Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-06
AGRICULTURAL.
What n Small Dairy has Done.

AGRICULTURAL.
William Welch, of Hubbardton, has {
small dairy consisting of twelve cows
four of them farrow and one small Jer
sey, that he did not consider any bette,
than one of the farrow cows, which leaves
only seven good COWS. From these, from
May until the first of August last. he
made and sold 1000 pounds of butter
besides what was used in the family. The
butter was sold to one firm for 81 cents O
pound, making the receipts 1924 the
rest of the season he did not keep an &C.
count of what he made. Mr.. Welch makes
gl't-edge butter (; he sets his milk in shal.
low pans, salts his butter at the rate OF
one ounce of salt to every pound of but.
ter, and works the butter by hand. He
deals with one firm year after year, and
this season they paid him one cent more
on pound than he could get in market,
and returned the tubs to him. He packs
his butter i'll oak tubs. As this firm re-
tails the butter out by the pound they
think it is as good in the old tubs, 30 that
Mr.. Welch is Mt no expense for tubs and
as his butter is always sweet and good
the tubs must be sweet and good. His
butter will keep good through tho season.
Parsnips for Cows
Those farmer who have not yet adopted
the ensllage system of preserving green
food for winter use, and who use roots in
stead, should bear in mind the claims Of
parsnlps as Il cattle food. 1t is one of the
most nutritious of roots, and can be
grown without more trouble than carrots.
We have never had milch COWS increase
Ill milk or butter productions much faster
upon any extra feed than when peck of
parsnips was added daily to their rations
of hay and grain. Parsnips may be
sown any time in May if the ground is
fitted, as it always should be for root
crops by being deeply plowed, we'll man
ured and finely pulverized. They should
be sown i'll drills about fourteen to eight.
cen inches apart, and the seed covered
about half an inch deep. When two or
three inches high thin to six inches apart
and keep well hoed. Do not harvest in
the fall, but allow them to remain in the
ground until the spring, and when the
beets, mangels, turnips, small potatoes
and the like are all consumed, and the
"spring appetite" of the animal begins
to crave the green grass which has not
yet started, then dig your parsnips and
feed them out. One great advantage of
the parsnip is that it will winter perfect
ly well in the ground, and will be in its
best condition at season of the year
when the animal most needs roots, and
when other varieties have either decayed
or lost much of their value as feed, if in.
deed you have been able to keep them at
all.
Farm Buildings
The -4nericdn CutiuutOr SAYS: The
ludlcious planning and erection of farm
buildings demands the careful thought of
the experienced farmer. The convenience
OF farmers will be greatly promoted bv
placing the farm buildings, and especial
ly the barns, us nearly as possible in the
centre OF the titled land. The crops have
TO be drawn to, and the manure from,
the main barn, and the saving of carriage
from having the barn centrally located is
an important item in the economy of the
farm. Very often it is the point which
determines whether the farm, or the out
lying portions at least, shall be profitable
or otherwise. The barns for stock should,
if possible, front the east or SOUTH so
that the barn-yarl may be partially shell
tered from the severest winds. Where
there is an elevation of few feet it is
easy to construct deep basement, with Il
comparatively slight rise above the sur.
face for roadway. The basement should
Ii possible, be nine feet deep, and with
wide doors, so that wagons for drawing
manure or grain may be driven under it.
One of the best arrangements of this
kind is trap door at one side of the floor
down which bags of grain may be slid
upon the waiting wagon below, thus saw
ing the heaviest labor of lifting. The
same trap door is also handy for throw
buted to the stock below.
Every basement barn should be sup
piled with cistern in the corner best pro
tected from the cold, to hold water for
stock. The rain fall on barn of ord
nary size, say i0x60 or 80 feet will, il
average. years, keep an S0-barrel cisterr
full enough at any season. The water
for stock can be drawn from near the bot
tom of the cistern, and by regulating this
flow 1t may be allowed to run all the
time, so that the ordinary demands of the
stock may keep water in the drinking tul
from overfowing. The advantage o
having good water at all times under GOV.
er, and always unfrozen in winter, is very
great in respect to all kinds of stock
Milk COWS often suffer, causing decrease
in their yield of milk, rather than go
few rods from comfortable quarters for {
supply of water. If the requisite water
is provided under shelter, cows will dripl
several times per day, and will be in nc
danger of overlooking their stomaohs n
any one time with large quantity of COLI
water. One of the most important of al
farm buildings is n shed for storing wa
gons and various farm implements. 1t il
better in the storage of wagons to hav,
the floor of earth rather than boards, bu
the shed should be made tight above ant
Mt the sides to ayclula roina anov m,