Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-28
THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.


interesting remarks in calling the meeting
to order. He said; Washington county was
peculiarly adapted to the dairy busines 5,
which was chiefly followed.
Mr.. Chapln said it pleased him to meet
the farmers of his own county. We have
given the best butter record in the world,
that of l.. c. Fisher of Cabot being 3i5
pounds per COW In dairy of % cows. In
dividual cows have done better, but no
dairy OF that size. In his paper ON ''Caro
OF pastures and mealows' DIR. Chaplin
said: Grass is the great crop of Vermont.
Nine -tenths of the cleared land is in grass
Our pastures in too many instances are
growing poorer. On the steep hills and
mountains where they have been washed
and led for 100 years they had better grow
up to brush and return to forest again
they have done their work. Where they
can Le plowed it may be in some instances
! best to do SO and tertlize, but not always.
1t pays in some instances to SOW ashes or
ground bone and in others grass seed; but
we are drifting into the soilins system. We
| snould keep the brush cut and NOV the
| brakes two or three times a year. 1t is Il
| good idea to stock pastures heavily and soil
| them. Our moving lands are OF much
more consequence than our pastures. They
| are growing better, and we should con
| tlnue to improve them. Teep them smooth
ami fitted for the machine We need no
shade trees in them and should allow no
stumps to remain. We should allow no
stock on the mowings and need no fences.
| Allow no springs 10 make wet places; un-
derdrew tnan
| seed with 10 pounds of timothy, II of
clover, 3 OF Alsike, 2 of " hire clover. This
gives good results Grass green or dry is
| the cheapest feed we can use; would cut
early; grass cut early does not run out as
quickly as that cut later, especially when
allowed to go to seed Our Iarm5 would
pay better If we farmed it more intensely
and made our lands Gu, three tons per aero
, at two clippings.
| Mr.. Bliss-How deep do you drain
MIR. Chapin-From q TO 3 feet deep. Be
sure you 80 deep enough.
( MIR. SJnborn-Wh hIcn Is the most e.Yectual
way TO dram with stone or tile
Z Mr. Chapin--I never used tile. | get rid
! OF tne stone on my farm by putting them
INTO bitches; lay throat and cover with
hai ones alter Which I'LL in with smaller
stones.
MIR. Dwinnell--Woud you feed the grass
after haying or moving 1t
MIR. Cnapin-I would NOW it and feed it
out would not allow any to 20 TO seed if
cut 1t and left It 10 rot on the ground.
MIR. Leonard-ilow about naluring <
sandy sol?
3.r. Chapin-W ou.d put it on often.
Air. SNOWY lat is the best seed for pas
lures?
Mr.. Chap,n-All kinds Of seeds The
orchard sru-s Is a good pasture grass.
Mr.. omIt.-N hen wou.d u GU SOW orchard
grass for pasturs;
MIR. Cuspin-Any time.
On the second uay Mr.. Charles Uoilistl lr
read Il paper on ''Corn raising" lie said |
pow in tue fail, about seven inches, and
prefer green sward. app.y the manure
bi bicaGcast, five C0rus per ac.-, use wheel
harrow, sprlus tooth, aud sMo tang mar
ROW. plant IRON ~ Ii 10 2jth oil May and
tlree to tour spears. apply so pounds
OF phosphate per acre; use u smoothing har-
row and Bonds weeder; use these on q
bright day. If tue land is not
very wcedy | use no hoe except
TO cut tAistIes, docks and planuu.
Good walking Aorss wal 30 over three quar-
tors OF an acre III an hour with Boul'-
"eeder. ~ keeping a correct account IN
1859, | found that / raised TWO acres Of
coru that cost, including phosphate aud
IauOr, just IL cents for each basket of ears,
maNins no allowance for future value ol
Ter tlllLels. Seed ,uodiI not be allowed to
freeze bsfore thorough y dry.
}. o. Sanford--W Water iced for any Kind
of stock should approximate as nesr.y d,
possible to summer leod. Feed young stocl;
10 produce growth aud not tat. 1t is very
nice point 10 iced heller and keep her de
veoplnE in the rsnt direction. Any fod-
der tnat Will produce growth will produce
mnk. Alter an animal las got It's growth
feed for its deve.opMont; THINK smah cows
are kept with more profit than large ones
from 500 to 1909 is the best slzs.
H. y. HolAster, East Montpelier Have
tried to experiment and find the cost oi d
pound Of butter. | have 10 cows, ture.
lwo-y ear O.ds, three three yeal- -OiIs ana In,
rest Older. raise my own corn and III,
miX,u feed is POO corn cob a.e.', 20,
bran, 100 cotton seed meal, feed eish
pounds OF this m.Xtuio N two leeds to ,aa.
COW with ~ pounds hay,,2i pounds eusi,s-l
) and four pounds of dry corn fodder L
| makes butter cost l3. cents per pound
counting the hay at eight dollars a ion
corn cob meal at 45 per 100. | sell but
ter Tor 20 cents. | water with warm water
once day. | think if young farmers Won,
weigh everything they feed and tue products
they receive, they would know more.
Mr., Pltkln OF East Montpelier said: FeeC
cows in the morning one half busAei ot en-
silGse with three pounds OF gram; at nool
u Iced OF hay. II | feed an extra Iced o
hsy no good rasuits. Anlma.s should no
, be gorsed with course fodder
irof. Cooke gave the results OF an expert
ment OF corn fodder put in sllo and III stock
out of DOORS corn cut some time alternat
ing with one in silo and the other IN TIA
stook The stocks made very large an,
bound tight kept In good condition an,
, when fed were cut into one-quarte
inch Sits. All were eaten wIthou
waste. The experiment began November
and ended April /. One-haf COWS fed OF
ensilage tour weeks, then the same time OF
fodder the other half alternating. Tn
milk was weighed and analyzel in boti
! cases; shrink COW when feeding corn toldrr
and ensilage would not bring 1T hack. In
corn fodder was in the best of condition
, but the ensllage was not The $40 was $
, large we could not feed over the whole toI
every day. There was no change PRACTICAL.
: in the quality of the milk; ensilage wa
, worth per cent more than corn fodder.
MIR Ssnford-ls enslage more digestabl
than green corn?
Prot. Cooke-Ensilage i, not SO dgestabl
aS green corn, aud corn fodder not 50 iii