Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-21
pe1,pres in brains as


science in farming. Believes in brains as
well as muscle In farming. we must nave
practice with theory. Spoke OF expecl,,
ments in feeding swine. he LATELY rea1
and examined; eighteen and one hall
bushels Of corn or oat meal equals one ton
Of first class hay in feeding value accor'
ding TO his experience.
Hon. Harris Lewis-All science Is
founded upon experience. No farmer neeo
fear science. A good many theories have
been put forward for science.
A COW never had more available or nu-
tritious food than grasses OF all good Vafie-
ties. Grass is the perfection OF cattle iood'
Dried one hundred pounds OF green corn
fodder in an oven it then weighed eight
pounds. We should feed dry hay or straw
with corn fodder fed green.
Good hay cut in the blossom is the
cheapest winter feed for cattle. Dried
corn fodder is not bad food for cows. Has
settled down upon the mangel wurtzel as
the root to grow for feeding dairy cows,
gives a peck day. Has fed no grain for
twenty years. Feeds only nice, early cut
hay. Sweet corn is the best variety 10
grow for feeding mich cows.
S. F. Perley Of Naples-Spoke OF COOK
ing food. Thinks cooking food for cattle
don't pay in most instances. 1t may be
some classes of animals, may require food
cooked. Believes in experimental stations
where experiments may be accurately con-
Quoted and reported for our guidance. We
can not afford to do without them.
Hon. Warren Percival-Made some in
teresting remarks upon cattle breeding and
feeding. He gave much experience and
results Of experiments.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Business meeting at 9 A. NJ. State
stipend disposed Of.
Convention opened at 10 O'Clock. Paper
by Hon. Geo. 3. Barrows member from
Oxford county. Subject, "lmportance of
4 System of Agriculture.
We have no system of agriculture, and
no fixed agricultural creeds. We have no
place to learn them. We should have our
Young men have access to some means
of obtaining fixed agricultural creed
the same as those who wish to obtain fixed
medical law or mercantile knowledge or
creeds. Thinks we should adopt certain
well considered maxims in agriculture for
guidance of our young men who intend to
be farmers.
1t is the province of such bodies rs this
board to say after due trial and expert
ment, what practical science we may de-
pend upon as general principles upon
which to base operations of the farm. Or
ganization is powerful means for good
for farmers. Mr. Barrows lecture was
listened to with close attention.
Hon. Charles L. Flint then delivered a
very instructive lecture on "Milk and the
secretory organs of the cow" which was
illustrated by q diagram of those organs.
Milk is Il Q nearest to blood of any animal
secretion. The arteries which supply the
mammary glands are large and numerous.
They divide and subdivide and terminate
in capilaries, which are exceedingly mi
mute arteries and exceedingly numerous.
The blood is returned in veins which be-
gin in a union of these capillories and
coalesce into large and very large conduct
ors of blood toward the heart and lungs.
The milk is secreted from the blood when
in these capilleries by little capillory sacks
which connect with larger, and with milk
ducts, which connect with the large reser-
voir where it is kept stored till drawn by
the calf or the hand of man. Milk is per-
feet food. Knows no cure for garget after
we'll seated. Thinks milk mirror an indi-
NsttiOn w WnASA w hAny Juus5S PnAti"hy VI
the value of cow foS milk. Knows of
no way to prevent cows leaking milk.
Hard milking cows may be made to milk
easier by charging orifce of teat.
Hon. Harris Lewis-Spoke of garget
and milk fever in cows and the remedies
he tried. Viz. iodide Of Potassa. and 9th
er things. Never more than half cured a
cow.
Lyman Winslow of Lincoln county
Uses pint Of soft soap and pint of but
termilk to cure cows giving curdled milk
and bloody milk.
John Bodgn Of Jefiierson-Has had good
success curing garget with garget root.
Related his experience at some length.
Harris Lewis-Would recommend Mr..
Winslow to substitute Glauber salts for
soap in his garget medicine. The man
who dogs his cows most. who huddles
them at the gate or bars on the run, who
throws the most sticks and stones at them,
who abuses them most. and who exposes
them most to Indictment weather will
have most blessings from garget.
CONTINUED TOMORROW.