Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-03-30

~'@"'y $40 80 = "th~S sH~
hill farmers cannot afford to cultivate lane
that will not produce from 45 to so bush
els Of corn and oats to the acre. Think
hill farmers get more corn and oats to tn,
acre than river farms, from 8 to 10 bush
els, yet not as much as they might by from
10 to 10 bushels If they cultivated one
fourth less acres. He was Of the opinion
the corn crops in town average less thai
forty bushels to the acre. lie did no
think that hill farms could be improved BY
frequent blowing and homeopathy manur-
ing. He was for feeding the land we'll
cultivate what he could thoroughly, and
get well paid for it. ~ So
James Crawford tupland farm) used to
plant 10 acres of corn yearly. For the last
three years but seven has got as much
corn at less expense. Puts on about forty
loads of manure to the acre, and gets
about fifty bushels of dorm. c. w. Kim
ball (upland farm) thinks that heavy ma
nuring and thorough cultivation pay the
best. Has about twenty-five acres of til
lage land, keeps itin good order by feed
ing all the hay and grain he raises. Gen
orally gets from sc TO IS bushels Of corr
and oats to the acre. Thinks that 80
bushels is the average in town.
b. L. Shaw, (river farmer) formerly
was decidedly opposed to lessening the
number of acres OF tillage land. He
thought that The land in Putney was self
sustaining If properly cultivated, and that
it would be decidedly better that ii be in
creased onefouith than diminished
That if it would pay to cultivate few
it would pay equally well a larger num-
Der, and if we had not got sufficient
population TO till all OF our lilable land we
should increase it at once. His theory
was of blowing and additional manure, We,
by what naodus operands we could procure
the needful stimulant he did not exactly
know. He had witnessed with sadness
the cellar holes in the west part Of the
town, over which formerly lived happy
and thriving families, now the abode of
the screech owl and the caterpillar. We
can truly sympathize with friend Shaw in
his sorrow for the unhappy change which
time has wrought, yet we can hardly coin
eide with him in his proposed remedy
II am credibly informed the experiment
was once thoroughly tried on one of our
best west bill farms. The owner plowed
and planted until the corn stalks ceased to
bear corn or cobs. He then plowed and
sowed till he had to pull his oats with nip
pers and gave it up and left town, and To-
Gated on river ,arn, where, as l am in.
formed, his mode of culture succeeds adj
@
George Hooper (river iarmer) thinks
that river farms will pay to cultivate all
the tillage land, and that by the applca-
ton of ashes and feeding all the grain, the |
farms increase in value, gets now about
1000 bushels Of corn and oats where he
ormerly obtained $50, used to apply about
en- loads manure 10 th !, acre, now about
o. Has not bought any manure and but !
title of patent fertilizers, thinks it a poor Y
lvestment. Manure and ashes the best
or him. cribs 3. ess t
T Chas. Shrigley (river farmer) thinks if !
e should divide his farm and put the {
anne labor on half of il, that he should re.
lze nearly the profits he now does from
he whole. '7i
There may lie good reasons for the
node of culture on river farms where corn.
ats and clover follow once in three years,
nd probably this course may be the most
udlcious one. yet when applied to hill
arms it would be suicidal.
The next meeting ofthe Society will be
n the Both of Apr. for choice of officers |
nd the discussion of the question as TO !
elaiive value Of the grain and hay crop of '
he town. A. c. Shattuck to open the
cbate.
A vote Of thanks was unanimously fen
cred 10 the editors of the several county
apers for inserting the proce edings of the
'sociation in their paper. And whatev-
! value il may be to those living out of
'wn know not, yet the association has
one good work for our town, and a
reater interest has been manifest than its
rlsinaiors had reason to expect. And AL
loush il may not be desirable to con- :,
nue. the meetings weekly during the busy :.
Jason, yet when this season is past trust
'at there will be stronger desire to get
gether and compare notes than before
hope every town in the State will soon a
ave a Farmers Club.
E.B. C. n
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