The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-03-03
Agricultural Department.
CONDUCTED By ALBERT CHAPMAN
Meeting ofthe Vermont state Board of
Agriculture at Highgate, Thursday
md Friday. Feb. Is and 10, 1877.

sOl NNt VI EuSl i1lH iiHutts
The farmer and mechanic are very
closely allied. We change slowly, but
none the less surely. These changes in
the last half century are not only visible
but very marked. Our forest trees arc
disappearing rapidly; our noble pine is
almost all gone. We must raise o
grass. Our lands are not adapted TO
grazing, therefore we must increase our
Stock to increase our fertilizers, as we
cannot occasionally substitute CONNER
cial fertilizers. We cannot successfully
compete with the West in raising grain,
therefore we must prosecute some other
branch of farming, and as we are sue
cessful in dairying, let us make a spe-
ciality of dairying, and make 1t aim
to keep two cows where we keep but
now.
We must learn, too, not to overwork
our bodies. From four in the morning
till nine at night is too long for the
farmer to work day after day, and last
for a long time.
We are now so fortunate in having so
many improved implements, that much
of this hard manual labor may be dis
pensed with, and we can have more
time and strength TO improve our men,
tai culture. This time and op%portuni-
ty should be fully used to improve Il
minds and better fit us to follow our
call Ing, and to enable us to better enjoy
our social life.
"Duties and Obligations of the Farm
ers," was the title of a paper next read
by w. Robinson of East Highgate.
Labor gives health and strength. The
farmer enjoys superior advantages of
pure air and opportunities for superior
mental and physical development. We
enjoy d situation about midway in eli
mate between the cold of Greenland and
the heat of the topics. The farmers of
Vermont are among the intelligent ones
of the country anywhere. They should
be satisfied with their homes and voca-
ton, and not be so tast to emigrate to
the lands of drouth, grasshoppers and
Indians. The laborers of the Union are
the backbone of the nation, and they
should see that their liberties are not
abridged. The farmers should be so
well Informed that they may control the
legislation and see that one is enacted
that is detrimental to their interests.
They are largely in the majority, and
responsible if any legislation affects
their rights or interests unfavorably.
We should be careful to so train our
children as to encourage their sound
mental culture. A blackboard to be used
in the living room of the family, wen
ings, may be as good a thing as in the
school room. We should practice a
necessary control upon, and education
of our tempcrs, and see that they do
not produce n reflex effect upon those of
our children, and of our domestic ami
mails. We must by study. thought and
attention to our business, and by indus
try, aim to increase our products to ut
least doublc-fold, to enable us to COM
pete successfully with the rich lands of
the West.
The dairy has proved very profitable,
but fruit raising if intelligcntly conduct
ed, is much more profitable.
After the paper of Mr.. Robinson, DIR.
n. Cressy, of Amherst, Mass, was in
troduced, and gave an address upon
Diseases of Domestic Animals"
After DR.. Greasy had concluded his
address some time was occupied in ask
ing and answering questions. The
barbs is perhaps an Inflammation ofthe
inside of the mouth caused by rough or
uneven teeth. Remedy, file off or
smooth the teeth. Lung fever should
be treated the same in the horse rs in
the human subject. In first stages bleed,
afterwards give aconite in cold water,
teaspoonful to a pail of water, then
moderately of laudanum or paregoric if
the patient exhibits symptoms of great
pain; but opiates in lung fever are to
be used sparingly and with great eau
ton. Sweeny may be produced bynon-
action Of the muscle. As in same trou-
BILE with the feet, warm up the parts by
iodine, warm water, rubbing, or any
thing that will bring back the blood to
furnish nutrition to the parts, to restore
them to life, strength and health; but a
large proportion of the cases of sweeny
are incurable.
Chambers are contagious. The disease
Is malignant, incurablc catarrh. The
emily remedy is the leaden ball applied
as o o rs possible. Farcy is similar,
only CHAMBERS is Inflammation of the
catarrhal glands, faacy is a case of buds
coming upon the legs and gradually be-
coming sores. In a case where a well
horse was i%nnoculated from farcy sores,
In four weeks after he developed ma
lignant CHAMBERS, of which he died,
proving that CHAMBERS may be taken
from farcy.
Thursday evening, the first paper was
,eau py MI; -, r.. leiton, OF ~iilgngatc'
When first plowed, pillow deep to
make the soil compact, afterwards pillow
shallow. Sandy soil is o adapted to
grass, but we must have forage. rive
hope TO give this paper in full soon.1
The next paper was upon "Home
Productions and was read by Ora
Paul, of the Board, after which A.
Chapman, of the Board, made O short
address upon the Morgan horse.
After this address, Prof. Cressy was
again introduced and made an address
upon veterinary Science" After this
the time succeeding was used in an
swers to questions upon the diseases of
domestic animals, by Prof. Cressy.
Fistula Is the formation of a pipe; the
most common form is poll evil. Car
bolic acid in solution is excellent. Cut
them open or put a seton through from
the top to the bottom, and then use es-
charotics. Tincture of iodine is also
good.
Friday morning Mr.. Il. +. Jameson,
of lrasburgh, made an address upon
''Manures and their Application" after
which a discussion arose upon the use
oftertilizcrs.
A. Chapman'thought that commercial
fertilizers could be used TO good advan-
tage to get a start or to use with other
manures. Mr.. Bliss thought superphos-
pilates could be used with other manure
to get a start, but that they could not be
depended on for permanent fertility,
and gave some examples to prove the
correctness of his theory.
Mr.. Chapman gave some examples to
prove that good superphosphates could
be depended upon for permanent effect
and fertility. DR.. Henry Baxter gave
an account of some experiments he had
made with superphosphatc, which he
had used for ten years with great bene-
fit.
c. A. Champion said that many use
superphosphate in too concentrated a
form. 1t should be mixed with the soil