The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

huu bDiHhb ~ " BOOu JHlHR, never uSeQ any OIL
meal but once and never should again; could
make as good butter from COWS nearly dry as
he could when they were new milch; thought
that early-cut clover hay would make as good
favored butter as anything His so cost $780,
and the cutter $50; he thought that the same
money put into fertilizers and used on good
grass land would pay as well as the silo, and
that II he should In any way become deprived
OF his silo should try the fertilizer before
building another. Ia this statement Mr.. ST.
monds did not take into consideration the fact
that the fertilizer would only last a few years.
while the silo would last lifetime. We think
that II balance were struck, IL would be In
favor OF the sio.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session was opened by E. Bur-
nett Esq, OF Southboro, Mass, who gave
paper on Breeding to Win" Mr. Burnett ia
a Jersey COW man to the backbone, and as he
has had large experience in importing and
breeding Jersey stock, his remarks were inter-
esting. He thought 1t payed to keep thor
oughbred bull, even IL it cost $500, and that in
doing this, and throwing out all poor COWS, was
the only way to raise tirstclass stock. He
thought the Guernsey was one of the best breeds
of cows for dairy purposes, and admitted that
In some respects, they surpassed the Jerseys.
He also held that no Attorney cattle had ever
been brought to this Countrywide so-called
Attorneys were merely a coarse class OF Guern-
seys. Mr.. Burnett stated that he did not like
White Chester pigs, but thought that the Berk-
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| ting then took the floor, and told what he knew
| about Milk, the uses IL was now put to and
the many other ways in which he thought it
could be utilized. A recess was taken until
| evening.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
President Mead opened this session. stating
that the finances of the association, to the
amount OF seventy or eighty dollars, had "gone
| up" with Barlow's bank; and, inasmuch as the
society was little short, an opportunity was
gwen 70 any one to become an annual MEM
Der OF the organization upon payment of one dol
lar. Some forty or fifty dollars were raised In
this way. BY request, Mr.. Burnett again took
the stage, and related some incidents connected
with his trip to Holland, giving descrip-
ton of Dutch dairy. Holland butter he
said, was as white as lard, and was never
sailed. In response to inquiries, he said that
| cold water was not proper drink for cattle;
that 1t should be warmed, and that by SO doing
a farmer could save twenty-five per cent of his
feed, and also increase the flow of milk; that
dry grain was the best to feed, because the cat
! tie could not eat it as fast; that calves should
be fed three or four times day, and only
small amount at time, and that their milk
should be warmed. Mr.. E. A. Harris the butter
expert, was then requested to give the farmers
some information in regard to making and
packing butter, etc. He said that the butter
that sold best WAS that put up in prints and
tubs; that farmers should ship their butter as
| often as once each week the year round that
the quicker butter was put upon the market
| after being made, the better price it brought
that June and July butter could not be kept
until winter and sold for a good price; that
| cooring did not hurt the flavor of butter but
that too highly colored butter was hard to get
rid Of, as was also white butter. He thought
that II the product was averaged, and the
same amount made in the winter as in the
summer, the price would be better throughout
the year; that just as good butter could be
made from COWS fed on ensilage as on any
thing else but he would advise farmers not to
feed cotton-seed meal. A lively discussion
then arose as to what caused butter to become
| oily. Some thought that over-working would
cause it, some that hot cream was the cause of
| 1t, and Others that keeping it in warm cellars
in the summer, and also cooling the milk too
rapidly, was conducive to such result.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
paper by Richard Goodman of Lenox,
Mass, the subject of which was "The Jersey
cow-her Treatment and Product" was read
| by Secretary Tinkham, which showed the rapid
| growth OF Jerseys in favor in this country. In
| twenty years the number had increased in
| America form two hundred to one hundred
thousand. Mr.. Powell of the Burlington manu-
featuring company then read paper on - Rails
| ing Cream in Vacuo" which commanded close
attention, after which Dr. George r. Drew Of
Danville gave his views on Enslage," on
which subject he is quite enthusiastic. He
claims that silo is one of the best things
man can have on his farm; thought that grain
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stated that he had several acres OF rye which
he should put into his silo in the summer;
thought that corn-fodder put in whole was Just
as good as that which was cut up, and that it
could be put in at one-half the cost; that it
was best to cover a silo with muck. The cleo
ton of officers was the next thing on the pro-
gramme, and resulted as follows: President
Hon. John B. Mead of Randolph; vice-pres-
dents, Aaron Loveand of Norwich, F. D.
Douglass OF Whiting and L. II. Talcott of
| NllllstOQ: secretary q M Tinkham Of POM
fret; treasurer, II. w Vale of Pomfret; audi
tor, George B. Williams of Walpole, N. II.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
A paper on Abortion in Cows" by Mr.
Batchelder of Stanstead, P. Q, the first paper
OF the afternoon, was an interesting document
Mr.. Cheever, editor of the Neto England Far
nler, next gave paper on THE Mistakes of
Farmers" One of the greatest mistakes, he
thought, was the idea that woman could stay
on farm, year in and year out, and work
every day in the week, without rest. He said
that while good many men had been sorry
that they had ever become farmers, good
many more women had undoubtedly been
sorry they had ever become farmers wives.
| Among other great mistakes, he thought that
not keeping an account of any kind, not read
ing the papers, buying too much land, not at
tending to business, but dabbling in some specu-
lation, and not being contented with their lot,
were the mistakes most farmers were subject
to- On the whole, the paper was very able
| oho' "Ai' NhoO'oA icSoNou hooity applause.
THURSDAY EVENING.
In the evening, Hon. w. w. Grout of Barton
gave paper on Common Law on Common
Matters, in which he took up nearly every
point of law in which farmer might be inter-
ested, explaining them in such manner
that no one could fail to understand them.
The meeting then came to an end. Governor
Fairbanks gave a reception to the officers and
members of the association ON Thursday even
ing, which was an enjoyable occasion. The
butter exhibit WAS very large, consisting Of
about eighty entries, and the fact that seventy
per cent cassed by the expert as No. 1,
twenty per cent as No. 2, only five per cent as
No 3 and the same amount as No. 4, proves
that good butter can be made in Vermont.
Among the exhibitors were the following: G.
n, Skinner f. Skinner, M. f. Blake and N.
Skinner, Plainfield; j. B. Parker, Waterbury;
Amory Allen and j. c. Little, Barre; Truman
Martin, Robert Esden, Horace Ewell, V. d.
Moulton, L. Strobridge and S T. Hartman &
Son, Peacham; f. w. Clark, South Peacham;
W. |. Simonds, Roxbury; Edwin Allen East
Barnard; Heman Bugbee, Dana Burbank +.
E. Lamberton and p II. Strong, North Pom
fret; ii. II. Wheeler, T. X. Harris and Hiram
Weeks, ST. Johnsbury; Cook & Wiley and
Oscar Brown, St. Johnsbury Center Ira G.
Smith and S. Owen, East St. Johnsbury; A.
Loveland, Norwich II. ii. Chase, East Hard
wick; NJ II. Gibson, Ryegate; P. C. House,
East Bethel; D. C. Cox Walden A. Cole &
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