Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-02-04
Westminster Farmers Club.

CTS u westminster Cultivate tnVir larihS
in manner the most remunerative ?"
n. PIERCE ESQ., have thought |
we do not; take our tilage lands for in
stance from the time we break the soil,
until the time we lay it Down to grass,
for each succeeding crop, the ground
should be most thoroughly and finely |
pulverized so that the finer roots, the |
sprangles, can have free and ready ac-
cess to each ard all the fertilzng prop
critics needed in the soil use the best Of t
tools TO effect this end / believe Mr.. ,
Davis idea is correct, not to use the /
common harrow SO much as he says cit
tends to pack the soil but use something
of the cultivator principle that lifts and
loosens the SOIL" know when / cult
vate best and many times the crop is in
creased in an equal and remunerative
ratio. Again we fail in the committing
of our cerial grains into the ground by
not spending time enough in working
and pulverizing the ground and in SOW
ing grass seed, we commit palpable err
ror, sow to little SOW not less than 20 |
lbs. of clover to the acre if mixed, ID |
Of clover and 5 to II lb,. Of Herds grass
or its equivalent, to make our grass finer,
better hay for any stock. | am deter
mined to farm better, for l believe it the !
better pays, that we are delinquent, not
yet arrived to the highest standard of re-
munerative farming.
n. FISHER Eso-In cutting herds
grass for hay we fail in not cutting earli-
er, cut if stout, before fairly headed out.
But sir our greatest trouble is in the
management of our pasture lands Our
lands we can pillow and with the rotation
system of cropping We probably are man.
aging pretty well, but we have class of
lands too stony and wet to pillow, and l
should like to know how, and what to do
with them; they are fast declining, run
ming up to brakes, briars, bushes &c.
have thought to stock our pastures heav-
Ter in fore part of season, would have
tendency to eradicate these intruders and
then in after part of the season diminish
the stock and let an aftermath come forth
to cover it for winter, would improve
them. | notice those pastures where the
stock is sold out for early beef improve.
HENRY FLoYD-This question takes
great range. In blowing we don't pillow
times enough previous to applying the
seed, pillow twice certain. Ionce knew of
a German who brought his experience
here and took a poor piece of land, plow-
ed it seven times, and with no manure
raised a good crop of corn. I also know
of % acres upon Lyman's farm in Wal
pole called "the old rye-feld that has
been brought up by blowing twice
year. We know our gardens where
we hoe early in the morning and
great many times in the season become
rich without any excess of manure and
our vegetables grow luxuriantly in pro-
portion as We stir the soil deep and Of
ten. think here is where we fail.
CHAs. WILLARD don't think it
pays to spend too much time in blowing
and narrowing, but would use the cult
vator and hoe thoroughly.
ROBERT w. FARR-I agree with NJ r.
Willard in the poor blowing and harrow
1 ing to get good corn, but it is terrible
hard hoeing.
i N. G.. PIERcE-I don't know but Mr..
Fisher is right in the management of
pastures, l have sometimes thought we
must do as the Tobacco men have south,
run them as long as we can and then go
We ST." But some of US love our home,
and country, and wish to stay here
among these rocks and hills, brooks and
rills, where the speckle trout is wont to
abound.
FULLY CLARK-Why don't we cult
vate better? 1t is because we have too
much land. If we would get up earlier
in the morning and stir our soil weshould
need less manure. | venture the asser-
ton that you may take the poorest piece
of land in the country and hoe it every
morning when the dew is on through a
whole season and it would become rich.
A. BRIeHAM-WhatI have to say is
more theory than practice, though farm
ing has been my pursuit 1t is evident
the more and better we cultivate, the
better are we remunerated. Take the
lands near the cities they are better cul-
tivated and pay better. We can SO do,
we can raise vegetables and market them
} by rail road and make our cultivation
/ more remunerative than now.
FIsHER-I have thought we might go
into keeping cows for milk and send the
milk to the city daily also vegetables
and fruit all can be sent each night and
, arrive for next morning market and our