The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-19
Che 8utlaaa Daily Globc
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1876.
From the Globes Special Reporter.l
STATE BOARD OF AGHACULTURE.
Meeting mt ,IiddIebury

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chairman l.. l.. Wright, Esq.
G. L. Fasset OF Enosburgh, a member of
of the board, read paper upon the
BUTTER DAIRY.
Great advances had been made in the art
of butter making in Vermont in the last
decade, greater than in any previous de-
cade. 1t would seem that such advance
hal been made, that 1t would be unneces-
sary to say anything TO dairymen upon the
subject, but the old cry of "poor butter,
white butter" rancid butter" " soft
butter" "btter butter" in short, every ad-
jective of badness is called into requisi,On
to describe the butter that floods our city
and local markets. No new principles
were necessary. If decaying vegetable
matter is allowed to poison the air of our
dwellings until some scourge of fever desc
lates the family circle, this criminal neglect
should bear the blame and not be as
cribcd to the inscrutablc dealings of Provi-
dence.
1t is II sin to pray for the health of our
selves and households and then violate all
natural hygenic laws. That farmer is lit
tie better than heather that neglects his
stock until starvation nearly kills them.
Every farmer should become i'll a great
measure n naturalist and thereby acquire a
fund of information to guide Inn in his
operations and prevent his violation of nat
ural laws. The pursuit of agriculture i'm
plies the constant study of the book of
Nature. All her phenomena are beautiful
and interesting. Those by which the vegc-
table growth appropriatcs the virtue of
the soil to its owndevelopment and growth,
are beyond superficial, observation, but
science will reveal to us the natural laws
by which these processes are accom-
plished. We may not know the original
source of all these laws of nature, but we
can observe their operations and determine
their effects, and a thorough knowledge of
the principles and Their application more
than in any lack Of good cows, good feed,
or good utensils. Pure milk will make
perfect butter every time, and of uniform
appearance if properly manufactured.
There is a great difference in products OF
cows in different daries Some are max
ing from 100 to 1875 pounds per COW, OF
poor quality, and some with the same APP
planes are making $50 TO 200, and some
even 300 per COW. 1t costs about the same
to keep the COWS of each, therefore the diff
ference in amount OF product is nearly the
difference in amount of profit, while the
COWS that produce 100 to 1875 pounds of
butter no more than pay for their keeping,
the others pay profit in proportion to the
amount they produce more tian the mini
mum amount 1t is the aim of this paper
to discuss how this difference in quantity
and quality may be realized from the dair-
les in the state. One object of this board
is to serve as sort of pack horse to carry
information from one meeting to another.
In the management of their farms and
diaries, most dairymen do the same as &c
use a post augur to cut off logs with. Care.
full experiments had often found IN many
diaries that, what was considered the best
COW was the poorest, and uice rersd. Ono
dairyman found he was keeping five COWS
at a loss of So per year. and five more at a
profit of So, thus the labor keeping and OK
pense of ten coz had returned as profit,
nothing. A set of glass tubes that would
cost but fifty cents to one dollar would
prove an excellent investment, and prove
what cows produced the richest milk, and
a spirit of inquiry would be aroused that
would solve some other questions. But
much depends upon the health and condi.
ton of the COW, and the feed she receives
we should not reject any until we had sup.
piled all she required until We had fully
stocked the mill that was to turn out oui
products we have no right to expect the
production would be large.
A few brief rules would be given thai
are indispensable for the manufacture Of
good butter.
Great care is necessary TO secure the mill
freely from every faint ana unwholcsomt
odor.
Cows should be so kept as to be entire
free from dust and dirt.
Only tin pals should be used, they cal
Ill No In, nla
AFTERNOON.
The session was opened by L. ID. Doug
lass Esq, of Whiting who read papel
entitled "Natural Laws and their relation
to the Farmer
A continuous chain of relationships o
causes and sequences, extends Throughout
all nature uniting her works into one har.
monious whole. Universal order is the
result of universal law. The most minute
natural phenomenon is just rs completely
the result of its operations as the revolu
ton of the planets in their orbits. The
same law which impels drop of water t
assume a globular form also moulded thu
earth into the same form at the dawn o
creation. All laws in force at the creation
are in force at this time. These laws per
: wade all the universe and exert a control
ing power over our lives and health ant
one must obey or pay the penalty of sick
ness or death. These are Gods laws, ant
must be as implicitly obeyed as his mora
| laws, their violation often involves th(
breaking of both.
1t is a popular error to ascribe to TIN
mysterious providence of God the result o
some of the more common violations o
these natural laws, but radical change
, in the thorough intelligent knowledge o
the principles we now have, and their ap
plicaton was necessary. More brain worl
is called for. The darymen of Vernon
would not be satisfied with such miserabl,
quality in any article of diet furnished by
our merchants, as is the quality of the but
, ter furnished by the farmers in the market
and yet, farmers complain of the difference
of price between strictly good butter, an'
poor one, and assign any reason but TIN
right one for this state of affairs If dairy
men would examine the butter in market
and see the great difference in quality, ia
greater than in the price, they would b.
wiser, and not madden men. This differ
ence is due to the want of intelligence.
Those mechanical laws those of meteor
ology and botany we may study and prof
il by and make them all seryiceablc to u
: IN pursuing our calling We should lear
the constituents of our soils and how nat
ural laws may be said to improve them
and we should also observe how we ma
prevent the exhaustion OF our soils.
In all the various farming operations tn
more intimate knowledge we have of thes
natural laws the better can We use them t
advance our interests and improve our con
ditions. In the various operations of breed