Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27
FARMERS IN SESSION.
They Talk About Ensilsge, Cows and Bat



ing's session of the Board of Agriculture
meeting was opened by Mr.. Vail, who in
answer to questions, said: Apple pomacc
is about the same value rs corn ensilage.
Corn will always take a lead i'll ensiage
feed. When put into the silo we lose very
little of its feeding value. | feed no corn
meal with my ensilage, but feed bran and
cotton seed meal Think / can fill my silo
for so cents per ton. Think ensilage very
healthy food and cows like it. have had
no sickness in my herd since |
fed it. Think all cattle winter
better if they have some succulent
feed. Think it a good feed for young horses.
Have known Of sheep being fed ON it with
good success. Whenever we have had
butter exhibits in this State tho premium
butter is almost always made from tho
milk of cows fed on ensilage. The milk
should never be allowed to cool down in the
barn. Don't think it makes any difference
when enslage is fed to the COWS; with roots
II is different; some of them contain sui
pher oil which will injure the butter; tur-
nips and onions have an oil oder; turnips
mNy be fed and not iniure the product, but
it is RISKY; milk should be strained as soon
Us milk cd and not be disturbed afterwards.
Prof, Cooke don't think the
carrying of cream Will lniure it
for making butter. The man who
churns it, if he understands his
business, viii get all the butter from 1t.
Mix set at 4S' to so in cooling cans viii
not raise al the cream. If some patrons in
a 60 operative creamery set milk at AS and
others at a., the one as - will get more
for his mill, The lower the temperature
the more spaces of cream. The time of
pend upon the COW. While the milk of the
Jerseys will separate in two hours, the milk
of the Deyons will require a much longer
time. If you water your milk you will get
a better and more perfect separation than
otherwise. Can get more butter fat from
the milk in the cooley crenmeries when sot
at ~ than al higher temperature.
Mr. Vail said: Ensilage will make a
good soiling feed touse in summer when pas
lures fail. Most farmers have to make some
calculations TO bridge over the dry time in
summer. There is more or less warmth in
the ensilage the year around. ! get less
heat when put in nearly ripe and put in
corn nearly hard enough TO grind and find
it soft and pliable when fed out, and my
COWS alway, increase in the quantity and
quality Of the milk when fed on ensilage
DO not think there is any advantage gained
by the heating it undergoes
Prof. Cooke said In the South sorghum
produces better ensilagc than corn, but
could not be raised with profit here There
will be more Of the starch digcstiole in the
corn first taken from the field than the same
if ensilagcd or dried. More or less Of the
starch is trimmed into fiber by drying
Dry corn fodder has 30 per cont water.
Hay kept over summer loses portion q
It's digestiblo matter. The better cows
relish there feed the more it is worth to
them.
y Successful Meeting Held by the Board
of Agriculture at Plaindeld.
PLAINTIELD, Dec. 21.-At tho meeting
Of the board of agriculture held at Plain
field W. ). Martin was chosen chairman
and Dr. LoZele gave the opening address.
After welcoming the visitors he asked what
is the trouble with the farmers? he said;
There is TOO much waste land on the farms.
Land should be made to produce to its
fullest extent On my farm of Is acres
have succeeded in clearing it of weeds; have
my pasture as well as meadow in grass,
Grass is the most profitable crop farmer
can raise.
Roln c. smith of Pittsford was the first
speaker Subject: winter VS.. summer
darying - He gave a short history of the
dairy business Of Vermont and spoke of the
pros and cons of winter and summer dairy
ing; said every farm was not adapted tc
winter work but where they were more
should attempt it. In answer to qles tiOn>
MIR Smith said, different diaries require q
different temperature in chulning; the high
er grade Jerseys or any breed that has been
bred expressly for butter making requires d
higher temperature than others. Raised
his cream in shallow, open setting; ripens al
TO-; churns at 81; Trims the cream with
water to the required consistency; there is
waste in the thick cream; prefers barrel
or box churn; any churn without floats
either revolving or SWING are good; pre-
ferred TO have the butter granules larger
than wheat; washed with brine the first
time washing; worked from II to "a hours
after churning
j. b. Pike Of Marshield said: Our cream
is raised in Cooley creameries: have made
tests with Blanchard and Stoddard churns
bringing the butter into solid mass with thu
Blanchard and to a granular with the Stod
dard; can always get the best returns il
churninS into solid mass rather than
washing the small Granules; think there i
a waste when tho granules are the siz,
July, but later in the season it should b.
warmer.
! Prof. Cooke said; ! do not agree Will
Mr.. Pike; we can get all the butter in gran
ular form; we analyze both skim and but
| ter milk and know when we get it all.
| Ira Stone said: We salt the first cream
sometimes keep week before churnmg
before We practiced this, always had whit
caps more or less, but we never see them il
solid cream.
At the evening session MIR Davis in hi
remarks on Vermont ana the farmer, sal,
Vermont has given over 250, 600 young mel
and women to the West, and we are prout
of il They have built M society tina
! never would have existed had it not been 70
| Vermont. Vermont can raise more corr
per acre that the VEST also wheat, rye an,
other grains. Spoke Of men IN the Yves
who wanted to swap Western lands for Vel
mont farms Vermont is a productiv
State and it becomes us to make it more an
more so. Farmers are apt to be dlssatisiie
with their business and be shifting from Oh
thing to another from cows to sheep Grol
sheep to horses, etc we must stick to whe
we have. IL is impossible to farm II as W
did 30 years ago and make it pay.
Albert Dwinell Of East Cslias said; As
man thinks so is he Farmers should TAX