo the atrongOBt plants.
Aftor he had been at work a fow hours
a neighbor's boy, who couldn't under
atand his antlca, wont to see what he
waa doing; and he found him pulling
four of tho atrongest plants out of oach
hill. Whon there were only threo or
four plants in a hill he had pulled all of
them. He waa working livoly and had
about ruined one acre. Anothor
farmer aont a man into the fleld to re
plant billa of corn that tho squirrels had
taken. Ho Baid: "When you flnd a
hill with only one plant in it put in
threo grains about a foot from it." Ho
worked two daya, and thon the farmer
went out to help him and discoverod
that ho had been planting the threo
grains on any sido of tbo ainglo plants
that camo handlest. Of courso the
work had to bo dono over again.
A friend of mino aont a man into a
back flold to cut down a patch of rag
weed (that had grown on a half acre
that waa too wet to plough in tho
apring. Ho had juat hired tho man
that morning, and as he had workod on
a farm all hia life my friend auppoaed
ho "know benna." About a hundred
yards from the weed patch waa a half
acro of flno buckwheat in full bloom,
and what did tho fellow do but alaah
down tho buckwheat instead of tho
weeda. As that wns all tho work that
was prossing just at that timo, my
friond paid tbo man eovonty-flvo conte,
gave him a dinnor and aont him on his
way rojoicing. Ho did not discovor
tho "accident" until noarly a wook had
paaBod. Fred Grundy, in Farm and
Fireaido.
8e- I .
Wifo Aro you pleaaod with our new
maid? Ilusbnnd Very much. Wifc
I thought ao. I havo diachnrgod bor.
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BUCKLKN'B AllNICA SALVE. Tho
beet aalvo in tho world forcuts, brulsca,
soroa, ulcors, anlt rhoum, fovor aorca,
tottor. cbnpped handa, chilblnlna, corna
nnd nll akin oruptiona, nnd poaitlvcly
euroa piloa, or no pay rcquirod. It ia
gunrantocd to givo porfect Bntiafaction,
or monoy rofuuded. Prico twenty-fivo
ccnta por box. For aalo bv O. ill'ikoly,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Superiority of the
"ALPHA BABY"
CREAM SEPARATORS
Alisolntely Giiaranteetl.
Tho Bubjoincd lettor from a cnruful septirator buyor, who waa
not contont to abido by tho ecpa ator comparisou cxpetiinco of
oihers, but muat makoatoat for hlraaelf, may holp othor intcnding
buyors to Bavo liko troublo and oxpenso.
Woodbury, P., Fcb. 21, 1808.
The De Laval SErAitATOii Co.,
74 Cortlandt St.. Now Yntk.
Gcntlemon: On Octobor tho 22
Buby" Separator", No. 107,186, of your Auent, wbich ia glving perftcl
aatisfaction. Beforo buyinu I thought tho U S wna tho casiest mr
cliino to wash, na their agent told mo it had fowor pnrte,and thut ho hnd
both mnnhliio.R Mdn hv nldo and tbnt ho boUL'ht tho U S. for this reason.
Your ng nt told mo tbnt ho would slgn n coutract to tcat tbo mnchinos
on thia point, nnd also thnt hia macbino wou.d mako more butter, do it
oeith less speed of bowl, run enaier, nnd aktm at n lowor tempcraturo.
