Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-07
Fourth Winter Meeting OF the yerment Dairy
mems Association.


which discussion on " skim milk " en-
sued.
Mr.. Douglass and Mr. Paris inquired OF
Mr.. Weeks. whether he let the cream be-
come slightly acid or not. and he said he
did
Mr.. Broughton said the income to the pa
tro of their factory at Malone averaged
the 81. I6 per 100 lbs. of milk.
J4dging by the figures given by Mr..
Weeks, Mr.. Lane of Cornwall, failed to see
the superior profit or advantage in running
a creamery as compared with. cheese fac
tory.
Mr. Weeks concurred with this view bat
desired to see further experiments.
Mr.. f. F. Tupper ofSt. Lawrence coun-
ty. n. Y. said he believed it the doom OF
factories TO make skim milk cheese. 1t
might go for wear or two but they would
get found out. Experiments had better be
made in other directions.
Mr.. Weeks stated that factory in Chat
auqua county had realized l6t cents for their
skim cheese.
Mr.. upper replied that he didn't want to
eat it. daughter and applause
Mr.. Smith said it reminded him OF the
bottle of cider that never saw the apple.
daughter
hE. NlINUn, lnt DltHlutAAAr 7~tAh itt nav
made cheese for % years, and during tine
last two years had made cheese rs indicated
by Mr. Weeks, and his customers of many
years standing preferred it to any other he
had furnished, and he was satisfied that
some ten or twelve dollars more profit per
COW could be realized by it each year.
Mr.. Smith said we couldn't come the
Yankee nutmeg over cheese and not be
found out Laughter and applause.
Mr.. Field of Milton said they had run
their factory on the skim milk plan for two
years past, and he was satisfied they made
more money. though it involved more labor.
The cheese sold at nearly as high a price as
full cheese made by the other factories IN
the town. His factory was fed by 800 cows.
The butter, however, made from this sweet
cream will not keep. lie did not, though,
know any reason why letting the milk be-
come sour would give the butter keeping
qualities.
Mr.. Smith wanted to know who was going
to buy this butter He believed we should
do best in the end, and keep up a better
reputation to make good honest article,
and not get into these Improvements too
far. Laughter and applause.
Mr.. upper said they had brought up an
| argument here in favor of skim milk cheese
| which in his mind was the strongest argu-
ment against it-that they could not be told
| apart He wanted 10 know what he was
| buying.
Mr. Weeks said the day was coming when
/ the structure Of the caseine of skim milk
cheese would be made just a fine as in full
milk cheese. Most men would do best to con-
| tinue to make full milk cheese but chemists
are at work and will soon, he doubted not,
/ show that what he had predicted would
/ prove true.
j. r. Ellsworth of Barre. Mas, gave his
| experience in manufacturing and marketing
| butter, advising the manufacture OF good
| butter, under all circumstances, rs there Is
no limit to the demand for it,
Mr. Ellsworth of Barre. Mass, who Is
/ known a the father of the Barre system
| of feeding" entered into all the details 0l
/ the care and feeding of his cows, there
/ being little in his practice different from
that of most good farmers. Mr.. Douglass
of Whiting, who prefers open stabllng
asked him why he preferred TO keep his
cows so closely stabbed in winter, TO which
he replied that they ought u be guarded
from severe cold and storms and protected
from each other.
Mr.. Douglass followed, stating that with
him both philosophy and experience made
him in favor Of plenty Of air and exercise
such only as could be had by open stabllng
In reply to questions, Mr.. Ellsworth stated
that in summer be changes pastures often
and does not yard his cows nights
Mr. Champion Of Enosburgh, said that
So far a. stabling was concerned, the logic
of dollars and cents told in favor Of close
rather than open stable, as the COWS would
/ give more milk.
l. 1 FL H.-v.r-,If .f.F..l fNsuf la .sa-
! perience of farmers in his vicinity was like
that of Mr. Ellsworth in favor Of letting
cattle out in the spring a saea.as the ground
is bare, - as TO have the change from
winter to summer feed gradual.
