Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-16
Farmers Meeting at Randolph.


A farmers meeting was held in the town hal
Friday, March 4, under the direction OF the Far.
mers' Club. The meeting was opened by choos.
ing N. L. Boyden, Esq, president, and Luke Par.
isb and II. M. Gaylord, secretaries The weather
being very unfavorabe, but few were present n,
the opening, and therefore IL was proposed to de-
lay the reading of the papers Meanwhile the
president proposed the subject of "Fertilizers for
discussion He thought the farmer should in.
crease his manure pile by saving the waste from
the sink-spout and other sources; was satisfied
that he lost enough about his own buildings every
year to manure one acre well. Mr.. Paine had
tried experiments with bone black. nitrogen and
potash. The bone black proved very beneficial.
nitrogen failure and potash nearly 40. while all
three together gave no better results than hone
black alone. He thought manure lost some Of its
strength by spreading in the fall or winter Mr.
walbridge thought nothing WAS lost lint that n
was even better than to apply in the spring M
Granger thought manure lost some Of its fertlliz.
ing properties whenever A strong odor was arising
from It, MIR. walbridRe said IL was only the am
monia that escaped and that was not penerallv
needed by the soil
Papers were read and opened for discussion :;
Mr.. Edison, on "Fruit Culture" His experIence
proved that the Crescent Seeding" strawberrv
was the most prolific and hardy of any. but an Il
did not have perfect flowers IL was necessary tn
supply the defect by setting some variety near by
which had. In setting an orchard, would set the
trees twenty-five feet apart each way. In trans-
planting care should be taken to keen the roots In
a natural position, working the dirt around them
carefully with the hand Varieties to set early.
Red Astrachan; later, Foundling. Mortified Beau.
ty winter, Fameuse, Nodhead, Hump. ToIman
Sweet late, Northern Spy, Golden Russell He
spoke OF the Mcintosh Red and thought there
might be difference of opinion as TO its desira-
bleness. In answer to questions. said he would
set a new bed Of strawberries every year as early
In the spring as the ground would admit Did
not have good success in grating the common APP
pie into the crab. Mr.. Paine had good success In
grating the crab with Ben Davis.
Hints to Farmers a paper by George D.
Howe. Farmers should keep their eyes open and
thus profit by the experience OF Others Be exact
In your experiments and not guess at what you
do. Farmers should think more and about some
thing that concerns themselves. This paper was
short but well received.
Mr.. Albert Paine next read paper on "Soiline"
Said he had had but little experience in this way
Of feeding, Did not think 1t would be best to
practice 1t where land is cheap and pastures good,
but was not sure that 1t would not be good policy
for some to adopt the plan rather than sup
port so many fences; advised experiments
with commercial fertilizers on the worn-out pas
lures, as 1t was certain something must be done
In this direction or the farmers Of Vermont would
be obliged to adopt the soiling system Mr..
1inkham said the people OF Pomfret were quite
generally supplementing their pastures by feeding
rye, oats, fodder corn and meal. Mr. Nutting
claimed for Randolph the distinction Of first using
this method OF feeding in this part Of the state
Colonel Mead regarded this method Of feeding es-
pecially adapted to small farmers.
George +. Nutting who is always ready with
something different from every one else, gave his
experience in raising sorghum. With ordinarv
cultivation and Door facilities for manufacturing
he was able to get mt the rate of 90 GOO nounds ~
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Following this was "Feeding Dairy s,oct "
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dispensed with II the cows were properly fed
considered orchard grass hay the best Some care
and study are necessary that one may be able to
give proper combination Of food. Did not agree
with these who thought the quantity OF milk only
was affected by feed, but gave proof that the
quality was improved as we'll. He considered
every pound of flesh put on to the COW equal to
three quarts OF milk during the milking season.
N. l. Boyden gave the history OF Jersey stock
stating that it was imported TO this country abont
twenty years ago. As butter COW did not think
the Jersey could be exceed. He named several
very fine specimens of this breed among them
one owned by Judge Steele that produced three
pounds OF butter per day. His own produced seven
and one half pounds In three days Mr.. Carter's |
four hundred and fifty pounds year. another in |
eleven months and six days, seven hundred and |
seventy eight pounds Mr.. Moulton's from Au- |
gust to September 6. sixty-sx pounds, and still
another that produced twenty-four pounds per |
week. Mr. Tinkham also spoke very highly Of |
the Jersey.
Mr.. Moulton OF the firm OF Moulton Brothers,
West Randolph, told something about horses. He
said we should determine the kind or type Of a |
horse that we want and then aim for 1t by careful
and continued breeding from the same strain
ten essay on the Education of Farmers" by P.