Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-01-29

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would solve some other questions. But
much depends upon the health and condition
OF the COW and the feed she receives. We
should not reject any until we had supplied
all she required, until we had fully stocked
the mill that was to turn out our products
we have no right to expect the production
would be large.
Afew brief rules would be given that are
Indispensable for the manufacture of good
butter.
Great care is necessary to secure the milk
freely from every taiut and unwhoesome
odor.
Cows should be SO kept as to be entirely
free from dust aud dirt.
Only tin pals should be used, they can
more readily be kept clean and neat.
Afternoon.
The session was opened by +. ID. Douglas,
Esq, Of Whiting who read paper entitled
National Laws and their relation to the
Farmer"
A continuous chain of relationships of
causes and sequences, extends throughout
all nature uniting her works into one har-
monious whole. Universal order is the re-
suit of universal law. The most minute
natural phenomenon is just as completely
the result Of its operation as the revolution
of the planets IN their orbits The same law
which impcls drop Of water to assume a
globular form also moulded the earth into
the same form at the dawn of creation. All
laws in force at the creation are in force at
the present time. These laws pervade all
the universe aud exert controlling power
over our lives and health and one must obey
or pay the penalty Of sickness or death.
These are Gods laws, and must be as I'M
plicitly obeyed as his moral laws, their vio-
lation often involves the breaking Of both.
1t is popular error to ascrbe to the
mysterious providence of God the result of
some Of the more common violations of
these natural laws, but a radical change in
the thorough intelligent knowledge Of the
principles we now have, and their applica-
tion, was necessary. More brain work is
called for. The dairyman Of Vermont
would not be satisfied with such miserable
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 prices between a strictly good butter, and
a poor one, and assign any reason but the
right one for this state of affairs. If dairy
men would examine the butter in market
and see the great difference in quality, far
greater than in the price, they would be
wiser, and not madder men. This differ
ence is due to the want Of intelligence.
Those mechanical laws, those Of meteor.
ology aud botany, we may study and profit
by and make them all servica Bile to us 10
pursuing our calling We should learn the
constituents Of our soils and how natural
laws may be said to improve them, aud we
should also observe how we may prevent the
exhaustion Of our Soils
In all the various farming operations the
more intimate knowledge we have of these
patural laws the better can we use them 10
advance our interests and improve our con-
ditions. In the various operations Of breed
ing, feeding stock and veterinary science these
laws should be learned and used for our
benefit. ln all these the true index to our
Developments will be found in our works,
not in the amount of money we may be
boarding but in the evidences of thrift and
culture we shall gather around us. If right
habits of thought aud appreciation exist.
they will like all Christian virtues show
themselves in the works which they in-
spire.
Discussion.
DR.. Kitchell. The true interests of farm
ers lie in the way Of the thoughts expressed
in the paper Just read. More thought and
intelligence must be used by our farmers; we
must so instruct our boys that they will
properly farm the land here instead of GO
ing west to get an easy living on the fat prai-
ries of the West.
Mr.. Wright thought we had violated the
laws Of nature in the production of our fruit
trees by grating and cutting off the tap
root.
Mr.. Crane, of Bridport, dissented from
this view, as did Mr. Pringle, he thought it
made no difference whether the tap root was
cut or not
Mr.. Lane asked Mr.. Douglas if he raised
his calves in the natural way, or in violation
of natural law. Mr.. Douglas replied that he
used natural laws to perfect his dairy, cows
that were not unnatural or artificial produc-
tioDs.
DR.. Kitchell said he did not understand
that we should always be governed by natu-
raj laws, but we should understand them so
that we can use them for our benefit.
Prof Collier thought all these natural
laws were fixed and certain although we
might so make use Of them as to make great
improvements and produce artificial produce
tions, and he was glad to know that Mr..
Pringle, Mr.. Lane and Mr.. Douglas had so
used them that they had been able to make
improvements, and in their meritorious pro-
ductions been able to greatly benefit their
felow-men by their use of natural laws and
produce artificial productions of greater mer-
Il.
Mr.. Douglas hoped the farmers present
would ask Mr.. Fasset any questions that
would call out information Of which he had
no doubt Mr.. Fasset had fund that
would fill volume, instead of an amount
that could be contained in paper such as
had just been read.
DR.. Bond asked Mr.. Fassett what means
he had used to regulate the temperature Of
the milk room.
MIR. Fasset knew of none except the ex-
pensive one Of having an ice room adjoining
and taking the cool air from that room to
the milk room.
Mr.. Douglas thought it made no differ.
ence about the temperature of the air, SC
long as that of the milk was right, that il
was necessary to regulate the temperature
of the atmosphere, when there was varia-
tion of temperature from zero to 60 above.
This idea Of regulating the temperature oil
the milk room was an old time prejudice, and
like many other prejudces in the way Of
profitable improvement. This was want oi
intelligent investigation, this was want Of
brain work in dairying 1t would astonish
any man as it had the speaker, when the re-
suits of slight improvements are figured out
the difference in value on the produce of 20
COWS would amount to at least 80 900, be.