I then nurecd to aign coutract provided the U. S would go into a test
trial. ThiB thoy refuscd to do unleea wo would nllow only the skitn
tuilk to bo tested. Thev alio refusrd to put up nuv monev tonavtx-
noDsea of holdlncr test. whilo vour
money rnough to pny for winning macMnennd pxponacs for holding
teat, and that I wns to have the wlnnlni.' mnchino froo and it was to bo
paid by tbo loscr. Thoy alao aigncd a contract to this effect, whilo tho
U. a. rotUBod to slgn anytning.
Aftor corroBpondine for qulto awlnlo with the U. S. pcoplo they wrolo
inaulting lettora. I then agrccd that they might sct a mnchino asido of
your tnnchinn. Thoir ngent was qulto willtng to do thla. I uaod thoir
mnchino Qve daya nnd found that tho crcnm atuck to their bowl, whilo
the bowl in your mnchino waa ontirely clenn of crcnm. I let my wifo
decido wbich mnchine to take, and hor reason for buying your machino
was that wo would probably loie one-hnlf tho prico of the U. S. in one
year with the crenm thnt Btayed In tho bowl, and It waa Impoaaiblo to
uct it off. She alao aaid 8ho would rather waeh two Do Laval machlncB
than ono U. S.
I am now making about sixty pounds of butter por wook and am not
sorry that I Inveatieated this mattcr ns I did.
Your ngent is at presont kopt busv sclling machlnes, whilo tho TJ. S.
Agent Is dlmoat out of n job. Yours truly, J. L. Keaoy.
Alwaya remprnbor that tho Do Laval "Baby" Gream Separators alono
contain tho "Alpho" Disc avstem. All other aoparntors aro of tho plaln
or "hollow" bowl form whicb tho Dd Lnvnl Compnny introduced nnd
used for ten years until It aecured tho improved "Alpha" dlsc systom,
which protectiiiE patonta prcvents tho uao of by its imitators who have
taken up tho manufncturc of 'hollow" bowl mnchinca. Every auch
iraitalor concedca tho suporiority of tho "Alpha" diac machinee. Thoy
do not attempt compctition at equal pricos. They mako mncblnes
chenply to sell chcuply, nnd every buyor of one gots cheop value for hia
money. Such machlnes aro not in tho anmo claea with tbo "Alpha"
separatora and do not pretend to bo.
Tho "Alpha" diac syatem suhjp.cls the milk to centri'ugnl aeparation
in THIN 8HEETS instead of in SOLID BULK, aa in "hollow" bowl
machinea. Honce tho scpnrntion is moro porfect, tho capaci'y grnator,
tho apccd and eiz-i of bowl leea, the temneraturo may bo lower, tho
cream may bo run hcavier, tho croam cnurna moro quickly, and tho
churn loas is less.
THE "ALPHA" MACHINES ARE GUARANTEEI) TO BE SUPERIOR
TO EVERYTIIIKG ELSE. Tho Do Lnvnl ngents aro rendy to ENTER
INTO CONTRACT TO PRESENT THE INTENDING RUYER FREE OF
COST TO HIM WITH ANY OTHER MAC1IINE MADE IF UNABLE
TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIORITY OF THE "BABY."
If your local agent won't aaree to do thia, tako tho matter up nt onco
wi'h the Now Enelnnd Suporviainc Acents or with the Company itBelf
directly. If nnyone makeR the mistnke of buying ntber thnn the best
of BepnrntorB under theae conditiona he has only hirastlf to blame.
Sonil for "Dnlry" cntaloeuo No. 208
or "Oreniucry" cntnloeuo No, 008.
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.
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8owing Mixcd Grains,
In many parts of tho country vory
satlsfactory reaults can bo aecured by
Beoding a mlxturo of onta, bnnoy nnd
whent Tn tho sprinp, nllowing thia to
mnturo. thon threshlng nnd grlnding
the grain togotbor. Tho combinatlon
makes a well-balanced grain ration and
ia oxceedlngly valuable, particularly
for all kinda of young atock and for
fattening hoga. The nmount of aecd
of courso will dopend Borcowhat upon
tho kind of land, but it ia usually tho
cuatoin to mix tho secd in tho follow
ing proportlons: Wheat 2, barloy 2,
and oats 1. Of courso tho nronortion
of ench is ontirely optionnl with tho far
mor ana tnogram which dooa best in
any locality Bhould bo glvon proml
nonco. Sow two or threo bushols of
tho mlxturo to tho acro, tho aamo ua
apring wbont or ontB. tnkinc caro to
cover well nnd hnvo tho Bcod bed tbor
oughly pulvorlzed. Sow ua enrly na
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THE "WATCHMAN.
of the United Statos, the Conatltution of
Bill. with a comnarlaonof old and new
Party Platforma and Commlttees, com-
tSilvor, and a vaat amount of other val-
hnrvost until tho grnin is woll ripened.
