Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-20
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800
8s7 81
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Corn fed, $lg 30
bfeS Saiag boa qais ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs
$2lO5
Balance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1853 40
With same stock on hand Us started
with.
G.. NJ. Fisher of Cabot read II paper on
" Maple Sugar Making" IL fine sample of
this product being on the presidents table.
A large majority of farmers make II poor
article, and it was shown by the demand
in the cities that they did not know good
article, but wanted that which was dark
in color and it was thought to be aduter
atcd if it was light. Farmers had better
keep their good sugar and sell their poor,
until their customers are better educated.
He advocated cedar tubs painted inside,
because he thought they would last longer.
He described his method Of making sugar
which may be summed up in " neatness,
and us rapid converting of the sap into
sugar, as is possible" Some question
was raised us to the relative value Of wood
and tin tubs Mr.. Foster speaking in favor
of wooden tubs. Mr.. Bisbee spoke in favor
of tin tubs. S. II. Foster. Calais, had
found same trouble in keeping wooden
tubs from taking inside when painted.
Mr.. j. B. Pike, Esq of Marshheld had
uset! both,side by side, and each had their
advantages, and wooden tub when prop
erly painted would keep sap rs sweet, and
last us long us u tin tub Following the
discussion on sugar making, Mr.. f. A.
Fiske of Watsiield read paper on " Sue
cessiul Farming > which we must defer
till some future issue.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Hon A. Z. Smith of Vergennes first
spoke Of profits Of Feeding Young Stock. "
This he had found by raising calves, many
of which lie had purchased from farmers
who did not care to raise them. lie skim
med his milk while sweet and fed the milk
to the calves. these he had been able to
sell for from eight to nine dollars, but at
the prices realized last year, could not get
quite us good results. From sickness in
The family lie was forced to give up the
dairy, and had taken to feeding and fat
tening steers. Grass cut early and well
cured made most excellent feed, the best
for winter, while good grass was best for
summer, and to bridge over the season
when grass began to fail, must raise green
feed. Feed WELL give good care and
good results will follow. The board meet
ngs had served to awaken an interest in
our great industry, and there's now no
better place for II young man to settle
than in Vermont. Mr. Mead of the board
next gave his paper OH Grass, before re-
ported. MIR. Chapman spoke of alfalfa
which he has been trying, and believes it
will be valuable if it can be raised here.
Mir. d. b. Wooster read paper on the
laws Of cream raising, saying some believ-
ed cream came to the surface because il
was OF less specific gravity, some that it
IS because the cream was oily, and SO
came to the top. These ideas were incor
rect, 1t would only rise through a chang
ms temperature. He then described his
system of milk setting.
Mr. y. ). Bliss secretary Of the Vermont
dairymeno' assooiotion, spoke of The
Dairy The important question was
mo-, - US tie''l li9ln9' us
ppoiio,, 80 ~ iiis ojlioi. rest Tue pro-
,'"II;o VI " "e''r! HI"Go Oh outer Ihe
for Il better grade of butter The butter
'ii,'uc ny Apranain ana That Jael carried in
.o5u y; U E lor ner guest must have been
as he could conceive of no simpler or
more unphlIoSophieal method OF setting
milk IMAM that now IN common use in the
open "lf IN swallow pans. The spring /
mousse anu crock IN use IN Maryland was
u great Improvement over the small pans
lhere have been many discussions, and
poorly Tried experiments of the pool and
paul system known rs the Orange county
system, OF which an otfshoot was found in
our slate rs the Douglas system.
lie gave rs toe results of large num-
per OF careinIIy conducted experiments
that bottom COOLING was not favorable to
IhG raising of cream. He has well estab-
IISIed proof that OF Two pans set with
miIk' enc cooled at the bottom, and the
other not SO, the latter would make the
better butter ana some times a little more.
lie next described The Orange county sys-
tenn, the elect of which was to begin to
cool the milk at the bottom and, the effect
OF this was, that there WAS u portion of
the milk ut the bottom which never parted
wlln IT'S cream.