St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-07-09

We must not transplant apple
trees and expect satisfactory re-
suits if we leave them to be choked
out with grass and weeds and to be-
come stunted for want of proper
cultivation and nourishment. If we
give our Vermont apple trees the
same care as is received by those
in the Hood River Valley, we may
not speedily sell our land for 2,4OO
per acre, but we may soon be able
to refuse offers of several hundred
dollars an acre as has already been
done in various parts of the Green
Mountain state.
We. must also face the certainty
that Vermont will soon enjoy a re-
vival of the meat industry in vari-
Gus forms. When we take to the
raising of fat steers instead of
scrubs and sheep in place of dogs,
we shall help solve the meat prob
lem for the home market and at the
same time discover how to make
the cultivation of our soil more pro-
fitable.
We printed last summer the ex-
perience of one farmer in Chitten-
den county who made money by fat
tening steers. What man has done
man can do, and Mr.. Charles Davis
of Essex this season has demonstrat-
ed that it is well to profit by this
axiom.
Mr. Davis has just sold to F.
Howes & Co. of Burlington pair
of native steers, four years old,
which netted him the handsome sum
of $306 dressed. These cattle were
four years old so that their owner
had been able to secure work to help
pay for hay and grain they consum-
ed necessary to make them weigh
2,085 pounds, the sale including
hides and talloW. What Mr. Davis
has done a host of other men in
vermont can do.
Meat dealers tell us that this
country is nearer a meat famine
than many people suspect, and if we
of Vermont take advantage of this
official tip, we may be able to reap
where others fail through lack of
proper preparation.
/ The people of Vermont as well as
'the whole country have received ex-
cellent advice in the way of admoni-
ton to stop disposing of calves"
That is the beginning of one form
of the meat industry. In like manner
the farmers of Vermont may help to
avoid a meat famine by devoting
more attention to the fattening of
pork, raising of poultry, and the
production of mutton.
There is surely a promising fu-
ture for Vermont in this particular
and we shall fail in our
duty to ourselves and the common
wealth if we fail to do well our part.
AS we SOW so shall we reap.
Men like Mr.. Brigham and Mr..
Holmes and Mr.. Davis and a host
of others who have demonstrated
that we may make good invest
ments in various crops as we'll as
in the meat industry here in Yer
mont are benefactors of the people
of the whole state. They are afford
ing the examples we so seriously
need in every county and in every
town in Vermont.
Progressive farmers like these
are showing that Vermont is no
longer a good state to leave as
well as to be born in. They are also
showing Vermont is a good state
to come to. They "are furnishing
convincing evidence that men can
win hOnors as we'll as competence
amid our green hills.
Men like these are proving that it
is possible to enjoy the matchless
beauties of scenery of our noun
tains and lakes and groves and
drink in our bracing and invigorat-
ing air that people travel miles to
feed upon for a day as it were, and
at the same time perform valued
service for the state and nation.
4 Burlington Free Press.