Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-14
THE STATE BOARD.
OPENING OF THE FARMERS MEET
lNGS OF THE WINTER.
The Outlook for Horses, Road-Naking, the
Dairy Cow, Variations OF MIX Among
the Subjects Considered at Georgia by
the Board of Agriculture.


the Board of Agriculture.
The first meeting of the Board of gricul
| ture for the year 1851 was opened Mt
| o'clock D. M, December g. at Georgia by
| prayer by Rev. MIR. Hurlburt. Mr.. Wins
| low addressed the audience on the subject of
The outlook for horses" In the discus
| sion which followed Mr.. Sanford favored
raising colts to grow up with your boys.
Mr. Sanfor,l--is there demand for good
horses to-day? There is good demand.
even to-day for good horses, we'll broken,
and good trotters. He asked, what do You
think of the Cleveland bay ! don't like
! them. as | want my horses for business. not
to look at. We want more grit and more
| spirit than the Cleveland bay possesses.
Mr., ,Atbinson---ire the Porcherons gaining
in favor in this country. Reply-rhe Per
chcron, even here are in fairly good dc
mand.
Mr. Curtis appealed TO the gentleman pres
ent to Try to aid the meeting. to be prompt
TO question and add to the interest Of the
meeting
Mir. Bli>S--lS the quality Of the Vermont
Morgan the result of our soil, climate and
feed. or it, blood Replied to by Mr..
| Win,low. \ horse is often tho result of the
character of the men who produce il. We
| in Vermont want trapry horses. In Ken
| tucky and some other State, they seem TO
have selected other types.
W. +. Looms-W hat do YOU think of in
breeding animals; Reply ] don't like in
breeding Line breeding ito believe in.
! ubreeding Wcalicns the constitution Line
breeding strengthens the constitutions
Mr.. Loomi,--I: has he"n said 1t is not
well to inbrcrd the Lambert blood, for rs-
ample Reply | an Very partial tr the
Lamber,, but would ike a Lowell headed
Morgan to breed with the Lambert strain.
Mr.. WilcoX--I knew a man who bred
several colts from mare and everyone
showed weak knees What could yuu 10 for
this Don't breed her Inherent faults
must lie guarded against The dam may be
perfect but farther back You may fiud
line Of stock with weak or faulty organila-
tiou. Mr.. Sanford urged tho necessity Of
avoiding any fault in the brood mare
The evening session opened with song
by Miss kempton, after which Mr.. Arms
spoke few moments ON the subject a,si%n-
cl. M Win>loW rofnTod to ,he immense
growth oi the American nGtiun for the ua~t
century. which was shown 10y the different
SAYS of doing tis same thing by the Aluori-
can, ana the moSt d.grni led nations OF the
earth
The attendance al the nee, ing, was fairly
good and earnest attention was paid To the
speakers.
ruru,pA4 NJENING'S SESSION.
Al tine openin. of the second day
road making was the subject treated by
Mr. Sanford 81 the BOARD The value of
our farm property il largely dependant Oh
| he condition of our road- Roads are an
index of the cnoract a. of oar people. SHALL
Nc build permanent roads. is the question Of
to-day II made Of stone Tits AN cHvrmpu>
cost ana can we afford it, is the question
cvery one asks. Electric roads are a tAiu4
of the near future to be rum into the country
al different points. : road commission by
p SOLICITING good mieu to look each after short
piece OF road in town, can get II cared for
at Il small cost and save many times the
cost of the service,
Mr.. So,glr was in accord with Mr. san
ford rs regard, caring for the roads aud
keeping the water ont OF them aud it needs
quite number Of men who are responsible
10 look after the roads constantly lN-e-pec
ialv in clay section of the country,
Mr. soWlc asks ''What viii you DO with
road bed that has settled too Hat to
raise th,ni cnough 10 make it pay
10 gravel them R"ply-To rails,
level ! wuad if. possible sco,r" good,
well drained foundation for the road and
with the wafer taken ont of it, the road will
stay in place. Filling with stone viii make
n road bottom that will retain its position.
, and a well drained road covered with gray O.
is a good road, and small amount OF
care will make it permanent road.
Why not use a rnad machine to open a
trench in the middle of tine road. to ill ur
t with stone: Reply do not think the
machine can make a good trench deer
| enough to make il safe TO fill ia with stone,
/ \ good man with shovel i, better.
Would You put clay with gravel Reply
: I thinl; gravel and clay mixed woulc
make good road.
Mr. Douglass Buck-lIow long VIII ma
= caIami2ci road last. Rcply-1hat depend,
- on how we'll it is done, but WHEN we'll don,
e it will last many years.
r. Mr. j. K. Curtis-no | understand Mr.
r Sanford theory to he to care lOr the better
/ part of the road and then make a permauen
piece Of road where the worst is now?
Q Mr. Winslow--I agree with Mr. Sanford
70 You must get rid of the water in your road
i before YOU can make road even fairly pas
Il sable.
f Mr.. Burke of Fairfax-We have a lclg,
II of soft rock which We can get ut very con
f yeniently. Would that be a good GOVERN!
+ for "A road? Reply y-Brattleboro tried
+ soft slate covering at an carly day and /
j. was n failure Common cobhlc stones vii
y break and make a good road.
= Mr.. Douglass-My experience in the rs
of gravel was very much in il, favor
using it directly ON the top Of clay road
Il The gravel must be of rather coarse qUalit,
" in order to make permanent hard roa
Il surface.
! Mr. Loopis-What is the cost Of a ston
Il crtshcr and working it Reply tror
e SlUU up. Cost of crushing is about % cent
r Il ton, usually, and it is sold at about $40
II to ~. 30 ton by the road construction com
panieS.
AFTERNOON SESSION
'e Subiect-"rhe dairy COW Treated b
d Mr. Wnslow Of the board
: Originally all COWS were of one breed, an
IS what we have now is the result Of the min
lc of man. who controls the breeding and dc