Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-20
VTootiIawn Agricultural Society.


WoodlaSn Ma5soD, President Giiiiogbau1 IL
the chair and N. w. Pisrson secretary.
After reading The msutcs Of ito last meet
iCg of tho club, the secretary read The following
reply to . portion CT tho critics report made at
that limo:
Sheep with Cows-Pfsccs vs.. PftceDt.-
In the report ct the critics on Huatey farm,
where The annual meeting Ct the WoodlaBn
Club vas held, they say:
1T is a great mistake to keep sheep il the
same pasture with COWS; for what ia fair feed
for sheep is too short for cows TO do moro than
sustain life upon.
We give statement Ct rae.ics against this
theory.
DUNG the year 1879 there were kent upon
this farm ten mich COWS and flock Ct sheep,
syere2lug 100; also 90 lambs WsrO raised and
soId The only pasture lot during the surmsr
where the COWS w:re kept bad been used as a
pasture for II years pasl comprised about 25
acres lying at the foot OF bill; on the hillside
! and top were about 90 sc:es-half cf which was
occupied by an apple and peach olc,srt-de
| voted exclusively to sheep range. Abou! enc
| half tho time the sheep vera psstuted With the
| coHs
Nov for the result. A sire: record YES kept Of
| the number of gallons of milk produced from
| those 10 COWS during the year. 1t amounted to
| 9i7 gaout; On average of COL gallons per COW.
| 10 comparison With this We will take the CENSUS
figurts Of the same yosr a5 given By thr s. pro.
ducipg aod ssliing milk 10 Mt. Verncn District.
| Eight other pcls,rs engaged in this bushes,
| reported 255 ooHs producing 10 1879 1872 5S5
gallons OF milk. averaging about $40 gallons per
o0w. These statistics arc nearer correct than
any other figures given 10 connection With taIm
produces from the fact that caoh ono kept an
| account Of all the milk produced odd sold. None
of these eight persons kept sheep.
One advantage 10 psS;uting sheep Silh COWS
is that thsy will eat the daisies and other weeds
and garlic that can be found. 81 that while the
sheep Tcro pas.ured With the COWS there vas
20 faint Of garlic in the milk; this WAS not the
cisc before sheep were put With then. Dur
| icg tie bot, dry weather of summer tho c)Hs
were fed with green corn fod1cf; st ether times
thrto aas plenty CT pasture.
This i, tho ;ioo secret Ct succ rs 10 kcf ping
auy kiad Of apinaIs; give them pcnty to cot
| AID oLch ona will lock out for the kind that
suits thtm best, and there will DO 10 diSadvsn-
tago 10 mixing varieties, 60 solne will tas what
others ri o..
President Giliirgtam read lht following pa
per he hsd prepared:
| IRaCa rks OF q former New Yorker now IT siding
! 10 MARYLAND, but re- DtIy visiting that State.
| found tho most marked prosntriiy in the
dairG districts. IL central New York. whcro
| II to % years iiaeo largo minority ct tho
formers Waro heavily mortgaCed, new very t6w
OF Thorn ale suffering from this very unpleasant
| ipcumbraDcc, and tho fertility ard produoIl7c-
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pleased to & ID ia several districts thst The *
islicg road Law prohibited live seek OF ali kinds
| from rupri5g on the highways. The hedgs
rows ara generally removed acd road sides arc
mowo fer hay. and 10 macy piaca5 there tro 90
road fsrc,a. Ths average prise of c,ws 10 tho
| dairy dis!rio is about $50. | examincd large
pumher CT them and found them very lew ia
The scale Of test Of Mr.. Guenon's system of
sscertnining The !. zeal qualities. and l AN sat
isG.d that tho yllno OF tho same number OF
COWS might have moro than doubled 10 the past
! s or 10 yerra had the calves OF both sexes been
carefully AID intelliecrtly s:l:ctcd by the marks
designated by Guaroo.
The Guiry animals Gro plaoy Of tho nntiVo
lr,eds, With few grade Shortbo!os. Dtvons,
Aldcrneys End A2rshircs. But neither tho
rough breeds ncr grade Alderne5s are highly
esteemed by the dairy men. saw number CT
large dairy stsbloa, but not one that Iconaidered
| properly constructed or we'll kept. There is moi
| that degree Of ncatness and cleanliness that l
hoped to see. The stables wero generally too
oaen and cold. There is vastly more profit re-.
alized from the same area in the dairy districts
than in any other with which I aul familiar, e1.
cept in the hes. peach and strawberry growing
regions CT Maryland and Delaware
| Dairy farming and wool gro ming arc The OILY
systems which easure not only maintaining but
increasing perpetuslly and rapidly the fertility
and productiveness Of tn Q SOIL and with propsr
proif ten both of theEe branches of husbandry
might be greatly increased in this country and
still maintain remuneritiVe prices for all pro.
duced. Dairy exports are rapidly on tho IN
crease, and American butter and choese are now
equal, if not superior, to those of any oho: coun-
| try, end yet tho excellence and preservstive
quslty of both may eatiy be greatly improved
| BY greater re and skill in their manipulat ons
One of tho serious ficultiss of the dairy bust
ness i, to act and keep good mixers and cheese
makers. Milk and all its products are sensitive
| to inpuriies hence tho greatest possible degree
| of neatness and cleanliness is requisite. Should
| the dairy business ever be overdone, the land
will be in condition favorable to almost sny
| other production.
Their, was o conversational discussion, VI
considerably cogth, held on ths sutj ,cts treat
| ed OF IL The papers read, alter which Df. How
land Invited the members of tho club, together
With the Housskoepets' Association, to arrange
themselves in groups on tho west side OF the
mansion to be photographed.
Dr.. E. P. Howland hes been appointed BY
tho President one of the commissioners from
tho District of Columbia 10 represent tho Dis
tr;cs 10 the Worlds Fair to be held 10 tho CITY
of New York 10 1888. He has been preparing
photographs of great many objects Of interess
on the Mount Vernon estate, and tho lands
formerly connected herewith to exhibit Of lie
great fair. This group of the farmers OF this
district, with their wives ard children, together
With the celebrated Woodland mansion. 10 to
be one of tho views.
A somewhat lspgthy critical report ct the
management of 40 acras connected with The
nausiou was made. 10 which Was noted many
recent improvements in clearing up old hedge
rows, and 10 the improved culture of the laud.
% motion permanent Committee Of three
members vas appointed to consult with like
committee of the Housekeepers Association to
arrange for tho future meetings of the club.
Stscy II. Soowdoo. Il. Z. Mason and John
Ballepger were appointed.