Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-31

| that each COW gave 1-2 cents worth
more milk every day, in four weeks trial,
fed on ensilage and grain, than she did
fed on hay. cornstalks and grain AT first
some customers complained that the milk
had bad taste and odor, but be scalded
the cans, and no further complaint was
made. BY chemical analysis, the milk
produced from ensilage and grain was
found to be richer than that produced from
dry feed and grain. The following analysis
was made by Prof. Sabin; Water, Sc 2;
butter, 4.36; casein, 475; sugar, 10;
ash, 10 Average of purity, 9999. This
is far better analysis than was given Mr..
Conner milk four years ago, although it
was then the best OF five dealers.
Mr. Taylor, of the Vermont stock farm,
said that they had been using ensilage
there, to feed steers upon, with the most
gratifying results. Twenty-one steers
were taken from lot of ninety and fed
eighty-Gve pounds of ensilage day and
two pounds of grain. In trial of three
months the twenty-one steers fed on
ensilage and grain gained fifteen to
twenty pounds per month more than
the others, and continued to gain in the
same ratio.
Mr.. Whitney of Williston, said that he
was not so enthusiastic as some over
ensilage, but that he believed 1t was a
good thing to make variety in the feed
of mich COWS. He gave his experience
with enslago in very straightforward
sensible way, showing that he did no,
consider it more valuable than the corn
meal and dry corn stalks produced from
the same crop when allowed to mature.
Adjourned until evening.
EVENING SESSION.
A large and excellent audience was in
attendance, and the session, like its
predecessors, was one of interest and
profit. The programme consisted of a
paper by George Gregory Smith, Esq
of Berthisr en- Haul, p. g.. entitled IA
talk about Germany" Mr.. Smith has
spent several years abroad. and his long
residence there and careful observation
amply qualify him to give an interesting,
graphic and accurate picture of foreign
life and customs. His paper on italian
Farming" published year ago, attracted |
wide attention, and the expectations |
aroused by it were fully satisfied by his
Talk about Germany" which we hope |
to print in full at some future day.
The exercises closed with reading BY
Mr.. Tinkham, Evening at the farm"
Adjourned until this morning at ten
o'clock.
FRIDAY.
At 10 o'clock the meeting was called
to order, and the chairman announced
that President Buckham of the University
OF Vermont, was present, and would
address the association.
PRESIDENT BUCkuAM's REMARKS.
President Buokham said that he probably
owed his frequent invitations to address
the meetings of the dairymen's association
to desire on the part of the association
to show respect and good will to the
university of the state. For such
courtesy he desired to express his thanks,
and would always be happy to do what he
could to increase friendly relations between
the institution and the farmers of the
state. Much of the best blood of the
college came from the farm homes. He
hoped also that he might consider such
invitations as desire to hear other
subjects discussed than those peculiar to
farmers. A great opportunity would be
lost if such representative meeting OF
the farmers of the state should separate
with no word spoken on the great themes
which are of common interest to all men,
such as schools, home life, social aud
political duties and opportunities
The president then touched briefly upon
O the common schools of the state,
urging upon the farmers tho duty of
seeing, in their several localities, that the
schools are well looked after, and insisting
that any three determined men or women
in district can make the school such as
they desire (2) the town or district library
as means of carrying the information on
education of the community far beyond
the curriculum of the schools: (3) the
"long winter evenings" giving opportu
nifty for an amount of reading or other
personal cultivation, which accommodating
from year to year might give some of the
results of liberal training: (4) the duty
of tightening the labor and hardship
naturally falling upon the women of the
farm household, reform which has
already advanced further in darying than
in any other branch of farm industry, and
(5) the social and political duties and
of farmers.
At the Rutland meeting in 1872 in
answer to the president question it was
said that 10 per cent of Vermont butter
was first class. The proportion is very
much greater now. Twenty years ago in
Burlington it was difficult to buy pound !
Of good butter. Now there is no trouble.
In all these improvements the dairymen's
association has had large share, and
'hould have the confidence and patronage
)f the state as one of its most progressive
md useful Institutions: [Applause.1
This very interesting and practical
address WAC lictaoad tc u,;tb ,l,o |
ention by all present, and at its close the
hartman of the associ ttion extended
hanks on behalf of that body to President
5uckham for his remarks. and expressed
he sentiment of the association on the sub
Rcts thus brought before them in the
sensible and earnest words:
REMARKS OF COL. MEAD.
think may safely say that in nv own
pnion of this association, the bond of
mon and sympathy between the COLLEGE
nd the people OF this state is growing
tronger and stronger every wear. The
rand subjects which the president has )
resented to us have always been upper.
lost in my mind My hope is that in the
lture, and that not far distant, the peonle
the state will accomplish, through the
'gislature of the state that which is most
eedful for Uncommon schools of Vermont.
should be glad if every farmers bow
ould be taught the elements OF political
economy and kindred studies, until he is
eady to come to the University of Yer
lont. But what | am especially PLEADING
u is that class of our farmers bows and
iris who never will enjoy the privilege of
college education. The legitimate result
this higher and better work in our
schools will be an increase in the
lumber OF college students. believe that
1metime in every child's life comes a
erlod which we may call the intellectual
irth of the child: but this period never
ONES until the child is put in the wav 10 "
&c the grand things to be gained by study,
the people of Vermont should come to
loroughly believe in this higher educa- !!
ION, that intellectual birth would come to !,
hem. The first result would be that the r.
olleges would be filled and the common Il
ohoos made better, | believe tb,t o,,r lie