Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-06

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good butter strain was cheaper at 500
or $500 than poor animal for nothing.
The Guernsey he considered one of the
best OF dairy animals, in some respects
Surprising the Jersey. Several visits 10
: the Jersey and Guernsey islands had con-
vinced him that early maturity and good
shelter were good things. He liked good,
substantial cows rather than thin legged,
dainty cattle. No Attorney cattle had
ever been brought to this country. Those
called Attorneys were really coarse
grained Guernseys. Replying to ques-
ton, he said that the Jersey cattle were
cared for on their native island by women.
They are members of the family and are
much petted. Three times day they are
tethered and get a sweep OF about three
feet of clover up to their knees. About
half of the winter they are fed hay,
parsnps, COW cabbages and potatoes lie
thought there was no danger of dlminu-
lion in the value of good butter cows
lie liked Berkshire and Yorkshire pigs.
but not the White Chester. Mr.. Burnett,
who keeps 100 cows and 500 hogs, was
flooded with questions till he offered to
buy all the pigs that could be raised here,
which suited him, at an advanced price.
DR.. H. A. Cutting then read paper on
milk" pointing out its many uses and in
what more ways it can be used, and this
closed the aflerno IN session.
EVENING.
In response to general desire MIR.
Burnett took the platform ard gave II
vivid descriptl of his visit TO Holland,
and the excessive neatness of the Dutch
In their houses and especially in their
stables and diaries. The stables are
washed and The floors sanded and the
walls whitewasht dand ever ything actually
shone with neatness.
The gentleman, who showed him
around. was much pleased at his praise
because he said Gen. Grant, the last
American he had entertained simply |
smoked, grunted and said they did these
things much better in America The |
stables we're so clean that cheeses were
cured in them. Answering questions, he
said from % to % pounds of IIostcin
milk was required for pound of butter
while lG pounds of Jersey milk did the
business. "Bomba' made a pound from
9 pounds of milk. He fed his cows
twice day in courses of different kinds
OF food, such as hay, grain, roofs, etc.
He preferred feeding grain dry because
the cattle couIdnt en-, ii so fast He gave
cows warm water to drink in the winter.
thereby saving rs per cent of feed. He
spoke OF the importance of feeding calves
oiteper and less at Il time when teaching
them to drink, and that the milk ted was
often too cold. Mix so fed would pro-
duce securing and when fed too much
calves often die. Three quarters OF all |
calves that die are killed Ivy eating too
fast and too much at Il time. |
Following Mr. Burnett, Mr. + A. Harris
of the fl m of Burt & H ,rrls, Boston who
kindly consented to Judge OH the butter
exhibit He said that the number of
customers in Boston who would pay from
sixty cents to dollar II pound for but er
was now quite limited and the supply
about equal to the demand That butter
sold most readily which was put up in
balls, boxes or nice tubs, at 40 cents
Butter should not be kept lhr. ugh
season from August because it becom
oily. The best way was to sell once Il
was used to the pound, it would have to
90 twice week. Butter should be put
bring on an average three cents above the
tub price. The boxes known rs the
"Tinkham' box, and designed, he believed,
by the secretary of this association, was
the neatest and best of the boxes. Boxes
lined with parafnc affected the quality of
the butter unavorably. He did not
object to artificial coloring. Oleomarga
rine he considered curse 10 the dair,
interests.
William Kicker of Peacham, being
asked by Col. Mead said butter was madt
oily by setting in warm cellars 1t should {
he kept in ice houses.