Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-17

flavor. Mr.. Huskinson of Mt. Holly
raises eight hundred bushels of turnips
yearly and feeds to cows. finds them ex-
cellent for butter and for beef. Good feed
was necessary for good milk. and Jerseys
could not make good rich milk from poor
feed, and some pastures would give feed
which would make much better, richer
milk than others, and the pastures of
Springfield would not equal those of Mt
Holly. c. Horace Hubbard, Esq agreed
with gentlemen on the influence of food
on milk, and that Il judicious feeding Of
urnips would not impart any Objectionable
odor to milk. He had fed half IA bushc
per dag to cows from which he was selling
milk, and to those who would have de-
ecIed and condemned such flavor, and
lad no complaint. He had always fed hi,
cnbs and thought them worth it.
Mr.. Goodman spoke highly in favor of
,'obs as valuable for food and rich in pot
ash. Gen. Davis of CavendiSh always fed
cobs and believed them valuable, also
poke of the Jerseys for milk and for beef
rs well-believed he could make us many
pounds of beef from the same feed from
Jerseys as from any other breed.
Farmer Sanborn of Hanover said he
must tell "a joke that Il Franklin county
man got off on Friend Tinkham He told
him that they used to keep Jerseys, but
had had to give it up, and when Tinkham
asked the reason, replied that the cats got
to catching the calves! Mr. Sanborn
thought turnips could not be raised and
housed and sliced and fed with profit here
Cob meal had been found to be excellent
to feed with corn meal to pigs.
Prof, Aivord of Easthampton said he
had charge during the war for eight
months Of from eight hundred to twelve
hundred horses and mules which were fed
corn on the ear, and while fed all the
grain and hay they wanted not one in It
hundred but would eat up the cobs, and
not one COW in ten would leave them, and
he believed the animal knew what it
wanted and needed and consequently cobs
were valuable. He believed turnips were
valuable and would pay to raise, and corn
fodder and straw too valuable not to be
utilized for food for stock.
One thing he had noticed in Vermont
and western Massachusetts butter, that
while the spring and summer butter from
Vermont was best, in winter that from
western Massachusetts was best. Certain
diaries keep up their excellence, but the
majority do not. The reason he thought
WAS that the winter feed was best in Mass.
achusetts, where more roots and grain
were fed He believed there was some.
thing in the extract noted by DR.. lIoskins
of the failure of increase in the butter
yield where Jersey cows were added. He
had once herd of Norfolk peled cattle
which made good butter, but it was ver,
white. He added two Jersey COWS, which
much improved the color, but did not ma.
terially increase the amount of butter.
The time for adjournment having arriv-
ed Mr.. Williams, the treasurer of the
congratulated those present to a'b asket
picnic in the room below. On adjourn
ns there, two large tables were found
extending the length of the room, which
were well supplied with oysters, cold tur
key, chicken and tongue, bread. sand
'vichcs, etc tea, coffee, skinned milk.
)es and cakes of various kinds. apples,
oranges, etc, which, if Il basket picnic. i,
,ur favorite kind of meal, and so far Il,
we had time to observe, all who sat down
% the well loaded tables were evidently of
)ur way of thinking.
The afternoon session was opened by II
prief discussion on fertilizers, after which
Prof. AIvord read IL paper on " Improve
nents in Dairy Implements" He said
America was far in advance of all other
lttions in The number and excellence of
l II labor saving machines, as a visit to
agricultural hall in the centennial exposi-
ION would have made apparent Ameri-
'an machines are made for use, and fitted
Or their especial purpose, while the Eng.
ish seem to aim TO get in all the material
hey are able to. Their pfows are twice
is long and three times as heavy as ours, |
md their carts have twice us much mate
'ial in them us ours, while their loads |
lrawn are no heavier, and the roads far
ess trying. On the continent the contrast
S still greater.
He next spoke Of tie mechanical acliv-
ty of the country. There were over two
thousand patents granted on harvesting
machines, which was not to be wondered
It, considering their Importance and the
lumber of parts, but an equal numher had |
'een granted on churns. He reviewed
he mechanical'aids to dairying.
Dairyng begins at the pail, land here a
treat reform was needed. The pail in |
common use was as bad as pail could be 4;
largest at the top, it seemed
tilted to catch all of any possible filth
bout the animal, and expose the milk to
he foul air of the stable. It's a pretty
evere thing to say, but he would say it
e did not believe that one out of ten of
hose even before him, did their milking
properly.
He showed some improved pals with
overs and places to admit the milk.
Milking machines were next considered
heir history traced, and they were CLASH
ed as suckers" "squeezers and
shippers" The milking tubes, which
re not included in those named, were
lassed by the patent Office as surgical
and not fitted for general use
zone of the milking machines were =
nccess, but when we remember that an
verage of ten millions of cows have IN
e MIXED twice day, and that the entire
me of two hundred thousand men 'wopld
C required to do it, there would Seem to
e sufficient incentive to the inventive