Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-22
Che former.
Dairying

EDITOR FIREMAN. notice in your paper an
article taken from the Waltham Seatiael on
Stock keeping which | fear may mislead some
young farmers unless some allowances be
made between Vt. aud Mass. la this ar
ticle he inquiries, !" is milk raising pro-
ftable at present high prices" and then goes
on to show that one dollar per week is as low
as COW can be kept in good condition for
milk the year round, Now this may all be
true at his location. But here in Vermont
COW can be kept in good condition for milk
for four shillings per week, Or about one half
the cost, giving them meal in spring and
fall which is all'they need with our good hay
and pasturing. In Vromont "a good dairy
well managed is the best stock a man can put
on his farm, | have kept dairy more or less
for twenty years. | kept fast horses, and
stock horses, sheep, and young cattle, but the
dairy taking all into consideration, is far the
>ndt Tor the farmer. have kept from ten,
ENTITY cows / now have eighteen, the
s1st years twenty, the past year my dali
gave me an Income of seven hundred dol
Mars Notwithstanding four were heifers) in
ecluding calves, pork, family use &C.. my
farm grows better yearly, and | am fully
satisfied with the profit Of dairy. l feed
my COWS with corn meal in spring, pump
kins and corn meal infall, so long as milk
them; this food is nutritious and wholesome,
and will in most cases give sufficient color
to our butter.
Now Mr., Editor while my pen is going
wish to take a cursory survey of an article
which appeared in your paper of March 18th.
When my wife read that article, saw the
lightning fash in her eye, and had it not been
for complicated quilt she had upon the
stocks, she would have alone held %he writer
responsible for that article,
In this article the writer says" suppose
you all know, and should think every one
ought to know that we all color our butter -
&c. Now Mr. Editor do you know this fact ?
IF you do say so we werc not schooled in that
way. l agree fully with your correspondent
in Conn. on this article only little more so
believe the number who color their butter
will compare with those who do not, with
ladies who paint their faces, compared to the
more sensible part of thei: sex. The two
cases as similar in their nature, they both
imply fraud and deception wish to show
finer bird than they rea are. What gen.
tleman or lady wishes to be deceived in this
way If there arc any they will find the arti-
Gle in question in N. Y. market at very re-
duced price. For ourselves we never made a
pound of it.
And now let me say to all young men and
old, who wish to enter intoth dairy business
Stis good and profitable, only make clean
work of it, few years and your mortgages
will rise from your farms, the paint will ap.
pear on your houses instead of your butter
do not be afraid Of doing your own milking,
stralning your own milk, churning butter
working the same, with offender worker, in
a word make the women's work as light al
possible. P. WARREN.
Bethel, April 18th, 1858.
Perhaps we ought, in justice to say thai
the article 4 March 18th, had reference only
% winner We understand EDITOR &: