The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-20

to the new method comes from those who
would draw pay for swapping stories MIR.
Curtis urged attention TO roads while snow
was going off; patch up as soon as frost is
out and put balance of money with the five
per cent tax into permanent road building
Small bridges shou Id be stone arched; costs
but trifle more than planks. j. o. San
ford deplored the lack of system in road
III 4nagement Massachusetts maintained a
road commission and is far ahead OF YER
mont. Our state commission should have
been continued. Its report in 1894, was
towns needed advice in laying out the FIVE
per cent tax which they should be COM
PEELED TO expend in permanent road build
ing Mr. Bell said that in Walden stone is
used at the expense OF "a, and gravel at
ninety cents per rod Large towns are
making roads rs permanent az the hills,
and will reach out until town meets town.
II. g. William talked on the "Outlook for
Raising Horses.' Large and quick returns
are OF the past. OF the three classes, trot-
ting, draft and gentleman's roadsters, only
the last are profitable in Vermont, and that
| to but a few, only to those having dams of
good size, build and good blood. Horses
must have individual excellence and pedi-
gree combined. The South and West
could not compete with Vermont along this
line. We have sent them too many of our
best breeders, while much money has been
draft horses. Hambletonians are inbred for
speed II this fails the coli is worthless. In
breed the Morgans to pc :petuate the race,
then give feed, care and exercise to make
bone and muscle to increase size. nerve
power and endurance some good result &
from crossing the Hsmbletonian with Nor
gan dams. There Is always ready n arket
and good prices for good drivers.
j o: Sanford spoke on Food and Care
Of Dairy. Stock" We are dairymen not
from choice, but by force of condition. Our
methods must be intensified. Turn the
back, barren pasture into wood land. Con-
fine cattle on what they will keep fed down,
sweet and tender. Our NOW fields are toe
large. Five to six tons of hay per acre are
possible Impoverished land produces poor
quality of hay. Early cut hay, raised on
rich land, is indispensable to the dairyman
1t is very much more heterogeneous. Nitro
gen means meat and milk carbo-hydrat -
heat and fat. The balanced ration il nee.
essary; science says spring grass is; the old
COW always says SO; rowen il the nearest to
II; make the hay all rowen Red clover is the
best. Use of this for seeding twelve pounds
asike, three pounds timothy, eight
pounds and little red top. Reseed land
often. Recomme nded pea and oat fodder
Feed for muscle and milk, bran, cotton and
| linseed meal. Select iced with reference tC
fertility; don't buy nitrogen fertilizers; buy
potash and phosphoric acid. Too much
money goes for commercial fertilizers; 10,
600 tons costing nearly S402, 900 are used an
nually by Vermont farmers, and they waste
! four times this amount OF fertility every
/ year Raise more corn for ensilage doel
not believe in husking very much; wha
God has Joined together let not man pu
asunder.
The main idea of the discourse on tn,
" Relation of the Farmers to Society,"" by H
G. Williams, was that farming tends to de
velop character; we should strive to fill
our high position and assert the nobility o
our calling Give our children the best SO
ciety by giving them the best of ourselves
Mothers should have their rights and priv
iliges; il they become dissatisfied with farm
life they will wean the boys and girls from
the farm. He favored fewer hours of labo
and better education. Rev. MI Goodacr
of Berlin thought the best Of all classes hel,
the farmer in high esteem.
Elmer Dewey conducted the music an,
singing which was pleasing feature.
good number of farmers were in attend
ance each day and felt the time proftabl
spent.