Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-05-13
.eRICULTU
Canada Farms and Stosk'

canada Farms and stock
n. made = flying visit to Montreal last week
IA see some OF the ine stock and wei
farms for which that city is becoming soine"iiA'
noted Our party consisted of two Connecticut
breeders of pure Ayrshires, one oil ~nOHi Is a
..ho, q tho Correctieut Board Of Agricul-
,,-a fro Vermont :. Ayrshire men, ourself
snd one other.
The first establishment visited by US was the
f,-r IF Alexander Crawford successor to the
late John Dods. an intelligent and enthusiastic
inn,rter. breeder, and farmer. 1t is Just out
sJa If the city limits, and consists Of go acres
Of thoroughly drained and well TILED land.
II Is said that the draining cost $40, 900. The
tile were brought from Scotland While all the
unframed lands in the neighborhood were cold,
wet ard clammy, notwithstanding the unusual
drvuess q the season, these were in most ex-
cellent condition and the springs work. was
Vel under way. Much to our turprise The fsrm
is mostly devoted to raising those crops that find
ready market, potatoes being a speciality.
The p5tatoe planting was 50 different from the
methods prscticel with US that we were es-
pecially interested in watching the operation.
In the first place the land vas put in the best
possible condition f1- the crop by repeated
plodghiugs and harrow.ngs. Then with long
Scotch double moUii-boaTd plough, with
Guage attachment, it vas lal up in rows all
straight as AL arrow and eguidis;ant into
these was pitched quantity Of well oompostei
though rather stravy manure and the potato
seed dropped thereon once in nine inches The
same plough vas then run through splitting the
former ridge and covering the potatoes. All
after culture is done by horse power with the
culuyator and plough. Forty acres is abcut the
usual area devoted to this crop. Large areas
are, however, devoted to the nsnsoll werzel for
stock feeding anl there are ye, ir The spacious
cellars OF vlh,ts many hulirei bushels. and we
saW thea before = aea-'~ Org animal on
tine premises, horses, c.,le, sheep aud piss a..
degogrirg them with agii.,y. We saw hun
drods Of the long red mangolI either one Of
which would outwe ga the large sugar bee, ez-
hibitel by Mr. Lane At the Dl,rymeu meeting
az 81. Aiosns last winter. The yellow globe
msug5il aod the Swedish tlruip are also grown
20 "a considerable extent. Although large guam
titles Of iasnure are made upon the place, and
an enormous heap, larger than any We ever saw
in Vermont, hls teea drawn from the city the /
past winter, yet, suierphlsphate Of lime is the |
only manure used for I-angold and turuips
Here is an ezeuplifcatiou OF thorough farming
and heavy msuuriur tha5 would pay cur oriia- /
airy Vermont farmers for trip across the con-
tinent if they would but profit by what they may
see.
The stock kept on this farm consists princi-
ps.ly Of fourteen Thoroughbred Ayrshire COWS,
and other young stock, abcut dozen thorough
bred and Clylesiale horses, beside the team
horses. and small flock OF Vermont Merino
sheep. The inequalities Of the establishment
are ample and most literally dispensed
Our next visit was TO the Logan farm, Of
which Mr. Thomas Irving Is proprietor this is !
partly within the city limits. Among the crops /
here We note thirty acres Of potatoes, twenty /
acres of wheat, three acres mangolds, three acres
horse beans"
Mr. Irving is a Scotchman ami a thorough I.
farmer He has a large number Of prize medals, 1
among them several London and Paris medals 1
for Canals grains and seeds. rs stock con-
sists Of imported prize and Canada bred .
Ayrshire cattle, Clydesdlle horses, Leicester .
sheep, Yorkshire ami Berkshire pigs. gray
Dorkiug, anu Hack Spanish fowls and Scotch
Coley dogs OF the Ayrshires there sre over
forty, most Of them very superior animals All
the work horses are fue Clydesiaies and with
the stock horses there are fourteen on the farm
At Lachine nine miles above .he city is the es-
Enlistment Of Messrs Dswes S Co., Who have
one Of the most noted Ayrshire herds in
America
The water wa unusually higl ami We were
unable to see any thing Of the farms. but the
stock al bore unu-ist,kab,e evidence Of good. if
not high, keeping. Ness-s Dawes IS Go. are
the owners of W,gram one of the most y4lusble
OF Kentucky Thoroughbred horses We recoi-
lect seoiag him s., fstterson, y. j in 1863 or
81, when he vas claimed to be the best Of the
famous John B. Clay stud lie is stood fJ- ser
vice at the Low price Of 81 They have C'yles-
1a'es TOO, among them five year. oh stallion
weighing almost $500 pounds One Of our
party bought thr-e Of their beautiful young
sa.oik pig, which We probably sha., see in due
time St or fairs, We regret, however. that s.
the prejudice against color a.a0ug rs is such u
that he felt compelled 20 choose thes. in prefer
.uce TO the black Bsrkslires Wec4nnot avoid II
he conclusion that the Berkshire is shout as !,
lear perfection as anything we know Of in the st
pig line, despite th5 color of his hair. h
Returning from Lschine by the river road We I
aIel At the Stevens establishment. Here We al
Aw herd Of imported Jerseys, probably uaex- &
e,lei 10y anything on the continent, as neither
aims nor money were spared 90 secure that end IA
hey sre prize animals from d" ,he island So and p
rom the Royal establishment at Winisor Park W
e DO not understand that they are for sale We D,
lso saw here .ery large display Of dark Brah- N
is fowls, breed which is just now gaining in
opularity. We confess, however, that we DO fir
OF in the least symnafhize with the prevailing ii,
eminent in this respect The sacrifice Of al to
Their desirable qualities to the oae Of si7e, is not
B be commended in poultry or anything else ne
We sincerely regret thay our engagements s.
ere such as TO compel cur return before we
ere half done seeing, aud our desire to 90 again NJ
more intense than before We went Al ell and he
I We were not quite uupreusrei to see under SCI
sndngy, for We have been Al attendant upon
lie Montreal fairs ia the past We believe that
} Vermont farmer or stockhoier viii ever re- MI
ct having spent two or three days among the lou
rmers Of Montreal and vicinity.
Hon. George Gelis, Syracuse, y. Y, Supt OF for
e Ononlaga Salt Springs. has favored Us with for
Ply Of his Annual Report for 1869. trans in
tied to the Legislature, January 1870, from me
itch We learn that the whole amount Of salt
'?ectej in that ye4r was 6,662, 237 bushels Of oiv
pounds each. Of this, 1871 bushels the
re made by solar evaporation, and 6 ,s0i ,235 roo
shels by artificial heat Such Is the skill at 81
ned in its manufacture that Of many samples and
popular brands analysed by Prof Cook, COM tbi.
N onondago was found to possess as few, ard me,
It BRANDED Sc Factory Filled Dairy less Of can.
; deliqueseent chlorides than any other. bi,.,
These are especially gratifying facts to every il