The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-08-31
THE EARN.
DAIRY NOTES.

UAlhl NUIESs
J. Wilkinson, Landscape Gardener and
Rural Architect, Baltimore, in letter CIV
ing some account of visit to his native
State New York, published in the American
Farmer, for August, says:
81 found the most marked prosperity in
the dairy districts. In central N. Y. where,
II to 20 years since, a large majority of the
farms were heavily mortgaged, now very
few of them are suffering from this very
unpleasant incumbrance, and the fertility
and productiveness of the land is greatly
improved, as also the architectural charac-
ter of the dwellings, and also in some in
stances tile farm barns.
observed that many of the large dairy
farmers are,also breeding quite extensively,
an excellent quality of horses. Very little
grain is grown in the best dairy districts,
but wheat refuse, the products of the i'm
mense Touring mills of the West, is used
for COW feed in large quantities; this, added
to the entire products of the soil, minus
the cheese and butter extracted, rapidly
increases fertility. The average price of
COWS in the dairy district is about $50. l
examined large number of them and
found them very low in the scale OF
test by Mr.. Guenon's system of ascertain
ing the tactical qualities, and am satisfied
that the value of the same number of cows
might have more than doubled, in the past
or 10 wears had the calves of both sexes
been carefully and intelligently selected by
the marks designated by Guenon."
From the same number of the Farmer we
extract the following:
ASSOCIATED BUTTER DAIRY.
"We recently published from a cores
pondent of our own, {. description of the
Butter Diaries of n. York. The import
ance we attach to the introduction of these
institutions, and the hope of seeing them
common in this and the States South OF us,
must be our apology for SO frequently allud-
ing to the subject.
A convention met at Mayyille, Chautau-
qua county, n Y, on 23d April, for the
making of butter, similar to those so sue
cessfully established for the production OF
Cheese. We learn from a correspondent
of the Country Gentleman that Mr.. .. Z.
Blodgett, of that county, delivered a short
address, stating the reasons why the meet
ing had been called and necessity OF an
association. Among other reasons, he SAID
that in this county alone there are IN round
numbers $4,000 cows; that in the adjoining
counties of Pennsylvania, which would
ioin the organization, there are 100000
COWS; that estimating for each 20 COWS,
$4,000 invested in land and improvements,
the total value of the property invested in
the dairy business in the territory named is
500, OOO,OO He said that cheese-makers
are far in advance of butter-nakers, pro-
ducing more uniform article and getting
a better average market price, but that
butter makers can attain the same success.
At least $50, 900 will be invested in Chau-
tauqua county alone, this year, for new
and comparatively untried improvements
$50 claimed) in machinery for the dairy
But a butter-maker's association, meet
ing of dairymen once month, will enable
lis by the aid of free discussion, to be
much less liable to loss from patented ma
chinery. One thing still to be learned, is,
how to keep the temperature. OF the milk
down in hot weather, so as to get the great
est possible amount of Greenland only an
interchange of opinions and comparison Of
experiments will give us the required in
formation. He said the standard of our
butter should be brought up to the quality
of the very best He defined dairyman
as ga man, with the knowledge of nearly
all the laws of nature added There are
two ways of attaining a knowledge of the
best methods of making butter-one by
forming an association for free discussion,
the other by having an experimental farm
devoted to dairying at the expense of the
State; but legislation is usually not very
favorable to producers, and therefore the
first is only the practicable method.
Mr.. Blodgett's address was well received
and, in accordance with his suggestion, an
association was organized under the name
of the "Western New York Butter Max
ers' Association and Farmers Club