The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-07-03
AgrlenItural.


lta iiftei5ea egsnupes sncbecked !
N femcmhtF thss whcn the lev Ier.
ssy present wsrs troughs into the mig
i gsr Nefmoas state fair. hel1 "a Rot.
land la 1879. one II ihe WiBtIows d
lutaey. shyr-boru breeders. observed
eosismp,e8ssly. We'll. the scfswI,ier
yea sei then the better yoa like them
5oai yna r. Al lie two last state fairs
ihe ieueys oainumbered every othef
breed. aba Wefc treated with the re-
speci ihey deserve Nov for some
~ lhs practical results q Jersey dairy
~ lbt- state TIE place where The
Jersey sloes tss looges, bad footing
smaag our jaiomeo j. il North Pom
i5si Windsor county, where peFbs -
|'su s. dozen farmers have had Jersey
fbcI8s or ibc part eight or ten years,
lbesu ttfds have been mostly grades.
BOT have bccn graded so higb--oaly
thamash .bfei bulls being used that
vets tilc evidence II native blood is
-oea ia them st ,hi. time Many Of The
cows Ate pare-bloodej. bot merely As
butter makers these are not always
thought IL he The most valuable. These
Pumlrcl farmers i've among the hGls I;
their farms arc usually less Than 100
acres. ADD their milking herds vary 10
humber irom -ix to fifteen cows They
are intelligent, educated men, yea men
"a ho 30 their own work. especially ia
the Case "a their cattle. They exercise
great care in selecting feeding and
ha61lng their cows, and in the man
uiacture al their butter, aud they get
prices considerably above the highest
quotations. Some, by making fancy
prints Of two to four ounces for first
class hotels aud restaurants, have got
what might be called fancy prices
sixty cents and upwards. per pound n
but that is not the rule
will take AIr l.. S Wood as illus.
tratiug the dairying Of North Pomfret
fairly 10 bis practice He has his COWS
come IN at all seasons. but mostly in
the fall During the season o! pastur-
age they are yarded at night, and fed
one or two quarts Of corn meal. accord
ing to age and condition, being tied up
for that purpose. They are also fed a
little bay. Care is taken that milking
should be stregular hours, and as much
as possible without change Of mixers,
When the pasturage becomes short in
the fall, fodder corn aud green oats, or
mown grass, are fed until severe frost
occurs. Later, the grain feed is in.
creased to two or three quarts of a mix
ture Of equal parts Of meal and wheat
bran Cows that come in in the fall
aud winter have larger ration Of the
same while 10 foil milk Early cat hay
and corn fodder are considered good
winter feed but Mr.. Wood says straw
cannot be made equal to good hay Tor
milk by any addition of meal. Dry
cows are kept on coarse fodder until
near calving, when they have good hay
and two quartz Of oats daily. After
calving, for few days they have light
feed, with warm water to drink. The
stables are kept warm and dry. Mr..
Wood does not mention feeding roots
at all, but | believe he raises a few,
though not enough to make o regular
ration for all his cows. In lsT7--the
last report | haye-Mr. Wood made
3,7ss pounds of butter from thirteen
cows, or an averave Of 29l pounds to
the COW. This butter sold for 81, 341. SO
or an average Of $3.50 per COW.
But by no means are all OF our Jer.
sey dairymen confined to Pomlret. Mr..
Nathan skinner. Of Plainfeld, Washing
ton county made in 1871, from herd
Of eighteen, 4,si2 pounds of butter,
sold at an average Of ihirty-three cents
269 pounds OF butter or SIS II in
money, to the coz. b. Il. Skinner, Of
Tunbtidge, Orange county, from herd
Of five cows, sold in lS75-76. t,6TT IL
pounds, aud in lsS677. 2.o65 pounds,
the average per coz being 1856 IL aud
ll3 pounds. respectively.
Perhaps the largest Jersey herd in
Vermont is that OF r. A. Forks, OF
Passumpsic, Caledonia county. who 10
1878 made. from twenty-four COWS aud
heiiers, 1900 pounds of butter, or 2s7
pounds per head
These reports are uone Of them from
breeders % Jerseys for sale or from
fancy stock | think few IL any OF them
are registered. and many are only high
grades. though there are more or less
pure-bred cows among them. The par
ties are plain farmers, who keep the
Jerseys for their value simply as large
producers Of fine butter that always
sells above the market 10 Boston, when
properly manufactured and neatly put
up for sale Our good farmers per.
eeive plainly that the day Of "middliOg
good dairy products Is over. and that
a email yield per COW will not pay for
The keeping Therefore they are seek.
. 4. r. a.