Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-10-30
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same time Of day; the milk should be drawn
quickly and stripped dry. The farmer should
select that breed of cows best adapted to his
feed. He gave the short-horns the preference
in his dairy. Good early cut hay, cut in bios
som, the best.
Mr. Bradbury of Phillips, read an essay on,
'Shal we rear our cows or buy themp" He
believed in raising them himself, as by care
full breeding better class of cows could be
had, while if cows were generally purchased
they would be likely to deteriora,e as mixers,
good looks being more important requisite
to a successful sale of cattle than milking
qualities. calf should not be weaned from
milk entirely until four months old.
Mr.. Lee of Foxcrott, said it was lamenta-
able fact that many of our best calves are
picked up by the butcher instead of being
raised for the dairy.
! Mr. Shaw said that he believed that hay
cut just before or as soon as it is in blossom
was the best feed and some provender would
prove benefit at the time, and afterwards
during the winter.
| Winslow Way Of Hampden, said he had
COW who ate 20 lbs. of hay and two quarts of
meal day, and seven sheep consumed the
same amount exactly.
Mr.. Colbu-n Of Winsor, considered good
upland feed all that cows need during the
summer, if the farmer wishes them to hold
ont. In the fall, when the feed is short, he
gave roots,-beets in preference to anything
else, and a few shorts. A very little meal
would not hurt COW. Hay for cows should
he cut from the 20th of June to the LIST of
July With this hay, cows would produce as
nice butter as in the summer. He disap-
proved OF forcing by giving cottonseed meal
and similar feed. He did not think it neces-
sary to bring up calves on new milk but sweet
! skim milk was just as good.
Mr.. Chamberlain Of Piscataquis, former
member of the board, allowed his young
calves to suck four times day, and let them
have all the new milk they will drink for a
week, and then changed to skim-milk. He
considered sweet SKIM milk one of the best
things to give COW to make milk.
MIR. Barker of Houlton thought he could
raise as good calves on skim milk as on new
milk. Had four steers now two years old,
raised two on skim and two on new milk, and
the former would bring the most in market.
They had had nothing but hay and milk, and
milk, and were raised the barn. Sometimes
turned calves out, but usually raised them in
the barn until the second spring.
In the afternoon the hall presented a tempt
ing display Of fruit and vegetables, for which
the citizens Of Orono, Oldtown and vicinity
received a vote of thanks.
Mr.. 7 f. Mallett Of Topsham read paper
on ''Co.operation." He claimed that the pro.
Queer is now in a servile ELECTROMAGNETIC
are growing rich at the expense of the farmer
mechanic. Farmers should combine in the
neeessares of tfe.
Presiden: Gilbert then read an essay on
"Progress in Agriculture" This was given
at the Topsham fair, AMI we have already
published an abstract of the same
Prof. NJ. c. Fernald, of the Agricultural
College, said that the reason why so many
farms were vacated was because they had be-
come impoverished by bad farming so thatthe
owners could not get as much remuneration
from them as from other occupations. None
but good farming would pay good profits.
President Allen of the College, thought that
farmers as class are eXtravagant, and should
economic, and husband their resources. 1t
was only by the practice of the most rigid
economy and the use of the most improved
methods and machinery, that the manufactur.
er could realize any profit, there being such
great competition; two cents is the profit
realized on pair of shoes in one of the largest
and most successful manufactures. He be-
lieved that the farms in Maine could be
brought up to a high state of cultivation if the
farmers would utilize and economic all their
fertilizers.
AT the evening session Prof. James Law of
Cornell L University, was the speaker, his lee
ture being on bone diseases of the horse.