New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-21
AGRICULTURE IN CONNECTICUT

''' HARTFORD. JAN II. 1863
The State Board of Agriculture is composed
OF thinking farmers-nen Of middle and advanced age.
perfect in health plain in person. placid OF temper Vi
auiet manners cautious and observing. They have had
large experience. given to experimenting test
by comparisons, and hold fast the good d3r Pne-
poses Of mutual Improvement and Tor the advanco.
of the Of agriculture, they meet osetnfr
icct Tie facts elected at these conferences
are published annually I'm handsome volume whcn ny
special provision OF the Legislature y largely ereuaeu
among the farmers OF the State. and thereby inuch loi
nation of peculiar local value IS disseminated ana gOod
il accomplished The second Winter session OF the Board
has Just been held at Hartford 1t continued ior thIee
days Every county in the state was represented by
emit breeds the of feeding Sc. was the sub
jcct for consideration Every member came
every man exhibited genius for coming 10 the point
The meetings. held every morning afternoon ana even
President the Society The first meeting, on Tuesday
morning was devoted TO business aud the reading OF
Autumn by the Secretary OF the Society. Mr. T. Gold
of West Cornwall At p. m and in the evening, Prof
in Cattle" IN which he described the process Of
inpregnation development. and birth Of the various an,
bv males OF inferior quality was injury from which
the female always suffered. The lecturer sad that no
cattle breeder control the OF the offspring OF ms
animals Nature is sole arber IN the matter
and attempts at interference are entirely use use
that the proportion OF the among all homogeneous
animals is about equal. while among polygam9us Species
dominate In raising fine animals II Is necessary 70 nave
wellformcd and perfectly healthy parents. bee.inE IN
aud I'm should be avoided but If IL must be esorted TO-
special care should be- taken To select me anhis. nc
morning meeting OF Wednesday was devoted to business
In the afternoon lecture was delivered by ftoi.
VIM H. Brewer Of Yale College. parasitic Diseases
that inure the flesh Of Cattle for FOod' III WHEN he
treated OF trichine. tapewOrm. and other WehknoWh
parasites The ti1cmnT y nor newt mas pcei %
for a century. The tapcwOrm comes from ealing hei
sey pork Ihor9nsn coonihs Is s f thiT rayages
these enemies We are much lIcet Iion ni'ii 80 50
here than in denscy populated countries. ana some nS
scans state that few afflicted with the tapc-"oIn
unless having visited Europe Among nations "ho,s Iuou
il taken IN uncooked condition, huen huH'IlNs
ensuos The natives the coast OF Africa eat IA" pork
and are much afflicted win tape worm l"eny PER .c'
Of the population OF Iceland die Tor the same reason
trchng, but II the agitation causes then 10 eooh M
food more 10 WIKI prove good thlng. chcl cNldehCe
OF advanced civilization is the desire for wecoOked
food In the evening, there was Heu'Ial "a
Breeds Of Cattle aud Breeding The secretary Iead a
communication = W. Bartlett ~ East windsor. IN
which II was stated that the OF mooeu ~,
had produced marked and beneficial effect The weight
I'm the opon ~ the writer, the shorthorns wcc Tor
fatening purposes Tor superior 70 any other breed
emit varieties OF short horns Of which valuable
for Their m md o s% ,he Adsrney a.
