Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-24


early ia,ths pring In inib 'ihlls 'sssding
the seed that does not germiuate is ready
for 40 early start In the spring.
Tho righa time TO cut grass is Just before
,blossoming Itbecowes woody 6ber If il
stands much later Science and our an
imals tell us that this is about the right
time to cut grass.
Overcoming damages hay just as over
ripening does. Farmers az general thing
over.curs their hay. What l want to do is
this evaporate the water without losing the
natural juices. This is nice point
There is no crop SO valuable as the clover.
1t gets large proportion Of its growth from
the atmosphere---only about one-tenth from
the soil. Its long tap root brings up from
the subsoil the waste plant food. The En-
glish farmer can get more wheat after slo-
ver than before without the application Of
manure. 1t is valuable food for young
growing animals.
s'I' .'l5 7'7 Di.ou..,on. .ai us-i ---s
fdi Col Meat saOf course Iwant 10 cut my
grass early, l want to cure my hay as lit
tie as possible. Gil up my bay section
at time, so that the fermentation will all
be at once. This past season 1 had some
very hot bays so much so that was afraid
Of spontaneous combustion, went out one
night and pitched out some hay to prevent
combustion When fed that hay l found
that which was pitched off was injured.
The hay that was left was not injured at all.
| cut some hay in the morning and drew it
in before noon. Shall put yentiIator in
the center of those bays? VIII it do well ?
The answer is, that it will, undoubtedly.
Mr. Hubbard said of hay put into the
NOW with the water dried out that the sap
of the grass Injuries it only where it comes to
the air The top Of such NOW will be rot
ten, and the rest of it will be colored slight
lY brown. All bright hay is not good hay.
c He agreed with Mr. Sanborn perfectly
with regard to fall seeding, and spoke very
highly Of the tedder, Said his paid for it.
self in one day. ....'.
Wednesday Afternoon. ..-.
Although Mr. Pringle's paper on the
...-., %. Potato Disease
was not all such as uneduoated people could
understand, yet by the help of diagrams and
illustrations it was one of the most interest
ing of the whele meeting. Mr. Pringle said
the potato disease caused famine in Ire.
land, set tide Of immigration in the direc-
ton of our own country, and was likely to
convert our New Esgland into New Ire
land.
The potato disease was once thought to be
the effect of microscopic insect, but in the
course Of time the microscopists found the
true cause to be fungus. 1t consists of slen-
der threads running all through the potato
plant .--....... .--r
The organs Of reproduction were found
and described. I9illl t1'
Mr. Pripgle explained how the disease
propagates itself and how it lives through
the winter. The disease or plant has three
ways of propagating itself. First by simple
spores; second by swarm spores third BY
resting spores. 10 "a
To check the disease you have only to de-
strOy the resting spore. That is the ques'
tion.
The disease may be held in check or in q
measure prevented, First, by collecting the
tops and subjecting them to boiling heat
Plant no infected potatoes. Plant on nc
badly infected land. Boil the diseased tu
: bers. Warm, wet weather favors the dis
: ease. Too much manure favors it, Fat ma
nures create in the soil Just such condi
tlun as warm, muggy weather Dustings o
sulphur will destroy the fungus ....
The Relation OF Science to Agriculture.
Professor Seely, after speaking Of the re
ation which science held to the arts in the
y early days Of science and philosophy, and o
the good it has accomplished for commerce
i manufactures and the trades in our own time
said The connection between science anG
agriculture has become so plain that it cal
be no longer neglected.
Geology, "the science that treats of th,
structure and mineral constitution of th,
GLOBE" reveals the origin and character o
the soil. Knowing the rock from which tn
soil originated, the observer can arrive at
general conclusion as to the constitution 0
the soil itself.
Geology has sought out strata from lime
' stone deposits of gypsum, and accumulation
of peat and marl which are laid up in stor
for our present or future wants. 1t has gon
abroad and discovered valuable fertilizer.
). Guano in the islands of Peru, nitrate Q
Z soda in Chill and phosphate in the islands Q
the Caribbean sea.
: Chemistry, the science which discoses tn
intimate aud invisible constitution Of matter
has an acknowledged and direct beaHpg Q
re the progress of agriculture. Chemistsy d.
is termines the value of natural and arti6cil
1t fertilizers. The time when fertilizers can
er most proftably employed, and the form
es which they should be applied, comes largel
Sc under the cognizauce Of chemistry.
'p Botany holds near relation to the fa
,e mer's profession. .f..s .a s-
vt The rearing and management Of far
stock is no mean item in practical hu
to bandry. Zoology, the science that treats
,f animals, takes these matters under its col
L sideIation.
$. From the time the seed is covered in Il
s. soil until it is harvested, it is subject to II
ravages of hordes Of vOracious insects. {
IL the habits Of these insects, Of their propag
or tion their changes, as well as their deatru
ny tion, entomology treats.
be The knowledge Of all these will not NAL
st a farmer, but these, encouraged and co
We suited, will add both to his financial al
ID intellectual capital
in A resolution was passed by the meetiI
at thanking the two boards for the meeting, Il
,y interesting and instructive papers aud d
in cussions, that the meetings were useful, al
should be often repeated aud well attende
oil The meeting then adjourned.