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


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Road making," and his remarks wers dis
| cussed as follows:
| Question--It there are no water bars,
| how is one to take heavy load uphill
| MIR. Sanford--Take block of wood or
| stone along and block the wheels. This
| will serve nicely for the loaded teams and
the bars will not lie IN the way for lighter
tenming
When raod machines are used will not it
help to plow the road first ?
Yes, in some places and some soils, but
not ia all. 1t depends on local crcum-
| stances. IL a road he evenly plowed up a
good surface will often be made. Levening
dirt on the ood 10 not an easy operation by
hand 1t requires skill, but road machine
is a first class evener. When dirt roads
are found successful. the road machine will
| be valuable aid III road making.
Mr.. Bass--I do not see why Mr.. Sanford
ad yocates plankiag Tor sluices. | believe
that sewer pipe is better and more parma-
neut. This town has pretty thoroughly
tried the penny wise, pound foolish method
of plank sluicing. The initial expense of
round tile sluice is greater but it is better.
There are two spots between this village aud
my home which have boen costly to the
| town, plank sluices being used. One has
cost about $500 and the other nearly 800,
whereas believe that had round tile been
put in much of the expense would have been
oJvatsd.
Mr.. Sanford cold that the use of other
things than plank was worth considering,
but he thought it doubtful if glazed tie
wonld stand the weather, being affected by
the frost. A gentleman from Berlin told
me at our Mortified meeting that the
selectmen Of his town were distributing
glazed tile for sluice purposes at II consider
able expense. The question ought to be
settled ana | hope the meeting will express
its views. | believe that iron pipe is the
bost thing to use for small suices, but when
there is plenty OF water We must use wood.
Mr.. Basis not cement pipe durable
MIR. Sanford-I don't know, but the
binary Kind crumbes
| Mr.. -, Mr.. Bean, the Central YER
mont roadmastor, has used the tile for suices
on the line of the road aud found them un-
satisfactory. 1 believe that iron pipes
would break, particularly il the road heaves
much
Mr.. Alonzo Emsry-We have with us a
veteran roadmaker from an ad joining town.
viii Mr.. Clark Davis Of Bethel give us his
views
Mr. Davis--In some places tile works we'll
and in others it DONE. When the road is
level and the tile but lightly covered look
lieve that it will work nicely. ] don't like
planl.s for sluioes and avoid them wherever |
can. l can't say how iron pipe would work.
| Mr.. Moulton OF the Green Mountain
Stock FARM think that ono step in the
direction of better roads would be taken II
the rolling stones and pebbles were picked
out Ct the roads. If we can't build perfect
, and permanent roads, let US at least better
what We have. My observation leads me to
think that the condition OF the soil is the
governing fnctor in road making and meth
DDS must vary according to the variations
of the soil. For us here in Randolph | be-
leve in tho use of the pillow. 1t takes power
but instead Of getting the top only you
bring to the surface the unused SOIL Then
bring on the road machine aEd a good road
is the result, solid and smooth. II it is
graded as it should be the water will run Oft
and is only poor in very dry season. In
, Randolph believe the selectmen can handle
! the road money as well as any single road
| commissioner. Flows, road machines and
grading have been the main factors in max
ing the good roads we have in this vicinity.
The Meeting at Sharon Addressed by III.
II. Preston of Pomona Grange
The board of agriculture held ona day
meeting at Sharon on Thursday last, at
, which O representative of the Pomona
Grange OF the county, Mr.. Moses F. Preston
, OF Sharon, read an interesting paper on
''Ensilags" He said: The days of the
husiing bees were fast disappearing among
modern farmers, who were putting tie en-
, tire crop into the silo instead The silo is
, as great an advance over the othsr methods
Of huskng and stocking, as fruit canning is
over fruit drying and the processes are not
: dissimilar. My silo is built in my barn by
+,I-o xyitn koo
= a 60 ton silo built for from $40 to $50. In
filing my sio l cut, pack and weight it, and
the ensilage is ready to feed in a few weeks.
+, The silo can take care OF much which mig BIT
@ otherwise so to waste, making green and
succulent food to winter our stock with.
Picking the ears and eusilagng tho slower
=, is better and cheaper than cutting, binding
= and stocking; there is LEGS handling, hence
a saving Of labor, and the husking 10 easy.
. Tue fields are cleared earlier and the stock
can be turned in il desired. Some ensiage
!, the whole corn, some pick Off the ears and
y ensilago the stover; both are good practices,
:, according to circumstances, but | believe
- toe COW can grind the corn as we'll as a
=. miller. The slo is great help to tbs
- dairyman and ensllage can be placed in the
=. cows mauger more cheaply than roots.
- Tho silo will! take of many OF
=. our farm crops very perfectly besides
y corn, such as late sowed oats, and
- clover. When the so was first introduced
- it was pulfed by its friends and decried by
its enemies, but in the past 10 years it has
:, proved to be a good thing. More stock car
u be kept on farm whore the corn is ens
- aged. More stock means more manure anc
-, more manure, more crops. The silo car
. handle frosted fodder to advantage, help
-. keep up the milk flow in dry season wheI
the hay crop is poor, and more food mate
:, rial can be grown and preserved per acr
y in ensilage corn than in any other crop. 1
- makes good butter and the cows do well enC
" look well on it. plant large varieties of corr
- and have had much SUCCESS with Sibey
" Pride OF the North. My experience ha
made me believer in ensilage and plent.
- of it,
~ Mr.. Slack asked whether common fell
- corn the large varieties made the bes
=. ensilage
Ia Mr.. Preston-l prefer the large varieties
~ | can raise more per acre of the large va
- rjeties hut if | want ears | have to gro,