The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-18
Agricultural.


part 81 the moving Gave hehe"a IA
years pas, that where the water hoss IN
the spring there is always good grass. i
have no doub, tia, running water msy he
thus utilized on many farms. both on pas
taros And grass Land
Farmers shout here are getting to feed
more grain every vinter and spring. Many
are forced 10 do this, being ''shor, Of hay
Z he high price Of butter has led many 10
feed grain who wonld otherwise have fed
hay alone No doubt Il pays well. espec.
tally il one buys cotton seed meal or bran.
They largely increase the richness OF the
manure as well as the amount OF butter,
and with coarse hay or straw make right
ly proportional feed combination. But
most farmers miss il that they do not pur.
chase a supply in the fall before navisa
ton closes. Feeding stuffs advance dur
ing the winter months so that one can save
seycral dollars by purchasing early.
notice that there is great difference
in different lots OF cotton seed meal, some
being ground much finer than Others and
having different smell Probably hun
dreds Of farmers are buying cotton seed
meal this spring who never saw the arti'
clio before. Perhaps not single pound
of the adulterated meal has been brought
into the state, but who knows2 How nice
il would be II there WAS some provision
made by the state 80 that farmers could
have such things analysed or in some way
be assured that they were getting good
article.
While there is no question as to the
profit OF bnying such foods as cotton seed
meal or bran, it IS very doubtful II 1t pays
to buy corn meal or corn, especially when
the market stands as it does this spring.
Let any farmer look at the market quo
tations and then figure up the cost OF rails
Jag bushel OF corn, and see If 1t does not
cost two or three times NJ much to buy 1t
as it does to raise it. If | said four or
five times as much / should come nearer
what ought to be the truth. for corn can
be grown very cheaply here in Vermont
am not going to write TRADE against
railroads or grain Spectators nor yet
against thrftless farmers, but / do nrge
every farmer who can to grow his own
corn, and study to do it in the cheapest
and best way. No doubt, everything con-
sidered, it is one of the best, II not the
best crop Vermont farmer can raise.
Care in selecting seed is Indispensable. SO
is good, rich, finely pnlverized soil.
Then thorough cultivation, using machin-
cry and horse power wherever they can be
used with proper care in harvesting the
crop, and unless the season is very unfav'
orabe one may have a cheap and good
supply of corn.
Why Is it that farmers almost invariably
learn cows to be MIXED only on one side
II is niue h more convenient to have cow
that can be MIXED ON both sides. III mil
king Ia a stable, one can sit down between
two cows, milk one and then turn rount
and milk the other. In milking out o
doors there is almost always choice
sides. The heifer knows no difference,
you only accustom herAo being MIXED oil
both sides.
As to milking three times u day, 1t
generally practiced in some parts OF Sco'
land. Many OF the Scotch in Amerlc
keep up the practice. Some milk tire
times day as long as the cows are keI
IN the barn. When they are turned out
pasture they are MIXED only twice, an
they shrink their milk nearly one.third
Last summer, when first turned out wv
Of our cows would come up at night vii
udders so distended that it was with u
greatest difficulty they could be milket
We tried keeping them up until nooI
feeding them upon fresh grass, then mill
ed and turnedA them out. They gave
Z each milking as much or more than COW
generally do at milking. have n
: doubt great deal more probably not
third more tan be made ny mil
ing three times day; but whether, whe
cows are kept at distance. it would ps
to stop work, get them up in the midd
of the day and milk them is qnestio
which can be solved only by careful e
pertinent. In Scotland the cows are mil
ed by the classics. / hardly think Il
men would care to do it three times da
The Scotch are good farmers. In son
things they might serve as model II
New England farmers. They cultiSa
large areas, they follow systematic rot
ton of crops and they feed large quantiti
Of grain. believe that they have mo
faith in farming, or that they use mo
business like methods. Drainage NJ
thorough cultivation are two importa
factors in their success. Almost anyoI
can get money in farming, but to ma
money and have tue farm growing bett
II another thing.
Last year was good one for wbe
around here, especially for the Lost Matte
variety. The White Russian did quite w
but in Ontario 1t rasied badly.
Has any reader Of this paper tried 4
White Russian oatsp
Doubtless il is better for farmers
raise their own wheat and use the mon
hey would pay for -four to buy fertilize
or rich cattle feed. 1t would be well !
all farmers to try wheat, If only sm'
piece, and il it does well the saving W
be great W. n. IN Vermont Wan
man.
Peter Henderson says: III garden ses
when planted in the spring are firm
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