Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-01
Orange County Farmers.
Cows, Horses aud Maple Sugar Are the
SpecIaIties. Columbian Prizes for
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Orange County, VT. This county received
the gold medal lor the best butter, both a
the recent Columbian Exposition at Chi
cago and at the Paris exposition in 1888. Oh
the outskirts of West Randolph lies the
celebrated Green Mountain farm, owned
by Moulton Bros. Al the WORLDS Fair
their butter scored the highest number oi
points all through. The stock is entirely
Jersey and nearly 900 head Gre kept.
FARMING PROFITABLE.
Newbury, in which lies the village OF
I Wells River, makes speciality OF butter
making, the milk going to the creamcries
and the butter being made there. The
nigh prices OF farm produce, together with
the advantages the creameries furnish, are
making farming profitable. Some OF the
leading farmers are II. 7. baldwin, A. M.
I Wniielaw, G. w. Eastman, j. +. George
and c. II. McAllster.
SELLING OFF SHEEP.
Previous to the starting OF the creamery
two and one half years ago, Nershire was
a sheep-raising town but now all are sell
ing cff their sheep. Cows, maple sugar,
grains, corn and potatoes, are the money
bringers The principal farmers are l.. B..
Darling, 200 acres; J.Cross, 100; w .A.Mat-
toon 100; l.. l.. Robinson, Il. *. Fits, 100;
J. Clinton CastleIon, 200; j X. Stacey 200;
a. Z. Sleeper, $50; John Carl, 220; w. c..
loO; +. b. Spear, $50, and p. j. Eaton, $50.
Ali keep from 10 to 20 cows and raise
grains and potatoes. A few good farms
can be bought for reasonable prices as the
owners are along in years and wish TO rest.
LEADING FARMERS.
In Thetford, the farmers have done well
che past year. Some of the leaders are w.
II. Messer, II. f. Willoughby, G. A. Laud,
Il. r. Sloan, J. T. Quimby, n. H. Porter,
w. d. Cook, g. II. Porter, A. 0. Turner,
l.. j. Hubbard and II. n. Burr.
MAPLE SUGAR, WORKING OXEN AND Dali
RYING.
In Corinth, maple sugar, working oxen
and dairying are the leading specialties.
Farmers have been more than fairly sue
cessful this year. B. f Ordway, dairy and
general farming, has 300 acres and large
stock lot of sugar in the season. o. p.
Dickey is a general farmer with 75 to 100
acres. His speciality is high blood horses.
One green horse put on the track for the
first time this fall made 2;43 and the track /
10 seconds slow. He also has a fine lot of /
COWS. ]. w. Whites speciality is poultry. |
He has good sale from abroad for his /
fancy fowls. He also runs a small dairy. I
Sam Z. Stevens has 200 acres and would 4
like to make sheep his speciality, but ow- /
ing to pre- ent prices has not been doing /
much but general farming for the last few /
years. re lS the Ouiy ldfIner III lnls VI j
cinitv that raised wheat this year, and has [
a good farm and is a splendid farmer. He
raises some horses and recently sold pair
Of colts for $3.50 T.. L. Joplin has $50 to
200 acres. Heis large dairyman and in the
season has the largest lay out on maple sug
ar in this vicinity He taps 1000 maple trees
and contracts all his sugar at good prices.
All the farmers have good sugar orchards,
rom 500 TO 900 or 800 trees, and all sell
1t high prices. No better sugar is made.
An agricultural fair is held here each sea-
ION. More oxen and steers are shown than
It any fair in the State. A new co-opera.
i've creamery is nearly ready TO run.
There is also one at Topsham, four miles
lbove in the same valley; five miles to the
northwest there is one, five miles to the 3
vest, another, eight miles southeast ,anoth-
T and i've miles northeast, still another. :
HORSE RAISING. !
Farmers in Washington devote consid- 4
rable attention to horse raising. ID. p. :
mith is the owner OF Golden stallion,
wo years old that, is beauty. He took
ourth premium at the Worlds Fair. He
chestnut and of good style and action.
!. X Hough hton owns fine farm of about
acres. Mr.. Houghton buys and sells
orses, and has some good ones. He has
yo-year-old stallion, sired by Archoyly
v Abraham, by psniel Lambert. His
eight is ,050 pounds, OF good style and
pod stopper. Geo. W. Downing owns a
rm OF about $50 acres. He has some fine
'lts and about 30 nice sheep, 6 cows and
yoke of oxen. He is one of the best
rmers. j. b. Seaver, on the same road,
IS good farm and keeps about Is horses
Id colts and so sheep and to 10 cows.
r .Seaver is thorough practical farmer.
c. Cheney is a thorough farmer who
,eps dairy of II to 10 cows and always
is some of the best oxen in town. {. ID.
illiams owns the General Thomas farm
I'd is doi..g a large business. Dan. Flint,
q. Moody, p. C.J.Cheney, M. w. Cham
rlin ana A. I. Newman are all gopd
rmers or good farms. Farmers seem to
doing fairly we'll.
COWS AND SHEEP.
At Union Village, there are many large
'mers who keep cows for the creamery
d a few sheep. A few OF the leading
es are E. Nj. Fullington, w. f. Davis,
IA. Sal gent, A. w. Clark, q. q. Clark,
NJ. Parker, M. A. Lord, Ii. NJ Martin,
G.. Ellis, I. j. Gorden, fl. NJ. Austin,G.
Benton and j. A. Campbell.
SELLING STOCK AND BUYING cows.
IN South Strafford, the leading speciality
ong the farmers is the dairy. They have
an fairly successful the past year, ,receiv-
fair price for their butter. The cream
7 here makes 1926 pounds of butter every
D days. Some of the farms are from 40
200 acres each. Almost all the formers
selling their stock and buying COWS.
spring there will be a large per cent Of
stock of this town cows. The patrons
eived 23 ccrts pSr pound for November
ter.
ONE OF the largest farmers are l.. ID.
bling, II Burnham. f. S. Hewes, Geo.
ndall, Geo. Morrison, c. ID. Preston,
}. H. Brown, ID. c. Blanchard, Ita Rodg.
and B.Buell.-New England Farmer.