Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-20

VI ~ otultoN"h1 oho"lHS thtO lh"h"iN &c
lost nothing by teaching IN soils.
MI. BlsDee OF MoreLoWn spoke OF Top
dressings that 1t had never been successful
with MN, though he must believe 1t was
success with others, on their soil. lie be-
IleVeu IN turning over the sod Tor making
grass: lie dlu not DelleVe III the science
OF MR.. 1lnkham, and any body could
smell by gong by heated manure heap
mat 1t ana evaporate, and If manure dId
not IeaGh' what ana become OF the manure
on SANDY land, winch would not last rs on
hrmer land? MI IIhkham SAID II oad
smell was manure then Mr. Blsbee was
undoubtedly correct us 10 eVaporatIoh' DuV
ne uiu mol oeiieVe mat was true, though
ne ana not claim the sclenee-lt WAS Dr.
NoelcNerS ana In li9ht SOILS there was
no'hlhS else 10 ieed Iile crop anu so IL was
t ane sooner useu' MI faSsett SAID Mt,
IlnKham was correct III his idea, us llad
been well settled.
TIURspAy EVENING.
MI Skinner read paper Corn aud
hoses' Wlllch we reserve Tor future use
MI albert chapman read paper on
olZe Not IN index OF Merit" As his
paper TUE Indicated lie ana not believe
III large iarms; gave examples OF the large
yleluS OF small farms. A farmer IN New
haven cut twenty tons OF hay on eight
acres anu ne tlonght hali the Iahd now IN
cu'lIValloh would, under IL better culture
yleld more than the whole now does. lie
cted the instances OF MIR. SINNERS nerd
| OF ilYp cows I1nbri6up which had uiVnp
MN lour hundred and thirteen pounds OF
butter per cow IRON careful selection,
good keeping and good care The reputa-
ton OF Vermont horses was formerly Of
the hl%he charactes and now he did not
know DuC the same horses would sell for
more having reputation of Vermont ori-
glh' 1hou%h the tall horses lately raised
hau put mat reputation In jeopardy. Now,
llie reactlon was taking place and the
morgan morse Is more sought for. Last
I'LL ne atlended the 1alr ut st. Louis and
every morse That took first premiums in
each CLASS was either Morgan horse or
bad Morgan blood. In the class of horses
tor all work, Il Vermont Morgan horse
took the first premium over more than
twenty competitors, Hamiltonians, Pachens
and PercheronS' In cattle the same rule
is true. An OK may weigh two thousand
pounds at maturity, be an object of admi-
ration, but if he cost as much as two which
will weigh two thousand and five hundred
pounds he may not be rs profitable, and
worth and cost must be the true test of
value. A COW weighing only nine hundred
and fifty pounds gave in one year 1906
pounds of milk, which, from trial, was es.
timated to have been sufficient for five
hundred pounds Of butter. Another trial
of two breeds,-the smaller gave eight and
onehalf times their weight in milk while
the heavier breed gave only seven and
three forths times their weight. Two
dairymen he knows are keeping dairies;
one has five cows, rather small in size,
which gave return of about fifty pounds
OF butter per week during II large part of
the summer while the other, keeping
twice us many, produced but about the
same amount. He spoke Of the same rule
OF SIZE not the index OF worth relating to
Sheep anu OF larm implements.
Some discussion was had concerning
iouuer corn deVeloplng the lacl that sweet
corn was much better than common corn
ana That 1t might probably be sown fur
ther apart than was usually the custom.
Y. II. Heath OF Montpelier, spoke on the
Development OF Home Industries. He
would urge diversity OF callings,a mixed
industry.
The laws Of trade and commerce de-
mand such diversity or the balance will be
against us and that must be paid in COIN
and thus we become relatively poorer. II
is then important that we should keep the
balance IN our lavor. When we are send.
ing needleSsly TO Minnesota for wheat, to
Illinois Tor corn, to Massachusetts for
chalrs,we are bearing tax for their bene-
nt.
There was no better wheat lands in this
country than there is in this county, |
and what would be the effect should our
county be obliged to send rs one of our
neighboring counties did few years ago, |
10000 dollars out of the county for grain?
Vermont, acre for acre, gives more wheat
than many, and in one census he believed
more than any other State. In corn ii |
was as strikingIy true, and when we went
abroad for corn, we must pay for it with
the produce OF the dairy, and that was tax |
ing it out OF women in the house TO pay |
Tor what should have been done out of
doors. lie would have the farmer dvers- |
iy his lahors, and not give his attention
solely to the dairy but keep Il few sheep
as well. We should developc one indus
tries so as to feed our own people.
There were those in this hall who he be-
lieved could remember when wheat was
taken from this county and sent to Troy,
exported TO New York, now we are i'm
porters. Not only in the farm should
there be more diversity, Formerly what
was consumed was raised and what was
worn was produced. 1t was not expected
that we should go back, we must 90 for
ward, and he was not prepared to say the
change was not for the better.
We had the finest timber in the country.
Where can be found II finer than our birds
eye maple or the black cherry, the ash or
birchP We have as good water power us
there is in New England. In sound of his
voice is Il fall of over 200 feet which does
nothing but roar and grumbIe at its en-
forced idleness.
Now with power equal to that of all
the horses in town unused, the maple tim
Der is taken, drawn down to II saw mill.
cut into boards, and in one case he be-
lieved it was sawn into chair stuff, freight
ed down to Massachusetts and there thrown
together, called chairs or other furniture,
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