Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-08-08
Vermont Daily Transcript,
ST. ALBANS, VT:
SATURDAY AUGUST s, lSGS.
lEiiF0li.

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a tour through portion OF the town TO
make a note of the improvements and
renew our acquaintance with individu
ais and scenes once familiar.
With the rapid but hcalthful growth
Of the village known as Milton Falls,
all travellers by rail or otherwise are
familiar. and of this it is not our purpose
to write but passing down Leather Lane
and up Gimlct Hill on to the plain south
| from the Fails the first thing that meets
the wondering view of the returned /
wanderer is corn-tield of eighty-thrce |
acres, whore fifteen years ago was an UNI
broken forest. Joseph Clark, Esq, the /
then owner, has removed the fotest and /
sold the Land, consisting of several hum
drcd acres to ELI Barnum, ESD, who /
has converted ii into "smiling fields Of
waving grain.n Unfortunately Mr..
Balnum was away and we were unable
to obtain such items of statistical infor-
nation as we desired Knowing some
thing of the zeal and persistent energy
with which he conducts all his affairs
we were not disappointed in seeing
everything thoroughly well done, not
Gully with reference to the present gain
from his farm but with equal Difference
to its pcrmanentfe fertility. 1t is our opin
ion however, thatif he had used south
crn on western feed for his five or six
acres of fodder corn he would have re-
alised a greater profit from itand perhaps
bo,-c ~, tnlt ai,la1 ~ u1o,,,, foyora l,lp opin-
ion of the project although we do not
hear that he is dissatisfied with the re-
suit of his experiment with the northern
+ seed.
Mr.. Barnum has quite dairy, il we
recollcct Alright As COWS, and has recently
= in company with three others of the
{ progressive farmers Of Milton introduced
very valuable herd of Ayrshires. We
have a very considerable acquaintance
with the best herds of Ayrshires in this
country, and we do not rccolect having
seen better anywhere. OF the three years
1 old bull Hero we probably cannot say
more in commentator than that he has
+ been kept for three years as the only
e stock gctter of that very popular firm
Messrs. j. y. and 7. y. Dawes, of La
chine, p. O., and they consented 10 part
: with him only because of his relation
E ship to several of the best members of
y their herd, and their having imported
o directly from Scotland Il successor. OF
II the other individuals Of Che herd Mr.. B.
: has COW and three calves, Mr.. Alison A.
| ricl~ nd u ri rs
Osgood a cow and Il two years old bull
and M. Joseph i. Robinson COW.
7. Though thus distributed we understand
T. the ownership is still joint. For The
- COW "Whitey" kept at MI. Herricks
II they were recently offered certain bank
G divided amounting to five hundred and
e twenty-eight dollars, which was not
=. deemed sufficient consideration to in
e duce them to part with her.
e OF these animals it should he remark.
II ed that although possessed OF all the pc
4 culiar characteristics of the breed they
are not in poins of size or in any Other
particular one whit behind the best OF
l. other breeds kept in this section of the
country. That they are as large as The
beef breeds of the West is not claimed
=. of them. They have been bred with re
. ference to their milking qualities, bu
:, how the prevailing fallacy i'll regard tt
:. their size has obtained is q mystery
There are three cheese factories in
town, one half mile southeast from
the depot, one three miles south in The
= Mars neighborhood, and one at 9TH
80 River" or West Milton. They are al
~ fitted up in the best manner with tn
best apparatus, and have thus far me
:. the expectations Of their projectors
though as this is the first season the OK
pertinent cannot be said to be sufficient
ly perfected to give absolute results
- They have the milk of about two hun
-, dred COWS each. The best arrangement
- for feeding hogs that we have ever seel
!, is in use here, but saw no really
!, fine hogs, though there are some heav,
H. ones.
ne We believe that there is rs much i'm
r Improvement to be made in the swim
AZ as in the cattle or Milton.
n. We could not but deprecate the waste
III particularly around the cheese factor,
&c hog pens Of matter that might, at
slight expense, be made available 70
I'll fertiizing the sandy lands of whicl
there is very large proportion al
N through the town. If instead of endur
~ ing the stencil or attempting to stifle i
Va by use of costly deodorizers they woul'
IT. use for obsorbents the marsh mud ant
ip muck of which there are ineXhaustibl