Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-12

maintained his position for full half
minute until they had made the round
of the yard two or three times, and I'M
doubtedly would have held out longer
had he not been riding backwards, hav-
ing his head towards the animals tail.
He was landed under the fence from
which position he made his exit as speed
ily as possible. He gave up search for
the measure and concluded to let Den
ison use his store measure and call the
seed what he pleased He said nothing
about his adventure, but it got out, at
last and he is occasionally reminded,
even to this day, of his novel ride in pur-
suit of an shonest half bushel. - Union.
On Tuesday last, one of the Lyndon
mills lumber men, named Walter, a
brother of Oscar of this place, was killed
in the East Haven woods. He was as
sisting about loading logs or a sled. AS
the sled turned log running out be-
hind the sled pressed him against tree,
crushing one of his legs. He was taken
to house, and the physician thought
he would do well, but would probably |
lose his leg Late in the evening he
was taken bleeding and soon died.
The Institute commenced It's session
on Monday, January 29th, in the Uni
versalist church at West Burke Mr..
Conant, Miss Clark and Miss Taft had
the management, assisted by Mr.. Clay
and Miss Sawyer of the St. Johnsbury
High School. One hundred and thirty
nine names were enrolled as members of
the Institute. Only three applied for a
State certificate, but did not muster suf.
fcient courage to go through with the
examination. The instructors elected
much praise for the thorough manner in
which they presented the various SUBJ
iects which came under the head of In
stitute work.
CRAFTSBURY
Mr. Charles Wheeler was thrown from
a loaded sled recently, with such force
as to dislocate his shoulder.
RETURNED HoME.-Professor James
Whitney has returned home, having
made his pile, and is going to superin-
tend his farm which is good one. 1t
being the best in town.
RAN AwAY.-On the 9TH inst, as Mr..
Gardner Hatch was standing at the door
of E. Hatch repair shop, his horse being
improperly fastened, took fright and ran
with great speed to the village, a dis
lance of about one mile. ran across the
verandah of Kent & Leavitt's store which
checked his speed to such an extent that
he was secured. The sleigh was taken
to the carriage shop.
The discussion before the Farmers
Club Tuesday evening, Jan. Both
TopIC.-General Farm management.
A. Horse | think this broad field
for discussion. | would like to know
what is the best crop we can raise, to
feed our cows in the fall, when the feed
in the pastures fail.
President | have been reading in
''How to make the Farm Pay on this
subject. The author says that corn and
turnips, are good feed for this purpose.
He wishes the ground plowed, fifteen
inches deep for roots. | think if we
would make more manure, we could
raise more green crops to feed in the fall.
H. 4. Randall | think turnips will
not make good butter.
4. p. Dutton. think we can make
it pay to keep our COWS in the barn in
the fall, and feed fodder corn | have
had some experience this season in feed
ing green crops. On account of the
drouth, l was compelled to commence
feeding in July, and as my corn was not
large enough l had to feed oats. Think
oats not as profitable to feed as corn, for
we do not get near as much from the
same ground. [ think farmers could
make it pay to keep their COWS in the
barn in the fall, and feed them green
crops
President. Think it a good plan to
seed our land with number of kinds of
grass.
A. Horse What we want to know
is, what will benefit us here in YER
mont? We cannot make manure in the
winter as it is so cold we cannot use
muck or any thing to increase our ma
nure, but think we can make it pay to
keep our cows in the barn in the sum-
l mer and make manure. We all know it
, takes more acres to let the cattle cut
their own feed, than it does to cut it for
them. Now if we could make manure
, and enrich these acres the cattle run
over, we could keep more stock and in
t better condition. [ think our land is
r producing less every year. 1t may be il
the seasons, the last two seasons have
been very dry. l have heard rye rec
commended for green crops, l think corr
: fodder is perhaps as good crop as We
! can raise to feed in the fall, and it il
, good in the winter. l think the corr
crop the most profitable crop I can raise
President [ have made considerable
: manure this summer by mixing mucl
/ with it, I use half muck and think i
o better than the clear manure
j. AHen We must try some way t.
Z feed our COWS in the fall and not lie
y them run over our meadows, think thi
Y is the reason why our land runs out S,
h quick. We must use muck OF any thing
! we can find to increase our manure pile
= raise fodder corn and use some meal, ant
keep the cattle off from the fields in tn
d fall Pumpkins are good to feed in tn
d fall with corn fodder Some farmer
q feed meal all summer and make NOR
. butter and a better quality.
Il. p. Button. If muck is only goo
~ as an absorbent, doubt about it paying
t, On most of our farms it will soon be ex
hausted
d. Allen. On wet land | think DIR
sand is as good as anything to mix wit