Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-26
WHOLE NO. 800.

denotes by careless breeding He CON-
mended the English law which imprisoDs the
butcher who sells diseased meat, and COM
pels him TO live on Il himself.
Garget comes from the milk remaining in
the udder 80 long as 10 get up an inaamma-
ton aud deranging tho organs for secreting
the milk. Gave q case where he bathed
with ice water. Most cases of garget are
caused by not milking clean. Black
leg is caused by superabunjance Of nu-
tritive matter; more than can be utilized by
the system, and in pastures where the feed
is too rank. Weakness Of back and hind
legs in hogs is spinal meningitis, as in human
subjects. The chief value Of garget root is
like aconite; saltpetre acts on kidneys sui
phur is good 10 improve general condition Of
COWS; teaspoonful in pail Of water. For
bloody milk or garget, inject carbolio acid
into the diseased teat and put iodine on out
side.
Never turn cows into clover patch till
the dew is of, as they will swell up; in COWS
the gas can be let off by tapping" then
giving injections aud similar treatment.
Wolf teeth in horses, Of whiCss 90 much
is said, are Of no harm to the horse unless
they get so large as to be in the way Of the
bits and 30 make the gums tender.
Prof. Stewart spoke of leather bag largo
enough to cover the entire udder and fll it
with water at 65e to 800 and so reduce the
inflammation by renewing the water as many
times as may be necessary.
The report Of the committee on essays on
setting milk for butter-making, etc., for the
Allen prize was presented. Essays were
offered by Mr.Cooly and Mrs. e. b. Douglas
Of Shoreham. Neither is deemed of such
Importance as to be entitled to the prize.
Mr.. Cooly's plan has new features and needs
further trial before becoming fully satisfac.
tory. Mrs. Douglas tried various methods,
but they were not duplicated, 80 that her
results cannot be regarded as final. Mrs.
Douglas experiments showed that cold set
ting produces more butter also that sour
cream makes more butter, and that sour
cream butter keeps better. In the deep cold
setting, and in the scalded milk
setting, and the patent pan setting expert
ments, the cold setting produces the most
butter and better quality, and the cost of
outfit for deep cold setting costs only one
Mr.. Cody found that the lower he reduced
the temperature the quicker the cream rose,
till he got down to about 45o, below which
the process became slower, and the butter
made was Of superior quality.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Mr.. Taylor, the superintendent of Col.
Cauon's farm, made speech as to their
mode of farming. They keep strict account
with every lot on the farm. They discharged
two men for abusing the stock, as the COW is
naturally very timid and to secure the best
results she must have confidence in her keep
ers, and now their COWS are SO tame that any
one can go up and handle them. They wash
the cattle all over in November and Febru-
ary with wash made of tobacco juice mixed
with carbolic acid one and one.half ounces
Of the acid to ten and half quarts of tobacco
juice.
They feed the cows cut hay moistened and
a little meal or bran sprinkled on, giving
each COW all she would eat and fed three
times day. BY weight they ate % pounds
of hay, three Of wheat bran and one of corn
meal, and watered the cattle three times per
day regularly, first time at a. m., second
time at ii a. m. and third time at p. m.
They feed for neat, sleek, healthy cattle, and
each COW is carded every day. Their stables
are ventilated by small openings on each side.
The lowest temperature in the stable this
winter has been 26o above zero while out
side the barn it was 20e below zero and the
highest temperature was 42e above zero.
Their cattle never making noise by bleat-
ing as each one has everything she wants.
The oxen had 80 pounds per day; and the
horses 16 pounds per day with two pounds
Of bran and half pound of meal on an av-
erage. Have two thoroughbred calves fed
we'll all summer about the first of Novem-
Der took them up and began feeding hay and
little grain, now nine pounds Of hay and
one of grain, and three-fourths bran, and l
find the Alderneys will eat the most-half
pound more each day, and the thoroughbred
Shorthorn is fat while the grade is u little
below the thoroughbred in condition. The
best grade weighs 675, came last of March,
while the Alderney is 200 less.
In answer to questions, said some COWS
consume 20 and some "a pounds per day,
but dairy will average % pounds each.
Also that thoroughbred Shorthorns can be
kept cheaper and in better condition than
grade cattle. They have not used pound
long hay on the farm for two years. One
important rule is to feed all each animal
wants.
NoTE-The care and attention of the
Van Ness House were Of the most generous
kindi everybody was delighted with the
fare, the home-like feeling and comfort of the
house. The guests came and went as at home,
and Messrs. Barber & Co. failed not to meet
the wants of any though they had over $50
to dine with them during the session. Every
one went away pronOunciug the dairymen's
association a magnificent success, Burlington
beautiful city, the farmers and wives oI
Vermont as good as any people on the
earth and the Van Ness a royal good
place for home on such an occasion.
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The gcolOgist of the Burlington Hawkey,
[ thinks that toads get into rocks by digginl