Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-05

bly, used in Vermont to raise hay, for the
margin was to small, but use them for crops
which sell at greater price, as wheat or
potatoes. for in the latter about seventy
five per cent was water, and for - worth
of these chemical manures he had got
eighty-four bushels addition of potatoes to
the crop, which no was now selling ut
seventy-iive cents per bushel- \ good
crop of clover will leave in the roots left
in the ground, enough nitrogen TO grow a
good crop of wheat. which was secured
out of the reach of the roots of the wheat,
and made it available for the succeeding
crop. A large increase of crops could be
secured by Il system of rotation of crops,
and with not greater exhaustion of the
soil. For potatoes he would buy nitrate of
soda and phosphoric acid, Which had
proved so successful in his experiments.
EVENING SESSION.
was opened by remarks by Mr.. Douglas,
and followed by quiz, in which the fol-
lowing was given in reply He found very
little trouble in getting pure water for use
with butter, and not much trouble in get
ting good salt-uses the Ashton factory
filled salt. If butter is poor, neither salt
or sat-petre will save it Cows are adapted
to different uses; some for milk, some for
cheese, and some for butter, and he detail
ed his methods of determining the value
of his COWS for these purposes, as was
reported in talk at the Centre.
Mr.. Nuttng described II coloring matter
he had prepared from carrots, by express
ing the juice ami preserving it with gran
ulated sugar.
Mr.. Tinkham spoke briefly of the dis
eases Of dairy cows, which had changed
in type from the time when it took two
cows to make u shadow in n bright spring
lay; then they were such rs were induced
by weakness, now they were those incident
to Il higher keeping, One of the most
common diseases among good cows was
that known as milk fever, which he
believed might be cured by early and free
bleeding. Bleed freely and rapidly to the
amount Of two thirds of II pailful. Don't
allow the blood to run on the ground, but
catch it and know how much yon have
taken. In case Of any trouble threaten
ing Inflammation bleeding will be found
beneficial. Milk fever could generally be
prevented by care not to feed too high be-
fore dropping of the calf.
/ IOlN. AlWdler anu OanOUru LOOK the
platform to answer questions, and mostly
Oh feeding. Mr.. Sanborn would not feed
bran to milch cows, and could make more
and better butter from corn meal than
from any other food, peas and oats ex-
ceptcd. Prof. Atwater said that he be
lieved that in fifty years the fish pomace
of the Menhaden fisheries will be one of
the most valued foods for stock.
Mr.. O'Connell, member Of the farmers
club, read an essay on How to improve
the fertility Of our Soils which he an
Swered by advocating the saving and
housing manure, and generous feeding OF
the stock and the application Of the ma
nures in green state. The best fertii-
zers to buy are corn and wheat bran.
The superintendent thanked the ladies
who had furnished the lunch for their
hearty co operation, and spoke of the sue
cess Of the meeting, when the meeting
closed, and in point ofnumbers and interest
the most successful one held in the state.