The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-26
POwnal.

Agriculture, would seem to call for
more extended account. From the re
port furnished the VALLEY NeJUs w
copy:
&. A. Mills of Williamstown spoke OF
Farm Management" He talked prin
cipally on the management of the farm
in the Hoosac Valley. He did not Civ,
much encouragement to the hillside
farmers but he did not say anything
against their prospects. He though
that the farmers in this locality ought Il
go into the dairy business more thar
they do. He said that he was often ovtl
to North Adams and saw loads of hay
and upon asking where it comes from
the answer nearly always is "from Pow
nal" He always noticed when they re
turned home that they were going bach
with empty wagons and he thought they
were drawing just so much valuation
from their farm. They forced theil
farms and he thought it not good policy
to force the farms and draw off the hay
and carry off nothing to replace it. HI
said the farmers were feeding too mucl
corn meal to their cattle. He strongly
advised them to feed cotton seed meal
A ton of corn meal costing $500 woulC
bring about 5000 in manurial valu,
while a ton of cotton seed costing $3.50
to $4,000 per ton would in manuria
value leave S23.00, a net gain of Sl7.00 il
the feeding of a ton of the cotton seeC
meal as compared with corn meal. TIL,
cotton seed meal would produce one
third more milk than corn meal. II,
also spoke about the feeding of ensilagC
in which he was strcng believer. II
regard to the kind of cows to keep HI
favored the Jerseys altogether and h,
estimated that his cows brought hin
fully 500 per COW. He keeps dairy o
80 head, the produce of the herd h,
make into xxx butter, ice cream anC
sweet cream, for which he has read,
sale. He talked little on the breeding
of horses and thought it profitabl,
business, if properly conducted and i
the horses be properly cared for AM
trained. He gave his experience in tn
seeding down for hay. He did not be
lieve in seeding down with grain bu
after the grain is harvested he puts OF
his harrow and the following sprinj
sows good quantity of clover. He cut
from that field two tons of nice Timothy
and then he continues to raise Glove
from the field. He talked strongly il
favor of raising clover. One thing tina
its roots contained so much fertility anC
another thing farmers would put it bacl
ON to their land as they could not sci
it, He also brought up about grail
raising and said that farmers cOult
not afford to raise grain in the Easter
States.
Prof. W. w. Cook of Burlington spok
on milk and its Care" He talked a
considerable length on the differenc
between shallow and deep settings
He demonstrated the deep settings a
the only way in which to undertake t
make butter, keeping it AZ about 500 il
cold water, when it will produce one
third more cream than in cold air. B.
setting the milk in shallow pans it woul,
take "a hours at least for the cream T.
come. The speaker did not dwell mucl
on the cooperative creamery, but though
it good course to take for an eXtensiv
dairyman. He gave few good point
about churning. He said churnin!
should not place in less than from 80 t,
45 minutes and he also advised tn
farmers to use churn without any in
btTlldl uAIuTtS.
Victor l. Spear of Braintree spoke o
"the sheep VS.. the cow" Mr.. Spear i
one Of the great sheep bree lers in north
ern Vermont and of course he talked il
favor of sheep. raising. He demonstrated
that sheep raising is a profitable bust
ness if one don't get into it too deeply
He says some of our famous sheep mCl
fail because they go into fancy breet
and try to get fancy prices. The speake
advocates raising good marketable
lambs. Have them come aboutApril 10th
and give them and their mother gOot
care, and one will make money withOu
fail. He advises not to wash the sheel
as it is bad thing for the an m u AM
the farmer washes the weight off til,
wool and the life of the sheep away a
the same time. The discussion was yer.
interesting. Mr.. Chaplin told pleasing
story and was followed by Mr.. Anthem,
of Adams whose discussion was hardly
to the point. Mr.. Wright of Powna
gave his experience as sheep grove
and an orchard raiser. He ha7inl
had a good deal of experience CAV,
quite an interesting talk for few
minutes.
J. o. Sanford of Stamford gave al
address on natural and artificial fer
tilizers." He occupied most of thu
afternoon and gave a very interesting
discourse on his topic. There was littl
discussion.
r. C. Smith of Pittsford spoke OF
feeding of winter stock" He advised
the farmers to breed Ayrshires for tn,
quantity of milk but for butter making
he was strongly in favor of the Jers eys
His method of feeding stock in tn
winter was, the first thing in the morn
ing to feed them hay, then milk then
and then about 8 O'Clock let them out u
drink. While out, clean the stables
feed the cows a bushel of ensilage AM
after the feed on the ensilage return tn
cows to the stable. Feed them again a
4 o'clock and not again until the mex
morning. He also advises his fellow
farmers TO keep their cows in the stable
over night all the year around. HI
also forced upon the farmers's mind tn
advisability of kind treatment of tn
domestic animals. He insisted yer,
strongly that the ia meis shoull no
thresh their grain but cut it whei
nearly ripe and place it in the barn tn
same as hay and feed It once a day 3
the horse. This he believes will be SUI
ficient food for horse. He also though
that farmers could raise their owl
wheat in Vermont to the extent of HON
use. Farmers go TO too much expens
in buying feed for the stock. He advo
Gated the raising of corn by Vernon
farmers. The discussion was very good
Secretary Bates of the Convention, A
A. Mason and J. W. Wright each volur
teered a short talk. J. w. Wright thei
moved that a meeting be held here mex
winter and then committee of tire
was appointed to look after the affair
They were J. w. Wright, Charles II
Barber and ID. 7. Bates.
The warning for town meeting is post
ed. No stir has been apparent anon
our wire-pullers, it being the genera
opinion that the present officers will sue
coed themselves.
The election of officers of Oak Hill
Cemetery has been postponed.
Mrs. Maggie Mcconnell of Philadelphia
Penn, was a guest at her fathers TN
past week.
Miss Maud MattisOn has been enter
tanning her friend Miss Matte Gallagal
of HOOsick Falls, N. Y.
Andrew Barber left on Monday for
summer in Ohio.
On Saturday there will be held a cove
nant meeting at the Baptist Church.
The blacksmith shop of Patrick Barne
has been enlarged.
Geo. Hudson moves into the Bincoll
house now occupied by T. Hoxie Hall.
Mesdames Mariette and Melissa Lin
coin entertain their cousin, Mrs. Libbi
Barnes Of Canaan, Conn.
UEvarvhodv and their familiesn ar