Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-29
manifest by all present. One peculiarly of


with models of their Inventions, churns
and milk pans being the more prominent.
We notice, among the Vermont exhibitors,
the Washington County Milk Pan, pat
ented and manufactured by Graves. Powers
& Co.. of Waterbury, VT, with list of
testimonials from we'll known farmers and
dairymen in this vicinity; the ''Morrisyille
Milk Pan and Cooler" manufactured by
the Morrissille Milk Pan Company, of Nor
risville. Vt. These, of course, are sort OF
"side shows" to the main entertainment,
but quite pertinent to the occasion.
Mr.. Henry Stafford. Of Quechee. Vt, in
quired if any one could give statistics as to
the heating of milk. and keeping it hot.
instead of using coolers, in the summer.
lie said he believed the butter made in the
coolers, was not as good as that made in
smaller pans.
Mr.. Cheeyer. of the New England Far
n.sr. said that there had been ez-
periments made by heating milk to
about HOO, and then keeping it not
lower than 500 lie said milk as scalded
during hot weather would not sour as
quickly ss if not scalded. and was much
more simple and cheaper than to use
coolers. He called upon Mr.. Arnold, secre-
tary of the American Dairymen's Associa-
ton, to state his experience in this matter.
Mr. Arnold said he just suggested this
method of making butter in the summer.
He said We have got a mania for cooling
milk. If We would let the milk cool down
gradually. we should get at the same result
as in scalded milk. lie thought it wrong
to cool milk down to GO . in 50 short time
as two or three hours, as there is not time
for the animal odor to escape; the butter
made from such milk is sure to be faulty,
and will not keep. The animal Odor Will
work to the injury of the butter, by being
condensed in it, and will destroy the flavor
of the butter. The cooling process. he said,
retained the animal odor, and he sought to
obyiate the difficulty by heating the milk.
He said cream will rise more readily from
warm milk than from c0ld and by heating
the milk We aid the rising OF the cream.
The butter Will be a little softer. but will
be much sweeier, though there would not
be So much flavor If we cool milk down
too quickly, we shall retain in the milk the
animal odor which we wish to have remoy-
ed. lie said, in answer to inquiry by Mr..
Simmons of Roxbury, that it would be an
improvement to strain the milk in the pans,
and let it stand for twelve hours before
allowing the water to be applied 10 cool II.
The error is in seeking to cool rapidly.
In reply to inquiry by Mr.. HOLSTER, of
Marshiield. Mr.. Arnold said that large
body of milk would sour in large pan in
twenty-four hours. lie would let it stand
say twelve hours.
Mr.. Hawley said milk should be thorough
" stirred and mixed. and when 50 treated,
we should get better butter than from the
cooling process; and gave an instance Of the
success Of the process, where dairyman OBJ
tanned 60 cents pound for his butter, when
other processes would bring 4 much lower
price.
The subject was temporarily laid aside
and the President introduced Mrs. Fanny
r. Kilc. of Essex. Vt, wi-o read a paper
= TIE POETRY OF FARM LIFE.
| have the honor to be the daughter of 4
farmer, born and brought up on one OF the
rouphest. rockie-t farms of this rough and
l f-..,r > a lIa
church. the postofIce. and the railroad
DEPOT think | have right to know
something about the very country farm
/ life indeed
In the presence OF an assembly OF intelli-
gent dairymen need not protest that con-
/ slider this no misfortune
\ lady from town was one day visiting
at my country home. had taken great
| pleasure in showing her about the premises.
| We were sitting. after dinner, on the broad
| front steps. under the shade OF the maple
| trees. Out IN the sunny fields the men were
at work Ny brother in his sleeveless waist
! coat. was saunterIne leisurcly down the
road towards them. Quietly my friend sur
viewed the scene, and when she turned 70
| look at me | saw queer, 4uZzlcal ex-
| preston On her face. at l. all very well
! Tor little while" She said, in answer to
INTERROGATION.
day or two, but month would be too
much. How can You be cOntented IN this
| wilderness, away from society -? Il Ike
it," answered simply. Tor felt how I'M
possible it might be TO make her understand
| the interest, the agreeable variety, the al
most exhaustless resources that our wi
| derness' afforded. Many time since | have
seen that same qulzzlcal, ha.tdoubting,
| Multiplying expression upon the faces oi
Others who were discussing with country
| friends the actualities of farm life. AL
very well to talk about, nice in tales Of r0-
nance, and that, but for real living give
me the town, Is common verdict OF out
| sders.
had been so happy in my country home
that thought to be in very paradise when
I paid visit to the grand city where all
the world likes to dwell. Piles OF brick
and MORTAR massive, grand and homely,
streets full of men and women, gas-llght
! brighter than the day. and q glare OF hu-
man eve. more trying th2n the gas-llght;
fashion and the prophecies bristllng
hedge between me and every haaan soul;
no little space fer quiet breathing ame /;
no spot where | could find nature and rest
! for little hour alone with her. | grew
tired soon and quoted my friends words
"A month of it would be roo much. Any
| thing Will sustain life, a philosopher has
iound out. "lamp-oil OF the broth oil shoes.
And | have learned that one may be very
I happy where a stone pavement covers up
Che substantial ground and there Is only
BARROW strip of sky TO divide with thou
sands But if | had TO begin life over
again, and it were given me TO choose my
birthplace, | think | should not need to
look the round world over before pointing
q 4 -,4lrN
| farm in this northern Vermont, where
the iates fret sent me breath and
light even as The inhabitant of regions of
! perpetual snow, SAYS from his heart, Lap
land Is the best place the SUI ever shone
upon" But We have more reason 70 be
content than the Laplander.
The Vermont dairyme : sons and dag9t
ters are born to a wealth OF beauty, ro-
lnauee and freedom, which other children.
that the world reckOrs fortunate. may
dream 1f in vain. Light and air and health
full food are not more necessary 20 perfect
childhood than contact with natnre n
whole sky, & strip of forest land, Il real
brook. My fathers farm was rocky, the
lodges were piled IN ranges, one alter
another through the pastures. There were
places in the woods where great bOulders,
square. Jagged, broken into all sorts OF fan
tastic shapes. were thrown together IN lear
full picturesqueness by the unerr;ng hand OF
nature. Artists try 10 represent these
things in oils, sometimes. ! have seen Bier
stadt's Rocky Mountains. could not help
wishing that the admiring crowds who
gathered around that painting in the New
York Academy. might see our old ledge IN
the forest back o. fhe hill lot.
These lodges wers the grand chsteaax.
the foriresses the strouE holds of my child
hood Honey-suckles grew upon them.
gray masses Of curious structure. and
climbing vines. Here we lived duriag the
long summer days. we children, with or
dolls and eats. and dreamed Of eastied
splendor and lancied ourselves the stately
ladies we had read about IN picture books.
Sometimes we made grand exploring tours
into neighboring countries, spsGt hours per
haps, tracing a brook to its source attempt
lug to do SO OF course, We never reached
the mysterious starting point, but we learpet