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

The 10Th annual meeting of the Vernon
ID iirymen's Association was decided sue
cess. Col. Mead opened the meeting will
some general remarks. and was followed
nv NJ W. Davis, ESQ.,, of the State boart
OF Agriculture, on the Importance OF thu
objects of the association and speaking
highly of what it had accomplished.
Next the secretary. Mr. Tinkham, gave
"A shout talk which might be called "hear'
say violence concerning ensilage.' Mr..
Tinkham said, that hearing some doubts
expressed as 10 the quality of butter made
from feeding ensilage, he went to Boston
and interviewed the butter dealers there
on he subject. Most of the wholesale, and
MANY of the retail, dealers bad no expert
ence in the matter-did not know whether
they had handled it.
Crosby Brothers. twenty five years in
business, have handled one dairy some
years. In 1882. in January, the owner be
gan to feed ensiage, and for awhile they
thought the dairy had improved, but now
it was not as good as formerly. They
could not say whether ensila2e had any
thing to do with either the improvement
or the decline of the butter.
Green & Co. have handled very little OF
il; have one dairy where it is fed and
think the butter has improved since he be-
gan feeding it, but cant say from what
cause.
H. A. Hosey have one dairy where en-
silage is fed and had never had any trouble
with it.
Burt & Harris think they have had en-
slage fed butter, but have not perceived
anv difference; noticed at one time last
summer flavor of fresh mackerol in but
ter from Vermont, New York and Iowa,
at about the same time, and could give no
idea as to its cause, though possibly it
might be referable to the salt.
Belknap & Boynton, Mr.. Belknap said
speaking of the "mackerel flavor, } that
a certain brand OF salt would produce that
flavor if the butter sailed with 1t was kept
long. He remarked that the true "n.
wardness" of the New York milk war
was because the milk would not keep
sweet till the customers could use it
would not stand tweniy.four hours. Many
OF the cows were fed ensilage, and the TAX
ing into the system of so much acid would,
after a time, so permeatc the system as to
affect the keeping qualities of the milk,
and the fl ,vor of the butter.
Gass, Doe & Co. reported that for some
years they had handled dairy which they
had classed as their No butter, and paid
for it as such. One shipmen: came on
which WAS "off7' in character. Some
trouble, but could not tell what; did not
know but the party had changed butter
makers; but 1t had to be sold for II lower
price. 1t was good color, perfectly made,
but poor flavor. After a shipment or two
the man took away his butter, and they
found from neighbor that he had begun
feeding ensiage.
Benton, Caverly & Co. Mr. Jackson of
this firm was interviewed, lie never saw
silo or ensilage, though thirty years in
250 pounds of butter per week at from 60
cents to dollar per pound He had !
handled one dairy which in summer wa.
fine. In the winter there came ship
ment which was poor, and wrote The party |
that there was some trouble. The co.or
was good, butter we'll made, but it smell Il
old; was "of' in flavor, lacked character
He wrote him that probably some one else
could give him more. and the maker took
his butter away. This experience has
been duplicated in several instances, and
in some diaries where they had made sew.
eral hundred pounds per day He cannot
sell butter made where ensiage is fed.
Last winter he sold some, considerable,
and at 25 cents, when good tub and lump
would bring readily from So 10 As cents
Has no confidence in ensilage as feed
where frst.class butter is desired, and it |
must seek lower class of trade 10 lind
market.
Mr.. Tinkham said this was from his
notes taken at the time and referred to
ensilage only on its bearing on the butter
product, not on Its economic value as
food for stock, and he submitted it without
comment, except that dairymen should be
posted without prejudice on the opinions
of butter dealers on whom they depend
for q market.
FARMER SAYS A WORD