Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-27

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ton, and on some soils it should go a good
deal further, for there is some very poor
lane Barn yard manure is often spoken
of rs the standard manure of fertilizers.
Barn yard manure has just about the
same yard-stock measure of quantity,
that "A load" has of quantity 1t tells
nothing. Plant food can be furnished
without stable manure, for commercial
fertilizer is simply plant food, aud not a
stimulant as alcohol is stimnlant to
man, and in that respect there is no such
| thing as "stimulant' in the farmers medi-
cal dictionary. His first use of CONNER
cial fertilizers, was just as the manufac.
turer directed, teaspoonful in a hill just
as the patent-medicine man directs to
take teaspoonful at dose, and it killed
every seed where it was put, and he had
only the bag in which 1t came to pay for
the outlay for the bag and its contents.
1t depends largely on the man, whether
he should use fertilizers it Will not do to
use commercial fertilizers to raise weeds,
and man must be good farmer to use
them profitably
The quality of the soil has much to do
with the application of fertilizers, and
they should be applied TO the good land
rather than the poor. The one more prom
inent idea which has stuck to him all
through, is that stable manure is the
cheapest manure the farmer can use, that
is, if he has ability enough to buy stock
and feed for It,. For one to buy WON
out farm and bring it up by the use of
farm yard manure alone, looks like a long
tedious process, But by the use OF com
! mercial fertilizer he can get crop the
| first year, and then raise material to keep
| his stock they make an excellent lever to
| start a run down farm.
On his own farm he aimed to keep a
| stock of manure on hand, and would use
| Is near the barn, rather than at distance
| He had at times used commercial man
| nf w "a bul
plenty of manure in the cellar, because il
was cheaper to buy the commercial than
it would be to hire the barn yard. manure
drawn.
Whether the fertility of the soil can he
maintained by commercials alone, was
discussed, and Mr.. Cheever said if one
plowed under crop of stubble twice
year, he thought it could. The friable
condition of the soil is maintained by the
stubble, aside from any fertilzng value
How to buy fertilizers OF the cost
a FERTILIZER selling at $40 per ton, consid-
cradle portion of the cost of it is the cost
of selling, the cost of advertising, and
they should be bought tor cash mort.
gage the farm for money to pay for them
down, If you know enough to take care of
the MORTGAGE lie recommended The
farmers to combine and buy for cash, and
get wholesale prices as far as possible.
lie would recommend the application
OF quick manureS to hOed crops and barn
yard manure on grass crops. He wants
to keep his land fat and rich in fertility as
sort Of guarantee for the future crop.
There were INTERCEPTED questions and
replies, and the interest manifested was
general and excellent
The meeting Thursday morning was
opened by the appointment of committee
OF three to draft resolutions on the death
of Hon. John B. Mead, former president
oil the association. Gen. Thomas. Mont
pelier, and Messrs. Douglas of Whiting
and iloskin of Newport were appointed
such committee.
William X. Sessions, Esq, the secretary
OF the Massachusetts board of agriculture
first took the platform. He said he re
membered Gen. Rockers order in forced
march. " Put the Vermonters ahead, and
Keep the line well closed up" He had felt
That Vermont farmers were well ahead in
their business. He spoke of breeding and
OF the excellent results in breeding as
shown in Vermont sheep, and the Jersey
and Durham cattle. Some authorities
claim that the breed bias stronger in
tiuence on the product than the feed If
this is so. it puts the matter in still more
important light. There still is room in
Vermont for Improvement as the census
shows butAbout $50 pounds per COW per
year.. about two and IA half pounds per
COW for a week through the year. If this
can be increased to four pounds per week,
the sum received by the farmers of Yer
mont for such an Increase, at 20 cents per
pound, would be over - 600 600. He
woud not recommend thoroughbreds of
any particular breed, but would especially
impress the necessity of having thorough
bred butter COW. 1t is easy to find A |
thoroughbred Jersey or Ayrshire or Hol-
stein, 1T Is by no means so easy to find
thoro ghbred dairy COW. The sire is half
and more than halt of the herd, and his
ancestry as butter producers, should be |
closely scrutintzed by the intending buyer !
Inc number OF disappointments met with !
IN thoroughbreds is great and are often |
met, and t ese disappontments come |
trom strains of blood which do not come t.
from butter cows He urged the necessity |
OF Keeping records OF the product of each |
COW, as the COW which may be giving 40 |
or % pounds OF milk per day AT present, |
may drop down to much lower figure and |
her average fall below that of a COW which !
may not ~ any time reach AS large A flow
as the first. In reply Mr.. Sessions said |
that the amount of milk was not an exact
test OF the amount of butter the COW
would yield, but the quality of the milk,
It's richness in butter fats must be ascer
tanned. That the cost of the production
OF butter from different COWS does not
greatly differ. That he considered the
breed, or the mixture of breeds of less i'm
portance than than that the animal be OF |
a thoroughbred butter COW. A brisk
discussion followed, which touching the
wastes u Int utlry, Wnlch Is the topic OF
Mr.. Wallis paper, that was then called
Mr., Vail said that the pound of butter
made by the man who makes 125 pounds
per COW, he believed cost the producer
twice AS much as the pound of butter
made by the man who makes 800 pounds
per COW. There must be a great waste
For the best butter ana the most of it, the
best butter cow must be had, and to Sc
cure this the quality OF the sire must be
carefully looked after. The last speaker
said the sire was more than half the
herd, some authorities set it as high AS
nine tentns. The question of feeding is
one OF great Importance. The dairy COW
shout be literally fed, but not over fed,
on economical considerations. He be-
lieyes the cutting of the forage feed will |
result in an Increase of the mllk and but
ter. In his experience he has doubled the
product of his dairy in butter with no 9TH
er change in the feed except the addition
of two pounds of cotton seed meal, though |
the quantity of hay was greatly diminish
ed Straw fed in the yard in the middle
of the day will diminish the yield of but
ter even though the feed at night aud
morning be the same.
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