Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-23
Farmers Institute al Pisb,turgh

I Farmers Institute al Pisb,turgh.
The meeting at the b ,ard fr Rutland
county was held in town hall ut h place
Tuesday and Wednes lay, January Is
and 10th. The meeting was c,lled tc
: order on the forenoon of The fisr by +
i r Pember. and S D. Winslow. Esq o
Pit;sford was appointed chairmin
After mrking some Introductory remark.
Rev. Mr.. Mcintyre WAS introduced, who
made suitable address of welcome. lIe
expressed his qualification in meeting he
board once more at this place, cordial
welcomed the gentlemen to the hospital
ties OF the town aud INDUCED he hope
that the meeting would be one of mutual
f interest and profit. lle compered The
agriculture OF our torefathers with that o
| 10 day, which was much to our advantage
, Agriculture is at the foundation of all
other indus rit 8 and should be cncouras ed
accordingly.
Mr. Davis responded on the p 1T Of tn
board. thanking the gentlemen for The
very generous and warm hearted welcome
to the town of Pitlsford. lie hoped that
at this meeting much valuable informatibl
might he given and reserved AMI ali
encouraged to better and more improved
agriculture in the future.
Succeeding the remarks of Mr.. Davis,
Loren P Smith of Trumans ourgh. N. Y,
gave an excellent address on "Soiling -
In this he drew largely from his own
experience as practical farmer, which
made ii the more valuable for farmers.
The results of the practice in this case
appear to be very encouraging and no
doubt soiliDg to greater or less extent
can be resorted 10 with profit by many Of
the farmers of the state. lie finds that
soling is growing 10 favor with farmers
each year and believes that rs an aid TO
pasturing, to supplement the grass rs it
begins TO fail during tho hot and dry
weather of summer, it will be found Of
great value, which is no doubt true.
At the conclusion of the address some
questions from farmers We're answered by
Mr.. Smith.
In partial soiling would feed at morn
ing and evening when soillng entirely
feed four times day. In soling should
endeavor to grow two crops on The
ground during the season, AS far AS
possible, 10 make the system the
most profitable. Land in his part of the
state of New York is pretty high in value,
hence the more need of raising two crops.
In feeding sweet corn would not have it
60 beyond the milk state for best results
Had no trouble in feed of this kind
terminating. Plants in drills, two rows
at time. Half bushe of seed of
Stowell's evergreen corn is enough for an
acre. The richer the soil the better the
crops. Mr.. Lane thinks that with present
prices of labor soiling cannot at present
be proftably followed as a system. At
this point the meeting was adiouln3d
until after noon.
AFTERNOON.
The first part of the session was occu.
pied by Mr.. Lane in discussing the
breeding of Blooded Stock" Thi, was
we'll considered address and indicated
much investigation and study.
Succeeding the address short time
was taken up in discussing the matter of
soling. introduced in an address by Mr.
Smith in the forenoon.
R. c. Smith of Pittsford made some
remarks in which he stated that his expe-
rience led him to conclude that corn con-
tains the most nuriment for this pul pose
when the ears are fully formed.
l.. P. Smith would feed some meal with
green corn in soiling. Mr.. r. &. Smith
thinks that farmers should raise more
fodder coln n, not only to feed green but to
cure for winter feeding. Considers it
valuable for milk when dried.
E. A. Smith of Dandy had cut dried
corn fodder. but it made cattes mouths
sore and did not work well. 1t was
evidently too dry, but in inch pieces.
r. G. Smith, The past season, had Gu.
corn fodder 3 8 of an inch long and the
cattle generally did we'll. The fodder was
frosted, but the quality appeared to he
improved by the cutting and heating.
Mr.. Davis made some good remarks in
favor of soiling. He believes that if cows
are soiled principally they will do better
to have the run of a pasture during part
of the day, even if not much grass is
obtained. He advised farmers TO make
the fiji st sowing OF corn quite early, so as
to be the sooner available. Liked it best
to feed when the ears are ia the best
condition to boil. lie considers an acre of
good corn fodder, or stalks, worth $40, rs
he gets that value in feeding it to stock.
Mr.. Douglass of Whiting agreed with
Mr.. Davis as to the best stage to feed
corn fodder. When thus fed no grain was
UcGueus llo thiuhS lllete SoI II tutl ClONtl
will be the salvation of the country,
Although he raises large amount of oats
he feeds but few, as he finds it more
profitable to sell and invest in cotton seed
meal, bran, etc. He finds that one part
each of cotton seed, corn meal and bran,
by measure, to be good ration for milch
COWS.
Mr.. Goodwin related his experience
with feeding corn fodder and straw along
with grain, which was very satisfactory.
After the discussion had been continued
for considerable time MIR. Loren P.
Smith made some remarks upon "True
Economy in Buying Animal Food," which,
with the discussion following, occupied
the remainder ofthe afternoon. Adjourned
until evening.
EVENING.