Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-02-14
Farmers Meeting at Jackson
Vile.

Five Members Of the state Board Pres
ent---TimeIy Topics Treated and Dis
Cussed.
A farmers institute was held at this
place last week Thursday and Friday. AL
though the weather was very unproptious
there was a considerable gathering at all
the meetings except Thursday evening,
when the roads even in the village were al
most impossible. A. A. Butterfield was
chosen chairman, and Mrs. Clara l.. Cole
man, who also presided at the organ, Mrs.
II. D. Allen, w. 5. Allen, II. d. Allen,
John +. Coleman, W. Z. johnson and
Otis w. Kingsley sang appropriate selec-
tons during the meetings.
+. II. Putnam, master of the grange
here, delivered a fitting and interesting adj
dress of welcome. Henry Adams of Will
mington addressed the meeting on the sub
ject OF Feeding and care of farm ami
mails in winter He advocated good warm
barns, feeding mich cows hay twice day,
the last about z. NJ, and feeding grain, if
any, with the ensilage for the middle feed,
water with warmed water, milk before
feeding in morning and after at night;
give exercise on pleasant days. and be
gentle. Keep sheep in small tiocks. Feed
small calves new milk three weeks, gradu-
ally introduce sweet skinned milk until,
at about six weeks, feed all SKINNED milk.
| Give bran gradually until about one to two
quarts is used day. +. A. fainter pre-
pared an interesting paper on Poultry for
| profit but was unable to be present and
| it was read by the chairman. He would
| have good warm houses, select full bloods,
feed for what You want, with brains and
/ judgment. Begin small, and increase in
numbers as the science is mastered. Let
| the children have a trio or two, and house
| for them. Mrs. Martha Putnam read
| scholarly essay on "Self culture which
was well received. Miss Vira A. Farms
worth had a fine essay on Personal intiu-
| ence.' We remembered one good point
among others, IF sunshine comes into
mans life he cannot keep it from Others"
John T. Gale of Guilford wrote his
views on THE farmer - years hence"
which was read by W. 5. Allen. Mr.. Gale
| is going TO use the money politicians now
| get in making perfect roads, so low, broad
| wheeled, aluminum-tired wagons will run
themselves, as will all the farm machinery,
| by electricity gathered from the clouds. By
the same machinery he will send the mails
TO every farmhouse in metal tubes. Elijah
| S. Allen, Esq, attacked the weeds. He
would hoe with the cultivator, and if
weeds in the planted fields become tall in
August he would cut with corn cutter or
something of that sort, thus keeping the
weeds from seeding, and at the same time
not injuring the roots Of the growing crop
as pulling the weeds would. On new
lands he would have two crops of grain
year and thus kill out the weeds. In pas
lures sheep will take care of all weeds ex-
cept bareback, which will have to be
pulled. Russell d. Brown, Esq, was the
poet of the occasion, reading an original
one against the grumbling man, with many
fine hits.
W. f. johnson told us how to
raise forage crops and the best kinds.
He has raised rye, vetch, fodder corn,
barley, oates and peas together, and
Hungarian. Hon. C. NJ. WinslOw, sec
rotary of the board of agriculture, dis
cussed Bovine tuberculosis" which he
believes TO be anew disease, growing from
a germ of rapid growth. He thought it
wise TO use every means TO wipe out the
disease. The germ away from the ami
NAL may live in some cases only few days,
and in others year or more. Where the
disease was found in herd in almost every
case it could be traced to cattle brought
]
liams, a member of the board, discussed
"The corn crop and ensilage." He says
we ought to raise more corn; make silOs,
store the ensilage, either whole or cut; if
whole it must be packed close and the silo
must be tight at bottom and sides. He
preferred boards 10 walls, and would so
build the silo that you would feed at least
three inches off the surface each day.
Hon. H. w. Vail, a member Of the
board, handled the breeding and care of
the dairy COW" in excellent manner. He
would breed from the best male as well as
female; get the best this or foreign cOun-
tries have and breed up. He described the
care used in breeding Ayrshires and Jer-
seys in their native countries. Would feed
twice day, hay, ensilage and grain; wa
ter after each feeding and teach the Great
ures to be gentle; said milk was made dur
ing the process of milking.
Prof. j. L. Hills of the experiment sta
ton explained all about "Milk and milk
testing" and illustrated by testing milk
and cream, and also alluded to some things
necessary for successful cooperative dairy
ing. One thing that impressed us was thai
farmers should have more confidence in
each other. Hon. J. o. Sanford, mem
Der of the board, spoke of "FertiliEers,
and advised farmers to save more and they
would have TO buy less; said nearly quar-
ter of a million dollars was spent in Yer
mont in year for commercial fertilizers
while the farmer wasted three times a.
much of the very elements which h'
bought.
The matters before the meetings wer'
fully discussed and much good obtained
Five out of the six members of the boarC
were present, and we expect that the towr
will be benefited by their presence. Prof
Hills stated that the butter turned on
from the churn should be 20 per cent NOR
than the butter fat found by the test, anC
the figures were given by Henry d. Allen
the butter maker here, that showed tina
more than that was weighed from the churI