Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-04


American merinos Of to-day were much su-
perior to those imported at that date /; they
will shear probably twice as much. Wrinkles
and oil we're peculiar to the Spanish merinos,
aud 10 proper proportions were desirable.
The merinos were great wool bearers aud
we're very hardy, especially when kept in
large focks; in the latter respect they ex.
ceeded all other breeds. The full bloods
will shear more than grades: because they
have more wool hairs to the square inch.
As the value Of our land increases. we must
improve and increase the value of the stock
we raise aud keep on it or il will be unprof-
table. The kind and quality of stock, that
will be profitable 10 Texas may not do for
Vermont farmers. Our necessities will COM
pei us 10 stock our farms with the best
breeds of cattle or high bred American me-
rinos. Some Of the best Aocks had been
taken from Vermont, but other good ones
are left and it is to be hoped that the belt
will be hereafter reserved to improve our
own hocks
Mr. j. II. Mead Of West Rutland, men,
ber of the board, said that il was a cause of
congratulaton that this subject was awak-
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great strength to believe that Vermont was
the best home to develop merino sheep to
the greatest point of excellence, and to keep
in the front, in point of celebrity, and bring
the sheep breeders from other states to get
fresh blood to improve their Aocks in the
future as in the past.
Mr. V. Grswold stated that the amount Of
cleaused wool that he had sheared from
one sheep was eight pounds and eleven
ounces, the growth Of one year and one day,
Col Mead thought that sheep could not be
kept for the purpose of raising wool in Yer.
mont but at loss, but if we could raise blood
to sell to others, it will be profitable.
Mr. A. 7. Smith thought that there had
been so much fraud practiced in Sheep that
the heavy wool was not wanted by the man
ufacturers.
Mr. A. Chapman thought that the sheep
Of Vermont had a much greater amount of
wool in proportion to the oil than they had
twenty years ago. lie also thought that
sheep paid.
Col Merit, member of the Brandon
farmers club, said that Vermont was the
best place to raise the blood with which to
recuperate the wasting excellence Of focks
kept in warmer climates, where wool grow
Ing is now most profitable.
Mr. Smith thought by the balance sheet and
the disappearance Of sheep, that the business
did not pay as well as formerly.
Mr. f. Sanford stated that he had been
able to prove by actual proof. that many
sheep were better worth ten dollars each,
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sum. In regard to the name of Infantado he
had seen certificate from Mr. Hammond,
that certified that the first Atwood sheep he
sold were Of popular blood.
Mr. Chapman believed that DR. Randall
investigated the matter, and came to the
conclusion that the sheep imported by Col
Humphreys were lnfantados.
Mr. Sumner thought high bred sheep
most profitable, and that wool raising in
Verm Ont still paid.
Mr. Hubbard thought wool raising might
be still profitable if it was followed under
standingly, and with sheep that bore good
quantity of wool, and he thought such sheep
should not be too high bred the third and
( fourth cross was in his estimation Just as
profitable as pure breds
Hon n. 7. Sprague, president Of the
Brandon farmers club, thought sheep rails
ing would be profitable in the future, as in
the past, and that the farmer who made a
speciality of it, and conducted his business
with energy and judgment would prosper.
, Col Merit, a member of the Brandon
farmers club; no stock raised in Vermont
pays as well as sheep. Sheep taken to
warm climates deteriorate, and if Vermont
keeps up her improved hocks she will be
able to supply blood to recruit this waste.
Mr. j. b. Smith of West Rutland then
, read paper upon "Sand Blast and its Ap-
pications in West Rutland" This was
one Of the most interesting papers read.
1t was illustrated by the apparatus, or parts
of the apparatus used in the application, aud
f specimens of the work. No abstract can dc
, justice without these aids. The application
at West Rutland is in cutting the inscrip-
, tions on the stones ordered by Congress to bt
placed at the heads of all the patriotic dead
who lost their lives in the rebellion aud are
buried in the government cemeteries. The
number finished in this way amounts to 300
! per day, and this vast, charitable work could
not have been finished in many years had il
, not been for this discovery.
I Mr. g. S. Fassett, a member Of the boarC
, from Enosburgh, read paper upon "Milb
! and Mode of Handling
, The subject is too broad to be treated il
!. its full details in the time allotted to me
, here, but | will endeavor to touch upoI
/ some points that it may prove profitable fol
; us to consider Milk is the only article tina
' will support life from infancy to old age
Wild cows give but little milk; the domes
v tic article is an artificial animal. The
I amount of concentrated food 1t is pro6tabl,
. to feed is hard to determine, but there is b,
f far too little fed in Vermont An expert
4 mental station in our state was great
n needed to settle this as we'll as grea
r many other open questions; We cannot al
ford to be without it year. Cows suited t
}. the special branch of dairying, the dairyma
|. expects to follow, are indispensable to sue
,e cess, but breeding for n special purpose ma.
D. be carried to excess, as it is when Short
"a horn is rejected because it has black nos
Il or Jersey because it has few patches @
% white, 1t requires far too many acres t
: keep COW in Vermont at present. A farr
/. should be so improved under dairy farming
d thht tnc uuhotI VI vows may uo luCINaoSu
10 A mans location should have an importan
If bearing upon how he should handle his milk
d If near market, selling the milk is mos
0. profitable. Mr. Fassett gave an account o
,c the way Hon H. d. Mason, president of tn
q Vermont dairymen's association, handle
ID his milk in 1874, with the figures
show what the receipts were frol
skimming at twelve hours, and maxim
cheese of the milk thus skimme,
lie He made a comparison Of these fgur,
1n with what the same milk would have r.
turned if made into butter alone, also ii mac
he into cheese alone. These comparisons prove
N that the way Mr. Mason handled his mil
brought more money than either, but