The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-04-17

Cows and their Butter.
$50 FteN
At the recent meeting of the Vermont
Dairymen's Association, held at Mont
pelier, a paper on "Dairy Stock y was
read by r. S. Skinner, of Turnbrid &c,
who stated in substance, says the An,e71-
can Cultsvator, that the great object of
this association has been the improving
of the products of the dairy; and, as
these depended upon the improvements
of stock and of the soil, with its pro-
ducts, we find that this field for prog
ress is almost without limit; its bound
airy can only be circumscribed by the
limits of the mind. az
For the dairy the selection of stock is
of the greatest Importance. All coarse,
large-boned animals should be rejected,
since they are not the best stock for
dairy farmer. They should, be fine in
limb, with we'll shaped, rather small
head, with well formed udder; chest
should be wide and ribs round. Cows
that have had the best of feed while
young will, as rule, make the best
mixers. The udder and veins around
it are the best indicators of a good
mixer. If the veins around the udder
are large, the indications are that these
parts are active. The time that cow
goes dry will depend upon the size of
the f9tus, since q COW can not make
both calf and milk at the same time.
Sudden fear, excitement of. every kind
and pain greatly affect both quantity
and quality of milk.
1t is very important that the farmer
look carefully to every circumstance
which tends to the best welfare of his
animals, and as carefully guard against
every thing which may initiate against
their highest usefulness. They have
been placed under his care, by wise
Providence,i for the best interests of
mankind in general. First their skins
should be kept clean. They should have
plenty of fresh air; he would rather his
stable were little cold rather than
warm and badly ventilated; yet he
would use every means to keep his ami
mails warm. His COWS are JERSEY
grades, with one full blood. He sets
his milk in pans 25a by 80 inches and Al
inches deep; endeavors to keep his milk
at temperature of about 60 deg; in
summer churns at 60 deg, and in win
ter at IS deg.
When the butter is just granulated,
and before it is gathered, he sprinkles
on little salt and adds cold water,
when he turns the churn q few times
round. He does not work his butter q
great deal; uses a board and lever,
pressing the butter down fiat, and with
a sitter, supplied with wire bottom,
applies the salt at the rate of three
fourths of an ounce to the round. He
does not re-work his butter, but puts it
up Immediately in Jumps. For the past
three years his butter has netted him
from thirty to thirty eight cents per
pound. The product of five cows and
two haifers part of the year was be-
tween 1900 and 2, 800 pounds, or more
than double the average product of
Vermont cows. -. :, - -.s =.
The platform was next occupied by
DR.. Cressy, on the subject OF "The
Dairy Cow" He said the hope of this
association is to increase the products
of the State, and also to improve them.
and by such improvement Increase the
demand for butter and cheese. Some
persons have an idea that there is q
great falling off in the production of
butter in Vermont; but the fact is,
there is more butter made here now
than was the case ten years $50.
We have, ut This time, three promi-
nent breeds of cattle-the Durham for
beef. the Ayrshire for milk and the Jer-
Sey for butter. All animals have in their
exterior that which indicates what we
may expect of them. ~ IL we are in want
OF horse to trot, we do not purchase a
Clydesdale; or, il we want q horse to
run, we do not select trotter. So the
Durham, by the soundness and even de-
VelopmeRt OF every part of it's form, in
dlcates an animal which will make an
abundance Of beet. The angularity of
the Jersey indicates an entire lack of
fat and deficiency of muscle. We are
well aware that the tendency Of the Jer.
sey is to butter. Whenever we attempt
to develop any particular feature in the
animal function to an extreme, it will
De done at the expense Of the other
qualities; hence the animal will be irreq-
ular in its form, while lack of symme-
try Is lack of beauty. The Durham.
when loaded with fat, is almost as irree.
ular in form as the Jersey, and much
more unwieldy. The Jersey has large
udder and milk vein, which do not cor
respond with the rest of the body.
There is but q slight difference be-
tween the composition Of blood and
milk. . The Jersey cows milk contains
more butter and less water than the
Ayrshire COW, while the urine of the
Jersey cow contains more water than
that OF the Ayrshire COW. In order to
make butter we must feed that which
Will make most tissue. It is mistake
TO suppose that we can dispense with
the muscle producing element in the