Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
FARMERS DELIBERATE.
QUESTIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST
DISCUSSED AT RANDOLPH CENTRE.
The Dairy-Stock-Vermo Farm ing and
How 1t should be Done-Not Many De-
serted Farms-Nerm Offers Bet
ter Opportunities Than Dakota

me Dalfy -StocK-NermOnC tarln ing ana
How 1t should be Done--Not Many De-
serted Farms-VermontO Offers Bet
ter Opportunities Than Dakota
There are quite number of towns in
the State that lay claim as being agricul-
turally the banner town, and this is one of
them, situated on hill that oYerloOks
large area of land, and every farm showing
thrift and enterprise. Al the agricultural
meeting L. i. Adams was nominated chair
man by Hon. n l.. Boydcp, who said:
We have large number of young farmers
in this section and We want to use them.
Any of them will ill the position accepta-
bly,. Mr. Adams was elected and upon
taking the chair thanked the audience for
the favor and introduced Prof. Beard, who
gave the opening address Mr.. Beard said;
We have among us three classes of farmers.
There is the traditional farmer-the one
who has not as yet caught on to the newer
ideas, does not keep posted up on the new
principles, in fact is in the same rut he was
years ago; then we have the experimental
farmer, who yearly adds to his stock of
knowledge by experiments with his own
stock and crops on his own farm; then
again the scientific farmer who takes
study into his business aud trys to prove all
OR business is largely dairying. We have
the factories conducted on the Cooley svs-
tenn, the separator and the private both
more or less successful We do not wish to
point with too much pride but il is a fact
that the worlds competition for the first
prize on butter was won 10y butter manu-
featured in this town. Our farmers are "A
reading class and a thinking class and we
want to know more. The problem we wish
TO study is how to realize the best and
largest product. Mr.. Beard spoke of the
maple sugar industry and asked if it might
not be possible that farmers We're cultiya-
ting too much land. In some instances it
might be worth more for wood or pasture.
Mr.. Davis of the board followed ON
Economical Stock feeding. The central
idea among farmers should be economy.
The year 1889 was most prosperous one
Our barns and storehouses are full to over
flowing. The result of tho farmers success
is TO know how to utilize that feed and
obtain from 1t the greatest possible results.
Farmers must consider themselves more in
the light Of manufacturers. How are you
going to utilize this great amount of fod-
der, same as manufacturer would consider
his crude material.
At the afternoon session. the discussions
on the former topic were continued short
time. +. J.. Bass said he favored very
much buying concentrated foods for the
heterogeneous elements contained in the feed
after il passed through the animals; can OBJ
tain that class cheaper in that way than to
buy as fertilizer. Recommended feeding
gluten meal az it produces lean meat this
to pigs Lean meat is in moro demand
than formerly; think to feed dairy stock
twice day produces better results than
three or more times per day. Buy your
grain by the carload and save the profit of
50 or 81 per ton
Mr.. Lamb; am satisfied sheep will do
better if fed ouly twice a day than if fed
three times. Have made trials of it and
speak from experience.
Mr.. Howard had had sheep winter we'll
by feeding them only once
After Mr.. Chapn's address on Vermont
and the Farmer, NIL. Boydon said he was
sorry Mr. Chaplin did not say any more
about deserted farms II we did more for
our young men We would not have TO i'm
port Swedes. There is a great inducement
for our young men to take up farming.
think there is more OF farming in Vermont
than the farmers give credit Tor. There is
no State that ultimately produces more
than Vermont We want 10 get this idea
into our young people. Take the whole
acreage Of this town and it will compare
favoraby with any State. Some children
are born farmers, and have a natural love
for the farm and stock and I wish there
were more. | firmly believe young man
could take a farm at Vermont prices and
do better than he could do on II farm in
Dakota
Mr.. Chaplin said: ! think farmers are
much better of here than in Dakota.
Young men 20 years ago bought farms here
when they were much higher priced than
now and have paid for them. y young
man with a few hundred dollars, who is Il
general farmer can get back farm and be
come independent ON it, There are only in
my opinion about four per cent of the lands
that We're once farms that are now under
the head of deserted farms. And a large
per cent of them ought to have been de
serted years ago and allowed to grow up to
forests again; but there are some that
would be profitable to be made farms again.
True we have great many cheap farms
that ought to be carried ON, as farms not
as pastures.
At the evening session Mr.. Smith Of the
board spoke on Dairyng and the Dairy in
| terest in Vermont and answered the follow
| ing questions
Mr. n. l.. Boyden asked, what age do
| you turn a calf out to grass?
| Answer; As soon as two months old if
| spring calves, but do not take the milk Off
at that time; prefer TO feed milk till four
months old. Want calf to learn to Craze
and develop its muscles. y COW to pick
her living in our rough pastures should be
good traveller
Luke Parish asked; Do you grain your
! calves
Answer: | do not think it necessary if
the calf has fairly good pasturage. D. not
want to grow hefer calf too fast. Meth
er would | stunt one. BE 800 days in grow
ing yearling.
Question by Mr.. Boyden asked, how
long should COW go dry?
Answer; In dairy | prefer them to 60
dry two months. individual cows might
/ be MIXED longer.
c. b. Hazen asked; How many times
do you feed grain
Answer If you are feeding heavily
should feed twice, but ordinarily only once,
G. +. Nutting asked: When feeding
. / not il,