Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-04-30
agricultural.
Discussions OF brooks Farmers Clnb on
the Subject.

diversity OF surface, pure water cheap
lands, plenty of building and fencing
materials. Dairying is most successfully
carried on in cool climate. We great
ly need the manure that an increase OF
neat stock would make to build up our
farms with. There are three branches
OF daring TO select from. viz; Butter
making, cheese making. and milk con-
densing, which will pay best is for US to
decide, and pursue. We are as COM
munity, sadly deficient in dairy knowl-
edge. 1t is our fault that we are so.
There are 20 factories for the mauuiac-
ture of cheese in Massachusetts,
9i6 cheese and butter factories i'm
New York. l03 in Ohio, 40 in Illinois. 4
in Miunesota. "a in Wisconsin, 3 in
Vermont. % in Michigan, "A in Penn
Sylvania, in Indiana, in keuIucky'
So in Canada, : in Iowa. each in
Maine. Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
neSsce, Kansas. New Hampshire and
Connecticut.
The system ct cheese factories and rs
ISOLATED dalving, originated in New
York. about The year 1891 /, originated
from necessity, as alluther improvements
have. the making of better average
quality os che, - and barter, alS' the
econmizius OF labor Private dairyiug
uoceseitatr~ much bard baud labor, which,
I'm an urGue share often tails tp tae
lot OF tine tanners aitr. 10 We take The
mills OF 60 cows. auj allow 10 COWS to
be sept upon each tarn, We shall have
90 tums devoted tr mtiS production eN-
clu>iyelv. ulmo>t Now under the Tri-
waite system We bay, go private dairies,
requiring the work ct aJ lea>, On persons.
Put this milk together ia the shape 90
associated dairy, and 3or { persons will
be sufficient 90 work /, up. There will
be better average article produced chan
from the same mjl< in 90 private daiIie>,
and al the saving ia labor OF 56 or s.
persons.
We ought TO give more attention to
the milk breeds OF cattle; and To- the
Improvement of uur Natives" We
have erred Unfortunately. s, "a whole,
wilhou, any definite object in view and
our cattle are no better to day. as whole,
than they We're % years ago Our cat.
tie are machines to work up the raw ma
terial of heritage. roots and grain, to
forms of pala,able food, AMI fertiIizing
substances Butter, cheese, milk, meat
and manure We need TO produce more Of
each; we can If we will; success viii at
tend the effort.
Capt Davis thinks we need moro uni
formiiy; there is too much dissinilarity
among farmers. This arises from several
causes; some have mole talent aud cdu.
cation than others; some have more am
bltion and praiseworthy pride than 9TH
ers. Success Is from superior manage
ment Maine is mostly composed OF
small farmers; we have 10 buy some
things We can neither raise nor manutac.
ture, hence We must sell something to
offset.
The question is, how shall the farmer |
manage his farm best. Some will find ii
profitable to keep sheep exclusively
some to dairy it exclusively. We must
arrive az some definite principles in our
flaming. Some eau make one thing a
speciality, others another Special,ies
enable, Us 90 concentrate our energies.
We spend too much time ON small things
,hat do not pay. Some believe in a
mixed train, but don't think i, ough,
to be too much mixed.
We ought to arrange our affairs so that
we shall not IL driven, but have time
for recreation aud Improvements Spe-
cial,y Will enable "a, 20 Go thi, better thau
mixed husbaui!y.
Daniel Jones thinks sheep Lusbandry /
not as profitable a- Jairying; has had
good opportunities to test both Thinks
sheep very detrimental To- grass roots.
Believes iu Ia>,wiug COWS .ud sheep to-
gether Butter and cheese mc mol The
only sources OF profit in Jairyiug The
sour mill aud whey. aud manure must
be taken into account.
J. p. PiIey wants TO know which
branch OF daiging is most profitable
cheese maki 9, butter making, or con.
densed milk ? This Is point we need to
determine. Believes in mako. butter;
thinks 1.-THE most profitable way to dispose
of milk, ali thing. considered
Loren Rose-''What everybody SAYS
must be true" Our farms are running
down; his experience is that milk will
make double the weight OF cheese. it
will OF butter; thinks it less labor to make
and market the butter; raising stock
more profitable than either, and less la
Dor to both the women and the men.
Col. Seavey-Is rather down upon
private dairy ing-makeS too much labor
ter the women as generally conducted.
Don't believe IN pasiuring sheep and
COWS together; sheep soil more feed than
they consume, and feed louled by sheep
will not be eaten by themselves or the
COWS.
Loren Rose-has never found sheep
husbandry profitable; they are death to
the roots OF the grass.
Daniel Jones wants more light upon
the condensed milk prospects.
Col. Seavey thinks ii we can make
more on. Of our milk by condensing it