Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-05-12
Farm Of Amasa Scott, ESQ.,, Craftsbury,

The notoriety gained by Mr.. Scott by his
peculiar method of haying and his large
product of 633 pounds of butter in one
year from one COW, made me DESTROYS of
visiting his place. So on cold December
day | called there as | was on my way
through Craftsbury. Mr.. Scott has small
farm near the village, and keeps only from
four to six cattle. There was at this time
at his barn a nice yearling heifer, and two
years-old heifer giving milk whose record in
producing butter has been one pound and
six ounces day. Also large COW seven
years old, whose best record is thirty-one
pounds of butter in fourteen days. This
COW is of common stock, and is from the
famous old COW that yielded forty-two pounds
of butter in fourteen days. This cow has
weighed LILO pounds, but now somewhat
less. Although so large, her feed is only
about twenty pounds Of hay and peck OF
potatoes each day. As she is coming eight
years old, Mr.. Scott thinks of letting her
go to the butcher and retain his younger
heifers. ct is reported in the papers since
that this COW weighed 1850 pounds and
dressed 1000 pounds) Mr. Scott has
another COW five years old that he bought
about year ago after he lost his boss ="
cow. He heard that certain man had
/ COW lOI bdlts Ilo WouO huu odW hci tuc
man was milking. She was poor skinny
animal but yielded quite a mess of milk.
The price was $50. He said, "Drive the
COW to my barn and will give you a dollar.
will keep her a week, and if | like her |
will buy her; if not, | will pay you another
dollar to drive her home" She was 80 poor
that he did not care to drive her himself.
The COW came and on his dried grass she
gained in milk and seemed gentle and all
right. He bought her. She gained fifty
per cent in her milk with change of feed
and care. In October, 1879, she dropped a
calf and had got in quite good flesh. In
November her milk was set by itself four.
teen days and yielded twenty-eight pounds
of butter. ION his feed winter is better
than summer for butter making). This
cow is more promising than the one that
yielded 50i pounds Of butter in one year
as that one was six years old before SHIT
came up TO two pounds day, while THU
one is only five years old. Other dairymer
have obtained wonderful results E. X
Skinner of Tunbridge feeds early cut hay
from one TO four quarts OF meal and from
two to four quarts of bran per day. He ha
got an average of Alb pounds of butter from
each COW in year. vermont Agriculture
, Report 1878, page 72). Mr.. Scott feeds n,
meal. lie Ieeu5 III WluJtr uTItu grass du'
, potatoes. In summer, pasturage and drie'
grass lie has tried meal, turnips, beets an
fodder corn, but his present method suit
, him best, as it gives the best results. Il
\ summer his cows come TO the barn froT
their pasture before night, and he puts ther
in the stable and feeds them some drie
grass. They enjoy their stable. There
o nothing expensive about Mr.. Scotts prem
4 ises His stable can be shut quite tigt
- in cold weather, but generally has som
. slides drawn and the ventilators open, &
- that the air is pure, while the temperatul
J. is above freezing. lie uses muck from so
8 wood land for bedding and greatly increase
N his manure heap thereby. His shed is file
Ia two feet deep or more, with this muck, an
10 when his cows are watered they are turne
n into this shed. The mows of hay in II
% barn are very uniform in quality. The san
r pie is short because it is cut before headir
> out. 1t is green in color, because IL is pr
u tected from the wet by hay caps in the feel
Is but it is well dried before storing II has
he sweet, bright look as tender green grass wi
ID have if properly cured, Some farmers thir
it best TO have grass put into the barn whit
: but half dry and quite full OF sap, and VIII,
~ il steams, heats sours and moulds they
le clare it is improving by the process. Tn
Nv only watch and wonder il spontaneous col
in bustion will take place and burn hay al
:" barn altogether. Mr.. Scott does not Coz
fs his hay in this way, and the results CONNER
no his processes.