Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-02-28

Il 10 Illustrate; DR.. A. r. Stokes, by n
, elaborate article published in that YER
"a excellent journal, the Vermont Farmer, {
ID February I'd, brings the case of the dair
interest ofEermont, rs " Feed vs.. Breed.
. He argues the case eloquently, says IAN
man can have good stock if he be tow
sufficient care upon them. And the only su
l. periority possessed by the heightened stool
/ is the result Of the extra care, &c.
+. Now the question arises: what is til,
natural and invariable result of extra feet
and extra care bestowed upon the dair,
o cows?
1t is simply this, to increase, strenthtn
intensity, urge into active OF Grafton, tn,
leading and predominating qualities O
each individual COW. And the leading
habit thus stimulated will draw upon
weaken, and absorb the less active quail
n ties. So feeding indiscriminately COWS
> without permanent and well defined but
ter qualities, is II perfect chance game
The extra feed may produce more but
ter it may produce more flesh and less
butter; it may produce more bone and less
flesh, or it may increase the size of theil
horns. For example, take the noble Dur.
ham that commands so much admiration
whose flesh producing qualities predomin
ate; although II good mixer mt first, yet by
extra care, the leading trait has absorbed
the milking capacity, in so much, that in
some cases they could not yield milk
enough to rear their own progeny. Is ii
not plain, then, that the best interest OF
the dairy demand that the case should be
reversed, and stand breed first, then feed ?
We thenhave reliable basis, and are not
tue subjects of chance.
Now, as | have not any thoroughbred
COWS for sale, being new convert to this
belief, with the best of desires for the real
interests Of every one, would eXhort the
Doctor and all who believe in his theory,
to heed the teachings Of our text.
We admit that the native COW can be
much improved, but believe that the Jersey
as Il butter cow has the advantage of at
least the average life time of man, having
been for many years patiently and intelli-
gently urged towards this objective point;
therefore capable of more rapid improve
ment than at first; and rs Yankees are
always in Il hurry, and impatient Of re-
suits, | would advise to start ON the road
TO success as fur MS it is improved, and by
ccascless effort we shall find that the linn
its of Improvement are only measured by
the limits of the capabilities of the human
mind
Perhaps there is no subject of the dairy
of more importance than the selection of
COWS.
| once thought that could choose the
best cow from dairy, by her external APP
pearance. But the test Of that knowledge
has again proved the truth of my text, at
Is better not to know anything than it is
to know what isn't so"
HoU believe that if can milk each7
COW of IL dairy, set their milk separately,
skim each mess of cream and stir it to but
ter separately, all the conditions being
equal; that can determine, with some de-
gree Of certainty, which is the best COW
But anything short Of this do not con
slider reliable.
This method is within the reach of every
orc who keeps dairy, and they who fail |
to make the test neglect the promotion of
their own interests. Setting the milk of
each COW separately in glass jars, or test
tubes, is Of advantage in showing the color
OF the cream and the time required for il
to separate; but if we stop there we are
liable to disappointment.
The amount of cream does not deter
mine the amount of butter. From fifteen
pounds of cream, from one cows milk we
obtained ten pounds of butter From fit.
teen pounds of another COWS we obtained
five pounds Of butter. Although this is IN
extreme case, yet it is always safe to fol-
low the test through to the end, as the ex-
pense is but Il trile.
Next in importance TO the selection of
COWS is their feed. l presume that the
subject is past debate with advanced dairy
men that the basis of feed should be grass,
either green or dry. Tennyson remarks
in one of his poems, that The dull do
not discover 'DiUjnjty' in grass" AL
though the expression doubtless had ref
eacnce to beauty and creative power; yet
for the dairyman it is equally applicable
to its utility.
But there is another Question-relative
to feeding meal-which is not so well set
tied in the minds of many. | have come
to The conclusion from seven years prac-
lice OF feeding meal every day to my cows
that gave milk, to feed more instead of {
less. The present winter | am feeding ;
my COWS with shorts while they are dry. {
but have not practiccd feeding dry COW,
before. | believe that where the COWS I
nave been properly selected and are of Il
breed that are reliable us to bntter quail
les, that it amounts to an absolute certain
y that aIl we feed them above what is re- 8
lured to sustain their bodies, will be re- t
armed to us in butter, with large profit S
IN the investment Care should be taken {
not to oVerfeed. | have fed from six to /
seven pounds of Il mixture Of corn meal
md shorts in equal parts in weight, to each /
COW per day, and think it might safely be |
increased to eight or ten pounds per day. e
\ gilt-edged article of butter cannot be n
made from COWS that are thin in flesh or I
poorly fed. q
In the manufacture Of butter there is {
'nIy one rule, and this one rule is absolute.
md Indispensable to success, us it embraces Il
III the details and is the true basis Of the Q
Whole operation This rule is expressed il
Il one Word-CLEANLINEsS. This rule is t,
Universally endorsed in theory, but is often b
reverted in some of the details of its {
ractical application. Every one is neat s
their own eyes or neat in the abstract 0
nd in their pccllar way, but individuals Il
Who eXemplify this rule in all the detailed h
perations OF the dairy are almost as rare 4,
; saints among politicians. The first ap- Il
llcallon OF this rule should invariably be o
the stables where the COWS are kent il
lie in stanchions; have the floors hirh
nd IIy, with cross planks to correspond II
nth length of cows, sufficiently inclined b
ON manager, and with sufficient absorb.
hts to remain dry. o
When this rule of cleanliness is constrn- pi
d so as TO first have reference to dairy IL
tensils, it always fails of producing the o!
est results. But we, the lords of crea.
ON, having more implicit faith in that &C
'Nt OF Scripture relative to woman beine- I'll
le first cause of all the evils in the world. IN
IAN we have in any other, are prone to hi
nSIect seIl-eXamination, and criticse m
lose who, as rule, are much neater than re
c are i'll all their business operations. M
erp the COWS clean; carry none but clean 81
llk TO the dairy room, and | am conf. tr
mt there is not one woman in ten in Yer
ont but will do her part correspondence of
ell ~
In reply TO questions, Mr.. Skinner said es
mad used the JeWett pans, took them &C
trial, and in the trial, which was made ta
very favorable time, the amount made tn
us exactly the same in each case, though tic
e quality Of that from the large pans 4 tn
tie The best, and the labor so much less. br
SEES the barrel churn described by Mr.. pr
mol. 1 II