The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-20

Gus gEONtu OF MoOu III AuelI NOutn llaA
to become dwarfed by early bearing
and prematurely fall TO decay
WEDNESDAY z. NJ.
I Mr.. Tinkham exhibited some boxes
for butter packing. They were small
and square, holding about five lbs,
made ofquarter inch spruce and lined
with tdSieiess paper. Twelve of these
boxes were packed in a larger box
lined with steam felting, a non-cOn.
ductor of heat, and the butter shipped
in the hottest weather withou. ice and
in prime condition. This was not 8
theory but the actual fact as Mr.
Tinkham had shipped all his butter the
past season in the above manner. The
boxes were not patented. His were
manufactured by Pope & Watson Of
Burlington at 5000 per hundred.
: The principle paper Of the afternoon
was presented by Mr.. Fassett, on dai'
rying. His introduction was the query
GLOW can we make our farms more
paying!" The farms of many Of ou
young men were mortgaged so heavily
that unless they are made to produce
a larger revenue they can never be
cleared. lie would not discuss the
causes of this condition of affairs fur
Their than to mention the well known
cause, imitation. One other obstacle
to profitable dairying was the compe-
tition now to be met in the oleomarga-
rine or suet butter which was now be-
ing manufactured at the rate of 250,-
600 lbs. daily and put on the market
at % cts. per pound. 1t was better
article than much of the cooking and
hotel butter made in some Vermont
diaries and it keeps well. He gave q
brief description of the manufacturing
process. The suet is cooled, washed,
cut into small pieces and then hashed
very fine by machinery. 1t is then
melted at a temperature of 12O de-
grees and the tat drained off. When
cool it is cut into cakes and the cakes
pressed. Oleine runs out and sterine
remains. The latter is sold to the
candle makers and the former, put in
to milk about to sour, is churned into
butter. Shall we be discouraged
No. No good comes from discourage
ment. Our business wants bottom i. e.
honor and knowledge. Use more
brains. We can do it. In building
build for a purpose and not hap-haz-
card. The great secret of success is
more manure better applied. We
must have better pastures. To secure
them we must cultivate them more, de-
stroy the weeds, in the spring, break
up the droppings oSthe cattle, scatter
seed where needed and top dress.
Breed better stock and breed for a def
mite object. Do not select a COW for
what she appears to be, but by actual
test find out what she really is. Ev-
cry COW with white ring around her
nose is not necessarily a good COW.
We can breed cows as good as Jerseys
from native stock by care and skill.
Take better care of stock. Patent
pans were not essential in making
good butter though some were helpful.
Herecommended good stock, good feed,
prompt and regular attention, careful
working and sailing, and above all
avoid bad odors. In conclusion, to
succeed reduce personal and public
expenses. Skillfully combine brains
and muscle. The paper was clear,
practical and must have made impress
sions that will prove valuable tosome.
Mr.. Fassett was piled with many ques-
tons. Mr.. Griswold, of Hyde Park,
asked whether it was advisable to
churn ripe and unripe cream together.
Mr.. Fassett said he didit, though pos
sibly not quite so much butter was
realized. He thought the square box
or barrel churn to be the best. He
used large pans without water. To
cool milk too much at milking tended
to give the butter bad flavor. Could
cool it some. In making butter much
depended on the man and the w-o-
man. Wash butter in water about
the temperature of the butter and not
with ice water. He worked his butter
by hand. Should work it before it
gathers in large Jumps. When gath
cred in Jumps as large as walnuts it
was good time to work it. He used
from 2-3 to "a on. of salt to the
pound of butter. Some one asked if
there were not some diaries that would
be better if two or three cows were
taken out? Yes. He said it was not
possible to keep "gilt edged" butter
long. He could not keep his a month
without depreciation.
DR.. Wakefield was then called upon
to give some promised statistics Sc
cured by his experiments during ten
years stay on state farm in Mass.
His remarks were replete with useful
instruction, but our space only allows
us to mention few of what to us ap-
peared the most valuable facts learn
ed. He bred Ayrshires because he
wanted the greatest amount of nourish-
ment he could get in his milk, regard
less of butter-producing qualities, and
he found this quality in the Ayrshires.
He top dressed his moving in the fall
and cut 2 IL tons to the acre. He
recommended early cut hay and the
use of roots. He fed roots every dav
during winter. From his experiments
with Stockbridge manures he thought
that when farmers lacked manure thew
could afford to use it. 1t was ma
nure made from formula given by
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