Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-05
East st. JOhnshnrY Meeting.

ana .. hanney, y. y. 1ottef anu L. W.
Russell, committee of arrangements.
Col. Mead opened the meeting, after
which the committee announced as the
topics for consideration. "What is the
best method of dairying; the best method
of feeding; the best methods of stock
raising, feeding, and improving farms9"
Mr.. Tinkham was called on to speak on
tho subject.
He said dairying should be divided into
three classes-dairying for milk, where
milk is sold; dairying for cheese, where
that is made, and dairying for butter,
where that is the object. This matter
should be decided by the tastes and cir
cumstanccs of the dairy man, his neaness
10 markets, freights, etc. When this is
decided, then get the best animal you can
for the purpose you wish to accomplish.
1t is n conceded fact that breeding for
certain results is both rational and sue
cessful, and it was certain that the COW
which will give the largest amount of
milk is by no means certain of being the
best COW for butter. The best COW for
butter was not always the best COW for
cheese, for in the milk of the best butter
COW the butter globules are of large size
and come to the surface very rapidly, and
good cheese makers say that when the
cream has once separated from the milk,
it can never again be combined in the milk
or worked into the cheese.
Cattle had been bred for the several
purposes Of beef, milk, cheese and butter,
and the types had become fixed, and he
believed no one animal could combine all
these excelcnces to their best results.
The Shorthorns and IIerefords were the
types of beef cattle, ard the perfect form
Of beef animal is brick with the
corners knocked of. The Ayrshire COW is
the model of the milking and cheese COW,
and large, square udder, extending wei
out under the belly yields enormous
quantities of milk The Jersey has for
two hundred years been bred for butter,
and that is her excellence. The udder is
goat-shaped. and the amount of milk is
not large, but it is rich in butter globules
of the largest size, and She holds in milk
we'll on towards her coming in.
His experience had been chiefly with
the butter dairy, and of this he would
speak. Having chosen the COW and the
business, then feed for your business.
Cows that were drv could he kent well
and cheaplv on straw and meal. bnl in
milk Good GRASS. Green or dried. and an
amount of meal Given as LARGE rs was
consistent with the health of the animal
and of the kind richest in albuminoids and
fats, and for this purpose corn meal, cotton
seed meal and linseed are those in most
common use, while "a new fced-the palm
:, H.; ;,,t, II
spoken of.
How much meal to feedp
That will depend LARGELY on the animal
some taking with safety and profit double
what another would. and this must he de-
termined bv trial of each different COW
He had little faith in the stories read in
papers of such fabulous amounts of butter
made by COWS which had notbinn or next
to nothing to eat, running in an old. drv
pasture, naturally Door and oyerfed, and
then making twelve or fifteen pounds of
butter per week. Cows have not now.a-
DAVIS Inc power of creation II 10 make
something from nothing-and it is "A Good
cow which will convert plenty of GOOD
food into a GOOD amount of GOOD butter.
Having cot our COW and her milk. how
shall we handle itp
There are ways enough to set milk. and
like the Dutch Snowman. " You paws your
money and YOU takes YOUR choice In
the hands of good and careful dairvmen,
good butter can be made by any of the
ways, ana IN nearly the same amounts;
anu lhe same Is true OF chufhlhS' Washing
OF not WASHING "orAihS once OF twice.
ana manner OF putting up Make your
butter 10 SUIT your cuStomGrS IN Washing
sailing ana packing Ihey generally
Kno" "liat they want ana thefe Is no
reason why they shouldn't nave 1t II they
are wiling u pay lor It,
III one tlih@ al are agreed ana lhat Is
cicahlihesS' out "illie al agree IN lheory
lhey are us "lde apart IN praclice us the
east Is from the west WINE some care
tuily ped ana cara ana brush thelr cows
others thnE lhey VII 90 wen enough
without oeuaihS' ana II mix Is strained IL
must De Clean anu that lhe more Is taken
out OF the milk by the stralner, the less Is
lett IN. Inc dairywoman has to stand the
responsibility oil lots OF poor butter, which
Is spoiled beyond redemption before II
comes 10 me mouse. reed your cows
WE'LL tieat them win gehtieness ana Eihd'
ness, don / nave them run by boys or dogs,
be regular In Their feeding and milking
uon De AFRAID OF belnS 100 nedt' and you
Will be on the high road towards making
good butter.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was onencd NV C,I
Mead who smoke of thn ou,hrn,k IF pIon
r..nnenmonia in Connoctirnt and tk,
necessity If Guarding ocninst lis intro
,Iuclion into Vermont re smoke If fh,
necessity Of GOOD barns for tie saving NJ
manure. IF he were n vouno farmer ms
ENTERING on his business and haI only {iv,
hnndre1 dollars snare coni,,l bn wo,,if
soonest invest thot aHonnt in bniId;n or'.
GOOD horn mr. raisn IN the Ola onn. o.,
Int under n cellar with tho View Of n,
fntnre nrasnoctive rroft of Tho f,",, T ~,
f1rmers If Vermpnt had h., , al n'
farmed it too much for nrosent '' a ",
Immediate prosperitv. and now tbe hoe
f,ro,ers were am1nr thoso ,ybn Us,
hbored and been content to wait nm ,''
looI for nermonent rather Than i,,m ,'
diate profits. lie smoke Of tho nrofls y
good feeding, and attention TO what feed
sayo the best results, and experiment
had shown that Grass cut in the How onv
more milk than when emf eorlier co 7 or
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