The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-04
VIM. Ia. Mathews, Farm ana Farm
ing.

While in the excellent town of Cornwall.
Addison county, enjoyed for time the
hospitality of VIM. ii. Mathews, thought
full, intelligent, and thorough farmer
l often find farmers that are skillful in
breeding stock, making butter or in some
speciality, but here continues the broad idea
of farming to raise, to make, and to do all
possible toward providing for every want.
The seed winter wheat here sown is of the
same kind as sown in 1915, and has been
raised and sown continuously ever since
and yields equal to any. Occasionally other
kinds were sown, but only for trial. lie
has some Black sea wheat that was raised
in 1855 that has been kept year after year
thinking it might perhaps be sown.
The seed corn, clover seed, grass seed
and vegetable seeds of various kinds sown
carefully, are evidences of thoughtfulness
and timely care. The clover seed he had
just hulled-and here is an idea Glover
hullers are scarce in Vermont, but Mr.
Mathews has threshing machine which he
boxes up so closely that the clover chat,
when fed to the bcater, is allowed to pass
oil slowly and its continuous threshng hulls
the seed nicely.
Any threshing machine may be converted
into a clover huler, but all persons have
iOl lnc inventive genius Ol MT NJ.
In bringing water to his house from a
distant spring er well the use of syphon
would save much hard digging, so the sy-
phon was laid, but ON ial it was found that
a small pipe half an inch in diameter would
soon empty the we'll, and as soon as the wa
ter in the well is below the end Of the pipe,
the pipe runs dry and will not start again
of its ow. accord, so the discharge at the
lower end was made less and, until in dry
time all the water that ran came through
the hole in an ordinary clay pipe stem; yet
the supply was ample for stock of COWS
sheep, and horses.
In Cornwall the Tnmouh apple seems
to thrive well and is iavoritc eating APP
pie. The old seeding tree grew in the
town Of Tinmouth, but the first scions ta-
ken from it were set upon this farm and
the noble old trees here have furnished
many scions for propagatng the variety.
The original tree was grown by relative
Of Mr.. Mathews. This farm has long been
in the family, and is highly priced by the
present occupants, Its soil generally re-
spends to the labor and hopes of the hus-
bandman. The grass crop is abundant, the
wheat never failing crop, and as Cornwall
is famous for its beets and onions.
the beet crop here has been a
tHOusHnu DusuClS Oh al uNIt, anu SIX nun
dred on half an acre. and the onions almost
make one shed tears to look at them. Mr.
NJ. has found a use for the knives Of old
moving machines. Take one of these tri-
angular blades and pierce it with two holes
about half inch apart and with two screws
fasten it to handle about foot long then
you have the onion hoe. The sharp point
ed edges of the moving machine sections
OF knives work in admirably among the
small plants, whether onions, bccts, carrots
or turnips.
/ have before communicated to you how
they make horse power for churning out
of an old moving machine.
The Merino sheep kept are choice an
finals. A pair of matched colts are beau
ties. All the stock looks well.
If still further improvements are needed
on the farm or about the farm buildings, be
sure that they are under consideration and
in time will be made Vermont Farmer.