Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

tuTc, n1auuiuCtureS uuu NiihiuB was hSiu at
Westminster, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb. 10 and IL. The session was under the
auspices Of the Westminster Farmers Club,
and the meetings were presided over by
T.. Arnold,
President of the club.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
II. A. willard, Esq,
of Westminster, delivered the opening ad-
dress, which was short aud to the point. The
first paper was read by
NJ. w. Davis.
of Westminster, who spoke on the subject OF
" Adaptation. The speaker treated Of the
natural aptitude Of man for different pur-
suits. He would have the farmer adapt
himself to the kind of farming which he felt
be would succeed best in. The stock on the
farm should be adapted to the owner, as
should the crops to the soil. Mr.. Davis pa
per was we'll received and had in it many
excellent points. As the discussion which
followed took up some of these points, we
may say that he touched upon the adapta'
tion of woman as TO her duties as the wife ol
farmer, the soils, stock, etc. Speaking oi
stock he expressed his opinion that at least
one.fourth Of the stock in tb state was mol
worth its keeping. In raising crops he
thought intelligent cultivation would pro-
duce 100 bushels Of corn to the acre as vel
as less.
Following Mr.. Davis paper, Mr.. u. Il
Jameson, Of Irasburgh, said that some farm
ers would 60 to market and failing to gel
full prices for their butter would almost re-
proach their wives for making an inferior ar
ticle, claiming good cows and good pastures
when in fact they had furnished nothing els'
by which they could make first quality o
butter. Among other things proper sup
ply of pure water was needed, besides othe
conveniences which not unfrequently adde's
to the good quality of butter. Speaking o
raising corn, he said that returns Of 7O'
farms in Orleans County showed that they
hardly averaged hall an acre Of corn to eacI
farm. Their soil was not adapted to cor
and they could not with safety attempt +
raise it, OF course it was different here i
Connecticut River Valley. lie approache
the adaptation Of wives to their part @
farmers work, with caution. He though
Mr.. Davis had pictured a strong and health
woman which could not always be the cast
The wife as the mother and head Of the fam
lily often had too much labor, and he woul
not encourage too constant labor.
Mr.. Foster, of Barnet, thought sOmekind
Of stock not adapted to some soils. Stoc
suited to hill farms was not adapted to rive
farms. To woman he would allude only wit
justice. He denounced the idle young me
given to habits of smoking as vagrants an
the pests of community, and who made bdI
terhies of young women who would otherwis
have become useful,
Prof. Collier said there were certain Law
of adaptation. Those who worked INTEL
gently have the full force Of nature, thoug
subjected to extraordinaries, as frost
floods, etc. Of the dairy stock fifty p'
cent probably furnished the profits of IL
state, while the other fifty perhaps bare
sustained themselves, He spoke of the fa'
that probably not one farmer in twenty cOu
tell the cost of any of the departments of h
business, and adaptation should include mar
things outside Of production, including tran
portation to market.
Mr.. Halbert, Of Essex, speaking of woT
ans duties thought the children had not be,
correctly educated and for that reason pu
lie attention should be called to il.
: Some of the speakers having EXPRESS
doubts as to raising 100 bushels of corn
) the acre, Mr.. w. II. Kimbal called on NJ
. N. G Pierce, who gave somewhat amusi
account of his acre Of corn some years sin
. and of the examination Of the committee VI
brought in a verdict Of 1872 bushels and
. quarts On the river he thought it no ma
Y vel to raise 80 to 100 bushels to the aol
5 Referring to woman Mr.. Pierce said he
g lieved wife adapted to the husband a
: the husband to the wife told the whole stoI
d which was received with applause.
n W. p. Gage said that preaching was L
Q always practiced, Mr.. Davis had omitted
: tell US of some OF the vices of the yOungInC
and rather thought it mus. be because
(Mr. d. was tobacco grower [Laug
ter, Mr.. Davis said he did not know th