Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-26
EVENING SESSION,

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The meeting was opened by talk b,
the superintendent on fertilizers, l.
needed and how to get it. He spoke G
the various chemical fertilizers, ard wa
not sure that any one was rs cheap II,
they should be, but it was equally true
some were much cheaper thln others
Farmers often know better than they do
and if they will this year try experiments
in fertilization they will secure good re
suits. He spoke of the benefit he had de
rived from the use of good muck in con
nection with his stable manure. We mus
carry on our farms more with view oil
permanent profit than for present results
Mr.. Wiley inquired how he compostet
the muck and manure.
Ans.-Draw it out in autumn, and let i
lie till April, when it was mixed in Ma,
with manure and applied.
Mr.. Way said there was plenty of mucl
in the cedar swamps, and he never knew
load drawn out and treated in any way
warmed up with lime or treated in An,
other way-that was worth cent. The
muck which was valuable was where
hardwood leaves and brush have accumu
lated, and decayed in the course of years
How to dissolve bones in ashes wa
discussed, and MIR. Way said I've from
wood ashes boiled down, and the
bones boiled in it would accomplish tina
result.
Mr.. Tinkham spoke of the experiment.
tried with fertilizer sent out by the agri
cultural college, which seemed to indicat,
that it was chiefly potash and phosphorit
acid and that nitrogen was rarely lacking
following which he spoke of the SO often
heard remark, keep the boys on tn,
farm" Yes, by all means, if he wants tt
stay. If his bent is decidedly in anothe
direction, don't force him to stay and be
come Il poor farmer, with no heart in hi
work, instead Of II good mechanic or en-
gineer. On the contrary, do not driv
them from home by drudgery, by har,
work and no pay, by cherries homes
unlghted by pleasant surroundings, b
books, papers, pictures. by flowers an,
gardens, by pleasant social intercourse, b,
some little plot Of his own to plant, OF cal
to tend, and then don't sell it and use TN
money, and tell him that he may hay
another. Such II course will OUTRAGE ever,
sense of justice and ri4ht hoy may have
and takes from him all heart for his work
Vermont has no need to he ashamed O
her children in other states; their recor,
is an honor to their native home ana
benefit to the home of their adoption
Then make home pleasant: educate then
to iii Them for any station; then let Then
choose their occupation according to lhei
natural tastes.
A gentleman questioned the supprln
tendent on the cost of the fertilizers use,
in raising the plants us shown in hi
charts.
He could not say what it would cost tn
chemist to produce them all. 1t will b
safe to assume that the soil and air an
water will contain all the necessary elc
ments for plant growth except potash, nj
trogen and pnoSphoric acid. The cost G
these may be ascertained in the markets
He asked again if it would pay him t
buy chemical fertilizers to use on his farm
Ans.-Can't tell what will pay you-i
will pay me.
Q.-At the market price of chemic,
fertilizers, bow much is manure worth pc
cord?
Ans.-That will depend on the manure
That saved carefully under cover is wort
much more than that thrown out unde
the caves Of the barn and leac.ed by tn
rains, and the covered manures will b
almost us much affected by the feed Of til
animals making it.
Q.-What commercial fertilizers woul
you recommends
Ans.-The kind best fitted to your sol
and which will give you the most profit
After more discussion on fertilizers AN
the relating experiments with the success
or failure OF the various commercial fer
tilizers, which seem to be running in sLr,r
rivalry in this vicinity, the meeting az
journed