Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-09
Meeting Of the New Hampshire Board
OF Agriculture.

The New Hampshire Board of Agticul
ture held meetings at American hall, llins-
dale, on Tuesday, the 9Th inst. Oir corre-
spondent furnishes tho following report Of
tie proceedings:
Deacon Buhum Of Winchester, chairman
of the board, presented as subjects for dis
cussion the production Of milk, the Keep
ing of cows, and Kindred topics, including
The cultivation of potatoes aud tue manu-
facture of starch. The deacon spoke sens
IDLY and forcbly favor Of using kind
nes, to animals and especially to cows.
Such course, ne demonstrated, is produc-
tive of profit both in the quantity and
quality Of the milk, and other good results
produced. In bis pea for tho good keep
ing and kind treatment of the COW, he
made plain the fact that the good results
would even reach our children in giving
them a greater degree of health and happi-
ness.
MIR. Hutchinson Of Milford fully concur
red in the statements and facts presented
w Mr.. Buffum and more fully illustrated
them.
Mr. Lawrence of Epping spoke of the
best breeds of cows for milk, and gave his
preference to the Durham Short Horns.
He also spoke of the grea: advantage 10 he
gained by giving cows and other stock, in
cold weather, warm water for their drink,
and made out perfect case in this partic-
uar.
Mr.. Holton of Lancaster, gave avery in
teresting and instructive account of the
manufacture Of starch in Coos county, and
gave the process. From his remarks we
learned that bushel Of potatoes will make
from eight to eleven pounds of the article,
or, on an average, about one ton to $50
bushels. He considers that the waste of
the process is valuable fertilizer and good
food for stock, though as yet but little APP
preciated. From one-cighth TO one-sixth of
all the starch made in the country, he said,
is made in and near Coos county. The po-
tato crop there is immense, the land yield
ing on an average go bushels TO the acre.
The price for them at the factories is thirty
cents bushel.
Mr.. Adams of Manchester made remarks
intended to show that successive crops of
potatoes on the same field would deteriorate
the soil.
NJ u Fisk of Hinsdale made some
observations on the peculiartIes or soil
adapted 10 the profitable production of po-
tatoes.
DR.. Kiugsbury of Lyme controverted the
idea that the potato crop will deteriorate
the soil if it is properly led with ashes, and
to prove his position correct, stated that he
had raised on the same field eleven success
sive crops Of the tuber, aud that the eicr-
enh crop rdS the best.
Several speakers in answer to an inquiry
by Mr.. John Slearns of IIinsdale, concur
red in statement that four bushels of seed
potatoes to the acre was amply sufficient.
4: old usage was from 10 to Is bushels
per acre.
Mr.. c. Il. Sargent of Hnsdale, finds by
repeated trials that very small quantity OF
seed in hills one and a half feet apart, yields
the best quality of potatoes Tor the table.
Rev. j. 6. Bennett continues tue use Of a
whole large tuber TO each hill, but he was
evidently in small minority in his views
in this particular, though he made some
other valuable suggestions.
Dea. Bufium said that the way to get the
earliest potatoes was to plant the seed end
only.
MI. Holton spoke favorably of the "Oat
Basket" form Of hills in their cultivation.
DIR. Kingsbury gave decidedly good adj
dress on agricultural Education"
After this lively debate on the manner
of conducting agricultural schools ended
the meeting.