Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-21
Cambridgeport Farmers Club.
Jan. H.

pohs
Subject How can we improve the
quantity and quality of our hay crop.
ITHAMAR BoLLEs must make
your ground rich. Ii is fact known
to all for the last half century, farmers
have left their farms now the question
is why have they not been as successful
as those engaged in other business
There has been great neglect in edu-
eating our boys. No other calling re-
quires so large experience as farming,
and that has been the most neglected.
Those who know nothing Of farming
should emigrate west; here for a farmer
it requires person of brains. A farm
er should know what the soil calls for
and what the crops call for. Think fer
tiizers should be put deep into the soil.
Then let us educate ourselves, educate
our sons that they may not take wrong
step, adopt the right.course and you will
not find young men leaving our farms.
FRANK SCoFIBLD. Farming by sci
ence has been in use but short period
Fifty years ago there were no books or
journals to aid the farmer, but now we
have books and journals expressly for
farmers, and those that will can learn a
good deal in that way. Most of our
farmers do not pillow deep enough they
should pillow foot deep. Most farmers
try to cultivate too much soil thirty
acres is enough. Farmers sell too much
hay.
ID. F. CUsHNG.-Farming used to be
carried on in very different way from
what it is now. Think farmers succeed
better in dairying than any other branch,
while Others have failed those that have
stuck to dairying have succeeded and
improved their farms. For the last few
years our new seeded pieces have not
yielded much more than old ones. All
we need is wet season to increase our
hay crop. Don't believe in cutting grass
too early. We lack courage to go on
and do business up as it should be. We
should lay the foundation to 90 on year
after year, then we shall succeed.
L. o. PowERs.-Grass is good and we
want more of it. How can we arrange
It to make two spears grow where one
grows now? We can do it by large ex-
penditures in money for fertilizers, but
most of us havn't the money to use in
that way. Then what shall we dol If
we don't do anything but talk then the
grass won't grow. It's not fair to charge
the farmers with ignorance they ought
to know their own business best.
A. A. WYMAN.-The question direct
ly is, How can we improve the quantity
and quality of our hay crop and this is
what we should talk about. There is no
doubt but thai more of us should 90
about it and more of us make special
ity of hay; it is the king crop; we
should cultivate less acres don't believe
in top-dressing. When farm wages get
down where they should be then we can
till the soil better than we do now.
Think early cut hay is better than late
for everything that eats it. If land is
rich enough TO produce it give me rowen
for cows in milk and for sheep.
E. III. HowARD.-Have worked at
farming all my days. One man has
said that the farmer lacks brains. If
had money / believe know how to
farm. Don't believe the farmers about
here can improve their farms without
money to do it with. Cutting the for
ests down Injuries our hay crops.
FRANK ROGERS. The grass crop in
this section is very poor and as the farm.
ers have no money to invest in manure,
| don't see how they are going to i'm
prove it much.
Il. w. BIssELL. Some of the gentle
men present have taken a very wide
range. / think we can adopt great
many ways Of improving our grass crop.
Coarse salt and ashes supply the needs
of grass and are the cheapest fertilizers
we can obtain.
FRANK SCoFIELD.-H orse-rakes in
jure the ground and grass roots; would
not cut rowen; think it better to leave
it upon the ground. Few farmers know
the benefit Of using clay. Farmers do
not spend time enough upon their farms :;
too much time is spent in stores.
ITHAMAR BoLLEs.-Am sorry that
so many farmers that have spoken to-
night seem disheartened. Farmers
should understand chemistry, then they
will know the best way to make fertil-
izers. One speaker has said he didn't
believe in top-dressing. l do. Don't
believe in blowing in fall. SEc'Y.
"A young man of Clifton. Staten
Island, was so badly injured few eve
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