Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-01-30
Farmers Meetings at RoyaIton.


Royalton, Vt, JAN 23.-The sessions Of shs
farmers meetings were continued Wednesday
At the afternoon session Fred Morse, young
man of about q years of age, was the first
speaker. As the audiences of these meetings
are largely composed of elderly men, and all
discussions are carried on by men of middle
age. it is gratifying to see young man come
forth and defend and advocate his business as
a farmer.
Mr.. Morse said: | do not particularly favor
/ the idea of Swedish immigration. Ii there is
any chance for cheap lands in Vermont let the
native Vermonter have it. The Swedes may
be good enough. We have heard a good deal
said here about pedigree stock and knowing
The ancestry Of 1t. | think ought ~ Ane"
something of these settlers. We know the
Vermonters are good stock. Farming is the
root of success for all other industries. Labor
hurts no one, no man is ever developed with
out labor Too many young men are seeking
employment elsewhere. The best men in all
nations have been largely farmers. The best
place to raise family is on the farm.
After Mr., Chapins paper on grass several
gentlemen gave their experience in different
ways of seeding.
! Nathan Parker said | make a practise of
sowing my grass seed with my corn at the sec
ond time OF hoeing. Plant my corn l-2x3 IL.
DO not bill it up. Rake in the seed with a
hand rake. Sow it when the corn is from six
| to eighteen inches high.
Mr.. Riford said: | SOW grass seed about the
| first of August in my corn. The corn at that
time is as tall as it ever will be- | use slant
ing tooth cultivator; keep the land level. Think
corn will yield about 195 bushels of ears TO the
acre. Stock my corn ON the field. 1t does
not kill the seeding.
Mr.. Storrs of Randolph in answer to ques-
tons said / seed my fields with corn at sec
ond hoeing; prefer to do it about the time the
corn tassels; use a Planet .Jr cultivator:
seed with corn use cultiyator made like a
Thomas smoothing harrow; SOW the seed by
hand; can sow it evenly if | go through every
row; use mixture of Timothy, red clover
and alsike; the latter does not do as well
dry lands as on moist; think by sowing with
corn get better crops Of hay than otherwise;
always get two crops the first year after SOW
ing think the grass binders the ripening of the
corn somewhat; my corn yields about 100 bush
els of ears per acre; think in the two crops |
cut four or five tons per acre; prefer early cut
hay Tor mich cows; cut second crop in Sept;
feed my meadows; keep 30 head of cattle,
and NOV over about 30 acres
Mr.. Chaplin said: Sheep were once the saliva
tion of Vermont and may be again. would not
advise any particular breed, but prefer mid
die wooded sheep, one that would raise a lamb
large enough for mutton, and shear a good
fleece of wool; the demand for spring lambs is
increasing; have noticed farmers who have
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Mr.. +. Preston of Sharon read paper on
Devon cattle. lie said the first Devons brought
into this country were presented by the Earl
of Leicester to a Robert Patterson of Mary
land. Mr. Preston gave a very interesting
history OF this breed of cattle from the impor-
tation of the first lot to the present time. He
said they were very hardy. easily kept docile,
made the best of oxen and for beef animals
were unsurpassed by any other breeds. They
tatten very easily and make beef that is mar
bled and of first quality. New England IS
well adapted for the rearing of this breed. 4
they are well adapted to our hill pastures;
ne yer heard of a case of abortion in Devon
herd; they have very strong characteristics and
transmit them when crossed ON other breeds |
calves fatten easily; no trouble To make calves
weigh 200 pounds when five weeks old. As /
mixers they are unsurpassed for quality the /
skim milk of the Devons is the richest OF any /
breed; one calf raised ON skim milk at 10 mos. 1
old weighed 600 pounds
ID. W. Bliss of Royalton read a most inter-
esting paper on the Morgan horse. The past 4
year is the centennial of the old Justin Nor
gan. Had he lived would have been 100 years
old; was brought To the town of Randolph in
lI9l; was sired by True Britton and he by
Traveller. Justin Morgan was the son Of the
celebrated Sherman Woodbury. and Balrush
Morgan. The Lamberts are direct descend
ants of sherman.
breeders OF dairy stock should learn from
he methods used by horsemen. The breeder
II trotting stock is careful to get trOtting-
blood ON both sides so our dairymen shonld
elect their best cows and should use only such
pulls as are known to be from good milking
took tor several generations back on both
ldes. The better the dairy the more care il
gill require 10 keep il up to the standard and
he harder il will be 10 improve But we must
improve if we are 10 make farming profitable
his better Urnedlmu ~ gaatF-t.a hts d
aging pedigreed animal. Many an animal
nth long pedigree would be expensive as {
lit, The animal must have been bred and I
elected for at least five generations for what
yer purpose II is wanted and the animal it.
ELF must be good as well as its breeding
The question was asked why it was that the
alue Of feed az determined by chemical anal .
sis did not always agree with the result OBJ /.
lned when that feed was given to the COW.
rof. Cooke replied that in his opinion the .
king of the animal for the food was an inn
ortant factor in the results she would give at
he milk pail from this food, and this was
'mething that could not be told by chemical s
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