It is ndvisnblo to eolect vnriotiea of
these grains that ripon ns nenrly at tho
snmo timo na posBlblo. Spring whent,
barloy nnd onta usually maturo togotbor,
but by careful soloction this can bo
mado almoat cortain.
Thia crop can bo used for soiling.
Cut any timo aftor it is maturo onough
to bo of value. If cut just beforo tho
blossom appears the greateat amount
of digostiblo nutrionts will bo obtninod
und tho most benoflcinl results. By
Bowing n eucoosBion, eolling material
can bo hnd during tho ontlro Benson,
pnrticulnrly tho last part of tho Buiumcr
and tho carly weoka of autumn, whon
nasturos nro npt to bo short. Now Eng
lnnd Horaeatoad.
Tho pouring of tho crenm from ono
vobsoI to nuothor through cool nlr will
naaiat iu freoing it from nny volntilo
llavors,
DcWltt's Little Early Risers,
The fumout) little pllls.
Bo Fussy nnd Buslucna-Llke,
Wo doubt if thoro ovor wns a timo
whon a young farmor hnd ao many ob
stacloa to contond with ns at prcaont.
Firat, ho ia adviaod by real ostato
atiarKa to purcnaso too mucn lanu no
cnuao It is chenp nnd is bouud to doublo
in vnluo; conaoquontly ho starts off un
dor a hoavy mortgago. Noxt ho soea
nanuaomo prouta irom cortain crops
Dgurcd (and Dgurcs don't llo) in tho
city napora. Ho haa no troublo in
loarnlng whoro to procuro tho seod,
dui no is trouDiou at narveat m aocur
ing ovon one-half tho valuo of tho
sood, aaylng nothing of tho timo and
laoor. i' tuaiiy no is told that n buc
coBsful farmor must bo an oxtonalvo
ono, and millionalro "nontlomon
farmora" aro pointod out na ahlnlng
oxnmplea. So ho plungoa in, buya
atocka, hircs help and ridoa about aa a
gontlemnn Bhould. but tho conseauencos
noed not bo told. During thoao ycarB
of anxloty nnd failuroa, ho is proyed
upon by machino and phosphate agonts
until his landa briatlo with lmplomonts
nndi fortilizlng bnrrels. Applc-treo
ngonta, lifo insurnncongonts and agonts
for ovorythlng from a patontod tooth
pick to wator from tho anrinc of etor-
nal lifo, dazo his brain by day and
nnrnas niB urenma ny nignt. jnot, wo
flrmly boliovo thnt a vountr man can
run in dcbt for n farm. oven in thoao
timoa, and nav for it. But he muat
rccognizo n fow principlcB, viz: dis
count what ho hears aovcnty-flvo por
cont, diacount what ho roada Dfty per
cont and comprohend that bucccbb dc
penda upon tho almplo word No. It 1b
not necoasary to purchaao a 8100 ma
chino to cultivato a SC crop.
It ia not necoasary to tako out $10,
000 lifo inBuranco to protoct againBt
tuDorcuiosis whlcn may somo day jump
tho fonce from his nolghbor's cowa and
attack him. It ia not necessary to buy
a $50 aettor to point out the spot whoro
lurka bactoria roady to spring into his
pail of milk.
Purchaso a farm woll locatod near a
church, school and on n comfortnble
rond. Iloll up your slcovea, mado of
goou, Btout gingnnm, clear abovo tno
eibows, and tacklo that land vouraolf.
Koep your brain activo bv good nlghts'
rest, and your mind clear by good read
ing, when agonta awarm, ontico thom
into the back paature beforo nllowing
thom to light, and nftor their buzzing
quteta, sees advico oi your running
mate and heed it.
