Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-29
Dairymen's Association.
The fourth wiLter meeting of the Vermont

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and closing Friday. Wednesdays proceed
ings began with the opening address of tn,
president of the Society. Hon. f. D. Mason
OF Richmond. He discussed the presen
condition of Vermont farming, and its gen
eral needs, as bearing en- the welfare of the
| Agricultural community, and 50 immediate
ly, in most important ma nner, Oh that Of
| the whole State. Agriculture lies at the
basis, and in no communities is this more
true than in those that inhabit Vermont,
vet our position in farming is to-day puz-
zle. With all our modern appliances we
are too often content to let our farms run
behind, rather than improve, but a little
care will avoii all this, and make our fields
most richly productive.
We need to keep our young men and
women at home, by giving them the best
chance possible and as early as possible, to
take paying interest in our W TX. We
must be generous with them to keep them
and be sure that they have a good tducation,
nakedness of mind they will find worse than
nakedness of body.
W. Ii Ii. McAllister, of St. Adams, fol-
lowed Mr.. Mason, welcoming al to the meet
ing. Mr.. j. Ii. Crosby, Of St. Adams, then
read a paper which was well received by
the meeting.
Capt E. L. Hlbba7d, Of Franklin, gave
his experience as a middleman,. and Diseased
the subject Of butter-makiug, ana some OF
the means by which eople manage to avoid
making fret rate article; enumerating as
causes of poor butter the want Of perfect
cleanliness at every step o the work. and
the want of attention in the matter of get
ting we'll favored butter How the best
f ,vor can be obtained may be found, per-
Laps, by careful experiments to that end ;
looking out for the best breeds, and the
qualify OF iced.
The matter was further discussed by
N, ssrs. WhitmoIe and Crosby, and L. I.
II wiley gave recipe for making poor but
ter. 1t is easy filthy milking, and letting
Allh stdBd ohlll Gu III tls W III Insult IL Abl =
Paris said We sll can make that kind OF
butter, and Mr.. IIawley then gave lis
notion OF essentials to good butter making;
we need sweet pastures, the right kind Of
COWS, gentle treatment of the cows, cleinli-
ness in milking, stirring milk and cream to-
gether, letting the cream 81 ghdy sour,
Irt-h rt.t Nt h.l
milk, and good sweet salt, say four ounces
to five p3a4}s Of butter.
This discussion wascJn,inuei By Mr.Arm-
ington, CARPENTER and others, until Mr..
Douglas, of Whiting, read piper on butter
OF this we expect hereafter to give
a full report. lie advocated and described
at lei 9Th what is known as the Orange Coun
ty system of deep setting.
Mr. Alexis Smith spoke of the profit Of
good butter-makng. lie uses the common
Sanborn churn, ard large pans. The cream
is kept free from white spccks AMI much
labor saved in taking care Of the milk.
Mr.. Hlwley believed in the Orange Coun-
ty method OF churn.ns the milk with the
cream, after i; becomes slightly SUR.
Mr.. Tlnkham, Oh Pomlret, criticised the
deep-se;tns theory OF Mr. Douglass
Hon T. 5. Gold Secretary Of the Con
nectlcut Bard Of Agriculture, eaid, that a.
to deep or shallow ting, lie fifteen year,
ago tried the same experiment detailed by
Mr.. Tinkham, and came to his Conclusion.
but since then he had learned that when deep
setting was had, under proper conditions IL
was Tar preferable.
Mir Douglass regarded white sPecls as
dried cream and related the experience of ont
of the most int ligent dairy women OF TIN
) ate, III which she PRONOUNCED in favor o.
the shallow setting but on inquiry lie found
that the temperature had been regulated hy
the air alone so that tie eha.lJN set milk
WAS certainly the warmCst; AGAIN, she
: kimmeQ at the same time, WuIie 1t - O1vlOIs
that the deep set ml,k snOu.d have had more
time. lie spoke vigorously against to- great
au ex posture ut milk 10 the me. UscOplc spores
Or seeds OF Geciy Heating in the air. A.
for churnlng the whole mIlk ne had tJuLd 1t
too expensive and wholly Unnecessary. And
TO 90 back To deep setting, he sad that any
OF the methods IN use ere luhn tcly b.ttcl
than the OLD way. tie held that the proper
Orange County system is the most perfect
yet devised. Tn fOrmIty OF t, mpeIature Is
the thing devised and this Is secured by con
the mix 10 vessels surrounded 10y
water, which comes higher than the surface
OF the mix. One TACT We all know is that IL
is almost impossible to draw ca.Urlc down
ward.
Tie gave the result OF many tests to SHOW
that tue temperature Is much more UNIFORM
where the vessel is surrounded by water than
where 1t Is applied at the bottom. Calogic
will rise, but 1t cannot reldiIy e drawn
down.
Mr.. IIawley, Mr.. Bliss and M. Brou.hton
of Malone. continued the dls;uesIJa, and
Inherent breeds OF cattle were spoken Of, tie
AyrshlIes AID Jersey each finding believers
IN their superiority.
Dr. Cole Of Potsdam, spoke IN favor of the
AyTshIres, saying they would live and be
proiitab. where ohorthurIs would starvc.
MIR. SmItn SAID there were good cows in
all the breeds, and he had seen them in the
native and French COWS, but be was no phil
osopher and he believed 1T WISE to conclude
that the cow was most profitable which give
the richest milk according to the quantity.
Mr.. Obed Wbippe OF Pomlret, who gets
60 cents pound lor his butter, was Intro
dnced. Good c,ws, good pasture, good keep
lng and cleAnlness were the most essential
conditions OF success. From twenty, wo
grade jersey COWS he had made + $40 pounds
OF butter since April aud twenty two pei
ons had used the mix and cream. Put uae
butter up in Que ounce ami four ounce balls,
1872 four ounce anu 36 and ounce balls IN a
can, eighteen inches high, suDdlvIded BY
shelves. This can Is put INTO a wooden box
Not ID great deal Ot word ia making the
balls Ills vile wou d ball twenty i've lbs
III an b our and "a hall, Butter marketed in
B ston. Churn every day Milk SKINNED
sweet Use the Prize churn. Do not fad
white specks. Set the mlk in small pans.
Do not use Ice, but have good cool loom.
La warmest weather the mix eets thirty
hours. Cool by setting IN water before
stralning. Salt an ounce to a pound, and
half an ounce of sugar. Work it twice,
washing in water. Use Ashton sait. Give
COWS two quarts OF meal a day the year