Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

kind of grasses, and he urged the farmers L
SOW clover or whatever else was desired. lii
himself sowed clover seed in his pasture ev
cry year, and believed it to be the only,tru,
plan.
An invitation was extended in behalf o
Mr.. Conner to the members Of the association
to visit his silos.
Mr.. A. w. Checver of the NeW EnglaRC
Farmer then read paper on
Fertilizers
No topic is of greater importance to the av
erage New England farmer than the matter
of tho use Of commercial fertilizers. There
is general impression that farming and cs
pccially New England farming is not dosir
able occupation to follow for any one will
any degree of ambition. The cultivation OF
the soil is looked upon as necessary evil
clergyman recently said to me, II always
thought would like TO be Il farmer If could
have good farm, well stocked, and enough
money SO that | could hire all the work
done" This reflects the general sentiment.
Such was not the sentiment fifty years ago.
Were our fathers better farmers than we:
will not admit it. One of the great evils has
been the constant cropping without the re-
turn OF anything to the soil. Such agricul-
ture is unworthy of the name, 1t is not az
ricuture but robbery. The days of soil-rob-
berry in New England are nearly past. We
are compelled to compete with the .soil.r
bers. There are compensations that render
New England as desirable a place for the
farmer to locate in as there is in the country
or in the world. The land can be made rs
good and the prices for farm products are
higher. The Western people want our young
men and our money, to develop the country,
and hence they furnish glowing reports vi
the fertility and productiveness of the West
Our dwellings are better and more comfort
able than theirs and indeed as palaces COM
pared with them. The conditions of life and
living here are much more favorable than a.
the West Our people ought to try aud
build up and develop their own part of the
country instead of the West. The question
now put TO the New England farmer is, can
longer afford to stay here when so much
greater returns await me in the West. If lie
stays here he must be active and industrious !;
he must keep up with the times aud the new
est agricultural ideas and developments. Such
men our New England farmers are bccom-
ing. writer on Colorado says that the
average net profit on wheat per acre there il
SG.G7. III the Vermont farmers can not do
as well as thai they certainly ought to 70 to
Colorado Tho nlI E,e,orn S,otoo so -.
ducnr the laryrst crons MOI, acro IL; H., H., p,u
try md the reason Is ,hat onr FARMS, n. S0an
better farmers than can be found elsewhere
Something can not be got out of nothing.
The law OF compensation is universal in its
workings. The time has not yet come
when an intelligent farmer can not build as
good home for himself in New England as
anywhere in the world What New Eng
'Thc wealth that il ,,i.nn o", of H. vi IN
oucht 10 hn NM h"cl; into II ir,n ,,,rr,, ,s,,'
Portable residence i,rror o,d L..,ar lo.a,
hooks AMI The COW. ,ienaos ~ II M,
tru,b il Tho ian. ,,,i"n;,ias ~, , ,s nu
inst hro;nnin, fl I,o n,J,r.,n" ,ai ",'
r7sorcs hcraoIf She tI",,''e
her rocks win n,atorini fnr ,ln,i .io,,Is
Shn covers ha, rnr"s, 49, i''", h'J $500
with thc riches, soil RI, Ia. '"e "ii',"
ally cronninr w, make ,c Il; h'r
rem. How can we sol, o,r ,r "n
from Tho farm ond s,il lao,,
,oil fertile , II rau Inc do,o rhi,,rf ane
,ro WAS iold that farn,in,, in Nav, 2.si I",
was no lonocr nrnitah,n did nv, haI i,o,"'
i then nor din | now We cnn nv, r-I,a,,.
he Old system and mako farn,;nn ,'ro,, ,"
The uucston ia what crors na,, ~, T',,
he soil and who, enhoanros ,,', ,'on,
mon thc soil Which viii Innv !, ", 'I Iaai ".
fertile nc i, ,,ns hofo,o W. ~ on ." ,e",i 10
m, wealth a,va, ,nro,,G,, ,, m' a.o po"'.ni
,ending i, ohroa1 in In, Shaw ,n f I,ra s "n
md farm nrnduco ma inJ;,;'i,ai ,. ,,ooM
,an IL, li,tlo +" choc,, ,,is ,,', "" ,, ia''nei
some hines which ho non ,"s, IVY W 'neiI are
proncr ro,o,iom Of rron" w no;rr f ,an n,te
, less e>hnI,stivc farm of o@r,y,,i a ~, |
here or n at many ,,r,ao.ssar, on'
our system IF darwin Fan Ver, 49, a. III
hers afford IN Inv commorn,o, VI f iut
Yes when ,hav know ,,ha, ,l,a', ,o,,,
low "a annlv !, IF ,,o,, soIl' o,I,;,,, I h,,,
NJ, ",t my h'ei no commercial lertiiIers'
ord not TO buy them. They can afford to |
e'u corn 10 swine; ana 10 buy grain to feed |
inr the col IL ,n rsn,h a'o.mou 1i lel.'
.ers. My first experiments in his direction
we're not emnently successful, but later
ave made every acre as fertile us was the |
,est acre when only stable manure was used. |
hauling stable emanure is cXpcn-
i've business, and here is great
advantage OF commercial fertilizers The
benefits of these, too, are lasting. 1t has been
ny practice TO give moderate dressing to
aoh crop. The commercial fertilizers are
more easily applied than stable manure The