The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-07-23
Agriculture.


huHtptlu NfiN t"N 9f Ahh Nff40Ni 10
pstiuebi slsiaa caEtsits s-ue Gsnfs,
vticb sbuaia stt Farmers - lhtbtjeg A
iss uests $50 TIE wsichm,n Suggested
some reasons ~ tbr failure 81 ieftil r.
bot It dil pai tItsast the reasons. - -
evident bt tHc facts ubiah are given 10
tait bullain. Ga psse ,ssbtr sorcn he
bullstih ssts. 'sOaU msnui4otuttf offered
tats sprius 10 Vermont brstd cag tsiuiug
O % per caaf. nitrogen, eight ser eaut
avtlIsble phasgb0ttC scii suj one per cent
potash. Iis sverige ss.iiuF pt.cs Al several
paiuts vas sl- g. For 81 20 IN ore the
zane msuuiactaur % red brand q q
laIulus three times AZ "a ueA nitrogen sud
pgt.sl sui tue same smoau oiphosphouc
soiJ. 10 tue Grst brand ttty eight cents
attth Of fertility - sssboafd prices Sttc
/ bought fr one dollar 10 The second 4
eighty cents worth, iet mote stfiAiue re
suIis msy be obtained ty comparing the
products OF iiSal manu- lecturers, extremes
beng forty tisht otuts aud eighty one
csuts woth bolsh, for a dollar" Aud
tbeu il goes 90 to state pislrly d very 90
rious fac. 1T 10 very doubtful whether,
At the present prices Of farm produce,
many farmers Gao 81 nj 10 pay from forty
to hny two cents out Of every dollar invest
ed 10 fertilizers to the manufacturer, the
laborer. railroad and d,sler.
Facts ike these should be impressed
upon the mIpds OF the farmers OF Vermont
Tbst they are facts cannot be sainssyed.
Tue business OF isrmlug Is nov 10 such
shape that oBly by the Visest economy
can farmers cave themselves from bank |
bankruptcy, The way that the fertlIiz I
basluess Is conducted is simply ruiuous to
the farmers. Aud the remedy is not far |
to seek, There Is nothing more mysterious |
about buying chemicals aud mixing them
them at home than there is in buying two
or more Kinds Of cattle leeds and mixing
them to give the COWS. A man who is cap
able Of buying brsu, cottonseei zeal, aud
gluten meal or feed aud making good
ration With them aud bis lone grown
feeds fer his COWS. is capable Of buying
murlste OF potash. acid phosphate and
nitrate Of soda or dried blood or tsnkage
snd ml1Ilg them for soil 1t takes skill
TO feed cows or soils, bat skill Is something
v h.ch can be gsIled. 1t is necessary to
study some, but not great deal TO do
both 10 lar more Efficient way than is
icne by most men, To make the greatest
iavlng requires considerable study and
thought, but 10 make q great saving does
lot. Thousands OF farmers write to the
agricultural aud and dairy papers for I
Idvice about feeding, aud formulas for
gain. 1t is not quite az easy for a stranger
. write a form ola for a soil ration as for
COW ration. but If farmers will write to
he experiment station for advice, they
rill receive it freely. SO far as we have +
,een abIe to learn every experiment sta
Which has written uythlEg on the subject {
dvises the use OF home mixtures, II
ONE mixtures are T. best. why do not
acre farmers adopt Ia, M
One reason Is, they are afraid to try new =
Diugs Nov and then man will break
way from the old ways OF buying ierti
yrs. but the great mi rity do not use
leir gumption to get ont OF the beaten =
'sck. 1t 10 good time to mention these :
lIugs nov, because the fertile bills
any OF them soon become due IN the
lm mer. ana that sets The farmers TO think
y about thtir fertilizer expenses. Now
e thing to do is just this Study up the "
after, getting toe fertilizer bulletin Is
led last yebr 90 home mixing, No farmer
u ford to be ignorant OF the way to
axe his own fertilizers. H simply buys
Il mlcAs aud pays the freight on them.
lemicals have 3 fixed value which huctn n
es very little from year to year or during q
Y year Freight on iertll rs and most
emicsls is fourth class for less than car
I'd 18TH for carl, ad Sometimes 40 agent -
Il let lsrm~r ship chemicals with car !
ID OF iertlI1z r With chemic Is yon can 4
tilIz land according to lis nee Is. learn
2 what the needs are rs the years go b..
e bop hpzud uasali-f,c DRY ways give
zee to rosledge and to economy 10
tihzing.