Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-10-28
0ermont farms.
Farm and Farming OF II. c. Cleveland
Coventry, VT, President of the Orleans
County Agricultural Society.

1lll1OiUlUH. HINt ItCtlNtU Ultt anu tltOuI-
agement from Hon. f. Cleveland and farm
ing was not neglected by him, although it
did not receive all his close attention A
farm of 240 acres, along the bank of the liver
and back upon the hillside, including sugar
orchard, was gradually brought into profit
able condition. \ herd of Shorthorn cattle
was started, but the care of the farm and
cattle was several years ago turned over to
the son, Henry c., whose practice has dcvel-
oped some noteworthy results.
The fields contain about seventy-fve acres.
The soil varies from the alluvial meadow to
the clayey loan, and rs it rises it changes
in the elevated portions to sandy loan. As
pass over the fields this October day, and
see the twenty cattle grazing among the
long tangled clover of tho second crop on
land that has been mown one, two and three
years, am convinced of the fertility of the
soil and its good management A good crop
o.hay must have been taken off and several
tons of second growth might have been cut
This field is a striking contrast to many in
the county that had small first, and still
smaller second, crop. Eight or ten acres of
oats. The wheat stubble newly seeded to
grass shows an even and thick catch of clo-
yer and timothy. am told that half BUSH
el of timothy and four quarts of clover seed
is sown upon each acre with the spring
grain, but to ensure its vigorous growth Il
top dressing of manure is scattered over the
burrows and narrowed in with the grain
Some of this is still visible among the grass
roots, and it is hardly possible to have n sea-
son so adverse rs to prevent heavy yield of
grass next year
In another field that sometimes is over
flown by the river, my attention was directed
to an acre of oat stubble, and was told that
year before last it bore light crop of grass.
In the spring of 1870, it was turned over and
manure was scattered upon the burrows and
planted to Jackson White potatoes. The
yield was four hundred bushels of merchant
able potatoes that were sold at the depot for
fifty cents per bushel. This year oats and
grass seed were sown and no manure appli-
ed. The growth was remarkable, being five
feet or more in height. The yield in bushels
| cannot give, as this lot is saved to thresh
with II fail for seed as Mr. G.. prefers not to
have his seed oats go through the machine.
There are several acres more in this mead
ow that are to be broken up in the spring
and sown to grain and grass. This practice
of seeding to grass on an inverted sod is
adopted on this piece on account of its liabil-
ity to wash when the river overfows. A
good catch of grass will do much to hold the
soil, and the crop will be better for II dozen
years.
In this field are eleven calves, all full blood
Shorthorns, and three of them of high and
popular pedigree. They are all nice, desir-
able animals Their full eyes and well de-
veloped quarters speak of a calf hood with
constant comfort, free from skinned mill,
and hay tea, and their appearance promises
rapid development into large, healthy, good
proportional cattle.
As we left this field we looked at depres-
sion where 300 loads of muck had been dug
some years ago. Mr.. Cleveland has not a
high opinion of muck, although it may be OF
some value, but would much prefer three