Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-01-31
New York State Dairymcn's Association.

The annual meeting Of this Association
was held at Little Falls on the I'd and Sd Of
January, aud the Utica Herald furnishes a
full report Of its proceedings, from which we
abstraci the following The opening address
was by X. A. Willard, the President
ExroRrs or Butter AND CuEEsE - Mr..
Willard said that tho exports Of cheese dur
ing the past year have been the largest over
made. According to official returns Of the
custom house, we exported from January ! TO
December -, 1871, 6T530, 600 lbs, aud for
the same time in 1870, 81 ,4jl 800 lbs, show.
ing an increase in 81 over 1870 Of CO.'S
500 lbs. Ia 1870 we exported only ,39l-
200 lbs. Of butter last year, 1871, our OK.
ports were S,5l0700 lbs. an increase for
/ the past year Of 6l2j, sos lbs"
CAUSE of Low PRcrs.-" You need not
be told, says Mr.. Willard. chat the average
price of cheese has been low, aud under the
present system Of marketing | can see 40
prospect of better prices ia the future. There
are several circumstances that have conspircd
to bring about a weak state of the market,
such as the general decline in the price of all
farm products, especially the low rates OF
bacon aud pork but the chief cause OF low
prices is A. stupid manner ia which our
cheese is brought forward in hot weather aud
forced upon the markets. cannt see how it
is possible to sustain prices under such q con.
dilion Of things. LISA forced sale from be.
ginning to end, and the law Of forced sales is
that real values cannot be realized. The re-.
nedy, il is obvious, lies in additional curing
houses at the factory, so constructed that
cheese may be held from lime TO time, as de.
sired
NEED OF IMPROVEMENT rs our DAIRY STOCK
On this point Mr. Lewis in his remark,
says.
There are many diaries in this county, and
in other parts Of the State which have been
so far improved as to be satisfactory to the
owners, and perhaps yielding all the milk,
aud producing all the butter aud cheese for
the food consumed that could reasonably be
expected, as required We also find in almost
every dairy, somc choice COW or COWS, which
produce large quantity Of milk, far beyond
the average Of the dairy, although they re-
ceive the same care, and same kind Of food
with the other cows ia the same herd But
we also find in these same herds some good
for-nothing, goaty cows, which do not half pay
their keeping at present prices In order t
illustrate the difference between good COW
aud poor one, allow me to quote from very
able address delivered by Mr.. S. s. Whitman
Of this place, before the American Dairymeni
Association, at Utica, at the session of lSG6
On page II Of the report Mr.. Whitman says
q" All dairymcn know that a good COW il
much better than poor one but all do moi
appreciate the difference 70 illustrate Thu
difference, | cannot do better than to give al
extract from an essay by Mr. A. Reed, il
March, 1859, before the Flrmers' Club o
Little Falls. The whole Of it is valuable, al
all his essays were. Mr. Reed gives the sta
tstics of the yield and profit Of five Of tn,
best cows in his dairy, aud also Of the fy,
poorest, in the year 1851.
These were obtained by measuring aud re
cordiDg the amount Of each cows milk on tn,
first day of each month, aud are approximate,
correct.