Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-12

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plank used for draining and the expense
was fully repaid the first two years. In
Enosburgh this plan has been practiced
successfully have seen the tile laid
in hard-pan about eight inches below
the top. 1t works we'll Such land sell
dom if ever needs any top dressing and
much of it can be made to grow valua-
BILE crops of clover
John G. MoKEEN of South Acworth,
N. H., presented an essay on Poultry
raising for pleasure and profit" in which
it was plainly shown that though it
might appear small thing to raise
poultry yet enough small things made
large ones, as any one would learn if
they would invest few dollars in the
+" feathered tribe" and continue increas-
ing the number from year TO year.
Thinks every man can afford to keep
few fowls, though it is not advisable for
those not familiar with them to purchase
valuable ones. He believes nothing |
connected with the farm pays better
than poultry raising if the man under
stands his business Thinks there is no
one breed calculated for the purposes for
which they are raised. Does not think |
turkeys, ducks or geese pay as well.
Feeds very little corn whole; keeps his
hens in dry place and on dry, graveIly |
soil and claims that with good care mon
ey invested in such property will pay |
more than 100 per cent,
Mr. FAssETT.-I have boy about
twelve years old that has the poultry
on the brain" / have always had poul-
try but never any eggs. The lad in
question keeps Golden Polands and by
feeding 1875 lbs of shorts and middlings
received 80 doz. eggs. He is able to
save considerable scrip for his own use
and at the same time is acquiring good
business habits. From his management
| am satisfied that there is profit in poul-
try raising.
d. G. WRIGHT, Westminster.-I keep
hens and feed them all the corn they
want. have brought in fifteen eggs
since last Nov.
MCKEEN.-That is what you might
have expected from feeding corn.
feed mostly ground food well wet, some
times cut grass. Eggs if properly
packed can be forwarded any distance
without injury.
Mr.. HUBBARD.-My experience in t
poultry raising is very much like Mr.. +
Fassetts, but | believe that it can be I
made to pay as well as any other stock {
if well cared for. All l have ever raised
thus far has cost me 90 cents per h., and
the eggs 124 cents each, yet if properly ;
managed they would have returned me
greater profit than many other kinds of |
stock /
An essay written by Mrs. Rice of
Springfield, on the Farm and Garden, q
was one that should be read by every /
one interested in either The impor-
lance of vegetables on the farmers ia
BILE, the service they render the farmers
wife in furnishing acceptable dinners to
the hungry man, were shown to be an
indispensable part of those things which
go to make contented and successful
farmer.
SEC. COLLIER. II hope no one has
thought that this Board has attempted
to ignore the practical use of the garden.
If by the cultivation of garden we
can increase the pleasure and profits of
farm life, we shall have accomplished so
much the more. We are too apt to
leave the garden to the women. We are
too apt to feel certain degree of un-
manliness when seen in our streets with |
a flower in our hand. So far as we fol. |
low the injunctions of the paper in ques-
ton, believe we increase the interests
Of the farm. Too many young ladies
think their fortune is made if they can
marry and move into town, yet this will
continue to be so under the present con-
dition of affairs.
Mr.. PRINGLE-I have been much
pleased with Mrs. Rice's paper. l COM
menced life as a farmer. | first observ-
ed that | must grow fruits, next flowers.
My neighbors laughed, but / believe
many man has enjoyed half hours
visit among those same flowers, grown
not so much for profit as for pleasure.
The progress of American cheese
manufacture was ably shown by Mr..
G. w. Mudgett of Weathersfeld, and
the factory system shown to be well cal
culated to save labor and large per
cent OF expense. He believes the system
is progressive and will stand the test.
His essay was a well presented document
and showed that two causes had been
developed to make it profitable pur-
suit, namely the increased demand and
the reduced cost of production. With
Mr.. Mudgett and other euterprising
farmers of Springfield and adjoining
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