Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-10
" Fancy Farmers"

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ParehV DISCRIMINATION Vi ''ie" "''''"
Fancy farmers have changed the wild boar into |
the Suffolk and Berkshire the wild bull OF Brit
ain into the Shorthorn the mountain sheep, with
its lean body and hair fleece, into the Southdown
and Merino They brought up the milk of the
COW from pints to gallons. They have length
ened the sirloin of the bullock, deepened the
udder OF the COW, enlarged the ham of the hog,
given strength to the shoulders OF the OK rem
dered finer the wool Of the sheep, added fieetness
to the speed OF the horse, and made beautiful
every anla 'na' y Nep, II a"e $50, ~, y, man
non, ., nj, domestic animals I'm thev hardly re-
semble the animals from which they sprang.
Fancy farmers introduced irrigation and under
draining, grinding and cooking food for stock.
They have brought guaho from reru ana nitrate
1l Soua i,on, Inn ~, '"s navy 1871 o.,',in
,rha,, hrn',ah, a., ,ho thoorv If the rotation Of
crons AS a natural means of keeping up and in
creasing tho fertility of the soil They first ground
up gypsum and bones ana treated the l"tter WIN
ac'u 10 MAKE in"mures Vi pe'ui'@i 'n'"o' my
,rha, ras ,yon,eJ b, their fertility They
introduced the most approyed methods Of raising
and distributing water. Fancy farmers or fancy
horticuturists have given us all our varieties of
fruits, vegetables and flowers a fancy farmer
~ ,ern'on' ,IT y'"' ,,a 49, .,,',isnos aa, -
,ho ,yoa,,h of ,bo country and proved 10 bc n
most important accession in every part of the
. ;pt of hos
fancy men originated the Wilson strawberry, and
another the Concord grape IL was fancy iar-
nner .""' oio"s"' '"' OS'so ''o'' ''N'' ~ '"'
''V'' '' ,.
inere may NC So'''o quioU,i"s 10 " ."1
meaning OIL 'he TERM lanoy' "heh appiieu
10 iarhine' ou' as eP''ne' VI s'''"'eu WIN
'hose WIZ arc pau "o'N'"S i"iino'S' ~ 10
presunnapie that .'iey kho" pest ior whom
ana WHAT !. was i"'enueu. we .iiinh 'hey
VIII eeheraiiy asree III oeiS'anuins ianoy
i"'n''"s " W wa, H'''U - '"'"'S u "'''"
P'oh'' ou''"e's' 10 oo'u'''''0u 70 'o"e
o'"er Gnu, '"o" 40 cno"' ieoiea'o'' VI
e'peoiahS 'ne s,"'ii.'''0n VI Peou''a' '''.e'
anu i"',o'e', A' A'eA n.' III .ne ''""V'
r"'".e' ior 'anuary' pu's IL Is ianoy
farming, ~ seems 10 i'e, 10 reach our enuS
a' 'le his' oos'' anu osS' farming '"a' ".ii'"
'iee'e ou, ei'us "''' ','' sAo''es' pu''e'
Du' 'ne "'i'ei Vi 'ne eA1"c. quo'eu
ABOVE PLAINLY seeks 10 convey .ne iuea 'ia'
.he ih'eii'geh'' 'he ingenious 'he eh'erPr'S-
's anu .ne s'ieh',h' i"'ineis-""y' eve"
'"o ''''n''ho iheu "no "e'e' "eio i"' i'e'
"'o "',"' 10 seneiany meant ~ 'ie 'ei'''
i""'S '",A Nv" o''''' ",'o va" We
u"uei o'"hu '"e 'ai'o"' astonishing ASST
"cn' '''Ae' 90 :" ""' way ','o II,
"NN 'os ",'' .'''1'''c"0' ''"' ."'i0'e
,V"s Deio'e '"e ',''i i""0s i"'"''iS was
'"ous"v VI, ''iu oe'Vie ANY 'n'''s eA'S'eu u
""'C' '',' '1'" ''''t - any ''"'1 o' "p,
P,eu' ~, '"' '''"c'n' e'A',''''' anu
o'"0' ','" o'eeo' ""'uh ""'o Oeen P'o'
uu0'' ~ ''0'''ns 'o"'''i'''oPe"'' "nu 1''''
"''o '"',o "po" WIG common o'0OA u aug
,'"'' a"u ~ 'ie 'a'eiui oieeu'ns anu ieeu
"s - '"',' P'oee"y ''"co' 'ie WIN was
c0',' " e".0' p'i'iis anu ,u','seiV iie"' ~
20 ',u', Du' mt" WIN "oui' 'a'e ie' justly
i''"i'ou ~ any o"o WIZ siiou'u s'9ie '"oi
iaa'y i",ineis'
summary '"' "Iu Jun Vi 'i''"," "aS
inp'oNeu inVo ''o o"o''no'n ny une iicH
ieed o. Tue Lees 'a'ley' anu 'he SIKH Oh Tue
sn,e"u ofeeuers oi Durna,ii anu 'l'e hor'i
i'u'"s Vi io'Ash'''' STURDY iiaw-ouoh
ieiows, VINO were men oi SOUND prac''ca
sehse, pu' VINO "ouiu nave chuckeu any
chap ih'o the horse-pohd 'iat shouiu nave
uareu 10 call 'hen fancy farmers 10 'hei'
iaoes
rerhaPs fancy farming existed IN span
centuries ago. ana transformed the nary
mountain sheep lhto .he hhe-wooied Me
rihos. rerhaps Euwih Hammond VINO pro
uuceu 'iie uhri'ai'eu american Merihos' wa
fancy lariher' OF 'hat sturdy ana secretiV'
briooh' bakeweii, VINO produced the Lelces
. TER or the equally "horny'handed mock
masters to whom we owe the improved
Southdowns and Cotswolds. But we SHOULD
nave enjoyed standing by to hear thei
response, when one OF our genuine fancy
chaps claimed fellowship with them unde
that title
IL would be Kindness II anybody woul'
name to us the fancy farmers who produced
ei'her the Ayrshire the Dutch or the Jei
sey race OF dairy cattle Fancy men hav
taken them up ana are DONG their best u
spoil them by breeding Tor fancy points,
or ior speculative purposes II Is true, bu
mere 'heir connections with them begin
ana ends
Equaiiy untrue Is IL that fancy farmer
nave maze any Improvement IN horses
france ana SPAN got The Arabian stallion
from "i'ich the'r pe't horSes are deScende
by captures made IN war with the Moon
England imported them' Inc Arabs ma
nave practiced fancy farming possibl.
put IL must nave been anterior TO the tim
Oh 'oo. fancy men nave a good deal
90 WIN racing horSes' out VINO among theI
mas p,oouce" any valuable race or breed
rriga'ion mas peeh Prac'iced from tim
iihihehoriai' Inc Egyptian ana ASsyra
pains couiu DC ii'aue productive III no oth'
way spanish ana ie"iiah farmers nave
nga'ed 'ne'r farms LOT more 'hah thouSaii