Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-27
m the various subjects that has been dis


butter.
.Nr. Bailey of Elmore, said he believed
hey were cause by having the cream too
warm. He thought the specks We're
ream. not fully churned.
Mr.. Eels, Of Cornwall, said there were
wo kinds of specks-one was formed by
ream and the other by milk.
Mr. Campbell, of Richford, said h.
bought there were two kinds Of specks in
nltter, and described them.
Mr.. Cheever. of Mass ,chusetts said he
,al seen two kin'ls of speckS; one having
he appearance of cur.lltd milk, which is
nrncd by heating. separating the whey Y
natter from he checsy part of the milk;
mother white appearance is due t. I'M
properly sailing the butter; another cause
# white spcckS is said to be dried cream,
out he had never seen any himself.
Mr.. Perkins of Enosburgh, wished to
>now the advantage of putting up butter
in small packages, to which Mr.. IIawlel
said it was undoubtedly for the purpose OF
IMPLYING the demand If the market.
Mr.. Stewart, of rufftlo. in response t."
an inquiry said he had given much atten
ion to feeling brfor, - coming ill.,, ans
he found that those cows that were tn
best fed before they came in, were the be-
mixers. and yiel led the best returns H.,
said that four weeks before the time of
coming in WAS the best time TO develop
'ng the milking quail ties of the COW. He
nad always sought for COW that Won Ct
| rive milk for ten months; and though,
| t not necessary for Il COW to 90 dry more
Jnin sixty or seventy DAYS.
Mr.. Hawlev said he had found rye meal to
| DC Il good substitute for Oh meal, and he
had used it.
Mr.. Stewart, being Intercepted rs to
White specks, said he had heard t attribu
ted to windy we ther though he could s;l\
but lit e from experience. He thought
hat much of it might be attr buted /,
feed
Nh Arnold said he had no doubt that tn,
heating of cream would cause the >prck
He said any cause that riprns the milk ver,
rapidly. will produce coaTulaton>. an,
levelop sprck>. Another cause is the dry
ing of the cream by 4 current of air on j,
OPP. and when churred white specks woul,
b., produced He said there is no butte
IN the specks that are formed by the groWjt
Of the germ; in the other there is. Th
peck, will rm in a damp room rs Sool
Us in 4 dry room. BY scaling the milk
the germs are all killed, and no >prcks ar,
produced Strong light was not recon-
me ded; Il light such rs 4 person woul'
need to see To read in Il room. afrr bcm.
there for some ten minutes, would be >uil
rient. BY " >caNing milk, he would no
b" understood rs having it heated abov,
about 1870 ;. Heating to this degree woul,
kill the germs at We're then in ii; bu
they are cons antly falling into it, and arr
growing. and the developed germ woul'
be killed ut 4 lower degree of heat thar
those but st fallen in, and are dry.
Mr.. Ellsworth o Barre, nass >lil thu
his proctire WAS to lcel his cows On non
f producing milk food before c.,lvinr. An,
hence he rave them but little ain. an,
liter ctlvlnT h. gave them no gain IN il
they had become ;tlI right III said he f.,
he poorer qualities of food for som. week.
before they ctlvrd He hal h IT NOR,
bad luck with COWS coming in on grl>
han ut any other TINS. There is more
danger OF gIrgrt at that time
Mr. W krtird. of Mon>on Stil H.. pre-
ttrrcd cows tn 1t would give milk tn O.
, eleven months in Tho wear; and LII practice
ms been To- feed low before cunin.r in
tnd not to BEGIN to etimui:,te un il tire,
or four days after tn" drop Diu. f til,
:tlvt~
Gov IIvl, Of c nnertru,. concurreL il
the views expressed bv Nr Els ,.ar II an
Mr.. Wakefield. He hat toml mar,
trouble, in his cows from ,vrr-icc,l.nt BE-
lore coming in. aud he thought i, a bt,
practice.
Mr. Stewart said there va, really ~
mtlyonism between him and thu r,.ntl,.
men who had expressed Vi, w upp trttl't,
ijifrrnt rom his. He advocatcd ;lIi,t,,t
feeding, and particularly t,bnoed corn
meal as being too heating. He agrrc,
With h" gentlemen. that in Idiriuu, feed
Iny might, and probthlv would. prove ,l~
>tructlvt To coy. \ COW tlll i IN
ciinrd to he & .-hv is not generally a ZOO.
mixer. and hence She would not bear :,
hlrh fr,"!Iny He Thought there was II,
danger of farmers proceeding too f.u ul
he dangerous ru:,h of high feeling hvGor,
comm. in. He always omitted the ) i'm
> ulatinS food for :. few day, before and If
ter the time of coming IN. Cows thtl ar,
laryr milArr> should be eel less freely tll
those OF poorer milking qualities
Mr.. ID. {. Brown. of Mon prIirr. sud h,
hid used bean meal to good adyan, ~,
before calvng
Mr.. Ellsworth said tn. best tim. fal
hcltrr> to come IN, ;lrroriinr T. las c\
peritncr. WAS before going out /" .lass.
Mr. Stewart SAID th,t ne believed thu
bean meal WAS we'll c;,lculttr. Ia pul tn,
COW in good heart. and would be d,.~Ir.El,
At the time just before r:tlvln5 In Ia.
: vicinity the beans cost too mach to b,
protitablv fed 10 COWS
: Mr.. Paris of Fart,x. said he hal pra.
iced feeding two quarts per day OF "tt
: meal for some ten To fifteen days better,
the COWS came in. an continues, that tt,.,
or some days after cllviny: h" wanted t,
ask Mr.. Stewart if he though; thee va
! my danger of injury to his cows rom hl
practice Mr. SlewrlI replied thlt. in tn,
homeopathic quantities he h,l fed thrr,
could be no dis is ,rouS rrsuit- but on tn,
other hani only be tticitl to the COW :
; If he had increased the quantity OF O..
meal to peck u day. he wouIi n a.
| found it would have proved inlu.io l. t,
| his COWS. He thought hurley meal was 4
valuable for food ~ oat meal, AMI pos
srssrd more nutritious qulltie and h
: would recommend ii, use. he thouru
f there WAS 4 value in the cob of corn.
properly ground he would have il groun
= line, and not fed us coarse rs WIS too of
ten practlced.
Mr. Ellis, of Brandon. inquired VIII,
. should be- gwen To u cow IN case of oVci
: feeding of meal, So that il hec,lu. ..ctkcd
} in The stomach. Mr. Stewart replied III
flax seed, stepped ana gwen t.lr COW W.
4 the best remedy; in case that could not ID
had readily, any laxative food wo lll prov,
: IN efficient remedy.
Prof Arnold sald that in mild cases h
had found that 4 feed of salt WAS all tia
was necessary; it tended to prevent fer
mental on, and thus prevented the evil II.
suits Of " cakiny" of meal in the stomach
Cen Davis, of ClvendiSh, inquired IL
Mr. Stewart how much cut fc,.i-huy
much hay and how niue grain - he woul,
feed to Il mllch COW ii winter? Mr.. Sc,y
art said that would depend on the weigh
of the COW. He usually fed 10 II COW
weighing so to 900 pounds 1t poun
Of h,y, | quart of OIL meat, + 4 r,rts O
bran, TtHlr,S of corn N al, ana t to
quarts OF roots. This WOulu make ;bUu
- pounds of feed TO a COW per dN. III,
said there could be no objection to fcelin.
half Il bushrl OF roots per day, If III. f,trnc
had thnn IN Sl,l-f,