Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-02-07

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Westminster Farmers Club, Jan 81
SUBJECT-MILK.
N. G. PIERCE.-As am perfectly
at home tonight, l will as requested
open this discussion. Milk is one of the
most important of all the different kinds
of food, for the support of animal life,
especially the young. 1t has been held
in high esteem by the whole family of
man since the days of creation. From
that time to the present, Bards have
sung it praises, and it has been held forth
to the admiration of mankind. Ev-
en- the Irishman paid some tribute to it,
when he asked, "What are two quarts
of Rum in family where there's no
milk ?" Most of the great and good
things of which we speak are compared
to milk, or cream. That is, we say,
the "milk of human kindness
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scream of joke or the "cream of So
ciety." We speak of the land that flows
with milk and honey; milk first, honey
second. Even the sacred writers paid
tribute to its virtue. Peter in one of his
Epistles to the early Christians, speaks
of the "sincere milk of the word"
Christians that have tasted this food
universally proclaim it to be to the mind
what milk is to the body; the most
nourishing, the most satisfactory and
the most healthy of food. | am therefore
confirmed in what | said at fIs st that
milk is the most important of all food,
for the sustenance of life. These facts
conceded the question-what shall we
do with our milk; presents itself. For
one, believe we should take a ''new
departure" and use more of it in our
families, / believe we should find it more
profitable, not only as regards dollars
and cents, but as conductive to a more
healthy state of mind and body. But
ter and cheese are very palatable, and
very profitable articles of food, and
ought to be used more freely in our fam
lilies than is the common practice. Sit
uated as l am it is more profitable for me
to make butter than cheese it requires
less labor and less care | usually feed
the sour milk to young calves. This
practice has paid me we'll, though if we
could start a new cheese factory in town
| would be one to contribute. If could
sell milk at cents per quart at my
door, would neither make cheese nor
butter. 1t might pay to make butter if
we could get the prices consumers pay,
or the high prices that some of our
neighbors receive; but in order to do
this we must have the conveniences a
room that can be kept at proper
temperature, glass floors, glass pans, and
other Improvements.
CHARLES WILLARD.-TheP President
wishes to hear from me, and how would
make the most of milk" 1 would keep
the COW that would give the most, then
add Water, am not certain that this
would be the most profitable way of dis
posing of it. Unless we have large
quantities we had better make butter.
My cows pay me $3.50 each, per week
this winter Think the business of max
ing butter pays as well as any other
branch of farming, unless we raise to-
bacco.
Mr.. BANKS was invited to give his
view of the subject Said he should
prefer to sell the milk by the quart rath-
er than make butter or cheese. IF that
could not be done, would make butter,
as it required less labor and finds more
ready market.
r. G. GoULD.-It pays we'll to feed
well. Cows are no acception to this
rule. They need extra feed in winter
in order to furnish a good quanty of
milk. 1t will furnish us more money
sold by the quart than made into butter
or cheese. OF the two, butter or cheese,
would make the former with the same
labor, it returns more money.
F. B. RIcHMoND.-Much depends up
on the quality of the milk, as to wheth-
er we should sell by the quart or use it
for making butter. For me, with the
COW have it pays better to make but
ter. Think she would average 6 quarts
per day through the year. Six quarts
of the milk will make a pound of but
ter.
ID. c. WRIGHT-The question as to
what we shall do with our milk de-
ponds upon circumstances. If I could
sell as many do. at cents per quart
would sell. If we should all do that