Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-16

for research and discovery, and he woult
ask for Snch school in every town
where boys might he so taught that if they
made mistakes they should be able t
know why the error was made. lie woult
have full English course for such ;
school, and little Latin, perhaps, ant
believed such schools would be feeders to
our colleges; and if we now have an agri
cultural college without student We
should soon have students for it, and oui
children grow up like plants. with al
this mental culture he would have mora
and physical us well. He would like tt
see the old Puritan style of family govern
ment reinstated in our midst, and youth
pay Difference to age, and our nation grow
up II nation fearing the Lord.
After the announcing of Fridays pro
gramme the session closed by the Clut
singing the Harvest Glee.
The following communication is refer
red by the general editor TO whom it was
addressed, TO our department, where we
cheerfully give it space:
EDITOR FREEMAN:-A gentleman prom
inentlv identified with tho Vorn,opt H. ,;rv
mems ASSOCIATION and Joonir ;ntorostod
in it's nrosnaritv c,lIaJ NV attamt;nn ~
Saturday to nm article which anneared in
tbe aoricnlturnl Jenartmnnt of fhe Fppr'
MAN last Auoust entitled "S,ul also
amono the Pronhets y alleging that mnch
iniurv was resulting to the associ,t;on
frcm fine false nosition in which il nl,ced
me-. ne fine exccutive officer of the alsoci,.
tion. before the dairy ppblic On investi.
CATION of this subject Il find the article in
puestion purporls 10 he critinue or reviow
of Il few remarks | made last snrino at
the meeting of the National Bufter'
Cheese and Foo Association in Chic,on
upon the subject of "The Dairy Interest
its Importance and Fulure - Tt is evi.
IDENTIFY intended rs Mr.. Tinkbom,s contri.
hutton to the ottemnt of , continuation RI
" write down " and "wine ont "the spcre,
t,rv of the doirvman,s ,ssoc;at;or md
ike the mastery nroductions If his Iistin' '
guished collaborntors in the ,,temnt 10
from bnoinning IN end , nisrenrasenta
tion and nerveTsiop of tho snh;oct which i
made the pretcyt for the effort The renom
If nv rcmarks was nnb,ishod ot tha in, n
or soon aflcr in m,pv naners ;nnI,'i;nr r
the Burlington Free Press and the Nav
England Turner and is also nnblisbed in
the n,mnhlpt rnnort IF tho Npt;onaI prt
fer. Cheese and Erg Associ,t,on nav"r
saw Lul one version If if and do NOT he.
lieye anv other WAS ever published No,
one of Mr. Tinlh,m's orot,t;ons or oi,o
lions exrcnt few tigules fron, the cons u
tables is ia bn found in that ronort r.
fact. with the cxcnntion of ,hnso fo,rns
and hi, innrovon,ont IN ,ho ,,nr,,as w. 70
allusion to nv lone cow and ot,icpN
:. He used to kean y cow norh,ns doas CO
stilI and is heSidos sonro,lr,, ,'f H. w W.
mont d,irvmcn,s association y tbor, l.
NOT n sine Ia sentence in the wbola art;.io
that is not GROSSLY and malicionslv Elisa
He bpoins Nv misonoiing what 7 sa;J IN
regard to the COW owned bv Mr. SNYDER
He saws: The COW rave 3ol nonn1s Of
milk for 336 DAYS and fine milk w,s IF thn
richest ou,litvn did NOT oo,, any snrh
thing. nor anythipo which cnn he honestlv
tortured into snch q statement VIVA, sniI1
or rather read from tbe National I;vaS,ool
Journal. with few penciled nlter,tions IN
adam, it in form alone to NV nnrnosn w,s a..
=" Mr.. pbilip SNYDER of Viuel,nd N T in
the latter part Of February, 1874 bonght -
flrrow COW Of large size. supnosed Int not
known, to be Grade Short horn She oava
in the following 29I davs 5G0s nonnIS of
milk. from Which l95 nonnL. IF hmtte W.
were made; went dry 20 DAYS: dropped n
calf January ). 1876: her mix was moi
saved for the next 10 dnvs bnt she c,me
in full service auain .J,nury 15,h. from
that date 10 the corrpsnnnIinr data in
1877 3GG days-she gave 1862 nnunds
of milk. of which 0I6 nonnds wac m,dn
into butter. Welding 1917 ponnds and 6oi
pounds were sold. If the entire milk had
been made into butter the Weld would
have reached 1923 pounds for the ,o,r
The amount of milk required for n pound
of butler was 25 "a nounds Dnrinp tha
fraction of the previous year thongI tho
cow was farrow. il renuired 30 10 norndS
of milk for "A pound Of bntter :, st.tement
to which alluson NAV be made further on
if time permits. Altbonoh ent;relv for.
eign to the object sought in the introdnc-
ton of this statement at this time as y,
matter of mere interest il NAV he ,dded
that the net profit of this cow thonoh Ion,
on extensive food and on the sends IF
New JERSEY. is ficured ont at 800 ~
The COW gave milk every dav in the
wear. and a lean wear ot that instead Of
336 DAYS. I did not saw nnvthinr ohont
the milk being of the richest ouaIitv /
only read the figures. do NOT consider
milk of which it takes 81 or 90 nonnds to
make n pound of butter Of thu, richest
ouality.'
His next statement is. "Ano,bor cov of
the AYRSHIRE breed nroduced mill dnrinn
the year which made 2S9 clio nonnJs ~
butter" That statement is 40 nntrne NC
the other which he nuts into NV month r.
did not mention anv si,,o1e Ayrsh;ro oo,u
ut all. What I did saw and ro3d nc hofnro
was: son the noge onnosito thot n ,bo
Journal. from which tbis stato r -, ,I ~
eliminated is a statement of tho r;elJ If
the AYRSHIRE berd IF the Stnr,ov.nt Roth
prS of Waushakum Farm of South Erom
inoh,m Mass in on,rts anJ ,n,a5" -
milk. Reducino if to tbe hnt,er P st"nd,,rd
,t the rate of q nonnd IF h,,ta,. f.n,,' ot
mounds of milk md omi,tinr dota;,n ' ~ ~
lverooe ANIMAL Weld nf Oh nonn5s a" IL
,bown from a FIJI herJ for sor pWan r"',, 70
Of oonrsa tba ,ario5 J'v ',,hay on,s'
,bsent at fairs md all otber oort Hnn Ivy
md drawbacks to which anv bord ;s s',t na,
Th;s If will he horne in n,;nd Is . I hn:J ~
Ayrsbires-, small hraod"fou1 honJ, 81 81
ybich reo.h m nver,ao ,,ainht n.y." ~ 1000 01
,onuds So mnch fnr Tho nroduo 81 81 t1 ,IU
de,i M standard cow which nrar,, I,;n,'