Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-10
The Dairy Season.

The dairy season is drawing to close
The Weld has been an average one, or nearly
40. 1t opened promisingy, but the long con-
tinucd dry weather, extending in this section
from May until within few days Of the pres.
emit date, caused an unusually rapid decrease
in dairy products aud the unprecedently Sc
we're carly frosts, ia the latter part Of Sep
tcmbor, still more rapidly fastened the de-
crease.
In some dairios the flow Of milk was kept
up by heavy and judicious soiing. But most
o. our dairymcn do not yet fully realize the
great Importance OF soiliug crops, and we're not
provided for such o season as we have Just
passed through, They had perhaps, put in a
piece Of sowed corn but the drought came 900
long before it was flo to feed and owing to
the pressing demand for something TO feed
the COWS, most Of it was cut before it was
mature enough TO afford much nutritye sub
stance.
Corn is good in its season, if properly man
aged, but not as good at any time as clover,
orchard grass or ucerue, a crop Of one or the
other Of which every dairyman should be pro-
yijed with against such season as the past,
and against early drought In all seasons.
Corn does not come on early enough to meet
the first pressing demands for some kind OF
soling crop. On rich soil adapted to its
growth, q crop Of orchard grass or luceruc is
pretty sure to be ready when needed and, if
not needed it makes excellent hay for fall,
winter or spring feed.
The course Of the market has been most
aggrayating aud dscouragng. It began very
well, especially for cheese and slowly but
stoadily dropped until about the LIST Of Sep
/ tcmber, when the highest quotation for cheese
in New York city was ten and a half cents
! per pound Owing to this constant decline,
those who paid cash were generally disposed
to buy sparingy, and at wide margin-il
they did not. the fall in the price Of their
goods before they reached market, consumed
all the profits
This made a dull, dragging business
though it, in many cases, hurried up factory
men to make sales Of early made and hot
weather cheese, before further decline over
took them. la this way, large amount oil
very green cheese was sent forward, to deto
riorate in the hands Of holders and inJuro the
credit of American cheese abroad.
When the rise ia prices began, it excite,
high expectations among our iactorymen. Bl'
the rise was not well sustained abroad. Ii
soon turned out that many buyers had beer
too veuturesomc, in anticipation of rise anC
two large cheese firms brought their creditors
to grief The only consolation to be got out o
this is the destruction of the credit system
This, Of itself, is perhaps worth the price
which it cost But the failures and the un
satisfactory result Of the efforts to put W
prices IN England, frightened buyers, anC
they have ever since been as shy Of cheese al
a fox is Of an illy-conccaled trap.
TO add to the embarrassment of the situa'
ton, the fall make has been fine aud compare
lively small, in consequence of the early fros
and dry weather, and our iactorymen hay,
held firmly to their goods, knowing that fin,
article always commands a good price Bu
the point is now reached where il must soor
be decided who shall carry over what stocL
there is. Our lactorymen must sell at once
or conclude to provide winter quarters fol
their cheese. This fact probably makes buy
ers still more ollish aud philosophical thai
they otherwise would be. Not few facto
rics have already disposed of their season
make. and we are OF the opinion that the bal
ance will very generally do so.
There is considerable dispute as to tn
amount back in the country Receipts hav,
for some time been light, and many argu
from this that the stock is large. We do not
quite endorse this opinion. We do not con
slider the stock as large or small as many bu
we believe it is small enough for the dealers
TO handle, aud that they intend to handle i
and get the money out Of it with which t.