Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-12-29

succession. The piece was then plow-
ed and we'll cultivated and again seed
ed down, and up came the brakes
again.
". Northrop-W hen | lived in
Franklin county l had piece of mea-
dow (feld) which was of a merley or
clayey texture, which had become CO.
vered with white daisies so that it pro-
duced nothing else. was advised to
SOW plaster upon it instead OF plow-
ing it, as | had intended to do. | fol-
lowed the advice and sowed some two
or three bags Of plaster on some four
acres, and the result was growth of
two tons of nice hay per acre, and not
a daisy to be seen. Alter L moved
here plowed up part of my pasture
and, thinking to improve it, by the use
of plaster procured some and applied
it, but never could see as | received
any benefit from it.
Geo. NeLson-I have not had much
experience in killing brakes, but in
my pastures find where it has been
plowed there are no brakes, and where
it has not been plowed it is pretty
full of them. | think one error am-
ong farmers is in overstocking their
pastures; the pastures run out fast
er, and it necessitates turning the cat
tie into fall feed earlier. | believe it
is a bad practice to feed moving
lands at all, and presume this to be
the general opinion, but in the fall
butter is high and felix's want to make
all they can, so in their COWS 90 to
the field.
q. SeaUer-How can we avoid
feeding our moving lands in the fall
| think we may do so by feeding south
ern corn to feed from the time the pas
lures fail, until the cattle come to win
ter feed. | am perfectly satisfied tina
it damages moving lands very mucI
to pasture them in the fall.
Il. Scott shall be obliged to dill
fer with Mr.. Seaver, and perhaps al
others in the room, in regard to wha
we shall raise to feed cattle in tn
fall. | would take the same piece Of
land he has prepared for corn, an,
sow it to grass, and cut two crops Of
two tons each per acre, the same sea
son, which In my opinion would b
more valuable to feed than the cor
that could be raised on the sam
ground. Pasturing moving is a yer
bad practice and should by ali mean
be avoided. The cattle treading til
! ground down Injuries the future GRO
of grass as much as the feeding.
G. ". Se0Uer-Last year | ha
three fourths OF an acre OF sOuther
corn. | fed 38 to 40 COWS what the
would eat, part of the time once an
part OF the tine twice a day for som
eight or nine weeks, and think the
done as well as though fed on gras
and | hardly think the product OF til
same ground III grass would have keI
them the same time.
G. F. Sprague-I have a large kin
| of common corn, twelve rOwed, whiC
| sowed by the side Of my southeI
corn for fodder, and think | got abol
e as much, of much more valuable To-
n uGI GIldu lIlC
0 l. ID. r. CoILins-l tried commc
h corn to SOW for fodder this year, al
d don't care to try it again if | can g
|. southern. Don't think | got a four
) as much and no better to feed.
.. TEMPERAMENT IN CATTLE AND HOF
. Es.-Animals have as clearly mark,
. temperaments as man. Those W
e understand horses and oxen or do
e will recognize this at a glance, esq
1t cially if they are familiar with the dc
f trines of temperaments. The shal
=, cared, thin, excitable horse has mt
; tai, or nervous temperament. I
III one that has a solid and abunda
e, framework, clothed with hard muscl
" and inclined to dark complexion, IT
I resents the bilious temperament.
= The cart horse and the cavalry hol
are of this make; they are not qui
" but powerful. Another inclines to
- feshy, round, smooth eats and dige
g. well; likes to take life easy, and
ps ways keeps in good flesh; in this
find the vital, or sanguine temp
Il ament. Another is lazy, sluggi
z; clumsy, not intelligent; here we f
l the lympathic temperament. He Il
On has driven oxen will recognize in so
he the slim horn and fiat neck, the Gle
90 muzzle, the light head, the trim a