The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-24
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.
The Farm and Farming OF Curti.
Wheeler If Fairfax.
NJ y. X. TowLE.


OF Fairfax and vicinity, We were much
Indebted to Mr.. Wheeler, for his kind.
uess III going around among his enter.
prisng ueighbors, aud good fund Of IL.
formation iiom which many inicrestin.
facts were derived. Mr. Wheeler is A.
enterprisiug farmer, fully alive to the i'm.
portance OF his occupation and deeply il.
tcrested therein.
His idea is bot to see how much mon.
ey can, by any possibility, I've taken iron
his farm IN the present. with little or IL
regard for the future. but knowing tha
Continued success depends upon wei
defined aud executed plan for progres.
. aud Improvement, particular reference i,
had to this idea, aud we were not SUI.
prised, therefore, to find the leading az.
ricultural Journals upon his table, iu.
proved Implement, iu his barus, abund
snt crops in the fields, or safely housed
Mr.. Wheeler commenced himself, on
his present farm sumo twelve Years asv
1t If located six miles east of the DEPOT
III Georgia, and coutaius 80 acres beside
pasture Of 30 acres. 1t is composed
soil peculiar to that viciuiy.a stroul
dry loan, aud is adapted to the grass and
grain crops.
AT the first this place was capable O.
sustaining on y ten cows aud team
now II cows. one pair Of oxen, tire,
horses, IL sheep aud IL head of youn,
""''lo are kept hr~idos pa-turny som,
stock for others in summer. Perhsl
some may ask how he has b en- able {,
make such an Improvement. We answer
1t is IN great part by making Iarg,
quantity OF manure, applying it LIBERAL !,
to the land, working it thoroughly iut
the soil, and by good cultivation.
lie stables his cows nights for the mos
part OF the season, and his horses, W,
think are kept in the year round. Saw.
dust is freely used for bedding. and thi,
Keeps the animals clean, absorbs the Ii
quid portion Of the manure and makes
much more agreeable to handle. Tn
larger part OF this manure is kept unde
shelter until wanted in the e, Id, and
thoroughly Ike owe The So ydus
Is fouui to decay quite readily au,
proves Of much srryice IN the mamie,
used Last ear Mr.. Wheeler made l0,
tao-hofse load, OF IN iuure from his st, G :.
from July II to Nov. l, by keeping VI
lights. He usually puts 40 lads upo,
an acre, on the surface, and harrows i,
DEEPLY.
Practices turning under green sward
manuriug aud seeding directly TO grass
with an oat crop. Sows 10 quarts Of
timo'hy aud 5 lbs. of clover to the acre
Is careful to lay down the land to gras,
IN good condition, and thereafter get.
large crops Of hay His meadows aver.
age y tous TO the acre. We saw on,
piece from which this quantity had bcer
taken, and there it was judged, II ton
OF second crop standing un the ground
Stock Is not allowed to run on the meade,
ut any time of the year, aud large pal
OF Tins second crop is al owed to rot on
the ground. viii not farmers get IN ide.
from this 2
10 keep up the flow of milk when tn.
grass gets short or dry in tho pasture,
so'llng corn is aised aud freely fed twic,
day. This involves good deal of labo
but It gives good results as We found
milking time.
ka's roots somewhat. principal,
Lanc's sugar bee's. Uses, in commo,
with about fifty other farmers in Fairfax
long rarrow aud deep pan for settin;
milk. Fluids it saves one.half the labo,
III taking cars Of the milk. When no
set ~ Vat OF water, puts tin buckle
continuing ice into the pan to cool III
milk. This style Of pau is liked yer,
much.
Cells butter directly to commission
house in Boston, aud realizes an advanc.
OF several cents pound over that obtain
eh at home Here is another ica TO-
farmers Mr.. Wheeler has a few AYR.
shIres, D in number. His COW "Gipsey
will be hard to beat. She took III,
"sweepstake prize" over all COWS, of what.
ever breed, aud also the first premium il
the class OF Ayrshires at the State Fair.
His yeariing bull also took the fir,
premium. Besides these he has ano,be,
COW OF much promise, and two calves, W.
believe. That the "G,pscy" is good 70,
milk and butter, may be inferred from tn,
following: In June, 1871, she made "A
pounds OF butter week for two weeks
on grass alone. This year she has aver.
aged At lbs of milk day through tn.
best season.
We have statement before us of the
daily products OF milk and the amount n
butter made from one weeks trial. ending
June 10, 1872;
S"alls't amount of milk in day ,46 lbs.
Orea'est amount, so lbs.
!"'i' 'or the week. 335 lbs
average per day, 48 nearly
n"oun' OF 'm,'er made, l5} lbs
POUNDS OF milk for one Of butter, 81
We have also the result of another OK
re''mcn' of one week, ending Septembc,
4th, 1872:
Smallest amount of milk in day,29 lbs.
Ufeatest amount, 33 H..
Total for the week, 90 N.
Average per day, 3I27
Amount OF butter made, ~ lbs 10 o..
Pounds OF milk for one Of butter, 1873
This Is good result without extra feed
and we are glad Mr.. Wheeler has taken
the trouble to conduct the experiments. as
they are of the breed and will help to an
swer one question, at least So often asked
by interested persons or otherwise. in 70.
latlon to what these cows will do in milk
and hutfer.
We hope that Mr.. Wheeler and others
Will conduct these experiments under dir
erent circumstances, and they will not
only satisfy themselves in this matter but
the result thus obtained will be of great
value TO others.
There are other things connected with
Mr. Wheeler's farming of which we might
speak, hut the above is sufficient 10 give