Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-02

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acres Of meadow has no partition fence TO
mar its beauty. Previous owners have in
vested money in improving the house and
land. The past summer Mr.. BOgue has built
barn. One Of his old barns. so by 40,
was sound enough to.save, and is included in
the new one, which is ono hundred and five
feet long, thirty-two wide and twenty-five |
high at the posts. At each end there is a
deep bay. Next to these are floors, each
entered by an embankment and bridge. Be-
tween these, and occupying "A by 32 feet in
the the center Of the barn, is the COW stable.
The COWS are tied in two rows, in stanchions
each row has the heads towards the sides Of
the barn. In front Of the heads Of the cat
tie there is good wide feeding alleys and
hangers The COWS are all driven in at one
door. The cutters and walk through the.
center of the stable take about eight feet.--
There nre 10 cows on one side and NJ ON
the other. The mixer need take but few
steps while milking this herd. Under the
stable aud barn floors, there is cellar, sew
eu or eight feet deep, into which the manure
drops. BY this arrangement the manure
heaps are in the center Of the cellar, length
wise, aud do not come against the woodwork
or walls. A foot or two Of muck is spread
on the cellar bottom as an absorbent. Twen-
ty.eight cows have been MIXED tho past
summer and about 5000 pounds Of butter
made from them. As some we're farrow and
some heifers, the amount was tolerably salts
factory. When Mr.. Bogue began dairying
on this farm, he went into Canada to buy
COWS, and in the vicinity of Melbourne aud
Richmond bought fourteen, ten Of which
were grade Ayrshires, and every one Of the
ten has proved an extra cow,-better than
any ten native cows that he ever owned.
How came such good stock there2 Beca ause
the Agricultural Society purchased a pure
bred Ayrshire bull for the improvement Of
stock, aud the farmers improved the chance.
In other places in Canada we hear Of socie-
ties purchasing cattle, sheep, swine and hOrs-
es, with the same object in view. In many
cases, bOtter quality oi stock to keep or to
sell is the result. Mr.. b. says, however,
that if he or any other man goes into Cana.
da to buy fifteen good cows, it would be wis
dom to buy only ten and get the best, paying
if necessary the price Of the fifteen. On this
farm no regular rotation Of crops is designed.
The pasture will be permanent. 1t is now
nearly new and affords early and good feed
The field is in places rather low and heavy
to plow, but is well adapted to raising grass
About ten acres have been top-dressed thi,
season. The dry portions of the Geld will
be plowed as occasion may require and heav
lily manured. This year 2i bushels of wheai
were sowed on acres and yielded 36 bush
els; Potatoes yielded 800 bushels per acre
About 400 bushels Ofturnips are stored in q
small room in the cellar. rs tons Of hay
are stored in this large new barn. In con
cluding these notes 1t is only necessary to say
that the pasture, field and barn, so admira
bly, adapted to the dairy business, 6nds n
, drawback at the house, where a horse:p powe
, churn, plenty Of pure water and the necessa
, ry skill insure the manufacture of good but
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