Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-10-01
Track and Harrow.
Plow in the fall; harrow in the sp

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Never in the history of agricultural
fairs in New England has the attendance
been so uniformly large as it has been
this season. The superb weather has
had much to do with this.
The Baron Wilkes mare, Bravo, turned
the tables on her rival, Hulda b, at
Mystic last week. The Vermonter cap
tured the first heat in 243 and Bravo
the next three in PA, 2314, , 2l34.
The get of Baron Wilkes are stayers.
Cut roses which have wilted may be
freshened by making two longitudinal
cuts, at right angles to each other, for
about one and a half inches up the stem,
and then placing them in cool water.
The four quarters will separate, and
even buds will open and remain gate
fresh for two weeks.
Judging horses by scale of points at
fairs where premiums are offered has
come to stay. Expert judges OF This
character are scarce. The requirements
for such, is that thorough knowledge of
all the points which only born horse
man can acquire, coupled with a famil-
iarity of pedigrees which can only be
gained by months of careful study.
The horsemen of Castleton and Hyde
vile have formed an association and will
build a half-mile track this fall. The
officers are: President. w. j. Howes :;
vice resident, Horace B. Ellis; secret a.
rv, n. A. Litchfield; treasurer, j. X P.
Pine; trustees. John w. Flagler, Thorn
as Bolger, W. E. Metcalf, John E. Rut-
ledge, Martin Bolger, s. E. Hanger, and
c. d. Wescott.
Malcolm Thomas trotted his 720 pound
animal 80 miles in four hours and 81 min
utes at Beacon Park on the 18th ult., in
Guiding four stops, which aggregated 20
minutes. This is an excellent perform
ance considering the size of the pony,
which was bred in California, and sired
by thoroughbred. The best record for
/ that distance is three hours and 81 min
utes, made in 1885.
E. r. Brayton of Alburgh Centre, VT,
has sold the<nhllion Gocawin's Hamble-
tonian S64, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
10, also Jennie Lambert, by Daniel Lam
bert; dam by Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
He has on hand a most promising five
year old by Goodwin. He is dark
dapple gray, stands l6 hands and is sim
ply perfect in his makeup, can show a
2 40 with thirty days handling.
In northern New England, at least, we
do not want deep pIowing. Maximum
on land plowed less than six inches deep.
The object of deep tillage is to tighten
and let the air through an indurated soil.
Our frosts will not infrequently so ex-
pand the soil by freezing the saltwater
as to raise its surface four inches. When
the frost leaves, the soil is too light, and
needs compression, in order to grow a
good crop.
The subject of dash races is up for dis
cussion again. Some excellent horse
men are in favor of them. For genuine
sport they may be preferable to the three
in five system, but will it improve the
horse stock of this country to breed for
speed alone. Trotting stock is getting
very plenty in this country. Breeders
are looking to foreign demand to alb
sorb the surplus. Foreigners prefer trot-
tiers that can stay the route to those
which show great speed for short dis
lance. Two and three-mile dashes would
not be likely to injure the staying quail
ties, however.
The average farmer does not work, all
told, more than six months out of the
year. During the winter he manages to
feed his stock and himself, and that is
about all. During the summer the old
, motto, "more rain, more rest" is appli-
cable, and little mathematics will show
that the farmer manages to let a good
many summer days go by without much
manual labor. | am of the opinion that
there isn't another class of laboring peo-
pie in the United States that spends as
many hours out of the year in idleness as
the average farmer.-Eugene l.. Arnott
in Ohio Farmer.