Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-31
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Farmers Meeting.

[ There was a good attendance at tn,
farmers meeting held at Grange hall yes.
terday under the auspices of the State
Board Of Agriculture. Much interest was
ries propounded. Any who doubt the
helpful nature of such meetings should
! have been present. j. X. Curtis OF Georgia
and c. j. Bell OF Walden presided.
Music was furnished by male quartet,
consisting of Messrs. Hutchinson, Wood
ward, Powers and Chatfield.
A. A. Priest OF Randolph gave an ad-
dress OF welcome, extending the "glad
hand' In a very graceful manner.
"Nermont's Best Crops was the subject
chosen by j. X. Curtis of Georgia. He
held that the cultivation OF clover and
corn was the most profitable generally for
Vermont farmers They were the easiest
to raise and yielded he best returns.
Alonzo Emery in discussing "Sheep
Husbandry," gave history and descrip-
I ton OF the different breeds OF sheep and
how they originated. He compared prim-
tive and modern methods of caring for
sheep and wool and advised a return to
sheep raising on our Vermont hills and
| back pastures. Sheep should be raised
/ for mutton, as well as wool.
81. 5. Stone, state superintendent OF ed
ucation, talked Of the various elements
that meant either success or failure in any
business. Industry and intelligence
should rule, rather than Incidence, ignor.
ance and idleDess. He thought farmers
as intelligent as any class, but related an
ecdotes and illustrations to show where
there was a chance for improvement.
c. j. Bell OF Walden talked OF "Farm
Work. He said that some farmers
would accumulate with no larger income
than others because they used business
methods. Men who hire help must man
age to make them earn what they receive
or loss will result. A proper mixture OF
farm help and machinery is advantageous
aud much will be lost II both are utilized
improperly.
Reorganization and Its Benefits was q. /
II. Slack's theme. The history OF organ
iZation dates from the beginning OF the 4
history OF the world. The most skilled 1
organization is the Brotherhood OF Lo- 1
connective Engineers, a system OF educa-
tion and experience handed down to fire. 4
men and younger engineers when older
engineers leave the service. II farmers
were organized as skilfully as the b. OF l..
+. they would dominate the country. In
this land OF plenty, which is feeding mil
lions on foreign shores, single capitalist
can corner all the surplus wheat today
and order a famine tomorrow. Our fore
fathers suffered taxation without repre-
sentation, yet we are trampled down I'M
der the iron heel OF greater tyrant than
that for which they fought. Organized
effort is stronger than unorganized. A
petition or request from a member, in the
name and authority OF an organization, is
ten thousand times as effective before a
or corporation as from one who
belongs TO none. Farmers should be clean
in politics, as an organization is no better
than the individuals which compose IL.
Railroad companies are fast consolidating
and should be the peoples servants in
stead OF the peoples master. The mer-
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ers IN, organization for the farmer pays
him the most money and what benefits
the farmer benefits him also. The con-
hict OF capital and labor will come in the !
near future, and the farmer should be in
the field and have the ground occupied.
Trusts are destroying the business in our I
villages and towns,as well as bringing in t
Jury to the farmers. The farmer should {
send no member to the state legislature or /
Congress who is in favor of trusts. Every
state, county and town should organize n
against il for he farmers are in the ma !
GRITTY.
Hon. t. b. Terry OF Ohio gave notable !
address, taking for his theme the increas-
ng OF fertility by growing clover and by
illsge. His belief is that clover possesses
IN inherent richness which is commune
'ated to the soil, il properly handled, a
making II answer the purpose OF fertilizer.
lie would rotate clover, grain and corn or a
potatoes, thus treating his soil every third y
ear TO a rich coating OF clover turf turned q
nder. The clover itself is a much supe- I
ior feed for cattle. As to tillage, he held y
hat the field should be worked almost c.
so as to bring as much OF the o
oil to the plant as possible, which would q
e fed by the dormant food contained in u
}. Ii further served the purpose OF a.
hecking evaporation OF the soil and pre- q
erved the moisture for the crops. He L
nrffNpd his pngfffOn nv pfftnU hfg a.
Experience in northern Ohio, where he y
rought up farm which at first was al 81
lost worthless to high state OF fertili- =
Y, so that from turning off bare $500 at
rst he now realized 5000 year. :,
Prof. J. L. Hills OF the Burlington ex- r.
eriment station talked about the varia- 70
ous OF butter fat in milk and what &C. 3
asioned them. Much dissatisfaction ex- M
is about creamery tests, which may be All
xplained in variety OF Ways. Jerseys si
show a higher test, as their m
ilk is richer, though this is not always III
ue Breed is great deal, but not every.
hing. Little things count in handling "a
)ws, as they are nervous and exeitable. Ra
othing should be done TO startle them be
/ il will be re fiected in the milk. IL is ie
OF always an absolute test. when a cream n,
y patron is dissatisfied at one creamery gu
nd, upon taking his milk to another, ed
nds the per cent higher. The latter is
st as liable to cheat as the former. Test is5
he milk yourself by the Babcock test or
nd IL to the experiment station. Each ST
patronizing creamery should r.
Dssess a Babcock test and someone quail W
ed TO use ii, as a check upon the cream. ie
v. Be sure, in selecting samples to Sc de
ct fair ones. IL you wish to prove the rNl
eamery man, have him divide his sam .,
e and send half to the experiment sta al
on. Fill the bottle full when you send SO
to prevent its churning. The tests of "a "a
e same COWS will vary much under vary n
z conditions OF weather, feed, etc. The be
,pa ratus is sometimes at fault. This has Pill
zen corrected in part by the new law ~,
hich compels creamerles 70 SEND thelr Oh
easuring glasses to the station for eX- he
nination IS to their exactness. Several a.
ousand have been examined and per RI
Mt found inaccurate. These are stamped i85