Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-01-20

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important one, AMI should not, therefore.
be acted upon hastily, The motion was
laid upon The table Ia be further consider
ed a, another time.
Mr.. Lucas, of Somerset. believed that
it WAS better to expend portion OF the
money Tor the diffusion of knowledge
among The farmers than it was to spend
nsll tor premiums. In mSny eases farm
erS 10 not exhibit for money, but Tor the
satisfaction of cxcelling; therefore, it
pr, f the money went FOR the purpose
indicated iu the motion. the Society would
be doing "a two.!old good.
ruE CATTLE DISEASE.
See. Goo.la'e called The attention OF
the Board to the cattle disease known a.
he Foo, and Mouth Disease now PIE
vailiny ta an alarming extent in >ouit sec
tons Of The country and even ia New
England. While this is not so alarming
a disease as has heretofore prevailed
among Us, and does not prove fatal, new
crtheles> it's Sorkmg great loss 10 the
ia the vicinity where 1t prevails lie
suggested lha, it would be well To take
some measures to memorial, ne Tie LogiS-
laturc To- take some sciion tu enforce
quarantine regulations anil .ch o'her
measures As NAV DE deemed best To pre-
tcct the farmers OF Maine against this lis
ease. The disease IS contagious au.l has
been in a'l cases O. cod 20 cattle from
Canada brought iu,o 'tr United States for
sale. The Trustees of the Maine State
Society have tskcn measures 90 do this in
behalf OF the Society TIE officers OF Tie
Board. Mcssr>. Thing. Cities; and Good
ale, were au,hc. lied ,ocanlcr Nth ,he
Committee 90 ,he stat, : ..e,y 20 b.iug
aJcu, The desired object.
OPENING OF FARMERS CONVENTION.
The exercises Of The Farmr.,' C,weu.
ton opened a; 10 O'clock with the read,
ing of "a paper by Col. SWEET. &C Oxford
on the
FEEDING AND CARE OF DAIRY COWS.
The sutiec; WAS a wide one and .oall
not be exhausted in one brief paper
The profits depend wholly on The care Of
the COWS, whether il hc good or bad
Go,a COW, must be secured. \ COW in
milk needs more feed than vixen dr.
All we give her motc than is rcceSsliy
10 keep her in good coalition goes To-
make milk We should not Keep more
STOCK than can be wei! Ted The profit
depends ou the amour, ct feed iudiciou~-
Is expended therefore Ia les number
OF COWS we feel it tu, The greater the
profit Cutting and stramjus terd J.
now pr,rrccd hc many d5uymeu and
stock growers. he had uo expert
eucc himself in Ibis method OF feeding,
hat quoted from others showing its adj
vau,aScs. The testimony OF those who
have pracliced it, i, that cut feed mixed
with lac amour; Ul meal or shorts which
you wish 10 ieel. and 'hc whole thorough.
" steamed. and ted warm, is more eco.
nomic.,l, than when fed whole and drv.
The saving, especially when feeding
coarse hay and straw. Is put as high as
thiriy-lhree PEI cent.
Nj. SWe,, makes milk for The Portland
market, and referred 20 his own expert
eucc in feeding. When he first began
the business he, ricm want of knowledge.
lost part OF his feed Fresh grass is the
most natural and be,t iced tor the COW.
In making up her feed when she i, de
privcd ct this. the effort should DC 10
make !. - near the standard of grass as
possible. From August 70 Novcmbsr is
4 hard 20 get ovoI, with dairymcn. lie
had Succeeded we'll in keeping up flow
Of milk by using liberal quantity OF
"loddcr corn With him it is very
profitable crop. Moving lands should
not le fed closely, bu, the aftermath, if
luXu,ient, can more profiably be ledof'to
limited extent than II can te mowu and
dried Ia winter they should have light.
warm, comfortable quarters, and IN s1uu.
dance of the best feed. regularly applied.
The feed should he good hay and liberal
supply Of meal OF some kind. Curuts
are worthless and bc related the eNpri.
enco OF several feeders iu proof of the
statement PLENTY of pure wafer should
always be Supplied Al food should be
given IN ;l.e barn. The COWS should be
mixed Regularly. aud by the same per-
son, AID should in al cases be treated
with kindness.
After reading Of the paper spirited
discussion ou the value OF roots. aud es-
peci1ily carrots, arose which did not in
the least support the opinion expressed
in the paper,
L. /. Lucas. Of Somerset. read paper
on Beet making in Maine. after which
llefc WAS q INCLUSION.
At the afternoon session Hon. Ilanui
bal Belcher of Pennington. welcomed
the Convention.
Rev. Nj. Carney spoke on tho advan.
tages of Associated Daryiug and d. H..
Thing, of Mount Vernon. followed.
There has been creditabIe attendance
during the day, the house being quite
well filled. Quite number OF ladies
were in. this afternoon. A very rrn1lii.