Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-04

OF water dock tor the commerce. Of two ma
tions, and build up on It's banks cities such as
that commerce will Inevitably demand.
Burlington rises but slowly to an apprecia-
ton Of her unrivalled opportunities, and as
consequence some Of them may slip away
from her,-though not from Vermont.
Whether her people take hand in the work
or not, Vermont, standing in the gateway Of
such commerce, and blessed with such wa.
ter power and such soil, has grand and
sure future. We cannot forbear to hope that
from among her own people may spring its
guiding minds and hands, and that its great
prizes may fall to her own sons, rather than
to strangers who will care little for her honor
or prosperity, and will spend elsewhere the
profits of her trade.
We CHANGED TO meet in Burlington the
members Of the Massachusetts, Press Asso.
citation on their annual excursion, and we're
pleased to renew among them many old and
form some new acquaintance. Editors,
though they may be gruff and grumpy IN
their sanctums, are a genial set of fellows
away from home, and those of Massachusetts,
prominently so,
Through the courtesy of
!. A. shedd, Esq,
we we're enabled, on Friday, to see much of
interest in the farming region about Burling.
ton, which, though not the best in the state,
is much Of it very good, Mr.. Ehead has
himself very fine dairy farm of 2S4 acres,
in South Burlington. and in company with
Mr.. Van Sicklen, is extensively and profit.
ably engaged in breeding Shorthorn cattle,
selecting from the strains most eminent for
milking qualities. The milk from Mr..
Shedd's herd is sold to customers In Burling.
ton. We had the pleasure Of going through
his pastures, which, Notwithstanding the dry
weather, were much more than ankle deep in
rich grass. Here we examined many of the
fine COWS and heifers of his herd. The former
show ample evidence of their milking capac-
ity, and, unlike some others of the breed
their milk is an important element of profit
to their owners. Mr.. Shedd confesses to not
having escaped the mistakes and losses which
fall to all in undertaking the arduous and diff.
cultrole of a breeder thoroughbred stock, yet
his accounts already show good balance on
the right side, and his herd comprises many
fine animals whose produce must command
ready sale at high rates from their intrinsic
value, as well as for their fashionable blood.
Many of our readers are familiar with this
stock from seeing it at fairs, where it has al
ways taken liberal share of the premiums
offered. Among the great mixers Of the
herd are the Duchess of Rochester, Lady
Larcom, and Mazurka of Oakdale, (sold by
S. &. V. to the late MI. Hoyle, aud repur.
chased by them at large advance at the
recent sale of Mr.. Hoyle's herd.) Among
the heifers Champlain Maid and Laura, both
bred by S. & ", (the latter sold and repur-
chased from the herd of Mr. Goodell of Brattle
boro, )were specially noticeable. Thesoheifers
are both the get of I'd Earl OF Oxford, who
heads the Shedd and Van Sicklen herd, and is
one the best bred and most successful sires OF
milking Shorthorns in the country. The I'd
Duke of Oxford was bred by Jas. o. Shell.
don, Of Geneva, N. Y, bis sire the I'd Duke
of Geneva, dam Sd Maid of Oxford.
Mr.. Shedd is prosecuting the improvement
OF his farm with characteristic energy and
good judgment charging his barns, clean
ing up his pastures, removing stumps and
other distractions, building fences, reseeding
meadows, &c. We noticed that he was US
ing two teams of mules in his farm work, aud
though they were lighter than the mules we
had been accustomed 10 in Kentucky, he
speaks highly Of their usefulness, and thinks
them more economical than horses for such
business.
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