Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-06

port touching this butter to be stricken
out, as they deemed it prejudicial to the
Association and unjust to those who pay
their money to support it, that they
should take notice of goods of an out
slider when membership is open to all tor
so small fee.
The cheese exhibited was by Mr.. (.
B. .Jocelyn. of Georgia, (factory) and as
an Offset to the judgment of the com
mittee. we have been requested by Mr..
Jocelyn to say that he had refused an
offer of 90 cents a pound for this same
cheese.
The detailed statements submitted by
the manufacturers of the butter in re-
gard to the breeds of their COWS, care,
keeping, process of manufacture, style
of packing, ETC., we feel obliged to omit |
for want of space. They will, of course,
be found in the volume of $ Transac
tons" when published
Mr.. Hubbard announced that the |
Springfield Prize Churn Co. directed him |
to offer one of their forty pound churns
for the best so lbs. of butter to be en-
tered for it at the next State Fair-the |
award to be made ny committee of the
State Agricultural Society.
The Secretary then read the paper on
{" Hints applicable to the times" by I.
D. Curtis. of Utica, written as an adj
dress to this association, but which Mr..
Curtis was unable to come and deliver
in person.
THE AYRsHIREs AS Mixers
DIR. E. Lewis Sturtevant of South
birmingham, Mass, then read paper
on 60 the Ayrshires, as mixers" which
he opened with q few general remarks
in regard to the quality of milk of diff
ferent breeds, and the unsatisfactory
tests by which the superiority of breeds
had often been declared. Sufficient care
is not had to all the conditions, and tests
enough are not made. He gave statis-
tics to prove how the same cow will
vary, the variation in some instances
during three years being as high as
from 800 to 500 quarts. BY the COM
parative yields of natives, grades and
Ayrshires, their value was shown to be
in the order of climax, and the same
line of statistics was pursued to prove
the superiority of the Ayrshires for but
ter and cheese making qualities. He
complimented the Jerseys but had failed
to find their superiority by comparative
tests and thought it strange that the eX-
perence of leading dairymen in differ
ent parts of this country had not discoy-
cred it if it really exists. He admitted,
too, that locality has much to do in the
selection of breeds, but he believed none
to be harder than the Ayrshire and none
so productive. The Ayrshire seems to
average about 700 quarts more annually
than the native. In dairy of Scotland,
with which he was acquainted, pound
of butter per day was the average yield
of each cow In conclusion he said, the
Ayrshire is a superior mixer. Is the
Jersey superior for butter? Who knows?
(Applause.)
DISCUSSION.
Mr.. I. T. Paris, of Fairfax, said there
were few Ayrshire cows in this yicin-
ity which had done better than any
named by DR.. Sturtevant and he read
from a report of the Department Of
Agriculture embOdying statistics which
seemed to make in favor of this breed.
He said his year old twins gave 40 lbs.
milk day and made over a pound of
butter per day the last week in August,
on grass alone.
Mr.. Curtis Wheeler of Fairfax said
his COW made in June rs pounds in
DAYS and in September 114 lbs. in g
DAYS. Hon. Harris Lewis being called
to the front (near the ladies' said he had
been a great friend and admirer of the
ladies ever since he was old enough TO
realize that his mother was a woman
0aughter)-and he was Just so much of
womans rights man that so long as the
! ladies wanted to do right he wanted them
/ to do Just as they please. Laughter
| So much for the ladies and now for the
Ayrshres. Laughter. They will feed
best of any breed on our mountain pas
/ lures. They will live by the side of a
goat, and thrive where the short horns
would starve. But they are slow milk
! ers. or as his Irishman said they were
"taius," and this is the only objection to
them that he knows. They give a SUI
| perior color of butter. The aroma and
/ flavor of Jersey butter is perfect, but
| there have been no fair tests vet which
establish its superiority over that of the
Ayrshires. He complimented DR.. Stur-
tevant for his experiments and his skill
ful management, but statistical tests are
not absolutely conclusive. He had
! known a native COW to give more milk
than any Ayrshire he had named.
Mr.. Paris asked him if he had that
''taius" COW now. He said he had not,
but he had another which he would sell
him, with teats so small that he would
curse him and the COW too. Laughter.
Mr.. Paris inquired if she was thor
ough bred. He said no, and Mr. p, then
said he didn't want her Mr. L. said
that was a small way to get out Of it,
hut it was not SO small as her teats.
laughter. But all improved breeds
are good. ....... ...
Mr. Bliss showed patent mixer as
remedy for the shOrtnesS of Ayrshire
teats. Mr.. Lewis said it was not worth
row of pins because it irritated the
teats and whoever used it would get
more dry Jumps than he would drops of
milk.
Dr. Sturtevant followed with some
general remarks in regard to the damp
ness of the Ayrshire country and the
there. He also gave further statistics Of
tests.
Mr. Ellsworth, of Barre, Mass, spoke
OF the great reliability of DR. Sturte-
wants tests and reports. 1t was not
cattle show measure but honest. He
considered the grade Ayrshires, and a
cross of Ayrshires and Shorthorns very
great success. The Jerseys are undoubt-
edly butter cows, though there may be
some doubt about the buffers keeping,
and he thought they would succeed best
when mixed with others. In his section
they had many grade Shorthorns and he
did not know where they should have
been but for this large, productive breed
They are good for all purposes to which
cattle can be put. From tests made by
himself he would not acknowledge their
inferiority to the other choice breeds,
especially when graded.
Mr.. Hubbard, of.Springfield followed,
expressing his favoritism for the Short
horns. They had crossed with natives
very successfully in his vicinity, and he
doubted If larger, more docile, more pro-
ductiye, more hardy and better cattle for
beef could be found. They have SUI
perior digestive capacity and an ability
to take on flesh. He gave statistics in
very favorable light, some two year old
heifers giving an average of % pounds
per day in December, fed on hay, pro-
vender, turnips and salt, and it was also
very rich in cream.