The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
horticultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.

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In answer to our invitation last week
to trot out cows to beat those of Mr..
Phelps, we have received the following
communications for which we desire to
thank the parties sending them. We
have the impression that Messrs. Douglas
and Adams have been using brain work
in the management Of their diaries.
Mr.. N. b. Douglas of Cornwall, in
forms us that he made 1855 lbs. Of butter
in one week ending June 9th, from his
dairy, which numbers all told Is cows.
Of these two have calves which they are
iattening were then three weeks old, and
were allowed to take all the new mix
they wanted Three are twoyear old
heilcrs which came in in the winter, i'm
pairing thereby their value for the season
very much A family Of seven persons
used all the milk and cream they desired.
IT we reckon two Of the heiiers as one
mature COW, and the other heifer with the
two cows iattening calves as another, OF.
ter supplying the family with milk and
cream, it would reduce the number to 10
aud give an average Of ~ l.3 lbs. to a
COW as the product for one week. The
weight given was the net weight when
the butter was packed ready for market.
This result was brought about with little
effort and at traiDg extra expense. MIR.
Douglas hopes and expects to be able to
report weekly average approximating
= he b,t oF Tho Iq1;,, 3,o1pe1. he is nj
present unable to speak definitely.
Mr.. Edrick Adams Of Addison, writes
that his family made from eight cows Of
Alderney and native cross, the second
week Of this month SO lbs. Of butter
which he sold to Seymour j. Everest oil
Addison, over and above what was con
sumed by his family of six persons, and
also twelve or fifteen pounds which was
packed in the fourth tub now on hand.
CLOVER AND CoRN.-So many have
wanted to know how that crop of corr
was made, what fertilizers were used, &c.
that l thought it better to answer through
the columns of Jour paper. 1t will dc
for partial answer to the question
"Does farming pay ?" for the five acre'
in the field would have averaged fully
100 bushels shclcd corn per acre, had i
not been for a storm that broke down ;
portion and shortened an acre very much
The field was sown to clover in tht
spring of 1869, and was moved twic,
each year until and including 1872. L
was broken early in the spring Of 1873
The clover was very rank, and fallen bad
ly, so We could only NOW with the ma
chine one way, and even then left larg
amount Of stalks, &C., on the ground
Corn was planted about the first of May
in rows only one way-hills about twent,
inches apart, two to four grains to hill
The ground was in excellent order, moth
ing to hinder the corn in growing, anC
hardly hill was missing in the field. |
came up and grew off without check
Many Of my neighbors said it was to-
thick. We went through it just as i
came TO tasseipg out, and pulled out al
dwarf stalks and suckers, leaving onl,
prime stalks. The culture given wa
going over it with cultvator as soon a
up sufficiently, then every week goin,
over it with a double shovel pillow, hav
ing boy follow to uncover No hoeinI
was DONE but the culture was clean.
never saw such a burden Of corn o
anything Of the vegetable kind grow on
field. When we cut it up we set eigh
rows together. and aimed to have eigh
hills to row, which would only leave tn
shocks one rod and half, or Whereabouts
by less than rod apart, and they CAV
Il bushels shelled corn per shock. An.
one can make their own figures. TIL
fodder would have sold for enough to pa,
every expense for blowing, planting, cul
tivating and harvesting the crop. Al
the fertilizers used were the clover roots
&C., which had been left from the pre-
ceding crops, and we had taken ampl
crops of hay off also. believe this mat
ter Of clover is too much neglected b.
our farmers, while they run too nue.
after timothy, because they sometime iai
to get a good catch when they sow Glove
seed but they need not fail if the
would keep up the fertility Of their land
There certainly is very easy method c
doing that, and doing it proftably too
making it pay as they 60 but if thei
land is poor at first, it will need hel t
start as did this field of mine. We pu
30 four-horse loads on it in the fall c
1868, and got q good crop of whea
JAS. EpcERToN.-Conntry Gentleman