Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-01-29
agricultural.
by our special Reporter
Vermont Dairymen's Association.


The Fifth Winter Meeting of the Vermont
Dairymrn's Association WAS hrl ut Essex
Junction. W Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
dav. the Dist 22l and 2}d insts. The meet
inc "Wednesday forenoon was opened ut
II o'clock, with reading the Scriptures and
prayer by Rev Mr. Whrelock following
which the president ofthe Association. Hon.
F.. ID Mason, of Richmond, read his open
inc address Next DR.. l.. &. Butler, of Es-
sex. welcomed the Association To Chitten-
den county. AMI the town of Essex.
Hon. Henry Clark, Secretary of the
Vermont Sttte Agricultural Society and
Wool drawers Association, followed with
4 sh ,rt review of the improvements made
in Turning / the list twenty-five years in
Vermont, and PARTICULARLY special ftrnI-
ing which he believed had more generally
Oh, nine in Vermont tn IN elsewhere, ami
which he believed resulted largely from the
influence of thi- an kin lrel so-ieties. lie
thought the dlirymen hal accomplished
= work satisfactory and p oGtabe to them
selves, AMI encouraging to other special
farming.
DR.. George F. Cole. of Pot1ilm n Y =.
next read Il paper on the Complaints of
the Farmers They complained of the I'M
them were oppressed hard work, poor pay,
and an inferior social position. and - death
in the pot " generally; that the farmer had
~ ply the cost of all strikes by which
trI.leS unions benefited. He id turner's
hll to work III my hours 10 pay for one
hours work of those in other industries.
th.tt the pric of farm products, while less
tn IN that ofother industries, was constant
" changing ut the option of the buyers
and finally To sun up the matter. that they
are taken in and done for, by traders and
spectators. AMI sh1red in detail and in
turn in the regular barber shop fashion
The grand remedy for all these evils is
found in combination and cO0perlt or
Mlny thou rht nothing could be done to
remedy these evils, others, that they
would work out their own reform, which
was as reasonable rs to suppose big fishes
would stop eating little ones.
AFTERNOON
DR. f. Lewis Sturtevant, of Waushaknm
Farm, South birmingham, Mass, read Il
paper on Milk; its typal relations, etc
DR.. Sturtevant SPOKE of the different breeds
of cattle, and their several types, and each
should be con idered by its type, and not
by the exceptional COW which departs from
these types. The type of the short horn
was the brick-set-on-el ge form, massive,
and designed Tor beef. The dairy breed
was wedge shape, from the superior devel-
opment of those parts concerned in pro-
duction of milk. He classed the Avrshires,
the Jerseys and the Holstein or Dutch, us
the dairy breeds. giving briefly descrp-
ton of the prominent characteristics of
of each, and presented the following facts
Hheah rItt Crn m Of,
certain and definite relation between the
qnality of the milk and the breed
9 The b eed determines to a large ex-
tent the composition of the butter
3. The breed determines to q large ex-
tent the most economical and advantageous
manufacture of cheese.
The milk globules of the Jersey, were
the largest, the Ayrshire second, and
the Holstein the smallest of the three In
experiment, Jersey milk threw up its
cream in four hours. leaving a blue skim
milk, Ayrshire in about ten hours, leaving
white skim milk, and Dutch in about five
hours, leaving blue * IN milk. The mills
of these different breeds. acts differently il
the churn. The larger the globule, the
sooner the butter is produced from tn,
milk. the more uniform its size the lnrgel
IN" Weld OF butter from Il given quantit,
of cream.
Ino Jersey milk separates its cream
more completely than either Ayrshire o.
Dutch, and its cream churns to butter NOR,
readily; he therefore concluded the Jerse,
well suited for butter making. i he quail
ties which made it valuable for butter, un
fitted it i'll IL degree for supply of mil
for families; the CT cam rising readily
that one customer would one d;ty rec ",
his quart oi cream, and the next time ge
skim milk, VII IL another got the cream
The qualities which made her vs,nal.l
for butter. made her unsuitable for til,
cheese maker.
The Ayrshire was used in Scotland fo
the manufacture of either or both, buttel
and cheese. and occupies II place between
the extreme of that class of COWS whicl
are excellent for butter, and those bette
suited for cheese.
The breeds can be arranged as follows
Ihe-rapidity with which cream rises, Jer
sey. Ayrshire, Dutch The rapiiity witt
which it chnrns. Jersey. Ayrshire. Dutch
The completeness with which it rises. Jtr
ssy. Dutch. Ayrshire. Value of milk fol
cheese, Ayrshire Dttch. Jersey. Quail
ties desirable for milk retailer, Ayrshire
Dutch. jersey. a.. -
He stared it rs a curious fact, that ths
mixed milk from two breeds viii not pro
dues as much butter as if churned separate
ly.
L. B. Arnold, of Rochester, Secretary o.
81" An,"r''an DARWIN" $ Association