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

might be- saved the farmers by more
| knowledge and economy in feeding
Some Discussion arose on the question
whether cahs had any value lid foed. Mr..
Goodwin believed they had, and iustan-
ced n miller in his ueighborhood who say
ed the cobs he got III tolls and fed
them TO his stock, selling the corn. He
spoke Of the vain. Of saw,lust for bedding
and absorbent, +, .icying it excellent.
He believed mere could be great say
ing affected ~. feeding by adapting the
feed To the Object desired, to feed concen-
trated food with those cOarser foods which
are deficient IN VIA. the concentrated
foods furnish.
Mr. Lane gave SOME experience in feed
ing roots with straw. showing that roots
were not " hat was required to supplement
the feed of straw. lie led 100 sheep on
oat straw anil gave them five bushels of
carrots per day, and they did not do as
well rs those kept on hay. Had he used
them in connection with clover he would
have been all right. or had he sold the
carrots and expended half the money re-
ceived for them on oil meal, he was salts
fled he should have made money by the
operation. He fed four ilocks of fatten-
ing sheep one winter, weighing each flock
every two weeks. Three of the iiocks he
fed one volume by weight Of wheat bran
and 3 of corn meal IN connection with
good hav. The fourth flock had an nd
dition to the above feed of roots. The
results by Weighing showed no increase
from the feeding ol carrots A friend of
his tried the same experiment with pre-
cisely the same result.
Mr. Davis said that the remarks made
had all applied to winter feeding, and he
believed summer feeding Of equal import
an.e. There was time in the season,
after the first flush of feed was over, when
the pasture was insufficient for the stock.
Unlcss the cows received some addition to
what they could get on the pasture, there
wuuld be IL falling off IN the yield of milk,
which would he difficult and costly if not
impossible to bring up by subsequent high
feeding. He believed the flow should be
kept up. and 10 do thai he sowed winter
rye which can lee fed before fodder corn
comes Oh, and the How can he kept up and
consequent loss be avoided. Headvocated
the planting Of fodder corn at different
periods. and thought it of most value at
the time when the corn is Just fit to boil
II may W. iutL Wv .lii'l lbl NlllitI
fodder.
AFTERNOON
The session WAS opened by paper by
Mr.. Lane on Commercial Fertilizers, i'll
which he expressed a disbelief OF their be
ing at present used by the farmers OF Yer
mont with profit Prof. Sabin explained
that any feriilIzlng material which was
purchased WAS commercial fertilizer, and
thought they might be often purchased
with profit Mr.. Tinkham did not believe
we could dispense with commercial or
fertilizers, hut he believed We
must buy only what the soil needed, and
buy those at first hands III concentrated
form to he mixed and applied on the
farm. Mr. Davis found on his soil they
could raise II good crop of corn with plas
ter and ashes. One plat which he had So
treated remained in grass seven years af
ter being stocked down, while treated as
was usually done would last only two or
three years.
Quite discussion arose on question
by the president, whether there would be
a loss by spreading manure upon the sur
lace i'll the fall or winter, which went off
into the question of blowing or not
blowing III manure, which was finally |
settled that mans farm must be consul
ted rs to how the manure should be np-
piled, rs much rs Il man for his food, and |
no more exact rule could be laid down |
han how lar%e n coat should be cut. 1t |
depends on who TO wear it.
EvESiSG SESSION
The exerclS", were opened with music |
followed by Prot Sahin on Relation of,
plants to the soil In the discussion |
which ensurd, the practice Of manuring
broadcast or in the hill was considered, |
md Mr.. ). 4. Hale spoke in favor of the
after practice, and IL conclusion reach