The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-11-06

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one could expect for the time given
20 the work, The latest addition 10
their buildings is what they call
laying House No. l." II Is i20
long by i6 feet wide. seven feet six
inches high In front and five feet
six inches la the rear. The roosts
are divided into 20 foot sections
with muslin partitions between
Dropping boards are three feet from
the floor. and roosts one foot above
them. All the hens will have the
sfull run of the entire house. All
the windows are on the south side o
the house The windows alternate
In glass and muslin. there being six
teen glass and fifteen muslin, Al
the present time the boys have
about 800 layers and SO cockerels,
The cockerels viii occupy house
by themselves thus allowing the
boys TO furnish their customers
fresh sterile eggs. Their plan or
arrangement OF their other houses
IS very good and as time goes on
there will be "A general Improvement
all around which viii show a system
Of poultry raising OF which Dorset
as well as Sheldon & Harrington
may well be proud. They are also
doing considerable farming and In
time expect to raise large part, II
not all, Of their feed for their
stock. The land is we'll suited for
their purpose and only needs 10 be
brought back to its original fertility |
TO enable them TO do as they plan.
Next Wednesday the 18th viii
be the Farmers Meeting at School
Hall. We said last week we woult
try and show the farmers Of this
lection why 1t would be benefit
to them II they would Join and take
an active interest In the work. First:
At the present time you are selling
everything you have at wholesale
and buying at retail. BY Joining this
Association and working with II you
have chance to buy at wholesale
and sell at least a part OF youi
stuff at retail Thus reversing the
araa, Saonpd. Won vpaat vnuY 4.
brother farmers at the meetings
and as you do at the fair or town
meeting you exchange ideas. ask
questions. and answer questions. So g
YOU do get some benefit. and you Z
give some benefit to others Third. /
You go home after the meeting feel t
ng brighter and more cheerful for a
laying spent an hour or 30 amoni {
riends and neighbors whom you
would not see perhaps once week
( there were no Farmers Associa |
ion. Fourth Between meetings G
ou ponder on what you heard at the 4
asst meeting, and look forward to s
he next one meaning to go to II am
i've some Of the members your o
ieas of what you heard at the pre- h
ious meeting, and which you have s
tudied out in the COW shed or while G
usking the corn. or chopping the b.
'ood or any other piece of work you D
lay have been doing on the place. ~
is this thinking and planning for s,
he next meeting which is going to c,
0 you and your family whole lot q
good. 1t takes up your mind In c,
new line OF work and thought, and NJ
the same time lightens your reg ST
ar work. There are several 9th IN
: reasons, but We think, we have
ven you enough for this time.
rove these by going to the meet
& next Wednesday evening and go FRI
'epared to either tell something fu
at will aid your neighbor or to W.
k for something that will aid you to
your work. There are about ne
'ty real farmers and twenty who an
ay at 1t. Every one OF the seven
should be In this Association.
'me men know more than others,
It when you hear man say he
YES not need to go to lecture or
exhibition because he knows II
|, you can make up your mind he
too narrow minded to be benefit w
and he certainly could not as ~
It anyone else. He is the kind OF ~
an who is always complaining and "
lose buildings as rule are out OF M
der and whose stock looks as II
were not half taken care OF. He IT
the kind OF man who will spend
) time hanging over fence tell ~,
& what he (does not) know and 4.
lat he Is going to do, but some no
W never does. II anything is ~,
ne on that mans farm it is done wr
the wife and children. This ins
rmer's Association. II properly the
pported, will either bring the man ey,
have just spoken OF out Of his Dec
,ceit or drive him In self defence viii
take hold and do his share In sa,
, community. They say actions an,
ak louder than words" Let the u.
ions Of this Association be 10 thi
I'D that they will be heard from OF
} end OF the County to the other. rae
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