The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08
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would be number Of millions of dollars 10
the state "
Mr.. warren would say that he thought a
farmer would run less risk In paying a
small price for his cows, than paying hi1b.
or fancy prices. He thought that the rea.
son why we apply fertilizers as our fathers
did was good reason.
Mr.. Fasset would say that he might re-
peat what he had said before, that some
cows would run man in debt, while some
would pay profit, on even thousand
dollars, and instanced some cows of each
kind.
Prof. Collier knew of cases, where sons
mad changed the practice Of their fathers
TO their detriment, but others had found
those practices erroneous, and had changed
them to their great gain. He would not
advocate indiscrimnate change, but intel
ligent investigation to enable us to reject
and change what was erroneous, and hold
fast to that that proved good.
HOW TO SELECT A GOOD COW.
MIR. Fasset gave a description of the kind
of COW he would select, which was one
with large crooked milk veins, large orifce
at source of milk veins. Slim neck, small
nuzzle, small delicate waxy horns, wedge
shape hind quarters heavier than fore quar-
spread teats, full eyes and yellow skin
These points indicate good COW for flow
of milk, but all these points may be found,
and the COW poor one for the butter dairy
MIR. Bates thought it best to keep better
COWS, 1t dairyman would every wear
carefully test all Of his cows, and turn of for
beef few OF his poorest every spring, the
remainder, with the same care and keeping
that he would have given all, he would re-
ceive larger return.
Mr.. Fasset was asked il he thought milk
poor in butter would make fat calves He
thought not poor thin milk with bone dust
he thought would grow up a calf to large
sized frame, but he thought it was necessary
to put in cream to make the calf fat
Mr.. Chapman thought if the milk was
rich in caseine it would make fat calves, even
though it might be poor in butter, ana in
stanced a number of calves where calves
had become fat while sucking cows whose
milk had been proved very poor in butter.
A paper upon ''the missions of friends of
agriculture" was read by Mr.. Peter f.
Pease Of Burlington
We regret we have no abstract of this
paper. Mr.. Pease ably and deliberately,
considered his theme, and we hope will
furnish copy of his paper for publication.
Meeting adjourned until $3.50 Friday
morning
FRIDAY MORNING.
The meeting was called to order by the
chairman Hon. Josiah futile
paper upon "the butter dairy" was
read by Mr.. Fasset, the member of the
board from Enosburgh. This was the same
paper read at the meeting at Springfield,
and of which an abstract has already been
published in the GLOBE
DISCUSSION
After the paper was read, discussion
ensued in regard to the effect of light as an
agent of decay. Mr. Fasset thought it had
that effect. Mr.. Pringle thought as decay
developed fungus, and as some species of
fungi want light, there might be some truth
in the proposition, but without more light
from science, thought it would be unsafe to
say that light promoted decay in the broad
sense.
Mr.. Fasset called upon Prof. Collier to
explain upon the point under discussion.
He had been able to learn much from the
scientific knowledge of the Prof. To this
Prof. Collier responded, that he would be
sorry II what science he had brought for
ward shovld not prove practical. Science
cal tests, for many or lite theories, and if
those tests did not develope tav,- the the
cries adopted were not scientific In All
these matters science is dependent upon the
ure of WORE 0plee!t accomplish its full meas
fact worked out by practical f Afieesr: every
full. What we want TO perfect our science
is the facts the practical men here present
| have derived from their experience and it
| is the duty of science to publish these facts
Mr.. Butler stated that notwithstanding the
usual theory of dairywomen, that white
| specks are sour milk he had proved them
| dried cream, by collecting a quantity, and
| by stirring them with spoon until they
made poor batter.
Mr.. Fasset had made the same expert
ment and produced the same result.
Mr.. Fasset was asked ifthe whole amount
of cream was realized, if the milk was sour
and ready to skim in twenty-four hours,
instead of its being sour and ready in thir-
ty-six hours, as is generally the case. Mr..
Fasset thought that more nearly than was
generally supposed. If the proper condi-
tons were observed, the milk should not sour
as soon as twenty-four hours. If the pro-
| might sour before the cream had att risen.
Mr.. Warner raised the question whether
it was advisable to scald milk. One man
scalded his milk, and produced good butter
that sold at high price.
After much discussion, the weight of tes-
timony was in favor of heating milk CATER
cold weather in the falD up to point near
ly to boiling, perhaps to one midway between
bloodshed, AMI that. This was the practice
Of Mr.. Bates, who was one of the most sue
cessful dairymcn in the section. Mr..
Bates made another question, oil the effect
OF the difference between mountain pastures,
their sweet feed and pure water, and low
land pastures and stangent water. In his
own case there was a marked difference,
observed Immediately after the cows were
changed from one kind of pasture feed and
water, to the other.
Meeting adjourned to 1870 p. m.
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