Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-24

| dred miles from here and felt the door
spring little, and l saw mould In the
cracks OF the hoor and on looking closer
l found maggots there also. Now it is not
possible to get the best article OF butter or
cheese unless you get rid of all animal
odors, and OF these little blue fungi of which
l have spoken, They are omuipresent.
1t is estimated that in puff ball there are
no less than millions of their spores the
smoke OF the puff ball is made up of aggre
gate thousands of these little spores.
When the plant itself is microscopic, Judge
how much more infinitesimaIly these little
germs may be scattered through the at
mosphere. 1t is necessary that you should
wadge constant warfare against them,
The cause of fermentation and putrefaction
and kindred processes is small micros-
eopic plant. Hence it is necessary at every
turn of your life to guard against these
minute things. The manner aud substance
of feeding your cow is of great importance
especially the water which they drink.
Many farmers allow their cows to 90 into
swampy places and "soop' up the water
from the ground. Would you like to drink
there' Would you like to partake OF
feverish milk from an animal deceased by
impure WATER Whatever effects the ply
steal condition of the COW affects the milk.
There is little animalcule that infests
pork. the trichina aud many do not to eat
pork for that reason. But on account of
drinking impure water there is a little
worm, called the micrurus, which infests
the cow. especially to the detriment OF the
milk. They increase in immense num-.
bers and produce in the COW feverish
condition, which causes what is known as
strong milk. 1t iufests COWS in We mont |
to much greater extent than I had sup.
posed l. affects the lung Of the COW, and |
prevents proper respiration. In this con.
dtion OF the animal, milk is certainly not |
in its best condition. Now you that have
these swampy places in your pastures. if
you can't underdrain them, put fences
around them, rather than expose your |
cows to malaria by drinking from them.
In winter | would give cows tepid water
to drink, to prevent the shock resulting
from drinking cold water. In the matter
Of feeding cotton seed meal to stock.
would say that it may be used to advan-
tage by dairymen in feeding old COWS, but
beware OF feeding it to your calves or
young cows. l. will almost invariably
kill the former, and produces intestinal
diseases in the latter Do not oyerfeed
when you use it. One quart is better than
two.
DR.. Cuttings practical, sensible and sug-
gestive address WAS listened to with great
interest and thorough appreciation In
answer TO questions from the audience, he
replied, in brief, that water might be
heated for stock in winter by system of
pipes connected with stove
in the barn OF house that the natural cray-
ing for an earthly taste sometimes causes
stock in the winter 10 drink impure sur
face waterin preference to pu,e water in
tub or trouth. that Temperature OF 200
degrees will kill the spores OF blue fungi;
that milk needs to be AGRA, ed somewhat to
make the best butter; that the miuute fun
ri spoken of seem to be a necessary ascot.
ate with oxygen in decomposition.
Following the address of Dr.. Cutting
was the poem by Laura Brigham Boyce,
entitled "A Song of the Dairy" The
poem was a very graceful and we'll con-
ceived production, Astounding in apt class
ical allusion and flashes OF genuine wit,
and at its close was warmly applauied
by the audience. We hope to present the
poem in foil to our readers ia SUISSE
luent edition.
After the reading of the poem, the as
ISOLATION adjourned until 9 o'clock Thurs.
lay morning.