Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-12-16

of men who first came to fell the
forests on these hills and through
these valleys. Mr.. Chaplin stated
that just at this time things "were
out of Joint" somewhat, and needed
righting. As a result of war times
a second crop of evils exist, among
which were mentioned moneyed
aristocracy, high taxation, high sal
aries, etc. The expenseses resulting
therefrom falling largely on the
farmers The speaker thonght the
farmer failed to get his political
rights and that his voice was not
sufficiently potent in matters of leg
islation. Reference was made to the
subject of abandoned FARMS" of
which considerable has been heard
of late. Mr.. Chaplin thought that
considerable of the old rough, rocky
land, once occupied by farmers,
might revert back to forests without
doing harm to the citizens or the
state. Statistics showed that not
4 per cent of our farm lands hereto
fore cultivated could be classed as
abandoned" The speaker remarked
that all of our lands sand farm what
ever else they might fall to grow,
might yield a rich harvest in good
crop of boys and girls. Reference
was made to the fact that Vermont
stands first and among the very first
in the amount Of several kinds of
crops raised per acre. Vermont
farms to-day are more productive
than ever before, and except in few
places the soil of this state is as pro-
ductive as any.
Vermont farmers should see to it
that they are not beaten by humbugs,
and that in politics they have their
rights.
Mr.. Winslow of the Board, stated
that it was not possible for him or
any one else to give specific rules in
regard to farming in different locali-
ties. The farmer, having studied
his soil, and his conditions must be
his own Judge of what promises best.
Every farmer ought to thoroughly
know his soil and what is adapted to
it. Experience is the best teacher.
While the times are called hard many
men are making money farming.
Their whole business should be done
in a thoroughly business manner.
Some faamers are shiftlse, wasteful
and lazy; they cannot succeed at
farming nor would they thrive at
anything. To make the farm profit
able in hard times, one needs to
study and plan all his operations to
save unnecessary expense, to do the
most work with least expenditure, to
force the soil to yield her best re-
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we'll known and that is that we'll
kept stock pays, if stock pays at all.
Specialties in farming are hazardous !;
the mixed farming has more promise
! of success. 1t was remarked that
the good done by the Board was
chiefly in the agitations and discus
sions among farmers produced by
the several meetings.
Mr.. True of Newport, was called
upon to speak and said that profit
able farming depended on what kind
of farm the man has, and what
kind of man the farm has-a we'll
known fact well put. He had farmed
somewhat as a specialist at one time
he ran a milk farm, at one time me-
rino sheep, at the present he is rails
ing potatoes. The farmer specialist
should be we'll posted in his special
| ties. Mr.. True spoke of his last
years crop of potatoes. He is prob
ably the largest potato raiser in the
county, if not in the state. Last
season he raised 60 acres. His land
is light. sandy loan. He does all
his work by machinery, plows early,
harrows very thoroughly, plants by a
machine, drops cut potatoes, one
piece in a bill, 13 inches apart, COW
ers four inches deep, puts his rows 6
to rod. His planter drops the fer
tilizer as it drops the potatoes. He
uses little manure but in its stead
uses 1000 pounds of Stockbridge
fertilizer to the acre. He plants as
early as it is possible to put potatoes
in. He harrows length-ways of the
rows until the potatoes are 4 inches
high, and plans to kill the weeds be-
fore they come up. He cultivates
between the rows, but uses no hoe in
killing weeds. His potatoes were
practically free from weeds last
year. He digs with a maehiue,
draws to the cars as fast as dug and
markets at once. Last year his first
planted crop yielded at the rate of
250 bushels upwards; but the rust
struck and killed his vines early and
the whole piece averaged only 80
bushels to the acre. Sold on an
average at so cts. bushel; uses
phosphates and plants potatoes right
along on the same ground. Bugs
were killed by Paris green. Had a
barrel on a pair of wheels and two
sprinkling nozzles that poured the
water on the rows as the horses
drew the machine. Mr.. L. knows of
no way to get rid of this pest except
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