The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14
FARMERS, MEETING AT JACKSON
WILLIE,

The Farmers Institute at jackson
h yillo last week Thursday and Frida
le was held under such unfavorabl
If weather that the large delegations OK
l. pected from adjoining towns were, no
Y present Only Henry Adams and sol
o of Wilmington, NJ. and G. Dalrympl
!. of Marlboro. Mr.. Preston and IA. Ston
o of Halifax with about 80 Of our towns
s people faced the clements to attent
. and take part. A. A. Butterfielt
acted as president, f, II. Putnam
K welcomed the visitors and townsmcr
/ In a few VOL chosen remarks Henry
; Adams of Wilmington spoke on Feed
0 ing and Care of Farm Animals il
Winter First he would have al
s farm animals have warm, dry, roomy
4 and we'll ventilated quarters, give them
, plenty of good, wholesome food consist,
ing of early cut hay, ensilage, well
cured forage crops with grain and root
/ rations and plenty of good spring water
, in yard. MIR. Adams feeds only twice
day, feeding hay in the morning then
watering and giving feed of ensilage
with grain rations About or 4
O'Clock D. IN. this is repeated. Such
, treatment with due time and care in
grooming and looking after vermin
will give satisfactory results These
remarks coming from practical farm.
or who "prat tees what he breaches"
were highly appreciated by all.
G. NJ. Winslow Of Brandon, followed
with short talk on the work Of cattle
commissioners with Bovine Tubercu
losis'' giving illustrations of tubercu-
lin and its effect ON well and diseased
animals.
In the afternoon +. A. Fainter, not
being present, the president read his
paper on Poultry for Profit. - Mr..
Tainter advised first having a taste
for the business, then growing into it
and SUCCESS would attend the person in
proportion to the mental and physical
force put into the business Hon. Il.
c. Williams Of Coventry spoke on the
Corn Crop and Ensilage Mr..
Williams said the competition among
farmers was as sharp as in any business
and the farmer must adapt himself to
his surroundings or cheaper produc-
ton. In no other way can this be SO
successfully done as by building silo
and raising corn, plant the largest
kind that will mature. The cost Of
filling Il silo should not be more than
II or 81 % per ton. This is acknowl
edged to be the quickest and cheap
est way IT, bring up a farm. the capac-
ity of some farms being doubled in
three wears Mr. Williams said the oh
lection to the sllo came, as in all other
systems. from those who had had no
experience with, them. W. +. johnson
read an excellent paper on The Best |
Forage Crops for the Farmer" pre-.
ferring rye. hungarian and corn. Prof |
Hills led the discussion, giving some
OF the results of the experiment station /
tests showing, as at other stations. |
that the cheapest and best crop the |
farmer can raise is corn and to silo !
the whole crop.
1t WAS necessary to postpone the |
evening session. This was expected /
to be the gem session of all. Only a
few assembled. Mr. Winsow spoke
further on tuberculosis and Mr. San.
ford of Stamford, spoke of the benefits
of small acreages.
Friday morning Homer ". Vail of
Pomfret gave very interesting talk on
the Breeding and Care of the Dairy
Cow" followed by discussion.
Tho afternoon was perhaps the most
interesting session of all. Through |,
the efforts of Mr. Canedy and Geo.
Allen, who furnished conveyance from
any par, of the village the hall was
well flied Prof Hills, an acknowl-
edged authority on all dairy and {
creamery topics, gave practical illus.
trations with the Babcock tester. This
work commanded the closest attent GA. ,
The following results were obtained,
two samples OF Cooley cream tested /
IL 80 per cent and 20 per cent. of !
outterfat, showing plainly the in
equality of the space system. Samples q
of whole milk tested 30 100, 10 Il
Der cent, three samples from a t
single milking, first milking, whole
NIX and strippings testing , per I
emit, 6 per cent, and 10 30 per {
emit, respectfully of hutterfat. Prof. b
Hills said, too much care cannot be !
aiken in sampling and no sample is z
ust, even in milk just MIXED, unless g
poured at least twice. \ chorus sang u
Our Nation, . Lord, " after which 5
hrs. f. Ii. Putnam read well pre- 81
Jared essay on Self Culturc". H. d. n
5rown read spicy article in rhyme &
n the farmer and his condition which "
Commanded hearty applause. J. f. IA
lolrman's solo, with chorus SO pleased G,
he audience that it had to be repeated, =
ohm f.. Gales paper THE Farmer
. Years Hence read by W. S. Alien
,ouI8 bava f., bo ba,r3 j., frll IN ho
liy appreciated.
The ttening session vaa vcjI attard- ~
4, 4 male quartet ronsist;ng NJ hi
lessrs Johnsnp kingsley and AIen
rothers and solo NV " + johnson 4
ere the first exercises. Then came FIR
he pappr on ''Werds and How Shall he
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