St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-02-25

the beautiful for the useful will en-
courage itself" This is especially true
when applied to the American farmer
But few can see beyond the almighty
dollar. Farming is laudable and noble
calling. \ farmer may raise fine horses
and cattle, and good crops, and vet be
utterly wanting in making home pie as
ant. Mr.. Sanborn then spoke Of the
love of flowers that was common to all
and especially the children, and thought
every farmer should have a little flower
garden, II for no other reason, to please
the little ones of the household. The
cultivation OF ornamental shrubs and
trees was OF more Importance even than
that o! flowers. Nothing more embel-
fishes the farmers home than trees and
shrubs, and nothing Is more beautiful and
ennobIin@. Mr.. Sanborn then advised the
formation III every village and hamlet of
society for the purpose of identifying
such village Or ncighborhood, but as we
expect TO print his essay in full next
week, we lave the abstract here.
The next in order was a discussion on
Making and Keeping Butter" Mr.
Gao. X. DREw of Danvillc, said, in Or
l.i. I, make Iutt,r ,,,,, ,,,u.t ba1-a croo,,,
and that ncccssitatcd milk, and we looked
to our cows Tor that SO lac he thought
The first aud prime object TO be obtained in
making butter was TO have good cows
lie preferred TO lave his cows "comc in"
ut two years of are instead of three; but
he would 10y extra care and feed by that
age have them Of the size of ordinary
thrce-yearS-oldS. lie thought two-years-
Odds made better cows, and besides Il
years time wds gained. Mr.. Drew had
seen COWS whose cream would never
chun into butter; 50 he would recon-
mend II trial OF Il new cows milk. not
only to see its quality, but to certain if
II would ever churn. He set his milk in
gliS tumblyls for such trial. lie
Thought farmers generally did not keep
their COWS we'll enough. Grass alone
was not OF sufficient nutrimcnt for cows
Giving mili-thcy should be fed Il little
grain the year through He said IL half
acre Of well titled ground would furnish
corn fodder for eight COWS three months.
Mr. Drew keeps his milk in Il milk eel
lar, and during hot weather places his
can of cream i'll Il stream of cold spring
water over night before churnin": salts
with one ounce of salt to a pound of
butter, packs in even tubs. aud covers
with Il paste OF salt, with :! CLOTH but
no brine.
Mr.. ANDREW WARDEN of Barnet did
not like ",kim milk COWS for butter
ii he was so unfortunate as to
have ore Ia his dairy he put her to
RAISING calves fer the other cows. In
selecting COWS he tried TO get those of
gentle disposition but not OF great flow
IF milk. \ COW that gives great mess
: generally poor in flesh, and the milk Is
not oi very good quality. lie cnd,avors
to have his cows in good flesh in the
,prng. and feeds meal twice daily until |
he pastures ale rood, and when the
hem in the barn and feeds green corn
oddcr. Ia milking, treat the COW gently |
and milk rapidly. Skim the milk just
De.orc it begins 10 change, and churn as
often a. every four days in hot weather,
and take particular care TO get all the
out; salt with : ounce to
the pound, and pack in tight, clean tubs,
made without ~ap-wood Dogs were not
pr. !i,ahle about dairy.
EZRA i. PARKS, E-q. of Waterford,
thought great care should be used in the
-cl elton Of cows; one must have those
who give GOO quality of milk. hence
he believed spriukling of the Alderny
was all-important. Feed your cows
well, and bed them well, cows would net
d. much that Were only half taken care
OF. Should kim the mill, before it turns
into honny-clabber; keeps his cream
with ice, and after churning washes but
tcT while in churn thoroughly in cold
water Always covered his butter in
tub, with brine
Mr.. \. Il. Gos> of Waterford, thought
the progress If dairy farming had not
kept pace ia this county with other
branches # farming, nor did he believe
II was up to the dairy portions Of this
AMI York state. lie supposed this was
because the farmers here had given so
much attention to the raising of beef
that the dairy interests had been neglect
cd He advised - the forming li dairy
associations. cheese factories, etc, as it
would save the farmers wives much
drui@cry; and where this system was in
operation the work wa not only much
less. but the profits more. Ills expert
cncc in butter makinm was much like |