The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-26
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Vermont Dairymcn's ssOciatiOn.

This association held its fourte enth an
nual meeting in Burlington on Wodnes-
day and Thursday of last week. The
proceedings began with an address by
the president. Hon. J ohm Il. Mead of
Randolph, who stated in the course of
his remarks that since the advent of the
association the average number of pounds
of butter annually produced has increas-'
ed fully 80 pounds per COW and there
arc many diaries in which the increase
has been $50 to 200 pounds. In the al
ternoon Prof. Grinnell of the Buring-
ton Medical college spo Ike upon the sub
jet, milk in Health and Disease"
Speaking of milk us a food, he said:
Milk, whether it contains fat itself or
not, tends to make fat-to make adipose
matter in the human system. The
lightest milk is not the poorest milk,
necessarily. 1t may and often does CON
tain larger quantity of fatty matter
than milk of a higher specific gravity.
1t is simply lacking in saline matter.
Milk contains in itself everything that is
necessary to support life. 1t is believed
that Il man can live upon milk alone. y
late distinguished physician, we'll known
here, lived for years upon only milk and
rice. But such food will not of course
do for Il man who has much physical la
Dor to perform The next address was
by G.. W. Simpson of Boston, upon
"Creameries." Among other things he
said: "1f Vermont is to become a
creamery State the farmers must treat
the creamery people with justice. II the
business is once established IN TINS
State. Vermont would never go back to
the old system. Poor butter is what
brought olcomargarine into the market.
If we make good butter we need not be
bit afraid of oleomargarne. There is Il
limit of price which the public will not
90 beyond. When we pay 40 cents for
butter here, the retail customer has to
pay Il higher price, and he doesn't like it.
| The least number of cows with which 4
creamery ought to be startedis three hun
dred." Austin Bclllnap of Boston, presi-
dent of the Butter, Cheese and Egg asso-
citation, followed Mr.. Simpson. lie urg-
ed dairymen to produce the best articles
they could if they would realize the larg-
est profits from their work. In the evening
DR.. Cutting, secretary Of the State board
OF agriculture, read paper on milk"
Among other facts stated were these
al he cream globule of milk is what you
must have for butter. This varies great
ly in different samples of milk. Not
many Years ago it was supposed that
these globules had n case-were enclosed
in little cells. such, however, is not the
case. The fatty matter simply takes
that form because it is in matter with
which it does not assimiate. These
globules are larger in the milk of the
Jersey COW than in that of any other
breeds Hence that milk can be
churned more quickly and is better
adapted for butter. While the Jersey
milk has the largest globues, the Dutch
has the smallest. Some years ago |
had Dutch COW which produced an I'M
usually large amount of cream. The
, quantity of milk was quite small, but
one-half of it was cream. 1t did not,
however, make good butter. The fat
= globules were the smallest | ever saw
and the nllly voc catirrh C-G;i'ute CO.
rr.ur; IL trnl, f'nu3) 40 60 "i .ri~+ g
,,uil. il, ana tie bGi.cg hal i p,ru,iai
sallow appearance. | experimental
with this COW for five years. After
had fully experimental with her ! con
cluded that the peculiar quality of the
milk was due to a diseased condition OF
the COW. | had to milk her twice OF
three times day the year around. The
peculiar character of the fat globules OF
Tie Illlk anu lIlc Win VI tplOi liuiNbtNN
such diseased condition. The peculiar
itv of that COW is to certain extent the
popularity of the lIolstein or Dutch
breed The fat globules are small and
the churning takes long time"
Thursday the business meeting of the
association was held. President John
B. Mead, Vice-Presidents Douglass. Tai
colt and Loveland. Secretary o. NJ
Tinliham and Treasurer II. w. Vail were
unanimously reelected for the ensuing
year f. II. Towle, member Of the State
board of agriculture from Franklin
county, read an article on the retaining
of pastures. Mr.. A. w. Cheever of the
New England Farmer made compre-
hensive address on fertilizers. At the
afternoon session series of memorial
resolutions was offered by the committee
appointed for that purpose on the death
of Hon. Edward Mason. for number
of years president of the association.
The afternoon was occupied by 4 discus
sion on silos and ensilage. participated
in by Captain Gilbert Morton, Gen.
Stephen Thomas. DR.. Hathaway and
several others. The meeting closed on
Friday morning with an address by
President Buckham of the University of
Vermont