, 1880-12-13

Farming in tho GrcoM.Hfountain Rtato
-IsIt0 LcgiN1ntnrc. ntt1 Some nIcns-
urcs Before 1t.
Speetai Correspondents o} The Chicago Tribune.
WOODSTOCK, VI. Dec. T.-Tile ilrst week OF tho
winter ,nuntha brings Il snow-stnrtn, whtu!l OK.
taguEshcs MI hoIo Of whit rcnpio horo Gull n
"IAte flt1i," and cstnhshcs tho reign st Jark
Frost fur nany weeks to CONC. Hut, nntwlth-
standing tho closing III nf thu sclsor. tho ftroMtns
nro low, mn1,y wells and springs are tlry, md
thore ID drought which IL lFkuly to bo severely
felt before spring. In faot, this rogiou tsEsuf.
fusln9 from wnnt of waters iu II very unusual
way,-tho rainfall of tho rast tyolvo lnonitiy lis
measured hero, bolng only ihlrty.onc tnchos,
whse tho average usual amount Il abnnt, thirty
nlno inches. 4 wet JuIy favored tho crops,
however, so that tho furlner ITO his Thanks
gtying.turkey With tho thought Of well-lllcsl
burns.
Tlo improved muthods uf farming which time
has brought to Vermont Aty0 greatly dimtnlshod
tho '.we0thor-rtsk" III ceOi,s.--part1y bucnusc,
with improved cultivation, tho growth Ii a-snoro
rlptd, 30 tl.t tho schson uf IavDs7,hlo weather.,
necessary 10 Insure a p.,ol ylull IL shortened;
aud partly becausc, with tho aid of fuachtnbry,
tho olpr can bo harvested quiz ky whon ut !ts
bout. Tho m!dule-Agel Chicago mcu who
worked oil Vermont farms na hoy6-ald thor0
are many s,lct-wuutd, Ii tAoy rctllsl,od to-day,
flnl many changes In tlo WAy4 uf doing things
0fasd. tor Instance, Whlcfl QAa hten '" king IN
our farming for Il long t!nle, used to grow Hlow.
Is III tho neglected t!eLls, and "hayIng " wns MI
affair Of au Summon, now 1t nlaturea IN JMno,.
and, with tho aid Of mowing-lnHctlncs arN
hofao~rllkes, Ia harvested III thrco or
four wccks. Ono man Ut my acluaintapqa
nnislod laying luss sususnor Gu tho VI Ut juiy,
aud this not on 1ninlaturo urulric ly tho river
Sldo, but on hfl!-fArm III tho tjoining ToWHlof
Fou&tet. Agal1, whIlo tho furmar VI twrn{y-
nfo yenss Ru cut ut anoat ftw lusldt os rlawel,,
iron. whnlo Aettls,-sunlatlnlcs dei.onl.ipg upon
even t4lrtl cllp frsjn bis j,rst and gost Acucs-
siblo lnttu. speak, of courae. nut " al! fai1n-
ers.-f9r thoso ate plenty nf tho c!ass whose
but " tho tnuro Intelligent asld we'll h,.la u,cn
wha nuke up su larKe il portion uE Tho SlAts.
Nearly III thoso MOI, may 10 eaIicl spoe4sts ii
tAr'ntn9, ldking nlthor stick. hreuItit luIrying.
brastd .orea tn a,iy event to1ng nIudtiy duyntcd
largely ,ot Western. cora; ! know ono dairy
sa s pes fss xrss sss e III e uEs ass s u
stock rltsc:l II Ut colrs0 !aggcly puro- hrtl,-
tito heredttary 9rlatocracr pt q1Mdyuppha,-
i lily IL sS otssrsc ,s I'll vsios u y sGor IS'
brought about by spooMl farnlA,F haa buen jlI-
erctslny over since tho Stats was setttel; unu
hy II tho farmer IN fnruiunl, ns vol nj out OF
ut things. M Ouu c.tE 10 AMONG NoWrEugland
fhr,nera without hearing many uolorul stUrle5
q western e,.'lpetl!a0p"i but a! tho tln.o
tney a1 s II ta @t
ct,r,t unit ~ nntnx IN thor Westorn cousin Ii
s1t!rco Of Aotual proti&, Instead VI u cause of
Our Legislature sat forty ,'ays,-tho ordinary
lcn4th of u sossiun, without accomplishing
nnythirX; adjourned over ThauksYIvInx WpuE;
ana u Low Ut work akaln. Qft rAther, II u pro-