Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-02-28


n thought the method the most promisin
thing to be tried the coming year.
II Mr.. Fassett in reply said white specl
in butter was dried cream, which couI
v be avoided by shutting the milk room, an
y so avoid all draft. lie said further tn;
S he wished to say in regard to Mr.. ski
! ner's method, that persons having herds
k common COWS, and feeding common feet
churning at the temperature Mr.. SkinnC
9 ana, about sixty-two degrees, would %
i beaten, rs the butter would not stand s
high temperature.
Mr.. Mason's paper was on Marketin
, Dairy Products" which we have befor
6 printed
+ Mr.. Fassett in reply said he tried once
dairy of butter, of which he found one tn
: seemed 10 be keeping better than the rest
which the owner said was not washed i
making, while all the rest was washed.
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS SESSION.
= The meeting was opened, in absence q
Mr.. Andrews of Berlin, who was first O
the programme. by Mr.. Chapman wit
his paper on " The Morgan horse" whic
was called for by vote of the meeting
Mr.. Chapmans paper was Il very excel
; lent, setting forth of the excellencies of th
Morgan breed of horses, for the genera
uses of work and the especial one of speed
showing that for both these classes o
business the Morgan was superior.
Mr.. Bsbee Of Moretown spoke of th,
Morgan with much enthusiasm and will
equal regret of their so general disappear
ancc; contrasting in Il ludicrous way til,
horses he now owned with the Morgan
he used to own. Mr.. Il. f. Andrews o
Berlin next gave his paper on Neglect
of the Farm"
He thought one could not continually
draw on his agricultural bank, while de
posting nothing the while, without sooner
or later having his drafts returned dis
honorcd, with mo funds" endorsed or
them i'll unmislakable characters lie
would not recommend all our farmers tc
go into the breeding of thoroughbred
stock, though he would recommend them
all TO improve their stock. The neglect
of fruit was very great neglect of the
farm.
Mr.. Tinkham said he wished to ask a
question,-why the gentleman would not
recommend farmers to breed thorough
bred stock, when he said the short horns
were the best cattle for beef, and Mr..
Skinner had shown last night the Jerseys
were equally 50 for the dairy? Mr..
Andrews said the tastes Of all did not run
in the same direction, not all wanted to
breed for the dairy. Mr.. Tinkham said he
had no doubt figures could be found show
ING an equal result on growing beef us
Mr. Skinner showed in the dairy. 1t was
not that he wanted everybody to raise
stock for the dairy, but to aim for the best
in whatever class OF in whatever dir, c,ion
.they take.
Mr., j. w. Towno of Woodbury. next
read II paper on Orclmrdng the Apple"
He commended the planting of their own
nurseries by farmers procuring scions
from the nearest reliable orchard, and
graft from to two to four feet from the
ground, when two or three years old.
He did not believe in root grating in
any form, believing it gave less hardy
and short lived trees. II commented the
Fameuse, Wine Apple, Sweet Bough Blue,
Pearmain and Remission Sweet us especial
fayoritcs. The Sweet Bough Red Aslrach-
an, Wine Apple, Blue Pearmaim, Sweet
Russell and Northern Spy were also ex-
cclent. The Early Harvest, Porter, Hub
bardslon Nonesuch, Cromwell Sweet, and
RoXbury Russell had proved total fail.
urcs.
lie would advise to set the trees near
the buildings, ard in no case beyond the
pf thn ,l,,,, l., f,,,l., IL
where the snow would blow of rather
than on the ground, us he never had seen
any i'll effects from the freezing of the
ground, and they were less likely to be
with mice
There was more young trees ruined by
pruning than any other cause, and he did
not believe it would prolong the life of
tree to cut off sound limb. He believed
the last half Of June, Tor if it run into
July no matter,) to be the best time for
any pruning necessary.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The first thing in the afternoon was Il
talk by Mr.. Chapman, on budding and
grating. Any young man could easily
learn grating to make the cions live; to
make II good top by training is another
hing, Budding is preferable to any 9th
n method for nursery use. 1t is generally
l fliurc TO try to work better apples on
;rab stock, though some hybrids which
were valuable woulddo well on crab stocks,
mong which he named Pringe's Sweet. |
Baiey's Crimson, Sweet Marengo and
Lady Elgin, us excellent dessert apples.
Pears could be grated in On their own
stock or roots, On the Ounce and Noun
ain Ash, but on the latter the graft was
hort lived. Stone fruits could not be
grated, to any extent, except on their own
oots.
For nursery grating of stone fruits
budding was the better way; though for
)lums, the better sorts succeed we'll graft
ID into the tops Of Canada stocks. He had
lever known Il future Of valuable va
iety treated in this way. All operations
m stone fruits should be performed very
arly, before the sap starts ut all.
Mr.. Chapman here gave Il practical IL
of the methods of budding, cleft
rafting, and whip-grafting, recommend
ne the latter method for trees with small
ops to be changed, as the wounds would
De less and healing sooner accomplished.
could hardly be practccd
ucce sfully in limbs smaller than about
ne-half to threelourths of in inch in di. ]
meter. The best wax for grating which
e had ever seen, was made of 3 l-2 lbs.
rosin, Id. tallow, lb. beeswaX and ,
}. crude turpenline, or if that is not easily
btained, Venice turpentine might be used [
l its place. {
Clear, clean rosin should be used and {
hutton tallow was better than beef, and t
eeswaX, of course, should be clean. {
The small limbs on the stock below the
raft should not be cut off at once, but |
art the first, part the second, and not till i
lie third or fourth year should the last Il
ne be removed. a
Location has much to do with the sue Il
IS or failure Of many varieties, not loca- b
on far removed but location in the i'm C
eliale vicinity. Baldwins must have a
gh, dry lands, and will surely fail in h
oist cLayey soils. He had no faith in |,
'ot grating; most of New York trees and h
any of home nurseries rs well were root Il
RATED, and they would not make healthy Il
ccs. Il
Fancy Stock Raising by W. S. Martin G
Plainfeld was the next paper. n
For fancy stock, three things were nee h
sary, viz, good breed, good feed and o.
'od care. He would not attempt to die a
tie to his brother farmers what breed V
ey should take, but in whuover drec- b
N they may incline, let them seek for N
e best stock in that line, and then well q
ed, well fed, and well cared for will pr
owe profitable, while scrub stock would I'll