News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-15

+ practice of sowing salt on brakes an
let the sheep hunt for it.
In answer to question Mr.. Spea
!, said-I consider any kind of shee
good for pastures. No other bree
of sheep flock so readily as the me
4 rinO. Mutton is being more an
more demanded in our markets.
Mr.. Campbell thinks the merino
are better for cleaning pastures thai
the mutton breed as the latter vii
not thrive on short feed.
! Mr.. Sppar-Vermont farmers hav
done wrong by getting so far from
sheep. They can get more none,
from wool, saying nothing abou
other products, than from the aver
age dairy of the State; can keep II
sheep where you could keep one COW
Mr.. Campbell wintered eight eve.
and raised from them IA lambs which
sold for 1925.
A farmer-I have been successful il
killing the weeds and brush in a pas
ture by moving every year. The
sheep in this town average from tC
10 pounds of wool. They are mostly
small focks.
Mr.. Spear-The age of sheep varies
with the breeds. Coarse wool are the
shortest lived. They live from 4 tic
Z years, middle wooded 6 to 7, me-
rinos from S to 10.
W. W. Delano-It is mistake that
our farmers have not more diversity
of objects in their farming interests
They should keep fewer cows. Cows
in this section do not produce more
than 125 pounds per COW. | started
with mixed stock and made a great
mistake.
Rev. Mr.. Wheeler asked Mr.. Spear
whatper cent of cows he would sell of
to fill their places with sheep. Mr..
Spear-That would depend entirely
on the condition of the farm.
Mr.. DelanO asked WhaUnp should 10
with pasture grown up to moss. Mr..
| Spear-Pastures that can be plOughed
may be reclaimed in that way. but
| thousands of acres cannot be plough
ed, and will grow up to brush.
WEDNESDAY.
At Wednesdays session in the
course of a paper on Farming for
profit" Mr.. Chaplin said he con-
sidered our forests a part of our
farms, and the lumber one of our
farm crops. Am selling ash lumber
delivered for from SIS to $25 per
thousand, maple $12 to $14, and
spruce for So in the log. This kind
of lumber brings from SO to 81 on
CT | oh /,
when ripe, and a woodsman can tell
by the looks of tree when that is.
Always try and look up good mar
ket for any kind of Il crop. Ash is a
wonderfully fast grower. Maple sug-
ar is one OF our most profitable for
est crops, and | estimate the cost of
making it at from * to 5 cents per
pound. All the best first runs we put
into small cakes, and they usually
bring from Il to Is cents per pound.
If cooked down so it will break like
glass, when spread on snow, it can
be baked or stirred into grain sugar.
and will be heavy enough to oct
the two cents per pound bounty.
Our farm is making 60 pounds of
butter per week this winter. and it
sells for more than 100 pounds did
in the summer. Should make butter
every month in the year. Think
every farmer should keep more or
less sheep; they can be kept at a
profit. My flock of 40 produces so |
lambs, and my sales amount to
$3.50 per head for the 40 sheep in
wool and lambs. Nv neinbbOr |
raised 30 lambs from 16 ewes. Mr..
Chaplin spoke of other farm animals |
as being made to pay a profit, not
hogs and poultry.
Grass is the king crop of Vermont.
1t is estimated that we sell S2O,OOO,-
900 worth of farm produce in the
shape of butter, cheese, beef, mutton,
etc. from grass alone, and it is a well
settled fact that we must cut our
hay early, soon or before the first
blossom appears, and if the land is
n good state of cultivation cut
Two crops.
Mr.. Gilmore said he had sent sugar
20 market and had it called adulter-
tied. Mr.. Smith of the board said
maple sugar is the one crop in which
'ermOnt leads all sister states, and
) an industry which ought to be
Ostered and encouraged HoDed
here would be an exhibition of it at
he Worlds Fair in Chicago, as that
lty turned out more ''pure Vermont
maple syrup than Vermont itself.
Mr.. Sanford of the board This !
county on maple sugar is going to
i've the industry a boom. Already
1 the southern part of the state new
amps are being started. A good 7
rtieie will always command a good
rice. He spoke Of the maple sugar g
xchange at BrattlebOrO and of it's :
eng a safe and profitable way to :
ut our product upon the markets. \
Mr.. Chapin-Sell my sugar to Gus g
Omers. 1t pays to make only a
God article. As soon as the buds
tart, better gather the buckets. :
The chairman called on Mr.. Bee {
her of johnson to give his expert q
nee with hens. Mr. Beecher-I have !
ways believed in mixed farming. =
-ept an account of IS hens a few "
ears ago, and they laid 1913 eggs.
'e sold 100 for 500. Since then t
e keep about go. Have no hen a
Ouse: they run about the barn and S
post in an open shed which is only r
artly enclosed. Sold in one wear t
lO1.79 from them, besides what we n
5ed in the family. We raised pull e
is enough to keep our flock good.
nd killed and ate the young roost- o
s. Feed 12-quart pail full of RI
arm feed in the morning, consisting it
u bran, x fine feed, q corn meal, a
I'd some boiled potatoes. The hens tt
It a bushel of oats in about four il
lys; feed very little corn. Never II
W out more than $50 or $40 for
I'd for them. Do not like the Plym- a
18th Rocks; prefer brown Leghorns. a
eep lime and sand by them all the a.
ne. fl
Mr.. Clement Smith-Never made NJ
~ money on poultry. | commenced /:
rming with a mortgage on my &,
rln, and the farm has not gone vet. fo
Y experience with poultry has been
iferent than that OF some of the -,
eakers. My late day potatoes did n.
e, best, rotting less after being put ~
to the cellar | buy fertilizers, but "a
mt let any of my manure go to ~ -,
iste. Potatoes last year was my f.
st crop; raised - acres of corn ~
ia potatoes, and did not put a hoe ~
TO them, and had more weeds in oh
e garden than on the whole Is r,
res. put on 10 spreader loads OF wi
lnHre to the acre. and raised 800 f,'
shells on a little over an acre, and
Id $500 worth. The crop did not u,
st me 500. | harrow the corn I'll
ice before it comes I'D. then use the aiI