Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-29

where he nau RfeaLer lntereSt-amOnI
the farmers. His primary object was rest,
and be had taken no notes and must de-
pend on his memory for what he might
say. Since his arrival at home, in talking
with neghbors he had been asked, why
our farmers do not and cannot equal those
of England? There was no high priest
hood in farming. no secret which could
not be obtained by the earnest seeker, in
English farming. There were three car
dinal points in English farming. The
first was thorough drainage. He saw one
farmer who had rented a farm for five
years only, which was already underdrain-
ed at depth 2 l-2 feet which. afterIhis first
crop, he tore up ut his own expense and
put down again at depth of feet, and
found himself well paid for the outlay.
The second point was thorough cultivation
The blowing and narrowing they give
their land would seem foolish to our farm
ers. The third point was through fertili-
cation. He met Il farmer who hired farm
(as most of the land Is rented) of $500
acres at yearly rental of S25 per acre,
whose first outlay was SIS. $50 for fertilizers
When asked whether he could afford to
farm it in that manner, he replied that he
%.
raised wheat at the rate of 43 bushels per
acre, which he sold at $l,25 per bushel
With this thorough cultivation and high
fertilization, the seed when put in, at once
springs into active vitality, and they ex-
pect Il harvest in about three months.
When the wheat is harvested, the stubble
and roots are thrown out, gathered in
heaps covered with dirt and burned, and
the ashes scattered over the land, which
is then put down with another crop, clover.
vetches, lucerne or turnips. which crops
are harvested for the winters feeding OF
the stock. If clover Is raised, the crop
is cured in cocks covered with tarpauin,
where 1t is put rs soon rs willed; and
every day when it does not rain (for there
are days together when the sun is not
SEEM it is shaken out and aired and again
put up and 50 on till cured; and the pro.
duct was finer than any he ever saw in
America. The same careful, thorough
system observed in their cultivation was
seen in the care of their animals and the
young animal from the time it is born till
it comes to full maturity is never for Il mo-
ment suffered to stop its growth. and he
would venture one would hardly be able tc
| hub " llhC Wutu lO pItSulD
would be the condition of many in Yer
mont next spring,-lean, scrawny covered
with vermin and next door to starvation.
The same thorough system prevailed in
Germany, Belgium and France. The gar
den of Europe was in Southern Ireland,
and the saddest sight he saw was in poor,
oppressed Ireland, burdened by rents, op.
pressed by taxes. There was an air oil
gloom, settled look of despair seen on
The faces of those one meets, and he re.
marked that he had not seen q smile on a
woman's face while in Ireland. The peas
antry live in mud novels partly undel
ground, from which they are turned al
once if they fail in their rents, or TO keel
the highway in perfect repair. He spoke
of the butter marketed at Cork, which foi
domestic use is used fresh, that is,unsalted
while for export it is salted; this is
brought into Cork at IL rate on an average
of about $500 tubs per day, each tub be
ing one hundred pounds weight, which i.
sold at about 80 cents per pound for the
first quality, to about Is cents for the thirt
quality, which is carefully examined ant
branded before export. He gave an affect
ing picture of peasant he saw turned
from his howell, and said the profits of thes
uxuriant lands were absorbed by the alb
sentee landlords, who had no mercy OF
their tenantry, while they spent the pro
ceeds in luxury in London. Gov. Smill
next by request gave the result of an ex
pertinent made by him in the application
of lime TO land. He had an old pastur,
nearly barren, bearing only so:rel, null
leins, and an occasional tuft of June grass
He applied TO this about eighty bushels pc
acre of lime hot from the klns. Ate
carefully preparing the land and the seed
it was sown to wheat which had beer
picked over by hand. The wheat came "
looking very nice, but when about foul
inches high, most remarkable crop o
pig weeds came up which soon entirel,
spoiled the wheat. The weeds made
prodigious growth and before they ended
he put on n heavy roller and crushed then
down and so luXuriant was the growtl
that the juices from the crushed weeds
would squirt out and the team was we
with them. These weeds were plowed un
der directly and the ground again sowe,
to wheat and seeded down which gave tn,
next season an excellent harvest. Th,
succeeding hay crop was estimated ut two
ana Il ntll IONS 10 the acre. ana Tor hltee1
years it had yielded excellent crops. Tn,
soil is gravelly loan.
Mr.. Whitaker asked if he knew the eff
feet of lime on clays. He related an in
stance of equally remarkable success of al
experiment made on clay soil by gentle
man in New York.
Following Gov. Smith, Prof. Atwater
took up the scientific description of plants
their component ingredients and their fit
ness for their several uses. No abstrac
can do justice TO this address, which VIZ
hope to give in full at some future time.
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A'HNiN' 'h0o'oN'
The first paper was by Mrs. E.G Greene
of st. Adams, on " Glimpses of Home anf
Home Life" in which she sketched the
homes of nearly all nations in vivid ant
Interesting manner, touching on the con.
dltion of women in each on their socia
customs and national peculiarites. We
regret that its length prevents our publish.
ing it in full.
The next paper was BY Capt. Stronsit.
harm, of Liverpool, England, on Palm
nut Meal" which is being largely intro.
duced in England rs feed for dairy COWS
and youn1 stock sheen etc az sunnla