Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-11-17


And deserts with plenty o'erfow."
"The gold in its mine with excitement and
wonder
May summon an emigrant band,
And the chariot Of Mars trample on in its
thunder,
But we're the true strength of the land"
For us no lorn wife in her cottage is
grieving,
Earth welcomes US both in her prime,
No sting in the bosom of memory we're
leaving,
No stain on the pinion of time"
GROWING, STORM AND FEEDING
Roofs. The Importance of good
crop of roots, such as turnips, beets,
carrots or potatoes, can hardly be
overestimated in a country where an
finals are dependent on prepared food
nearly half the year. Nearly all far
mers recommend the feeding of small
quantities of roots to every kind of
stock occasionally, to promote health
during their long confinement to dry
food, but the quantity raised in this
county aside from potatoes would not
be sufficient to feed each head of cat
tie four quarts week, being 20 IL
bushels to ten, as the average is on
7l8 farms, and none left for the sheep.
Among farmers who have attempted
the field culture of turnips with dis
position to succeed, the results have
been very satisfactory in the amount
produced, and in the beneficial effects
Of feeding.
Mr.. B of Lebanon, n. H., en-,
gagged in keeping merino sheep, and
who has gained the reputation of be-
ing one of the best shepherds in the
state, sold forty sheep for $1,000, aud
he considered turnips of great assist
ance in keeping the flock in snowy
condition. His turnips were stored
in a cellar outside the barn, the roof
of which was timber covered with
earth. The turnips gave off so much
moisture that the timber rOtted and
the roof fell in within four or five
years.
Alonzo Bemis & Sons, Burke, KEEP
South Down sheep; they commenced
the field culture Of turnips with frac
ton of an acre, and have steadily In
creased until this year they have fod
acres, and have raise d a thousan'
bushels on three fourths of an acre
they plant by dropping a bit of ST
perphosphate in the row the distanc
apart they wish the hills, and cover
with earth by means Of the foot, whe
they drop few seed, covering as b.
fore. If any hills fail they do nc
transplant, as the transplanted ROOT
are usually ill shaped and small
They usually stored thousand bus
els in the house cellar one year, bl
the moisture from them stood in droE
on the timbers and floor above, whiC
if continued must have damaged tt
house and proved a source of sickne
to the inmates. They now store the
in other places. This summer thu
built new cellar of the capacity {
1000 bushels under a carriage al
tool house. In conversation there Il
idea of clean culture was especial
enforced. They have ten acres {
hoeing, and although it is a too col
mon custom with many farmers
clean their hoes and hang them awi
before haying, saying "hoeing is done
Mr.. Bemis hoeing is not done as lo
as weeds are growing, and the t
acres were hoed over after haying.-
Such course must be of inestimat
value in the future yeare whom tho &C
tinuance of such system results
manure free from seeds, crops Fl
from weeds, less labor and more pl
fits.
Thomas Baker of Barton has b
some very good crops of turnips a
now stores them in thoroughly ma
and plastered room, un der ba
floor. Whether the moisture will
jure the barn remains to be seen.
no injury arises no place can be b
ter, considering the ease in storing
tipping them from the cart througl
trap door in the floor.
The practice of storing in heaps
the field is adopted by some Eng
farmers. F. w. Stone of Gulph,
o., had fifty acres in roots this ye
If that practice is satisfactory th
it will doubtless be adopted here W
the crop oyerruns the storage 70
have raised this year nearly
bushels of turnips at a cost of
than twelve cents bushel.
In feeding roots it is usually ne
sary to cut them. Sometimes in 1
weather. M h 81 n tr,,c:~,i - g.