Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-08-22
Mr.. Douglas and Deep Setting.

one unacqnanted with Mr.. Bliss peculiari- |
ties would hardly believe, ON reading the letter
printed at his request in last weeks WATCHMAN, |
that Mr. Douglas has not only never claimed the
invention Of deeIsetting, but has always referred |
to the Orange county method as the original |
from which he started, and upon which he only |
claims to have made some improvements
Mr. Bliss writes to Mr. Douglas brother and
draws from him a reply which he prints, with the
cunning purpose Of making the reader believe
that Mr.. Douglas, or some one for him, has made
ridiculous claim-has stolen, it WERE the
Orange county method Of deep-setiug and tried
to pass il off as his own. Yet, Mr. Bliss knows,
and no one knows better, that Mr. Douglas has
always stated the facts substantially his brother
states them. Mr. Douglas, in his address before
the first meeting of Mr. Bliss association, in the
winter of 1901, speaking of deepsetting as the
best way Of raising cream, says: 1.-The mode to
which reason and experience point AS that by
which we can best accomplish the desired result
is to set the milk in large pals and these in watts
Of cold spring or ice water, as n0'o prdcticed ia
some sections Of he country, and which have
used the past season in my own dairy with very
satisfactory results And in nearly every adj
dress which Mr. Douglas has made, mt home or
abroad, he has alluded to the Orange county
method as the original of his own and described
the pecuarities of his pals which he considered
practical improvements Mr. Bliss is perfectly
familiar with these facts, and 1t would be pretty
small business for any man but Mr.. Bliss to try
to make people believe the contrary.
What Mr.. Douglas might claim Though we
never heard that he has made the claim in any of
his addresses), is that he was the first daryman
in New England who experimental in deep-set-
ting, and labored publicly To make its advantages
known. This he has done very successfully, and
such prominent men In the business rs Colonel
Warng secretary Of the American Jersey cattle
club, Edward Burnett ESQ, Of Deerfoot farm,
Southboro Mass, and others, have publicly ac-
knowedged that 1t was through Mr. Douglas
advocacy that their attention was first drawn to n
method which they have now for several years
successfully practiced. And there can be little
doubt that to MIR. Douglas public advocacy Of
deep-setting con joined with Mr. Wizards ar
ticles upon the Swedish "cold-setting," we owe
the origin Of Ilardins refrigerator system and the
Cooley submerged method, both of which are pa
tented, and in both Of which deep-setting is the
most prominent feature. As TO Mr. Douglas
controversy with MIR Bliss it arose in this way
Bliss at first favored Douglas views, but when
Douglas had excited public interest by his adj
dresses, and had been invited to New York, Con
nectcut and Massachusetts, to explain his views
ON the subject, Mr.. Bliss gall Of jealousy began
To flow and he denounced deep-settinc as a
"humbug" lie did this in the columns Of the
Countyy Gentleman in his usual manner, saying
that the deep-setters were defmuding the public
and advocating what they knew to be false, Then,
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