The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-10-19
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Horace Greeley vho has reconi'y
SISTED Narbern Yelmqut, ana spoken
=, TO ~ .hfse Agricultural Farh,giscs
ID toe Tublue rs views % the com
TRY. tho peop.e anl the productions, =
I foliovs
Spending apar, 81 last ueek ia Moth.
Ie-n Vermont attending tie Agrculta.
rAl Far. % Orleans. Franklin aud La
noble Couniies respsc sctiyely | learned
siih pleasure that tbe season yield oi
+ Indian Corn, which ID August prumis.
"a very little, has been 80 siggally in
T. proved by the persistent warmth oi
September that il wall hardly fall below
an average She stalk is small and
short. but the ears abundant aud will
mainly attain maturity No FROST has
F yet BEEN seen IN the State, save in q
\ very few low aud cold valleys The po-
tato crop is bounieous and the quality
excellent The Chin seems to be the
fayorlto variety, though Early Rose and
other neY sorts are everywhere grown,
and no longer selling at 81 per pound.
4 The potato is "a Vermont staple, and
about the ouly vegetable food that she
grows for sale abroad. Wheat, rye and
oats--all grown rather sparingly have
I yielded well this year, wheat especially
80. met farmers who assured me that
they had measured up forty bushels pen
acre.
| Nine-tenths Of the soil not covered By
forest is in grass, including many long
iidges aud hillocks that ought to be re-
clad with timber forthwith Ii is tho
curse Of grnss farming that il impels
the farmer TO clear all bis land Of wood
whereas much Of it IL 80 steep, rocky
sterile, as to yield little pasturage
whereas, II covered with trees, 1t would
rndlate moisture aud fertility to tho
better lands below. Vermont is nc
worse than other States in this respect
but her intelligence should make hel
better.
The rivalry Of Durham and Ayreshirt
breeders is very keen ut the FAIRS; anC
each class exhibits very winning speci
mems OF its favorite breed. | do not
consider the Durham we'd adapted to /
state whore feed is 50 valuable as IN
! Vermont and whore milk is more re
lgafded than meat; but men far better
informed on the subject ja4ge differ.
eutly A breed of Ddteh cattle (blaci
/ with stgeaks Of wLitel small as thC
/ AYRSHIRE, but pIumper, aud seemingly
better calculnted to take on ilesn whe,
no longer valuable for milk seems grow
iug IN favor Wise saws are frequently
uttered as to the capacities Of oar Ma
. tive cattle, if carefully bred for genera
tons; as II the more esteemed breed
had not been introduced on purpose t,
obyiato tho necessity OF waiting hal
century for such improvement 10 bl
made. No one doubts that great thing
might be done with Native stock; bd
these had been dlfeady doue with TIA,
/ Durham, AYRSHIRE, &c, and our breed
ers chose TO realize the improvement Il
once, instead oi waiting fifty years {,
effect t.
Butter,nnd ohoe.e were literally dis
played at the fairs, especially at that .
! Franklin County when annually pro,
duees more butter than any other 0
IKE population ia either hemisphere,
st. Albaus is leading butter market
constantly ,hrouged with buyers, man
~ from Boston, Lowell, etc. The quad
lity 81 the better varieties, not even Phi
ieiphm can excel. Excellsnt cheese
both factory aud fgmlly- y-made, is exhib
lied, but most Of Yegmout's dairymea
having an enormous market at hand
think they can DO better with butter.
Maple sugar, as white as Loaf and a
iiue as powdered Hanana, is on hand u
all the fairs, with sirup that can nowheft
be exceiIed Bead that Is bread, an,
not spoiled dough, a1orns every Flora
Hail, us fragrant US the flowers aud ey
.n more deserving Of attention--an,
premiums. 1t is quite possible tia
more money Is made somewhere else
but no people live better, or welcom
visitors TO better fare, than those OF Ven
mont The weather was admirable
throughout my hurlled visit. though th
first day lat Barton) was cloudy bu
ralnless, the two following (at Saeldo
aud Morrisylllo) were bright as mid
. summer and warm as June.
/ was glad to note that long -woole
or mutton sheep are gaining decided
on the mennoes to which Vermont wa
d formerly addicted Wool is low, thong
higher 10 this country than answher
else; while mutton brings cash and goo
: prices. 1t must be that the Cotsw0l,
Leicester aud kindred breeds, are des
/ tined soon to predominant. Wool ca
be transported thousand miles for fiS
per cent. Of It's value; while choice mu
ton is worth far more in New Englan
than in Texas or Minnesota Breeder
must govern themselves accordingly.
So much is said OF intemperauce
States whore llqaor-selling is outlawe'
that ] have reason for adding that sa
no person even partially intoxicated I
uong the 25,000 at least whom N,
al these fairs, aud saw no bottle set oa
no glass Of liquor lraAk, during my Vi
It to the State. presume one Ia Gag
quest Of hQuor might have fouud j
) bat no one clso was troubled " temp
cd by IT,
Tie slopes and yaios q tie Gree
q Mountains never bore q richer thick'