Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-07
Vermont Horses.

At the evening session Mr.. Williams delivered
a lecture ON Vermont horses - The time has
gone by. he said. when we can compete with the
West on their class Of h rises, Ordinary horses
can be- and are. raised and sold as cheap as beef
but there is still demand for gentemen's st llsh
roadsters These can still be sold for high prices
though not for the fancy prices that were once
obtained There not enough OF the best Of
this class of horses to supply the demand. To
produce such horses they must be- bred right from
| the second and third generations on both sides.
lie advised iuterbreeding as the surest way to
perpetuate hereditary qualities.
He referred TO the French coach horse stallion
! swndle (which Thu PhpuiN warned It's readers
against stating that eight ten OF these horses,
such as can be bought az any time in the New
! York market at ordinary prices were sold to
| syndicates of Vermont farmers at from $1,000 to
/ 5000 each Many OF these horses have now been
| sold at from S65 TO Sis. MIR. Williams gave in.
| struction about shooting aud the care Of hore's
feet Colts should b. trained to the harness and to
| drive when not more than two years old. They
| will never forget it. Answers to questions and a
general discussion followed Mr.. wiams's ad-
| dress.
| Mr.. Sanford Of Stamford spoke in the FORENOON
| OF the second day on the homely subject Of Ma
| nure and its application TO the soil" He in
| terested his hearers in his theme as much as II
! his subject had been more poetical. The tones
! OF his voice and his manner, at once put him in
| sym ,athy with his audience. He presented with
graphic force the declining condition of the farms
| and farmers who cling 10 the old style OF farm
| ing IN Vermont He took up the various branch
es of farming as they once were. showing that il
| was impossible to continue them now without
| loss and failure. The dairy was still left To us
a branch OF farming that could be made profit
able aud the fertility Of the farms improved at
| the same time.
He then spoke at considerable length Of the
| manurial value of the different kinds OF feeding
stuffs, the means Of preserving and applying ma
nure, construction OF barns, silos, etc He al.
uded. in n way that called forth cheers To an eX-
pertinent which was being tried In this state by a
| millionaire to see If large capital applied to farm
ing in this state can be made TO pay. He hoped il
would not prove a success, for he did not want to
see the Vermont farmers reduced to a state of
peasantry.
At the afternoon session Mr. Vail spoke OF the
breeding and care of dairy cows,-a subject in
which he had had much practical experience
what experiment stations have done for
darying," was the subject of Prof Hills, director
of the experiment station, at the evening session
The lecture was illustrated by charts prepared
at the station, showing the manurial value OF
grasses, grain and fodder crops, the proportion
of food ingredients In a balanced ration with the
nutritious ratio of one to six, the compositiCn OF
farm manures, distribution of ingredients IL
butter and cheese making, and average posi-
ton of milk products. The charts were also FIRE
quently referred TO by the other speakers. Tn,
lecture Of scientific character such as W,
cannot report with justice to the speaker; besides
it took an extremely keen sense Of hearing TO ge
all Of his points