St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-01-24

"How many are there in the family 7"
asked another.
"FOur regular and frequently more.
Then we have to squeeze out a little
new milk for the cat ~
'sBut after ALL" persisted Mr.. Tink-
ham, ''if an earthquake should swallow.
your silo, would you build another y
mo, shouldn't. It's good deal of
expense and a good deal of bother. If
l had it to do all over again. I should
put my money into fertilizers Good
grass fields, rich enough to yield two
tons an acre twice year, make pretty
good butter
BIG BREEDER TALKS.
Edward Burnett, of SouthborO,
Mass, read the first paper in the after
noon, on breeding to Win" He
recommended throwing out all poor
cattle, and the keeping of thorough
bred bull even if he cost from 500 to
$500. The Gurnsey he considered one
of the best of dairy animals, in some
respects surprising the Jersey. Sew
eral visits to the Jersey and GnrDsey
islands had convinced him that early
maturity and good shelter were good
things. He liked good, substantial
cows rather than thin-legged, dainty
cattle. No Alderney cattle had ever
been brought to this country. Those
called Attorneys were realn coarse
grained Gurnseys. Replying to Il
question, 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 II day they are tethered and get
Il sweep of about three feet of clover
up to their kuees. About half of the
winter they are fed hay. parsnips, COW
cabbages and potatoes. He thought
there was no danger of diminution in
the value of good butter cows. He
liked Berkshire aud Yorkshire pigs,
but not the White Chester. Mr.. Bur-
nett, who keeps 100 cows and 500 hogs,
was flooded with questions till he of
fered to buy all the pigs that could be
raised here, which suited him, at an
advanced price.
DR.. II. A. Cutting then read a paper
Oh milk, pointing out its many uses
and in what more ways it can be used
MIR. BURNETT CROSS EXAMINED.
Mr. Burnett was again called out al
the opening of last nights session tC
answer more questions. He first gave
graphic description of a Holland
dairy, compared with which for clean
illness a Quaker kitchen was pigsty
The gentleman, who showed hin
around, was much pleased at his praise
because, he said, Gen. Grant, the last
American he had entertained, simply
smoked, grunted and said they diG
these things much better in America
The stables were so clean tina
cheeses We're cured in them. Answer
ing questions, he said from % to q
pounds of HOlstein milk was required
for pound of butter, while Is pOund
of Jersey milk did the business
u "Bomba" made pound from 9f pound
t of milk. He fed his cows twice da,
II i'll courses of different kinds of food
u such as hay, grain, roots, etc. HI
Il preferred feeding grain dry becaus
u the cattle couldn't eat it so fast. H
s gave cows warm water to drink i'll tn
II winter, thereby saving p per cent q
e feed Three fourths of the youny
1t stock that die were killed by eatin,
/. too much and too fast.
HINTS FROM THE BOSTON EXPERT.
- f. A. Harris, Boston commission
merchant, followed with some hint
y to the dairymen. The number of Gus
toners in Boston willing to pay q
cents to 81 pound was very small
That butter sold most readily whicl
was put up in balls, boxes or nice tubs
at about 10 cents. Butter should no
. be kept through season from Angus
= because it becomes oily. The hes
way WAS to sell once Il week. If Onl,
" one-half ounce of salt was used to tn
!" pound, it would have to 90 twice
" week. Butter should be put up in al
, forms That in boxes would not brin
on an average more than three cent
q" above the tub price. He did not Obiec
" to artificial colorng. Oleomargarin
he considered curse to the dairy in
terests.
> William Kicker of Peacham, bein
t asked by Col. Mead, said butter wa
y made oily 10y setting in warm cellars
= 1t should be kept in ice houses.
RICHARD GOODMAN ON JERSEYS.
4, Richard Goodman of Len0x, Mass
:. found at the last moment that h
4 could not attend the meeting, so sen
e his paper on "The Jersey cow-he
u treatment and her product" which wa
t read to-day by Secretary Tinkhan
4 The growth of the Jerseys in favor wa
d remarkable. Twenty years ago ther
n were only 300 in America. Now ther
1. are over 20,000 down in the register O
r American Jersey cattle, and twice a
II many of full blOOds unregistered $
e that including high grades there ar
= fully 100000 in the country. Over 30
. of these have made butter records q
fourteen pounds week or over,
o better comparative showing than ca
It he made by any other breed. Tn
!. Jersey was emphatically the butte