Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

pfOuuce crops uDprectuculculu A tnei4 NS
dance. rs in Colorado. By systematic
drainage thousands o. acres OF impassab:e
morass have been converted into arabic
fields or beautiful meadows. And by green
manurinc many arid wastes OF sand have
been brought to produce abundant crops.
| do not here speak of WORKOUT ana ex-
hausted lands. 30 called which are 50 poor
ly remunerative a. perhaps properly to be
regarded a. waste lands | refer more es-
pecially to those few waste rods or acres OF
land which may be found upon almost every
farm, and which little thOuEhtiul care
might transform into sources oil prOhl- l
refer. TOO 10 those immense tracts OF tangled
underbrush covering our hlllsides with
bramtles. the desolatcd track OF the axe oil
the wOodman. Why may we not save the
scanty soil Of these rocky slopes from waste
by again restoring 10 them Inc ohly pIO-
ductive crop they are capable OF sustaining;
the only crop which may be safely reIhOeeu
from them, crop OF rapidly growing iol-
Is. trees. or if the locality warrants, oi Irult
trees ? Why should not the prudent iar-
mer regard these patches OF waste Iahu,
that unsightly ridge, or that Water-soakeu
swale. with something akin TO the tender
interest with which he singles out some IN
valid or injured member OF his herd, ana, by
bestowing upon it little extra thought
little extra care. restore II TO productive
ness | might here pause to give s9nS IL
Illustrations under each OF these heaus' put
Vermont farmers Happily can supply lhelh
dd hbifufa from their own experience OF
from observation, and | pass, therefore, 10
consider another waste more general III Us
character. in each peculiar detail more IN
significant. and therefore the more readly
overlooked, but in its aggregate OFTEN ul7-
astrous in its results 10 tie lndiNIl9a4' 70
the community, to the state, ana 10 tne
country. \ penny saved l. two eafheu'
somebody has said and indeed II might nave
been said Is Il dollar earned, with greater
truth in the majority OF cases REFER no"
to.
9Th, Those immense waste products OF
farm ordinarily not regarded d OF any
marked value. and therefore eyerYwhere III
one form or another going % waste. Let Us
consider for few moments their nature ana
we shall probably be surprised ~ their
number In one Of the departments OF the
Vienna Exposition there was shown ease
filed with thenumer0us useful products OBJ
tanned from a dead horse and one wuulu. unill
a few moments reflection has prepared M
Judgment, have been a-t0unded nj their
number, their variety their usefulness VI
course ] shall attempt no catalogue Oh them,
but. for one purpose and another every thlns
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Bones, roo, another waste ir'llct i1Lnl
in greater or less luautty ID ln~i- ui-Y pro-
fusion. often. upon many @ farm, ciIiain-
one substance, phu-i hlr4~.f- the c2irt-l r,
value g. tne farmer o. irrii-l--r T. DIS
crops. although without some chein i.a-
treatment they may produce pE tae-r al-l-