Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-12-24
The Westminster Farmers's Club.


appointment. Harry Floyd in the chair
as President. Question before the Club
for discussion was-What shall the farm
ers of Westminster do with their grain
the present season to make it mos. prof
liable.
N. G. PIERCE, says feed grain, to keep
up our farms. He would feed it to
shoats, sheep or cattle, hoping to get
more money for his grain, than by sell
ing the same for cash. He would espec-
tally feed grain to young colts-it gives
them good start, good shape and
makes them what nature designed. He
would feed meal without cooking, as an
imals eat of it more slowly when it is
raw, and therefore receive more benefit.
DEA. JoHN Mcneil is feeding grain
to beef and pork thinks it brings more
profit at present and in the future, will
pay well, for years, in the farm. He
wishes all would try it in beef and pork.
In feeding cows this winter with from
four to eight quarts of grain per day he
gets more for his butter than he did last
summer. He sometimes feeds oats and
corn. He recommends feeding hogs
early that they may be ready to kill in
October, rather than cold December.
He would have horse power for cutting
feed, and give the cut feed to cows with
meal on it, not making them eat it all,
but use it for bedding. In cold weather
would scald their feed. Dea. Mcneil
wished to convey the idea that he re-
ceived more per lb. for his butter this
winter than last summer
o. L. FISHER is not prepared to feed
grain this season, but thinks it should
generally befed. Would grind and cook
meal for stock and would cut feed by
horse or steam power. Would grind
clear grain, no cobs. Recommends corn
fodder for horses and cooking food for
hogs. ..
T. w. WILEY favors feeding grain
rather than selling.
A. ATcHERsoN does not know expert
mentally. but believes in cutting corn
fodder for stocks and feeding grain in
stead of selling.
o. F. PECK, Chill farmer recon-
mends feeding all grain and would buy
to feed could he afford it. Feeds his
swine with dry meal.
G. W. METcALF approves grain feed
for young stock and cows and knows the
same will pay we'll on young cattle.
Fl. FLOYD knows grain feeding to stock
is profitable and keeps the farm up in
fine condition. He thinks cattle should
be fed with roots and kept thriving all
winter. Cob meal and roots mixed and
boiled with meal on it is good feed. He
feeds meal dry to calves and all stock
kind.
VIM. r. KIMBALL would commence the
1st of November, and feed two quarts of
cob meal per day, until he turns stock
out to pasture This woald amount to
II bushels meal, equal to 6 bushels corn,
worth s1.25 per bushel, making $3.50
worth of corn fed to yearlings, two-year-
| olds or any age. An animal fed in this
manner, will in his opinion, bring from
So to S25 more than it would without
the grain. If this is correct, corn is
worth more to feed then to SELL Our
best breeders, who have choice cattle
make them such, in great measure, by
their manner of feeding. Feed brings
out all the fine points. Take for instance
our young cattle, many of them come to
the barn fair beet, and how many of them
go to pasture the next Spring Spring
poor? Had these same cattle eaten IL
bushels of cob meal, they would have
been worth double to sell or keep. Meal
will make more fat, dry; and more milk
wet up or scalded.
Adjourned for one week to same place,
at 6 o'clock p. NJ. Question for discus
sion-"What kind of crops will be most
, profitable for the farmers of Westminster
to cultivate p
VIM. r. KMBALL, Sec. pro TEN.