Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
agricultural.
Productive Vermont Farm

The Newport (Yt.) Express give. the fol-
lowing account Of a farm in Derby, on the
north line Of this State -
Last summer We spoke Of the hay crop Of
Emera K~ingsbuTy, Esq, Of Derby, amount
ing to nearly eleycn tons from little less than
one and threc-fUurths acres. This vas cut
Dune q. and consisted Of timothy, red and
white clover; the timothy not headed, and
the red clover not all in blossom. Mr.. K.
now lnto.ms US that his second crop on the
taEae piece, cut August Sd, was 6ls5 pounds,
or q httle over three tons. making tie total
yield from one and ttree-fourths acres ten
TONS, or I'VE and three-fourths tons to the acre.
Nj. klngsbury has scales set in his barn, and
weighs all hls crops. as well as his stock be-
fore and after fattening, and after slaughter
ing. SO that he Is able &c tell exactly what he
IL doing. and tie results of all Lis opera
t:ons.
We were so much interested in Mr.. K.
account Of his hay crop, that we have pre-
vailed on him 10 give Us some further details
of his farming. His farm consists OF 49,
acres, 40 Of which arc in pasturage. His
corn crop was quite as remarkable as his hay.
From 1G2 rods kc has harvested this fall 254
bushel baskets of ears. One basket Of this
corn, when skelled, made eighteen quarts
This would give a yield Of 40 bushels of
1SACd a IL " itN= G1pEt lDSH III acre Oh
ground In reply to our inquiry az to how
the land was prepared for the crop, Mr..
kIngsbury stated that last year he grew cats
upon it with Q light dressing Of manure this
year be spread C. compost of potato tops. cut
cornstalks and straw upon which he yarded
his COWS last summer,) and which was thor
oughly Totted narrowed this in. furrowed
four feet apart for the Tows, and made the
hills a little les than three feet apart in the
row into each hill nc put a shoveltul of muck
on which he had yarded his hogs. Thorough
cultivation did the rest. The variety he cul
tiyates is 4 Iong-eared 12 rowed sort. which
he thinks as carly es the smaller kind, more
productive, and yielding a much greater guam.
tity Of forage. He says he had BIZ actual
weight from the above field $500 pounds Of
fodder, and that this fodder alone is worth as
much as the corn and forage together from
tie same breadth Of Canada corn. Last year.
from one and one-eight acres, he raised 237
bushels of cars, and over seven tons of fod.
der.
Mentioning some other large yields, Mr.
Kirgsbury stated that IN 1860 be raised -6c
bushels OF oats on nine acres and in 1856
ISL bushels On seven acres-the frat ment-
io-ed crop weighing 35 pounds, and the las,
$50 l-2 pounds per bUsiel. OF Jackson White
potatoes, Mr.. X. has raised this season IeG
bushels on - roGs-one potato weighing %
pounds.
Mr.. Kingsbury uses no artificial fertilizer:
on his farm. relying on HE muck beds, hi:
composts and his stock. to produce everything
necessary 70 enrich his land.
While talking over the subject of exact
weighing and measuring, and their impor
lance 70 the farmer. Air. Kingsbury alluded
10 the shrinkaGe of beef cattle and hogs il
slaughtering, and gave rs a few figures from
his books to show that this ~shrinkage is usu.
ally oyerrated. especially by droyers and deal
ers. -Four fat hogs killed By Mr.. Kingsbury
shrank II IL Per cent or one eighth Two
cows killed Dec. 1865. shrank-one 80 per
cent. and the other 81 per cent. "a four yeal
old heifer killed Dec, 1867. dressed %,
pounds. and lhrank lees than % Per cent.