The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-20
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Vermont is the best country in the world
to breed sheep. Being isolated from the
market, we must breed with special skill.
The second and third cross Is just as good
as the thoroughbred for general uses. He
deprecates all drifting into raising
thoroughbred sheep or into the dairy bust
ness.
Mr. Sumner of Brandon - Was merely
an observer, but thought that the figures of
sheep and cows run mighty close together.
We are suffering from the reaction of
pulled up sheep.
The President-We are apt to say that
there is tricks IN all trades but ours He
believed that the day is coming when sheep
raising will become profitable The farmer
who takes specially sc os of years is
sure TO make it profitable in the end. |
would not advise any that are in the dairy
business to change TO sheep or rice ceysq.
The next on the programme is
SAND BLAST AND ITS APPLICATION, IN WEST
RUTLAND.
y number of pieces Of dressed marble
was here brought to the platform
. j. b. Smith of West Rutland. | can
not well demonstrate the working of this
sand blast except in the workshop. He
gave very interesting account of the dis
covery and application Of the invention.
His marble yard is now turning out 800
finished head stones each day for the
United States national cemeteries.
MILK, AND MODE AS HANDLING.
Mr.. G.. S. Fassett of Enosburgh Milk
is the only article that will support life
from the cradle to the grave, however re-
mote those two periods. The cows we
have to-day are in their artificial state.
Wild COWS give scarcely enough milk for
their own offspring. Just where the limit
is in feeding cow concentrated food
as advantageous is difficult to deter
mine lie spoke of the necessity of
having an agricultural experimental sta
ton in Vermont so that each farmer could
carry little manual in mis- pocket and
know what was best in this and in other
cases We cannot afford 10 do without it
single year. If a daryman calculates to
succeed lie must select cows suitable to his
branch of the business. When thorough
breeding is carried SO far that short
horned calf must be killed because 1t has a
black nose, it is overdone. The acreage
required now in Vermont to sustain COW
is tar too large. \ man on buying a
farm was asked how many cows
it would sustain. at will sustain one now
but can be made to sustain twenty-five"
was the reply What course shall we pur-
sue in handling our milk should be con-
sidered in connection with the circum-
stances of the place where the milk is to be
disposed Of He gave an account of sue
cessful creamery and compared the relative
profits in making butter, cheese and con-
densed milk. to a great advantage to the
condensed milk. In making butter aud
cheese the figures were much greater if
both butter and cheese were made from
the same milk. Good cows in Vermont
have produced 400 or 500 pounds of butter
yearly and other cows have run heir own
ers in debt. The manufacture of butter IS
speciality with the speaker. He found
that all farmers need to study the law of
adaptation.
10 tho -Arlied n Questions. ] use the
large dry pan, but cool it in pals to So ..
My objection to water running is its keep
ing the bottom of the pan cold and making
ihHuCW' NIC6ul Will Ilst III lulTlJ-SlA
hours. One heifers Ga Jersey milk
creamed in an hour, 20 per cent of the milk
being cream. Other COWS will not cream
in less than twenty-four hours. He is 60
ing to try in the direction of securing
quick creamers. l set my milk from two
to four inches keep. Results do not vary.
Pans used are two feet by six feet. Bred
as COWS have been, the Jerseys are the
best for butter the Ayrshres for cheese
the Jerseys milk shows the largest globules
and their cream will churn in half the time.
The Ayrshires show the the smallest butter
globules. and therefore least liable to sepa-
rate. If he were advising to breed COWS he
would not advise one breed altogether.
The Jersey cow will produce three hun
dred pounds of butter year by whole
diaries. He has large. Jersey cows and
thinks they are not tender. If you are
going TO milk them you must teed them.
They are Just machine. In his town are
1900 COWS. Twenty-Five or twenty-thrce
pounds of milk in Vermont will make, on
the average, pound of butter.
The hour being late, the president was
compelled to bring the discussion to close,
and the board adjourned until evening.