Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-10-07


inc the grass seed, pays as well considering the
expense of cultivating as any crop that can be
vaker from the land. Ditching wet land and re-
cluining waste places should claim our attention
some of the largest crops Of grass are taken from
drained swamps, and heavy crops OF every des-
cription are now taken from land that ten years
AGO was considered worthless. Tho land thus
made renders The farm more pleasant, the a,mos
phere more healthy and the farmer more wealthy.
While speaking of the cow and the dairy, the
subject of bulter-making should not 90 unnoic-
ed, 1t is a branch of business that | ain sorry to
saw lars too far behind the times in Washington
county, while we have some good butter makers,
we have too many moor ones. There is no good
reason why it should be SO. Our pastures are
sweet and generally free from the obnoxious bit
Ter weeds and vegetables that give tie unpleas
ant taste TO the butter made or the western pral'
RES. Butter is one of the most difficult trt Giles
for the country merchant to deal in and give sat.
slaction to his customers. Does not every wo'
man know that her butter is the best? Then
why dispute about The price: Rather than lose
customer the merchant has been disposed to
call all the best, and his doing SO has been great
hlndrance to improvement in the manufacture OF
the article. The true way with this as well as
every other commodity is to give the true value
in proportion to its goodness. Let those who
take pains to make and preserve the article
ripht, be rewarded for their labor Let 1t be I'm
derstood that the milk must be separated from
the butter in order TO its preservation, and that
but little salt is needed to preserve the butter
when the buter-milk is out hut that Liverpool,
ST. Ubes and Salina salt all combined, are not
powerful enough to preserve them both together.
have been mortified to notice the demand for
New York in preference to Vermont butter in
the Boston market Exceptions, however. should
be made. | should do Injustice TO the county Of
Caledonia, should place her butter along side
of that made in some other sections of the State
She has st an example worthy to be initiated by
o.hcIs Her butter sells 25 p cent higher than
an average OF our own county. There is the
more need Of a reform in the manufacture of this
article for the reason that instead of fndinn its
way annually to the Boston Market. it will soon
grace tie tables in Beacon street the day after
1t Is manu- ured in our own COUNT.
Maple sugar is an article the manufacture Of
which should be encouraged in our State In
l5l0 there were but two states that made moro
than Vermontto wit: New York and Ohio :
and in proportion to our population we made
much more than either The quantity then was
dGll93l pounds equal to about is pounds to
each man, woman and child. That the quantity
can be profohly increased and the quality i'm.
proved, there can be no doubt. The rich spcci-
mems exhibited at our fair give evidence of the
fact that wesnccd not be dependent on others for
the most elegant article OF this description. The
expense of making the good is but rife more
than for the poor article.
leave it for others better acquainted with the
subjec. to say, whether we shall continue TO nav
so much tribute to New York foi -four. It's de-
slrab'e TO produce amongst ourselves every article
OF consumption that can be raised to profit. But
II our own soil or climate is not eongenial to the
growth OF any particular article, we must ex-
nm tins. Il
sell to one and buy Of another. Wheat is an anti
Gle OF SO much Importance to our people that we
should not abandon its production without goot
cause, nor cease to make experiments for an in
creased crop till success becomes hopeless. Nj,
own opinion is that more could be raised in TIT
State to advantage
Some of our farmers perhaps are lisll
too eager for a change in stock as the pro
duct Of the different kinds goes up or dow
in price lf wool for instance sells high
the rage is for sheep; if the dairy is high, the
the rage is for cows; or if the raising of stock i
more profitable, the current sets that way.
will not do, for general rule, to sacrifice on
kind Of property and purchase another at hig
rate. Sudden changes OF this kind are not prof
table. There is no better evidence that any spe
cies of property will depreciatc in value, than Il
see every one seeking after it. The scarcity o
an article generally raises the price and produc
become scarce than the one that all are desert
ing? We must always expect more or les
fuctuation in prices, although uniformity is de
slrable
Vermont will probably always be a ock ant
wool growing state Her hills and Wales, and the
thousand cool and refreshing rivuets that emp
ty themselves from the one to the other, has des
tined IT for grazing country. In 1910 she hat
more horses and more neat cattle than any of thu
New England states her number of sheep wa
nearly equal to that of the whole of those state
combined. She cut more hay and produced NOR
oats than either. The value of her dairv wa
but triie below that Of Massachusetts, and
would have exceeded that even, were 1t not o.
account OF our distance from market. She stand
next to the reat state OF New York in her uuan
tity OF WOOL and her quantity to each individual
is about double that of the last mentioned state
Who then is ashamed to be Nermonter? VIII
wishes to desert her romantic hills, and her dash
Ing streams that with such rapid strides find thei
way into the valleys, mparing health 10 her in
habitants, richness to her soil and velocity to he
machinery? We admire the oak openings an
splendid wheat fields OF the west, and the inxur
Gus growth of vegetation upon her rich prairics
But Vermont has her attractions still. We ha
rather spend a few weeks in the moving field
amongst the fragrance of the clover, than to b
deprived Of the music of the sleigh bells and til
enjoyment Of the sleigh rides. Finally, a cor
tented mind, a good farm, and a smiling and al
icctlonate wife will make man happy where
ever his lot may be cast.
The practice of selling our produce at til
proper time each year, should he encourages
The man that is paying 6 per cent. while h
produce remains on his hands, is virtually pa
ing his u per cent.-which, it practiced to an
ex ent, will ruin any farmer. Sometimes, pc
haps something may be gained by keeping owe
but it will not do for general rule. II othe
adopt the same practice, an excess accumulate
and 1t takes years to regulate and bring about
healthy market. The farmer who is willing
submit to a fair price, and sells in season, is gel
orally the gainer-wIen produce is Il drug, II
purchaser will sometimes go out of his way ar
disconmode HIMSELF to accommodate a farmer
this description and help him off with his pr
duce, while the man who always wants fe
cents more than his neghbor, and grasps ha
for the last cent, is at such times sighted. III
man also who strives for the beSt article will q
ways find customer. 1t is for the purpose
improving the quality as well as the quantity
our produce, that Agricultural societies are forr
ed. They serve as a guide-board to the pu
chaser as well as to create competition among
the producers. Our own society is in its inia
cy, and it depends upon ourlndvdual exerio
whether it shall arrive to manhood. Its pro
poets are now favorable, but if we become slu
gish and indifferent, our society and our farr
will ro dawn together. A new ara iS uhOut