Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-01-18
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT BLOOMFIELD



farmer, meeting tor Esscv county was
held under the auspices OF tho State board Of
agriculture az Bloomfield January 10 and
IT, At this meeting Mr., l.. r Williams was
appointed chairman lie said he always no
tirc1 that when the farmers were prosperous
nearly all other industries were also. We
have already received benefits from the
workings of this board, although this is their
first meeting here: but their domgs have
been published so extensively that they are
not strangers among rs. tn" meeting for
convenience -ake wa" held in hail in STRAIT
ford, y. II. Mr. Chaplin eppnlcl to tho chair
man remarks by saying he thought il was
the first instance on record whore Il Vermont
board ran a meeting in another state, but a.
Vermont and New HAMPSHIRE were almost
twin sisters he did not anticipate any trou-
bic in our talking Ia both New Hampshire
aud Vermont farmers.
TnE DAIRY.
Mr.. Smith in answer to questions after
his paper ON the dairy said / would prefer
to have water warmed for stock as soon rs
ice appears on the trough and don't think it
would pay before that time | would not
advise raising the temperature above - or
SO and think all Illuminating animals will do
as we'll and make as much fat and butter
when fed twice day us when fed oftener. as
they have to remasticate their food before
they can utilize it or receive any benefit
from it, / prefer to feed wholly of the grain
raier but if am obliged to purchase buy
cotton seed and bran. I raise corn and
barley and grind both together like a mix
ture of grains. Corn is always good and in
order for most any kind of stock.
PROFITABLE CROPS.
In the afternoon Mr.. Chaplin read paper
/ on crops which he cassed in importance rs
| follows Wheat, corn barley, oats. rye and
| buck wheat. There are more oats raised in
! Vermont than any other kind Of grain, but
| barley is ON the increase and it should COM
mand more attention from the farmers.
Mr.. Burbank OF Bloomfield, said he raised
a two rowed variety and was fairly success
| ful with it, He raised this year over -
! bushels per acre. The seed was from Cana
da He moved it with machine, raked
with horse and handled as ne would
hay.
Mr.. Davis of the board prefer to cut
barley with a reaper and rs green aS it will
possibly do say while the kernel is in the
dough; and handle it with wooden barley
| forks. | do not bind it but draw it in the
gavil. | consider thr straw OF value as n
fodder il cut green and properly husbanded.
| Barley is one of the best grains TO seed after
Farmers should use all the machinery they
can in doing work rs il is much cheaper
than hand labor. In raising corn get the
variety best adapted 10 your soil and keep it..
1t has a wonderful capacity for adapting it
self to different soils and conditions.
THE sILo.
Mr.. Nai-The feed for cows costs me Is cents
per dav and had COWS that were making ,
pounds of butter per day. My experience
with cnsagc is that where the corn crop car
be grown successfully it is of the utmost inn
portance, used in any form. By putting it
in the ,ilo il makes a very cheap and valua-
Die fodder and in Il form i'm which it can be
handled at any time | formerly used q
large kind of corn, but now Use a small va
riety cutting ears anf all, | think 10y SO do
ing can get the same value of feed for hal
the cost that ! could if | husked the corn
Cattle love it and | think it is healthy fol
them. never had any trouble by injury
to butter from COWS fed in that way. Per
haps enslage can he 50 fed as 10 injure tn,
COW and product also. SO with cotton seed
meal and many other feeds. | feed 10 pound
of ensilage per day with other feeds. SOM
grain
Mr. Beach, have put it in without cut
ting and did not weigh it. | covered it witt
+ straw and trod down every day. EnsilaSe
is very fatble for cattle. | experienced n
$ difficulty in gettingt out of the silO ms | Gu
+ it in the silo with lig htninG hay cutter.
| feed slage twice day to COWS with grain.
, plant Sanford enSage corn and some west
ein corn don't know which is the better
a filed my so this year with frosted corn
Cows eat il readily.
=, Prof. Cooke-There is no difference in tn
waste whether cut or uncut,
, Mr.. Beach have seen slos whore Their
would be too much Juice in the bottom c
, the silo
3 HOW TO SAVE FROST BITTEN CORN.
I Mr.. Vail think where corn is Wiltcd
G little it makes good ensiuSc ana handle
f; much lighter. | cut my corn for the >ii
Il when il begins 10 glaze. think the frost
' bitten corn could have been saved last fall
y it had been sliced Frost doe, not injul
y corn much if sliced soon after II Is not n,
Z ccSsary to ill a siO in n great hurry rs
sill not hurt to fill slowly.
-; Mr.. Beach-Our corn was frosted SO bad
ly that the stalks would readily pull apa,
> at the joint
Prof COoke-On the experiment farm "
Ut get from 10 tons 10 20 tons to the acre. "
l. cannot get as good en>ilage from large cor
ie as small as a general thing. Cows VIII e'
1t the large butts from the sllo as readl
as any
MIR. Combs-G want to know the advaI
y tagcs of the silo over feeding with ears
III the winter.
at Mr.. Vail seldom find a year when Y
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