The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-07-14
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.

Mr. EDITOR -
AT the invitation of Mr.. Edgar San
ford, number Of persons, both ladies and
gentlemen, who are inierelted in dairying,
met on the evening Of the Odd ult. at
Dea. A j. Bencdict's to .alk over mat.
tiers aud compare views pertaining to the
subject. A number of questions were
raised and discussed with good deal Of
interest, and the evening was spent plea.
sanity, and l think / may say pro6tably.
Mr.. Sanford had been making expert.
ments with new device for cooling milk,
and he gave a detailed account of them.
He found that under certain conditions
all the cream could be obtained from
quantity Of milk by setting less than two
hours, but those conditions were not well
enough understood so that he was able, in
repeating the trial. to produce a uniform
and unvarying result
There were present those who practiced
nearly every method Of setting milk, and
it was proposed that each should expert
ment and report at future meeting as to
the number of pounds of milk required
for q pound of butter, with other facts o.!
interest.
The second meeting was held with the
writer Of this article, on the evening Of
the first of July. The attendance was
largely increased.
Isaac L. Eells reported product Of
30 Ia pounds butter from 700 pounds
milk, being an average of l pound to %
1914 pounds milk His milk was set in
the Orange county pans, with running
water, and his cows had common pastur-
age only.
Charles Benedict reported a product of
80 Is pounds from 612 IA pounds milk,
an average of | pound to 10 pounds l
ounce of milk His milk was set in com.
mon pans, in an excellent cellar pantry,
with pasturage only for his cows.
M. j. Ellsworth made 81 pounds from
1880 pounds milk, averaging l pound to
26 lib pounds milk Milk set in CON-
mon pans in common pantry. He also
reported daily average of % pounds
milk per COW on pasturage alone.
A. j. Benedict made 81 l.2 pounds
from S5S pounds milk, being an average
Of / to 81 Ia pounds He sets his milk
in deep pals, and the pals are set IN
watts Of water, the temperature Of which is
regulated by the addition of cold well
water when necessary. Mr.. Benedict is
confident, tina. upon another trial. he
could make better showing, as he says
10 this trial he cooled his milk to As Q +,
which is too low a temperature, His
COWS have pasturage only.
Franklin Hooker reports IL l 4 pounds
butter from 427 pounds milk, an average
Of l pound to "a 3.4 pounds milk. This
milk was produced BY three pure Ayr.
shire hefers He also reso reports 80
pounds from s74 pounds milk, being to
25 IA pounds milk. Mr.. Hooker sets
his milk in common pans, in a common
pantry.
H. w Bingham made l6 1-3 pounds
from 800 pounds mik,or | to "a pounds.
Milk set in common pans in a pantry.
The writer made SIS ! 3 pounds from
1912 IA pounds milk, or to 20 ga
pounds. Milk set in deep pals. The
pals are set in watts, into which running
water is admitted. In moderate weather
the water is drawn off at the expiration
of II hours. In hot weather it is allowed
to remain longer, and in extremely hot
weather it is allowed to remain until the
milk is skinned. In addition to pastur.
age, my COWS have daily allowance Of
wheat bran, costing about 3 IL cents
each, which is saturated with sour milk.
At the first meeting the statement was
made, that cream that rose after milk
began to sour, was worthless for butter
making. This was doubted, but persist.
ent and repeated efforts, on the part of a
doubter, has failed to produce butter
from such cream.
n. B. DouGLAs.
IL.