Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-24

meeting at Irasburgh, December II and
Is. These conventions have been very
useful and interesting in the past, and
this one promises to be of unusual inter
est, on account of the earnest and capa-
BILE speakers that will be present to take
part in the exercises.
FARM AND BARN OF VIRGIL BoGUE.-
Irasburgh has as its western border, a
long mountain range, so steep that but
one road passes straight over 1.-THE
road to Lowell. South of this road is
high, symmetrical elevation. entirely
covered with Forest no rocks or lodges,
no windfalls or small clearings break this
beautiful bank of green, as seen in sum-
mer. North of this road, farms are
cleared along the hillside. AS we make
our way from Irasburgh to Lowell, we
pass some of the best farms in the county,
and come to an abrupt hill. A stranger
might we'll believe he had come to the
broken base Of the mountain; but from
its top, another valley appears, and is
all the more beautiful, because unexpect-
ed. Away to the right is field a half
mile long, containing about ninety acres,
very level: just rising enough to afford
drainage for surface water. At the ex-
IRENE edge of this fine meadow, stands
the farm buildings of Mr.. Bogue, to
whom this meadow belongs; and just
back of the buildings, rises the mountain
pasture that furnishes abundant heritage
; for the farm stock. The farm contains
, about 800 acres. There is but one pas
ture, and the 80 acres Of meadow has no
partition fence to mar its beauty. Pre-
vious owners have invested money in I'M
proving the house and land. The past
summer Mr.. Bogue has built barn.
i One of his old barns, 80 by 40, was sound
enough to save, and is included in the
new one, which is one hundred and five
+ feet long, thirty-two wide and twenty
t two high at the posts. Ateach end there
is deep bay. Next to these are floors,
9 each entered by an embankment and
bridge. Between these, and occupying
] A by so feet in the center of the barn,
is the cow stable The cows are tied in
q two rows, in stanchions each row has
! the heads towards the sides of the barn
In front of the heads of the cattle there
n is good wide feeding alleys and hangers
The COWS are all driven in at one door
. The cutters and walk through the center
!. of the stable, take about eight feet
There are 10 COWS on one side and IL
on the other The mixer need take bu
# few steps while milking this herd. Tn
q der the stable and barn floors, there is /;
cellar, seven or eight feet deep into which
the manure drops. By this arrangement
the manure heaps are in the centre o
the cellar, lengthwise, and do not come
against the woodwork or walls. A foo
or two of muck is spread on the celia
le bottom as an absorbent. Twenty-eigh
IS COWS have been MIXED the past summer
q and about $500 pounds of butter mad
from them. As some were farrow ant
lie some heifers, the amount was tolerabl
n satisfactory. When Mr.. Bogue bega
l. dairying on this farm, he went into Can
ada to buy cows, and in the vicinity Q
Is Melbourne and Richmond, bought four
sr teen, ten of which were grade Ayrshires
~ and every one of the ten have prove
l. extra eows,-better than any ten nativ
G. cows that he ever owned. How cam
such good stock there? Because the AZ
,e ricultural Society purchaseda pure bree
N Ayrshire bull for the improvement {
b. stock, and the farmers improved th
4. chance. In other places in Canada, W
D. hear of societies purchasing cattle, shee
swine, and horses, with the same objee
70 in view. In many cases, a better qua
IT ity of stock to keep or to sell is the re
IT. suit. Mr. B. says, however, that if h
NJ or any other man goes into Canada
bo buy fifteen good COWS, it would be wi:
10 dom to buy only ten and get the bes
or paying if necessary the price of the fl
ID teen. On this farm no regular rotatio
of crops is designed. The pasture wi
be permanent 1t is now nearly ne
in and affords early and good feed. II
nv field is in places rather low and heav
v to pillow, but is we'll adapted to raisin
grass. About ten acres have been tor
!, dressed this season. The dry portion
- of the field will be plowed as occasio
may require and heavily MANFRED. TIL
year 2 IL bushels of wheat were sowe
on l IL acres, and yielded SO bushel
We Potatoes yielded 800 bushels per acr
III About four hundred bushels of turnil
~ are stored in small room in the bar
cellar. 70 tons of hay are stored
" this large new barn. In concludin
is. these notes it is only necessary to sa
ng that the pasture, field and barn, so adm
lie, rably adapted to the dairy business, fine
no drawback at tho boucn wharo q bors
y, power churn, plenty of pure water an
NO the necessary skill insure the manufa
ar ture of good butter. q. Z. J.
IS VEST GLOVER.
Orville Comstock has sold his farm
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