Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-17
The Fall Care of The Dairy.

Now rs the fall wears on, and the cold |
weather keeps the milk from souring long
cr, the cream has cooler place TO stand
and the heavy frosts nip the grass; some
dairymen will have trouble with the
creams being bitter, not coming, lrothine |
in the churn, ETC., ETC., much of which |
trouble can be avoided by using proper
precautions and taking proper care.
MIX Or cream, by standing too long in
low temperature, will grow bitter if not
sour and by attempting to churn it at too
low temperature,a long job will be made
of it, Mt the best. An almost indispensa-
Bile article, especially in the fall and win
ter, is II good thermometer, and tbermome-
tiers are more common than reliable. Here
is how correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
relates his experience with the one he has
THERMOMETERS.
Ours is Rochester build, Kendall make.
In the winter on cold night we 90 out
and stand half an hour at each corner of
our house TO ind the coolest place, and
there we hang our Thermometer; in the
morning make a note of the height of the
mercury, 90 down town TO compare, and
find that other thermometers are below
ours from five 10 ten degrees. We come
home and wind it up again in disgust. In
hot weather we lay with our face up in
Elk of the hottest places we can find in the
sun; having found the hot place of the six,
here we put our thermometer, and mark
the result of the mercury, attempting to
climb out at the top, and then 90 to town
feeling sure that we are ahead on hot
weather, but find that Jones' thermometer
has gone up at least six degrees better
Now, if there is anything under the sun
that we like to be ahead on it is our Their
mometer, and if any man can tell us where
we can find one that will go six degrees
lower in cold weather. and ten degrees
higher in hot weather, than any other
thermometer we would like TO subscribe
for copy.
We have one in use made by Iluddles
ton, 242 Washington St., Boston, which
gives entire satisfaction. 1t is n regular
dairy thermometer, in which the tube con-
tanning the mercury is enclosed in and at
tached to larger glass tube, on which the
markings are seen. For hardness and
cleanliness this instrument leaves nothing
to be desired, while Mr.. Huddleston's rep
utalion as u scientific maker assures one OF
accuracy. Mr.. fl. also makes the &" Hy-
grophant," new instrument which shows
at once with accuracy and without compu-
tatiOn both the temperature and degree of
humidity in the atmosphere, the difference
in which makes it seem so much warmer
ut some times, than at others, when the
mercury indicates no greater heat. We
are informed that difference of nearly 20
degrees in the feeling of room, may be
made by the dryness- or the moisture of
the atmosphere, at the same temperature.
Which explains the cause Of "such muggy
weather.
Again, we have fancied that the supply
Of salt for the COWS here in our inland To-
cation had an influence on the coming of
the butter, and that as fall came on, or
LATER when the cows were put up to hay,
We get careless about the salt-box, and left
Ii empty longer than usual, we were re-
minded of our negligence by the longer
lime we had to churn. This may or may
moi be so-we think it is; but at any rate,
we have seen no i'll effects from the keep
iog of salt where our COWS could eat AS
often and as much us they chose, either in
heir general health and condition, or in
lecitic and acute diseases; but on the
contrary, they have been quite free from
disease, and in good general health and
condition.
From this time, or little later, forward
. the time when the COWS are well settled
III the barn and get used to their winter
reed, is one of the two critical periods in
he'll yearly experience. We have thought
hat sometimes the change was too sudden
md entire; that while they Can yet get a
ute of grass, it has been frozen, is poor in
quality and less in quantity, and they will
show in the pail the good they will get
from eating little rowen in the stable at
night and morning, or some fodder corn
OF hay, with little meal sprinkled on it
after it has been wet.
And if you cut your corn fodder it will
be eaten up much cleaner, and what Is left
and thrown out in the manure will be in
such shape that it will pitch as readily as
if it were not there, and every man of us
knows how trying to the temper it is tc
pitch manure filled with long corn stalk
butts. 1t seems 10 us that in this way Ole
Brindle may be changed gradually from
her green to the dry feed without feeling
the lack Of food she must feel in her run
ming out on grass alone till snow comes Oh
u little longer, and then putting her ut once
on hay.