Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-01-29

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economically must be made an object Of study.
To this end, vast number Of experiments with
this object In view have been made in Europe,
especially in Germany These experiments have
been made by agricultural chemists for the benefit
Of the farmers The methods Of doing this were
briefly explained by Professor Atwatcr. In these
experiments these methods are traced from the
food through all their changes in the animal
body, until they reach their last forms as animal
products useful to man. The fats in the food
make part Of the fats and the butter of the ami
nal, but not ALL Some comes from the transfer.
nations Of the sugar, starch and abuminoids,
which are changed to fats in the body. Only that
part in the food which is digested appears in the
animals and their products. The rest appears only
in the manure, liquid and solid, Usually only
six-tenths Of good early cut hay is digested, II
this gets old before cutting less than fivetenths
are digestible in straw four-tenths but skill in
feeding by mixing various feeds, is able to get
more dgested than where gnorantly fed, OF each
fed separately. Grass cut in blossom has nearly
oDe-tlird more digestbe matter than when fully
ripe. The larger the cropthe more Of II is digest
be--that is grass grown rich land is better for
feeding than the same weight grown on poor
land. The more albuminoids in the food the more
digestible 1t is, the more carbohydrates (sugar
and starch) the less dgestible Therefore we
must have full proportion Of albuminoids more
for working animals and cows in milk than for
tattening animals, young animals or store cattle.
Many questions of detail were asked the profess
Sol on these and similar points, and very salts
factory replied to, but it is not possible to give
these questions and answers at length in this re-
port. One of them, as to the comparative value
of Eastern and Western corn, was replied to, to
the effect that sweet corn is best then eight
Dwed New England yellow, then Western yellow
and red lastly the white corns. Corn cobs Of
Eastern contain good deal lofcarbo-hydrates, of
hut little albuminoids and fats. They are very
poor feed, yet when fed with rich food they have
some value.
Evening Session.
The evening session was opened by the reading
Of an essay by Mrs f. G. Greene of st. Albans
entitled " Glmpses of Home and Home Life -
In this essay the home life of different nations
was reviewed in very interesting way.
CAPTAIN STRoNGITHARM, of Liverpool England
read an interesting paper upon methods Of dairy
feeding, with especial reference to palm nut meal
and cake used for that purpose and for fattening
cat,,o and sbeen This was introduced into rn,,
land in 1862 tested at the Royal Agricultural
College, and reported favorably upon It has
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Friday Morning.
The session was opened with prayer by Rev
Mr.. Hrcks. of Montpelier.
PROFESSOR ENGLEuARpT of SYRACUSE N Y.
then delivered a lecture ON
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sugor trade of tho uni,od s,ates amonnt;no /,
vaIue IN ss, ooo ooo o,,rouv Tho first hoo
sugar was made in Germany in the bepinuinp q
this century II has exnonded very ronidlv dnrin,
the last thirty vears There arc now ahont fiftee,
hundred beet sppar factories in Enrone Twent,
sonare miles are nlanted with smear beets in Ger
many alone
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TOT s"VVessiui 'eeV sugar '""Nihs "re reP"reu
first, the best varieties OF seed; second, good til
lace. third nroner fertilization Under tbes
oondi,iors s,oooss IL ,,o oil ,lo nor,hor,
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states good sugar beet should contain at leas
twelve per cent of sugar and as little else as pos
s;lla A ,,ellov, deen r;ch sandy loan, ia III,
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pes' ior sugar pee's' y he"'S cNaS SOL II unsuit
able, also rich virgin soil, full of vegetable mat
ter in an undecomposed condition The beet
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one and one-half pounds each is the best The bes
vialds Of sugar snn nm tn siy seven and eiph
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IL from eleven To seventeen tons OF beets, giving
from eighteen hundred to three thousand pounds o
suoar hesides molasses Tho moIasses IL not Il
'"s"'' ''''io' n"o"'''e'' '"e 'i"i'sseS Is "o' II
Tor human iood, Dut Is either led 10 stock or dis
titled after distillation the residue is evaporate
and notash salts extracted one factory alone /,
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''erihahy making TWO huhdred thousaDd ponhi
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o'er' anu heP' ior "'nter ieeuihg ihe'r value
estimated at about six dollars per acre In add
ton to this the beet-cake from the factory. lei
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thousand seven hundred pounds per acre, wort
for ieedlng purposes about sixteen dollars. Wit
a proper rotation OF wheat, beets, fodder corn
barley, wheat and beets again, with moderat
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| Mr Whitaker pave n brief acconnt of his metho
| Of growing beets, both by row and ridge manu-
| ing, and by broadcasting the manure. In the fir
way lie made deep furrow with double mould
board plow, threw In the manure, turned tn
| earth back In ridge, smoothed 1t off, and plante