The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-03-02

the business of the meeting was resumed
and the comment on the essay continued
Mr.. Duyckinck was pleased with the
! essay, but he did not agree with Mr.. Nc
Cullough as to the treatment of butter
when it had reached the FORMULATING
state. He had been in Maryland num-
Der of years but had never made butter
extensively. He thought the profit OF
butter making LAID in the habit OF not
keeping more cows than could be hand
led without the expense of extra help.
| He knew several instances in his neigh
| borhood where dairying both milk pro-
sive sale had failed to pay. They did not
succeed although experts. The COWS con-
| sumed all the farmer grew except the
| wheat, and in the meantime the lands
went down. He could instance other
cases where the business was a failure,
the trouble in the case of the milk pro-
ducers being with the middle men. The
margin of profit did not seem large
enough. He thought every farmer could
make few cows pay. But not as spe-
ciality. He knew few Instances where
any of his acquaintance had made the
business pay. Where the value of the
butter and the milk can be added to the
general income, COWS pay the farmer.
Mr.. Sutton had no opinions to express
as to the dairyiDg business, because he
had no experience TO base them on.
Mr.. Jno. r. Bond differed with MIR
Mccullough as to the relative value OF
the Jerseys as butter makers compared
with other breeds, and proved an able and
well posted advocate of the superiority
of the Holstein Friesiau cattle. He was
fairly briStling with figures aud statistics
as to the individual records of famous
Holstein cows, and put the friends of the
Jerseys upon their metals and their
memories, i'll sustaining their advocacy
of their favorite breed. He confessed that
his ready array of facts and figures was
the accumulated testimony of recognized
authorities on his favorite breed, and not
the result of his own experience in breed
ing Holsteius, which he had compare
lively recently begun breeding. He said
that the best record of the Jerseys was
10 lbs of butter from las! lbs. of milk.
He cited evidence upon tie authority of
Messrs. Smiths Powell and Lamb owners
of the celebrated Lakeside Herd OF Hol-
stein Friesians at Syracuse, New ork,
that they had made record of one pound
of butter from - pounds of milk and
at a later date one pound of butter to II %
lbs. of milk. He said it could be demon
strated that the Holsteins could produce
one pound of butter from less than IL
lbs. of milk, without warm water as ad-
vocated by Mr.. Mccullough in the treat
meht of Jerseys, and cited in one indi-
vidual case the performances of the cele-
brated Frelsiau Cow-Clothilde, and
others of her breed, as to their qualities
as butter makers. He advocated the
superiority of the Holsteins equally as
beef-producers, showing that they stood
the ii fth III order, of breeds as such, and
cited recognized authority of Chicago,
as proving that their beef was the best,
was less in fat, and altogether the most
economical meat for the consumer to
buy. He made butter every day in from
five to ten minutes at temperature OF
"a IarraaS nd xyb bnr
ously interrupted him TO say that his but
ter was oily" he replied that it was
not oily, but firm, beautifully colored
naturally, and for which he could not
supply the demand in Port Deposit.
MIR. Thos. q. Bond said that ne kept
three or four cows for home use, yet sold
some butter and milk of their surplus
production, and thought it good policy
for every farmer TO do the same, but as
to the comparative value of different
breeds, his experience was too limited to
entitle his opinion to any weight.
Mr.. Jno. W. Mccullough was pleased
with the essay, and ez pressed his belief
in the superiority of the Jerseys as butter
producing stock. He concurred in Mr..
Bonds and Mr. Duyckinck's opinion,
cost to the farmer were a source of profit.
He thought the use OF tepid water in
creased the flow of milk. He did not use
hot feed, but mixed feed cut and kept
dampened from one day to another.
Mr.. Otis simply expressed the opinion
that the relative qualities of both the
breeds of butter producers had been ably
discussed, but had no practical sugges-
ton to make on the subject.
Mr.. Conway asked, GLOW one could
advise when experts differ?" He COM
mended the essay, and believed if a Jer-
sey COW were properly cared for and at
tended, she should produce at least 200
lbs. of butter in year. He thought in
cold weather warm feed would produce
better results. 1t was the general prac-
tice in Scotland, to feed cattle with warm
food IN winter and with the pointed
hiti 'ei',
there was much truth in the old Scottish
adage, What gangs in at the mou
(mouth) maks the guld milk-coo (cow)."
Mr. Walters thought that as con-
tributory source OF profit to farmers in
come a few COWS should be kept by every
farmer. although he expressed no opinion
upon the comparative value of breeds.
NJ. Carson said if he were going into
| the butter making business he would Sc
| lect the Jerseys. For a man who did not
| take the proper care of his stock, he
thought ordinary cattle the most profit
able, but not if he intended to feed and
care for them properly. He thought
every farmer should purchase and breed
| only thoroughbred and registered stock.
| BY that means he would not only put
money in his own pocket, but benefit
other farmers near him. In regard to
Jerseys while he appreciated them as
| butter makers, he would not advise any
one to adopt them as beef producers and
| this on account of their size. The best
beef in quality. however, for table use
he had ever known was fifteen sixteenths
| Jersey. So he believed the testimony of
| the most skilled experts would be. He
| thought water direct from the well or
pump at any season the proper tempera-
ture for stock, and he preferred dry to
wet food for either Jersey or any other
| breed of stock