Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-06
Farm, Garden and Household,
Change of Pasture.

We copy the following from the pro-
ceedings of the Central New York
Farmers Club. DIR. L. L. Wight, of
! - Whitestown, said: "I believe it is now
conceded that cattle do better by being
confined to one pasture during the
81 season than by changing from one field
to another, as has at times been recon-
mended. This is, at least, decidedly
in accordance with my experience.
There should, therefore, be but one
pasture for COWS, unless they number
over seventy-five in a dairy, under
which circumstances it may be prefer
able to divide them. Thus, on ordinary
farms more than one pasture is unnec-
essary for cows; another should be
used If young cattle are reared, or
- horses or sheep. The meadow had also
better be in the same inclosure with the
plow-land, thus necessitating only
three large lots for farm of several
hundred acres even." Samuel Camp
bell was "much interested in the state
ment that it was conceded that single
pasture was better for the dairy herd
He had supposed that succession of
81 pastures was approved, but was glad to
know otherwise. Messrs. Bonfoy and
Shull approved the one-pasture system
subjected to the danger of overlooking,
and there is better yield. Morgan
Butler would in the future have but
two helds-plowed land and meadow
In one, and pasture in the other. He
would not turn the cattle on the meadow
until the crop is taken from the plowed
land. We cannot, he added, staLd the
burden imposed by cost of fences. It
must be reduced. DR.. Wight thought
the two-feld plan might answer for up
lands, but the grass would grow too
rank on the Mohawk flats a flood
might come, wash the sand among the
grass, and the next years crop would
be short. MIR. Cleveland remarked that
if he had his life to live over he would
not build SO many fences. "Remove
all your fences and soil your cattle"
said Mr., Cleveland.
4 ~ A Good Fertilizer.
The Scientific american saws farm.
ers have to pay high price for an arti-
Gle, which, with a little skill, they
could make themselves during the win
ter months or on rainy days, when they
have little else to do, and gives recipe
for cheap fertilizer successfully used
by farmers in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The formula presented below is, how
ever, wanting = except incidently, as
recommendation the ingredient which
is most apt to give trouble and to cause
injury in transportation and hauling
VIZ, oil of vitrol, or sulphuric acid
and is doubtless good one, if the arti-
Gle is applied in sufficient quantities.
The mixture is especially recommended
for potatoes and wheat by farmer who
has tried it, and who says he has used
1t with success on corn and other pro-
ducts. It is as follows: Take 1000
pounds of good mold, sieve and screen
it to get the gravel out, and make it as
fine as. possible then spread on a
floor, add 100pounds sulphate ammonia,
100 pounds common salt, and mix with
rake; when thoroughly mixed, add
70 pounds of pearl ash and % pounds
sulphate of soda, mix well then add
400 pounds ground bone, % pounds
best Peruvian guano, and $50 pounds
ground plaster. Mix the whole thor
oughy, throw in pile for forty eight
hours, and it is fit for use. If it is to
be used for potatoes in districts where
the potato bugs are numerous, five gal
Ions sulphuric acid may be sprinkled
over the mass. The caution is added
that the acid must not be used in a con-
fined place, as the fumes are injurious
to health, and that if it is spilled on
the floor, water must be thrown on it,
as the mixture generates great heat.