Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-04
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Farming About iInr,ingtor. !,

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% %'' I'Nt' "uI t"e So'i' "'"'r"l, J.. not oI
! .;lt.oteI PuaI'ty. int '"r ~ Of &C.. u Is con-
pi,.. D''o" '"e lo"'r mus 'i "jo2sk
= i: - at" '"''"7i,i t,d'' "r N"t'f'hlr'
".'Iu l. ny SUI Pas'eP ~ t'"uiN ana irrtlI-
~ ~ any !" Vne county 49, upland IN
I'c 4ofth,et.tern part, was originally TIM
ere' with pine. and tho soil is sandy ami
Hght. In the southern pait the timber i
mostly nara wood. aud the soil clay and iplm
Inc so'l nov occupied by the village, is 4
mixture OF clay and sand. In yhe north part,
sand prcdOmtates, IN the sDuh and east
part, the clay.
Z is not ,sgyepty wears yct since tie Gs,.
one sees IN the old stumns and rrc'I ,icnr "','
ings. evidence that tin. 10 etil a r.v. c,,,r.
try. Most of tba t;,,,l,r in iii. ,c..,nn ,.'s
cut or quite early in the s.,tI.n.,t ,,,J
larpe ouantiti4, 81 Lr,lor wan, =, C,r',I,
and So to Iivrrr,.I \,u. lnr,l,.r Gimme
down the trihpt5rin. If rho :, t',,r.na.
and finds a market l.rn G,,r.,. t~,,.,. 4
virrin soil are f,uuJ in the e.., ,,r. -, 40
/ town. where the Iur,,r stutous of H.. ,.ri,,,.
| tive forest are still .t,udin,, Il.r.,nI ib.ra
YOU sec SAMPLES Of tba nir7s yi,b ,%l';cI tb..
whole country was covered sav,.ni,. ,,.,r. .,.r'.
They are noble trees. and worth :, inur,,.v
to see.
The principle products of the farms in iii.
/ region are iayi rye. corn. o.t. ,,t.tn..
. D..
the town for lo4O. were. horses. ojl cnttln.
,4j5 sheep. 6.G42; swine 3.gI-: wheat
/ bushels. . 462 barley 2S ont. 10 ia r,o
42I6 buckwheat. / '41- corn II IiO. mo-
tatocs. 45 .OgS hav tons i OH .,,.,r Its
$50: wool. 1860. Abnut sO0 nOG Ibs nr
butter are made in the county, and twice
that amount of chcesa. We notir. IN the,
census returns of l>jO. a. an ,+c,u ,f .,,,I.iJa-
rable Importance. nearly I'll nnn rut down
] e.,
county Most Of ii . bushes. j.. r5nfncd TO
/ this town. and the ,,nrLnt il r,urd in ,,,,,
city.
I'VE found, away ur here in Northern V,r-
/ mont onn Of tbo 'E.. ii,rs "a ,.,,r No.. -
\ larre farm reguD,rI,. sen,Is it, ,.r,i,,.. .,
/ the Irving House ,Yr saw tho nt,s t,,,,-
toes and other vegetables. GROWING on the
banks OF the Win1,ski th6t t.v ,,a,,Ls
/ hence. will bv serve. IN to the Guest. of Mr.
Bradley. The produce Of these farm. mann
the bo toms Is very Great Win ,nry Iii,In
manure they Weld ,no~lnouslr The si,l ~
a mixture Of yerptal Il. matter and !. 50 loose
and friuhlc. that the roots can nush tbair
/ way downward IN ,rr lo.iro1,I. al fl 'rLa,
are annually OVERT, Lr tl ,ir.,. ,,l -
the lake !. usu;lly i,,,,,+'tI, ,.,,it ,r,i.,,
overaows. the hackwater extends mill. from
the mouth. and n halry G.,...it. !. ,noda
These intervnIcs arc a1s;ly All, . .,.,t p 49,,
is scarcely a stone to ob.trl,.t n t,.,,. +, lee
found.
In n climate s1 severe ~ This L,,. Is = cro.,
Of prime importance. On the bnttom land!
! they get two To three TONS NOR acre. On
other lands n ton ar a t,u and a bali is con-
sidcred a rood crop Both soil and climate
are admi""hl, adapted 10 the Jotatoe and
IT, vegetable is still found here in it, ucr-
lection. We have not seen. ia "a lans while,
such potatoes as are SER ed ;,l at the tables
here. The fields devoted 10 this lor. are,
now looking remarkably well. ana the sor..
may be slld OF all other m- ui
last week, have given vegetation vigorous
start.
We have not found, upon the whole. 80
much good farming Us We anticipated, in
TINS region More reliance seems to be
placed upon stock, for rrJtit, than upon the
vegetable products OF the earth. This :, siun
Is dtservedly celebrated for it, fnc horses.
and one could hardly fail to notice the unu-
sual number of fine animals to be seen IN the
streets OF the city, as well as the host OF
starved ana ancient Canadian ponies. gra-
HAS IN the suburbs, among the French and
IRISH population
The farmers have not yet learned the Sc
cret OF investing their capital in manure and
Iaoor' rather than i'll land and bank stock
Inc value OF high manuring, even with the
prouucts OF the barn yard, Is not fully under
SN""N' onN o'utI NnllCeu-
trated manures have not found their way up
Ie' neIe' III any considerable quantity. These
ilgh'' sandy lanas nov yielding hut ton Of
may, Ut twenty hushels vi corn, 10 the acre.
are Just the hlelds TO be proiited most by the
ores OF Chincha. The farmer who shall in
tfoduce them Will not only benefit his own
soll, out VIII introduce new era in the hus-
oanary OF tins valley
we iound that plaster was quite extensive
~ used ana saw some helds OF corn and pota-
' 1oes dressed win IT, 1t Is applied to grass
and white clover, and increasing the product
of haV for two or thraa vaors fra, tl