The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-30
The 8utlana Daily Globe.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1875.
lReported expressly for THE GIoBE.l
AGRICUs.TURA MEETING.
Meeting of the Stnte Hoard Of Agri-
culture, Manufactures ma Mining
mt Springheid-'ruesda and We'd
nesday, Jan. 26th and 21th.
DIsoussION on MILK.

perineuteu extensively, Dut lie thought
that theuse of concentrated food was to in
crease the amount of milk, but not the
quality. Turnips will not injure the
flavor of milk if Judiciously and regularly
fed.
| Mr.. Hubbard instanced case of dairy
man who fed one-haif bushel of turnips a
day, and sold his butter for so cents per
pound, but his practice was to feed very
regularly, and begin carefully with small
quantity. In the speakers own experience
he had become sure that meal did make a
very decided Improvement in the richness
of the milk, 1t was almost all cream. He
could not recommend the use of all meal,
as Mr.. Miller of New York had. In reply
to a question, Mr.. H. stated that in conse-
quence of poor hay being fed at the time of
feeding the meal the quantity of milk was
not increased.
Piof. Collier testified to the point of
clearness insisted upon in the paper, as be-
Ing essential to the production of choice
butter, as nothing was so prone
to absorb odors that would prevent
the manufacture of good quality of
butter as milk French pomatums were
made on that principle Good cows were
also essential. If the legislature had the
power, and would appoint commission to
kill off the poorest half of the cows, the
state would be the richer year hence.
Dairymen often sold their most profitable
cows, at a small advanced from the average
price, when it would be better for him to
give the purchaser something to drive
away some of his poorest
Prot. Collier called upon Mr.. Chapman
of Middlebury to state some experiments he
had made in testing the profits derived
from different cows.
Mr.. Chapman responded by saying that
in dairy where he had kept an account of
the receipts from all the cows and tested the
quality of the milk, the COW that had gen
orally been considered the best, proved the
most improbable.
Mr. Chapman also said he would, after
an experience of four years with a Devon
herd, dissent from the view reported to
have been uttered by Mr.. Hyde of Connec-
ticut, last week, at the Dairymens associa-
ton meeting at Montpelier, that they were
not good cattle for beef, he thought the
claims of some of the best breeders of
Devons that they were valuable breed
for beef, especially upon billy and thin
soils, was fully substantiated by the facts
Mr.. Fassett gave some examples to show
how foolish some dairymen are in not test
ing the goodness of their cows.
The chairman, Mr.. Whitmore, stated
that he had experience in buying nearly all
kinds OF cows. A little Canada COW was as
good as any COW he had. He thought the
Jerseys were over-ratcd. They were treat
cd as pets, well fed and thus made to return
more than could be profltably expected by
common treatment.
Mr.. Fassett, in reply TO a question,
thought apples increased the flavor of milk,
and were probably good feed almost any
| ,l,.la food
for cows if judiciously fed.
Rev. Mr. Burroughs raised the question
whether our native cows would not do as
well as the Jerseys If as well Ted. Expert
ments by the speaker had caused him to
think so.
Mr.. Fassett thought some of the foreign
breeds were bred for special purpose, and
were more reliable for those purposes than
our native COWS. Experiments by the
speaker had proved these breeds to be more
reliable. Examples were also given by Mr.
Fassett to prove the superiority of the Jer-
seys for the dairy, over our native cows.
Mr.. Chapman wanted the term native
defined. all the so-caled native cows show
ed some marks of the imported breeds, as
they had all been bred from foregn impOr-
tations at very early day in the history of
our country. Some extra COWS, claimed as
|
breeds.
Mr. Hubbard thought great improvement
could be made by crossing up our native
cows with foreign blood he had great
success in crossing with the short horn, and
he had no doubt but great improvements
, could be also made by crossing up with
Ayrshire and Jerseys whether it would
be better to breed with them for this espec-
ial purpose, or cross with the milking fam
lilies of short horns to raise cattle for gen.
eral purposes, he would not stop to discuss.
In reply to a question, Mr.. Fassett said he
was too lazy to do much at sOiling, but lie
thought he should do so to a greater extent
in the future than he had in the past. Corn
fodder is good feed if planted in drills so
d. as to ear, and wilted before being fed. He
also stated that some cows in some seasons
gave good milk and in another season very
poor.
I, The chairman stated that he would ad
wise the farmers of Vermont to make haste
slowly in making Investments in fancy
cattle at fancy prices. But he would urge
5 upon dalrymen to make II better article oil
butter, as he thought the market for fancy
butter was not limited.
/ Mr. Fassett thought the market for buttel
put up in fancy packages was limited, bu
: not the market for A No. butter put uI
] in ordinary packages While a few of The
best diaries were sold at 35 cents the great
est number sold at 80 cents, ard this differ
ence was generally attributed to partially
when really the dealers can do better will
the higher priced butter.
The meeting adjourned TO meet to
5 morrow wednesday, morning, at 9;3'
5 o'clock a. m.
|, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
i Mr. Charles A, Forbush, of Springfield
! was elected chairman.
The meeting opened by Mr.. Cyrus q
4 Pringle of Charlotte, member of TIL
) board, who read paper upon "The Grass
es of Vermont"
d The design of this paper was to brinl
agriculture to study, to botany, TO consid
( er the kinds of grasses themselves. Thes
l. exist in such almost countless variety tina
. 1t will be impossible to infinitely conside
them all.
When we consider them all, we are as
tonishcd at their great and minute variation
= Many of them are very nutritious, other
. possess very little nutritious value. TIN
!, different parts, or variations by which
d many of the varieties are known, and iden
!, titled by the botanists, were shown by spec
y mems of the grasses mounted, and it woull
Z be impossible by any report to show thes'
4 variations without those specimens. They
i were freely used, and then different parti
Q explained To reveal all these different
= variations, a strong lens is necessary, lit
; tie study of botany, and the use of TIM
d lens, will enable the farmer to distinguish
d these differences, and to understand wha
gives, and must give us, the major part OF
G incomes in Vermont Herds grass is Ger
4 tainly failing, and we must know what W.
can profitably cultivate in Its stead, or We
shall have our lands occupied by those thai
will prove Improbable to our sorrow