Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-07-10
From the Massachusetts, l'loug 'lman.
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1 Mr. EDITOR IL am mutton eater an(
!. | bail with delight an attempt to impro
I We the mutton sheep Of our country.
hope to see the day when we shall have
become as famous for mutton eating as
the John Bulls are for beef eating and
the Johnny Grapes for frog eating.
Mutton is the cheapest and healthiest
meat we can produce in this country, and
its general substitution for pork would be
long stride in the hygienic and fnanci.
al elevation of the country.
1t Id with pleasure then that refer to
the efforts in that direction of Mr.. Robert
G. Hill of Elmore. He has sixty sheep of
what he calls the improved Cotswold breed.
His original stock was from the Winter
bottom importation of La Cole, G. E.,
which he thinks he has improved by
crossing with stock from other sources.
he sold in Dec. 1865, by weight for NUT.
ton, eight sheep. four wethers and four
ewes, three of which had raised lambs the
same season for S2S each. and in no in
stance has he ever sold sheep for NUT
ton or any thing else for less than $40.
tie does not find ready market for his
wool, which is matter of surprise to me
while | remember that we import copsid.
,rable quantities of The same grade of
wool for combiDg purposes A large pro-
portion Of his ewes raise twin lambs and
all, old and young. are healthy and 70.
bust. 1t may be proper to remark that
be has very large range of the best
mountain feed.
1t is very much to be regretted that so
little attention is paid by farmers gener
ally to the improvement of stock A
great majority Of otherwise sensible mel
make the most injudicious, hap hazard
crosses and belive they arc entitled to
judge everything else by the results of
their foolish experiments All over the
town of Elmore may be seen the result of
just that course, aud with very few ex.
ceptions. perhaps not score, there is not |
sheep or COW that is of any particular {
breed, but each is supposed to possess all
The more desirable quallies Of some half '
, dozen breeds. There are two Shorthorn :
bulls in town that are supposed to be t
I
had often heard Of the dairy estab- i
ishment of Mr.. A. R. B.iiey Of this !
own. and although it was quite off my g
contemplated route. could not consis. r
emily neglect to visit and inspect it. 1t II
vas once said BY one of the oldest and q
argest butter dealers in Boston, that the :.
lest butter he ever had 10 his cellar came y
rom this establishment. anu the es.ab lish.
nent itself affords the most incontroyert. Il
BILE evidence that such may have been II
he case. In the first place every hing is a,
crupulously clean aud neat. The milk el
nan from the yard has no occasion to W
inter- the milk room but pours the milk IN
through tin conductor, and the 81 :,
milk is passed out in like man. q
er. There is no opening and shutting OF
doors to disturb the air 10 the room. tv
o outside windows on two or three sides OF
get currents of air. so much sought for W )"
y those persons who suppose that cool o;
pom can only be secured by passing cur. vi
'nts of hot air through it but just win. is
'ws enough to give the necessary light. on
nd those all on one side. =.
There is no expensive machinery, and n
the whole one wonders why it is not tn
sier to make good butter than not to do Ca
and really. believe if men could only ne
t rid OF some Of their foolishly absurd 81 IS
'tlons in regard TO ventilation, it would ar,
easier making good than poor butter. ha
vi course, when the milk room is used Ton
thousand other pu poses, and it be. va
mes necessary to mop the floor every
y and all the utensils of the dair, arc
'ansed in the room. dry atmosphere,
'ich IS so very essential to success in
tier making. cannot be secured even cou
tn the greatest attainable Giro ulstion Of In
). In |
nv, soft
The only popularity could discover nes
8 Just this and nothing more /: Every. pea
pg is clean and dry, and the tempera. cau'
Q Of the room is kept uniform and r sra'
hout disturbing atmospheric iuauen. toll,
GREEN MOUNTAIN Boy. prov
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% 1t has been estimated on reliable , = 81
q, that brood Of i've young robins bear s
their two parents consume on an NV dire,