Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-02-03
AGRICULTURAL.
rbc Vernon, Dnirymen'. Meeting

The vermont Dnirymen'- Meeting.
The recent meeting Of the Vermont
State Dairymen's association at Montpelier
seems to have been one Of unusual interest
and profit. There was a good attendance
If Vermont dairymcn, and wel-known rep
rrscntutives of this interest were present
from Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
The address Of welcome was given by Gen.
Stephen Thomas, and O. NJ. Tinkham, the
president of the association, responded
a paper read by Hon. VIM. Chaplin Of Mid
descx ON the Merits and Faults of Jer
scy Cows was of much practical interest
Among the faults named were, first, their
small size; secoSd, their lack of hardness
third their nervousness and wildness
fourth, their precocious and premature de-
velopment fifth, the unttness of their
milk for the food of infants and invalids.
The merits Of the Jerseys are chiefly that
they are always good butter COWS, and on
our small isolated farms they are just
what we want The butter Of the Jerseys
is Of superior flavor, of fine texture and
sells at "A high price. Although they are
not beef breed he had never tasted ten
derer, jucicr, sweeter beef than that from
Jersey hcifer. Mr.. Chaplin continued :
"ln spite Of all their pecularities, the Jer-
seys have enabled many farmers to get out
of debt and some to get rich, and they have
friends all over the state venture to
state that in the 30 or more diaries which
make 300 pounds to the COW yearly you will
find at least 80 per cent of the cows are
full blood or high-grade Jerseys, and in the
thousands or more making 200 pounds per
COW the Jersey blood is largely informing
led From 1860 to 1870 the butter product
Of Vermont increased frem 100000 to
1.0OO. 600 pounds from 1870 to 1880, from
1000, 600 to $4,000, 600 pounds, think
large portion of this increase is to be
credited to the general introduction of the
Jersey cow"
At Thursday mornings session resolu-
tions were adopted paying II tribute of re-
spect to the memory of Col. John B. Mead.
Mr.. VIM. Sessions, secretary of the Massa-
chusetts board of agriculture, gave an ad-
dress on the breeding Of dairy cows This
was followed by an address by Homer w.
Vail of North Pomfret, of the Vermont
board of agriculture, ON the wastes Of the
dairy. The improvement in cows, the
speaker said which has raised the annual
product in many diaries from an average
annual yield of 70 to 300 pounds of but
ter per COW, makes a wide difference, and
between the two is gap which means ru
in if not closed up. Besides this, observa
ton shows that, as a rule the man who
makes the most butter per COW gets the
best price, and he is also likely to be the
most expert and economical feeder. The
pound of butter from the 1875 pound COW
costs much more than from the COW which
yields 2j0 pounds and upwards, while tn,
latter almost uniformly has the readies
sale at higher price All these consider
ations press upon the farmer, and mus
stimulate him to improvement. In regarC
to the feed of dairy cows Mr. Vail sal,
that he now cuts all his hay and fodder
vets it, sprinkles it with meal, and allow
it to remain a hours before feeding. 1t i
an injury to overload a COW with hay. Hi
usual ration is made up of 20 pounds o
ensilage, mixed with - pounds of cut AM
moistened hay or corn fodder Tor both,
pounds of cotton seed meal and pound
of mixture Of bran, corn, cob and barle
meal This is fed twice a day, with II
lunches, to cows in full milk, proportion
ally less quantity to others. The cows ar
turned into the yard in winter every pleas
ant day, between 10 and 3 o'clock, but ar
ter warmed to about blood heat Goo
straw may be economically made part q
the ration, if cut, moistened and well ba
anced with the grain feed.
At the afternoon session Prof. Cooke {
the State Agricultural college gave walt
able address on the principles Of feeding L
applied to dairy cows.
In the evening Lieut. Gov. Fuller AZ
peared and gave the address, the main POI
ton of which is appended in connectio
with this article.
The morning session of Friday was o.
cupied with the announcement of I'll
awards on butter of which there wei
some AZ lots exhibited As is too often IL
case, these We're not entirely satisfactor!
though very instructive. Friday afte
noon, Prof g. II. Whitcher of the Ne
Hampshire State Agricultural college req
AN interesting and instructive address {
"Methods Of Testing Milk at Creameri
and Cheese Factories" Prof Whitcher e,
planned the composition of milk and Shove