Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-10-10

to America to settle. The result Of the
meeting was an engagement which finds Mr..
HeuRh at the present time a tenant upon
Suffolk farm with dairy Of 20 COWS, from
which butter Is made for the Boston market.
On our way from Manchester to Burlington
to attend the Vermont state fair we stopped
of with Col. Mead who has two or three
other estates IN Randolph. and one morning
rode out to call on Mr.. Heugh and learn what
an English cousin and good farmer could
show Yankee about farming. Mr.. HeuPh
has now been IN the country little over
wear. His family came last April in season
TO take possession of the farm at the begin
ming of the agricultural year
Although Mrs Heuph has been here but
five months, we were glad to learn that she
has already grown quite attached to the coun-
try and the Kind people with whom she has
become acquainted, making 1t more than
probable that their residence in this country
will become permanent They have leased
Suffolk farm, with its stock and tools for
term of years. and have been remarkably
successful thus far In whatever has been IN
dertaken, considering how much one must
/ learn when taking up residence and carrying
on any kind of business in q strange coun-
try
Randolph is one of the superior farming
towns of the state, and Suffolk farm one OF
the best IN the town. Its area is something
/ over 200 acres. The soil is dark loan and
{ fairly free from cobble stones The hilsides
are steep for drawing up manure, but, as Mr..
/ Heugh remarked, loads slide easily over the
/ snow in winter. Judging from the oharac
/ ter of the land and the appearance of the
/ growing crops. there is greater weight Of
/ crops to draw down annually than OF manure
/ to draw up the hills We found IS acres in
/ corn with well filed ears JUS, beginning to
/ glaze. and which was to be cut and stocked
/ IN the field.
/ The corn field was dressed moderately with
/ stable manure and 300 pounds of Pacific gu
/ ano per acre, applied to give II a push early
/ IN the season Judging by the size Of the
/ fodder, the Ruano was very beneficial. but
close examination showed very good ears up
/ on that part receiving manure only. We had
4 little doubt however that the Ruano paid
/ for using. Eight acres of India wheat were
ready to harvest, some OF 1t being so heavy
that 1t lodged and failed TO nil well. The
land, which was parity upon an Old pasture,
appeared to be too rlch for this crop. Nj
HeuRh said he would have done better to
have sown oats till the fertility had become
reduced somewhat. -Four acres OF oats i've
/ OF wheat, and three of barley had been mar.
vested. the barley yielding about 90 bushels
per acre. the oats and wheat being yet IN
! threshed Four or tve acres were in pots-
toes, which are turning out at the rate of
! about 200 bushels per acre. apparently per
fectiy sound and free from scsb which is H.
/ turing so many fields IN other sections OF the
/ country. The potatoes were manfred much
like the corn, with stable manure and RuAnO.
But the most interesting crop of all
two ana quarter acre field OF turnips from
seed brought from England There were
two varieties, green top soft turnip OF Rlob-
uiRr form, growing TO large size, very sweet
ana sound ana not corky Is the soft English
/ turnips are apt to be, grown in this country
early IN the season. Neither had any of
them much of the strong turnlp taste so dis
/ agreeable TO most of US and which makes
this root so risky to feed to dairy COWS at any
season OF the year. MIR Heugb had been
feeding these soft turnips to his COWS for
three weeks giving the 20 q large cart load
every morning, spreading them about In the
pasture, tops ana roots together, without cut
ting. The roots weigh Rs nigh as 1t pounds
each, and the cattle are IN no danger of get
ting choked with such food, but eat them
readily. At night feeding of green fodder
corn is given instead Of the turnps. No
complaint had been heard from customers
VINO use the butter made from turnips fed 80
freely In Aug st and September MIR. Heugh
believes that these turnips can be fed freely
TO COWS summer and winter, in perfect safe
~, and hls three weeks experience In max
ing butter from them would seem TO warrant
such conclusion, yet we would not be uu-
derstood as endorsing mis- claims without see
ing much longer tests made
We have at times fed turnips of the com
non varieties grown in this country without
injury TO the milk or butter, but were never
quite confident that complaints would not be
heard. 1t mas sometimes seemed that pscul-
lar conditions of the weather or of the ami
mails themselves may greatly influence the
b nj rr1rp led IN datr
Is no doubt that an excessive quantity would
be more likely to be heard from than a mod
crate feeding Neither have we a doubt that
such roots as Mr.. Il. is growing would max
good food for dry COWS and other store and
beef cattle. About half the field contains d
hard variety, suited for winter use. and which
must be sliced before feeding he calls it
the English hard purple top. They are very
large ana smooth and exceedingly sweet the
heaviest growth We believe We nave ever
seen. The hRrd turnips were MANFRED from
the stable, but the soft variety had only 25O
pounds of fertilizer applied TO the acre this
variety, ike India wheat. doing better upon
land not excessively rich
MIR. HeuRh will make butter the year round
and mas more or less dry stock constantly in
MS herd. His usual make of butter during
the summer mas been from 20 TO 80 pounds
per week, churning the cream every alter
dreamer for setting his milk. He has already
become an active member of the local fair
association at Bethel, and exhibited stock and
products the present season, which took tirst
premiums. Mr.. HeuRh seems much pleased
with the prospects OF success II American
farming. be had found 1t almost impossi-
bic TO get ahead at home during the past half
dozen bad seasous, while the increasing
amount of imported food from the United
states was making the future look very dark
for the Rllsh farmer with mis- rented lands
which can never become mis- own, however
hRrd be may work and however economical
ne may be. His wife finds the climate Of
Vermont much more TO her liking than the
muggy weather that prevails so generally IN
the island. She claims that she can do far
more work mere than there without becoming
taugued. Both are doing a large part cf
leir work themselves not having vet fully
adapted themselves TO the prevailing nigh
prices of farm labor in this country There
Is room for thousands of Just such English
farmers IN this country " T. Farmer