Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-29

too much. and he preferred it washed
sailed not less than one-half nor more than
one ounce to the pOund-packed in sweet
tubs, kept as nearly air tight as possible.
Mr.. Stafford asked if any tests had been
made during the Year by any one present,
to determine the comparative quantities of
cream from deep and shallow setting.
The Secretary read several communica-
tons bearing on that point, d. n. Ear
rand of MorristOwn, Vt, stated three ex-
perments with pals and pans, setting in
the first from seven to ten inches, and in
pans from two to two and one-half inches
The results gave the following amounts of
milk required for Il pound of butter:
q 23l's 10 OF "A lbs 1907
81 n lbs Is OF D lbs OF
The trials were made the same days and
in same room. He had made this year,
from nine COWS and two heifers, eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight lbs of batter
which he had sold for S66I.36
franklin Hooker, Cornwall, had tried
deep setting in pals and was disappointe
OF less butter than he expected. In
another trial took in pals twenty-seven
fourteen-sixteenth pounds of milk for II
one-siXteenth, giving five pounds NOR.
butter III the trial from the pans
EVENING SESSION.
Mr. Henry Stuart of New York sud
he thought that ut such IN .tting5 the
consumers should BE- heard from. 1t takes
four lines as long to consume II pound OF
poor butter in Il ftmi V is IL pound of COOL
much of butter loses its value after it
leaves the d ryman's hands. Poor pack
ayes were largely responsible for This loss
good ack ges, well cared for will remedy
this to Il great degree 4 large pO ton OF
consumers demand the finer qualities OF
butter at 6)cts, while good Orange county
pals sells ut l0cts. Small packages suit
able for family use W ,ull enhance the
price of the same quality of good butter
Imported French butter sold wholesale by
the case at Sl-25 per pound.
SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION.
The hall WAS we'll filled. the interest
much more than last Year ut any meeting.
Inc first address was by the Ion. !Iarris
Lewis. of llcrkimcr Co.. n Y, on milk.
Milk stands in the front rank rs an article
of food. The annual value of mi k pro-
,uccd in the United States ambIlnt>
to five hundred millions of dollars, which
he believes might be doubled in five wears.
One cubic foot of dist He'd water weighs
1000 o.. milk 1881 OF. The lnctometer
was no p sitive test for milk. The :dop-
ton of it rs Il test would md the factory
system. lie discussed some of the adul-
tcratiOns of milk, by water, chalk, flour
sheep brains, etc, of which the ;l,lutel..t-
ton by water Was by fur the most gen
cr;lI, and gave direc ion ior its detection by
comparison with water and average milk,
by the l:lctometer
Milk has often offensive Odors when
drawn from the cow, among which is he
animal Odor, the cowy taste He formerly
thought it IL gas, but Mr.. Arnold had nearly
or qui.e determined it to be Il volatile oil
This might be to a large extent dissipated
by heating to 1857 or l4O', or by aerttion.
The milk of Il sick COW is totally unfit for
use under any circumstances, nor could he
conceive of more criminally careless
action than for one to put such milk into
his can for the factory. The food and
water have a most important influence on
milk Some milk delivered to the factories
in Herkimer County, where the famous
IIerkimer cheese come from, had manure
in it, in the lump and in the fluid; it was
hardly fit for hog feed. but would be ex-
cellent as fertilizer. He held that a
wooden pail was totally unfit to milk in
and gave good reasons why. Tin pals
should have as few seams and corners as
possible, so they might be the more readily
cleansed. Absolute cleanliness is entirely
Indispensable i'll producing good butte,
or cheese. Milk should never be cooled
rapidly with ice, as such course locks N
the animal odors instead of dissipatino
them. Ninety per cent of the deaths o
children in New York and BROOKLYN
brought up on cows milk, was due t.
| adulteration of that milk
| Mr.. Arnold followed Mr.. Lewis on the
use of lactometers; they We're valuable,
but not an absolute test of the watering o
milk. The proportions of water in mill
t greatly changed by the fJod of the COW
green food giving more and dry food les:
water.
DR.. Hoskins spoke in favor of the lactom
eter as il test of the purity of milk. an,
was followed by Mr.. Wetherell, of tn,
Boston Calticator who stated experiments
showing its in;sccuracy, and clio ed by stat
ing it us his conviction, that it was no
WI III tllO IL was illdt,lc Vi DlaCtl
Gil test of milk
hen followed u rather tiresome djscus
sion by some of the sctentilics whether tn,
l.tct0meter WAS valuable or not, some show
ing nclusively that it WAS. others maxim,
1t perfectly plain beyond doubt, thu
was OF no more value th;tn IA creased stick
.nd finally concluded that they occupied
precisely the same ground. after all. which
WAS highly eIify ing to t. practical listener
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The ses sion was opened by Mr.. Gold
Socrettry or the Connecticut st ito Board
by some rem nks on feeling In n,tura
ondl ions the cow needs no other food tina,
-rasses in summer, and hay or dried gras
in winter. but during the drouths of tn.
summ.r or fall they should be- supplement
el with some other articles, as sowed corn
lie favored sowed corn. but would have /
sowed scattering enough to form ears. Ii,
was not luuoh IL favor Of sweet corn II
preference to the larger sort. 1t shouk
not be cut till tassslIed. but sfore the ear.
rlpenel. Ii the land is early TILED ant
inclined To weeds, by al means sow II
drills; u rough and stony SOW broadcast
hungarian grass if cut carly enough i.
very good, but if left a week too long j.
no better than oat straw He f,voret
having but one pasture rather than chang