Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-26

emo: 20, BUrIingtOh; SO-~I, hlnesDurEn, Oh
and February !, East Corinth; 2-3, Spring
field; IS, Brattleboro; 0-1G, South London
derry; 1915, Addison; 1911. Shoreham; 21-
30, Brandon; % West Rupsrt 1924,
Poultuey; % and March /, Manchester Cen
tire; 2-3, North Bennington; 1.S, Hsrdwick;
Q, Worthwhile.
The Meeting Held at South STAFFORD
Farming Compared with Other Callings.
The Board of Agriculture we're welcomed
at South Stanford on Friday last by the
chairman of the meeting, Mr.. Fl. l.. Hatch.
He said that this is the money making age;
that the farmers son oftan longs TO leave
the old farm and launch out in business
regardless Of the fact that he is fully as apt
to succeed at home. He has heard of the
Oriental who sold his farm for a
gong and sought long and unsuccessfully for
diamonds in many countries, only to return
and find that his own farm had become u
valuable diamond field, but he fails to see
any application to himself. Times and
methods have changed and the successful
man of the day must be a hustler.
The merchant and manufacturer put
money into the newest and most improved
materials and the successful farmer sees the
advantage of machinery over hand labor,
of intensive farming, of breeding to pur-
pose, of striving to make each years prod
ucts better than the last, of putting heart
aud hand into his work.
In my estimation the minister exhorting
from the pulpit, the lawyer pleading at the
bar, and the doctor by the patients bed
side need less diversified knowledge than the
man who thoroughly understands the vary
ing adaptability of his farm, who manuros
and cutivates it to its full capacity of
production, who knows the varying needs
Of his animals, VINO eau successfully market
his products, who is up a the many special
ties that make up the farming OF to-day.
The State OF Vermont has a diversified soil
adapted 10 all kinds OF stock raising, a
country whore drouth, cyclones and locusts
are unknown, and people whose blood and
stock Is of such merit that where
ever one goes it is only necessary TO say
he is Vermonter TO insure his welcome.
An endeavor has been made of late to check
the exodus of Vermonts best sons and
daugh tiers, and | trust that a demonstra-
tion of her capabilities will awaken in every
farmer the feeling that his own farm is G
diamond field in which the harder he digs
the more he will got. Mr.. V. 1. Spear OF
the board gave an interesting talk or
"Sheep Husbandry," which was discussed
in part as follows:
Mr. Burnham.-What do you think Of
Shropshires
Mr. Spear-I think that thoy cross bet
ter than any other breed with our merinos
They have many good qualities which wei
adapt them to Vermont. They are smaller
| but herd better than Cotswolds, and pro-
| duce medium wool which is now much il
demand. Their fieeces however are no
| heavy.
| Have you ever crossed these heavy breed
ON meriros
Yes, for three years l have crossed
| Shropshire on old merino ewes with fairly
| good results, the lambs making good NUT
| ton lambs. | do not, however, cross IL.
first class merino ewes with the Shropshire
growing and breeding from the progeny
| for u cross OF two horoug hbred lines neve
works we'll in breeding.
Mr.. Burnham-Do your merinos pay q
we'll ae others, all things considered !?
MIR. Spear-Mine pay better. 1t is pos
sible to raise them, with both wool and NUT
ton in view and do as we'll as with coarse
wooded sheep. But as rule | believe thu
breeders will do better with the latter.
Mr.. Burnham--I haven't much faith j
mutton sheep, unless one has a special maj
| hel tAeII.
MIR. Spesr-The market for early muttor
lambs 10 not confined to any locality Yo
don't have to seek that market, it seeks TO
you, A few years ago mutton wa
hardly quoted, yet now it
the highest priced meat sold, pal
.icularly if it be lamb mutton. TIL
puts new phase upon the sheep question
one We must pay attention to. II the sheG
only make good mutton we can grow wo
at present low prices. A pound Of mute
can DO grown as cheaply as pound of be-
and the wool is thrown In. The sheep nj
ture earlier and take less feed.
Mr.. Hayes-Whet is tho best grain fee
for breeding ewesY
Mr.. Spear-Ground oats are perfect bl
too costly. | feed bran, cob meal and c
meal, feeding it dry. | prefer to feed Il
shelled corn whole sometimes, so that ii
, stronger sheep will not bs as liable to get a
the grain.
Mr.. Hatch-How much snsilage do "
, fosd your breeding ewes.
Mr.. Spesr--A bushsl to go. The ensilai
is not heavily cared.
8 Is it better than hay
No better but more succuent. Roo
? are expensive to raise and handle and d
sheep do as we'll on the epsilage
MIR. Burnham-Do you advise wrinkle
. sheep
I Yes, but the day of small wrinkle