Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24

.o ,be slaughter houses and still in turn
nroduce still greater shortage of this
~, q. of meat. We should all endeavor to
Increase the number Of hogs on our farms
nj on,v because IL Is profitable but be-
cause they represent an important fac
tor in the winning Of the war.
Another class Of stock which are re-
ce,ving gfeat attention at the present
time is sheep. We find that In the world
there Ia n shortage OF fifty four and one
half million head. This. together with the
fact that much of the wool produced In
Australia Is not available, has led to an
acute wool shortage which has greatly
handicapped our authorities in providing
clothing for the army and navy. Wool has
raised to a price which has been unknown
since the Civil war and mutton has be-
come n luxury. without attempting to
20 into discussion Of the methods of
adaptinr sheep to our New England hill
sides and the profits which may be ex-
nected from these, / will say that many
farmers are finding 1t profitable to add
n small flock Of ewes to their brother live
stock population. and in this way in
crease their total income without further
labor expense.
One other class of stock needs atten-
ton and that is the farm flock Of poul-
try. Egg-raising as specialized indus
try has been completely paralyzcd by the
high prices Of the recent year. This does
not seriously effect the farm flock and
many a dollar has been probably earned
by the keeping of a flock Of one or two
hundred hens as an adjunct to the main
industries Of the farm.
Realizing that the livestock industry is
and must always remain the backbone
Of American agriculture. 1t behooves us
| at this critical time to make 1t as EN-.
Client as may be by better methods OF
breeding and feeding and control of dis.
| ease, together with the marketing OF
products without waste. Only by doing
| these things can we as livestock producers
| perform our service to our country EN-.
GENTLY in this time Of need.
SOIL ROTATION.
For the second time during the conven
ton, F. Il. Duffee Of West Hartford
Conn.,, a successful dairyman and farmer
gave an address on lines Of helpfulnes.
to both the dairymen and the farmers
In part, he said: ITO be a successful
dairyman, a man has to be a successful
| farmer. for they both go hand in hand
| The nature of the soil Is an importan
factor in dairying properly. Soil rotation
is one Of the great factors In making thu
soil fertile and in such a condition that 4
will grow variety of crops WELL First
plant silage, plenty Of 1t. then clover hay
with a great deal of clover in 1t. Then
plant potatoes or field corn, peas aId oat'
and then rotate over the same ivariet!
year after year. alternately. Potatpes ant
field corn are the best paying crops 8,
far as financial gains from sales are con
cerned. A dairyman has got to plant silag'
in great quantities. Plenty Of fertilize
and careful turning and rotation Of you
land will produce good crops"
MEETING OF GUERNSEY CATTLE
| CLUB.
At the annual meeting of the Guernse,
Cattle club, Vermont branch, Thursda,
morning, President e. c.. Tenney was II
the chair. Reports Of the secretary an,
treasurer were received and they Shove,
that 20 per cent. in membership an
finances had been gained during 1917.
committee. consisting Of H. N. Dow o
Middlebury, Col. H. Edward Dyer Of Rut
! land and Col. H. T. johnson Of Bradford
was appointed to nominate officers, VIII
will be elected at a meeting to be held a
the New Sherwood Hotel in this city OF
Thursday. February IA, at 200 p. m. 1t wa
unanimously voted to continue printing
the sales sheets of the Guernsey cattl
owned by the members of the club and t
advertise cattle of that brand for sal
under the club in State papers. Arie
Nicholson. a buyer of grade Guernse.
cattle from Tariffville. Conn.,, was tn
guest Of the club and he has contracte'
for one carload Of grade Guernseys to b.
shipped Immediately. e. A. Bishop. super
intendent Of advance registry work Of tn
American Guernsey Cattle club. was ais
a club guest.