The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-08
CABOT.
Farmers Meeting Proved Most Instruc'
tive and Interesting.

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tive and Interesting.
The farmers meeting, held here re-
Gently, was wen attended The after
noon session was opened by 0. /. Martin
Of Plainneld, introducing Mr.. Elliot OF
| Gault, Ont, whose principal theme was
| THE Fertility OF the Soil and How I'm.
portAnt to Keep 1t Up" Do not ex'
haust the fertility OF the soil by rota-
tion of crops, as you are sure to eneour-
age pests which injure or destroy what
ever grows lie advised sowing clover,
which enriehes the land by drawing from
/ above. while the roots draw from below,
! thereby combining fertility in the soil,
where the roots may receive the most ben
eft The plants draw 80 per cent. OF
nitrogen from the air The land must
first be ploughed straight to insure good
even crops, and a man who thinks
straight can plough straight. Buy the
best seed to begin with. Some farmers
are swindled by buying cheap seed, there
by harvesting a poor crop.
The next speaker, Mr.. McSparren OF
Furnis, Pa, spoke briefly on the culti-
walton of corn as being the most impor-
tant crop, and when grown the best
place for it was in the silo. He would
use 300 pounds commercial fertilizer to
the acre and raise twenty tons of feed
or from 10 to 100 bushels shelled corn.
In the evening, there was a good turn
out. considering the inclement weather.
The worthy master OF Cabot grange
called the meeting to order Mrs. Ken
field gave a piano solo, followed by an
address by f. $. Brigham Of st. Adams
on potato Culture" He had shipned
81 carloads to Virginia for seed. He
raises several kinds. among the best
being Irish Cobbler, Early Eureka and
Gold Coin. With proper cultivation, any
one can raise GEO bushels per acre. He
gave some very interesting facts about
protecting and preparing the seed. Keep
your seed potatoes where it is cool
enough to prevent sprouts. starting, which
will wither and die at time of planting,
and new sprouts coming out when COW
cred in the ground weaken the nutrimcnt
of the potato, thereby causing sickly
looking leaves when they come up. This
also proves a detriment TO the big yield
which every farmer looks forward TO.
A very important thing is spraying :
first for insects. second for blight. The
black flea beetle should be killed by
spraying with bordeaux mixture; dig
with machine He also gave other
very interesting statements.
Prof. j. L. Hill of Burlington made a
few remarks on plant food by saying
if you do not replace in some way as
much as you take from the soil, YOU
are making your farm poorer. When |
buying fertilizers, get the higher grades,
if they do cost more They are adding
more to the soil II they prove too
strong. mix dirt with them.
Mr. MeSparren added little in The
way of closing address by saying the
cause of high prices for butter was be-
cause there is none in cold storage, and
that was caused by a shortage of good
COWS. The farmers have to a great eX-
tent quit raising their own dairy cows.
He favored the Ayrshires, Holsteins and
Tersevs and in order to have good cows
they must have sunshine and light in
plenty in their stables, and even calves
must not be kept in dark stable if
they are to do well. The best way to
tell how good your cows are is to weigh
their milk as the pailsful they give are
not accurate information. Pals are not
nh of a size Feed well. but raise all the
feed YOU can and steer clear OF mixed
fed. Vermont is not raising one-half
as much corn as it should, in conse-
luence of which they are helping to en-
itch the West. Oats are one of tho best
feeds, as we'll as clover and alfalfa.
Mr.. Martin brought the meeting to a
lose by promising to favor the grange
lt some future time with stereopticon ,
yiews. Mrs. Kenield gave another pisaho
,olo, and people went home feeling prof
ted and enlightened by such good (
armers' meeting. d
Mrs. Francis Knapp fell last week,
one wrist.
A. NJ. Foster wishes to thank his ,
riends for the post card shower which {
lie received on his SD birthday, num- !
'ering over So j
Z. T. Paquin is i'll with appendicitis |
b. f. Chester is in a serious condition, {
is lower limbs being nearly useless. /
he expects to go to Mary Fletcher hos a
ital soon for treatment. c
Cabot grange recently installed its
Ulcers for the year, the work being I
one by Past Master Fl. o. Dwinell, as ?
isted BY Mrs. Dwineil: w. NJ, John e
iarr; o., George Laird; secretary, Mrs.
oslo Barrett; treasurer, Angus Smith; II
Mrs. F. NJ Marsh; chaplain, 5
. f. Barrett; steward, viii Stone. as
istant steward. p. A. Gilmore; lady as 0
istant steward, Susie Nelson; gate '