Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-16


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VISIT TO STATE y H'7hhh'
~ tbo aftcrnoon y visit was paid TO
Tho s,atc rurserv for forester seedlings,
fnll,uin,, which 81 game of base ball was
,,,.,.od re,voor tDe fu,s and tho leans
l., n,hich th, former won. Apurouriately |
sobooi ho,. ,yoe chosen umpire. who took |
,.,,., g., ,,o+ti,., back at fine tenchers |
,r,,, ,,ro,,os,1 ,,i,, to Fort Ethan Allen |
,,.. 'h,,dorod ~, ,,ioy of tho fact that |
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SOIL MANAFhMhNi J.
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,,ri. ~ ,ho rriyor.i,v vvho
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,.,,,. ,,,,,,u ,ho ,,huoso,bv of t,llaxe
,,,,.,,,,r,,i as+as and fcrtilizor huy-
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H. ,., ,i.. ,,,is ,ro anita as ,rorc
., ,,,.snons,, ,s & ,ror,sird and that the
,,rtio,,,, :, s,,oo,ac tberefor ia lining
Unod ashos az .,oled lime sweeton soils.
a,,,,,1,, ,, c,l ir,nrove soil toy
.r,os ,h,,,n,,i, galley soils arc loss
.r. 20 ,ood ,,,,,,g Than those through
tro oo,+or If tho state and along tho
co,,,oc.icu+ galley
Nos, e,,,rore think that tho corn
ri.co or 1.-Two not,to match is ttl.d main
l T., I'm oe,ds II vas lonf, ara re
ror,i1o.l tb., weeds I'm such places we're
an tho whole an advantage IN that thov
etir.od t,o for,,or ,,n 10 sti, the soil
tbrs IN secur,rr manifold benefits In
torti,lapo Increases tho available nlant
food Of the soil aurnepts ITS water hold
ing mowers increases cron growth and
more
The preventible manurial wastes arc
stupendous. Nitrogen passes into the air
through Fermentation. all forms Of plant
food into tho subson by teaching. The
rapid removal Of tho manures from the
barn to the field, the use of mechanical
and chemical absorhents in the barn
| (sawdust. stra ". land plaster. etc..) tend
to lessen these losses. 1t il n sad com
mentary upon farm Intelligence to learn
that the head of the fem maragemen;
office Of the national department o, aSri-
culture who by person or by proxy
meets thousand OF farmers yearly states
th"' "e rarely nice" '"''her WHO mas
NJ "P 's'eS ~ '"e' "' ''''
OF car'hs i"r manure
WIN no ''e"' n''o
eA, oha,,- ,n,s nar,ic,n,r
., .r,o ,,r,rr. .to,to, yearly
',.,,a, s,a,,or.s os to ,hs
n,,a,.,,.,. ~ ,1,o ,.ar,ous goods offered for
.ol. !, Go no, diff,cult for farmers to
,,,, wore ,,,elligcn, purchases than
,hoy usuaIlv do. vet a recent survey
~, ,uartv-ove ,cars Of fertilizer inspe'-
ton in This state. indicates on the whole,
moro intelligoncc in purchase. and that
low graded dirt-tilled fertilizers are to-
day less often used than OF old.
superintendent stone then call I'd
upon the principal speaker OF the
evening whom h. refused to introduce,
preferring that he speak first and be
introduced afterwards. Few, if any,
of the audience. while listening 10 the
impassioncd eloqucncc. to thu beauu-
ful imagery and rapid fire utterance
az the sneaker knew that they were
being addressed by colonel Elijah w
Halford formerly editor of the Chi
carn Intcr-Occan and indianapolis
journal. and. later. tho trusted friend
and private secretary of the late
President BENJAMIN Harrison. col
onel Halford it will be remembered
has recently made his home at ST. AL
hans and this is the first Vernon,
audiencc which he has addressed. Hc
WAS somewhat closely associated with
Sunerinterdent stone in work in the
phiIinpinc Islands p few years ago
It is impossible to give any ade-
ouote convention of this most up- MT
ing address. He said. however, In
' mart that we often fail to grasp the
mighty signiticauce of the times ~
which we live or how great a part
= teachers are nlaying therein He SAID
that the recent state republican con.
r vention thrilled with the pu,satine
signs of the newer life in Vermont. II
the worry van of which narches III,
y public school interests. as evidenced
: nv the fact that tho very frs, raso,u.
Y ,ion I'm tha rlatforn, had 70 do uitl
z tho r,,hI,c schoo, svstcn
1ho coloraI asked hts oudie,cn :,
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