The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-03-19

Abstract OF an Address delivered by John
z. Ellsworth, Barre, at tho Worcester
West Farmers Institute, at
Rutland, Jan. 80.


In the selection Of cows the dairyman
should be governed by the speciality Of
the farm, whether butter or cheese, or
sending milk to the market fact so
obvious that It requires no further com
ment.
In Summer the cows should have all
tllo young, succulent food they viii eat,
with tablespoonful Of fine salt each
morning, and should bc supplied at n
convenient place all the pure water they
want to drink. II meal Is fed, il will
improve the quality more than the
quantity of the milk
II il far better to feed twice day,
efgfcialIy with dry food, than oftener,
while water should he supplied immedi
ately after each meal. IL is desirable
TO feed the poorest quality Of fodder at
FIRST, then follow with better quality,
next meal, and lastly roots. After feed
ing, the stock should be watered, then
clean the stable, next sprinkle such bed
ding or absorbents as one may prefer.
If animals have been properly fed they
will Immediately lie down and appear
very uncomfortable, because the paunch
is so full, but il affords me satisfaction
to see them, If may 80 speak, manifest
contentment and distress Of this kind
blended together. ! am radical on this
point. Cows need five or six hours of
rest and quiet to chew their cud over,
to chew il all over, and right here let
me say that nature is the most active In
the milk secretions from well chewed
and we'll digcsted food We sometimes
hear farmers advocating tie policy Of
giving COWS proper exercise, by turning
them into the yard ia pleasant weather.
This may be readily admitted IL they
have a stable ON the north side and
limited supply Of food, but in a well
ventilated, warm, south.side stable, with
glass windows, they need but little ex-
ercise.
Its q much controverted point among
dairymen whether il pays to raise roots
Tor feed TO stock. My conviction is that
they are Indispensable II is quite US
unnatural to deprive Illuminating animals
Of vegetable food. Il is absolutely es-
Rential to feed the cows rightly in order
to make healthy milk or flesh The
Young mother of the hunwu race who
cannot administer Nustenanse 10 her
babe from her own b,easr, selects. il
possible, the milk of one young cos und
that only. Nov il j. important that
this COW should l,.. fcl with fooi that
will make hone and ,na-clr, 10 sccnre
growth in tie child Il is fact tl,at
beef animals fa;tens-i ia this way. by
adding the root feed. make mote rich.
juicy meat. better MARRIED, than ~ith-
out roots.
The time is not far distant ~hen con.
sumers of milk in Boston will be farn-
ished directly from the producers at re-
munerAtive prices. because it will be
pure. IL Is universally admitted that
there is no better milk 10 be found than
in Worcester county, and ii consumers
could have il without extension there
could not be enough produced on the
railroad lines leading to Boston TO meet
the demand The completion of the
Massachusetts, Central Railroad will nn-
doubtedly meet our wants.
No impurities Of the stable should
contamina.e the milk. The lag and
teats must be perfectly clean. When
Mrs. Fisk, the lady who made the but
ter that drew the first premium and
sweepstakes (sl75), was informed of it,
she remarked that it must he credited
to the new perfected milk pail, which
kept the milk so clean and sweet
How 70 raise our cream and secure
It, has been a vital question with the
progressive dai-yman. There are many
patent appliances; all have some merits
and many supporters. Some have been
made to believe that all that was need
ed, to make gilt-edged butter, was to
make use of some device which this OF
that patent covered. Some of these,
: admit, may save labor, and in extreme
warm weather will raise more cream
During my stay at the New York In
transitional Fair last month, noticed a
dozen different kinds Of apparatus foi
raising cream, and there was but Q
slight difference in them, with one ol
two exceptions One Of these which
was in the department where was en-
gagged raised the cream in three holrs
The small open pan is still in use by
good dairymen, and there are as many
premiums taken with this pan as will
any Others. The sweepstakes butter al
Greenfield, and at the Internationa
Dairy Fair in New York, WIS made
, from cream raised in the small oper
pan; showing that in making good but
ter, the secret lies in the making, a
well as in raising cream. To make fin,
butter the cream should be allowed Il
ripen, or become slightly acid, befor,
churning- 1t is generally admitted tha
butter made from sweet cream has no
| the keeping qualities of that made iron
| ripe cream.
There are but few who make butte
+ at certain seasons Of the year who d
not color the article. 1t is quite nseles
! to deny that the taste is somewhat GOV
erned by the eye Take plate an,
. place thereon two Jumps of butter, tn
j one with natural June color, the othe
t white as lard, and nine persons out Q
/ ten will choose the colored lump It
t recognized fact that the dealers knoV
: and expect it will be colored, and whel
. the material used is as harmless as th
4 salt which favors it, there is no injur
j committed. But I would advise its us
4 cautiously-it is better to color belo,
4 than above the natural hue.
0 The operation Of churning las q
r much to do in producing fine butter a
!. an,, c,,a ,,a,.t oe hnkter rnak;no TIL