Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-11-30

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were piled up under the shed in the
spring, and il is now a black, free mass
of fine quality.
The horse-barn has cellar under the
whole of il which receives the horse ma
nure and all the wash from the house,
and into which muck, turf, &c, are
thrown from time to time, and the
whole is worked over by the hogs. In
these various ways, over 400 loads Of
manure have been made, which is now
in fine state of preservation for future
use. We have been thus particular in
noticing the arrangement Of these farm
ers for making manure, because in our
estimation proper attention to this de-
partment is the very starting-post in all
good farming, certainly in this region Of
country.
FIELD CULTIVATION.
About ten acres arc broken up annu-
ally on these farms, as deep as the pillow
can be made TO run, heavily MANFRED
with compost and planted, one year TO
corn and potatoes, and the next year
stocked TO grass with spring grain. The
compost is spread on the top Of the fur
rows and narrowed in. The crops Of
corn and of spring grain are always
good, and in favorable seasons often very
heavy. A large burden of hay is cut,
filling the spacious barns completely.
A field of second crop CLOVER paricu-
larly attracted our notice and OH inqui-
ny we found that it had been broken up
in the fall three years since, to the depth
of nine inches. The next spring forty
loads of compost were spread on each
acre and thoroughly narrowed in and
the whole planted to corn, the crop av-
eraging sc bushels per acre, by actual
measurement. The next spring, three
bushels of barley, with half bushel Of
herds-grass and sixteen pounds of clover
seed were sown on each acre. The
crop of barley was fine, and this year
the soil is completely filled with the
grass root, not an inch of unoccupied
space being visible, and the ground
beautifully covered with the farmers
best carpet. The second crop is already
fit for the scythe and will turn out very
heavy swath.
The Mcssrs. Lynde are Of opinion
that true economy consists in sowing
grass-seeds broadcast, with a liberal
hand and as their land is thoroughly
prepared TO receive it, they in return
harvest fine crops, both in quantity and
quality. They are partial to the use of
Southern clover, as an amellorator of
the soil, and estimate it highly as food
for cattle, if sown ,hlckly and properly
cut and cured. They were formerly in
the habit Of fall-Geeding their mowings !;
but of late years have discontinued the
practice; believing the cattle's feet to
be more injurious than their mouths
particularly on the more recently seed
ed fields.
FEEDING AND CARE OF STOCK.
None but the very best of animals
are kept on these farms, and the same
liberality is extended to them in feeding,
that the lands receive in manuring.-
d" Do well whatsoever is donc,' is IA
vorite maxim with these farmers. In
consequence of this system Of feeding,
their two year old cattle are as heavy as
ordinary cattle at three years old Their
working oxen are sleek and well condi-
toned, requiring TO be fed but short
time TO fit them for the SHAMELESS. Their
mich COWS are the best the section af-
(ords, and are well cared for both in
summer and winter and in short, no
animal is suffered TO lose ground or to
remain stationary, that is susceptible of
further improvement. Doubtless this is
the true course and we find fully real
lied in the practices of these gentlemen
the doctrine SO often enforced, Of cult
vating no more acres than can be well
MANFRED, and keeping no more stock
than can be made constantly to improve.
In either case, if the acres begin to de-
teriorate in produce, the profits of labor
are at once diminished or if the stock
begins to fall away, or, if growing stock,
even to remain stationary, the profit Of
feeding is at an end.
In closing this hurried notice we have
to remark, that these gentlemen have
never been welded to old customs, SIM
ply as such, but have ever been ready
for substantial improvements; and prob
ably a good share of their success as
farmers may be attributed to the fact
that, for many years they have been in
telligent and constant readers OF one or
more agricultural publications. Indeed,
the intelligent observer, in travelling
past these farms, would not need be told
Of this fact 4; lie would recognize il by
unmistakable, general appearances.