Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-21
Meeting Of the State Board Of Agriculture,
Manufactures and Mining.
AZ Irssburg, Tuesday and "wednesday, JAM
uary n andt1a.
Tnesdnr Aforninn.


with prayer by Rev A. A. Smith Of Irasburg
Rev s. b. Currier Of lrasburg welcomes
the board ip a brief and appropriate speech
Mr. y. 4. Jameson of Irasburg followed
with mn address upon The Year Round"
containing many practical suggestions 10 re.
gard to the duties and occupation OF farmers
aud their families from month TO month
through the year.
He thought that January should be much
devoted 10 visiting, not only among relatives
and friends, but also to visiting tue schools
and taking an interest therein. He sug-
gested also that children should be taken by
the parents, not only on social yisits. but in
their attendance on public meetings and as.
semblsges. that they might become inter-
ested in the important subjects there consid.
cred, aud receive the educational benefit
thereof In February much extra attention
should be given TO the care Of the live stock
in the stables. This should be continued
during March, especially with dairy cows.
Sugsr.making comes next, hut the cows
should not be sacrificed 10 this on a dairy
farm. The hiring OF help comes under con.
sideration at this time, and here we ought to
consider the wisdom Of hiring farm help by
the year, in order to secure the most profit.
able aud useful service from the best men.
In Canada pains have been taken to provide
neat cottages on farms, and to secure young
married couples from tho old couBtry to oc.
cupy them and to furnish labor the year
round. This has proved a success. In
April sugaring continues and the manure
has TO be got out. How this can best be
done was considered. In May SOW thy
seed this is the strong point, to get in seed,
especially. the small grains early in the
month Ia June. kill the weeds. need to
consider this myself, you think, and it is
subject Of regret to me that sometimes neg.
lect this matter. had better neglect my
fences. 10 July, hSyiDg, but don't forget
the weeds. II hay is short, SOW fodder corn,
millet and English turnips early this month
to increase the store Of winter forage. In
August our cat and wheat crops must be
secured. September is the time to select
seed.corn aud other seeds, and for making |
drains. 1t is also the season Of fairs, and |
borse-trots. October is the fruit month, but |
Orleans county has but little to show 10 this
respect. 10 this month also we secure our
vegetables. November aud December wood |
and lumber Mr. Jameson's address was
full OF useful suggestions, aud we have
given but o mere outline ol it. Succeeding |
the address, several Of the topics were dis
cussed. Secretary Seely spoke of the value
Of the recreation season Of winter, and of the |
importance to the farmer Of true social cul. |
ture. 1t attaches the young people 10 home !
and 10 farm life.
Rev Mr. Currier said that the double
cutter and buggy. shonld be called into
requisitiou for social gatherings, and the
whole family taken along That's the way
they do out West. and they have good time.
II. q. Cleveland of Coventry spoke briefly
on the care Of stock in winter He said any
farmer is able, il he chooses, 10 give the
right kiud Of care to his stock. No man
who has farm nee to neglect the proper
feeding or comfortable stabling OF stock. IIe
must begin early and not let tho cattle get
behind iu November Bring them to the
winter ia good condition. This is the true
economy. This is especially true Of young
stock. Keep them clean and with good a
bed. Card them regularly it pays, it saves
feed, and is money well invested. Begu-
nrity in all things, feeding, milking, water
ing, cleaning. Don't turn out large herd
together to water, but few at a time. A
warm stable and abundant absorbents are
necessary, and with them the barn smell"
is unnecessary, This barn. smell" taiuts
the feed, and greatly reduces its value.
Even the breath of the cattle has the same
effect. aud tho air from the stable should
escape by proper ventilation so as not to
reach the hay and straw, Waters twice
day don't give as much exercise as he
would wish, because his yard is small, but
does not tie IN stanchons.
Dana A. Locke Of Irssburg indorsed Mr.
Clevelaud's views. He insisted on the i'm.
portance Of watering stock twice day.
When a man benefits his cattle he benefits
himself With early cut hay grain is not
necessary. Cattle will fat on hay, if the
hay is good. Mr. Cleveland's stock gains all
winter, yet he does not feed much grain,
aud they are blooded ck-Shorthorns,-
too.
Gardner Fassett Esq. of EnOsburgh sug-
gested plan for making 4 warm stable.
Mr. Cleveland fills in with sawdust, bnt Mr.
Fassett effected the same purpose by pa.
pering between the girts with roofing paper.
1t pays cost the first winter. When COWS
are rightly fed and managed they will yield
as much milk in January as in June, when
they are allowed to como in in succession,
the gear round. Aud the expense need not
exceed seventeen cents per day, per head,
with an average yield Of 40 pounds Of milk
day. 1t has been done land the figures
can be produced to prove itl, by B. f..
Hutchinson of Milford, N. II.
Tuesday afternoon.
The discussion of Mr. Jameson's address
was continued.
Mr. Eassett spoke upon the disposal Of
the cattle droppings on the meadows in the
spring. He favored not only the scattering
Of them by the hoe, but the dropping Of
mixed grass seed on the spot where the dung
lay. This is the practice OF Hon II. ID.
Mason, president Of the dairymen's asseciu-
tion, and his pastures are as good as his
moWings which are very fpe. He keeps
thirty.hve head'of cattle, besides horses on
about 100 acres--pasture and moving. MI
+. then spoke Of making cattle earn their
, keeping in the winter by keeping up the
} hoW Of milk with cows, aud thrifty growth
with other stock. He thinks good pay cau
, be got from feeding good ration of oats
meal or shorts aud corn meal from the timC
: pastures fail 10 the fall through the winter
} Is certain that it has paid him to do this
and paid we'll. He thought so long as We
} are denied an experimental farm we ough
{ to make careful experiments like this upoI
our own farms. Recurring to his remarks
about Mr. Hutchings Of New Hampshire ii
I the forenoon, he added that MIR HIS cow
| averaged nine aud three-eighths quarts o
4 milk per day the year round.
MIR BOwles Of Irasburgh said thirty years
l experience has taught him that the bette
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