Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
AarituIturaI Stems.

Forty thousand plows were manufactured
in Maysville, KY, in 1879.
Florida proposes to supply Cincinnati with
tropical fruits
Nothing should be fed to cows that the dali
ryman could not put into his own mouth.
A COW poor in flesh may give good deal
of milk, but il she is made fat she yields
much more butter.
A pound of butter can be obtained from 81
quarts of Alderney milk, while of ordinary
milk IL to II quarts is required.
The town of Richmond, which is only ~
miles square, makes 200 tons of cheese u
year.
Raisns of fair quality, grown and cured
in Kane Co., Utah, have been received ut the
Agricultural Bureau, Washington.
The growing wheat crop is said TO be the
most unpromising ever known in Great Brit
ain.
An Iowa man boasts that he stole six hun
dred and seventy-two chickens since Novem-
Der.
The approximate value of the wool, wheat
and gold produced in California last year was
S92, 500 900.
Jesse G. Gray, of Wheelock, purchased
and shipped to the Boston market during the
fall 200 head of cattle, valued mt about &c.,
600
The number of milch cows in the State in
1871 was lS0,2S5 the production of butter
1854, 1896 lbs, and that of cheese 1880, 700
pounds.
Suel Foster, who is not much given to blair
ney, pronounces the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege "a success beyond the highest expecta-
lions of its early advocates and progenitors' -
lad eight years old in Huntington coun-
ty, Indiana, was attacked while on his way
to school few days ago by ferocious sow
and his body was found fearfully mutiated.
A great number of English farm laborer,
are now looking westward across the ocear
for deliverance. Their disputes with theil
employers seem impossible of satisfactory
settlement.
English farm laborers who earn $3.50
week, and board themselves, are expected
to commence work at five in the morning
1.-TWO hours before breakfilst,) and to worl
after supper until dark.
1t is common remark among our farmer
that the long continued cold weather make
good markets for all kinds of fodder. AL
varieties of stock are anxious TO eat all the,
can, and are not backward to appeal for more
1t is natural for most men to follow thei
fathers. They vote as "pa" does, supper
the creed that pa does, run one piece q
land for corn, another for grass and anothe
for potatoes, for no other reason than "p
used to do sou
The Philadelphia Agricultural Association
Of which George Washington and Rober
Morris were members, was formed in 1871
The Massachusetts Association was forme
in 1882 and in 1893 the New York Socet
was formed.
At the Royal Agricultural Society's exhi
bihon nj Smithfeld, London, recently held
an American manufacturing firm sold 10
reapers in one lot to a Polish gentlemen
present for the purpose of examining an,
procuring the best agricultural implement
for export to his country.
Mr. Arnold, n dairyman from Utica, state,
at late meeting of the Monroe Co. Farmer,
Club that he had ascertained that 200 lbs. O
hay in n warm barn went as far in stool
feeding rs 800 lbs. in one full of cracks ant
openings. He tried 1t with ten cows in eacI
case.
In Germany, Guanape Guano is treate,
with sulphuric acid and the volatile carbon
ate ammonia contained is thereby fixed.
manure is thus produced which contains ,
per cent. of soluble phosphate and II pc
cent. of ammonia, These ingredients wou
be worth $3.50 per tun.
The first cheese factory in the State IAN
the second in the United States) was estal
lished in Chittenden County, in 1858, by
ID. Mason, now President of the State Da
rymem's Association. Al present there ar
siNty-seven factories, twenty-five of whic
are in Chittenden County.
California reckons up her years product a
follows; wool, 81, 500, 900; wheat $50. OOO, 600
} gold S25, 100000 wine etc. to make up the t.
tai TO Sl00,000 900. OF this amount, SAC, 0Ol
600 is estimated rs profit. The San Francis
, co Bulletin says: Evidently we have reachc
| point where all the capital needed will
created.
Mr.. IL. Hopkins, Jr, Montgomery, ha
! sold to +. 5, Tarbell, the Shorthorn bul
frankie Norton; to A. A. Moore, East Berk
shire, the ycarhng heifers Lady White an
Lady Franklin; TO John Marvin and NJ
Stone, Berkshire, the yearling bull Uncl
Sam, and to c. S. & w. Ii. McAllster, Emo.
burg yearing bull.
Parties most conversant with the chees
business think that factories taking the mil
f Of 300 or 400 cows are most profitable to tn
patrons, while those taking milk from
greater number are more profitable to partic
running factories on private account. Til
alleged reason is that the work is done be-
ter in the smaller factories.
The German Empire own 1000 stallion
which are distributed throughout the COUNT
for the use of the farmers Mt nominal price
Some of these animals are worth very larg
sums; one of them was lately purchased
> England for $4,000, and another for Sl5
I 600, The purpose is to improve the nations
. character of the stock of horses from whiC
f the supplies of the army have to be draw
e. Farmers are somewhat troubled to get
y full supply of meal just now the mills are a
g short of corn, in consequence Of blockade
railroads A small "streak of Lean in Il
S pork and beef may be looked for these day
', Hon. Harris Lewis. to whom was referrC
;. an inquiry about COWS eating rubbish, repllC
that bone-meal was needed. 1t might be f.
: to them in small quantities, like salt, or
- two hundred pounds per acre should
spread on the pasture, it would furnish Il
cows with bone-beal for lifetime.
G The first annual sale Of Shorthorn cattl
5 by Daniel Kimball, took place mt his farm
n Clarendon, and was we'll attended. +. Cha
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