In purchasing llvo atock don't buv
acruba. Get the thoroughbreds, but
don't buy a cow simply because Bbo 18
n tnorougnorcd. A young mnn in tnta
town purchaaod a thorouchbred Jeracy
holtor at a good prico. Ho was ridlcul
ed by his neighbors for hia folly; but
noKopt pegglngaway, raislng and care
fully breeding tho heifer calves, until
recently, when his neighbors were sell-
mg thoir cows at $30, he disposed of
hia hord at $60 por head. In tho caro
of atock bo fusay. Aftor boing aa f uaay
aa you can, Do lUBt a triuo more lusay.
It will pay. Don't be forever experi-
monting witn now crops and new inven
tions. Our exporimont stations will
attend to tneso. uou't oe continunuy
cbanging irom one tnlncr to another
but emulnte that wonderful trait of
charactor of Genoral Grant, of whom
I'residcnt .Lincoln satd durinc the war
"When he (Grant) onco gets biB tooth
in, nothing can abake him off."
Uso your spare monoy in reducing
tnat mortgago. Attend cnurcn and ag
ricultural and town moetings. Bring
up your children in tho love of God
homo, Amorica nnd her freo institu-
tions. Uall ua old fogy if you wian.
"Barkia ia willing." C. P. Thaciier
Sowlngr Peas nnd Oats.
For tho northern sectlon of tho
United StatcB and south Canada, pos
sibly no forage crop ia moro valuable
tban a mlxturo oi neld peas and oats
seeded in the Bpring as soon aa tho
ground 1b in condition to be worked.
Tho common method of sowing ia to
ciear tno grouno, lntonucu tor tno crop,
of cornstalks or other rubbish, sowon
ground a buahel of pea seed to tho
acre, then plow under to a depth of
about four inches. Beforo the fleld is
worked further sow a bushel and a half
por acro of oats and covor well with a
harrow, continuing the work until tho
ground of the seed bed is well finod and
compacted. No further treatment will
bo needcd until tho crop ia to be har-
veated.
Somo farmora prefer to plow the
ground aa for oats, then make a mix
turo of tho seed in proportion to one
buahel of peas to ono and one-half of
oats and sow this, puttlng the seed
down to a depth of about threo and one-
bair to four inches. If tho ground is
in Qrst-clasa condition, this can be read
ily done and poaaibly is more satisfac-
tory, out in eariy spring tno soil is
usually wet and the method of aowing
on oroaacast as urst described is best.
If this crop is wanted for tho grain
particularly, nllow tho seed of both to
maturo, tuon cut, piaco ln snocks, and
thresh as nny othor grnin crop, Tho
grain is ground to a flno meal and ia
then ready for the atock. It containa
a large percentago of nitrogenoua mate
rial and ia excellont for balancing tho
ration. Tho crop ia also an oxcellentr
one lor aoiling and for thia purpose
should bo cut juat beforo or juat about
the timo the bloom begina to appear.
By sowing a numbor of flelds nt differ
ont dntes the feeding period may bo
extonded over soveral months.
Mixtures of pens, oats and wheat in
any proportion dcaired, sown and har
vostcd aa described for peaa and oats,
navo beon round valuable, pnrticulnrly
in Boctions whoro mueh nttention is
glven to furnishing animals for critlcal
markets or for aecuring high grndo
dniry products. Tlieso cropa may bo
harvestcd for hny, in which case thov
should be got when in full bloom, or
just a little boforo, and thoroughly
cured. Tho difllculty with this crop Is
that becnuso of tho tbick lenvos nnd
stonia of tho pens, curing is oxcecding
ly dlfllcult, particularly in a moist ch
iuato or during a wet soason. If prop
orly cured, howover, tho rosulting hny
is ns vnlunblo na woll cured dover nnd
is used on tho snmo busla. Tlioso crons
nro rccolvlng moro nnd moro nttoutlon
nnd ovory farmor who rniacs Btock
should try n Btnnll fleld this scnsou.
