Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-16
Agricultural.
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other hand. il is mostly delusion, rs few
believe, it is of interest to know who has
been deluded and to what extent the delusion
prevails. We aim to keep our readers in
formed of the results of this new method,
and we give below portions of paper by
Francis d. Moulton, president of the Inter
national Dairy Fair Association, in The first
number of the journal of the American Ag-
rcultural Association
"Many years ago l used to distribute tracts
to the poor, the needy, and those supposed to
be at least the ungodly, OF what is now the
wealthiest district of the city of New York.
Where the poor are that / visited | do not
know, but the lessons of that early time re-
main with me. Each tract / distributed was,
have no doubt, intended to be a short trea-
tise on practical religion; but as l was stoned
for this service one day, near what was known
as Quality Row. in 42d street, corner of 9Th
avenue, which old New Workers will remem-
Der for its absence of quality, abandoned
work that began with enthusiasm under the
direction of my teachers of the Mount Pleas
ant Reformed Dutch Church, then located in
50th street, near Cato's road.
II saw much of want and misery in the
days speak of, and l could not help feeling,
what have ever since felt, that the bread of
life l was appointed to carry around and give
away, and often with sincere prayers in its
behalf, was, on the whole, hard and unsat-
isfactory and unnourishing crust. l have
known many good men and good women, able
and willing to relieve the suGerings of the
poor; but l was led TO believe through my
own experience, confirmed by the observa-
ton of those 1 allude to, that it was not so
much the meal of to-day and the coat for to-
day that was wanted, as the way to earn both
for tomorrow. l have since travelled much
through the manufacturing and agricultural
sections of this and other countries, for bust
ness, pleasure and observation, and have not
found, until within this month"; what believ-
ed in the end would prove to be discovery
in industry that would make living fo~ the
masses sure and cheap with accompanying
comfort education and enlightenment, to be
followed with prosperity, enrichment, near
neighborhood aud good governments aud so
l propose to tell rs briefly as possible of what
1 found and where ] found it.
II found financially prosperous farming
made easy, and | cannot do better Just here
than to quote, with reference to its value, the
words of the New York Tribune, when the
international Dairy Fair was in progress at
the American Institute during December,
1873: There is nothing Of better import to
the country than financially prosperous farm
ing. 1t is money making, without many Of
the evils which accompany some of the other
methods of making money. II is clearly,
honest and of all good influences
81 found financially prosperous farming
made easy at Arrareek farm, in Pompton, N.
j., and the statement of its owner. Mr.. @. W.
Mills, whom have known for many years,
will, have no doubt, be As much of sur
prise and delight to all who read it as it was
to me. The statement was made to me Mon
day, April 4, 1881. 1t was that during the
winter of 1891, he had kept 40 horned cat
tie and II horses. and should keep them for
seven months more, with half the ground feed
that would have been necessary if feeding the
best of hay instead of the green t0dder, which
was the product of ID acres of his farm. The
two pits, or silos in which Mr.. Mills preserv-
ed the green fodder, cost him about S7O0and
the fodder less than $500; hay, to answer
the same purpose, would have cost him $500
so that, as the grain consumed in either case
would have cost the same, the profit was about
S7000-not taking into account at all the ex.
ira price for milk which was sold at a premi-
UNI in New York because of its richness.
II walked with Mr.. Mills over his farm. l
do not want co say that / never saw poorer
one, but do not think l ever did | looked
at the stock, and they were in unusually fine
condition-clear-eyed fat, sleek and lazy as
pbth. L lhhltu Nut lIllh, hut IL WIS tue bthN
l ever drank
'Mr. Mills claims with enthusiasm that the
system of eusilage which he has discovered
and adopted will revolutionize the present
system of farming and so / will, as nearly as
l can, tell how he was led to its discovery
and give his reasons for believing in the good
he thinks it must accomplish.
"The first experiment which Mr.. Mills
made, and through which he discovered his
system of ensage, was in the fall Of 1876
He was led TO it through blunder committed
in undertaking to improve the quality of corn
common to the section of the state IN which
he lives. He tried to hybrdize it with very
superior species of Southern corn, and in or
der to accomplish his purpose planted each
in alternate rows in the spring of 1876. The
home corn was fully ripe and ready to harvest
when the Southern corn had only begun to
develop its pollen, notwithstanding the latter
stood twice as high as the former. Mr.. Mills
had failed to take into account, at the time of
planting, this difference in the time of matu-
rity of the two species He harvested the
home species aud left the other standing,
trusting that with favorable weather he might
be able to harvest il before the frost came
but late in October the frost nipped the
leaves, while the corn was yet in the milk.
There were about 90 acres of it, standing ~
to 10 feet high, and what to do to save it was
the question. After thinking the matter over
he concluded to dig four or five good-sized
pits in a dry gravel bank, line them with straw,
cut and place the straw in them as soon as
possible, cover it over with straw aud plank,
and press it down with earth. This he did,
the work occupying him about week. In
the spring of 1877, as early as the frost per
mitted, he opened the first pit, and found the
fodder IN an excellent state of preservation.
Not havina II mn xpbar, he f,laaal IL in ba
pits, he was obliged to use derrick with
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