Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-20

breeds
Charles Weir: Would you warm water
for cows
Mr.. Sanford; | like warm water, but do
not warm my own. My water is under
cover and cows in warm stables. IL cows
are cold should prefer warm water for
them. Cows must be kept warm.
Mr.. Mann: Can you keep your stables
too warm2
Mr.. Sanford; Most assuredly stables
mood to bc well ventilated.
Mr.. Fitch: Do you litter your stables
Mr.. Sanford Yes, always; use sawdust
when can get nothing better; waste from
wooden factory is the best, and waste
from cigar store or munufactorv is an ex-
cellent ABSORBENT; will clear the stable of
vermin and is rich III fertilizing elements.
ENENGNG SESSION.
Hon. William Chaplin of Mddlesex spoke
on Farming for profit Iio said: We
cannot know whether we are making aprof
it or not unless We keep IN account, and
take an inventory every year; every other
business does that and it is the only true
way. Have taken an inventory every
year ana know It has been of value to me-
believe our wealth should grow rs Il tree
grows, year by year and not come all at
one that mas been profitable to me is the
crop froh the forest. Think our trees
should he harvested as soon as they mature
just tho same us any other crop; there al
ways will be market for lumber. The
best and most profitable crop is the maple
sugar. Mr.. Chaplin took up all the farm
crops ami gave his experience, spoke OF
barley being sOwn SO as to raise two crops,
using the last crop as forage or feeding
green; frost will not injure barley and for
f--dng late can not be surpassed. Every
farm should raise strawberries If net for
market for own use; can raise as many
bushels on a piece of land as potatoes.
Mr.. Fitch: What kinds of strawberries
wou you plant;
MIR. Chapin The best kind have tried
are the Crescent Seeding they are large
and bear abundautly. Should fertilize with
the preceding crop; corn should preceIe
Strawberries or some hoed crop that has
been kept free from weeds; ashes can he
US d prohtably on the ground stra wberrles
should be set in spring and all buds and
runners kept back the first year; some OF
the stamiuate kinds should be set with the
Crescent, say one to ~ to fertlize the bios
sons will hold out four or five years; bet
ter moist soil than dry; should be water
ed artiicially if the weather sdry.
T. d. Fitch: The greatest industry in
this section IS the manufacture OF maple
sugar; more money from this crop comes
into town than auy other. To have a good
sugar house is the first thing to be thought
OF and the boiling apparatus next. Prefer to
reduce to a 10 to | / pound syrup in the woods,
settle in large tanks and can from the top;
il put up in cans hot 1t is not as liable to
grain. The best way to retaln the maple
flavor IS to seal the syrup in tin cans, tnis
csn be taken at any time and IN lie into
cakes or soft sugar as You wish aul have
perfectly fresh taste Our merchants buy
and seal ia ~ gallon thus and keep in that
way. Our experience, Is that it keeps bet
ter in this way than any other | am sell
ing syrup to-day for 81 per can and sugar
cake, Tor ID cents per pound. If syrup is
.ut mp cold the cans should not DE flied full
u, the heat would exuanI the cans.
Mr. Smith Of the board: The taste of
the consumer are not educated up 10 the
nicely OF the article; had known instances
where sugar had been sent back from mar
ket as adulterated when it was absolutely
pure.
Mr.. Fitch said the same.
Mr.. sanford OF the board: That our
sugar has a reputation a, being the best is
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