Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-08-26

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From the Now England tomer
A Vermont Farm.
Last winter referred tn the worry copvcn.
iont harms or Thomas Roker Eso III R.rtop
VI and tbo stont s,,y in ,Lo,,
I Amin visitod tho Gru Jnl,. %, anil ,;ll
mention few items that soom IN me worthy
Of notice Mr.. Baker owns about seven hmm.
dred acres The timber that formcrlv stood
upop il was mostly hard wool .ucb M manic
birch beech 49, and tbo soil /. of Good
deptb color and strength The no.t9ros
where he orazes twcntv-.Sven cows. three or
four hundred sheen. beside. vnung cattle and
colts. are still in that somewhat rough stoto
that immediately follow. clearing.
When the land is first cleared one crop of
Grain. is usually raised. with which /. sown|
grass seed psYallv Timothy alone. but some.
times mivod with clovor Then the lopd il
nostprod M lo,si until the stup,rs oro rotiod
sufficiently to Doe removed. and sometime. perm.
ancntlv. As pastures. such lands are NOT
generally improved by blowing.
The fields ON which over one hundred and
6lty tons of excellent hav is being cut have
been titled and are so smooth that The Wood's
mower and the REVOLVING borse.r,to soldop,
49, aI' '''o 's;u''''5 no's'-,,No S''uo,l'
~ ",''i o.''i '1''u'is o n"{ W'S l'Is'Iy
timothy, put gl' lne ''S"'y s'ocSe1 ple'es 'here
the last seems TO be a natural nroductiop and
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o'."ie' Du' '' yl'e ''''' p Slc'"'''y g NC,
oe.."s ~ no',Jo "'o oo'us 81 Sp'v'u'u
1P'i"e "nv"', "nVu 's no" nearly mature,
~ u .cl''lN'o'y uu'io'''l III no,gl', Color ana
promising Appearance ana Is nNo'y TO ylo,u
Ion' 'n'r'y 10 'or'y pusnels per acre II
l"ls III central I'r' o' '"rge nelu' ana IN
u uul1res'lon una. mas "t '',noS neeh 10 wei ior
satisfactory cultivation nut stone under
ura'n was maze through 1t ia.' year that car
RES on inc surplus water winch irrigates the
grass lanu pelo"
10 snow the cause oil so gooa crop L
III must reier TO the system oil rotation adopted.
J. ne iahu Is allQWeu 10 remain III grass about
e,ght years II Is theh pIoWed IN the iall'
ABOUT ten lnches deep and oals sowed the
next spring without manure. Inc next tall
the manure mat was made the previous win
ter Is applied before plowlng' and then 1t is
plowed SIX or seven inches deep, leaving some
oil the old sod nndisturbed about thirty
loads oil 'hir'y-hve bushels each, are put on
an acre-eacn load makes hVe heaps before
spreading AS early the next spring as the
iand VIII 40 to ull' 1t Is well narrowed and
Two p9Shels oil wheat per acre soWn' OF va
rely prought, from the west called Fife and
thI grass seed Is soWh at the same time
Last spring as the ground was m good con-
di'ion at the tune OF sowing 1t is probable
,nat inc unaer-oralh assisted materially IN
drying 1t; rlch' Well-prepared seed bed
sown at the proper season. wall seldom disap-
point the farmer IN crop.
ms land Is well adapted to wheat. One
year Mr. baker raised tour hundred bushels ;
some OF the lahd yielded forty bushels per
acre. 1t VIII be seen that IN this manage
ment' hoed crops do not enter INTO the rota-
tlol' ana the manure Is at the barn through
Tue summer tlltf IL - maze.
oonio 'uIlngrS may al nrs' thGugnt' OBJECT
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