Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
hundred loads of saw dust.

potatoes. The practice on some of this land
is to break up the sod, raise oats the first
year, pillow in the manure in the fall and
plant corn and potatoes the next spring, and
the third year SOW wheat or oats with grass
seed. This soil is rather light, especially in
the higher portions, yet the quality of the
manure is about the same for all purposes,
and while we bear in mind the excellent
catch Of clover, the great crop of rowen,
oats, potatoes, &C., let us go to the barn and
see the fertilizer used. We walk through
the COW stable. Here saw dust is scattered
literally, then in the light and wide stable
used for young cattle and calves we see the
same-saw dust three inches deep. We look
in the box stall where we see the fine year
ling bull Sam Thorne," (weight 1900 lbs,
sired by Nth Duke of Thorndale) Here
saw dust covers the floor so us to absorb all
dampness and conceal all manure. In the
next stall is Young Hero II magnificent
three-year-old so perfect and ponderous that
| it is easy to believe he will mature to equal
the best bull in America. Saw dust makes
his dry bed and keeps him clean. Other box
stalls, pig pens and horse stalls are literally
supplied. The quantity used in summer en-
ceeds II thousand bushels and in the year
more than three thousand bushels. AT one
time he told me he had 1900 bushels stored
for use. He gathers it us it is made at the
saw mills near by.
The heaps of manure in the yard look as
though large proportion was saw dust, yet
this is the kind of manure that has kept the
Ga, tln
case has 1t injured the land or crop. One
case tested the matter quite thoroughly.
One spring, after the manure was out of the
yard, there was some water about-a dark
colored liquid, and to soak this up cart loads
of saw dust were tipped down into the yard.
After the liquid was absorbed this saw dust
was applied to field for corn!on some of the
drycst land on the farm. The corn was first
rate. For IN absorbent and for cattle bed
ding it is considered the best substance
known, and us an ingredient in the manure
pile where it is apparently two of saw dust
to one of manure, 1t has in no way been OBJ
jectonable, and it has been applied to all
crops. and is mostly from soft wood.
In Mr.. Cleveand's piggery we see about
twenty head of old and young White Chesters.
The old ones that are destined for the pork
barrel this fall are models. Young animals
sold from this stock have gained friends for
the White Chesters.
The work of the day Of my visit was put
ting in n watering trough for stock at the
barn 1t was made of % inch spruce plank
matched, and the joints groved. 1t is four
teen feet long and five feet wide and twenty
three inches deep, measured inside. There
are six iron rods across its width and the
nuts on the end screw up against iron cleats
the size of cart tire. Through the sides and
ends ten bolts went from top to bottom to
hold those parts firmly. The cost is about
S25. 1t is in a small building by itself, and
has close fitting cover and the sides of the
building can be securely shut. The advan-
tagcs of such II trough is that a herd of cattle
can drink without waiting, and large
quantity of water is not so apt to freeze nor
become impure. All daiiymen know how
desirable IA liberal supply of water is when
from twenty to thirty cows are let loose in u
|, winter morning all thirsty They find the
bottom of small tub in n hurry and some
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