Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-01
POMFRET FARMERS CLUB.
Interesting Addresses on Butter Making
Home Life on the Farm

The fomlrci Farmer s. club meeting which
was held at the town hal FRIDAY, February
*, was called TO order by ron frosty MI
Ter, ana EDWIN Amen, one oil the wee prcsI-
dents, was called To the char. After sing
Ing 10y the club choir, y. Il. Perkins spoke
| upon FARMING, past ana present coinpar-
'd. Many ol our lallns were settled over
100 years ago oy settlers IRON MASSACHUSETTS,
ana connecticut VINO round lertHe s.'i ana
dense forest lheN matte great mistake III
cutting the Nmucr Oh the mus "hlch Nou
intended only Tor the growing oi forests. AS
quincy mountain was once soid Tor taile
land' Inc same uiu story respecting lhe
immense SIZE oil vegetables was then toId as
Is now told Oh 'uose OF Calhorula' ne !og
houses were lurhiShcd win Two Kettles ana
a SPIDER 1or coohlnE' spinning "h'el ana
loom lor lhe lilahuiaclullhS Oh 'le ia"llN
'IothiiiS' ana inc housewife was cooN' "re9s'
maker lniIilner cue
me larln iniplehleI's consisted OIL TIC axe,
shovel SUN SEoNcl, noe loIN, scYtho' hahd
iake' poo "ug"r' narrow ana WOODED Prov.
later tha wagon was lhtfouuced' peinS puilt
stFolE WIN !oou STOUT aAleS ior springs AV
inc present 'iih' our farm llllplellientS are
TOO numerous 10 HCIHlol anu MORSE anu
steam power are taxing Tue pace OF h'hu
power III nearly every Inc OF WORK
IN Al. g.. -. -. H.. I'll, -. ,.
i,,,. ,l,a,,t - ,,,. too ,,,,,,,d. o,,,. I,t..r
a,t7l ,olI indiI.t,.,. ,,.oI o,I,. 10 s,,,,l, tha
ana wool INDUSTRY was ohly TO supply me
nome MARKET ana our maple sugar Wll'h
was theh ohIy consume" au nome mas now
N''i'-"p ,' IcPutu'lon' MOI Cr!l'"V
maple sugar Is lIah''Ia'tuIcd III Ohlc"Sp
AZ 'ie I'icacn' 'l'iie ''"ii III lho SUI ~
vermont, ne 'oi'1aie many 0i tuc S'"l'C
crops oi Ncri'ioh' ana iiiiio's anu SloNt"
',,.,, .,,,,l ,.,.;,.o ,,,,,,L l.,+',. ,,,,i.o
III, il .c,,ot1,iu,, ,,,.,,,,. in ,,,,. ,,locir,
- cot ,,f s1unn I,,,iIji, 80, =. s5ooo f,,.,, IL
1on. NOT ,o,- 10 ,,oi.a .cr,h .to,l,s or oil
l,i,ds ar to l,o,r GOOD .+ocl- il, ,,on,, condi-
tio,
q Sbo,.b,,,.no s,o,o ,,,o, 81 o,.oor
fo,,,,. :. rIo .,id +bot farm c..,,o,,.a. i,d
onta,n,,.,, +bo farms and tI,o5 tho fo,.nrrs
aI,n,,t haro a,.o NOT ,,ro,,inc, ricbrr Will
&C.. rni.o ,l,,o.t doflIo tLn firm, rrodurt.
,,,, ,,,,,,,s,. ho,-o inr,.ooyod in o,,ooto,.
ratio a.,+ tho forr, is tive lost ,Joco in tbo
,'n,lI tn soul ,,,o,,o,. rio ,o,,,,,- man
Iao,a +1,a fa,.r, Lac,,,so n,,,. ra,.,7,. ara
NO., Io,.,r ,,,l,,,,h - l,i,,a thon, 1Isi,,,.s as
1o,,.,|e ,,o,, .5'- tho7, i. mo- I,,si,,r.. ~, -
Snnu7 fo,n, Tbo,,rh+ ON, forn,s wore
+l,-, Ill n 4 ,,.a. .os;o,. .o.tir,, +brao
t,,,gnf boro tF Of two ,,.ro. tl,7,, of of ono
on, ton ~ ,I-osrboto ,.onld r,,,cloeo IN
acres of GOOD pra2inq land aud that fine
,,r,.. ,ot,,i,,r ON IA ,cro. ,yiI1 nab moro
: Lrt+o,. or bonf 1ban y tom Of r,oaI md hn nd
,i.ad buvin,, MORE lond and los. Of Inoal and
, ,ho.nbofa If doos NOT toLe much mora
iahor ~, taon, holm to carry on - LARGO farm
thon - small one To RIM n doi,v of IN
l,s il Is ,,ocosso,, - an,,1ov tbo s.,.,.icos
~ az, o,,t,o o,,d ,,i,l China f,.o mon
5 ca,,id ,.n, ~ dair,, 81 Zoo cows ono-Loif
a,,d toa;,s i, this to,,,, co,,lJ a I'll
the ,,o,l, il ,ic,btI,. ,n.,,nCed Farmer. ,,,,.t
, hn busi,,oss ,,,e,, AMI hnId nm ttoir heads
iii, ,,,f.seraI ,,,,,, a. tlo t,,,,o,, is tho
, ,,ao,. df ol,, ,,a,,
=. Ado,, R,Io,loa o,i+icisod M S1,o,,,,.,,o,.
,o,,[,e town, Tboo,.,.
,Tho ,,o,ni,,, .ossio,, ,,.os closod fo,. dir,or
i, +l,o bau
| rho oftor,oo,, ,xo,oi.,s ,,,o,od Will, II
: w VoiI ,,n.ido,,+ ~ ,l,a ,l,i, il, tho choi,.
} mo orrI,aI CLIFTON IF ofica,,s ,os,,ltod n.
foIoyr.. president Edmund huor. ,ico-
,,,.o.i,Io,+s / - SIo,.,,,,,.,,,a,,1 - " Ito,.
dino. .o,.rotar,. NJ II Miller. +,.oosnrc,