St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-03-12

o. M. Tinkham introduced the sub
Ject of Feeding" by the following pro-
positions
lst. The more of the fertilizers YOU
can make on the farm, the better.
I'd. The more animals you can keep,
the better.
Sd. The more food you can raise on
the same, the better
4th. That method of feeding which
utilizes all the materials is best.
5th. All food is equally cheap, at it's
Ualue.
Strongly advocated the feeding of
corn and cobs ground together to milch
cows, but would not feed either corn,
cebs OIL shorts alone. Time was, when
100 pounds of butter per COW was a
great thing, but now many dairies av-
erage 800 pounds; but it takes ten
times as smart man to get 300 pounds
per cow from n herd of ten COWS, as it
does from only one COW.
TO obtain best results, we should
breed for specific purpose. In pre-
pairing butter for market, try to suit
your customers. Mr.. Cole of Danville,
gave some very interesting facts rela-
tive to his methods of feeding and
caring for stock, and management of
his dairy, of which we have not time to
speak.
Plof. Sanborn gave a very interesting
lecture upon the raising of stock, gen.
eral farming, and also dairying, of
which we can give only the following
abstract:
'He who works in harmony with
law works to advantage. We should
cultivate more land. How shall we do
this? LIST, by keeping more farm stock.
I'd, buying Commercial Fertilizers. Sd,
by gieater rotation of crops. Stock
growing lies at the base of all profitable
farming in New England, and the time
will come when New England farming
will be the best in the world. We
should first have good animals. The
large breeds will make more gain from
the same food than small one. Dc
not simply resolue to do thing, but dc
it. The farmers ought to buy more
food, to raise more stock, aud make
more plant food. Bran is worth its
cost as fertilizer" He gave full ac-
count of a series of experiments con-
Quoted by himself, and covering peri
cd of three years, in regard to the value
of certain kinds of food for cattle. He
had found cotton seed meal and corr
meal to be the best grain food. Gould
supplement swale hay, or straw with
the Sc and obtain Il better food, at les,
cost than he could buy timothy hay
Cattle grown for beef should come t.
maturity as soon as possible; at least
by the time they were two and hal
years old. When we have exhausted
our means of making manures, stSar
buy chemical fertilizers. They are just
as much plant food as barnyard ma
nures. The success in using them lies
in their being bought and used intelli,
gently. There are three things most
lacking in all soils, Nitrogen, Phospho-
ric Acid and Potash. Buy the chemi-
Gals aud by experiments of your own
ascertain what is most needed by youl
soil. Had found on the N. H. State
farm, that Potash gave better results
than barnyard manure, while on anoth-
er farm the money invested in Potash
had been lost. Tillage should he broad,
er, and better for tillage is manuring
Rotation of crops is necessary; by il
England has very much improved hel
agriculture. Farm machinery is to be.
come much more general, and believe
farming is to become an art. Had six.
teen acres planted to corn the past sea.
son, titled thoroughly, planted by ma.
chinery, hOed with horses, and harvest.
ed 1900 bushels of corn, which 1 sold
for seventy-five cents per BUSH, giving
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besides the fodder.
Think 100 pounds milk will make al
much butter with either shallow, ol
deep setting, provided the proper TEN.
perature is observed. l have found BY
careful experiments IL per cent. more
butter from pound of meal, than from
a pound of bran. The past ten year.
have proved unsatisfactory to the far
mers of New England. The gross rev
enue of our farms is not over $500 s
year. A better day is dawning upor
the farmers of New England, better
than ever before. We must cultivate
more land, and cultivate better. There
will be required by the farmers of til,
future more brains than by any Otbel
occupation.
The closing remarks by Col. Mead
strongly urging his hearers not to forge
when trying to excel in these materia
things, that there are other and highe
things to which we should aspire. Ply
sical and mental powers go hand il
hand, therefore do not forget the mora
culture. improve the moments. Dc
not try to kill time. Would you max,
your homes bright, your homes pleas
anti Improve the spare moments; by
Sc doing we bless others as well as our
selves, and leave name to be remem
bered for good. "To whom much il
given, of them will much be required" ;"
We would not close this hastily writ