Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-11


The first meeting Of The new board of
agriculture WAS opened, rs advertised, at
Lunenburgh on Tuesday, FEBRUARY LIST:
! There were present the secretary and
| Messrs Davis and Goodwin Of the board,
| and the meeting was organized 10y choos-
| ing Chester Thomas, Esq, chairman
| The secretary read II paper on "Plant
growth.
! At the close Of pr. Cuttings paper
some discussion WIS had ON sugar max
ing. tho presence and origin Of the
sand or mnla.c uf lime. It's presence
IN gap cannot be Traced 20 any particular
condition ri soil. or moisture.
Mr.. Goodwin asked if any one could
tell whether the sap from near the roots IS
swoctcr than that taken higher up. No
one replying Mr. Goodwin said his ex
pericnce hal led him to believe That sap
taken from near tho roots was sweeter
but did moi run ms carly. lie also thought
that while about the same amount of
sugar could be made whether the tree be
tapped on the north or south side, that it
was made sooner. would not run 80 late
i'll the season, ii tapped on the south
side.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Davis spoke OF some sugar apparat
us, and the feeder on ''monitor" which
is placed IN the evaporator 10 control the
flow of sap, as better than n hired man,
because il would always he on hand to
attend Ia It's business. He asked DIR.
Cutting how IT WAS. if the duet theory
was true, tina. sap taken from one portion
of the tree was SwCptpr than that taken
from another
The doctor attributed 1t to the larger
pores in The wood IN some Trees than in
others, or IN some parts Of the same tree,
ns shown by the iarro open grams when
the tree was cut.
Question. Is there any one hero who
uses m evaporation, and whether sugar
made in ii is as good. or whether it loses
it's nice maple TASTE
No one present had used one, but some
seemed To think that boring i'll nh svapar
ator heated the sap too hot, and coloredit,
and destroyed the good maple taste
Here the question WAS dropped, and
Mr. Goodwin read his paper The val
ne of the hay crop,
At the close Of the paper Mr.. Lane ask
ed how Mr.. Goodwin would get land which
what grasses he used, etc?
Answer. Different soils required differ
ent treatment, His soil is clay, and after
Il planted crop, generally on sod. il was
plowed and put in the best possible condi-
ton, and then would SOW II pounds of
herds grass, Gpounds Of red top II pounds
red clover and & pounds of Italian rye
grass generally raises II grain crop when
lac seeds down.
Question. How to treat old, worn out
pastures?
Mir. r. y Wright had applied the Stock
bridge fertilizer on Il plat of SIX acres
which would cut less than Il ton to the
acre. The fertilizer was applied mt the
rate of about 100 pounds Ia the acre, ut a
cost of so per ton. The result was
doubling Of the crop Of hay. The second
year showed an almost equal crop. How
long it will contiuue To- show effect he |
could not tell.
&. ". King hal tried 4 like experiment |
with like effect.
Mr. Tnkham related the instance of |
lime applied to poor soil by Gov. Smith.
and the great crops resulting; also said |
that he believed farmers often suffered a |
loss by applying fertilizer which were |
not needed by the soil 1t was not often
hat the soil was deficient in all the ingre
dents which are needed III the crop. The
OF the past three or four
wears have shown THAT in few cases has
nitrogen applied A! crops, :'r''1rding to
paid Its cost : and he did not
know m instance where it had proved the
rontrollinG elemenL II We are paying
money for this ingredient, the most cost
" OF either which the plant isabe to gath
n for itself, it is plain that We are suffer
ing needless loss.
Mr.. Crawford Of New Hampshire spoke
strongly III favor of exact experiment,
,nd nn euess-worI; and suggested the
naIvyls of soil, TO know what it needed
before applying fertilizers hap-hazard.
DIR. Cutting explained that chemistry
'ould not determine what was needed by
soil 10 make it productive, 10y analysis.
ho sure way WAS iu ask the question of
he soil by the plant itself, applying to
liticrcnt plats various fertilizers, leaving
spnca between each so the plant roots
!, ,J.l n": st,ni fr N other plats. and
note carrots !. ;nc results. and you will
hen see what your soil wants and You
an then apply just what Is needed, and
need apply only that.
MIR DAVIS of the board read liJ paper
n adaptation.