Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-02-08
FARMERS INSTITUTE,
State Board of Agriculture at
GuilfOrd.
Addresses by Members OF the BOARD.
John y. Gale aud Others---a Good At
tendnnce in Snite of sever NXenther.


Addresses by Members OF the BOARD .
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tendance In Spite Of severe weather.
Ah institute was optntdin Guilford on Tuesday
at 20 O'tosk A NJ 4 cold morning with the
northeast wind bl ,tiur savag,I, did r,, ,r,.
wont fl r,1l ,.t.,t,r,.. o., cha, -. H.,
''"' wan "'''"uau'' H' lne opening session 10y
the farmers and their wives from Guilfurd and
vicnitv. Chl~ j.. Alexander was elected chair
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jay i'i called attention 10 tine need OF study aud
thought in conducting farming operations sue.
c..~fuly al t,a p-4sapt fi,,. and ,ra.lit.l ,t,
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''"'" Wv "-' ''u'lU'' WIN H"'IHE l'Hu'I'u Wuch
aid 'u ermont farmers by their institute work,
bee was glad To- welcome the board ta CriI ford
believing that b,ttpr ffi.fl I. v.,,iil f,l,, from
., -. ,.., 80 '''' '''.'' lynn
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meeting Tie believed that farm property was iu
letter demand now than iu the past and com.
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hoard had taken il M Tor ib. turnoss Of ,ii- .lie
i,, t tIan@nt f ,i ,,i l,u, i,osr ul uiigt,
i5, ',5 ,,i ir tt ol', ~ Wy guy ull tc
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e ti H., 's S,a,e Inc present
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V-rrinoriai h9y. made il ,ri,,,,t % ]
O. scIiring b,lsiness and tbs Ii,r. ' ii.is
made many revelation. in regard f., tb. nai,,r af
fn. dis.os. TN. dis,.,.,. ~ ,r n ~ , .
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nudrr The name Of c"psnn,uf,, NH e.. H,iUH
THE. SNEAKER th.n yave n Lrief bistr,. 81 80 AZ
4as, and noted IFS rtsristi.s srj ,,,,',s 20
Inc taken ON hy ,he animal system, anu T6 oi
dark stable was the ideal Mace, for convey inc ~
disease from one animal 10 another III. 80,
which causes the disease is est roved bv a,n6s,,ra
to the sunlight II is also killed bv us haing
heated from So to 11Oo therefore milk from, srs
pectpd animals may be made ssf. to lis. h, hing
heated TO lb,'. Speaking of the use of tubercu
lin. Mr. W lnSiOW said n was a valuable. diaguOs-
l. test and M the hands of careful and skillful
person he be- ieved II was nearly ,falihIe: dii
not think il caused any injury TO a healthy animal.
believed that as a rule farmers knew whether
rhey had the disease ina heir herds: did not ad-
wise farmers having herds where there were no
suspicious cases to have their herds tested with
tuberculn
The afternoon session 0t. ned al , O'clock Y I
Spear of the board gave short talk upou the
maple sugar industry. in which l,- iirpl moon + he
farmers the importance Of ,triy,r. ~ .-,.llri n
higher quality IN their product that mamie sii,ar
must br 10 as a luxury iu order { br p-oftab -
as other sugars are too cheau to maxi, il p,e,ille
Co sci. maple for its svretrniua ouaIitirs M "a
profit TO sell as luxury II must h.. uladr with
care and possess dp. 0ualitv
Edgar = Copeland of tolraia Mass f.l,vral
wiki short talk upon drv fodder and .p>ila,e
He said he thought the Two feeds .ioui4 ~, 4,
grtber: would MI know how tn run ri. t-,r,,
without his hay as q dry fodder ana corr, for en-.
-ilagr He nut hi. corn into fl. .iI. ,r, ,,i.. ma
liked the system; thought he could feed In les
time from who'll. than rr5ui emf ens.iar-
y. o. SANFORD of r. board then gave talk
paid a deserved THINE h., IT, ne
and criticised SHARPLY the system that had prr.
taHgd ol cortit ua'i5 taking from these farms
q. '.,'Ii . y ,u-'n. ig oeie'ed Ihe