The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-01

should also engage in such special branches
Of farming as are best fitted to his special
circumstances. and cooperation with his
fellow farmers is very important. Tho
farmer should carry into his profession
the right spirit. 1t will depend upon
him whether his employment is ennobling
or degrading. The farmer who acts or
feels that he is ashamed of his profession
belttles himself and shows want of
common sense. The farmer should be a
man, ready to keep pace with
this age Of improvement and ready to re.
liove the farm work Of its drudgery and
toll.
Mr.. G. Horace Hubbard, a member of
the board from Springfield, made an adj
dress upon "The grass crop"
In this state the grass crop must always
BIO the most important, He who made
the often quoted remark of "EIc who
makes two spears Of grass grow where
one grew before is a public bonefactor,"
was wise man. In the better cutiva-
ton Of the grass crop lies our success.
We usually make the grass crop second.
airy to the grain crop. Herein lies our
mistake. We do not give the most i'm
portant crop our special attention. 1t
would be well to adopt q different system.
II We would stock our land with the az
plication Of the manure instead of taking
off the strength of the manure with q crop
Of grain we should fud that plan much
more profitable. His own experience
with such system as is usually prac-
ticed, had proved that tho grain SO raised
cost more than it was worth. By chang
ing TO such system as had been named
he bad doubled the grass crop upon his
farm. Grain does not protect the young
grass, the catch was more certain with
cut it. From late foil and early spring
seeding he had always got at least one
good crop Of grass the first season, and in
some years two crors, Sow red top and
timothy in the fall aud clover in the
spring. The seed should be sown by
hand. after mixing with dsmponed saw.
dust, it could then DO sown faster and
successfully, oven in high wind. II
there is a good turf top dressing is excel.
lent. The best time is just after the hay
is cut off, and the manure should be IN
fine condition. A small amount. ever
five loads to the acre, will be found valu
able. This way Il better than to put
large amounts OF manurc to smal
amount OF land to raise grain crops
The last plan will take too long time tc
90 over the entire farm. A good plan
if the meadow was producing but little
wus to plow deep in the late summer Oh
early fall, and top dress and SOW immo
diately to grass seed.
The more valuable grass is clover. Il
draws much Of its nutriment from the air
1t fits tho land better to raise wheat
Lands in the neighborhood of Syracuse
have produced great crops Of clover and
wheat for seventy years with no manure
but plaster. The manure from clover
hay is the most valuable. He thought
timothy was oyerestimated. Clover doot
not exhaust tho soil as other grasses
red top makes an excellent aud nutri
tious hay, but with him it does not take
easily, he thought perhaps the rankel
growing timothy crowded it out, but hi
always sowcd it. June grass yielded {
very light crop. but on dry soils it MA
one of the best. His cows do better OIL
early cut June grass than on any other
His experience in orchard grass was con.
fined to only last year.
Col. Il. 8. Stowell, Of Cornwall, read
paper upon The coming horse for Yer
mont.
TIE experience of five years has no
changed my views as to raising horses
but strengthening those | advanced fv'
years ago, before a meeting of this Board
The Morgan horse had been the mos
useful that could have been bred for hi
time, as au example of what was de
nanded for special purpose as had becl
bred up in other sections of the country
to satisfy tho demands for their needs
But mans intelligence will meet tha de
mapjs of the times, although mistakes i
breeding will be long in rectiiyng
Being wed to one idea will prove disas
trous to breeders Us it has to nations
To breed Morgau4 now in Vermont is t
be behind the times, but We should see
larger faster aud more remunerativ
breed. a large majority Of horses upo
the turf have been large, large numbe
Of examples Of which were named. Flo
long, fast drives size, bone, substanc
~.a -.--i;--~, $50 row wanting Thi
last is very essential. 10 number G
states the conclusion has been arrived 4
that the breeding Of trottiug horses di.
tinciively is q failure. We cannot bree
the large draft horse. that must be left t
the cheap lands Of the West. A larme
cannot afford TO breed the trottcr Sma
horses will not do, even if they are fas
The breeder finds himself with the GULL
while tho jockey and trainer will get tn
prizes--large. fine colored, stylish horse,
We should not breed Morgaus, Bac
Hawks or Ethan Aliens, they lack size
bone aud speed. Descendants OF Ham
bletonians, Messenger and Clays were th
horses ihat must be the cnes i
demand. Tho value of such horse
when 10 Vermont have not bee
appreciated until after their deatl
Breeding small horses with small horse
inteusiles the size The Morgan horse
haze found many Messenger aud Abba
lab mares from which they had acquire
their reputation for speed The old M
ton Of breeders Of the large dam an
small sires was now getting out Of fave
with horse breeders The best resui
would now he reached by using larl
sires and small dams, such breeding woul
give us the best results Use large sta
lions of the classes named upon yol
Morgan Black Hawk aud Ethan ALE
mares and your reward is sure. The r
suits attained will not only be satisia
tory, but the profit sure.
p. Il. Peasc, Esq Of Burlington, rea
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