Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

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be proper to say in this connection that h,
does not take the depending view Of tn,
"iuture OF wool-growing that many o
the wool-growers OF the country do, ant
that he has not aba'ed one iot or title o
his zeal. in the improvement Of his flock
lie says he went into the BUSINESS DELHI
erately aud with determination To max,
/ il the business Of his life, and he does no
see any cause for backing out. lie think
when the scared wool,growers shall hay,
got ont q the business the panic viii b,
over, and the business become as good a,
ever before.
! The other contributors in the morinC
claes are Messrs l.. r. Clark, Of Addison
b. l. Van Nlict, Of shelburn; l.. $, Drew
Of south Burlington NJ u Abbott, Of
Fairfax Mr., Spalding. u Rridport; W
+. Weston, Of shelburn; Frank u Barton
Of Waltham, and perhaps some few others
that W may have overlooked,
| A di,in,,rosted connoisseur in this de.
partmcnL whose advice We invoked while
looking over tho sheep, was quite enthu'
siastie Of his praise OF the flock Of Mr.
Clark, Of Addison. lie traced the pcdi.
grces, manipulated tho earcases, applied
all the scientific tests. aud pronounced
several Of the individuals Of the flock uu-
surpassed lie essays the two years old eve
Rosa, got by llammonds Green Noun
tain, has the finest fleece in the State. But
while thus enthusiastic in regard to this
flock. he insist, that there are but very
few sheep on exhibition that may Justly
be classcd Us ordinary, and not over two
or three that should be classcd below Or
diuary--a crcditablo record truly.
In the class long and Middle Wuolcd"
an odd classification truly, there are but
two entries, Mr., 4, Buttolph, of Essex,
entering nine, and w. S. Allen, Of Yer
gcnnes, sixteen individuals Of various
ages and kinds. Both contributions are
Leiccstcrs, and there are some fine spec
mems among them,
The entries in the poultry class have
been published. Among the specimens
on exhibition are several worthy of cspe-
cial notice.
EVENING.
There was a fair attendance at the
evening session in the Court House on
Wednesday evening; President Gregory
was in the chair. The essay of the even
ing was by Mr.. u. C. Jameson, of Iras-
burgh, on Vermont Farms and Farming"
Mr. Jameson embodied in this the results
OF his Investigations as Secretary of the
Orleans County Agricultural Society, Civ
ing the averages computed from the sta
tistics of us farms These averaged 6li
acres of cleared land, the average annual
product of which was but S13.15 to the
acre, or SSil for the farm. Deducting
the necessary consumption of products on
the farm. he found that but $3.50 on an .
average was left rs cash income. The F..
way was a short one To the inference that /
farming was not in most cases profitable I
vocation in that section. Yet he could see /
from his own door two farms OF 200 odd
acres, the net cash income of each of
which was -, 900 a year. The trouble in
the cases which brought down the aver
age to 80 low a figure, is small, poor farms, /
poor tlllage, frequent changing Of farms,
ignorance Of the nature Of the soils care /
less hiring of help, and similar causes a.
Our farmers need to follow more the ex-
ample of the English farmers, in clean
culture, rotation OF crops, manuring, soil
ing cattle, Ne. The incomes can be
greatly increased, also, by fruit raising,
hec culture, and raising Of bloodcd cat .
tie, horses and sheep. Our farmers should
keep their sons i'll Vermont by speaking
well of their calling, by trusting and CHI
couraging them, by pointing out to them
the way to wealth. lie knew young
farmer, who when urged to 20 West,
where he could double his money in four
years, was able to reply that he was doing
better than that in Vermont. And with
improved methods, and due instruction to
our,4armers, Vermont farming may yet
be- worthy Of the farms, and the farms do
justice to the farming. The essay was
scn,ible and careful production, contained
much valuable information, and was lis
tened to with obvious interest.
Il The discussion on the question, What
Is the most profitable breed of cattle for
Vermont" followed In The absence Of
Mr.. Cleveland it was opened 10y Mr. l., l..
Wright. OF Cornwall The substance of
his rather dosultory remarks, was that the
breed should be adapted to the farm Nc
had raised the short horned Durham All
found them profitable. They would eat
straw which native cattle refused. and he
had kept them on grass and straw. with
ont mc.d They could be better kept on
less tecd than any other breed he knew Of,
and if for no other reason he would re-
commend them Tor their quietness, they
being willing to lie down after eating,
and needing but slight fences. He con-
sidrred them the breed for Vermont
i. Mr. Daniel kimtall, Of Rutland, was
also in favor OF the Short-horned Durham
breed, but thought the friends Of other
breeds should have the floor,
Mr.. Nuttins Of Randolph said We want
cattle for milk, or beef and for working
cattle. lie believed the Ayrshire 10 com
bine these qualities best. He had bred
them for four years past The heifers ma
ture very early, and are very superior
mixers very prolific, and the breed gem
erally.is very hardy, energetic and wide