Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

than good butter. Good butter increases
the demand for itself, while poor butter
decreases the consumption and very justly
too.
J. j. Miner of Chester asked OF Mr..
Tinkham if the dairymen OF his vicinity
fed cotton seed meal. He replied that 1t
was not fed. The feed in summer was
clear corn meal and in winter mixture
of corn meal, oat meal and bran, with
about the same quantity of bran rs OF both
the others, perhaps little less.
Mr.. w. B. Cutting of Westminster,
West, said that he had made some expert |
ments in feeding cotton seed meal. with
view of determining its value as compar-
ed with corn meal, at the prices at which
each could be bought, and he concluded
that corn meal was the cheapest.
Prof Atwater said he was not butter
maker but butter buyer; he was not
Vermonter but his butter was Vermont
butter. and he bought it because it was
cheapest. and with the facilities we had,
we should furnish the best butter for the
best markets. In regard to the feeding oil
meal, he spoke of the qualities of different
meals and their fitness for securing certain
ends. Most of the oily matter in butter
comes from the flesh-forming qualities OF
the meal. Cotton seed is nearly the clear
thing; the oil not being all taken out, furn-
ishes oil, and the other matter furnishes
excellent flesh-forming material, so it is
very excellent food.
Col Mead spoke favorably of the cutting
and feeding corn fodder, but related an
instance of large Connecticut river val
lev farmer who fed the stalks uncut and
corn unground, and letting his hogs run
in the yard, and work over the refuse and
the excrements and the said farmer
thought he was getting about all the good
there was in the material and without pay
ing toll to the miller. but we think the
practice did not commend itself to the
sense of the meeting.
Following this was Prot Perkins paper
on parasites infesting animals. The pro-
fessor, after brief reference to ticks,
took up the bot fly, which causes the
grub-in-the- head. This fly lays small
worm in the nose of the sheep which at
taches itself to the membrane lining the
nostril, and works its way upwards, feed
ing on the mucous and the membrane It,
self. This trouble is serious one, notwith-
standing the statements Of high authority
to the contrary. He thought the trouble
might be cured by inhaling strcng car.
bolc acid vapor.
All that can be done is to remove the
grubs from the head, and he believed Riley
recommended lime reduced to fine pow
der. which the sheep should inhale 10
make them sneezc, and so throw out the
worm. His next parasite was the tape
worm; tracing its propagation, how 1t
takes two individuals of the same kind to
reach maturity in two individuals of diff
fercnt species starting only in the hog, and
reaching maturity only in the human be-
ing-and gave an instance where one tape
worm 1900 feet long was taken from Il
man, and is in the museum at Copenhagen.
The next was the species of tape worm
known as the floating bladder, which is in
| the immature state in the sheep, and
reaches maturity in the dog, from which
it is in turn taken up by the sheep, and so
keeps up the continued round of existence.
If there were no dogs this parasite must
cease 10 exist. The next parasite was the
species of tape worm found in sheep, in
the brain, and producing what is known
as water brain.
The next was the hydalids, OF which il
is estimated that above eight hundred die
annually in Great Britain. If an egg Of
| this tape worm is taken into the stomach
of the sheep, the cyst is dissolved off and
a little worm is freed and somehow gets
into the circulation, settling in some one
of the organs as the lungs or liver. and
90 on charging, and with an almost meal
culable power of reproduction. 1t is never
safe to eat fruit or vegetables gathered il
the garden without washing, or drink
from Il pool, rs eggs of this parasite may
be present, especially when dogs are about
in considerable numbers. 1t is estimated
that one person in every forty in lcelan(
is affected with this disease, and one sixth
the deaths there are from this cause, owing
to the presence of so many dogs. lie hac
no doubt more sheep were destroyed every
year by the eggs of this parasite, which
are taken up from the dogs, than there art
by the direct attack of dogs themselves.
He spoke of the liver ilukes found St
often in sheep, and so plenty in the dee
in the Adirondacls, for which there is NJ
sure cure after they reach the liver. The
only thing is to use precautions TO proven
the dissemination of the eggs.
The Strengths was next described as no
so common or dangerous IT'S those beiol1
} described 4 weak or sickly animal j
more ant to be attacked by parasites THAI
those in full health and strength, and tn
keeping of animals ia good heart and con
dition is a preventative of parasites AM
disease. He could hardly speak too strong
ly concerning dogs. As they commonI.
feed they may not be so dangerous, bu
feeding about slaughter houses the DANCE
could hardly be overestimated.
Col. Mead spoke of the desirablity o
having report of these meetings, whc
, could be preserved. There was no provis
ion by law for this purpose and he woul
like to hear the matter canvassed by hi
1 brother farmers. Should it be though
best the report could be made and dstrib
uted TO those desiring it, and would no
probably cost over fifty cents per copy
and he would like to know how man
r present thought it best 10 make Il repoI
| ant.would take copy under this arrange
| ment.
: President Buckham spoke of the yalu
= such report would have, the interes
= manifested by those attending these meet
e ings, and of how much more value thes
4 papers and discussions would have whe
: studied at leisure than when heard in tn
: press and hurry of u meeting. He spok
S of the change perccrtible in the state j
y the last ten years in farm buildings, stoc
y and tools, of the common interest of tn
r agricultural college with the state super
!. intendent in the advancement of agricu
d tura pursuits, and they both though
Y greater good might result from joinin
n their forces in these meetings than in eac
n working separately. In the same mannC
:, practical agriculture should join with SC
G entifc investigation; each had its propC
c field of labor in the work to be done, an
II in that field could do work which tn
s. other could not perform. The practic'
vt matters of this work could be done best o
IS the farm, but some scientific work coul
Is be done best in the laboratory and by SC
d entiic investigation. Soilst animal
IS plants, everything is asking question
e which none Of us can answer and repre-
h sent some science, and here is the usefl
It field of scientific pursuit, and scientist
e with white and soft hands, have their plaC
IS in the great work with the hard-hande
l. worker of the soil whose attention is d
e rected to his cattle and grubbing. Thei
" has been prejudice between the two, an
h each have held in light esteem the wor