Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-16

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south GsuIIfOrd.
T. +. aud +. r. Burdick during the
past season have built 4 novel barn.
Though not expensive it is a. by 10 feet,
and is to be extended to 60 by AZ. The two
lower stories below the main barn are fin
ished on the principle of a refrigerator
double boarded aud cssed on the inside,
with filling, double doors and double win
dows, and has running water through al
the stock departments. The Easements
high aud amply lighted with tive windows,
and ventilated through the mows to the Gu
po!a, serving as a chimney, ladder, and
bag passage. II has a separate manure de-
partment, which contains a piggery and
hennery; the balance vegetable cellar and
sheep department. The 50 lambs which
came mostly in January-:hat cold month
without loss, show an improvement on
our former barus. The condition of the
manure-the liquids all having been alb
sorbed by musk and heavy bedding of
leaves which only cost their gathering,
worked by the hogs, which prevents too
much heating and the escaping Of gas and
at the same time constantly undergoing
state of decomposition which fits II for the
field 10y sledding-increase very much in
bulk and more than double in value. This
department of the barn, on manure, early
lambs. pigs, eggs and chickens, is double
paying investment, with any business far
mer. The stables, carriage, litter and muck
rooms, are equally protected against frost,
well lighted and ventilated, secured from
the basement air. The managers are all
supplied from floors above through tight
hay boxes reaching within six inches of
| the bottom of the managers, giving the ami
mails access to a mouthiul of hay at time
until the foddering is exhausted, keeping
the hay from air-slacking, sorting, hauling
or mushing until used up, the boxes separ-
ating the cattle producing quietness, and
each gets his allowance without a straw be-
ing wasted. In addition to the ventilator
passage there is and are tn be six flights OF
| stairs from the basement TO the stable, car
riagc, litter and store rooms on the second
| hoor, to the corn crib, store room aud gran
AIRY on the third floor, and from that 10 the
scaifOrd, mows aud cupola. Barns like
this can properly be called saving barns
in flesh on all living animals through the
winter, in young life, in hay and grain, in
manure, in time, being 80 arranged as TO
save every unnecessary step, in saving uB-
comfortable feelings in zero weather, in
saving labor 10y having every thing where
II is wanted to beuSed. And finally. these
improved barns make every thing comfort
able. are thermometers between man and
beast, aud to make farming paying bust
ness should be universally adopted.
This section, formerly of but little note,
is becoming an important business part Of
the town. The building of the Guilford
Hollow road and its sure extension through
Leyden Valley to Greenfield, has created
an impetus and called out the enterprise Of
that locality. The Franklin county COM
missioners meet in Leyden the 10th inst,
to lay a new road commencing near Ste
phen Buddington's, the terminus of a new
road sonth 10 Greenfield) running north
through Leyden Valley and iniersect with
the Guiliord Hollow road. This road will
shorten the travel materially, and present
the public with a better graded road from
BrattlebOro to Greenfield, making a SPLEEN
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boro to Leyden glen, well known roman
tic, picturesque resorting place for party
excursionists. This route leads through
the best farming sections of Guilford and
Leyden, including nearly all the enterprise
and business outside OF farming. East
Guilford is known for its recent enterprise
in establishing and running its two i'm
portant baby wagon shops, its lumber deal,
milling privileges, the deal in grain, meal
and flour, its brick manufacturing, its new
dwellings, and the general new aspect of
the village. South Guilford is less known
but may deserve some notice for being the
second business part OF the town. j. NJ. &
Henry Wilder have extended their BUSH
ness the past season by erectinga large and
commodious carriage and paiut shop. This,
in addition TO their old shops, enables them
10 do and they are doing large, satisfacto-
nv business in all the different branches of
sleigh and carriage making aud black
smithing. Frank Ashcroft, who is known
TO have run the same business for num-
Der of years, with the extension of his
shop and the increased facilities for doing
good work with well known integrity, has
gained many patrons, not only in this vicn-
ity but from all the surrounding towns
These shops have each secured a first-class
painter, and are doing large business in
repairing.
p. F. franklin 4 son have fine wa
ter privilege, stone cement dam holding
the water, which covers many acres. They
are running a saw aud grist mill, with a
shop filed with all kinds of machinery
from the planer down, well fitted to do all
kinds of wood aud iron work, accompan-
led with a blacksmith shop. The Isaac
Weld water privilege, few rods below,
known formerly as gun shop, foundery,
forge and turning works, is in contempla-
ton of being put in running order. On
the same stream mile below, a stone dam
is being erected by n nachinst for saw
mill and machine shop. One mile below
this is Roswell Keats saw and grist mill,
broom, hoe handle, fork stale, and lath fac
tory. n.