Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-18
For the VERMONT FARMER
NOTES BY THE SEASIDE.

Irecently read an item upon 4" Bankrupt
Takers" and one class were those who only
told remarkable facts or incidents, and grad
ually gained the reputation of being the
greatest liars 10 the community, and were
only listened to to be doubted In gather
ing few items for short communication |
may place myself among that class, by tell
ing the most remarkable facts
A very severe drouth has been hindering
the growth Of all crops, and during the week
ending June 2Sth the haying has been press
ed with vigor. Hay has advanced to forty
dollars a ton in Newport and thrty-six in
Providence, and as the farmers rake the
small crop together they do not anticipate
any falling off from that price.
The best picking Of strawberries has also
been gathered, and prices are firm at % to
30 cents a quart. | saw one-third of an
acre that was heavily set with fruit, and the
owner expected, with favorable weather,
2OO0 boxes, which is a maximum yield and
seldom excelled Another two-thirds of an
acre had yielded 1900 boxes and as many
more seemed started on the vines. Other
fields yield less. These berries are packed
from IL to lS hours before they are exposed
in market The point for us to consider is
found in remark of good gardener who
said, "If you can in Vermont, on account Of
your northern climate, lengthen the straw
berry season one week, you can be certain Of
good prices and sure market" Here the
best of the picking is before July l. Do
your strawberries, Doctor, come to their best
picking before the 4th2 A large crate holds
go quarts, and if sent by the night express
over the Passumpsic road it would have a
cool ride of IL hours, at an expense of per-
haps p cents per quart. Shall we in north
ern Vermont try to raise strawberries for
New England cities?
saw in one lot 1900 tomato plants al
ready fruiting; set 4 feet. Last year
$50 plants brought crop that sold for $500.
saw in the cornfeld every ninth row
planted to Boston marrow squashes, instead
OF corn. This farmer has practced this for
six years, and while every year squashes sell
we'll, two years out of the six the squash
crop was worth more than the good crop of
corn on eight-ninths of the land.
Onions, beets, round turnips, and cabbage,
are going into market, drawn in some cases
Is miles in the night, so as to be in market
at break of day, but less distance is desir-
able.
A farm Of fifty acres yielded the owner
$1,000 above expenses last year, and have
no doubt the expenses were as much more.
was especially interested in the manage.
ment Of small farm Of about a dozen acres
poor and neglected until occupied by the
present tenant at the halves In 1871 the
whole income from the sale Of crops wai
$3.50 in 1872, $500; in 1878 the pros.
pect is good for over $4,000. The principal
fertilizers used were fish guano and seaweed.
The principal crops this year are strawber'
ries, early potatoes, French and round tur
nip seed, and corn.
How about COWS and their productsY Z some
may ask. Milk is sold at six cents quart
and the best herds have seen belonged tC
Henry Gardner and N. b. Gardner, mem
bers Of the Swansea Farmers Club These
dairymsn keep grade or common COWS, and
sell the milk to a dealer who takes it at the
barn and carries it to Fall River. They
commence milking at one o'clock in the NOR
nlng and about two o'clock in the afternoon
II. Gardner has eleven cows that have aver