Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-20

ptoe"red or raised just what you want, the
next question would be. how can get the
most profit form them' II Won are producing
milk either for cheese or butter. Won know
what comes out of the teat goes intothe month
ana yon must prepare the materials for feed
ing TINS milk machine Grass ia the NATURAL
MIX producing food, so all food should be as
near grass as possible. Dried grass instead of
nay Tor winter food, and so the grass should
De cut and cured early i'm the season while in
the biow, and not left standing until there is
nothing but mass of woody fibre Beets tur.
nips and carrots are to be provided to keep mp
the now OF milk, and keep your cows in good
condition. and SOME corn to give richness to
the milk. All thisto be produced on your own
farm, andthe cattle thus cared for will show
their appreciation by returning to You a hun
dred fold i'm the form of rich milk. from which
will be made the golden butter that always
commands good price l l.t-ft /
But you must not forget that some cows are
better than others of the same breed. Be-
cause COW Of the Jersey breed has all the
black points, yet she may not be profitable
one to keep; because she is an Ayrshire. for
that reason she may not be one to give her
eight or ten thousand pounds of milk I'm n
year. Too many of our farmers who keep
large diaries depend too much upon the mum.
berof COWS they keep, and too little upon the
quality of the stock. He cannot tell you
whether single COW is paying for her keep
ing or not He only knows that at the end of
the year he is little ahead and is satisfied
venture the assertion that not one half of the
COWS in this county are to-day paying the ex-
pense of their keeping. 1t costs as much to
keepa poor COW as it does a good one, and
every one should know what he has and com
mence to weed out his herd This can only
be done by testing each COW by herself II
you are producing butter see how much cream
you get to the quart or pound of milk, and no
COW should be retained that does not yield a
large percentage of cream, no matter how
much milk she may give
have seen cows that would give forty or
fifty pounds of milk in day, but you could sit
from one milking to another with a magnify
ing glass and you would not be able to detect
the cream that should arise. This COW would
do for the farmer who sells milk by the quart
in onr cities and the only fault he would find
would be that her milk would not bear water
ing, have seen others that gave small
mess that would YIELDS or so per cent of cream
out of which could be made the noted gilt |
edged butter that commands so high price. |
Now which COW would the butter farmer Sc |
lect, and which would be the most profitable
There can be but one answer. Yet nine out of |
ten OF those who intended to purchase, would |
select the first mentioned, and most likely |
keep her for years supposing she was profit |
able COW in his dairy. Go to one of your mer |
chants and ask the price of any goods in his
store and he can tell at glance what the
goods cost, and when he sells to you he knows
he is getting profit I'VE saw one of our mer-
chants emphatcally shake his head at this.-I
Ed How long would he succeed should he
sell his goods without knowing or caring how
much he had to pay for them. Yet our far
mers are doing the same thing to-day. You
sell your butter your beef, your wool, and all
the products of your farm, and YOU are not
lDlc to tell what a single article cost you to
produce. it,. ..Uu
space will not permit of the completion of
ms interesting paper this week We are
therefore, reluctantly compelled to hold over
he remainder until our next issue.-EDJ i
Mr. Conant the State Superintendent
)f Education, the next speaker said
hat it might appear that the work of
he agrlculturiSt and of the educator
we're OF very different nature, yet on
careful view of the subject it appear
ri to him their interests were common
interests, and that what advanced the
Welfare OF the one must have q cores
bonding effect upon the other. lie be-
leved there was something more than
merely few acres of land that was ne
essary to make farm in the true =
ense of the word. There were other
dement's that must enter into the cal
ulation OF what is indeed q farmers
Iolne. There are two farmers, one
within doors, and one without who
lust unite in common interest, and
nth "brain and Drawn combine to !
lake not merely farm but prosper
us and happy home. The speaker who /
adj preceded him, had demanded of 9
he farmer that he should seek for new +
lethods and for higher attachments.
me that he should understand some :
hing of the chemistry of the soil, the q
lystelfes of plant growth, etc., etc. t
mother that he should be well read i'm 4
hat farmers in other parts of the $
)untry were doing. How can this o
est be done? Doubtless by more n
treful attention to and a thorough +,
aiming in our schools are we best able c,
keep pace with the requirements of 4
lie age. While in all other pursuits in Ie
fe, improvements were demanded i'm Il
II schools; changes from the old WAYS ttGG
ere too often considered as uncalled =
T innovations. This should not be
+, as the farmer uses improved ma =
linery and fertilizers, so should the 1
acher use the most approved meth Q,
Is of imparting knowledge. He then b
'oceeded in a very clear and interest he
g manner to illustrate some of the or
lproved methods of teaching that NJ
we been introduced in our schools sa
the last few years. His illustrations So
the late methods of teaching the first tn
sons of reading and arithmetic were IN
ry interesting and instructive. AL 80
ough the lateness of the hour pre- in
nted him making lengthy remarks. it
t his perfect acquaintance with the an
luirements, and zeal for the welfare pr pr
our schools made it evident to all ",
at our educational as we'll as agri-
ltural interests were in safe and skill
hands. sa#
A vote of thanks to the last two :
eakers terminated the proceedings.
ndst a universal regret that they
re not to be continued for at least
other day.