Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21
THE FARMERS INTERESTS


ing of the Board of Agriculture.
The Board of Agriculture opened meet
ing at West Concord the 18th in the town
hall. Mr.. Walhridge was elected chairman
The board was welcomed by Mr.. Chase
The storm of the morning made the attend
ance limited Mr.. Sanford spoke ON the
subject. Good roads We come to YOU
for the purpose of giving you what we can
in the different lines of information and we
expect to get from You IA fund of informa-
ton to carry with us to others. Our roads
have been neglected till there is general
demand for Improvement that must he met
Our new law is only little change in the
regular way of fixing the roads which has
been in vogue for century. The one man
power delegated to the road commissioner is
the best part of the new law. \ good road
commissioner has a knowledge of every rod
of the road in his town He makes it his
business TO take care of the road which is
given to him n his care
y permanent road is the cheapest in the
end but the first cost is 50 great we cannot
build all our roads permanent" at once. We
can improve short piece of .or road each
year and make that short piece permanent
road. | would recommend that every town
apply the five per cent tax. every dollar of
II, to the making of permanent road
Mr. Cheney agree with Mr. Sanford'S
idea and would like to say we ought to ma
cadamize one-tenth of our roads each year,
at least one-tenth of our main roads
Mr. Chase-It is easier to take care of
good road than a poor one | agree with
Mr. Sanford that it is a good idea to have
man constantly ON the road. keeping the
small stones picked out ana water turned
out of the road.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The subject The dairy cow-her food
and care, was treated by O. &. Fisher of
Cabot who is serving with the board Mr.
Fisher took retrospective view of the care
of our dairy showing the good that had
been accomplished by the work Of Ncrmont's
Agricultural Board. especially in this line of
work. Beginning with the month Of June.
Mr. Fisher would advise feeding little
meal twice a day. even in the best month of
the year for pasture. Usually, in July. COWS
sill require IA feed of hay or fodder of some
kind, in addition to meal. For COWS cut
your hay early, before il is fully in blossom
My practice is to feed good fcddcrng of
hay Just after milking. warm the water for
cows to about 800. After Watering we re
turn the COWS to the stable and give from
- TO 20 pounds of cnsilage ana four or five
pounds of meal, corn bran. cotton seed and
IA little linseed meal in the winter | give
my cows what they will eat and relish II
pays to card and brush your COWS | often
feed my cows in the morning and give them
all they want before 8 o clock, and don dis
turb them again till 4 o'clock in the after
noon Let heifer come in AT - or %
months, and if they have been raised well
up to that date they will give you if well
bred and well developed, 300 pounds of but
ter for the first year The second year they
will not do much better, but after that YOU
can add about 60 to 30 pounds to the Weld
OF the first two years.
To guard against flies use any bad smell
ing oil, brushing them over taking care to
put it on where the COW $ tail cannot reach
and one application will serve till wa have
Il rain, Pun your COWS in the barn early
before il gets too cold for IA man
to stand out without coat
Buy Your grain by the carload AT the lowest
cash prices and you can afford to use grain
more literally. Would give cows "A rest
of two full months when drv-and have
them come in when butter is bringing "A
high pricc-allowing them to come in TO"
about four or five months-so giving YOU "A
share of new mich cows all the time.
The grain ration costs from TO 10 cents
per day for each COW, hut the skim milk
when fed to calves and pigs aud the fer
tililrls will pay fOr all the grain fed the
cows There is no business that pays better
than dairying, If conducted as it should be-.
Mr.. Walhridge-Dd vou ever use land
plaster? Not much | used il nmv stables to
keep the air sweet, but am using sawdust
now and can keep NY stables quite sweet
with it. Land plaster j, the best possible
thing 10 use for plant food DO You think
1t pay, best 10 put the corn entire into the
silp Yes it pays, for it makes more but
ter thun when ml,kci aud fei with the cnsi
laSe rs meal
Please give your average butter per cow