Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-01-18
POMFRET FARMERS CLUB.
Addresses by Prof. Cooke, MIR. Vail and
Mr.. WinslOw of the State Board.
lRenorted for the Free Press


\ meeting of the Pomfret farmers was
held Tuesday, Jan. 6, with Prof. Cooke,
Mr.. Winslow and Mr.. Vail of the State
board of agriculture present. The meeting
was opened with music by the choir follow
ed by short address by Mr. Vail. Mr..
Winslow then spoke upon the Morgan horse,
taking this horse as the ideal horse for Yer
mont farmers to raise. and traced this strain
of blood back to a thoroughbred English
race horse. He said that the reputation of
Maine, California and Kentucky horses was
based upon Morgan mares taken from Yer
mont and bred to their stations. He adVO-
Gated breeding for Gentlemen's drivers
weighing from $50 to 1850 pounds, and not
breed for speed but if the colt promised
speed to sell him and let some one else do the
developing as farmer cannot afford to de
velOp trotter Let the brood mare lie
your model of a horse-intelliGent and level
headed as the colt will take from her, for
blood will tell" Let the same rule govern
in selecting the sire and look well to the an
cestors of both sire and dam. Break the
colt when young, when but two or three
days old and always treat kindly. Feed lib
orally for the first two years ON oats and
bran and for the following two or three
months after weaving on milk, but don t
feed much grain after the colt is two years
old. From two to four quarts of oats and
bran is not a heavy feed for wcanling that
has plenty of exercise which all colts ought
to have. We yet have good mares in Yer
mont and need not import any for breeding
purposes.
Mr. Thomas asked if the Hambletonan
were not uneven, that is, gentle some days
and vicious on Others MIR. Winslow thought
not.
Mr. Tinkham asked the reason for colts
eating boards and fences Mr.. Cdall thought
| it was caused by bots. Mr.. WinSlow said
probably there was something deficient in
the colts food.
C. P. Thacher thought sweet apples were
| good for colts in place of bran.
The exercises were then closed for dinner
with music by the choir.
After such a dinner i'll the hall as Pomfrrt
ladies know so well how to furnish, the fol
lowing toaSts were offered with Edwin Allcr
acting as toast master: ''Invited Guests, .
responded to by d. G. Spaulding "Pomtrct
Dinners" by G. NJ Winslow in behalf OF tn,
board and W. c. Whipple in behalf of the town
Farmers Club, by Prof. Cooke; "Socia
Aspect of Such Meeting as This by O. NJ
Tmkham "IIow | Handled the Steers, - b,
Adam Busbee; "a New Importation" b,
Dana Burbank "Young Men Who Hav
Faith in the Farm by c. p. Thatcher
Boys on the Farm by s. II. Warren
"Intellectual Improvement of the Farmer,
by Crosby Miller Trials and Experience
OF the Men of the Board lay Ii. ", Vail.
The afternoon exercises were then opene
with music by the choir after which Prof
Cooke gave an interesting talk on what tn
experiment station was doing and what
proposed doing, Many of the people It
manned and took supper IN the hail.
The exercises were opened with music b.
a male quartette. Nh Vail spoke upo
''Stock feeding and icrtilzing.' He though
, we ought TO buy more meal and less con
mercial fertilizers. He could make IA goo
, profit in buying meal and selling butter an
| using the maure a. a fertilizer.
Edwin Allen advocated the use of CON
mercial fertilizers and gave his manner (
feeding cows which is nearly the same {
- that in use at the experiment station
j. &. Sherbune thought cotton seed me-
increased the quantity but decreased I'll
1. quality of butter and SO with oats and bran
He believed in corn meal for making ni'
p Favored butter and would advise farnc
e. not to buy commercial fertilizers but 10 b,
y feed and make their own fertilizers.
Mr. Adm Bughee believed that CONNIE
@ cial fertilizers were good 70 raise the in
n crop and let the crop make tine manure f
further fertilizing.
g U. NJ Tlnkham said grass was not pc
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