Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-26
Agricultural.
Agricultural Items.

Ii. III. AverIll, OF Barre, raised pumpkin
among his corn this year. that measured fit
teen feet three inches one way, and four feet
nine inches another, and weighed seventy
three and one-half pounds. Who beats?
The time of holding the Fair of the Frank
lin County Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety mas been postponed to the 26th and % tn
days of September, and 1t is advertised for
that time in the posters circulated by order
of the society
Mr.. Chester Crown of Craftsbury, raised
this season piece of southern corn, which
Yields $50 pounds to the square rod or more
than "a IONS to the acre. This estimate
made by weighing rhe stalks, as they had
grown the present season. Some of the stalks
weighed 4 lbs. each, when dried.
Samuel Burnam of Windsor. recently sold
a epan of matched horses to John f.. Shaw.
Of Charlestown, Mass, for 1900.
DIR. Henry Boynton of Woodstock has gone
to Texas where he takes eight head of full
blood American Merinos. These sheep have
been ordered of Messrs. Cushing d Boynton,
aud the Doctor goes to see them safely deliv-
cred and to recruit his failing health.
On the farm of William Ii. Spafford, of
Chester, is young arple-tree, transplanted
last Spring, which has just come into full
bloom
The Commissioner of Agriculture gives no.
tice that he is now prepared to distribute TO
agriculture lists specimens OF superior Medit-
erranean white wheat, which will be put up
IN quart packages, and delivered free upon
receipt of application.
The managers of the Windsor County Ag-
ricultural Society have engaged Halls cele-
DRAFTED Brass Band of Boston, to attend the
Annual Fai, t. be held at Woodstock Cd the
25.h, 265h, and 9th inst
A potatoc raised by $. Lake. OF North
Troy, measured in circumference 20 and ID
incte s and weighed and IA pounds.
The editor Of the Newport Express has a
leaf of pie plant raised by j. Y Green, OF
that village, which measures 70 by 20 inches,
and contains about and IL square feet in
surface.
POTATOES FROM THE SEED BALLs.-We have
seen several notices of new varieties of pota
toes raised from the seed Of tie potato ball
some Of which are said to be larger and better
than the varieties now In gancral use As a
means of changing the variety and getting d
better enc, it seems to us that farmers should
make a little effort in this direction every
yea. 1t takes two or three years to bring
the potatoes to perfection in this way
The Bset Sugar Manufacturing Company
at ChaGsworth, ILL.,, have siy hundred acres o
bees growing this year. They estimate thu
crop at ten tons to the acre, which woulC
yield fully one million pounds of sugar. Th
machinery of the Company was all brough
from Germany. France this year produce
six million pounds OF beet root sugar NOR,
than she needs 1t may be that the Unite,
States will Jet be in the same position.
A cheese has been made in Canada recent
ly, weighing three and a half tons, and meas
urIng feet eight inches in breadth AM
three feet in thickness. Eight hundred COVE
furnished the milk used in its manufacture
and the latter weighed thirty five tons. ThI
cheese will be exhibited at an agriculture
fair to be held at Toronto in September.
THEOLOGICAL CuRIosITY.--The editor @
the Providence, R. ~ Journal has seen
bough from DoyeDne Boussock pear tree
upon which were twelve splendid pears
that large variety, grown on a twig thrice
and halt inches long. The tree is on tn
property Of General George l.. Cooke,
Warren, 4. L.