St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-09

a~ '9oid-drup. Two bushels were SOWn
TO the acre. Tie year previous the piece
wis planted TO corn, and was in good
condition the past season to sow to wheat
and seed down. This is but one instance
of what Vermont farmers can do toward
producing their own wheat and SO lar
~ it can be done and made profitable our
farmers ought to raise :heir wheat and
not he obliged to depend on their western
ncighbors for the staff of life. l. w. :.
Ihji0deiphjd BUtter: HOU 1t is
Made.
"Philadelphia print is known in the
central cities OF the United States as but
ter unsurpassed for sweetness, solidity and
Golden color. 1t always commands Il
fancy price, and Is ever sought with an
aN,iity that makes lis sale a pleasure
rather than II labor. Excellent butter is
found elsewhere. as in New England.
New orsi aHd northern Ohio, but inlc-
rior kinds are the rule in tlIe dairy see
iion> proper. which these exceptions on
i prove while in large portion of the
west and south there /, very little superb
or butter, Il considerable quantity that is
pa>>ably good, and a large amount not
iii to eat. ot le>, value for cooking than
good lard, and unworthy the repute of the
American farmer.
Greater advances have of late been
made in cheese making than in the art of
huttrrnt t,img. The factory system has
secured uniformity Will! positive progress
IN processes and knowledge OF principles.
Bulter dairie, as individual and i>olat-
rl, Inl excellence in ihcir product l. the
result ol peculiar care in the manager,
and special adaptation to his business. II
: ot the utmost Importance tnat the very
uc~i modes "i mpnuilcturc should he un-
i,r-'ooi al! the dairymau, and The
farmers wife who cares tor the smaller
dairy OF 1Ir ordinary tarm. should COM
pare their processes (Which tiry may
now deem best because they know no
other hrtr,D with those of model c~tab-
li>hmeni>. ani learn io stamp a hi.hrr
excellence upon the Yield OF their darr~
The difficulty oi "brainin. really rood
batter ia thc citl mrrnc.s appears to be
increasing. probably trum Il uruwing tas-
IIdICU~nr>- ~ butter caters, a. wen a7
from the increasing dj>proPortion in num-
hers of ron~umyr- and producers. Inns
iact 2iyc> urgent and immediate impor-
tamce To- cifor;~ ior Improvement.
The best Philadelphia butter comes
mainly from Chester. Lancaster. and Del
aware = uutlc,. y committee "t New
York gentlemen lately visited several OF
the dairir- ui Chester Co., Pa, a. repre-
>cutatiyr> ot an inriricnt organization,
the "Nmcricam Jersey Cattle Club, DIES
-i.ucI to facilitate the work ot publish
in. such record "t Preparations and
pure breeding IL should secure the intcg-
ri,v OF this famous dairy breed. The
following extracts from their report, writ
ten by Geo T.. Warrin.. Ir.. begins with
a description OF the DAIRY of Samuel j..
Shalpic-~, ri' Street Road station. in
Chester. Co., whose COW, are all thor
ou4hbrcd Jerseys:
The milking house is 4 light wooden
structure. with 81 many open doors ANA
windows that it Is hardly more ihan a
shed. In tie winter it Is closed up and
u-rl rs Il stable for voung stock. In
size it Is about - feet by SO, with TOW
of stanchionS on each side, and with man
gers in which little bran /, put at milk
in. time Each cow has her own place,
with her name, age and pedigree on heI
own margrr. and She always goes TO ii
as though She could read Their name:
have been put up in the order in whlcl
they come from the pasture, tie ''mas
ter COW entering first, and the lcas
plucky last.
The milking Is done by women, th'
same one always milking the same cows
AMI it is done rapidly and quietly, n
unnecessary talking, and no skylarkin:
briu. allowed We measured ''Niobc's
Yield. and found it to he II quarts, (sh,
. cave the next mornin"-making it y
, quarts for the two milkings,) not bad to
huttcr-maling Jersey. The other
rave lcSs-thr smallest not more than
quart, at two milking>-but the WHO!
herd of IS cows could not have give
less than 2G0 quarts day, and this 0
milk that yields over % per cent. G
! cream.
| Near by the milking house is til
. ..Spr.ng-hou~c, about , feet long by /
feet wide. built OF stone, with its iound'
lions set deeply i'll the hillside, and it
4 l....., Ct I,l,,,- tho l,uol ,f th