Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-16

not meet bis expectations were not as good
Is bis natives aud no exchanged his Durham
for native COW, aud was tho gamer thereby.
The Durhams we're not great mixers in his
neighborhood If there was any fine fancy
breed Of milkers, he would cross that with
the Durhams The Attorneys and Jerseys
we're considered the ne plus ultra as mixers.
Let us cross with them, for beef raising didn't
pay in Vermont We could not compete
with the West ON beef In butter We could
compete with any section Of the country.
Our feed was sweet, our water and air pure.
Let US give full attention to the dairy
Mr. Wheelock spoke of Jersey COW
owned by the Massachusetts Society for the
promotion Of agriculture, Flora by name,
which 10 one year produced 81 lbs. of but
ter, without any extra keeping But the
Jerseys we're not hardy race, and our
climate might not agree with them.
Mr.. A. d. Arms Of East Montpelier, read
am account Of steer Of the native stock,
raised by Mr.. Rich Of Shoreham. He was
an advocate for the native stock, and thought
il ar much care should be taken in the breed.
ing of our native cattle as had been taken for
the last 200 years with the Durham We
should get much superior breed of mixers.
He favored q eros. between the Ayershires
and Jerseys The Ayershres we're great
mixers but their milk was not rich, while the
Jersey. did not give so much milk, but it was
very rich. He thought the good qualities Of
both might be united in a cross
Mr.. c. II. Kinney, Of Plaufeld, had Jer-
sey cattle aud knew they could stand our
climate as well as any other breed. lie had
Jersey COW that gave ten quarts Of milk a
day, and the milk was much richer than that
Of any other breed Of cattle. The Jersey
breed are large enough for our farmers The
butter made from the milk of Jersey COWS is
worth one-third more in market than a1y
other He liked them betterpure than cross
ed with any other breed, though he thought
cross with the Ayershire breed might work
well Had never heard Of poor Jersey
COW. One COW in Massachusetts, that he
knew Of prodsced 50 lbs. of butter in one
week.
AFTERNOON.
Mr. j f. Holister, who was advertised to
have read an essay on the management of
milk for butter-making purposes, requested
70 have its reading deferred until the next
meeting of the Society, which was granted
Mr.. Hollister then spoke in relation to the
subject under discussion He said we had
got 10 use the stock which we have on hand
as the basis from which to breed better cattle
He advanced the general proposition that
a bull partook of the general characteristics of
its mother while a COW as a general rule took
those Of the father. 1t is important, there
fore, that the bull which we use be descended
/ from good mixer for a mother The dai-
rymen of his section preferred cows six years
old for dairy purposes, and procured these by
buying, rather than by raising them from
calves But somebody must raise heifers or
there would be no cows. 1t were well for
farmers to look after all their interests, aud
rearing calves might be one of them.
Mr.. Bisbee thought it would be ruinous
for our farmers to stock up with full blooded
cattle at the present prices. lie thought we
could combine the beef qualities with the
milking qualities to good profit to the farm.
ers. A farmer should always keep his cattle
in so good condition that they can be readily
turned at any time for beef if they failed
as mixers. The true theory is to purchase
thorough bred bulls, He had one and made
him pay for his keeping by work, without de-
trimcnt to his stock getting qualities, and is
really benefit to the health of the animal
Carlos Carpenter, Of Barre, said he had
never done anything in fancy stock but had
found that good keeping had done more tC
make good stock than anything else he knew
Of
w. G. White, of Barre, has had but it'll,
experience in stock raising, but so far as hi
experience and means were concerned, b,
thought good feed the main point. We arr
running into too large breed of stock, which
required too much feed for profit His stock
was small, of grade Durham, and he had
raised some good mixers.
, MIR. Josiah Holden of Waitsheld, though
Durham stock combined more desirable quail
, tiles for our farmers than any other breed
, There was large demand for their beef, 50 h
could not see the propriety of raising smaller
cattle.
Mr.. W. l.. Martin, of Plainheld, preferred
, the Durham stock to any other. One full
blooded COW, which he owned, was the bes
, mixer he ever had. Her milk was rich, anC
} she had given forty-eight pounds per day
, Has owned Ayrshire and Devon stock, bu
/ thinks their milk is not as rich, His grad,
Durham steers, when three years of age
r have far excelled those of the native breed
q with the same chance.
= lie regarded fatting cows for beef profit
able. Grain fats the graded cattle better thai
/ the native, and the natives eat the most hay
He regarded the cost OF fatting grade cattl'
less than that of fatting native stock
0 Mr. II. H. HOLSTER, of Marshfeld, said hi
experience had proved that the Durhams wer,
Z good milkers--he had kept half.blood bull
I and worked him all the time for fourteen
: years, and never brought heiier calf tina
I was raised to maturity but was a good milk
{ er He had crossed the Durham with thu
e Ayershire, aud produced good stock and goo'
I mixers.
Mr.. Martin recommended a thorough bre,
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