BILE In the long run. Ihey gave rich iniik ~hish Nc
oven being small are NOT much esteemed for draugh
He considered the Ayrsmres inferior IS mixers ana
working cattle, and the Devon oxen excellent oi hhIu
work but all things considered he preferred the short
horns any other breed. H. = Collins OF Coilhssiie
hills OF Kew England ON the praies Of the West OF IA
the blue grass regions OF Kentucky where Ieed u 10
ect he would give them the preference Ihy are aEe
and eat i'm proportion 10 their size Ayrshires. being
more hardy are always In good condition and thrive
where shorthorns would starye. HIS eN-
pcrience had taught him not To ue-
pend on getting good mixers IRON the
native stock lie purchased Ayrshire bu aud found
his herd much improved aud approved Of exercising
bulls in farm work : NJ Wells Of Wcacrsneld sald tha
shOrthorns consumed much more food than AyTshiles
and that the latter produce most milk. Prof Brewer
described a visit TO an agricultural schOol III France anu
spoke OF experiments there which proved that
the best breed was IA cross between the Durham,
native. and Brittany cows. lie i1ought t nat
a cross between the natives and Dufhams NE
most desirable milking stock for this country L; NJ
Augur OF Middletown thought that herd should ne
chosen which was best adapted 10 the farm on which IL
was 10 be kept Cattle used for three purposes
work beef and the dairy No breed exces III All these
particulars. He preferred the Devon they are gooa
hitter makers not surpassed for farm work and at
tile Smtheld market III England ther Deer Dlshks ,ho
highest price The Judges Of the NewEngland Fair also
anneored martial 10 the breed having awarded II ii OF IS
preminms David Clark Of Hartford said he had tined
almost all kind Of cattle had discarded all but the
Aderneys In some sections Of state he had observed
that the Durhans had seemed 10 do best IN ohsls ~
that character OF soil climate should be considered
I'm selecting stock Some discussion followed concern
i hsyo ' her T rst calf and the weight Of
argument favored two years. Thursdays exercises
sion on "Dairy Husbandry. aud Feeding for MIX and
other Purposes" A communication was read from II;
b. Plat Of Fairfield County lie stated that he kept i!
COVE from which he received average yield or egt
quarts day. $3.50 per COW per annum. In his opinion
for milk, and highly priced as oxen The
Rev william elf Of The american AWteWuriSt
stated that butter from Aderney stock brings
better prices than any other, and that tiT
cheese from their milk was the best IN the market H.
y. Collins OF COllinsvle thought Attorney Dnttet us
agreeable TO the taste. The milk is rch' ana he ad
known Of cases where pound Of butter was made rom
six quarts. aud sOmemes from four quarts even nehce
for butter dairy he would get Attorneys. = Bartlett
East Windsor agreed. Alderney cows were good but
mend them lie considered the short horns the most de-
srable stock. President Hyde favored Deyons; he com
menced with Durhams but found the butter rather
disagreeable. lie thought the mix OF the lat
ter valuable for the purpose OF mixing
with that from other breeds. as IL gives rich color to
the whole Mr. Robinson OF Wndham County said that
ms locality noted for good butter and that durham
grades favOrte among farmers there. D. j. Webb
Of New.aven County spoke Of his manner OF feeding
He keeps 26 cows for milk uses grain separately rom nay
and roots finds malt sprouts excellent food Other
brewers grains produce large returns OF milk but the
quality is much below the average lie found cut
hay greatly superior TO long fodder. aud thinks
pays for itself twice year. He inds common white
inrnps IA good as any other root for milk likes carrots
but thinks it hard work to grow them. Mr. Augur did
not believe that carrots increased the quantity OF nK
food for cows J. b. Lyman OF Fairfield County alluded
10 the embarrassment produced In his part OF me state
Der and December and asked the opinion OF the Board
to the best mode Of C6yahns TINS am thl,
he commenced an early use Of green-corn fodder
and followed 1t up with steamed food. Mr. Weils SAID
fodder and follow 1t with rye s0wed In August on ms
richest land This gives him an excellent green soil until
said that should always have water In the manger
nj hand. lie had known 10 drink little at least
seventeen times day. They should be carded regularly
and kept warm clean, and wellventiated stables.
Mr. Collins said he used parsnps he considered steamed
cOrnstalks valuable hay little good In rye
straw and was OF opinion that roots literally used
do not much increase the yield OF milk but keep the stock
In appetite. In the afternoon Prof. Brewer delivered
second lecture His subject-"The Possibilities and Lin
ITS OF improvement In Breeds OF Cattle was ably
treated n6aluded TO the Advancement which has been
made in the speed Of horses Sheep also are highly eult
waited and he thought that cattle equally worthy OF
attention He said that climate, local and geological
ri 1nHn
acter Of stock. In different sections breeding
Is attended with entirely different results There are s6
breeds OF horned cattle In Europe all Of which, with one
exception have been local In origin and have local names
Thus We have Deyons from Deyonshire, Attorneys and
Jerseys from those islands &c. The Brittany have grown
up and thrive poor soil. II taken elsewhere they
utterly fail. In France the best breed for milk