Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05

Inc meeting nj est barnet WIS OPEN
ed ut the Presbyterian church, ut O'Clock
p NJ, on Thursday, the goth ult., and or
ganized by appointing c. Harvey, chair
man, and c. A. Choate and Spraguc Har-
riman, committee Of arrangements. After
the meeting was organized, prayer was
offered by the Rev. Mr.. Ball, and the SUI
perintendent was introduced and made
some Introductory remarks, when the
committee reported Il programme as fol
lows: /. Dairyng. Fertilizers and
manure-how applied to produce the best
results. 3. General farm management
Mr.. Tinkham spoke on the dairy inter-
est, after which Mr.. R. b. Shaw was ask
ed for his experience in dairying.
His dairy has thirteen animals--sx
COWS, four three-years- and three two
years old heifers He feeds mixture of
corn meal and bran-two quarts of corn
meal and three quarts Of bran. In Au-
gust or September he makes it two quarts
of each, and feeds more yet in the winter
His dairy year ends March 30th, and he
has now made three thousand seven hun
dred and thirly-three pounds of butter.
His cows are grade Jerseys and part ma
tive. The cost of feeding cow two
quarts of meal per day the year round
would, mt present prices, amount to about
thirteen dollars. and he found meal profit
able to feed, where he bought it even.
Mr. j. p. Miller had made five thousand
five hundred and nine pounds during the
year, and he thought his COWS had given
him three hundred and fifty pounds each,
though we hardly see how he could tell,
as he bought fifteen cows which came in
in January, and April LIST sold fourteen of
them; MIXED thirteen through the sum-
mer, and in the fall two yealling heifers
came in, and through the winter MIXED
eighteen; the most in milk at one time,
twcnty-siX; the least, twelve land so, as we
said, we can't see how anything like an
exact estimate can be made. He milk,
some of his COWS the year round, and
thinks they do rs well if the feed is kept
up; makes more butter by feeding meal
the whole year, and corn meal makes the
best butter. If a cow is fed three quarts
of meal and will stand two quarts more,
the most profit will be gained from the
last two quarts. lie has made several
trials to see how much butter one of his
COWS would make. The least made was
seventeen and one,half pounds-the most
twenty-five pounds, The trials were in
June, and at the last trial he fed the cow
IL ten quart pan full of meal twice Il day
but before the week was out she got Of
her feed, and it took her some days to Oct
back again. There was Il great difference
in cows in the amount of meal they would
consume; but he thought the farmers gen.
orally did not feed up to the limit of profit
His butter had sold at IN average oI
twenty seven and livo-eighlhs cents pei
pound.
Following this WAS u discussion on the
relative profit of raising and buying corn
The president said that with the amount
Of fodder raised on an acre there would
be more feed raised in the corn crop thar
there would be if it had been kept in hay
The superintendent spoke strongly ir
favor of raising corn. 1t is not the ex
hausting crop which many have supposed
it to be. 1t is more like clover in its
effects, and organizes mineral constituent;
in the soil which wheat could not reach
Mr.. Lawrence said the superintendent
had intimated that the farmers had bough
corn because it was the fashion. Fash
ions change much oftencr than the custom
! of buying corn. When IL farmer bough
) a Car load Of corn, fed it out and spread i
} out on his lands, were they not spreading
, just so much of the western prairies OF
our own landsp How mad Englant
, brought her soil to such wonderful stat
= of fertility? BY buying so largely of grain
9 by ransacking the civilized and uncivilizet
| world for bones for her soils, and hat
t grown rich on the practice.
! Mr.. Blanchard thought the farme
g would be more likely to get his money
G worth in buying corn and feeding his stocl
e at present price, than in buying CONNER
+. cial fertilizers to raise crops to feed hi
s stock-that was the experience of his vi
: cinity. The price Of labor had not com
down in the same ratio as the price G
c corn. 1t used to be said that bushel O
corn paid for days work, but now yo
l. could not get days work for bushcl {
i corn.
e Another asked" Which dairy commu
j. mites were the most prosperous-thos
that bought corn or those that did not?
1t EVENING SESSION.
n The superintendent opened with hi
e talk on fertilizers, and was followed b
|. Mr.. HENDERSON, who, by request, gave tn
l. results of his experiments with the coleg
!. fertilizers, showing that potash was whi
!. his soil needed.
n On this subject the usual opinions WEI
d expressed in favor or against the CONNER
v cial manures, rs their use had been SUE
q cess or otherwise with those who had trie
d them.
n Following this discussion Mr.. Jonatha
" Lawrence read the following paper o
= "What Constitutes Successful Farmer
10 Mr.. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLI
e NEN:-The subject to which propose
call your attention for few moments il
4 What constitutes a good farmer, or wis
le is good farmingP Agriculture, like n
II other hropphes IF induefrv har tnud