Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-22
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I .hau p.riars b. unable ie advance an
rrsrtiaal fuoulslss 10 this nesting. There az
a. aihtrs here Who could occury The um
naeh ml1c ably than myself, bui, believing
thst ue arc far fram pcTil-iiou In farming an,
al ihst pertains 10 ID. I all oasFa ftW TciuaEk
anon ssNeraaut as a Farming state. >" hard
ID knox WilFu fo ca.7iaenoc On 80 great and m
tcla-iiug a sutirt
Vc-n6ni 8 cillei an eli State, and in CON-
rsrss.n with .arlr others 10 D. -. Bat In rial
tiy IL 81 ncv slate, Il Icing only one hundred
vtlrs since ihe dr-i pcrmanant settlement Wa
made I'd fori nummer, and Tor many year
thors uas but little anvancemcni made either
in de cultivation If q. sill or In developing
the roseurses Il estate, Undoubtedly al Of
Won are familiar with cure states history. With
Nra Hampshire on one side and New York on
th. other. and the English government rcady to
liv her r,fims. the settlers did little more than
h5ll ihoir own for many years, but the settlers
bains men Who possessed the right metilc, they
dgf-l all cllins aud were admitted as state.
siu,e that time Vermont has made a. much adj
vluccmcut us many ofthe older states, Accord
Ing 10 the facilities With which shehas TODD
Vermont . = little state among the noun
tsins she has almost been forgotten; but being
sHtiIIl NT M brave NNN luAuHtAANAa lN"Nittf w.
firm and lsw-shiling, she Is now begining TO
make her power fglt, both at home and in the
h,u, Of legislation. and also in foreign coun-
trirs. Imvs.lfbeing aware Of the fact that a
p,rs8n observation-disclosures from Massachusetts, or
Vcrmout-tithcr IL these two states--is almost
as fortunate as the person having free pass.
Vermont cxcels urinary Of her productions,
su,h asarc grown in tins climate. IL We do
not cultivate as many acres rs some other states,
what We 10 cultivate we cultivate better. IL Is
tr,ic our state is mountainous and billy, and
the surface is sometimes nearly covered with
rocks anl granite boulders, but when once
cIctf,,l of those Instructions it produces good
and ptving crops. As most Of our soils are
ri,h IN organic matter, We can produce crops
vAi.b would ls.gnish the mos ardent admirers
o. the West
TlAiag the great grdn-groving states OF the
West In the Agricultural Report Of le6o we
find that Vermont excols all other states in
raising corn, excepting California, (that is she
produces more bushels to the acre, California ex-
ccptcd.) Vermont raising IS - bushels per
acre, while illinois, Indiana and Ohio, the three
great corn states, only produced "a bushels per
acre On Wheat she is Only beaten by Caliior-
MI. the Vermont average being Is bushels per
acr while Illinois, Indiana and Ohio only av-
crag, ] / - bushels per acre. On oats We are
only beaten by Minu.s sofa and Iowa; on po-
tatocs only by Louisiua and Minnesota, whileon
rye, hucbwrot and barley, we are more than an
average. y, flroo,s, such as mangolds, beets,
carrots, ruu Hsrls, and common English tur-
uips. we are f.stituc Of statistics showing their
Weld ncr acre when raised rs field crops, but
from my own experience in raising these crops
hesitate not in saying that in fit season Chat
is when not extremely dryl | have not only got
good crops hat have got what ! called large
crops, with the exception Of mangolds, and the
reason failed on mqngolds was | think be-
cause failed in putting the seed deep enough
in the ground. The statistics Of 1869 show that
Vermont produces hay, in proportion to her
population and the number Of acres improved,
almost double the production of any other
state, it being eos $1,000 tons to each Of her
population,
Witha population of33O, sol, shchas nvcst-
cd in stock and implements SIC 1889 81 .COnsi
der the thousands and thousands ofcattle, sheep,
horses, and swine that 60 to Boston every week;
such an item in the market that if we hap
pom to send more than cur common supply the
market is depressed, and again if we send a
short supply prices are higheraccordingy. In
dairy products Vermont rules the market in the
bultcd GtttVs anu Wi NVHSlutldblI lHhucuNNo
the market of England, whence good deal of
our butter and cheese is exported, myself hav-
ing seen considerable qualities of Vermont butter
and cheese in their markets Its merits follow
from the fact that it has mild flavor combined
with richness, these two qualities being very
difficult to combine with satisfaction.
Our mountains are covered with valuable
timber only awaiting facilities for transporting
to market to be fashioned into wares and imple-
ments. They arealso rich in ores and minerals
which viii be open in time. Our marble and
slate quarrios, too, rank second to none in the
United States. We have plenty of wood and
the best Of water, two very essential necessa-
ries Of life, while some Of our sister states to-
day are burning corn, so destitute are they of
fuel. No state in the Union is blessed more than
Vermont with pure water. Indeed, we have be-
come so accustomed to good and pure water
that We rarely appreciate theirfull value.
Vermont is noted all over the world for her
superior horses, and rs farmers we have very
good chances for the improvement Of our horses
If we will but accept Of them. We have only to
step into the next county, Chittenden. and
there VIC have an association formed for the
purpo c which has in its stables some of the best
bloOdel horses to be found in the United States,
and even in this town arc those which are said
o have cost nto the thousands. Toimprove our
'clttle, the breeder has only to make selection
among the different breeds. If he prefer the
Durham he has some of the best breeds in the
United States from which to select. which are
kept in Vermont; if he prefer the Ayrshire he
has several herds to select from, doubtless as
good as can be found in any state; or if he fan
cy the little jersey he has as good a chance, as
we have some very superior stock Of that breed
The lIolstcin or Dutch cattle are found with Mr..
Thomas Baker, Of Barton, and have seen Mr..
Bl&or's herd and think they are a very supe-
rior herd Of that breed, which are designed to
be more fashionable as they become better
known. they are a large, robust, and thrifty
breed, excellent for both beef and the dairy,
Likewise we have the Dcyonshires and Here
fords. With all these advantages it is needless
TO keep an inftrior stock of either horses or
cattle.
Vermont excels in fine wooded sheep, so
much so that they have been taken back to
Europe, their native country, aud exhibited in
competition with the best breeds, and have beat
en- all competitors, even beating the world. We
have most Of the coarse wooded breeds, and
even in our next town, Elmore, we have cots
wold sheep which have taken premiums over
all competitors at our New England shows.
As Tor swine and poultry, we have all the i'm
ported breeds to aid in their advancement.
Twenty-Five years agoi would have been al
most impossible TO have found thoroughbred
shima in the stale Of Vermont, without it vas
4crino sheep. and those were held at extraya.
CANT prices. But at this time will venture to
say thai there is scarce town in the state but
that can boast Of full-blooded stock Of one kind
or another, and am glad to believe that there
IS growing desire among the farmers of YER
mont to improve their hocks and herds; and
this much believe is the result of agricultural
fairs aud farmers clubs and associations, for
there is a principle in man from which he tries
nv .ol he yhl,n,