Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-14
Board Meeting at Brookileld.

ing with the farmers Of BroolSfied and vicinity
on Tuesday and Wednesday Of last week. The
weather was favorable and the meeting success
in regard to attendance and interest The plan o.
the programme was fully carried out, except thai
ColoneJ. b. Mead, of Randolph, failed toa appear t
take the part assigned him on Wednesday evening
The meeting Of Tuesday afternoon was held al
the public hall occupied by the Good Templar,
and Grangersi afterward at the church. There
were good number present at the opening Of the
meeting and the hall was soon well filled. Mr.
A. S. Allis was appointed chairman and Hon j
R. Cleaveland assistant chairman
The meeting being now opened for business, Mr.
Nils delivered an address of welcome, which was
cordially extended to all, the few ladies present
receiving fully their share. The speaker briefly
alluded TO the topics to be presented for consider
alton and discussion by the convention and was
followed by Professor Seely, Of Middlebury, whose
subject was Doubling the Products Of the Farm. -
From statistics and careful estimates he had
gathered in other counties, It appeared that the
net profit of farming was quite too small, one
hundred dollars a year for the average farmer
being considered high estimate. lie took the
position that this could be doubled, and therefore
should be. In order to this there must be greater
care in the preparation of the soil for the seed in
the selection of the very best seed in raising
crops to which the soil is best adapted as well as
in utilizing the fertilizers produced on the farm
and using others il need be. Farmers should
know whether they have stock that pays or not.
He also alluded to the evil of making farming dis
tasteful to boys by overtaxing them in its labors
and not giving them sufficient time for reading,
sleep, etc. This idea was taken up by some to
whom the evils of ideness have been more APP
parent than those Of too severe labor and led to a
short but animated discussion on the subject.
Professor Seely was followed by Mr. j. II.
Mead, of West Rutland, who presented an elab-
crate paper on sheep raising which gave evidence
of extensive research his part in regard to
the history, nature and habits of this animal, par
ticularly the Merno sheep, which he highly recon-
mended for wool-growng He thinks Vermont
is well adapted to the development of the best
qualities in this valuable animal, and that they
should be raised in such numbers that we might
be able to supply less favored regions not only
with wool but with choice sheep. This led to a
discussion in regard to the relative merits of sheer
and dairy for stocking a farm, resulting in the
usual disagreement upon this point.
Tuesday evening Captain Paul, of Pomfret, pre-.
sented the subject of Home products" arguing
that we should not send so much money out OF
the state for what might and should be produced
in the state, and some of the farmers gave practi
cal proof of the feasibility of raising roots and
substituting them for grains and thereby avoiding
expenditure.
Mrs. Cassius Peck read u very sensible original
poem on &c Farmers homes" The audience test.
fed to their appreciation of it by their applause
at the close of the reading.
Mr. George +. Nutting, of Randolph, then pre-
scented his idea of model barn, being particularly
strenuous upon the point of having driveway
into the top of the barn so as to be able to work
with gravitaton instead of against it, in pitching
and moving away the hay and grain, thereby
making great saving of time in the busiest sea
son of the year and also the expense of an extra
hand, which, taken together, he estimated would
be sufficient to cover the whole amount of take,
on the farm
On Wednesday morning the meeting opened al
nine o'clock. Mr.. A. Chapman, of Middebury
presented paper on =" Farm accounts, showing
how much more reliable is a well kept record il
deciding in regard to the profits or loss on any
crop or herd, or flock, than the usual guess-worl
of farmers, however sharpthey may be in guessing
Mr. n q Davis of proolfo,d follo,,od ,,i,,
some excellent nractical spcoest;ons in roo,rd :,
Manures." Farmers should, by the use of alb
sorbe,ts sovo all NOT orl,, tto so,;d I'm, "a.
liquid excrements, and keep these packed anC
co,,ored until tho,, wish 70 ,so ,hor, WI, an :
ried nm IN tha land snre,d +, hroadco.t. ,hotoro
tho soaso, MAJ, bo rho coil ,,ilI to,,o ooro 40,
Mr. For, va1Lor q, Cho,soo ,roson,od - ,,ano
an tho :. Nanocoror, Of yot londs ), ia .hinL
il mistol,e IN use nlouob that viii, Law ,bo fnr
rows too smoo,hlv Lot tbe ,ir havo choroo :,
o;ron,o.o ,tro,,rh t,,o,, ,,,on t,.;os 1,.a,.a,,,
of tho srhioot Tho ,noo,;n,, ,,os oa;orrnoa ,,n,;
asterroor
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crono Of vi,li,msto,r in trootina =, tho :. Rae,
ana ooro % do;r,, oo,,,s ,, .borod ,,,o+ ,ho,, -,
dor.t,,a, .lo;r s,t,ion. that ,o.,,on, mo 30, T.,
digerort in rooord 70 tbo on;r,ols tho,, rso q, in
snra rood hrood and 200, doir,,
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mo,hod ~ % pr,tor n,a,in, ,,l,iah hoa hoo, -,
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