The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-18

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hop-house, which was of course tight, be
ing lathed and pastered) with grass en-
when fairly headed out, Just before il
blossom, and he told me that he cut it il
the morning, filed the hop-house the SAINT
DAY. and that he never bad hay keep bet
ter than that. When opened in the win
ter it looked as nice as when put in Such
hay will make cows give milk, and cattle
horses and sheep grow fat. I" He tina
hath ears to hear let him hear"
5. DAMON, RiptoD, VI
THE IMPROVEMENT or LANDS
BY GRAIN-GROWINC.
SUMMARY OF PAPER READ BEFORE TIL
FARMERS MEETING OF THE BOARD OIL
AGRICULTURE, AT NERGENNEs. BY r
BAILEY, ESQ, OF BRIppoRr.
tConcluded)
4 fow years ago had occasion to
visit the Northern part Of New York
state after cattle. and while there | staid
over night with farmer of much reputed
worth. who had lot of such cattle as |
was in want Of, and finding him very CON-
municaticvc in regard to himself, being
what We should call something Of a brag,
TOOK the liberty to interview him. He
informed me he got his first start BY
working by the month in this country,
then went home, married, and purchased
"a farm or 10 miles from large vii.
lage, running in debt heavily for it, but
the farm was so run down he got it at
such reduced price that he thought it a
bargain, tie found good market for
hay in the village, and TO help him to
meet his payments he began selling hay.
That was wrong think | hear you say,
but wait for the sequel, He found
herdsgrass hay sold the best, SO he went
to raising it, and to get the market hay
LIE had to restock his land every few
years thus he raised large quantities of
grain, and continued the practice Of sell.
lug hay, and he said that was the prin.
cipal crop from which he had made his
money. He said by feeding the straw to
young cattle he got manure enough to
keep his land in heart, Here was a
Canadian who could neither read nor
write, who had acquired his wealth in less
years than he had thousands, and in the
mean time reared a large family, the
Oldest of which had entered profession
and others fitted for almost any sphere in
in life, and all of this accomplished by
selling hay, and his farm having improved
all the time until it was in the best pro.
Iuc;ive state think of any farm | ever
saw for one SO large.
Now the second point in our manure
question How shall We apply it?
Only short time since one Of our New
England college presidents was heard to
say, "you might as well hang beef steak
around mans neck and call it his din
ner, as to spread manure on top Of the
land and call it manuriug the land"
would say, you might as well put a beet
steak in the bottom of his boot and be.
o.use small quantity Of the juice oil the
meat would be absorbed through the
pores OF the skin. and in a small manner
help TO nouIsh the decaying tissues, call
it his breakfast, as to put manure at the
bottom of the inrrow and call it manuring
The land Because some Of our plants
send long tap roots down TO the subsoil
Tor drink, as plants are at times very
thirsty, many argue that they are in pur-
suit Of food If they will examine the
roots Of plants or trees they will find these
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feeding radices, but near the surface you
will find the ground filed with them
You will observe by mulching your fruit
trees that these feeders will grow higher
and higher every year as the surface is
raised by the mulch, until you get them
above the natural surface, revealing in the
rich stores they find in the mulch. Also
take our Dubious roots A.; as soon as they
get below the plant food they immediate
ly grow smaller and most of them termi.
nate abruptly as they approach the subsoil
and all OF our largest growing dubious
roots grow near the surface or above, SC
their feeding rootlets will be near the
surface, when thay enjoy the benefit Of
light and heat, which is as necessary for
plants to aid them to digest their food as
for animals, Before closing will state
how | became convert to surface manur-
ing. A few years ago, not long after
began farming, | had small piece Of
land | wished 10 seed down, it joining a
piece was seeding, on which | had
plowed in the manure as many farmers
yet do. This small piece not having any
manure plowed in, spread a dressing Oh
top, even without dragging, remarking al
the time it looked rather shiitless but il
might do little good. The result wal
after | saw the lasting benefit of thai
manure | ceased to pillow in manure.
There is one thing certain though VT
may differ in the mode Of applying ma
nure, that is manure zoe must hare, al
though, like gold, we may make it cos
too high for profitable use, But if W,
will husband our means in regard t
making manure rs We do in saving ou
money, | think we would have NOR,
money to use and at the same time ado
to our sinking fund more.
Now | would say to such farmers a.
sell their straw because their stock will no
DO as we'll on it as on hay, do not sell tn
straw, but buy and feed q little grail
with the straw. believe that it woul,
pay farmer better 10 buy straw to be-
his cattle with to absorb the liquid ma
nure, than to pay three cents pound 70
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