Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-05-22
Che freemau.
Looking Around.

ant drive with a friend, one of the natives
through the famed dairy district of Pom
fret.
Our friend wishing to give US an inside
view of how they do il in Pomfret " frs
took us to the school in district No.
where we formed an opinion in advance o
what We might expect 10 see in the way o
farmers, farms and their surroundings
for what could be expected of soil tina
produced such school houses. The house
was new one, painted inside and out
situated on q little knoll with handsome
grove in the rear, thoroughly built and fit
ted up with the most approved furniture
and fixtures, blackboards occupying all the
available space above the wainscoating
each scholar having separate seat and
desk and particular attention given that
the teacher should be supplied with all
needful appliances with which to enlighten
the youthful mind. Altogether the school
was as finely apportioned as any we have
ever entered and at the time of our visit. a
few minutes before school time the yard
was filled with bright eyed and ready
tongued healthy looking boys and girls.
The fine dairy farms of f. D. and j. G
Sherburne, nearly opposite each other
showed good management; both keep
high grade Jersey cattle and make the
production of gilt edge butter specially.
The large, new 40x52 three story and
basement barn of II. w. Vail had to be
looked over to be thoroughly appreciated
The basement, opening in the yard is used
for the manure. The first or cattle floor
also opens into the yard. The second
floor, mainly occupied with large hay bays
extending the entire length of the barn on
each side with a driveway through the
center which could be used for storage or
any purpose desired. This floor was also
entered from the ground on the opposite
end from the entrance to the cellar, while
above this the third story was reached
over a short plank driveway. Each bay
is furnished with a shute with doors at
convenient distances through which the
hay is let down to the feeding floor. From
this floor the unloading of hay is done and
we who had been accustomed to hand hay
up from the level of our head to four or
five feet above, or have been engaged
with hunched back endeavoring to NOW
away and tuck a few more fork-fulls
among the rafters could easily believe that
it would take but few more innovations
like this to render farming cas- easy as
rolling off log" At Mr.. Wallis we met
Mr.. Harry VAIL we'll known to the older
residents of Montpelier as u good book
keeper and the prince of hotel clerks
Harrys" eyes were as bright and
sparkling as ever and he looked as though
he might not have forgotten his old knack
of keeping company in good humor.
We found that R. w. Newton at his
prospect Hill Farm" had just got ready
for shI ment to Boston Il lot of the fine
golden butter, for which the Jerseys are
noted He uses the five pound butter
box and the Tinkham packing box, thus
doing away with ice, as does also Mr.. Vail
and several of the neghboring farmers.
Deacon Elisha Hewett was busy putting
ina covered driveway to the third story of
his large, new 5OxS2 barn. Mr. Hewett
can unload one hundred tons of hay in
this barn without g moving away he
also has large horse barn attached to the
main barn and it would seem that his
scale of operations might be gauged by
his barns. Grade Jerseys are the cattle
he keeps.
The farms and SURF oundings of Messrs
f. S. Wood, far and wide noted rs II
prince among the Jersey butter makers,
W. c. Whipple, with his large, painted,
comfortable-looking barns, and grade Jer-
seys, and of w. II. Adams with his fine
herd of Jersey cattle, more than half
thoroughbreds, presented very fine ap-
pcarances.
MIR. Obed Whipple has just built him
large, new barn and keeps Jersey cattle,
part being thoroughbred. He wintered
81 head Of cattle and horses from GA
acres and up to the first of April had
bought no meal. Going into the house
we were shown the milk room with the
large milk pans cooled with water, by the
good lady, who could MT understand that
correct principles show that she was
losing twenty per cent of her cream by
her method Of milk setting In the cool
butter cellar were numberess freshly
made neatly-stampcd half-pound butter
cakes Tor shipment to the Revere House,
boston, where they dispose of all their
butler
Mr. Fred Lamberton has an excellent
grass larm on the hill to the right, and is
gong u try the principle of rotation of
crops by raising 35x70 barn the coming
season.
y. M, Tinkham keeps thoroughbred
Jerseys; has the old barns on his farm,
out has new barn on the brain, which he
means to get transferred soon. He is "A
strong believer in draining, and poins
with pride to some of his exploits in
mat direction. He is also believer in
irrigation under certain circumstances.
Mr. Ellis Tinkham, his father, lives with
hlm' at the age of eighty-fve years. and
carries his six feet of height as straight as
any soldier. He was born in North Pom
lrs'' about one-haf mile from his present
nome, and on part of the old farm now
joined with the present one, which he
moved on and commenced clearing some
two years after his marriage His father
came from Massachusetts some one hun
dred years ago, when the whole country
was II dense forest.
The Jersey cow-which would seem 10
be the favorite in Pomiret, every one whom
We have noticed. We believe, keeping the
Jersey pure and simple or very hioh |