Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-12

achievement of the triumphs bevond
improvement never can be limited only
by the limit of mind. You have had and
still have, in degree, some discouragiug
influences TO overcome. The blighting
apathy and Indifference on the part Of
farmers and dairymen, although giving
way somewhat To your noble Influence.
still claims many in willing ignorance.
Why is 1t that first-class agricultural
paper cannot be printed and sustained
within the limits of Vermont? WHY is il
that an agricultural board, selected from
the best mental ability. men who brought
to their work practical knowledge of
the work they undertook, and who saw
the need of the service they were expected
to render, and whose efficient labors had a
powerful influence for good in every Mace
they visited, whose only sin was their
fidelity and zeal for the promotion of the
best interests of the state, should be aho-
ished in contempt by the present legisla-
ture Of Vermont? Until such questions
can be satisfactorily nswered-there is
work clear and decisive to be done. This
act of our legislature, | think, is a direct
blow at every industry of our state, be-
cause agriculture is fundamental in its
bll OluCl iUuuSlIlbs resting
upon and sustained by it, moral and re-
liSious Institutions not excepted How is
1t that the trader and Spectator accumu-
late wealth? 1t is because the producer
has not obtained all the value of his pro-
ductive labor, and the trader and specula.
tor gets the remainder, which is very often
the lions share.
The farming and producing interests
require more thought and investigation,
even more than moneyed capital. These
pursuits are most mistakenly considered
by many aspiring people to be of Il low
order, fitted only for uneducated minds.
This is far from truth. These Occupation
are as honorable as any other; and it is
because the same amount of brain and
investigation have not been exercised in
them as in some other branches of bust
ness, that they are not SO considered. 1t
is our privilege and our duty, us well us
benefit, to demonstrate. that the proper
application of knowledge aud skill will
add 10 the amount and profit of our pro-
| auctions. Then our avocation will be
honored and embraced by men of mind us
well rs means.
Let us now consider especially the dairy
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first Importance. have not the vanity to
believe that can instruct very many of
this intelligent audience upon this subject;
shall therefore pass it with IL few gen
eral remarks. Almost all rough, coarse
animals are Improbable for any use, while
smooth, fine bone, properly placed is a
great excellence, III any animal for any
desirable object. As II rule, strength,
activity and good constitution accompany
ine-boned animals, whilst tendency to
weakness and disease accompany large
boned ones. The head, in most instances,
Is fair indication of the character of the
animal. There are men who insist on
the equality of their rongh beasts to the
finer ones. But it is of no use; when fair.
~ tested, both animal and food, and the
use or improvement made in given time,
they must always be found unprolilableT
and compared with improved animals,
The time, labor and food bestowed on
them is measurably lost. The chest
should be wide, deep and prominent, the
ribs long and strongly arched giving
room for ample lungs. | believe the
lungs digest air AS the stomach dipests
food. think, other things being equal, |
the animal which has always received
good care and an abundant supply of GOOD
food, makes better mixer than the one
which has been neglected and kept short
during the first two or three wears of her
life. he udder and milk veins ALWAYS |
ciaim our attention, and perhaps afford |
the best marks for ascertaning good COWS |
Ii the veins which surround the udder are
large, winding and dill lated at intervals,
they show that the glands receive much
blood, and consequently their functions are
active and the milk is abundant. The
milk glands, like all other organs, are
developed by exercise, and regular and
energetic draft upon the uddcr seems to
draw also upon the milk veins. Increasing
them in size and milk making material.
For this reason it is after they have been
treated with regularity for IL long time
that COWS give most milk. If the glands
DO not give an equal quantity of milk, the
larger veins are on the side of the gland
which gives the larger quantity. The
length Of time daring which a COW will
give milk will, think. generally CORE
spond with the size and activity of the
organs which supply it. | would bc glad
10 learn now mix Is made OF how pro-
dneed in the udder. My present state of
knowledge in this respect amounts to al
most total ignorance. 1t appears, howcv-
er, that milk is found no where in the
animal structure, except in the substance
OF the mammary gland, and it seems most
reasonable to believe that it is elaborated
from the blood, and that all the important
constituents OF the milk are formed in the
mix glands, and that the secretive struc- ,
lure Has the property of separating these
constituents from the blood. by an elective
acton 1t this be true, it furnishes a rea-
son why a cow cannot be MIXED the year
round and produce an offspring during
the time without dctrimcnt to either. The |,
system cannot furnish II sufficient supply |,
OF blood for both purposes.
Nature endeavors to supply the offspring
anu when there is too powerful an artiti-
cal draft ut the same time, and perhaps |
an inadequate supply OF blood. making S
material, the vital energies become weak [
cned are brought into low condition, and I
require time and care to recuperate them
Also why the nervous condition of the cow |
effects the quantity and quality of the {
milk, rs sudden fear, pain and the Ike, c
operating through the nervous sensibil. f
ties, have an immediate influence upon the '
milk. Physiology teaches that the blood
provides materials for the regeneration 4
and supply of the system, in all its parts, t
without exception; and that this process /
requires constant regeneration Of the nu- t
trillve constituents Of the blood. Q
In this channel we are forcibly impress
ed with the Indispensable necessity of t
aYaiIing ourselves of every avenue which
may lead US to better knowledge of our i
duties and privileges and of the almost
anbounded and fearful responsibility c
under which we are placed to our Creator. b
IN having been put, not only in custody, il
but also in dominion of these most sevice- Il
able and useful animals We are daily n
using their life blood for tie support of
human life, do not say that this is
wrong. | believe it to be wise and S
1enclicent arrangement, placed within our "
each by divine Providence; bnt | do "
'ay that abuse, wiful neglect, or unneces- Il
'ary ignorance, in the premises, IS not b
'nly folly, but deep-dycd sin. a
After selection, the first thing in i'm fl
)ortance is care. No inhlible rule can h
De given; so much depends upon breed, Ii