The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-29
Agricultural.
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Vermont rightly harmed and managed
wal pay. You will sosiee that The
I phrassoIogy rightly iarmed and man.
aged has very much 10 DO 10 lie discus.
sion. wealthy merchant should DO
bis business as loosely as the average
I farmsr. to would become a bankrupt
IN isw year,. 10 order 10 make
! fsrnipg pay. il 10 gate evident il nusl
he conducted 90 hssiAsss principles,
and tqsires as much mental activity
As Any other svoeation 10 life The
hrst requisite 10 10 stop good many
isaks o. losses. Some Of the larger
CUES | ell proceed 10 mention aud esti-
mate.
lat. will note The waste Of MANURE
especially the liquid portion As this
subject was well discussed before tbis
grange shor. time since, | will only
refer to il bow reckon that The an
naal loss to the average farmer IL at
least City dollars
%. Keeping, aud raising . poor
breed u stock aud feeding Too poorly,
Farmers iced With great loss annually
ia this branch Of farming and yet they
do uol seem TO ksowi il. /, is very i'm
portrait to keep young stock growing
fast, and older ones 10 good condition.
Thousands OF cows have been wiRtered
in Vermont that did not pay .Ae owner
for the expense Of keeping, and instead
OF being profit, were a loss and the
owner would be better of TO cast their
carcassss TO the hens and sell their
hides TO the tanner. This loss will call
fifty dollars.
Sd. Loss by making inferior buitsr.
1t has been estimated by the state
superintendent OF agriculture, and by
others, that OF ell the butter made in
the state aud sent TO market. only one
fifth is nice. choice butter. lesving four
filths OF an inferior quality, Here 10 a
large loss to the farmers Of the state,
perhaps City dollars each.
4th. The loss in marketing produce
at less sum than il 10 honestly worth.
The sharp SPECTATOR, with knowl-
edge Of the markets, often feeces the
farmer who pays but little attention TO
the matter and ifsent to commission
merchants. frequently they get badly
swindled. There are many farmers
who produce large crops, but when
they come to make sale Of them they
frequently do not realize more than
seventy five per cent. Of their value
This leakage cannot be less than fifty
dollars.
9Th. LAtensss in cutting hay in
wolves loss. We call this very low At
twenty-five dollars.
9th. The i'll construction Of our
barns may not be considered an out and
out loss but II they we're 40 construct
ed as to drive high into their gable ends
we certainly could save the work in
hayiug Of one or two hands in moving
away. which would increase the facility
in getting the hay into the barn, and
make a great saving. especially when
showers are threatening and any one
who could avail himsclfo OF this improve
ment in bis barn would save 1t least, in
one season, twenty-five or afsy dollar.
Now IL oil these leaks could be stop
ped, which amount, at low estimate
to two bundled and City dollars annu-
ally TO the average farmer. without
noticing very maRy smaller oncsl who
would cay that farming would not pAyf
This would be quite q snsg SUM II
placed on right eide OF the lsdger. hat
with ell these leaks opea. and many
Others, q man might az we'll boil sap IN
an old pan that leaked out cpe-third u
the sweet, aud then complain that
sugar making did sot psy
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