Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-01

much less expense than by buying man
ufactured superphosphate. Gave form
ula for making superphosphate, such as
is contained in previous reports of the
board.
At the close Of the lecture, which was
received with the closest attention. the
doctor answered many questions asked
by the farmers. Muck, we'll dried. makes
the best of bedding for stock and for alb
sorbing the liquid manure. Corn can be
grown on the same ground for successive
years with the best results, with moder-
ate fertilizing. Does not pillow old mead
ows, but puts on fertilizers every year,
and when wanted sows on grass seed and
harrows in. Does not feed aftermath to
any extent. On village land, plows in
autumn and harrows thoroughly in spring
having applied the fertilizers in the win
ter. A farmer spoke of the practice of
manuring in the hill for corn with sue
cess, few undertaking to raise this crop
without doing this. Adjourned after
profitable session.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
The first subject considered was'sSome
of the requirements of good farming"
by E. Il. Towle, a member OF the board
from Franklin. Some of these were,
first, love for the occupation, an adap-
tation to the work and determination to
succeed by we'll directed efforts. A farm
er to be successful should calculate to
remain upon the farm, if it is at all
suitable one for his means and efforts;
and devote his best energies to making
it productive and profitable He should
end eavor to have good stock, of the kind
best adapted to the purposes of the farm,
should select improved varieties of seeds
and provide himself with the best kinds
of implements and machines for the farm,
use them to the greatest possible extent,
so as to save labor and take good care
of them when not in use. Thought the
farmers should provide themselves and
families with suitable reading matter,
such as will aid him in the work and en-
courage the boys and girls to be interest
| ed in the occupation. This last is a
matter well worth considering, as we
should endeavor to interest our children
in farming operations and not get a dis
! taste for it. A small farm we'll managed
is far better than large one half carried
on, and few farmers are aware of the
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be realized from a careful system in all
of its details.
| At the close of the address Prof. Cooke
Of Burlington college, followed with
some remarks on the feeding of stock.
He consid cred this a very important mat
ter when the Improvement of the soil is
taken into consideration. The farmers
should keep all the stock they can, feed
ing to it all the fodder and grain they
can raise, so us TO make large amount
of manure, and of the best quality would
use all of the coarse fodder, as corn
stalks and straw, feeding lin addition
grain Of some kind, corn or cotton seed
meal would be the best, and in this way
get excellent results. Bran is also ex-
cellent to feed and the manure made from
feeding it and cotton seed meal is of q
rich quality. When timothy hay is high
and bran is low, it will pay to sell some
of the first and purchase some of the last
to feed. The same may be said of oats
exchanged them for cotton seed mea
and an advantage will be gained. Spoke
favorably of fodder corn as farm crop
and thought that farmers would do wei
to raise much more of it. The manur,
from feeding ton of well cured corr
stalks would be worth four times n
much as that from ton of ensilage. Mr.
Towle made some remarks on fodde
corn, stating that the last year he raise'
four tons of corn fodder from an acre
Mr.. Baker spoke in favor of ensilage
considering it easily digested and assim
ulated by stock. Mr.. Fayer has fed en-
: silage two years and finds no troubl
with any bad condition of the milk o
butter. The cows give more than whe
fed dry fodder and the butter of goo
quality and color. He feeds ensilag
twice a day and hay once, with som
T grain. Mr.. Baker understood that mil
made from ensilage is not wanted fo
7 condensing. Mr.. Bean has raised an
fed good many turnipS to cows withou
trouble with milk; he feeds directly afte
milking. Prof. Cooke stated that turnip
are an exhaustive crop.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
r Prof. Cooke first spoke on EARN E,
periments. If farm is to be kept u
in fertility, all of the crops raised shout
I be fed out and the manure returned t
, the land. In this way it is extremel
+ necessary to make and save all the m;
nure possible; until this is done Il farme
e should not think of buying commerce;
n fertilizers. When this is properly attend
\ ad to large amount of fertilizers wi
be obtained. He spoke of the necessit
d of saving all of the liquid portion of tn
: manure, which is so generally allowed t
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= any kind of material that will take it III
n Manure should also be protected frol
o the weather previous to application,
+ order to prevent its loss from yariou
: causes. AS to the application of manul
: would prefer to spread in winter on til
y snow, in a manner here described Doin
: this in winter saves mach work in I'll
/ busy time of spring. He would advis
It farmers to purchase concentrated feedin
s materials for their stock, thus maxim
;. more and richer manure, instead of pu
l. chasing commercial fertilizers. BY pu
IL suing this course the farmer will soc
y be able to make nearly all of the fertil
IL GERS needed. He spoke of the value
a the clover crop to the farmers, ar
r thought they would do well to rails
1t much more largely of it. 1t draws fro
a the atmosphere and from the subsoil al
l. is a good renovater of the soil. Accordir
l. 30 the commercial value of patent fe
l. tiliZerS, good stable manure is wor
e, from two to three dollars per ton. Mir
te gen is the most expensive element
t. plant food, and is largely contained
3. stable manure and in the clover plan
II The cheapest form in which to purcha
st it is in sulphate of soda: Phosphor