Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-17


take an entirely different course from what
we are pursuing. believe that we can
maintain the fertility Of our farms, that we
can increase il, and that II can be done very
easily and very much to our advantage and
profit. One way is to save all the fsrtliz.
ing matter on the farm. We waste too much.
am guilty Of it on my own farm, but l am
going TO do better in future. We are not
raising corn to sell as we were once. We
are compelled to stop this and buy corn in.
stead. This is good for our farms. Another
way to increase the fertility Of our soil is to
raise those crops that do not exhaust its fer.
tilty too much. In regard to Mr. Smiths
question as to which shall succeed the East
or the West. l am glad he stands up for
Vermont, believe there is no state that
offers greater inducements for the farmer
than Vermont.
Col. Mead Have any Of you made ex.
periments with human excrement as fertl-
izer? Do you know how japan has kept up
such dense population for so long time
1t is by saving and applying human excre-
mcnt as one great thing. The amount Of
waste in this respect in this country is i'm
mense, and the diseases caused by accumu.
lating filth is deplorable. 1t is one Of the
worst breeders of fevers and kindred diseases.
| have saan nry;as th % ho IN MT hoar oIoouad
out for four years. have seen the manure
cCmposted from family Of eight persons
sufficient to enrich four acres Of land 6t for
any crop. There is more waste, disease,
sickness, death and trouble resulting from
accumulated filth in cellars and around
dwellings than from any other cause. l
know of farmers in Vermont, who have not
cleaned their cellars for two years. You
know that vegetable decay is one of the
worst causes Of disease. l know Of farmer
who took 10 barrels Of dried muck to bis
privy, and had the slopS of the house poured
on, aud thus made a compost capable of en-.
richiHg land for four acres of corn without
any other application.
Mr. Hubbard: When l preached that
Vermont was superior to the West, they
asked me if had been there. | have not,
but know good many who have been there
and would now be glad to get back 1
know the case of neighbor who took 100
oc nl - l. LnI
farm well watered but no wood. There
we're no stones on it and soil eight feet deep.
One good thing is they don't need any stone
wall for their cellars the ground is so hard.
Everything grows there with great rapidty
but there are many things to prevent good
crop. When he had been there six years he
had only two crops that came to maturity
Sometimes they have dry wind that burn.
everything right down, and frequently tn,
grasshoppers interfere with their prosperity
, When everything is favorable they hav'
enough to eat and that is all. Every one
, else is supplied and there Is no sale.
, Mr.. Smith: have been West. wen
out with bright prospects, and was delighte,
. at first aud thought would soon send 70
my family. But one morning l went ou
after one of those drizzling storms, aud look
ing back, my tracks rcsembled the footprsnts o
elephants. My stomach Immediately begar
to feel badly and took the next train East
4 aud have ever since been contented here.
= Mr.. Barnes of Chelsea There are tw
sides to this question. am knowing to
4 case where man went West and made hi
i. fortune, and would not come back for tn
h best farm you might offer him.
Prof. Seely; In regard to the offensiv
q accumulatiOns around dwellings, certainly
= they are detrimental to health and also s
> soluble as fertilizers there ought to be grea
care taken in properly disposing of then
: Mixing with dry earth is an excellent wa,
) use it within my own dwellings aud it al
,. ranged properly all odOrs can be entirel
a prevented.
# G. G. Pringle; l have tried to devise
.. plan to save and appropriate all the slOp
= leached ashes, bones, etc., and l recommer
>. a large cemeuted reservoir whsro the gu
"a stances can be composted and mixed vii
10 dry earth. Iu this way large amount
:, valuable manure could be obtained, and,
7 the same time all offensive odors would
r obviated.
y At the Thursday evening session two p
a. pers were presented, one by g, G. Pringle
:. "Grasses,' and one by Prof. Seely
"Leavcs."
r Friday Morning.
or A paper was read by j. II. Mead of Rr
W land on "Sheep Husbandry," followed
he one on "Horses for Vermont" by A. Cha
ts man of Middlebury. The above papers ha
to been previously reported. Next was
paper by Mr.. Hemenway on "Morg
yet Horses" Mr.. Hemenway said that this "
Ter the home of the founder of the best Nc
la gan horse. The original Justin Morgan "
ty old before used, was fourteen hands high Al
weighed $50 pounds, was dark bay Co
od with black legs. main and tail. Some
a the characteristics are, eyes small, very {
ed aud set rather wide apart and pleasant
sse expression, chest deep and wide, legs sh'
.go aud equal jOinted, muscles large, hair shO
soft and glossy. Their feet aud limbs I
I'M. faultless and they are dOcile and poweri
at Their last characteristic is speed.
i'm Mr.. Hubbard believe in good bre'
va Of all kinds of stock, but not in breeding
sell at fancy prices. believe the farm
ard Of Vermont ought to improve their stock
s.. importing thoroughbred sires.' l have b
informed with great truth that the cattle