Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-21
Amcrican nairymen's Association.
SYRACUSE, Jan. l3. 1850.

Here we are to attend the fifteenth an
nual session of tho American dairymen's
association, which meets in this city to-
day. and to get here we came over the
very well known New York Central rail
road We were much disappointed with
the equipment and man cement Of this
celebrated road. Its cars are poor and
dirty, dimly lighted with three candles;
no mir brakes on them, and the brakemel
are rot the kind we see in Nermont,-well
dressed. courteous. gcntlemanly men
What would be thought say on the Cen
tral Vermont, 10 see a brakeman lounge
through a car with poker to fix the fires.
and whistling as he went in most lively
strain? We think it would be q genuine
surprise 10 the passengers.
Coming on, we had no reason TO b
ashamed Of Vermont farms and farming
by comparison with what we saw between
Utica and Syracuse-the part Of cur trip
done By daylight The farm houses were
not better than ours, and apparently not
rs well cared for; the barns were small,
and, rs n rule, set down on the ground,
and several in number rather than one
large one. Stacks of hay were occasional
~ seen, but not rs numerous as in Yer
mont on the west side Of the mountain,
thou more 50 than on the east side,
waere stacks are very rarely seen. There
are 10 indications of housing manure, As
Il rule, the heaps lying at the end or under
the caves Of the barn. We saw some corn
or corn fodder standing in stocks in the
field, and some standing in hills, indicating
that it had been huskcd on the hill and the
fodder not saved
On the whole, we find no reason in
what We have seen TO be ashamed of Yer
mont methods in farming as seen in COM
parison with those of Central New York,
from point Of view afforded by II car
window. While seli-satisfipd frame Of
mind is not, perhaps, most conducive to
further Improvement, it is perfectly right
and proper that one should have lust APP
probation of his own comparative posi-.
ton
TIE MEETING
is held in the hail Of the Empire hotel, a
spacious and commodious room, where at
Il little past noon the meeting was called
to order by the secretary, T. d. Curtis of
Utica, and Hon Josiah Slull, the sec
rotary of the New York State D4iryman'
Association was appointed temporary
chairman, and Prof f. +. Engleharlt,
Mr.. O. NJ Tnkham of Vermont, d. Ii.
Bruce, /. I. IIawley and T. d. Curtis
were appointed committee on order of
business, after which the meeting adjourn
ed till > o'clock p. NJ.
A. ,: 10 p. N. the meeting was called to
order, f. W. Stewart in the chair, in tIeI
absence OF l.. B. Arnold, the secretary.
Prof. James Law of Cornell first adj
dressed the meeting on Hygiene Of the
D,iry Prof Law said he would have
been glad to have spoken Of the general
health Of animals, their food, general con
dJiol, etc. lie would speak OF some off
the diseases arising from improper feed
ing o. care, and in this their Was great
danger from too close stables, and conse-
Qurut impure air. He spoke of a Jersey
herd Of imported animals. which were
prize animals and the descent of prize an.
finals for several generations. where eleven
Of he animals were suffering from tubel-
ruasi- OF consumption which they feared
Wa p'iF@- t""diohi"; N't Ii WIS Il i tltI,
o4. elnp'E consumption AA3'ter h"E"
"IieA nc WAS cuIr" 70 see l'>l year Were
suffering from an'f'Ioh, ne ioand suffering
nom consumption: men these cattle
were turhed out INTO the open "r they
gained paI returned 10 tA, staples tAeY
crew worse anu lIia Who!e nerd sky IN
number hli hh3ily 10 ne Killed.
Inc cement OF pure Hit can n'rIIy De
everest iIcu' %H" an s'5p.cs should
therefore, De wen 'ehIl''eu' lhere Is
less hatm 10 me animal 10 oi feared from
exposure tlan nom 100 close ana crowded
sIaoHh@'
AAother disease came nom Tue almost
exclusive IetoIn7 ol wheat or th' lhIuc,hg
Pho>PiallC HePo''ts III tue system, notaoIy
III me "H'"deF' when III some OF me AM
mas not severely atIacHeu' gradually gave
way oe1oTG Il o5t'el system o' leeulh%'
ne s,oul" ASK tnote P'rIlcul'r attention
10 me hyg'eGe Oh inc her'!S rs regards
contiguous u'SetSe9' eSPeclaI'y the very
dangerous one -PleuIo-Pneumohia' we
heaIu uucu Vi SWIM uL''A III NE" 1oIh
some years s'"ce' pul 'nI was tLe result
Vi Ple"lo PheuLi l ~ '1o He'uS' Ane
prevalence Vl SIu'nP Tan caltIe Is an lnai'
t'I'on tu't theS nave oceh i''ocu'''co WIN