Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
THURSDAY EVENING.
Address Id Jon. M. Lnh.nn SIM

Address of Hon. w. hudson smith.
Hon.W. Judsun Smith. of the department
of agriculture. Washington, ID. G.. delivered
an address on the disposal of farm pro-
ducts. Farmers should aim. he said to
send to market the best kind Of every pro-
duct, and should seek new markets. The
old countries Of Europe would furnish large
markets for the butter and cheese. If the
Europeans eat corn bread, made from meal
furnished from this country. why may they
not spread on it our butter. or eat it with
our cheese.
Pleuro-pneumOnia was sent us from
Holland. Wherever the disease was sus-
pectel to be there was a strict surveillance.
and where necessary. a quarantine estab-
lished. Holland and England have both
spent much money to stamp out the
disease, As we had stamped it out here.
England has made a strict examination
of our cattle as they are landed, but find
none of them affected with the disease
Our pigs are now entering European mar
kets. our beef goes there i'm large guam
titles and is always found in good condi-
ton. \ man in New York, named Boss,
used to buy up horses, kill them and send
them to Europe to be made up into Bologna
sausage, and some of it no doubt came
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interstate commerce act came to operate
on such business, the secretary of agricul-
ture took a hand i'm the game. The first
action was to coniiScate and destroy large
consignment of such meat, and now the
dead horses 20 to make manure.
See what a market there has been made
all over the world for the Edam cheese.
Why cannot Vermont make such a market
i'm the world? 1t can be done by always
making our products of uniformly good
quality. When YOU have succeeded in
making butter or cheese that meets the
taste Of the consumer then always make it
The same way and it will always meet with
a ready demand. Nou must aim to COM
maId the confidence of the buyer and con
sumner If your butter happens to be not
quite right don't send it to your customers.
1t will tend to destroy confidence in your
productions, and when tn is destroyed it
is hard to be reganed.
4 great deal depends upon the feed Civ
Ell to the stork, much more than there is
depending upon the breed of cattle. Look
after the feeding part and give your COWS a
chance. See to it that you know the result
as to each animal. Keep an account of
each COW. Never feed damaged hay or
musty grain what you save in cost of
feed will he lost in lcsscned profit and loss
of reputation. The COW will respond to
iudicious feeding and proper care and give
you good returns therefor.
The SiIo to Date.
John Gould delivered an address on the
silO to date. He said that the latest idea
was to make single board wooden silo;
matched lumber put on grooves up and
those filled with paint; these boards are
nailed ON to studding two by sis. set six
teen inches from centre to centre with a
foundation of twelve inch square stick of
timber. bcdded into the earth and trenched
in. The door is made by saving down be-
tween two studdings, a cleat is then nailed
ON to the Studding and then coal tar paper
put SO as To press against the enSilage,
then nail clcats on the studding and put
the boards back. one board is taken Oft at
time as the ensilagc is used so as to keep
the top of the door level with the enSilage,
Ensiage is best put in cut up; but if put
in whole il must be put in all one way and
not dollhouse fashion or it will rot. The
best way is to hire an engine and have it
cut up, if this can be done at reasonable
expense The kind Of corn best suited for
ensiagc is that which will do best in the
part of the country where the silo is to be
built, and will attain full development.
The convention closed with an interest
ing paper by Mr. Alpha Messer grand
master of the state grange, on "The Edu
cation of Farmers He advocated a sys-
TEN of practical instruction that would be
found best adapted to the life work Of the
child in after life.
The association then adjourned without
date.