The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-08

lie thought BEST adapted f1r Vermont
cheese dafies Ayershitr and their
grade. be lhousbt gave the larsea
IIuw u milk aud bee, adapted 10 ouf
'il pastures
Mr Mason spoke earnestly Of the
necessity u cleanliness 10 every depart.
ment ia Dairying commencing With
milking that the 6lthy habit Of wetiiug
The bauds with milE aud never brush
lag "a the dust from The COW before
milking deserves rebuke aud auy per.
SOU milking IN that way should be dis,
charged q rsproveJ. aud that all the
milk utensils should be washed with
warm water and then scAlded with hot
water aud not scald on the mak,
The dying and curing room should
to kept at the right temperature At all
times aud even as possible during Tho
process Of curing. giving 81 to 81 de.
grees 40 being abou, the right temper
aturc Of the curing room.
The food for the COW sbould be 10
goOd condition and enough Of it Ear
ly cut grass for winter food WAS the
best. with roots; about April give them
some grain till the green feed would
give supply and advised farmers to
raise their grain Instead Of buying il II
they could. Que bushs OF shelled
corn aud three busehls Of oats ground
fac together, he considered the best
grain food and he would give about 2
quarts per day,
Mr. Mason told his method OF taking
care oihis meadows aud pastures, keep.
ing them under high state Of cultiva-
ton useiug home made manures as a
rule and urged the farmer to look well
to bis pasture and clean them from
| foul weeds, but at the same time he
could not give rules for others in the
management of soils, there being such
a wide difference aud that farmers
needed to educate themselves to know
their soils and treat them as best they
could from intelligent experimenting
with such knowledge as they could OBJ.
tain from others and from works.
Mr. Mason was Intercepted by the
audience and showed convincing proof
by his answers that lie was master OF
his calling. Mr., Mason built the
second cheese factory in the United
States. Mr.. Mason read letter from
Thomas Jefferson to his grandfather,
the Rev. lTr. Leland and Others Of
Cheshire, Mass. ia acknowledgement
Of the receipt OF the famous 1000 pound
cheese presented by the farmers OF that
town In 1903
Mr., Mason is from the old Cheshire
stock aud has spent his life in the dairy
business and is careful observer aud
practical iarGer, The house was full
with a very attentive audience repre-.
senting many dairy interests from adj
Joining towns
The audience assembled agAin 10 the
evening aud WAS called to order at
| o'clock he president then intro
iuced the old Veteran Dairyman IRON
Herkimer County y. Y Mr. Harris
Lewis. Tue twinkle Of his eye gave
you At once to understand there WAS
fun lurking beneath the solid matter,
like Mark Twain he spices bis descrip
ti0ns with that humor which sticks
bis facts aud illustrations GA the mem
DRY that no one can forget. and without
the least pretention to otAtory he
holds and controls bis audience with q
masterly power, with bursts OF mirth .,
one moment aud the noxt TO sober ear
nest attention aud deals ont the eIper.
mental knowledge Of bic business from
An apparently ineIhaastibe fountain
He recOmmeds for cheese dairy cows
for fat pastures Short Horns aud their
grades, billy pastures Ayrshire and
their grades, the grades from well Sc
lseied best milking native cows. wanI
n division in the pasture give them a
free run aud plenty TO eat. Filthy milk
ers should milk only what they wan
10 dunk themselves
Early cut dried grass was the b esI
food for milk cows 10 bridge over th'
summer droath. Sowed Corn he did
not thiuk worth tie cost Of raising
Grass was cheaper aud better. all far
mers should prepare some groual for
this especial purpose aud manure i
very high and nake.it rich and 'thet
pat IN little more manure The Ere
crop 10 be cut 10 JuBe aud Fad 10 Aug
ust The last crop beet for summer use
de should keep up al even flow ofmill
bY keeping up the feed aud also keel
up the weight Of the animal il possible
Scales for testing the weight Of the
animal were good 10 have. Also to tee
tae weight Of each cows milk to koow
Il the cows were paying. call out thost
. tAAt deat pay, keep account Of all The
! farm business and know shat is pay
. iag and what IL BOT il any coz sr an