Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-24
Vermont Dairymen's Association.
EIGHTH WINTER MEETING.

EIGHTH WINTER MEETING
2, Inc meeting OF the Dairymen's Association
!, opened at the City Hall, in Burlington, on Wed
l. nesday, January 17th at half-past ten O'Clock
a A. NJ The attendance was Of course affected by
i the blocking OF the country roads with snow, and
Z general Interruptions Of travel but in spite oil
+ thee drawbacks, goody number Of dairvmep
], were present, and in intelligence and character
= the meeting ranked high.
5 Inc opening address was delivered by Presi.
= dent Bnckham. lie said that the farmers needed
| to understand the business better than they do
e Inc difference between understanding and not
understanding ones business is the difference be-
tween success and failure. Aston Stewart and
Vanderbilt thoroughly understood their business.
and success was consequence. It IL 10 with our
fairbankses. He then stated that an experiment
farm was sadly needed in connection with the
State Agricultural College, but said that IL would
prove so expensive that he doubted II one was
ever had. He said that great improvements had
been made in butter making during the past ten
years, and predicted that the next ten years
would witness a much larger percentage Of first
class butter made in the state than now.
DR.. Horace b. Wakefield Of the Massachusetts
Of the state farms for eight years, gave some in
teresting statistics of his experiments for that pc
Rod He regarded the Ayrshire COW superior for
milking, giving larger supply than any other he
had tried, but could not say they were better for
purposes Of making butter and cheese He kent
the cows for their milk. The best food is the
sweet grass which grows on the hillside which the
COW crops day by day, and with plenty of this
l nnth ina a1a t. III
| inferior food for milking cow In the summer
Tor want OF supply Of grass he had fed early
mown hay cut with meal or bran on tin winter
feed twice a day with cut feed and two quarts of
bran each time wet with warm notwithstanding
would be preferable II one had the convenience
and from peck to one half bushel Of roots per
COW. lie would feed roots from the time cows
are put into the stable in the fall until they are
turned out to pasture in the spring
Mr.. Ellsworth, Of Barre, Mass, said: NY bust
| ness is to make butter and cheese from the same
milk. heat the milk directly from the cows to
one hundred and thirty degrees In the warm
season set the milk twelve and twenty -four hours,
and later in the season set it longer. churn the
cream while sweet and add the buttermill to the
skim milk to make cheese. The cheese sells from
one and Il half to two cents lower than new milk
cheese but the profits Of the dairy are about one
third more than they would be if the new milk
was made directly into cheese. He uses one ounce
OF salt to the pound Of butter and covers the top
OF the butter after packing with cloth, a thin |
layer of salt and cup OF brine. Healways washed |
his butter twice with water and handles it as lit
tie as possible, as handling Injuries it,
The paper of the evening was valuable and |
interesting one, read by Mr. A. W. Cheever, of |
the New England Farmer, on Soiling cattle"
lie said that grass may be made a more profitable |
crop in Vermont and that pastures should be
cropped closely. He proceeded to urge the value
OF soing under the diminished capacity of our
New England pastures in too many Of which the
grasshoppers dispute possession with the cows
Pasturing will do in a comparatively new country,
but is too expensive for a higher stage The best
food for the COW is good sweet grass but the rails
ing OF corn for soiling is increasing constantly
1t withstands the summer droughts better than
grass, and is exceedingly nutritious The crop
next in Importance is winter rye. Spring rye is
the next crop, and will often prove valuable aid
Oats and barley sown thicllly come next: then
clover, Timothy and red-top The corn should be
planted at four periods in order to give success
sion. All the spring grains may be sown in july
and will be good after the fall frosts injure the
corn and grass Beets, turnips and other roots
should be grown for winter feeding Cabbages
are excellent for fall and winter
SECOND DAY
Professor Noah Cressey addressed the meeting
on the Disease of Cattle" He said the cow
doctors needed to know their business better"
as President Buckham said. Our farmers should
know more of comparative anatomy and the
physiology of cattle. Physicians insist that the
health of nursing women shall be carefully cared
for, for their own welfare and that of their Off
spring. To a certain extent the milch COW needs
like care. 1t is easy by over-drvng, and irrita-
ton to bring on deceased condition of the glands
of the udder and the result is diseased milk by
which the health of children and others using it
may be impaired.
Mr.. Wood, of Pomfret, described cases of milk
fever, in which stimulating the COW with whisltey
was tried without avail In two other cases blood
letting-half pailful Of blood being taken from
the neck-saved the animal. In other cases
blood-etting was attempted but the blood would
not run, either from the neck. or from cutting off
the tail, and the cows died
Mr.. Holden, of Barre gave the COW in a case Of
milk fever, two quarts of strong thoroughwort
tea; and in two hours the COW was on her feet
John Quinlan, of Charlotte, thought il the far
mers would put their cows in the stable for "A
couple of weeks before calyng they would be all
right and no need to cut their tails off The Jer-
sey cattle were too feeble to get up anyhow
DIR. Cressey said the cause of milk fever had
been suggested by Virchow, twenty years ago.
Upon caving, the flow OF blood which has been
going to the womb of thee is suddenly arrested,
and turned into other channels II all is not
right there is danger from the strain thus thrown
on other parts of the circulating system Con-
gestion occurs from the coggng Of the capillaries
by the white corpusces in the blood which are
the largest. The brain becomes engorged at last
a blood vessel bursts, and the animal dies from
apoplexy To prevent this disease, it is well to
bring the COW up into the stable and put her on
a lower diet, and one which will not furnish an
excess of milk, or of white blood cells Keen the
bowels open with roots. The first remedy is blood
letting, which dmnshes the pressure ON the
brain. This must be done early. II too late and
the blood will not run, there is still a chance to
contract the vessels of the brain by applying ice
or by pouring cold water the head of the COW
by the bucketful. The bowels must be opened
and the blood directed thither by giving EPSON
salts-dont give aloes; that is medicine for
horse but not for GOWN doses of from half
pound To Il pound till the effect is secured Bone
set tea is good vehicle in which to give the salts
II salts cannot be had give melted lard or lnseed
oil. Aid the evacuation of the hardened matter
In the ntestines by means Of injections OF warm
water with CASTLE soap little molasses If no
other apparatus is at hand, this can be done by
means of rubber Tube three or four feet long in
serted into the bowels and water poured in through
A tunnel. lie would also sustain the animal with
stimulants
Professor Stewart endorsed this treatment He
had seen good results from extending the cold APP
pcations to the body well as the head by wrap
ping the COW in wet blankets
THIRD DAY.
Professor Perkins gave u very interesting paper
on Parasites in animals" lie said he should
ronfine himself to some of the internal parasites
Of the COW and sheep He proceeded to describe
the upewornls These appear in the flesh of the
swine, producing measely pork, and are conveyed
to other animals and to men, and produce fatal
diseases, such as staggers, water.brain and grub
in the head OF sheep. Dogs which feed on the
diseased heaCs OF sheep become infested The