The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-02
HOME MARKETS IN VERMONT.
And Diseases Of the DAIRY Cow Discus.e
BefOre the Grafton Farmara.

And Diseases Of the Dairy Cow Discusses
Before the Grafton Farmers.
At the opening of the farmers meetin
held by the boarr of Agriculture at CRATIC
Thursday, Mr.. Winslow OF the hoard gave
short talk on the diseases of dairy cows, tn
berculosis, etc Tuberculosis Ia an old an,
not new disease. So far a. we can learn tn
disease is not inherit or at least, Offspring
OF diseased animals do not have tuperculosi
when thew come into the world but they hav,
a predlspOsition to the disease which they In
herit from the parents Care should be tskel
10 case OF disease or II an animal shows symp
toms Of disease It should he tsOlsted to pre-
vent any possible contaglon and 10 enable yol
| to give the diseased animal better care, HI
advocated good care and good feed, with sur
r0undings to develop healthy. rugged con
stiIutlon and would not neglect or fail to care
| for stock simply because some herds of spec
Tally well cared fer animals had suffered dis.
| ease.
Mr.. Vail Of the bosrd gave an address on
Home markets." Many farmers are 80 sit.
| u ted that they can fud for themselves a mar.
ket for the fruits and products of their farms
/ know Of summer boarding hotel In Yer
mont that has to senc to a city MARKET for Its
fresh vegetables. eggs, chickens. for br0ilers
and early spring lambs. and that hotel Ia sur
rounded by farmers who are comDlsin'ng OF
hard times, when they have market brought
fruits, garden vegetables. early broi'ers, eggs
and lamb they could furnish. and all at good
cash prices. Small fruits are specially profit
able crops, ana the farmer who raises for the
market. can for himself secure a most health.
ful and delicate table luxury. which he can
use to the best advantage either in market or
at home. There are great many more OBJ
portunlties for home market than those
hsve mentioned, such as trout breeding.
When you have good stream OF water and
place where you can fl ,on a section of l.nd,it
might be made very profitable.
Mr.. Wtnsiow asked Mr.. Spauding In re-
gard to the growing OF berries for Market
The cost of growing berries IL so small that
even at smslr price they will pay good
profit. Assort your berries, put in no small
Unlocking berry into your baskets. hut have
every berry perfect and ripe and you can have
eupply for yourself and some to seI The
later you can get them into market the more
profitable your crop will be. Mr.. Spear urged
the attention to small fruit raising for home
consumption.
Fridays session was opened by e M Wins
on the outlook for horse breeding. Mr. Wins
low was followed by Mr. Vail with an ad.
dress on "The Dairy Cow"
10 opening the afternoon session, Mr. Spear
of the Board spoke of the result OF his stats.
tical work az sho vn by the bulletin issued.
and as an object lesson he sal y: "You will
see by the statistics collected and published
that the most extra ordinary results produce
by the dairy are not In all cases In localities
where the surroundings are the most prom
Using and the lands most fertile, In truth the
town In our State that produces the largest
average yield OF butter per COW Is a town
much like your own In rugged appearance.
The success Of the citizens of that town as
dairymeu IL owing tn it, good, thrifty farm.
era. men and women who are willing to work
and BIO think as they labor, doing inteIli-
gently what seems to them the best line of
work for them to follow" He then took up
his special su jsct 'Sbeep bu-bandry.'
Th e evening session was opened by music
by the Grafton grange choir, after which Mr.
Sanford OF the Board gave an address on
Offensive farming" 1t Ia time for us to
stop and think-are we doing the very best
We can? The DAYS Of extensive farming are
over, and now we must work on land better,
and use our brain power to develop ourselve.
and make ourselves all that we can be.
There Is no datge OF carrying intensive
farming too far. Farmers must be business
men. use their brains more and build up their
farms Instead Of pulling them down. Give
as well as receive.
Mr. Sanford was followed bv Mr. Arms of
the Board, who spoke of the several subjects
that bad been discussed Mt this institute, and
urged the farmers of Grafton to follow up
the line of work marked out by the several
speakers and to make the meeting one to be
remembered for its usefulness. Following
this he gave short talk on Vermont at
Chicago" and with another selection by the
choir the Institute adjourned.