Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-13

TUE vEEGENNEs NEErING.-sECoNu DAY.
j. Bailey, of Brdport. read paper upon
" Vegetable Products Of the Farm lie
referred 20 the rich bottom lands in tie
Champlain Valley and its almost iuoxhau~t-
able fertility Much of the lower lands need
dra. ming. and with open drains along the
base IF the upland. to carry Of surplus
water. we reclaim the be-; Of our lands. Il
all that crows upon the soil Is returned to
it, its f, rtility is increased. but this cannot
always l,e done. Stable manure should he
carefully saved and applied. \ ton of straw
will make more manure than ton Of hay.
Do not s., Il straw but sell hay, and feed
grain with 1he straw to cattle. Restore
farm by grain raising. feeding grain and
straw. The reason Why We get more manure
with ton ofstraw t.'an a ton of hay is be
cause the hay is all cor sumcd and the result
is only about one load of manure, while
straw is not All consum ed but l. partly
troddcn under i)Ot.and Is $50 an absorbent
Of hquid manure. and the result J. two OF
three loads of manure Pa sture improve
mcnt was referred to, and IT, white sraN7
that Is spread oy'r them con iemned. Inc
use of manure upon the suriac OF pastures
and mingled with the surface o.. tlilase,"aS
shown 10 be the rue policy.
Mr. Mason of New Haven, ina ulred now
to kill ont wild yraSs from mt adow that
flows. His mead Nv had been wei set WIN
herds and grass but tits year the wiz
| grasses come in.
lie was answered by several persons. L.
/ l.. Wright spoke Of ploughing IN bets 50 Is
/ to elevate part If the land and favor GRAIN
| age.
Mr.. Jameson would place fowl meadow a.
one OF the most val liable l'wland grasses
and for the product ion Of IL lk or nourish-
ment Of cattle abo ut equal to herds grass.
{. &. Prlngle Of Charlotte read paper
on Fruits for Fan lily Use" ! he soil Tor
fruit such as is z bod for potato Is or corn,
should be well drained nat 1raliy or
! artifcial.y. \ be lfacre Vill give room Tor
a satisfactory irU it garden, the 81 ape q!
/ parallcloe ram; W i'll, with straight 70 Vs. give
Il chance to cult Ivate with horse an / cur
yat0r he re a lie " feet of grass at eat II emu
to turn lie hors upon. The rows OF pipes
may be 30 feet Tor slow growing trees WIN
| early bearing trt es midway between, cur anu
! bushes in the rows Of apple trees. Ora pc
vines by the boz der, a'placo for strawb errit ;
| black berries and the blackcap raspberry.
all arranged 50 that morse culture in rows
Is practicable. \ list of apples for the year
was briefly described, beginning with tie
earliest kinds and closing with the best
winter kinds. Among grapes the Delaware
is the most hardy, closely followed by the
| Concord and other kinds. Strawberries
are led 10y Wilson's Albany.
There was much in the paper that was
practical and encouraging to the irult
g.,ower of the Champlaip valley.
nr ..el- 81 -..I m
hi Oh and delicious flavor of Vermont apples,
a atte>ted by COMM ,tees at exhi billions
W here the same yarieti .es are cOmpal cd to-
gether. grown in difie rent localities.
Mr.. Pringle mentio ned, as fact, that
' srmont apples are . God keepers and Dear
TT lnsportation to for eign countries and to
di slant parts OF our own country. lie
loaded for hortic dltural society to IN
courage frul'. gardens and Commercial
orchards.
Robert 5. White of Shelburn stated, as a
fact. that ir one locality the same variety
will be bar w. and fifteen miles from such a
| place II W III be tender. Actual trial Will
be the te t, but the fruit planter can gam
valuable impressions from observing the
success orchards around him.
Pro-. ieo. ii. Perkins. of the. University
of NerIo aut and State Agricultural College.
address 81 the meeting upon insects, their
relation 10 the farmer. There are eight or
ten the ,I-and kinds OF insects in Vermont
which DO very much damage. The borers IN
variOr : trees were referred to, and the IN
Jury esulting from the farmers woodpilt
breed ing borers that spread to his fruit
trees Reference was made to II May bug
that in Il lava sta Re eats the roots OF gras'
and roots of stra rberries. and Is injurious
Woo ashes sprea upon land has an efiec
to q sstroy many worms and eggs OF insect