The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-05-05

frequent that the crowd at a station an
is so large that an overflow meeting Ne
is held outside, with the lecturer talk Th
ing from the rear platform. In these id
schools on wheels are found farmers co
from every class. There are tenants tn
laborers and farm owners. They have De
come with samples of corn, alfalfa and
other things they raise that they may te
be told how to improve them. They to
are taught how to spray fruit trees oh
properly, that they may eXtirpate the III
dreaded San Jose scale. Intelligent f.
questions meet with intelligent re- N
plies in terms that can be understood M
y, m, uneducated as well as the ed p,
ucated. -w~lw = lee
Attractive to Farmers. ca
A record was kept of the attendance 81
at the lectures on farmers special tt
that recently made a three-day trip re
through eastern Pennsylvania, and it ii
showed that no less than 10000 far f'
mers were present. coming in many cl
instances from miles around At prac- t
tically every station there were hum
dreds of vehicles of every description
boat-shaped Conestoga wagon stof
: alongside an automobile, while an
cart was found at the same hitc ,,
most with fine pair OF Nj
> mules attached to a farm We
latest design
In sections of New Jerse .,.-.
y potato growing on a comm .ejao,',,a-;
~ was not thought of 10 yes -, ,,s,.
dreds of thousands OF be ..,i,, on, 49,,
=. being shipped. The r,,4roods no,
found it profitable to ,,Ja.,oo tn,,,,,,
~ TO increase the nur ,h,..o. 60. -,
their farms, becauS ,..,.. ,,,,,. ,,o,
NJ leeo anu i"''' nliast haul it; daiI
Sc proouc's hi"'' e carried to marke
:, and the railroa ,,,,,,,s+ do !, rho cit
,m anu Vhe i''' - are being brought clio
nd er tose'hei Before long the countl
ell VIII oe WV Ell with small eXperimer
re- tai larhs established by the railroad
:" TO sho" dne farmers in each sectio
ons just VIVA possibilities are within the
VIC each.
the IN $ agricultural awakening To-
are tere by the railroads is already bea
,on- ing, fruit abundantly. Wornout lar
long Is, Defng reclaimed. Crops that wei
les formerly supposed to belong to OF
med section are being introduced into otl
elf ers; farmers are experimenting
, no growing various fruits and vegetable
,.a- in the same way as a railroad exper
,,ri+, oil of 10 IN.
stra- menus WIN all manner Oh appilahc'
which in the hope of finding whose that wi
IN 80 be of service. Opportunities witho
can number are opening up every day b
TIL. fore both the railroads and the ia
, Tho mers by reason of this newly form'
the partnership.
falfa, MOI more lhdh ~ years "so' WIZ
will James j. Hill distributed, free
+ or charge, blooded bulls among the ca
ring tie herds along the Great Northel
acton Railroad, people wondered if he h;
d the gone crazy; and it was not until Il
. Adj Great Northern began to show emo
large nous returns from shipments OF ca
alley, TIE 'ldt 'he uouoVers au'''i'teu Iiiat J.
,ssful s'eau Oh ioily II was foresight
wes- Utilization of Waste Lands.
Five years ago the President of Il
n. Long Island Railroad established {
Com experimental farm OF 10 acres {
ing a what was supposed to be waste Ian
CO. A competent man was given car
tural blanche to see what he could do
farm raising stock. Last summer 300 diHe
'ough ent kinds of plants, vegetables, fruit
ware etc, were sold from that farm. Ca
dis bages as large as a wheelbarrow We
that grown on land that five years ago WI
e APP nothing but salt ponds. The farme
f the were astonished to see what opportu
CIV of tiles were within their reach. II
they result is that track farms have null
honey piled until a freight traffic Of emo
9th nous proportions has Been created
ne H. The Long Island experimental far
other has been managed on economic
have ines 1t has more than paid it's ov
along expenses. The Pennsylvania Railroi
r for is TO establish a similar farm on Il
IS de- Delaware enthusiastically one
ustry the greatest ruck-growing sections
induce the country. Here, however, a differe
S, he proposition must be met. The land h
track been cultivated to death. Instead of II
It the creasing the fertility OF the soil b
inter owners have permitted it to deterio
Rail ate until today great difficulty is Q
rates. perienced IN growing anything. II
dem railroad now intends TO improve h