Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-01-19

Year had made butter at home with much
better profit. lie found thai it took 22i
pounds OF mix 10 make pound of cheese
from May 18th To July lst; in July 3l1
pounds; IN August 274 September, %, and
III tbe months OF October and November
l9t pounds. The general average Tor the
butter season was 2lt pounds OF milk to
pound o! butter. lis butter sold at from
thirty to fOrty cent per pound, and the
difference in value of tho sour milk over
whey and the trouble and expense of carry
ing milk to the factory more than compen-
ted for making butter.
Mr.. Ellsworth said the whey WAS better
from his mode Of manufacturing cheese
because the sugar was lett in it. lie could
make Just a. good batter IN July and
August as in any other part of the year.
june 24:h, 1875 he made d packa &c Of
Ditter which he put INFO tin pail with a
tight hitting cover and set the same IN his
cellar On cemented bottom to test Its
keeping qualities Ia June 1876 he carried
tho same 10 the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia aud on the 22d of June was
awarded metal on the same for old butter.
1t lacked but two days of being year o!d.
lie uses one ounce Ut salt to the pound of
butter and covers the top Of the butter alter
q
and cup brine. lie always washed his
butter twice with water, and handles it as
little as possible, as handling Injuries it.
The subject was further discussed by Mr..
Whipple, OF Pomfret, Mr.. Ellis, of Brandon.
j. B. Williams, of Glastonbury, Conn.,, and
A. W. Cheever, of Boston.
EVENING.
The evening session opened with good
attendance, the proportion of ladies being
noticeable. and the force of speakers was
re-eniOrcsd by the arrival of Prof. Stewart,
of Cornell University, Mr.. Gardner B.
Weeks, of Syracuse. the former Secretary
Of the american Dairymen's Association,
and others.
The paper oil the evening was valuable
and interesting ole. read by Mr.. \. W.
Cheever, Of the New England Farmer, on
Selling Cattle
MR.. CHEEvEa's PAPER.
Mr.. Cheever referred to some of tho points
made by him In papers read 10 previous
wears before the association such as that
farmers should make more OF a specially Of
dalrying; that grass may be made more
profitable crop in Vermont; and that pas
lures should be cropped closely. lie pro-
ceeied to urge the value Of sOIling under
the diminished capacity OF our New Eng
land pastures. in too many of which the
grasshoppers dispute possession with the
cows
PastuTing will do in a comparatively new
country. but Is too expensive for a higher
stage. Tho pastures do not produce as
when they were new. The old fences are
rottlng away. and the land will not pay
to fence anew. IL this condition. soiling the
cattle for at least portion of the time, is
great advance. Ii is one way of ena bling the
smaller farms to produce as much as large
ones used to. and thus helping TO keep our
boys from leaving the State. Tne farms of
Vermont can support four times as much
stock a. at present and Jour times the pres
ent population. The best food for the COW
is good sweet grass; but the raising of corn
Tor sOlling Is increasing constantly. IL
withstands the Summer droughts better
than grass, and is exceedingly nutritious.
The crop next il Importance is winter rye
Ii gives the first green bite in the Spring
and is d wonderful help to u farmer who is
short OF hay. Spring rye is the next crop,
GNU Oitch plONCd NdlutDlb dlu. OdLs anu
barley sown thIckly. come next; then clover,
timothy and redtop. The corn should be
planted at four periods in order to give q
succession. all the spring grains may be
sown in July, and will be good after the
Fall irosts injure the corn and grass
Beets, turuips and other roots should
be grown for Winter feeding Cabbages
are excellent for Fall aud Winter.
With such succession of crops the land
NAV be constantly producing something
and the cows Will nave good variety. In
growing Winter rye, sow ut two or three
times 10 the Fall. Make the soil rich for
all these crops. and make tho surface
smooth. All must be cut carly while tender
and juicy. Corn fodder should be raised on
rich land and with the least probable labor
For early planting more seed is needed than
for 4 later crop. The Southern or Western
corn will come up quicker; but the North
ern corn is richer and less likely to lodge
In harvesting, the crops should be cut when
the dew is off. For rainy weather one
should have hay or other food. es the cattle
do not like wet fodder. Cattle like change
and feed hay in Summer as regularly as
other fodder. Corn will cure rapidly in
stocks. if properly managed. If you have
feed enough you need not soil but il is
well to be prepared Tor all seasons and all
emergencies. Soiliug should always be at
the barn and never in the pastures. The
chief gain from sOiling is in the increased
production from the land. A COW may be
kept the year round by soiling. on from one
TO two acres. 1t is well to begin gradually
and 1t can be adopted in whole or in part,
according to circumstances.
THE DISCUSSION.
Prof. Stewart, Of Cornell University,
opened the discussion by praisiEg highly
MIR. Cheeyer's paper. Ii is often said that
l billy country can do nothing but pasture
Its animals; but there are probably very
lew farms in Vermont that cannot soil an
increased amount OF stock. He approved a
gradual change from pasturing to soiling.
In his own experience he began by soiling |
as team-horses. and found it took only a |
lxth OF the land required before to keep |
hem. lie then ted the clover from quar-
er OF an acre to seven cows and four horses
{ supplied them all they could eat for If |
cen days. This would give one hundred and
~ hty days feeding of one COW, equal to the
Whole pasturing season. The next year be
ed eleven cows and found the crop ON the
Iuarter acre sufficient for fourteen days.
nc following year it fed a COW one hundred
nd sixty days. The three years averaged