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nlcatons or suggestions that will add to the value
and interests of this Department.
| Agriculture.
CLOSING MEETING OF THE. STATE BOARD.
The closing meeting for the season of the
State Board of Agriculture will be held at
Montpelier on Wednesday. Thursday and
| Friday, February 81 and %. and March LIST,
and an unusually interesting gathering may
be expected The order of exercises is OF
notable excellence, as may be seen by the
| programme, which We gve III full.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Ron. }. W STEWART, CHAIRMAN.
Introductory address. Chairman.
development of Home lndustrics .,,.-
Emigration, Rev. c. A. Huntington, Olympia, W. T.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
HON. n. T. sPRAGuK, CHAIRMAN.
Early Vermont Merinos. "A. Chapman, Middebury.
Mental Growth for Farmers, - o,,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
HON. z. D. MASON. CHAIRMAN.
The Cow Boy. MISS Anna stowell. Cornwall
The Needs Of the Dairy, q. s. Fassett Ehosburgh'
THURsDAYiEvENING.
MAJ. ORA PAUL CHAIRMAN
Better Culture, ,sec'y. o. Adams, Manchester H. II
Rural Architecture. J. b. Walker, Concord, N. IL.
FRIDAY FORENOON.
HON CROSBY MILLER, CHAIRMAN.
Corn Raising in Vermont: .--.-,,
0f'N''' Prof ". o. Atwster, MiddIetown, Conn.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
COL. A. B. FRANKLIN. CHAIRMAN.
Maple sugar.....-. J. NJ. Stevens East HardSiek'
Farmers Trials. Miss Laura B. Boyce, Fayston.
Education for Farmers. Col. J. B. Mead, Randolph.
FRIDAY EVENING.
GOV. II. FAIRBANKS, CHAIRMAN.
Canadian Husbandry
sec'y. Cha.. Glib. Abbotsford, p. Y.
Work Of Department Of AsIiculture.
Prof. P. Collier, Washington. ID. L.
All are invited to take part in the discus
sions.
1t is expected that other persons of emf
nence! in agriculture will be present. Re
turn checks and reduced rates of entertain
ment are offered those attending the meeting
FARMERS CONVENTION.
There is in Poultney, in this State, an or
ganization whose value can hardly De over
estimated and one whose like should be
formed, and perhaps will be, IN time, IN every
town of any importance in our Common
wealth. 1t is called the Poultney Industrial
Society and is composed of the farmers and
artisans of the town. Besides its regular
atated gatherings. it holds Fall and Winter
meetings, which have notably large attend.
ance for which some of the best practical
men in the country are engaged and at whleh
the essays and addresses are of the utmost
practical value. The Winter meeting OF the
society was held February 18th and l4th, and
was an occasion. says n somewhat enthuslas-
tic correspondent, of interesting and protta-
BILE intercourse without parallel In the history
of that part of the State. The number of
people in attendance was estimated at 500,
and was composed principally of the farming
class Hon. +. d. Mason, of Richmond,
President of the Vermont Dairymen's Asso-
citation, delivered an address on successful
farming" abounding in practical suggestions
and valuable information. Hon. y. \. Will
lard, of Little Falls, n Y, delivered an ad-
press on the Outlook of dairying and Its
present needs" which he treated at length
under the following heads The season of
1877 prospective prices butter making
winter dairying fancy cheese waste loss
in selecting stock dairy fairs /; cheese man
ufacturing curing cheese, etc. The ad-
dress was replete with practical hints and
useful knowledge o. S. Bliss, of Georgia,
spoke upon Cream raising VS.. cream rising
At the session on Thursday a paper on
Poultry" prepared by G. d. Belden, was
presented, also one on Poultry keeping for
profit" by John McKeen, Iof Ackworth. N
II j. F. Converse. of Woodville, n. Y,
practical farmer, presented paper on Pro
gressiye Agriculture The last speaker, j
Ii Wallace editor of " dldceS Monthly of
New York, took for his subject "How TO
breed horses at profit.
This We print as suggestion and an en-
couragement to our other farming commu-
mites. The value of the organization may
be readily seen from the eminence IN their
branches of the speakers, the wide range OF
topics, and the large attendance. That other
towns may go and do likewise is a consum-
nation devoutly to be wished.
SHADE TREES
No element of beauty is so completely
manageable Rs trees, and the resources of
this section of the country in that respect
are very great. Situated in the middle of the
temperate zone, we have all the best of the
deciduous trees, the oaks. elms, beeches,
ashes, hickories, walnuts, cherries, naples,
the chetnut, linden and buttonwood OF the
temperate regions, together with the finest
of the evergreens, the pines, frs. spruces,
cedars and hemlocks and the delicate birch
es of a more northern climate Each one OF
these trees has its own peculiar and distinct
ly marked character, and produces an effect
which need not be mistaken for that of any
other 1t is surprising how small is the num-
ber of trees necessary to produce striking
effect Ten or twelve trees. fortunately or
skillfully disposed on the sides or brow of n
hill, are often sufficient to give it an air of
richness. harmonizing perfectly with high
ly cultivated country. A single tree by a
farmers house protects it and gives it an air
of peace and contentment. An unprotected,
solitary house gives n chilly, lonesome, bar
rem impression. At this season of the year,
when every intelligent farmer is making his
plans for the future, let the planting of a
few shade trees, in desirable spot about
his premises, be included i'll the work for the
coming Spring.
BONE MANURE.
The increasing use of superphosphate OF
lime in many parts Of the fcountry Indicates
the practical benefit derived from its apph-
cation. In the southern portion of Cayuga
county. n. y, the quantity used by farmers
as fertilizer for wheat has gradually in
creased to several hundred tons annually
within district of few miles in extent,
and it appears to be indispensably necessary
for successful and heavy crops. In other
parts OF the State large quantities are ap-
piled with very favorable results, even III
those localities not commonly regarded rs
wheat producing regions. Among others.
We learn from James Wood, OF Westchester
county, where comparatively little wheat is
raised, that he scarcely ever fails OF obtain
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