News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-03-05
State Board of Agriculture.

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chairman and L. Whitcomb reporting
.acretary. On Mr. Melendy taking the
chair he made some brief remarks as an
address of welcome to the board, and the
object of the meeting. which was re-
sp0uded to bv Mr.. Douglas. he being the
| only member of the board present. MT,
Douolas then gave a very interesting anC
! Instructive address on the dairy and the
manufacture of butter, showing where
MANY farmers suffer loss in not testing
their herd for their butter qualities. ne
citing two cows of his own which gave
equal amounts of milk, and where one
gave 80 per cent. ofcream the other gave
but 6 per cent He said these were eX'
IRENE cases. Efforts should be made tC
increase the number of pounds per head
and if farmers would test their COWS
and change about for those of better
qualities it would be as easy to get from
l75 to 200 pounds per COW as it Is now t.
get only 125 pounds, with good care anc
regular feeding. He spoke particularly
about the sow stable, as to light and ven
tllation, and to have the stable warm
Some of our farmers don't just agree
with him on the manner of packing but.
ter. He says work but once and pack
from the churn. That may do for part
OF the year. but not in the hot season
recommended as gram feed a mixture
of bran, corn and oats. Some questions
were asked by the farmers present. and
answered, when recess was taken until
O'Clock i'll the evening.
After the opening exercises i'm the eve.
ming, owing to the non-appearauce al
Mr.. Lane, by the lateness of the train
Mr.. Douglass gave discourse, subject
"How to improve the farm" He strono-
ly urged the farmers to raise their own
grain, and thought that Vermont might
do it and stop SO much money bling sent
out of the State. 1t certainly does look
as though the farmers might wake I'D
and with proper care of the manure pile,
raise a great deal more grain than they
do now. He thought the farmers. as L
duty, should avail themselves of ali
modern farm machinery to get the crop
sown in the spring and harvested in the
harvest season. He told of Il machine
for husking corn. which does good work
husking from 80 to 40 bushels per hour ;
strongly advocated spreading manure in
the winter season. and suggested many
other things that we, as farmers, might
d. well to try and remember and put in
practice. Mr.. Lane having arrived. the
audience was Informed that he would add
dress them Thursday. The meeting adj
journed until 10 o'clock, Feb. 26.
On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the
meeting was called to order. After lis
tenlng to a song go Work on the Farm
by Mrs. Samuel Stafford Mrs. II. F. Cady
and ). I'll. Melendy, Mr.. Lane was intro
duced. His subject was Farm manures
as applied, which was very instructive
He seemed to thing that the farmers
were too apt 10 neglect the manure pile
at home and buy commercial fertilizers
more than was necessary, He gave a
very interesting account of experiments
with different kinds of fertilizers, botn
Ill this State and Connecticut. and their
valae, compared with the costs. Some
questions were asked as to the best meth
cd of applying manures. The meeting
adjourned unit, 2 O'clock D. IN.
When the afternoon session was called
to order the audience listened to an ex-
ceedlngly interesting paper on Feeding
farm stock" by Mr.. Lane.-Mr w. w.
Davis not getting to town as expected,
he being on the afternoon programme.
Mr.. Lanes remarks were illustrated by
charts, showing the relative per cent. of
all kinds of fodder. 4 very important
branch of Vermont farming is the rails
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some knowledge of the food nutriments.
the kind and proportion, much profit may
be lost. There are Over-feeders. under
feeders, careless and irregular feeders.
A good farmer will watch his animals.
learn their wants. 1t is the many little
thugs that change profit to loss. Regu-
Iarity and kindness is great point in the
care of stock, and farms cannot be hept
nm Xylthn1r Aanipn StnnlY ~ IL
so as to feed out the fodder on the farm
where it is grown. The pleasure of eat
ing has much to do with the thrift of the
Stock At the close of Mr.. Lanes re-
marks several questions were asked and
answered satisfactorily. A song was
given by Messrs Melendy and Powell and
Miss Hattie Wilcox, entitled Blame
Y Yourself if Your Told" j. NJ. Melen-
dy made some remarks on his experience
in feeding milch cows on grain as to prof
it. The meeting was then adjourned I'M
i'll z O'Clock in the evening. Mr.. Davis
having arrived late in the afternoon il
was announced that we kept the best
wine until the last of the feast, and
should expect I full housein the evening
Att O'Clock the house was called to
order by the chairman, and a song sung,
when Hon. NJ. w. Davis was introduced.
who, in his easy, genial way OF wit and
ready flow of language, gave us very
and instructive lecture on
The Wastes of the farm" He showed
I'D the wastes on the farm in very prac-
tical manner, and perhaps it can be truly
said that we kept the best of the wine
tor the last of the feast. Let every farm
err know his own soil and put on the
crop he thinks best adapted. Much
waste Is caused at time of blowing by
workiifg the soil when not in cordition to
handle. Good preparation of the land
quickens vegetation and hastenS on the
maturing of crops. Waste is also made
by the improper manner and time of
marketing crops. Prepare all crops and
products neatly. Some people have IA
desire TO buy everything they see because
it is cheap. Place in your kitchen the
motto Buy only what you need. and be-
ware of auctions" Much time is also
wasted at stores, taverns and pool tables,
of which there is one in almost every
hamlet and village. See that your farm
ing tools are we'll cared tor. and not lett
out to be sheltered by snow bank Be
careful in the selection of stock; select
for breed. age and constitution. There
are many instances where good cows are
so neglected that the yearly income is
reduced nearly one half; wastes in ir-
regular feeding. cold barns and stables.
Vermont made great mistake and waste
when. she so largely changed the OK for
the uAlueky hsrse. If the OK was Sc
lected. matched. trained and cared for it
would more than equal the horse for
farm work. Neglecting tools is one of
the greatest drawbacks in farming. Do
not let your farm work get behind; do
everything in time; take at least one ag-
ricultural paper; keep farm journal;
take care of your fruit trees and forests.
At the close of Mr.. Davis address, re-
marks were made by Hon. Henry Smile,
L. j. Seeley. j. III. Melendy, w. w. Pat
ten and Mr.. Hastings. of Waterford, who
is breeder OF Jersey cows aud Poland
China hogs, and makes 300 pounds OF
butter per cow a year, and does not feed
grain in samples, but gives enough at a
feed for the cow to get taste.
L. .WHITCOMB.
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