The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24
Horticultural department.
BY ALBERT CHAPMAN
Deep or Shallow Setting.

The controversy upon the above sub
ject, in the Country Gentleman, con-
tinues, and we give this week two more
communications, the first from Mr..
Bliss, who opened the discussion and
who advocates the shallow side of the
question, and the other from Mr.. Har-
din, of Kentucky, who gives some good
reasons for advocating and practicing
the deep setting system. Both parties
seem to he in earnest and to have con-
fidence that their views are correct, at
least the offers they make indicate
such to be the case. We would like to
hear from our own dairymen in this
county, at least from those who have
tried both systems.
have Just read Col. Warnings COM
munication, on page All, in which he
calls on me for information in relation
to my conversion from belief in
deep setting. have not his or my own
communication before me at the pre-
sent time, and must write from recol-
lection. My impression is that l stated
that I had reached that conclusion from
knowledge of many experiments, not
one of which fails to establish the posi-
ton that deep setting is just what |
characterized it-a humbug. For want
of space to reproduce them here, re-
spectfully refer Col w. to my fifth an
nual report of the Vermont Dairymen's
Association for detailed account of
several experiments which seem to
have been very carefully conducted by
some of the more careful eXperimenters
in the country, with unvarying results
against the economy of deep setting.
Col. Warning is very tired of opinions.
Why will he not conduct just one ex-
pertinent, divide lot of milk into two
equal parts, as these experimenters
have done, and setting one part shallow
in some suitable vessel for giving it a
fair even chance with the other half in
his cooler pals, and treat the cream
alike in all respects, and weighing both
milk and butter, furnish the public
with his figures? That would look to
me as if he was getting tired of opinions
and seeking to promulgate facts.
Mr. Douglas has not abandoned the
deep-setting theory II did not even in
sinuate that he had and he is just as
averse to taking any other persons
opinion as is Col. Waring, and just as
ready to reiterate his own, but, like
Col Waring, he has never given the
public any figures to confirm his theo-
ry.
agree with him that there is more
in this subject than any "fellow" has
found out, and more too than any "fel-
low" will find out if, like the cham
pions of deep-sctting, he will persist in
reterating, for facts, bare statements
of inquiries. We are quite too prone TO
accept appearances for facts, and there
are certain Elusive appearances con-
ntcted with the deep-setting practice
is not so completely separated as in
shallow setting, that has made all the
mischief connected with the subject.
reiterate the statement that there seems
to be but one way to settle this whole
question--and fortunately that is so
simple that any one can try it-by
weighing the milk in two parts, and
having set it, churn the cream and
weigh the butter.
The Lamoille Valley butter and
cheese factory, at West Milton, VT,
have all the facilities for testing this
question by experiment / will pay an
even share with Col. Warning of the eX-
pense of one or forty experiments to he
made to get at the facts in the premises {;
or l will pay the whole expense if the
result is in favor of deep-setting-pro-
vided, of course, that lie shall pay it in
the other case. / have no pride of
opinion in relation to the subject, and
have no interest in it beyond a desire to
have the masses of the dairymen of the
country get the facts and profit by
OF father to any system or scheme, and
/ am not only open to conversion,
but am willing to go back tomorrow
on any opinion that / hold to day if l
can see facts to warrant it. Let us have
the facts. If Col. Waring has any facts
to put against those published in my
report, beg that he will give them to
the public, when | will produce q sec
ond edition. o. S. BLISS.
Georgia, VT