Now Englnnd Homcstend.
.
and tionlth on both." If It doesu't. try Ilur
dock Blooil lllttora.
Hood's
Itestore full, regular nctton
of tho bowcb, do not Irrl- Q ,11 A
tato or lnnamo, but leavo I I I S
ftll tho ilcllCRto rtlftoiitlTe or.
ganUm ln pcrfcct condition. Try them. M eenin.
ITepared only by 0. 1. llood ii Oo., Lowell, Masi
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Tennont Markets.
rnoDoon.
ilonlpeutr
iinuer, rrein new, in n uoie, n,, ia c m
llutter, f reh new, ln tubi, ft 18
Cheeie, datry, W ft 9 ip 10
KsKi.i doi..:. 4 ii
I'otatoei, V bnlhel 71
IIori, lire, n tf
Il0KS.dreiicd.3HIt) .. iS i
Ijunbi, W tt ia tK
Vel. llre .......... ......... .. & 4
KowU , 1 S
Turkeii 11 O 19
Jlutter, dlry , 18 W 19
KfU,4do kt 11
1'oUtoei, V bathel 79
llOKi.drened, V H Oi0
Veal, llre kQ t
Sprlne lamba, V B & 4)
lleef, hindquarten,! Ib 9 n t)
Iloef, forequarton, V 0 iX's ii
FOTfli, W J II
SprlnK chlcltenl 14 19
1-urkeT 19 ip 17
St.Albani
llutter, ereamery M
llatter, datry, fair to good , 19 W 19
llutter, datry, electloBi & 17
liotter, dalry, teparator , 19 19
Waterbury
llatter, frein, V lb 18 tp 39
llutter, cratea, V box 17 19
Kgg; fff doi H is
l'otatoea, fl bnihel, ,. & 79
HoKe.llre. Ib ie 1
IIori, dresied, Tt & 4K
Lunbi 4 O 4K
Veali, llre S 4
Cblekena &
19 10 IV
llutter, ereamery 29 a 31
llutter, datry, tab 19 & 19
llutter, cratet 3 18
Cheeie, factory gc H
Cheeie.dalrv frfc fliz
Cheee, age Q 10
Y-KK & 10
l'otatoea, V buabel 79
Itoga, llTelb 5 9
lloga, dretaed, V lb O &
Veata, llre 0 5
lleef, hlndquartera ra 6
lleef, forequartera & 4
Wlieep.llve a W
ouiiiik ittinua , , ua i
Turkeya (rc II
Sprlne chtckena 19
BETAIL DKALKEB' rBICBI.
Flour, Bprtng Wheat W barre) 2Wp 99
Flour, Wlnter Wheat, W barrel 9 W3 9 9
Flonr, Famlly.Koller, $ barrel 979 9t0
Keed.Scwt.. ..: 7iS 99
Meal.ftcwt 89(J H
oiluuiiUKBi flCWE.,,, ,, W
Oata.Wbuahol 28S 32
Corn, $ buabel 110 41
llran, per owt ti& IS
Beana.Vbuihel 1790 3 H)
Boston Produce Markot.
KIT'The quotatlona glren below repreaent prlcea
obtalned dt recelyera lor vntuiaie lott (not totbint
prietti anteaa otherwUe tsdlcatea, ud are lntended
to repreaent artnal aalea.
BUTXER,
Oreamery, Vt. and N. !I.,aaaorted ataea, ..
Oreamery, North'n N. Y., aaaorted ataea, 30
Creamery, northern flrata
Oreamery, eaatern 18
Creamery, weatern flrata...., 17
Creamery, eeconoa
Dalry, Vt., extra
DaU-y, N. Y extra 19
Dalry, N. Y. and Vt., flrata 16
Dalry, N. Y. and Vt., aeconda 19
Dalry, N. Y. and Vt.. low grade 10
lloxea, extra creamery 31
lloxea, extra dalry 19
lloxea, com. to good 19
Trunk, prlnta, ex, creamery
Trunk, prlnta, ex. dalry
Trunk, prlnta, com. to good 16
C1IEESK.
