Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-12-23

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the country. This granted, the conclusion
necessarily follows that the farmers are not
securing their due proportion of the vast
amount of wealth created by their labors.
Lewis Dickerman, of Tunbridge, sowed
on the 2lst day of April last, two bushels and
one peck of Rocky Mountain wheat, on two
acres and four rods of land. From this he
raised forty nine and one half bushels. Mr..
Dickerman says that he is not going West
yet.
Prof S. w. johnson, of Yale College, pro-
poses to make an analysis of tobacco grown
in the Connecticut Valley, for the purpose
of ascertaining the properties that are taken
from the soil, and just the ingredients re-
quired to be returned to keep it in good con-
dition.
The value of agricultural produce export
ed in 1870 amounted to over three hundred
and ninety-five millions of dollars. Of this,
cotton amounted to two hundred and twenty
millions, and breadstuffs scventy-nine mil
lions. Tobacco summed up over twenty
millions.
As long as matters are left to go rs they
now do-one side thoroughly awake to, and
looking sharply after their interests while the
other is doing comparatively nothing-so
long will great wealth be piled up by dealers
while the profits of farming will continue to
be very small
Mr. G.. Londenslayer, of San Gregorio
Creek, San Mateo Co., Cal, has harvested
a single, perfect and well proportloned pota-
to weighing four pounds and two ounces
A gentleman from San Francisco, who is
. coming East on IL lecturing tour is to take
this tuber along as a specimen of the pro-
auctions of the Golden State.
Luther Nichols, of Lunenburgh, has this
summer built the best barn in town, 5Ox8O,
and 20 feet posted. 1t has no cellar, but has
an open shed the whole length of one side
which can be used for manure and storing
wagons, sleghs and large farm implements.
900 feet of lumber and 5000 shingles were
: used in the construction of the barn, which,
> completed cost about Sl40O. Mr.. Nichols
has one of the splendid river farms. His
3 residence and out-buildings are all in good
g trim and indicate thrifty farmer, such as
3 every man who represents an agricultural
1 community at the State Capitol should be.
4 &. b. Fessenden agent of the Wells River
Lumber Co., has purchased of Charles Scott
of Wells River, $50 acres of wood land
0 known as the johnson lot, for 5000. This is
t about the last lot in town which contains
e much of the original growth of pine. This
e lot is heavily timbered with n variety of
G trees. One old pine lately cut is 80 feet long
It below the limbs, AZ inches through ut the
butt and 33 inches at the top. The whole
o tree will yield 5000 feet of lumber, large
- part of which will be clear first class lumber
= which will bring over $500 in market
; There are other trees of equal value on the
9 lot
d The business of the farmer carries him
G about the country much less than that of the
merchant OF manufacturer. Suppose that
! for the past twenty OF thirty years his knowl-
:, edge of what was going on in agricultural
improvement had been confined to what he
- was able to learn by personal excursions,
=, here and there, OF to what some hardy ira
y der had now and then brought to his own
n door. In fact however, the agricultural