The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-20

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subject. He said that one trouble IL
the use of commercial fertilizers aros'
/ from the fact that they were special u
their character and a man would neeC
to know thoroughly the essential in
gredient Of the manure and the lacl
in his own soil, aud ifthe lack was sup
piled by the special ingredient the ma
nure would be very beneficial. Mucl
knowledge was therefore needed Il
use special fertilizers profitably. The
leading question then is, in the scion
tific use Of manures, "What does ON
soil lack| In answer to this much
was expecteOSof our chemical labora'
tories, but these have, in a measure
disappointed us. Every man mus
experiment for himself. Some ques
ton were asked and finally Mr.. Hawse
of pillow celebrity was called out, anc
for ten or fifteen minutes, struck al
the foundation of things straight from
the shoulder, and gave to the after
noon session a rousing close.
TUESDAY EVENING.
The first paper of the evening was
an essay by Mrs. 7. j. Baker OF
"Woman's work"
Following Mrs. Bakers essay there
came humorous paper from o. u
Start of Bakersfield, giving very mi
mute directions in regard to the roao
to success in farming.
He was followed by Prof. Perkins
of the U. V. NJ, who in his usual ia
miliar and interesting way gave &
thirty minute talk on some laws o.
vegetable growth. We were too IA
miliar with his cbain-Hghtning way o.
talking to attempt very extended re-
port. He discussed principally the
point whether the growth of house
plants was conducive to health. In
proof that it was, he presented the
scientific truth that the unhealthy at
mosphere Of close hot rooms was due
to the presence of carbonic acid gas,
and this was taken up by the plants
which gave out moisture and oxygen.
Though the fragranccof some Towering
plants may be poisonous yet usually
ozone was produced which could not
fail but have beneficial effect. More
over, the growth of plants led our
housewives TO let in more sunshine,
which was very essential to good
health. His own observation also had
confirmed him in the belief that the
growth of house plants had sanitary
as well as an esthetic and moral effect.
WEDNESDAY A. NJ.
The first address of the morning was
delivered by Rev. c. A. Huntington,
of Olympia Washington Territory
subject Emigration"
This was followed by paper by
Harmon Morse, Of Cambridge, on
fruit culture.
II. j. Baker, of Enosburgh. contin-
ued on the same subject by saying that
he differed from Mr.. Morse on some
points and had not changed his views
on listening to his paper. He adyo-
Gated that we should not endeavor to
raise for market, but should grow
choice varieties for our own use. He
thought clay soil was unfavorable for
fruit and that while trees might do
well for while in light soils they
would fail so soon as to make it I'M
profitable. On the setting of trees he
advised the careful preparation of the
sell, trim the roots, cut back the limbs,
set 20 to 80 feet apart, and select trees
two years old from the graft. The
best protection against the caterpiller
was to cut and burn the limbs on
which the eggs were found deposited.
Give your orchard care. One cause
of death to young trees was that the
wood did not ripen sufficiently in the
fall to stand the winter. To avoid
this do not apply manures when the
trees were in the leaf.
Mr.. Christy, Of johnson, said en-
phatically "Lct all eepeddlers alone"
TO deal with them is to be disappoint-
ed in the end. He thought it best for
each farmer to raise his own stock.
Delano, of Gilmore, said that fruit
raising in Lamoille county was fail
ure. Farmers should direct their en-
ergies to other pursuits and buy their
apples. Mr.. Manning, of johnson,
asked why it was more difficult to raise
fruit now than formerly. He, also,
Stunned peddlers but could do quite
well with native stock. BY request,
Mr.. Morse gave list of apples, best
designed for culture Red Astrachan,
Early Strawberry, White Astrachans
Famcuse with various winter varie-'
ties. He had 4 Tolman sweet trees
that averaged him 10 bushels each
yearly. For pears (Which he believed
could be successfully raised here) he
recommended Clap's Favorite and
Flemish Beauty. Mr.. Chaplin, of Mid
dlebury, differed from Mr.. Baker in
claiming that some orchards had done
finely on clay. He said that a diff
Guilty arose from the fact that some
men could raise a calf and do it well,
while another found his forte in rails
ing a good tree. Against the idea of
having each man raise his own trees
he suggested that more skill was re-
CURED to grow good trees than every
farmer possessed. He advised all to
avoid trees grown on the river inter-
walls.
Delano still insisted on his prefer
ence to raise Jersey calves and buy his
apples. About tree peddlers DR..