Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05
State Board of Agriculture.
MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD.

| Springfield, on tuesday and Wednesday
of last week. The address of Welcome
was given by G. Horace Hubbard, men,
Der of the Board, in very pleasing and
creditable manner. 1t was an impromtu
presentation offered to every stranger
under every favorable opportunity. I'm
fortunately, owing to the severe storm of
Monday, but few farmers were present,
yet the meeting was in many respects a
success.
Gardner S. Fassetts, member of the
Board, read an essay on "The Butter
Dairy" in which he presented no fancy
pictures, no threadbare theories, no ex-
aggerated stories, but such facts as were
easily understood, and which appear to
stand in the way of success. The prelu
dices Of the people, their prejudice against
science and against dealers, he classed as
among the first obstacles to success. He
recommended no new-fangled notions.
but such as were Of practical use. He
expressed the opinion that the desire to
get rich in dairy business, had in many
instances impoverished New England
farms. That it was a mistake for the
farmer to expect to get rich rapidly or
easily in any department of agriculture.
The selection of good cows was regarded
as the first principle to success, and a
perfect adaptation of means, to secure
practical results, a second and very i'm
portant one. The COW should have
good, compact form, and should always
receive good supply Of food, rich in
the materials needed. Should have
plenty of water, and always be kept
warm and quiet. The average amount
of butter per COW, in Vermont, was shown
to be 1875 pounds, but Mr.. Fassett thinks
they should be made to produce from
200 to 300 pounds each, and presented q
few figures showing that some of our
Vermont dairymen are laboring success
fully. His theory was that cream will
rise from any depth of milk, if kept at
proper temperature. Yet many farm
ers would do better to set shallow The
temperature should be about 65e. The
cream will rise in from Sc to As hours
Tin pals are the best in which to keep
cream, and the common barrel churn
the most satisfactory to large farmers
! Cream should be kept at temperature
} Of from Sc to $50. Never saw any but
] ter injured by washing. Nothing help
more to make good market than goot
t article.
5 Mr. HUBBARD asked Mr.. Fassett t
! give his opinion as to the different effect
a upon butter, occasioned by differen
: kinds of food given to cows.
/ Mr.. FAssETT.-I think concentrate,
b food does not affect the percentage Q
:, cream, but increases the flow of milk
# Think the feeding Of turnips produce
{. the same effect.
HUBBARD. One of the most enter
n prising dairymen Of my acquaintanc
d feeds turnips and has for some tim
d found ready market for his butter a
:, 80 cents per pound. have fed larg
r quantities of meal and am of the opinio
that dollars worth of it fed to COW:
l. will return more money than 81 ez
n pended for hay. / believe that concer
h trated food, fed value for value, will il
Z? crease the percentage of cream to be oil
al tanned from the same COW, but think
At an error in principle to feed meal entir
er ly. 1t does not increase the abundanC
er of milk, and [ have yet to learn of an,
e2 thing that, for that purpose, is more d
th sirable than early cut hay.
it, SEC. CoILIER.-Mr. Fassett insis
Id upon cleanliness and in this he is co
on rect. He goes down to the bottom
on the subject when he tells us to get a GOO
= COW. If you have made up your mir
or to have hare for dinner, first get the bar
Ike First get the cow In New York d
ry average amount of butter per COW
his 121 pounds. There are many in We
al, mont that produce 200 and upwards.
! a hope Mr.. Hubbard will excuse me f
Us criticising the last legislature, but /
nd lieve if it had authorized committee
he destroy 30 per cent of the cows in V,
ere mont, the state would be richer in /,
Mt than two years. Many cows are no be
in eft to the owner, unless counted in t
fun of milking them. Some are bett
worth 5000 than others 200 cents.
en-, Mr.. CHAPMAN, reporter Not lol
tai since had charge of herd of Jers
ap- cows. We tested the value of crea
the from each COW and also the milk to lea
the the difference in value of the differe
lily COWS for dairy purposes. BY an acct
ac- ate account it was shown that the c,
that was supposed to be the best was t