St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07


DAY always. AT milking time one takes
good sized cloth and carefully brush
es the cows before the milking is COM
meneed. The operation of brushing is
one OF the Indispensable necessities in
tnis business, as milk is of a very SEN
sitlVe nature, and easily absorbs or be-
comes lmpregnated with existing odors.
The milk is carried from the harm to
the house where it is strained into one
and two quart cans belonging to Gus
toners, and into larger cans aggrerat-
ing from so to 60 quarts. 1t is then
placed in the milk wagon ready to be
delivered, which labor takes the better
part of half day.
Mr.. Lawrence thinks that for the past
year the average sales have been 145
quarts daily. AT the present time he
is selling 40 quarts daily. He is get
ting now from % cows, his present
milking number, over 200 quarts daily,
some of which must be kept for family
use. He has kept in his stables as ma
ny as 80 cows, but occasionally one has
to be turned into beef, and the numbers
constituting his dairy are constantly
changing. These cows have all the va
rieties of blood, from the common ma
tive to the full blooded Jersey, and as
they stand side by side in the long row,
they look very clean and glossy.
Mr.. Lawrence purchases shorts by
the carload, and usually meal in large
quantities, which he draws home and
dumps into the large bin upon the first
floor. For the last two years he has
used Is tons of shorts, and 700 bushels
of meal per year. He is now cutting
and using yearly rs tons of hay, and
last season he raised from II acles of
ground 1900 bushels of turnips. He
has sold milk at the st. Johnsbury
House for the last five years, from ii
to 40 quarts per day. For about three
months in the summer he runs the cart
twice every day-the rest of the year
only once per day. He has upon bis
books 136 regular customers, whose
daily allowance is from one pint to l6
quarts. Mr.. Lawrence's business for
the past year, that is, the sales of milk
amounted to about S2800. While this
business is very laborious, requiring
more than ordinary neatness and care,
yet it is now reduced to such a regular
system, that everything moves along
with very little friction; and from a
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Law
will do his work well, and live up to
what he agrees.
The next largest milk dealers are
Mr.. HORACE WHEELER, who lives
north of this village some two miles,
and MEssRs. Cook s. WILEY, living
above the Centre village upon what is
known as the New Boston road. Mr..
Wheeler has for several years kept
quite number of cows, and has run a
cart to this village daily. His present
number is 26, but is milking only 20 al
this time, and he averages about 125
quarts of milk daily. Messrs. Cook &
Wiley keep quite number of cows
and probably sell about the same
amount as Mr.. Wheeler. We next call
upon
| GEORGE ARSIIN
of Elm street, Summerville, who keeps
8 cows, and has worked up a route
where he sells about 20 quarts daily
Besides the hay, he feeds these COWS
about four bushels of meal and 100 lbs
of shorts weekly. Mr.. Arslin is one OF
the most industrious men we have il
the village of st. JOhnsbury, and his
word is as good as his bond. Still an
other cart is run by
J. R. DUNN,
who lives upon the Bugbee place al
Paddock village. Mr.. Dunn is from
Peacham, and has not been in the bus,
mess long, but he has now 10 cows
and we are informed that last year he
sold about 100 quarts daily. He is now
selling some milk and making some
butter. Taking it for granted that
Messrs. Cook & Wiley sell 100 quarts
daily, we can approximate to something
very near the amount of milk sold in
this place yearly-at the same time re-
membering that good many cows are
kept in the village, of which amount
we can know nothing. To make fail
estimate, we think the milkmen sci
about $50 quarts daily, or over 100000
quarts yearly; and if we wish to Sc,
how it would look carried to higheI
denomination, at 81 gallons each, there
would be 1913 barrels; let each barre
weigh 300 lbs. and there would bt
495, 400 lbs, or about "a carloads tina
the mill1men bring here yearly-enough
one would see, to color a good many
cups of tea.
BRASS FOUNDRY.
Near the Belknaps is the first ani
original brass foundry of this region
owned and run by Mr.. David Hartman
an old resident of this town, and wh'
has been in this industry about q
years. He has a commodious place O
business, and is having all the work h,
, can do. Mr.. Hartman needs no com
mendation from any one, as he is wei
} known here as an honest, industriou
! man, and good workman. This bus