Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-23

e"oh stoVA. ny tuiS tttauBement cOutiu-
uOus round is formed, by which the farmer
can select the fattest Of his stock every two
weeks for the market. They have live stock
markets established at all the principal places
every two weeks, at which the farmer gen.
orally sells from twenty to City sheep sc-
cordipg to the size Of his flock, and he buys
as many more lean ones to take back TO re-
place those he has sold In Yorkshire the
most common breeds of sheep are the Le,ces-
ters and Cotswolds, the latter being the ia.
vOrites among the majority of the farmers,
but many other breeds are raised in other
parts of the country according to the pastur-
age and other circumstances attending them.
IL is not uncommon TO see whole Aocks at
two years old, that will dress 25 or 80
pounds to the quarter.
+, 1 notice 4 very great Improvement in the
cattle compared to what they we're thirty
years ago. They are nearly all Of them
high grade Durhams so near full blooded
that person would have to be very good
Judge to discover that they were not full
bloods.
There is a great strife between the breed
ers Of the Bates Durhams and the Booths
Durhalns. went to Warlaby to see the origi-
nal herd Of Short Horns owned and kept by
Mr.. Thomas Booth and there saw some of
the best cattle in the world. The best COWS
that ever stood in England. we're there, cOuse-
quently the best COW in the world. Her
name is Lady Fragrant. She is the winner
of % gold and silver cups and never was
beaten. so famed are the Booth cattle all
his young bulls are engaged or hired at
very high figures by the farmers to 60 to
different parts OF England, ireland, Scotland,
and even across the channel to France. aud
other partof Europe for the improvement
Of stock.
1t can be readily seen that, while their cat
tie are nearly full blooded, they still wish
to improve them. saw but few Ayrshires
and Jerseys, but suppose they may be kept
in greater numbers in some other parts. The
general complaint with them is, they are too
small for beet when past their usefulness for
milk. Another objection which follows is that
they have to raise all of their calves and this
would diminish the size of their stock, in
stead Of improving them, with their large
population. 1t is matter of economy that
is very forcibIy brought to their miDds to pro-
duce the largest amount of meat from the small
est amount OF feed; consequently their cat
tie, sheep and swine are fatted to perfection
as a general thing. They cannot afford to
sell an animal half fatted, as we often do
here in this country. An animal that is de-
signed for the butcher, is kept growing and
fattening from its birth. To fatten steer
to tip the scales at eighteen or twenty hun
dred, live weight, it Is best to have him at.
tain to that weight as quickly as possible.
Better to have him weigh that at three
years or three and half years Of age, than
to keep the same animal six or seven years,
to weigh the same. You will see that they
save two or three years keeping, save the
trouble of taking care of them, save the in.
terest on the money, save the risk on the
animal and can gil up his place by Other
young stock.
General Ma1A cement.
The European farmers have seen the folly
of following system similar to that adopted
usually by US in America, and they have
within the last few years, not only improved
greatly in farming, but have become more
familiar with the collection of principles EN-.
bodied in the science OF their profession.
The same there as here, they condemn that
which is here generally called book farming,
but the force of circumstances has brought
to bear upon them great improvements which
we're overlooked in times when their popula
tion was less massive. Now, the application
of science is universally studied, and by nc
other means can the resources of EnglanC
begin to meet the demands of the people
If in England they meet with more success
by the application Of science, in America
also, the farmer can lily afford to discart
science in his profession and follow blind'y
the less desirable course.
With them, everything comes along in it
time and place. The agriculturst know
beforehand the amount of work he has t.
perform, both this year and next, or an
number of years almost, according to th'
size of the fields he has under rotation.
If have brought to your notice an
point that will cause any farmer of Vermont
to study his profession more closely, l shal
feel myself we'll paid, and will assure hin
that by putting more mind and talent int
his business, he will not only get well paiC
but he will reap such satisfaction from hi
calling that We shall hear far less complain
about the farmers life being life Of drudg
cry. His life will become pleasant, his fam
lily will be more satisfied to stop on the oil
homestead, and he will die far wiser anC
happier man.