Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-05
House, Farm and Garden.
/. ID. II. COLLINS. Editor.
Vermont Dairymens' Association

call the attention of your readers to the
first volume of the Transactions of this So
ciety, which has Just been issued by the
Secretary in a neat octave of lis pages.
Its contents are of the most useful char
acter, and to every farmer who makes Ell
ther butter or cheese are worth very much
more than the subscription that would en-
title him to the work and also make him
member of the association,
A brief review of the contents will aid
in substantiating this estimate in the minds
of those who have not seen it, and may do
good in stimulating at least the.more en-
terp7ising dairymen of the county to aid
the important objects of the association by
their approval and cooperation. A few
pages are occupied with an account of the
organization of the society by a meeting of
those interested, held at Montpelier Oct.
81, 1869. Then comes reports of the varl-
Gus addresses and papers offered at the first
regular meeting subsequent to the organ
ization held in st. Adams Jan. 10, 20, and
q, 1870. First is brief opening address
by Hon. +. ID. Mason of Richmond, the
president of the association, in which the
| dairymen of the state are reminded of the
great progress of their art in other locali-
ties, and the urgent necessity there is that
Vermont farmers should exert themselves
to secure and maintain their rightful posi-
ton as leading dairy region.
Following this is a very interesting and
instructive paper by Henry Lane of Corn
wall, upon the culture of the sugar beet
and its use as food for dairy stock. In this
it is apparently demonstrated that the i'm
proved American sugar beet is the best
most profitable, and most cheaply grown
Of any root crop adapted to the purpose
With good ordinary mot extra cultivation
crops of this beet are grown in Addison Co
reaching 80 tons to the acre at an average
cost OF eight cents per bushel. One acre
of these beets will feed herd of % COWS
one-half bushel each, for eighty days, will
paying results. If harvested dry they vii
keep well in any quantity, stored in a pIac,
protected from frost. This paper strike
me as especially worthy the attention 0
all who understand the value of root crop
for dairy stock. The next in order IS
most valuable address by Y. A. Willard 0
New York, the greatest authority on dai
rying in America. In this address tn
substantial scientific and practical fact
upon which the successful manufacture q
dairy products is based are set forth mos
clearly, in 4 way calculated to fix them i
/ the minds Of all who desire to improy
themselves in the art and to raise thei
3 productions to the proper level OF the tim
in quality and quantity. Any attempt d
= an abstract of this address would be vail
for it Is in itself contradiction, as con
Il pact as can be made, of all the great leaC
u ing facts in connection with the subiec
: every word having its weight and value.
Il pithy and pointed paper, devoted to a r.
y sumo of the objects and methods of invest
=! cation necessary to the development Of Il
st dairy interests of Vermont, and urging u
'e on the association the importance of 4
: voting its time and its funds to exact e.
'e periments for the purpose Of settling in
81 portant points in dispute, or doubt, regar
E ing the value of various methods of feedir
ie and manufacture, breeds Of stock, &c
= EI. Lieut.. Gov. Alvord of Syracuse
t. Y, gives some important information
70 reference to the value of different kinds
~ salt for dairy use, and recommends t
III Onondaga Factory Filled salt as equal
t the best for butter and cheese.
Sc A useful paper on Grasses, by R. Goo
y man of Lenox, Mass, succeeds. follow
IL by an abstract of an address by Prof c.
Caldwell of Cornell University, treating
Fermentation and Putrefaction in their
lation to the manufacture of cheese. III
ne paper explains the whole subject in an
nd telligible manner, placing the operative
'or possession of facts that enable him to pl
lor sue his labors with 4 full knowledge of t
or elements that must control, and often,
not understood, injuriously modify tn
in. results.
OF An address upon the subject of Ergot
y; the seed of grain and grasses, and its P
ng nicious effect upon dairy animals, by Pr
IRE Prentiss, also Of Cornell University, Is n,
TO in order. These two addresses, which W
I'VE delivered before the American Dairvme
lie? Association, show that the faculty Of Il
lay young but energetic institution are wo
ca ing actively in the spirit of its found
the and bid fair to do more to promote
ace union of science and practice in the art
ley agriculture than any other in the count
at A well-considered Essay on Butter N
md ing, by 0. 5. Bliss, Sec'y. of the ASSOCIATE
Use, is the last article Of these Transactions, ;
IN is eminently worthy Of being studied,
only for its practical value, but for
her warning it contains, and the evidence
'or, adduces to show that the position of Y
nat mont as dairy state is in great dan
1t, from the competition of other regions, IN
asst, awake than the farmers of Vermont b
ca- yet become to the Importance of co-opt
iers tive action and the adoption of all the m
CHI ern Improvements in manufacture, pa
ned ing, transportation and selling their da
am products.
To those who are already aroused to
necessities of the case and the action
quired to maintain our place in the fl
tell rank, nothing need be said. To 9th
sa- not deficient in the requisite sagacity,
eed from not keeping sufficiently posted,
=, or allowed themselves to fall behind the !
'lay gress of the time, | would advise
: to they at once send in their subscription
t to membership in this association, two
1t it lars, receive this Report, study it, anC
) go prepared to cooperate theoretically in
our work which must be done, and canno
lill- done without the earnest efforts of the
no. tire dairying interest of the state.
lo'd 7. H. HosKIN
am Newport, June 80, 1870.
no 2. S. The address of the Secretary of
ung VT. Dairymens' Association is 0. S. B
oms Georgia, Vermont.
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