Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-14
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER
PASSUMPSIC FARMERS CLUB.

j. Dow very broad question. Too deep |
for mo to properly explain. To have good
stock we should have good breeders. Thor
oughhred males. ut least. should be obtained
IL possible Never pays to raise or Keep poor
stock. Never allow an animal to lose u
pound from the time it comes into the
world until ! sell 1t. The Durhams for beef,
and some families do well for milk. Mich
depends upon the feed Early cut hay
is the best feed for all kinds of stock.
Great improvements have been made in
stock raising in twenty-five years. and great
er still will be the Improvement in future.
Farmers used to sell their best stock, and
keep the poor. Now the very best choice
animals are kept, and the poor disposed of.
That is the way ut present with undesirable.
intelligent farmers, We should do the kinds Of
stock business that has the least competition.
The west can and will beat us In our own
markets for beef, while for dairying we can
beat them for the present, ut least. As
said in the beginning the subject IS broad
deep question, aud should engage the best
energies Of every farmer.
j. Morrison; Thoroughbred stock have
never kept. have seen rs fine oxen from
what is styled native stock. A slight sprink
ling of Jersey stock with the native make
better cows for the dairy. have raised four
calves the past season. They are the best
ever had. I fed them after few days old
with skim milk. In July quit giving milk
and fed them with two quarts meal. for the
four calves, wet with warm water. Since
| ,hoV c,n,n "a, tia, harm I h,v,, gi gan the,u nun
quart of meal each with good hay. The
meal 4 corn and oats. | keep from Is To
20 sheep. Began with one-half blood Me-
rinos with coarse wool buck. Have lambs
come the first of March Feed the sheep
WE'LL let the lambs have hay and oats rs
soon as they will eat them. Feed sheep
mainly on oats and good hay. My sheep
earned eight dollars per head last year.
Lambs sold early for $685. per head, wool
IS cents per pound One lamb that came in
january now weighs 40 pounds.
G. w. Frlch Keep about so sheep coarse
wool. Am in favor Of young sheep; ut five
years old had better he shifted for younger.
Am in favor of the Durlans for beef. Ii is
important that stock have good care aud Keep
ing. Calves should have extra feed the first
year; il is more necessary than altcrward.
Farmers had better raise their own stock
than to depend entirely on buying. Always
raise or buy good stock. When buy good
yoke Of oxen generally make something on
them, hut II buy an ordinary pair seldom
get much advance. Great care should he
taken to have good breeders, especially on
the female side An extra two-year-Old will
bring S75. while IN ordinary one would he
dear ut S45. with hut n tribe difference IL
keeping. | think we can improve our stock
by getting our bulls and bucks from dis
:. ti,nce. although no better animals are OBJ
! tanned.
VIM. Adams: Do not farm at present.
have bought and sold cattle for nearly fort!
{ years. The Durhams are u great ftvorit'
5 with me. The right kind Of Durhams viii
\ grain 100 lbs, while native or other breed
| gain IS lbs, with the same keeping. An
n not so well posted on sheep. Cotswold AM
= Southdowns make the best mutton. Tn
) Southdowns shear light. A little Mrrin,
II with the coarse wool will improve the fleece
= and will not materially injure them for NUT
j ton.
!, J. &. Lawrence: five wish to raise GOO
o stock of any kind we must have parents u
r good, strong constitutions and sound in ever
y respect. would never expect to get - good
n sound colt from ringboned, spawned
e sprung knred sire, or from II heavcy, unsoun
/ mare. Success depends largely upon ear
J., and keeping Attorneys for milk, Durham
1t for beef Breed carefully, keep we'll An
Il success Is certain.
IS j. NJ. Clifford: Bought FIVE cows Ia,
q spring; one-half Ayrshire and onc-half Dan
Vt ham blood. I think highly Of them thu
il far.
II Stock raising continued for next mectin
II at one o'clock r. NJ, March Is.
is The committee appointed to devise som
a plan for keeping up the meetings through III
he busy season. reported In favor of huldln
id monthly meetings on the farms of the men
le beers by invitation, for the purpose ot exam
10 nation of stock, crops, fences, building
r &C., the lady members also learning lrol
Is what they may see in the household arrang
" mcnts that arc worthy Of imitation, also
Is assign to each member one or more exper
=, mcnts to be- carried ont and reported at me-
winters meetings Of the club. The repO
20 was accepted. and after discussion An EXPIRE
sion favorable to the plan was manifested
g. appointing committee To prepare n COns'
tuition and Bylaws lOS the club, cmhracir
es the subjects contained in the conmitt",
to report, to be presented and acted upon mt III
ee next meeting.
The Club expressed their pleasure nj Il
| ,.ft hair IA
lst parts of our own and other states. The 7
lll quest Of w." in the last VERMONT FAR
ny Err. in relation to sugtrmaking, heaters, a.,
Up, was assigned To j. Dow, who reports rs f
lows The heaters are made ut st. john
I'm bury, and in most of the tin shops in Il
to part Of the state, and cost from $40 to 81
ST. They can be set behind the pan, next 4
NJ chimney, taking up 20 inches In length of Il
nd arch; can set them in AN iron frame or n,
an AS one peascs In sugaring of, If you ha
nat no sap to keep them full they can DO tax,
icy of and the space covered with u sheet ir
IRE cover lid not mean that heater won
he pay tor itself in one year in II small pla'
fed hut where 1000 or more trees are Gpp
lily they will pay, in time and fuel, more tn
their cost. They will boil nearly NIL the til
md and feed the pan with boiling sap. A c,
ing stream Of sap is running into the heater II
on boiling stream into tho pan without a
not extra cost of fuel In building sul
lcy house., arrange it so rs to avoid dipping
ro- sap, by having the draw-tubi elevated
i | that the sap'will run into the holder, a
ecd from the holder into the heater, which sl
i'm much labor and sap, Have everything Gle
the with dry wood gather often, strain syl
hey through flannel strainers, sugar of off
ay then you have no trouble in making <,
$ Is sugar and making It pay.
tier j. LAWRENCE, Sec
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