The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-19
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Meeting at Brandon.

Meeting nj Brandon.
CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST DAYS SESSION.
President Sprague called c. NJ. Wlnslow,
vice president, to the chair, when Mr.
Sprague proceeded to address the meeting
as follows:
lie said that he believed the subject un-
der discussion was the foundation of all
good farming. Unless fertilizers were ap.
piled both the land and the farmer would
run out. He commenced farming at the
age of II and gave his experience in the
use of manure. lie had found little benefit
from plaster. While Mr.. Ellis, Just north
of his present farm, thought he derived
great benefit from its use. He believed if
the farmers would pay the money expended
for plaster and superphosphate5 in build
ings for the preservation of domestic ma
nures, greater benefits would lie the reward.
The greatest service had come to bis farms
from barnyald manure. He had raised
from two hundred TO four hundred
bushels Of wheat on his farm annually and
it had been accompli,hed by the use OF do
nestle fertilizers. He has raised from q
acres of land which had previously grown
nothing but white dases, twelve tons OF
good hay lie would impress upon all the
Importance of housing manurcs Every
hundred loads is nov considered worth
one hundred dollars AID il cared for
will be worth two hundred dollars and
the farms will produce twice as much as
before There was no need of Il farmers
being a drudge, q proper attention to these
matter. would make farm life easier The
subject under discussion was one Of
the most important connected with farm
y 6
noon was practical paper by II. A..
sumner, esq, of Brandon, on How TO
handle the soil
The meeting then adjourned 10 meet at
seven O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
A large audience assembled at the town
hall in the evening, TO listen to the interest
ing papers presented.
The Brandon cornet bsnd dscoursed
some excellent music Three other mem
bers of the board were present, Hon. Alexis
T. Smith cf New Haven, Col. John Il.
Mead of Randolph, and Gardner S. Fas-
sett, esq, of Eaosbursh.
The first paper of tho evening was .ead
by DR.. Chauncy l.. Case of Brandon, on
"Specialites in Agriculture.
The second paper WAS by A. L. Stanley,
esq, Of Leicester, on "Moral Influence OF
Agriculture.
Prof. j. S. Cilley, principal Of Brandon
graded school, presented an admirable pa
per on Education for the Farmer and
Mechanic.
The meeting then adjourned until nine
o'clock on Tuesday morning
SECOND DAY-FoRENooN SESSION.
The morning session was called to order
by Hon. n. Il. Sprague, jr., president.
Mr.. J. T. Hawkins, of New York, no
beng present, Colonel j. i. Mead, of Ran
dolph, said
! In the absence of set paper | will offel
q few questions which may become The
subject OF a general discussion. Ihave no
ticed in passing through the country tn,
great want Of any architectural beauty il
houses, and particularly in the barns
There is especially vast number Of diap
idated barns You will find men who are
rich, as the world calls riches. He ha,
perhaps mortgages on his neighbours farm
near by, and he has bank stock and othe
investments, though you would not indgt
so by his surroundings His son
ale not in love with farming, an;
are flying to other pursuits, becaus,
at home there ia no aesthetic culture anC
there is nothing attractive about the
home. Now this is alarming and wish t.
call the attention of the board In this di
rcction. Although | am not rich and Dc
not expect to be rich, ! do expect snC
hope TO add something annually to the i'm
provement of the buildings Of the HON,
place, and make it comfortable and attrac
tive. | came home after a four years scr
vice in the war with the determination o
building II good barn on the home place
and to the best of my ability have done so
If you have in view the building of a barn
pitch everything so that rs much worl
may be performed by the law of gravits
ton az possible, and you will be surprise,
how much labor is saved in single season
Even il you build barn on level groun,
bridge to reach the upper floor conside
most essential. Build barn comodiou
SO that it will cover everything about til,
farm--that you can put in all the produc
OF the farm. There is more 10 be save
with boards and nails than you imagine, il
this country, where we have to keep stoc
under cover six months of the wear. and
one neighbor says, "use the pitchfork te
months of the year The third point, ID
matter of manners, is one which no on
practices oil which he knows, rs in tn
moral world few practice all the best the
know. Men do not realize how much
lost in sending SO much money uselessl
OUT of the state for foreign manures. It
saving at the splgot and wasting O
the bunehole. Hence have the manur
carefully housekeeping ii from freezin,
and from the drying effects of the atmos
phere. Practice mixing the horse and cat
tie manure together and you will save fer
mentation and have them ready mixed 70
use. A great deal is lost by our not get
ting our manure ia proper shape for use II
the spring. ! can hire man two dol,ais
month cheaper on account of my barn. NJ,
harvest and haying is the cheapest ant
easiest work do, and my boys take kindl,
to the barn and its surroundings Boy
hood impressions has wonderful infll
ence on the mind. lie recollected tn
moving away hsy in his boyhood-carry
ing II on the fork, humping his head by tn
beams and hurrying to the window to &c
breath of fresh air. And in throwing gu
manure in the face of the strong nortl
wind, and hurIyng to get away TO school
| used to say that il this was farming
would not be farmer. II we would kee
our boys at home and make them success
| full in life, would urge the Importance O