Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Concluded from first PGgs.J
FRIDAY MORNING.

The subject of Pastures " was again
brought up this morning.
9. II. Heath urged the value of irrigation
wherever it is practicable, as it is in SO many
places in Vermont. The flowing of pure
water upon dry ground causes the growth of
grass to be continuous and abundant. The
channels need not be deep nor expensive,
and yet may be so constructed as to guide
the water in a gentle flow over many acres
that are now uuproductive.
II is also worthy of thought whether we
may not again clothe over denuded hill tops
with forests so that the rains Of summer
shall not so rapidly run away to the low
lands. The shade of the trees and the leaves
upon the ground hold back the moisture and
maintain the fertility on land that is dry and
barren without trees.
DIR. j. b. Ormsbee, of Bradford, very
cloquently advocated the same views. He
said that within his memory the Connecticut
and Waits Rivers were double their present
size in summer, and the best trout brooks of
former times now run almost or completely
dry.
DIR. j. Is. OrnIsbee.
of Bradford, then read his paper on Nitro
gen, its Importance, its action and its conf
binations,' closing with an allegcrical de-
scription Of the relations Of nitrogen TO
vegetation.
Col. d. NJ Clough, of Canterbury, N.
H., spoke of the theory that chemists adj
vance that ammonia escapes into air. He
;our feet deep in soil beneath COW stable
here ammonia had gone into the soil; in an.
other place, at u little distance from the barn,
soil was dug up foot.,in depth and to the
smell showed ammonia Then a place was
visited where two dead horses had laid
One was covered with earth. and the pile
above and earth around was barren, aud
showed no effects Of ammonia while the I'M
buried body was surrounded by rank vege-
tation and upon the side hill below, showing
ammonia descended rather than rose Prac-
tee and science should go together in our ag-
ricultural colleges or they fail, and also go to-
gether On the farm Once he believed in
blowing in manure, and one spring prepared
piece for blowing by dressing it with a
heavy coat of manure, man spread it and
the plows turned it in Immediately, but up
on one corner no manure was put in the
haste Of blowing, SO after the potatoes were
planted two loads of manure was applied be-
tween the rows, more to satisfy the mind by
giving the whole uniform dressing, but at
the hoeing the manure was worked into the
soil the result was THIRD more potatoes
than on other parts, and the results did not
end here, as for five years the product of
grass was better upon the surface.manur
corner. Chemists agree in saying the ele.
ments that make bone soon become exhausted
from the soil, and must be supplied, but his
experience after many years raising cattle
proves to him that bones were far easier to
raise than flesh. My brother farmers will
not find bones lacking in their animals, but
the flesh is scarce without especial effort to
produce it, He had raised the productive
ness of his farm from a capacity of ten cat
tie to one hundred, and applies manure on
the surface, believing one load so applied is
worth three loads plowed in. He had found
corn to be profitable crop, aud raised it ex-
tensively, and by surface manuring. Wheat
follows corn, and for years after good crop
of grass was reasonably sure. In conclusion
he would say that the man who so cultvates
his farm that it become less productive, and
puts money in the bank instead of into i'm
provements, will grow poorer year after
year, while determination to improve
every acre that is plowed and titled will give
an increased income every year, and make
the farm storehouse Of wealth.
Prof. Collier
then read his paper upon the " Waste Pro-
ducts Of the Farm.
G. II. Heath introduced resolution thank.
ing the members of the New Hampshire
Board of Agriculture for their prcaence and
remarks, and wishing them success in theiI
work as Board.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
At the opening of the session II. ID. Doug
las made few remarks upon the subjects
presented by Prof Collier in the forenoon.
Hon. VIM. Child,
of Fairlee, read paper spon Forests anC
Forest Trees. The discussion that fol
lowed was participated in by Col. Farnham
Alex. McLane, Judge Child, f. d. Douglas
DIR. Kingsbury, tmember New Hampshire
Board of Agricultural g. II. Heath, Geo
Morey and Prof Collier, all agreeing tina
the destruction of forests should be stopped
and that spectators should not be allowed
to strip townships of timber that are not at
forwards settled or needed for farms.
was suggested that a law to encourage tn
preservation of forests would be much bette
than law forblddng their destruction.
u. E. Jameson
read paper upon Swamp Lands, " whicI
was followed by an interesting discussion o.
muck.
FRIDAY EVENING.
The meeting commenced with a farmers
song by u. Il, Jameson, Remarks wer
made by Douglas, Jameson, and Collier, i
regard to daisy
Prof. &. II. q. Williams,