The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-17


thought manure better than some other
kind Of soil for top-dressing.
Mr.. Gates, Mr.. Paine and Mr.. Chap
man each gave examples tending to
prove that n top-dressing of soil was
generally of more value to pieco of
wet land than manure.
Tuesday afternoon the first address
was made by &. Hubbard, Esq, of
Springfield, upon "The Udder and Its
Care"
The dairy COW, as we have her at this
day, il largely an artificial production.
We know that the milking capacity Is
largely hereditary, therefore we should
be very particular in the choice of our
males for breeding our dairy cows, or
great disappointment will result, as 1t
depends more upon the milking quail
lies Of the ancestors of the sire, than up
ON those of the dams.
The same heifer will develop into a
COW of very different capacity in some
mems hands than in others. When
cows come in, great care should be ex-
crcised to have the condition of the sys-
.em changed gradually. Roots and bran
are excellent, corn meal about the most
dangerous feed we can give COW for
-wo weeks after calving.
We should take of the chill from all
the water we give her for some days af-
.er calving. We should avoid draughts
If air, cows had better be in cold, even
temperature, than in warm place
where draughts of air are blowing upon
them.
In case of garget, he used warm wa
ter, rubbing the udder and milking
eight or ten times day, giving salts
enough to physic the cow moderately.
We should observe great Gale in being
gentle, and in milking. In one case,
where two men took turns in milking
the same cow, changing every week, one
was gentle, the other rough and bad
empered; the result was, in the weeks
that the gentleman MIXED, the COW
made two pounds of butter per week
more than when the other MIXED her.
lie had found to his entire satisfaction
that some men that were not patient
would not get all of the milk, and the
COW would thus gradually dry up.
Drying up cows should be done with
great care to prevent Inflammation and
not have their udders damaged for use
fulness in the future. The speaker
thought that we could very materially
increase our prosperity by taking great
or care of our dairy cows.
Breed and Care of Dairy Cows"
was the title Of the next paper, which
was read by George Crane, Esq, of
Brookheld. In this section, but little
care is taken in the selection of the
males; generally poor, scrub bull is
he parent of the cows of our diaries !;
he produce is some excellent mixers,
many very poor, and the greatest trouble
is that the best ones cannot be depended
upon to transmit their own valuable
lualitie7 " tlieir onsprlny. As 10 breed,
The writer had had but little practical
experience, and was not prepared to
take any very decided stand for any
breed.
Mr.. Gates had found that males from
The best Of cows gave stock of the high
est excellence. Mr.. Hubbard said his
plan was to milk COW clean every time
ne MIXED them, when drying them up.
Mr.. Gates thought the JERSEYS would
assimilate more food and return great
er amount of butter than any other
breed.
Mr.. Hubbard thought the Short-Horns
'NtAA w OOtlSl lOl Ill lIldL IeSDGct.
han any other breed; while some of
hem were not good mixers, others
nad been bred with that quality in view
and were excellent mixers. He sold
milk, did not make butter or cheese.
Mr.. Crane gave as the yield of cheese
and butter from his cows, 24O lbs. of
cheese and IS lbs. of butter per COW.
Mr.. Mead thought it made great diff
ference how the cows were Kept. In
his own herd, one cow gave 81 lbs. of
milk per day. another Sc lbs, another
% loS., the latter was high grade Dur
nam, and the milk very rich, nearly one
fourth cream, tested in October. He
'nought any Of these breeds would give
excellent dairy cows.
Mr.. Hubbard had found it best to take
he calf from the COW as soon as it was
born.
The question of whether it paid to
feed extra feet during the summer was
raised. All who were present that had
practiced it thought it paid them well.
Mr.. Clough had proved that aconitc,
IN tcaspooniul doses, given in a quart
OF water three mornings running, was
u euro for bloody garget.
Mr.. Whiting had fed his milk Skinned
at Il hours, to fatting calves, and had
succeeded very well; he thought to do
well ut this business. Great care should
De taken to keep the milk sweet and to
iced II ut an even temperature. He had
sold calves this year at six months old
for fifteen dollars, when good yearlings
were selling for ten dollars. Had raised
and fed such calves until year old, and
mad them weighed as fat veals 700 lbs.
Chow 10 make Butter" was the SUBJ
lcct OF paper read by Mrs. j. Q. Parish
of Brookdeld. Mrs. Parish's plan is in
Orief TO keep everything very clean,
strain the milk as soon as possible after
milking, then set only one inch deep,
skim ut "a hours, churn soon after skim
ming, wash the butter before it gathers
100 nard. Salt with about an ounce of
salt to pound of butter, pack in tubs
IT ball i'll half pound balls, and market
IN boxes containing about "a lbs.
Mr.. Geo. F. Nutting read paper
upon breeding Cattle"