New York, extra 8
Vermont, extra.
Vermont, large extra.
Vermont, flrata 7
Vermont, aeconda 8
Bage 8
fart eklma 4
IXOUB.
Common extraa 9 M
190
419
490
4S9
4 70
810
810
1 49
970
unotce extraa and aeconda 4 0
Mlnnneaota clear and atralgbt. 4 2
Mlchlzan. clear and atralsrbt 4 &a
New York, clear and atralght 4 Kt
Onlo and at. Loull atralgbt A li
Ohio and Ht. Ioula patent
W'taconaln and Ulnn. patent 8 S
umo ana ot. ixiuia ciear ., i ia
KQQB.
Eaatern, cholce treah 11 n 11
Kaatern, fair to good & 10
Vt. and N. li. cholco treah 11 S 11
COBlf,
Bteamer yellow 17K
Steamer 17
No.3. gj;
UWU,UUKU. , i 40
OATS.
No 1, cllpped white 0 U!
No. 3, cUpped white it 11
No.3, white g, Jj)
No.l, white 31 13
Rejected white n 10
New oata Q .,
FOTATOK8.
Arooatook ilebrona 71 - 89
New Uampahlre Ilebrona 79 & 79
Vermont Ilebrona 78 78
BEAN8.
Pea, N. Y. and Vt., amall hand-pleked.. 1 20 1 39
Pea, marrow, hand-plcked 1 00 1 11
Pea, acreened. & 1 99
Pea, aeconda , 800 99
Mealuma, cbolce hand-plcked 1 98 w 1 19
Medluma, acreened 190 0 199
Medluma, aeconda 80 8 99
Yellow eyea, extra , tf 1 19
Yellow eyea, aeconda 119 0110
ItedKldneT 19801(9
COBN MRAL.
Oranulated, perbbl... 1 19 1 38
Common, per bbl , 1 1& 1 79
Bagmeal. 710 76
MILL FIID.
Mlddllnga, aacked, per ton. 1 49916 99
llran, aacked, wlnter 19 00
llran, aacked, apring eu 99
Oottonaeed meal , 3979
IIAY AND BTBAW.
Tlay, N. Y. and Canada, cholce to faner 14 99
Hay, N. Y. and Canada, fair to good 11 90014 00
Ilay, eaatern, cholce Wl W
Itay, eaatern, ordinary to fair 11 90(311 00
llay.eaatern, common 11 oo12 00
Ilay, eaatern, cholce flne 14 99
llay, eaatern, common flne 13 0U
rBOVIBIONS.
Porl-
Ilaeka V bbl II HMtll 99
Shortcut clear ftlllO
Clear WU 99
Leanenda 14 99
Olty rendered, pure fi lb , .. f
Weatern com pound t &
lHre kettle rendered
Smcied Ilami
jioaion, aman ai id et
Iloaton medluiu ,, Cf
lloaton, large
FBE8H 1IBATS.
lleef , cholce V lb - 7U
,ID,L IIBUI UUVWO ............ ,,
lleef, beayy good Vlb 6
neex, Rooa ttiu i
iieei. nmaaaaneri. cnoice..
Beef . hlndanartera. common to cood T
lleef, forequartera, cholce 9
o, xortHjuanera, common w gooa. 4
Mutton, extra , 6
Mutton, common to good 4
Lamba. ch. eaat. Sftlb a
Lamba. com. to aanA 21 ih A
Veala, cholce eaatern V lb 8
Veala, fair to good 6
Veala, common , 9
llostoit Wool Mnrkot.
UICIIIOAN.
X andabore.,
No.l
21
No. 3 39
Klne unwaahed
Umnerchantable 19
No, 1, comblng, )i aud blood
No. 3, comblug, ji blood..,,
lielalne 39
KltNTUCKT AND INDIANA,
Oomblng, blood ,
Comblug, i blood
Comblng, brald ,,,,, ..
