Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-23

and leave the land to the grass at the right
time.
Dea. Dutton, Of Oraftsbury, had seen Mr..
Tyler's land, and thought It not yet proper
ly fitted for grass, being too rough.
Mr.. VIM. Jameson. of Irasburgh, had a
piece Of land wet and messy, and producing
much wild glass A brook runs through it,
about IL inches below the level of the land.
He wanted to know what he had better do
with it.
Mr.. Foster said the first thing to do in
this case is to give thorough drainage.
Staguant water is fatal to good grass, aud
productive Of moss aud other plants that
flourish 10 stagnant water. After drainage,
dressing Of lime and ashes, with seeding
of good grass, especially fowl meadow, will
help to bring desirable crop of hay.
Mr.. Douglas wanted to know the charac-
ter Of. the land.
Mr.. Jameson said there was some muck, but
the soil was mainly blue sand. lie want.
ed advice as to whether he should drain with
ditch next to the upland, or how.
Mr.. Douglas said some such swamps are
not redeOmabe, from the nature Of the soil.
1t was important to know whether the land
was worth draining before it was tried. It
getting late, discussion was here suspended,
and
Hon. r. ID. Douglas.
of Whiting. then read a paper entitled,
"Iutelligent Enterprise essential to Success in
Dairy Farming" which will soon appear in
our columns. AT the conclusion of the pa
per Mr.. Jameson remarked that perhaps the
audience would have preferred to hear Mr..
Douglas on the practice of dairying, and re-
minded those present that they were at lib
erty to question him as much as they
pleased.
Mr.. Ii. 9. Cleveland, of Coventry on
the part Of the audience, requested Mr.. d.
TO make brief statement of his methods.
Mr.. Douglas replied that one of the first
points was to get up a good dairy herd.
Many cows do not pay for their keep, and
it is important to know just what they do
produce, and weed out the Improbable ones
Then it is most important to regulate and
control the quality Of the food supplied to
the cows. Upon this depends both the
quality and the quantity Of the products.
We must provide constant supply Of sue
culent food, for if the cows fall of in their
yield once it cannot again be restored during
that season. When We get the milk, we
must do the best with it in extracting the
cream and manufacturing the butter. One
Of the main points in reference to the first
is to maintain an even and proper temper
aturo OF the milk during the separation Of
the cream. This must be done by the aid Of
water, which must be running spring water,
or else must be cooled by the use of ice
The heat cannot be drawn from milk down.
ward, neither is it practicable to extract il
upward, but il can be drawn out sideways
if the proper vessels are used and water
applied.
Mr.. Douglas then spoke Of the excessive
labor and irregular results in dairying with
the common pans. 1t is not possible to
maintain uniform temperature, or to pre-.
vent exposure of the cream to the drying
effects Of the air, and also its contaminations
when such pans are used. Mr.. ID. then
went on briefly to detail his methods, as
they have been repeatedly stated in the
FARMER, and which our space does not al
low of our again giving here. 1t will be
found in full in the last Report of the Yer,
mont Dairymen's Association, which may
be procured of the Secretary, Mr.. o. s
Bliss, of Georgia.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The first paper in the afternoon was from
Horace story, Esq,
of Irasburgh, upon "The Importance oil
Clean Seed and Clean Farms" This
though short, was an able, practical en-.
forcement of principle Of good husbandry
far too little thought Of 1t was followed
by paper on "Thc Tilcrs of the Soil, and
their sources Of Happiness" by
y. y. Foster, Esq,
of Passumpsic Mr. Fosters paper was an
excellent one, and was received with marks
Of satisfaction by the audience.
Prof Peter Collier,
Of Burlington, Secretary Of the Board,
then addressed the meeting upon 'The
Waste Products Of the Farm" This paper,
which occupied the remainder of the session,
was listened to with close attention, and
warmly Applaudod.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A very large audience assembled to hear
Dr. 81. A. Cutting,
Of Lunsnburgh, State GeOlOgst, lecture up
on The Microscope and its Revelations. "
This interesting address WAS the same which
has been heretofore given, and highly ap-
preeiated, at the meetings Of the Board by
DIR. Cutting.
This meeting has been well attended from
the beginning, with manifestly increasing
interest and attendance up to the close, As
tho first successful meeting Of the Board in
Orleans county it was specially gratifying
to its friends, indicating as it did nm increas-
ing appreciation of the Boards usefulness
to the farming community The session
closed with the unanimous adoption Of the
following preamble and resolutions -
Whereas. We citizens of Orleans county
have been favored for two days with the
presence Of several members Of the Yer
mont State Board OF Agriculture, manuiac-
lures and mining giving most valuable and