Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-04-04

most OF their fertillzlng material, plan
to apply in the fall. | think the cheap
est way to obtain fertilizing substances
is to manufacture them at home. We
have always called corn stalks good
fertilizing material, and taken consider
able pains to make good use of them,
but some of our high bred trainers talk
differently. DIR. George b. Loring says
there is no vurtue in corn-stalks, that
Jersey COWS are poor property, because
the bntter will not keep" He also says
this town ought to be divided" We
don't believe in either of his doctrines.
Peter Collier says Braoley's patent
phosphate is better than Bradley's XL."
He tells US to buy ashes, sal soda and
salt, for raising tobacco, but our pur-
chasers never want tobacco grown on
land where these fertilizers have been
used freely. He says the Green Mount
ain phosphate is worth SO per ton )" |
can find man that can furnish the same
article at $40 per ton. What then are
we going to do. We are in want of
some of these fertilizers and we want the
best and cheapest. am in favor of
Bradley's XL. My plan of obtaining it
would be to send in the name of this
Club, direct to Mr. Bradley. He has
always done good thing for US, and l
believe we can trust him further. But
to change the subject. We have been
disappointed this evening by letter
from Mr.. Clark informing US that he
could not be with us on account of sick
ness in his family, with hope that he
may yet be able to fulfil his appointment.
l motion that Mr.. Phelps be invited to
address the meeting
PREsIDENT.-Taking your motion as
the sense of the meeting, | now have the
pleasure of introducing Mr. Charles E.
Phelps of Warehouse Point, Conn.
G. Il. PHELPs-I found on reaching
this place that | had been advertised to
address this meeting. l have prepared
no address for two reasons: LIST, think
social talk more desirable and practi-
cable. ID, l am no speech maker. 1
will say that / am not farmer, and
never have been. The farmers of East
Hartford have received the highest prices
for tobacco of any town in New Eng
land, some selling for 70 cents and some
as high as 81 per lb. They do not get
those prices this year on account of the
sweat. They use very few phosphates,
think horse manure much better. In
deed, that, together with good cattle ma
nure, furnish the best fertilizer in the
market for tobacco growers. The agri-
cultural reports Of the state show an av-
erage of 100 lbs. per acre. Some acres
produced as high as $500 lbs. The re-
ports of 1871 show the average crop pei
acre in the different states, together with
the average price per h., to be: New
Hampshire, 900 lbs. at 20 cents per 10.
Vermont, $50 at 194 cents per lb. Mas.
sachusetts, 1,45O at 201; Connecticut
LOO at % cts. per Id; New York, 657
at II 70; and Kentucky 400 at cts pei
lb. The question has not been SO much
how to raise tobacco as how to cure it
The former methods have not satisfied
the demands. We were unable to work
only part of the day, because obliged
to wait until after the evaporation of the
dew. We were obliged, after it was cut
to lay it on the ground to wilt, to turn il
to prevent sunburn, to gather into piles
to load and to handle few plants at 6
time very carefully. By the new process
we can commence work at any time
without waiting for the evaporation O
the dew, as it will readily evaporate from
The plant when hanging. We never lay
the tobacco on the ground, but cut anC
hang on lath. We unload by transfer
ing six plants on lath directly to poles
When loading in the field the same mum
Der may be handled at time. If, then
we can work all day and can avoid sun
burn, bruising and tearing, we have
gained three desirable points,-time. la
bor and superior quality of tobacco
Superior from the fact that it has beer
handled only once and by the stalk ha
not been broken as when laid on th,
, ground in its green state to wilt, to b.
turned, gathered into poles and throwl
into wagons has not been bruised b,
iolting to the barn, torn and broker
when unloading by hosting together tn
several plants, and what is more, is fre
from sunburn.
Another noticeable and valuable poin
in favor of the hook is that every plan
is equally distant from the next, thin,
not easily accomplished by any othe
method of hanging. That there is
tendency in tobacco to sunburn whel
laid on the ground to wilt, is well known
By the new method this is entirely pre-
vented, as the circulation of air arount