Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-12-19
FARMERS AT SWANTON.


Manures. by j. q. sanford
j. q. Sanford, ON the closing day of the .
meeting OF the Board of Agriculture ut I
Swanton, gave n very Interesting address /
on saving and applying manureo. An alb /
stract of his address follows: The original /.
fertility of the soil has been exhausted; our I
buildings, built when the country was new. /
were put up with no design of saving the
fertilizer, because it was not then needed. /
Agriculture has entirely changed and our I
manners must change to keep abreast OF the /
times. Vermont farmers are wasting too ,
much fertliillng material. We buy about
~lJJ. GOO worth of commercial fertilizer, /
and waste 10 time, that amount. Few
buildings in Vermont are made with any
idea of saving the manure; too many where
1t is thrown under the caves and left there
to waste
Mr.. sanford told OF experiments 10y Prof I
Roberts where manure mad been piled up
after sample had been ano wed and found
10 lose nearly 10 per cent; aiso experiment
by Peter Collier by putting in open pans
and exposing TO the weather when hardly
anything was lost. Manure put in pics and
shoveied over helps it mechanically but the
loss in fertlli2lng elements are very great.
These facts progressive farmers begin 10 re-
alZe.
LIQUID MANURE.
Liquid manure is much more vulu
able than the solid; can be saved
largely by absorUauts; use anything
for ausorbants that is handy; don't think
muck has much lertinzIng element IN itself;
j., Il good absorbant If perfectly dry. Think
1t VIII pay TO Use suwdlist and pay n dollar "a
load and draw four miles just for what ii
will absorb. Wastes from woolen factory
are good: they contain much nitrogen IN
themselves; the amount OF liquid thus cd
IL astonishing. We must build barns with
the idea as much, in view of saving ma
Eure as Of housing hay and grain; Ne had
much better stack hay ana shelter the ma
mure then vice versa.
MANURE Producing FOOD
Oats aud corn meal are too expensive
feeds TO purchase; buy feed that Will en-
rich land more; would recommend feeding
/ cotton-seed meal: with linseed meal, BRAN
| etc, the fertLilins value is nearly equal
! he cost. Every town Of hay we sell we
! sell - worth of manure. The droppiugs
! rom horse are worth SD per year; from
II COW 81. Would recommend building
! barn with stable over basement and base
ment connected so that every part could 10
saved: would never put manure into heap
large or small, always spread from the
| wagon in winter believe very little is lost
! 10y washing or evaporation; think less waste
/ follows this practice.
REV. RANsLow TALKS.
Rev. MIR. Ranslow said it was all true
what the gentleman had said in regard to
the waste of the manure and other things
on the farm and tho farmers know it, but
there is great want among them, there is
very close lifting plaster on too many OF
the farms and it is all the farmer can do to
| keep the holder of it paid up. Had known
OF many who had built modern buildings
which proved their financial ruin.
| Would advise every farmer not to build
until he had the rendy money to pay for
the last Single; said the Scotch farmers in
kyegate were among the most prosperous
in the State they seldom bought anything
they could not pay cash for. Many had
good buildings, but they made the money
before they built them. Also spoke Of the
injury done moving lands by cropping Off
the aftermath; known OF meadows that had
almost doubled the product OF hay with no
fertilizing of any kind-simply keeping the
stock of in the fall
IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS.
Mr.. Sanford said; believe in raisin.
corn. Vermont should raise all her corn
it is to put it in the silo; would raise corn
for the silo just as | would if ! was going 10
put it IN tho crib; the more ears the better.
NIX CHAPLIN ON THE BEST CROPS.
Hon. William Chaplin said Corn is the
best FEEDING grain we can raise; can pro
duce it for less than 90 cents per bushel aud
some think for less then 80 cents; can
get along with very little hand labor.
Oats on our high hill lands are IA valuable
crop, good feed for any kind of stock Bar
ley gotten in by the 18th Of June is sure
crop and good, either as grain to cut
green for hay. Corn raised ON purpose for
fodder crop is valuable. From one acr,
OF Sanford corn ! fed 20 head Of cattle from
September | TO December |; was cut up il
large stocks aud left in the field till wanteC
for use was planted three feet 10y three
feet. Maple sugar was discussed by Prof.
Cooke, Alr. Chaplin aud Others
CONCERNING sHEEP.
At the closing session of the meeting Vic
tor |. spear OF braintree, new member
OF the board, was the first speaker and h,
I made "a very good impression by the clear
. r4udil and practical manner in when IA,
banded his subject "Sherp husuandry,
once the glory u Vermont, has almost pass
! ed into oblivion in the minds of too many