The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23


by Or Sturtevant were That the Jersey
milk Is superior In quick churning and
color and best for village residents and
amateur farmers, but unsuted for cheese,
and bad for milk dealers the Ayrshire of
the butter family specially fitted for the
dairy farmer who packs bis butter; Ayr
shire of the cheese family best for cheese
Ayrshire without regard to family will
average well for butter or cheese Dutch
not pre-eminent for butter or cheese but
butter keeps longest the Jersey Is local
and suburban; the Ayrshire cosmopolitan;
the Dutch, limited as to preference by 10.
calty.
Opportunity being given for questions,
DR.. Sturteyant, in answer to question by
Mr. Lane of Cornwall, said the loss by
mixing milk of different breeds, in butter
making, is quite large, the larger globules,
when different sizes are mixed, getting
ovcr-churncd, and the daily products there
from unfayorahly affecting the future pro-
cess. 10 MI Tangdon OF st. Lawrence
county Tie best temperature for churning
is 90 degrees. To Mr. Stafford of Hartford
The difference Of production is in favor
OF churning the cream, rather than the
whole milk.
In reply to questions by Mr.. Arnold of
Rochester. Mr.. Sturtcyant said he had made
no experiments with the milk of Short
horns. His experiments with the IIolsten
bad been more limited than with the Others
As to the question whether there is any
membrane investing the globules of milk,
which has been denied, he thought there
was such n membrane he had found frag-
menls of broken membrane in examining
Jersey milk under the microscope. lie had
found solid particles in the buttcrmilk.
MIR Arnold said this accorded with his
observation. lie had seen such particles
looking like hay seed
The chairman here remarked that Mr.
Arnold was not the only man who had
made discoveries of ebay seed" this year.
Laughter.
In reply to an inquiry by Mr. Douglas,
Mr. Sturtcyant said milk kept till slightly
acid, churns quicker than sweet milk. The
Jersey butter contains more solid matter
The globuc in the Jersey milk being
larger, seems to become weakened faster
than in the Others and thus churns quicker.
To DR. lIoskins-Spccimcns of milk,
agitated before setting, threw up rs much
cream rs those that had not been shaken.
Some globulcs break sooner than others
ana get over-churncd.
To Mr. Armstrong Of Dorsct-In setting
milk, he had found Jersey milk do we'll
eight inches deep. The Ayrshire did better
half that depth. Milk on an average pro-
duccs about equal bulks of butter and
of cheese. The butter is less in weight
than the cheese.
The next paper was by W. l., Ruther-
ford, of ST. Lawrence county, on butter
Mr. EUrHEEPoRD's PAPER.
The first requisite in butter making is "A
butter COW. The richer the milk in cream
the better the butter. The Jersey COW
gives milk too rich for cheese. The Jersey
is cmphatically butter COW, giving twice
as much butter a. the Ayrshire. The best
food is mixed grasses, with pure water for
drink. Absolute cleanliness and freedom
from noXi0us odors is Indispensable Too
much light will cause loss of flavor. The
light is one from the north, through trees
The butter should be kept in stone or wood,
not in tin. Churnlng at low temperature,
and working the butter under heavy pres
sure. so as to get out the buttcr-milll with
out making the butter sulvy, will give the
best results In fine, to obtain the most
ana best butter, WIN tuv an.ste-. nu,.v
flavor, get Jersey COW.
Mr. o. $. Bliss, Secretary of the Associ
alton, here read letter from Mr.. II. w.
Cameron of Staten Island lie said in this
that he relied in his farming on barnyard
manure and Peruvian guano, using liquid
manure from the stables for top-dressing
in grass and for cabbage plants, with the
best results. His land paid the interest on
$1,000 an acre. He said he had a summer
residence on Lake Dunmore in Vermont,
and was an enthusiastic admirer of the
state. Vermont he thought surpassed ev
cry state in the Union. Kentucky not ex-
ccpted, in the elements for stock raising
and buter-making, and he pitied the Yer
monters that left such a State for the
drcary plains of the West. The great
want of the Vermont pastures is draining.
The sour grasses are too common. Alud-
ing to his carrots, Mr.. c. said lie produced
in the best years 500 bushes or 40 tons of
carrots to the acre. He could show car
rots "a inches long, and the only trouble
was in digging them.