The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-27
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crease the fertility of the soil. This is to
be accomplished By the use of absorbants
In stables and yards, the protection of man.
ures from the wasting effects of teaching.
and their applications In such a way as to
produce the best results by the draining
OF wet lands, as opportunity offers, the
determination of noxious AID useless weeds
and shrubs which eat up the food Of the
crops, the digging out of the rocks and lev.
cling of rough places so that farm ma
chinery can be safely used, and the improve
ment of pasture lands 1t is the common
complaint in this and other states that pas
lures do not support as much stock as for.
merly. 1t is true. On dairy farms the
mowings are enriched at the expense of the
pastures. A light dressing of manure that
is thoroughly fine in the fall, in any soil
except sandy or very dry one will pay
well. On many soils, especially those that
are dry, dressing of plaster and ashes has
marked effect on the growth of feed.
Ashes are very reliable and lasting;
plaster not so permanent or certain.
/ have no doubt that the use of a greater
variety of grasses for both moving and pas
turc would be attended With profit i am
equally certain that better system of cul-
tivation of those grasses we have is indis-
pensabe to success Farmers will hardly
credit the statement that crop of corn or
potatoes followed by oats extracts from the
soil nearly all the manure usually applied,
and that the first crop of grass takes the
rest, that the only substantial benefit the
grass crop gets from this system of cul-
ture is the good results of working up and
filming the soil and re. seeding. am strong
ly of the opinion that this is certainly no
more than the truth Take field in the
usual condition of those broken for corn,
and flow 1t, work it until it is fine and the
soil decayed, then apply five cart loads of
well rotted fine manure to the acre
to give the grass start and seed it
with grass alone, the crop will be as
good and will hold out longer than those
fields seeded in the usual way. On those
farms called good grass farms, where the
soil is well adapted to the grass crop, and
is lasting, more attention should be paid
to the cultivation of grass. 1t pays better
than any other crop It is grown and har
vested with less labor. If the manures are
SO applied that the grass takes fair pro-
portion if not the whole of its strength, the
crop will be very heavy and lasting.
Another point in which there is vast room
for improvement is in the machines by
which the farm crops ale consumed and
converted into beef, mutton, milk, wool
and pork
can point to llocks of sheep that feed
in summer on the same range of hills. not
more than two miles apart, and are win
tered on hay alone, having an equal chance
and at equal expense. One flock cuts 81
pounds of wool, the other seven pounds.
The heavy places being worth quite as
much per pound as the light ones and the
carcasses not varying materially in value.
The difference in the value of COWS is great
er. The food such animals consume is not
economically expended. 1t goes to waste
The capacity of the animals for dIgesting
it to that kind and quality we desire, must
be improved by careful breeding and Sc
Letting.
l am in favor of mixed farming. The
farmer who adopts that system always has.
or should have, something to sell. MANY
small items make a large aggregate. 1t
makes no difference how much labor and
capital the farmer puts into his farm if he
only places where 1t will do the most good.
Farmers need more confidence in and re-
spect tor agriculture more enthusiasm
and, perhaps, more intelligent under
standing " .ie Siva' p'i"N, ~ i----t---i.
greater willingness to admit that there is
much for them TO learn, and stronger de-
sire to avail themselves of the light that
science is throwing in their path.
Ruskin says:
1t is no less fatal error to desplse labor when
regulated by intellect than to value IL for It's
own sake. We are always in these days trying
TO separate the two ; we want one man TO be
always thinking, and another to be always
working, and we call one gentleman and the
other all operative whereas the working man
ought always TO be thinking, and the thinker
often to be working, and both to be gentlemen
In the best sense. AS It Is, we make both I'M
gentle, the one envying, the other despising
his brother and the mass of society is made OF
morbid thinkers and miserable workers. Now
IL is only by labor that thought can be made
healthy, and only by thought tnat labor can be
made happy. and the two cannot be separated
with impunity. All professions should be lib
eral and there should be less pride felt in pecu-
liarity of employment and: more in excellence
or achievement