Clothlng.ii blood 30
Clothlng, coarae
rUI.LKD AND BCODBED.
A flne
A auper
ll.au per
0 auper
Comblug, One
Comblng, common.,
83
49
39
31
9
8 ffi
i d
9X
9
0 6
Iloaton Lumbcr Markot.
LONa LOMBBR.
Ilemlack boarda, rotigh t
llemleck boarda, planed,,.. t
Rpruce boarda, lat, clear floor II
nproce noaraa, zaa, ciear noor.. ..... ia
Hprnce boarda, coarae , 19
Bpruco, nor. do. cara , II
Hcruce. matched. 13
iiox noaraa, l in, nangor,, iv
Hox boarda ord 9
iiox boarda, 7-8 do 9
,u ooarui, m aj .. o
Ilox boarda, 11-18 do 9
llox boarda, 8-8 do , 7
8HOBT LUMBBIt.
RMnglea, Eaatern, aawed, cedar, ex 3 9 3 78
uuuiflftr ilMin
Bhlnglce, do 3da 1 1.V9 1 90
HMnglea, do ex. No. 1 l 2Mp 1 68
riiiiiiKic, uo no. 1 .it n
Clapboarda, do 4ft. ex V) all M
n "S'' ?? Cl,."r " 9
ui.ini.iu,, .ua, mrar ,,
Clapboarda, extra No. 1,
Clapboarda, No. 1
34 itrn 99
..... 19ait99
10 9911 99
1 91 3 19
1 90 1 79
j-am, aprsce, ny cara ,
Lath, aprace, br cargoea
Cnrrent Comment.
Oatb, Thero ia a dnll tono to the markot
but prlces malntaln a steady tone, and the
general rango Ib hlgher tban a wook ago,
Kaas. Kooelpts havo been vory heavy
thls week and tbo consumptlve demand
(llsappolntltiKly llght, with prlces rullne a
sbaue lower tban last week,
Cobn. Thero haa been a flrmor tone to
tho markot, with pricos adranced, but tbo
demand Ib bIow, and it does not tako mnch
to meet buyors' needa.
GnKESK. Recelpts for ezport, 4,707 boxes.
The markot Ia Btlll liberally supplled and
there Ib no slgn of Improvernent ln any re
Bpeot. Saloa contlnno In Binall lots and at
easy prlces,
FtotJB. Tho markot has rnled very slow
dnrlng tho week with sales conQned to a
car or ao here aml there, as buyers have
been forced to operate. Whoat haa maln
talued fair BtroDgtb and the aaklng price
for flour ls well malntalned but eales rule
slow.
BrjTTKn. Rocelpta have Increased con
Blderably for tho past woek but as tho mar
ket Ib Just about bare of old stook, the sup
ply of Iresh made haa been runntng short of
the demand. Prlces have been working
upward and at tbe close average about a
cent hlgher than a week ago.
Lohbbb. Tbe outlook for theopenlngof
tbelumber season, whlcb ls nearathand,
Is very mnob botter than lt waa. The
weather la favorable for an early spring
openlng, but unfortunately our presont ex.
traordlnary stralned foreign rolatlons has
glven bulldlng a eet back. Until bulldlng
operatlons asaume tbelr rjatural volume wa
are llkely to have the qnlet from whlcb wa
aro now sufferlng. The yarda will, how
ever, commence purchaslng soon, as they
will naturally be obliged to lay in a spring
atock.
"Wool. The market continues extremely
dull. The largest sale of domestic wool wa
100,000 pounds of ancient territory. The
largest sale of forelgn was 225,000 pounds of
Montevideo, sold by a speculator to a deal
er, Some of the largest buyers in the trade
havo been looking over tho market, bm
they have not bought. They havo found
that as a wbole tbe trade belleves that the
present depresslou Is abnormal and tempo
rary, and ib qulte content to walt until a
Bquare settlemeut ln favor of peace or war
agaln turna the wbeels of trade.
