Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-12-18
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"H"I i"iNoiHH FA RhERS' CLUB.
Tridor No., TO-,
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a. 'VJ oSsI nIGtnnu OF seeding land.
~. " N AZ - JuSut II extremely I'M
P oI.nit ~ w "tIlCI'tuI"lIst 10 learn, II
,,, 'c ~ uv9. nlvtupu OF seeding land
,,s ~ ~ az, ~ ~, ,u,S une piuntn OF farming
i.',, w ~, ,"'. ~ rnt"'iS tttlS "tleI mat inc
i i ','',rV w t''ul O.|uIy P"NclI nS the
rpoc;ntn,i. I'LL ,,'l ""n '1t seueIally APP
r. - ~, ~ .'"' " .uLu w. ~ pclttT than
$500, ny ~, W. SUNel ,hln, ahi early
if gu va '.-u' syn nc tuouSht ~ avs
aa1 u" ia ,.r,,' !" po.n c'o'eI anu grass
Gro,y ~ i, lca S,u' v,"nur Goou crop TO
HIM ~, c,ti, ~ VIZ EIouhu ~ Gopd con-
~ ai,i , nnS c,oPs' anu Is g2od Tor
vjsoJ Xii r,r,,,o,9. ~, VI s'ogh. ne al
raIIrn G,r To-, w., w. 80" "rtu9 FIass anu
~ u, er,,,, w., i".,o''S' "st, 10 MAKE
Iii n,oi ,I ~ ,,, cti, uilu secohu,
ia oiic",o6 ,n ," o,, H. al, Ai,us slGcN'
~ SCttY'N''" I" 9'eu''s Hlcauo" Iahu IN
Gco NJ C.o.o o.,..,..., H. .....
uat r. = \ I''c'nc" cue 3IHnlOh
,L,,i c 49,, 81" iCS'i We ono nan OF
,;,a ~ sa'iiS ui,'cl'dIS IGr use at lhe
',,,'i, my MoHii insure bet
~ ""u 49, e., 'tn.er lrohts thah II
ny WHY was Itu 10 tne corn CROP. lie
uGii'Ne9 II loIIf 20 sow Closer ON Iand that
min Si"W Boou TI"p vi tculop Tor num-
~ -, 9ealS; ilc 'hlihs once or twice
H. 4, i''iv 49, ~ It'ul"s' . H"t chouSni
hni,,o .1a,.i,,, :, ~ - auo' IGsI'y PuINerizeu
H., iSi,Tl ~ ~ "uf Aiuu oI grass.
go. i .,i lIuyu Mlsutu 10 KNOW why idrnl-
~ IL ou'uoHs,ut ~ OF AZ years ago,
W. w I"iiH 'n"n az tue present timeY
w ny W ue1 no soWou c'oNer II could not
g., % ~. ~ i'Oi Niiioa he dS'ecd win
~ l. -, VS. ~ Tue opinion tnat When farm
u ,l iH Ia, " Btl gQo9 c3tch' tuete IS fdil-
VIZ az WI ~ tneIt business lie was
a.
pc nId'u'u '"p JUICE ana that H. should
oo ,i"'T L"o'TuHniF "ocohiPostd before
uS'uS' He o'a0caied t"p-dresslnS as
cnudp "hu p'oni'p'r way 70 Keep grass
grow, nS al1er once Started. Thought that
ny Plo"ihs holst land IN dry weather.
S S,os, -, IL ~ pUG MLCa.; .Ni'h view IN
p"ll' W Snaue Tue Hrouhd ana not the turf
men 10 oats lhe second year. anu the same
tH n .hIiu year. WIN good coat oi manure,
an sucu IahI cou'u DC maze ~ grow the
HlTs' pToutdhIe crops %! lhe ilIn.
H. r. sleeper thougHt II evident 10 every
o'lJi". "pseI NIi, tu't nose VINO nave
Ii'ue tuI mo- u'rtCt use 81 All The iertil-
izers OF theIr farms have as general rule
ueeh tne. most Successlu1' lie thought
tnal 10 talse Gopu crops, II was necessary,
uot on y 10 suitably prepare the laud for
'ueil' uut 10 lccu ttcm.
Mr.. floyd lhought - loads Of manure
narrowed IN was worth more To grow
corn, than 40 loads plowed under, and
that grass would deri,e much more bene-
III from the mluure with one half spread
one year and the other at the time OF sead-
lag, than If all spread the first wear.
Inc President remarked that he should
Ike TO see the experiment tried of sowing
seed ON snow early in winter. Us he had
observed that in some farming sections.
that method was pr9C;ic.l. He hal also
observed that many wcs,cru farmers SOW
buck wheat, with a view to 70, the turf,
lint hon t.f CO., ali
imPovefishln1 crop. lie had tried seed
ing after tobacco. Uy sowing in August,
but lost the clover. His clover soNn in
the spring, died in the month Of June.
when in the third leaf
Mr.. Chase thought much our d .fiicul-
seed per acre, enough to shade the pround
ana oats enough to do the same.
l.. ID. keyes advised farmers TO seed
land in the spring, in order to grow clover,
one Of the bes, crops for land, and sue
cieding crops. He objected to Mr.. Floyds
method OF sowing back wheat as il never
returned him any profit. Recommended
timothy and fedlop rs sure and profitable
crops, and gave 1t "a his opinion that the
seed should be "harruwod in" while olo-
yer would do better "rulled ill.," lie sows
40 IDS OF cloVcr ana a peek Of herds grass
ihh IL, Ie'c ",u tnluhs II none 100 much lie
thinhs top'dttsslng good practice, but
DeHeNes II q loss ior manure to lay over
great lemgth 1i ume. The trouble with
JUNG klilng OF clover he thought might be
par aTt'a.'X overcome ny the use OF ashes.
-. ~ ~ - 'ght hartows IN his clover seed,
", neii 50" u III lhe sptlhs, but when sown
.r vo"nI IT, VITA rye, sows II on the
s snU" hi re- l'nMI , nls corn stIbb!e and
SOW, SOW MS grass seed IN me iaii. Has prac-
oIuu suing ator oals out ways lost his
are " r ,ai5 Sle oa,S I'useu' ne consid-
ers II 4 S0'd practice to sow plaster on
,am" seeu'a III Tue sprlhg ana paying in
',S,,,a en- 10 purchase plaster and phos-
c r1I,e '9 no T L l1nu ne so"s 10 lbs. OF
rod Ion 30 80 - ~ 80 onu los; Oh