Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-27
windsor County Jersey Club.


An adjourned m eetin. of those interested
in Jersey stock was held at Woodstock, Sat
uri,y, the l7th ult., Mr.. o. NJ Tinkh ,m
in the chair The meeting was well attended
and considerable interest shown on the sub
iect, enough to show concusively that there
are some farmers who will not rush INTO sheep
husbandry az ,iu At once, now that wool and
sheep are bringing high prices. \ constitu-
ton was adopted Of which the following is
tie preamble:
B leying the dairy interest u be one OF
tie most important OF our STATE, and one
whose Importance will eagerly increase in che
future. ~ the fitness Ot our SITE Tor it and
our relations 70 { markets are more fully
uuders nod; and believing ia the superiority
of the jersey cattle for dairy purposes for
mutual inlOrmat On. and for mutual prOteC-
ton from the imposition of spurious OF IN
leri0r animals, We form ourselves into an
/ association, and to secure these ends, adopt
the following constitution.
The constitution provides the usual officers
fsuch societies, for u Herd Book 10 winch
the Secretary shall rec Jri the name and pedi-
gree OF ock owed by members OF the club.
and a prov sion which shows At least sJuni
business qualities. that all financial trausac-
tions of the lub shall be for casa.
The Chairman read several statements OF
Z. trials and amounts % milk and butter
secured from grade and full blood Jerseys.
Mr. Vail made $50 pounds of butter per
cJw IN n year from a herd OF eight grade
cows besides using milk and cream Tor lam
lily OF nine person. TWO that anne IN in
VI rch. ID April made 3j pounds, OF p
pounds per week each iced, good hay ami
TWO quarts meal per day, corn and cob and
oats. Full blood heiter dropped ter fest
calf -Jh ot August. beng then TWO years and
three days old, three weeks lafer her milk
Tor one week made 10 pounds butter. Feed,
grass only.
Mr.. Whipple, in 1870 from nine grade
COWS. one farrow and one Two years oil j.
made 80. pounds of butter, weighed before
sluug. besides supplying family Jt ten with
milk aud cream Ia ISL from ten cows,
Cwp three years old, one coming ID 40 July,
73- pounds. besides supplying family OF
eig1t. butter weIEhei before sAting. One
,oS mod. ore week IN April T. pounds.
T. S Wood. 10 lol>, three COWS, one nine,
one t1rcc anu one TWO years old, gave the
amount made each month, showing how they
held ont their mix March ana April IS
Nav 100 IA June l3G Ia July Ill 81
/ Angus, VI la. September ~ IL October
! lu5I-4 November IA IA December 1913 7
Z
January + 3 + tJtI 9ul pounds. family
ID hee and SIX snFPhei. Ia 1852. tx cows
i0cuttuL three Two years old, 1901 pounds
Oae ddy 5 trial of three Two years old CO..
b.o58) January gth. first gave p pounds
milk. winch male ~ - ounces of batter
s,cJad gave Is 81 pounds milk, which made
ID ounces ID butter third gave -
pounds milk, which made - ounces OF
butter total of mi K 81 > pounds, butter
50 4uu Is. June lltb. one two years Old
Is 81 pounds mdk per day, made ~ ounces
butter From Two Two yctrs old, January
1.b. from four quarts 81 mtIk each, 4. ounces
butter each, or - ounces batter from = gal
Ions milk.
Mr. Wood could tclI bow much butter lie
had made 10 eaen week for i've years
NJ Wainplc sand be bad just returned
from Boston. where lie bad spent some time
ln looaiu. up matters pertaining 70 the
butter interest mad read considerable OF
iii. 90 sed butter, and wanted to know
what it an meant Had ioIud that TWO
hotels aloae in Boston used about 400 p1un Is
per yreek 10 butter tor whIc1 they paid ~
cclts per pound. and about >uu pounds per
week Jt =. common.
81. Sargent Of Brookliue, sold bis butter
/ 5v contract through the season at ! .Oo per
. pound. waIch tie dealers sold AZ :@I.lo MIR
Adams 5t Aiam7' Express sold ms ar one
place, price tor the year / cents. lie lOund
1c=.de. where the batter from the dairy Of
Que mem er Ut tuis club, and Tor wuIca he
received 40 eeuts, was sold I'D Boston Tor -
cents.
Mr. Charles DAM read an address On the
origin of the Jers y stock, their history. ez-
ceIcnce etc. whitI vas most entertaining
All instructive
The following gentlemen were electei Tor
the year.
President, Hon. b. Ii. ottei, Harland
Wee Pre-i lent. o. NJ. iIukhhm. Pomlrst
>.crettry, H. W. Nal, P5m'r,t; Treasurer,
( i f Russell. uartiaud Directors, Charles
Dana. Woodstock Oped Whipple Jr.,
pomlrct: George IT, Harvey RJyaltJn
/ Charles s Raymond BrIdSewAteF; Z. ).
/ Wood, Pomiret.