Llvo Stock Market.
Swinb. Market prlces unchanged. West
ern at 3J to 4Jo Hve welght; country hogs,
41 to Sc.
Milch Cows and Spbingers. A slow
movement with prlces at 520 to 48; cholca
cows, 850 to 00.
Sheep and lamba In lots, 82.50 to 3.50
eaoh; extra, 83.25 to 5.50, or from 2J to 50
per lbj spring lambs, 4i to 5c; veal calves,
3to0c.
Frices of market beet: A few cholce, 86.00
to 6 60; extra, 85.25 to 5 50; flrst quality,
84.75 to 5.00; Becond quality, 84.00 to 4.50;
thlrd quality, 83.00 to 3.60.
Beef Oattlk. There waa very little
change either in tbe character of the do
mand or prlces. WeBtern cattle met with a
good demand from the ctty trade at un
changed values and county cattle.
Prlces of storo cattle: 'Working oxen per
palr, 800 to 130; farrow cows, 812 to 22:
fancy cows, 850 to 00: mllcb cows and
calveB, 820 to 48; yearlingg, 88 to 16; two-year-olds,
812 to 22; three-year-olds, 820 to
32; Western fat swine, Hve, 3 to 4ic; North
ern dreesed hogs, 4 to 6o per lb.
Without a Peeb, Wobks Mibacles.
Dr. Agnew's Cure for tbe Heart Is without
a peer. Thls great remedy relleves instant
ly the most aggravated and distresslng
forma of heart illaeaae. It Is the sureat and
qulckest acting formula for heart tronblo
known to medlcal science and thousands of
tlmes has the band of the grim destroyer
been stayed by its use. If there is palpita
tion, sbortness of breatb, paln in left side,
smotherlng sensatlons, don't delay or yon
may bo counted ln the long list of those
who have gone over to the groat majority,
because the best remedy ln the world was
not promptly UBed. 17. Sold by W. E.
Terrlll & Co. and Colllns Blakely.
Creamery Beports.
Lake Mokey Cheamery, Fairlee.
Statement for February. Milk re
ceivod, 100,533 pounds; cream received,
2808 pounds; butter made from sama
5,753 pounds; average test, (Babcock)
4.74; paid patrons for butter, twenty
one cents per round: paid for butter
fat, twenty cents por pound; paid for
milk per hundrod pounds, .048.
Churning butter with cream is an
other means of fraud, but ono that is
not new. The incorporation of casein
with tho fat ia a fraud and should bo
punished by law.
Miles Whv. hfilln OIIbh. nlil hnv.
how you have changed 1 I didn't rccog
nizo you at flrst. Qiles In what way
havo I changed? Miles In your gen
oral anncarance. Qulte a dudo nt nnn
timo, you seem to havo grown careless.
unes ud, is mai nr weu, im mar
ried now, and havo quit tho dude bia
neBB. Milea I aoe, not a dude any
more; mere a Bubdude.
A gontlemon, callinc at a hotcl, left
his umbrella in tho stand in tho hall,
with tho followiDcr inscrintion attached
to it: This umbrella belongs to n man
who cnn denl n blow of 250 pounds
welght. I shnll bo bnck in ten
minutcs. On roturning to soek his
proporty, ho found in its plnco a cnrd
thus inecribed: This cnrd has been left
by n man who can run twenty miles an
hour. I shall not como back.
Was tho culnrit fully idontiUed be
foro ho was lynched? Wnnl, ropliod
tho lcnder of tho inob, I duuno ns tho
identiOcation would hnvo got money
for him nt n bnnk, but lt eultctl thcr
boya well cuough.
"I had a ruuulng, ltcblng eoro on my leg.
Suffored tortures. Donn'a Olntmont took
nway the btirutug and itchlug instantly,
aud quickly eilected permanont cure."' 0.
W. Ijonbart, Bowllug Green, O.
80O 9 99
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