The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-04-14
FARM MISSIONARIES
Demonstrators Begin Three Days
Tour of State in Special Train.

Tour of State In Special Train.
Burlington, April 12.-The Better
Farming special train over the Rut-
land Railroad, which started three
days tour this morning, began its
missionary work in behalf of better
and more modern agricultural meth
DDS in a manner that was exceeding
ly gratifying to all who are interest
ed in a more intelligent and inten-
sive cultivation. Of the soil.
The train left Burlington at 6 80
o'clock this morning for Alburgh,
where the days work was to begin,
but the hour was not too early for
Ex-Governor Fletcher ID. Proctor
who spent the night in the city, t.,
inspect the exhibits before the spec.
/ ial left Burlington.
The train, furnished by the Rut.
land Railroad, consisted of four ex-
hibition coaches and cafe car, and
was under the auspices OF the State
Agricultural College and the State
Department of Agriculture.
One car was devoted to CONNER
cial fertilizers and there were many
exhibits of samples of fertilizers, sam
pies from which the bulk of the fer
tilizers are made, and samples of ma
terials from which typical high grade
| fertilizers are manufactured. There
was also a large collection of photo
graphs, bulletins, books used in the
Vermont Agricultural College cours-
es, samples of soils and samples OF
heads of grains and grasses.
In the second car from the rear
were, on one side a forestry exhibit
and on the other a fruit culture dls
play.
| Among the exhibits were samples
of grading board for sizing fruits
cushions for apple barrels, sample
box and barrel of apples, spray noz-
zles, mixtures and emulsions USED
for the destruction of insect pests
pruning and grating tools, samples
of the need of tree surgery and how
to care for the same, trees showing
proper and improper growth--ant
specimens CT pear blight and potato
scab One interesting exhibit wa:
the method of bridge grating, which
is not, as might appear, a card trick
but rather a process whereby tree:
girdled by mice may be saved from
destruction. Standard works on frui
growing were shown.
The forestry section contained 4;
section of a hemlock tree II year!
old, showing the rings Of growth dis
tinctly marked, also cones and seeds
white pine, red pine, Scotch pine
black locust, European larch ant
Norway spruce seedlings of various
ages, and collection of books on thu
|subject of forestry.
In the dairying car were shown
samples of corn, including severa
red ears contributed by the Stat
Commissioner of Agriculture. Their
|
millet, maize, sorghum and grasses
bran gluten food, cottonseed meal an
other kinds of feed, and the recon
mended average ration of feed.
Sanitary milking pals were shown
also the process of milling wheat b.
the roller process, and collection G
pictures, bulletins and books on dairy
ing.
In a baggage car were two hig
grade Jersey cows, one animal shown
profit OF only SIS and the othe
showing a profit of $40. The poore
COW showed in a period of five year
an annual yield of 1882 pounds {
milk and 249 pounds of butter, wit
a test of 4.69. The better COW durin
period of ten years showed an a'
erage yield of $3.50 pounds of mil
and 341 pounds of butter, with tie:
of 4.67.
The train arrived at Alburg
shortly afr s o'clock, and in spite {
the early hour there were 80 or 1C
people, both men and women, in a
tendance.
= Prof, r. NJ. Washburn of Burlins
ton, spoke on Isn't a Cow a Cow
+ He said:
Sometimes she is priceless POI
session; sometimes a ''pesky pro-
2 erty." They are not all alike an
J., more than we are. Some are none
getters, others money spenders. Pr
p badly 25 per cent of Vermont Gov
cannot earn their own living. r.
perienced herdsmen can usually tie
a good COW from very poor one
y general makeup, but no man can a
: ways tell the profitable from the u
O. profitable"
IL Prof j. l.. Hills of Burlingtt
u spoke on How May | Feed My Gre
l. to Best Advantage" pointing out Il
II advantages of adequate tillage, liz
y ing and green manuring.
o The subject of c. II. Jones, Chemi
Sc at the State Experiment Station, W
,e What fertilizer Shall l Buy?"
IS said in part:
10 Vermont farmers pay half m
T. lion dollars yearly for commerce
~ fertilizers. Two-thirds of this pa
- for plant food, and one-third for 81