The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-09

individual enterprises more interest
ing than found on the John circuit
farms in Windsor County, Vt. 1t af-
fords living example OF what advo-
Gates of a rejuvenated New England
agriculture are recommending. This
| is to educate the young men and re-
turn them to the farm, utilize their
enthusiasm and broadened intellect
to solve the knotty problems of rural
life. A good majority of townspeople,
perhaps, view the circuit enterprise
with much doubt, directly and indi-
rectly throwing cold water on the
movement. Yet this does not neces-
sarily prove anything Too many New
/ ENGLAND towns have the habit of
/ chronic g,umbling. and like the pes
simist cannot see the doughnut with
out magnifying the h1Ie."
The article shows that about nj
teen years ago John c. circuit moved
to his present location from Pawlet,
and purchased farm of 100 acres,
paying $4,000 and giving a mortgage
for a part of this sum. The son John
received a good education in the pre-
paratory schools, which he completed
in the Vermont Agricultural College.
! The mother was anxious that her
son should choose some more ambi-
tious career than farming, but he re-
! turned home and took active charge
of the work The farm specialties
are dairying and the raising of hogs
and poultry. The original number OF
four COWS has been increased to 16
COWS, 20 head of young stock, and
16 calves. The butter is sold the
year around at 50 cents pound, be-
ing taken to market IA miles dis
tant every week and sold to private
customers. The skim milk is fed to
calves. A modern dairy barn is being
> constructed and two sites have been
built Twelve brood sows are kept
which produce two litters annually,
and pigs six weeks old are sold for
$40 a pair
There are about 200 laying hens on
the farm and eggs and poultry find a
, ready market to the customers who
purchase butter. Recently the Or
cults expended $4,000 in freeing pas
lures of bareback, cleaning out ole
fence rows, old apple trees, etc. Up
to-date methods are employed and the
Young man finds plenty OF scope for dil
his talents in the management of this
prosperous industry.
! The Circuits have aroused mucl
? comment by taking four column adj
y vertisements in the newspapers il
p order to give publicity to their farms
and they have learned what mos
business men learn, that advertising
= pays.
About five years ago plans wer,
n made for increasing the revenue o
n the farm by taking summer boarders
S and $1,000 was spent in remodellinl
y the buildings, putting in bath
: room. etc OF this enterprise tn
= Homestead says
Some $500 to $1,000 annually i
l. counted upon from the summer board
= er business and on this point Mr. Or
u cult has very decided views. Civ
g them exactly what they want an
> when they want it and then charg
= them for it. 1t is not necessary
y furnish the house with eXpensiv
u paintings, elaborate furniture, etC
Buy the very best mattresses an
!, springs for beds and never fail t
- have clean linen and lots of it. Blu
the best meats and serve farm vegeta
- bles and products in an appetizin
% way. This does not mean a WACO
load of style. This business is hell
u ing us to get the farm in a high stat
y of cultivation and improvements al
being made all the while.
This is not a wonderful story, bu
it tells what may be accomplished i
> almost any ermont town. An annua
revenue of 81, 500 or $4,000 in additio
- to the regular income of the farm
great help to the farmers finance
:. and many more Vermonters Nigh
help themselves in a similar manner
- 1t is very gratifying to observe tn
- new blood that is being injected int
our farming industry and it is to b
hoped that it is an indication of bet
fer laVs TO come