Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-02-26
Meetings Of Board Of Agriculture, Manu-.
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features and Aininn
Tuesday. Q. II. Hubbard {
Springfield read au essay OH til
grass crop. He thought the gras
crop was the most important Oh
to Vermont farmers. On our hi
farms it pays better than grain. l
stocking down our farmers genera
ly take off u crop of oats or Otht
grain, thus sapping the soil of nea
~ all the manure which should L
left to maintain the grass crop. Til
is a mistake. Generally seed dow
after o crop of corn. Have drOl
ped the grain crop from my rotatio
in bringing back run out grass Ian
on my farm. He then went int
the subject of varieties of gras.
giving 1t "a his experience that Jun
grass makes the best hay it cut cal
~. Top dressing on most land wit
fine manure gave excellent results
on light dry soils did not do as vel
G. S. Fassett. Top dress gras
land In the winter by speeding tn
manure on top of the snow.
Harvey Williams, Fairlec. To-
dress clay land with muck, thorough
~ worked in the hog yard.
A. b. Rogers, Newbury. Have
hill farm and believe in deep pillow
ing. Stock down next year atte
blowing up. Moving lands SHOULD
not be fed after the hay has beef
taken off.
In the afternoon j. B. Mead spok,
at some length on the subject O
fertilizers. Believe there is enough
fertilizing matter wasted in the cOun
try to bring up all the poor land i
it could be saved and rightly appli
ed. Every farmer may make enough
manure from the privy, the her
house and sink spout, by compost
ing to manure from three to -four
acres of corn each year. A load o.
manure carefully housed is worth
three that is allowed to lie out doors
If hen manure is mixed with other
manure or with ashes, it is about Of
good as thrown away. Prof. COL
lier says that a barrel Of hen man
ure is worth more than a barrel oil
Bradley's Superph0sphate. Should
be keptdry until two weeks before
using, then mix with muck, aud
keep moist.
s. X. Berry, Thetford. Reduce
the waste from privies to a liquid
state, then mix with loan aud put
in plaster in the fall. In the spring
thoroughly work over and it can be
used without Offense.
j. w. Tucker. Muck is o more
valuable absorbent than saw.dust.
g. s. Fassett. All the value in
muck is the potash, If it comes
from soft wood decomposition it is
not very valuable. And there is
the same di ference with saw.dust.
Mr.. &. s. Fassett read very in.
tercsting and exhaustive paper on
the Butter Dairy. In selecting cows
would prefer the Jersey blood, bnt
never selects by pedigree alone.
Would not advise a great outlay for
blooded animals, but rather improve
what we have by selecting and
breeding to full blood males. He
cases where dairymen
have increased their net profits ten
times over by selecting with proper
tests, and judicious breeding. The
average yield of Vermont dairies is
1876 to 14O lbs. per COW, year. He
knew of a COW from which was
made 461 lbs. in a year.
Farmers are many Of them keep
ing some cows at an ACTUAL loss.
They should apply the tests to each
animal and then repeat the expert
ments and then they are prepared
to decide which are the cows they
want to keep. The globules of but.
ter in the milk of the Jerseys are
larger, consequently the cream rises
quicker, and can be churned much
quicker, with less loss in the butter
milk, and retaining less deletsrious
matter in the butter, which is the
secret of its fine flavor, color, and
firmness.
Mrs. n. w. Barrett of Bradford,
cad the following essay GU Butter
l do not appear here to tell fabu.
GUS stories about any particular
breed of oattley the names of my
owing friends you will not find in
he American Herd Book. No Jer.
seys, Ayrshire, Durhams, not even
he famous scream pot stock" fig re
II my experience. Neither shall l
live an account of the debt and
;redit side Of my dairy for the i've
ears we carried it on, for l have
loticed that if farms and diaries
ould only charge back again when
hey are debited with this, that or
he other, the balance would be
argely in favor of the farm or dairy
nd the farmer who spends his time
Il weighing and measuring could
e trutAfully charged with fhatton-
ion to matters Of more importance.
When we went upon a farm and
he management Of small dairy,
FOur cows all the time and one
eason Sky, devolved upon me, |
as one of the 'i9nocents abroad"
ad never even SKINNED a pan Of
lilk or seen butter manufactured,
ut went about it with a little Of
he spirit which Mrs. Sigourney
assessed under similar circumstan. {
IS and found as she did that butter.
aking could not be done ertempore,
nd that there is no royal road to
8 successful manufacture. 81 ap.
led my strength, ny mind and \
v conscience to the business" | q
as surprised at NY own success.
utter making is such II mechanical !
,eration, requires so little intel. l
renee that if we did not under T
and the perversity Ofhuman ma. .