Hon Harris Lewis Of Herkimer county
y. Y. expressed his opinion strongly il
/ favor of Mr. Ellsworth's system OF feeding
as more frequent feeding seriously impaired
the processes of digestion He believed
however. that Mr. Ellsworth wa- wrong il
feeding his poor hay first he believed il
best to give COW all the good hay >ht
would eat and then let her have all ia,
poor she wants laughter. He wa
clad to see his friend Mr. Douglass here
lie was a man, on the whole, ofremarkabl'
good sense, but he was wrong in one thing
he wanted 10 give his cows too much eXer
else. Laughter He did not believe hu
that nature. which Mr.. Douglass insistc,
on following, could be improved upon. /
not, then Mr.. D's fine Ayrshires would b'
on the plains Of Asia, giving pint day
Laughter. He did not believe either, II
ieediRg straw. Possibly Mr.. Ellsworth
who j. n careful feeder, could do it. bu
farmers generally would find it would re
suit in straw cows and straw profits
Laughter lie did not believe in tn
Barre system of drying fodder corn on thei
numerous stone walls, nor in the system O
changing pastures. which he compared t
free lOvism Mr. Lewis was quite Faction
and amused his audience greatly.
DR.. Cole inquired if drying the corl
added any sugar, starch or gum to it. Mr.
Lewis replied that it did not particle.
Mr.. Douglass stated that when he me
Mr.. Lewis at the Burlington meeting, h
acknowledged that Douglass system wa
better than Is practice. But he has bee
in Barre been well treated. and come bac
with Barre on the brain. Laughter. II
would acknowledge that close stablin
would cause the cows to produce more mil
and make them look more sleek, but ii ais
made them eiieminate and often diseased
lie would not favor undue exposure t
storms or violence, but reasonable out-doo
exercise. Cows kept in his way were absC
lutely free from milk fevers, swelled bag,
and all other delicate and unhealthy cOnd
tions In spring.
Dr. Cole said that the highest specimen
of humanity were the barOns of Europe,
few hundred years ago. Their mother
were not exposed to hardship, and h
thought cows, in breeding, shonld net j
much exercised.
Mr.. Douglass said he would never enlorC
I.,f Ii.
lie stated that a gentleman near him Ina
cows which yield some $50 pounds OF butte
per year when kept in the way he keeT
his
Touching breeds, Mr. Ellsworth said th
Jerseys were essentially butter cows II
said he fed his cows one quart of India
meal and two quarts of proyender day
. which Mr.. Tinkham said was nearly equ:
to the highest feed recorded of the Jersey!
Mr.. Gould, of Connecticut, spoke of til
practice in Litchfeld county as being
reconciliation of the opposite methods b
Mr. Douglass and Mr.. EllswOrth-thel
being four feeds given to COWS in milk an
two feeds to cows that are dry, and both d
we'll lie was very much opposed to chang
/ ing pastures, as it made the food very il
regular and caused uneasiness among ii
f cows. They seem to be better satisfied whe
l they know just what they have than whe
allowed to long for change. He would NJ
follow nature 50 strictly as Mr.. Levi
figures would seem to imply, but, lookin
to our own race, we see that where Il
mother is subjected to the open air, and h;
, a reasonable amount Of exercise, the OF
spring are healthier and smarter than tho,
t whose mothers are closely housed.
| Mr. Tinkham favored open stabling, an
stated a case in the war of an utter absenC
of gangrene among the wounded in ho
; pital in the open air. He said a new sy
TEN of sunshine cure was coming into fave
= for certain class of diseases with man
e scientific men. He went on at some lengt
} to plead for good air and plenty of it.
: said it would, by gradual experimen
result in hardening the cattle and the fir,
c operation Of light, air and exercise woul
1 make them better. But all artificial cond
, tions of animals are attained at the expeni
| of some natural effects. The two thin.
t should be brought as nearly together
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