The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-03
Notes by the Way.

OvERFEEDING, overcare of every
kind, kills more chicks annually than
natural causes. AS much as possible
leave the chicks to :" biddy."
BEEF can be made just as cheap
from steers of milking breeds as any
other. 1t will take longer to get the
same weight, but no more feed.
AN English lecturer, speaking of the
future of dairying, says those who are
acquainted with the subject will agree
in saying that we are only touching the
fringe of the knowledge and science of
dairying at present.
1.-THE out-of-the-way mountain pas
lures are worth at least twenty-five per
cent more than they were before wire
fencing came into use, and now is
good time to think it over" remarks
the Mirror and Farmer.
GA GOOD article of butter or cheese
really costs no more than an inferior
one" says the Maine Farmer. "The
production is no more the difference
is that in the one case it is done right
and in the other wrong"
IT is not the number of the acres
|
either a large or a successful farmer.
1t is what he makes net, above cost of
production, for his own toll and in
terest on the capital invested
EARLY maturity is desirable quality
in hogs, and so is thin ear and a
graceful outljSe, but a good constitu-
ton, inherited from its ancestry and
strengthened by its rearing, is worth
more than all these combined.
THE ubiquitous huckster is to be
found in almost every neighborhood
and he rapidly learns to know the best
butter-makers, and almost invariably he
will pay few cents a pound in advance
for a superior article of butter, because
his best customers will readily give him
the same.
IT is very important that rennet
should be thoroughly and evenly mixed
with the milk, for if it is not one part
of the curd will contain more rennet
than another, and the tendency would
be to eXpel more moisture from the one
than from the other, and you would
have an uneven curd.
SOME farmers sell the best and keel
the worst, seeming to argue that any
thing is good enough for their own
tables. A medium-sized potato may bt
as good as large one-is often better
in fact-and the same is true of man,
! other vegetables and fruits, but tn,
sorting should not run down too low.
How much salt shall / use in my but
ter? Just as much as your custom err
want. Sailing depends upon taste
Butter-makers use from just tritle t.
an ounce per pound. There is no pre-
T servative effect from salt in butter.
1 is a matter of flavor. The salt tina
b, goes into butter should be of the yer,
i. highest quality.
{ A CORRESPONDENT of the Poultr!
| Yard declares that with his experience
: of twenty years he must say that there
. is no feed on earth that is so good TO
: young chickens or old fowls as sou
. milk, cabbered milk or cheese cur
u made from sour milk. Even old, sou
7 butter-milk, for old fowls, is the best o
l food, but all of this must have SOM
II meal and judgment added to it.
" WHAT we must learn is that tn
q trade, either foreign or domestic, doe
e not want a hard, dry, tasteless cheese
v but rather one containing nearly equi
d parts of butter, caseine and moisture
1t so thoroughly incorporated with eac
e other as to show smooth, firm body
d and sweet nutty flavor. That wi
d please the palate of the consumer, S
IS that he will desire more of the sam
d kind.
|, GA LoCoMoTIvEp pulling freight trai
II at snail's pace has got the capacity,
.e the fuel and steam are put on, to ski
r. over the rails at the rate of mile
o minute. Thus, with half or two-thirC
N of the mich animals in this countr,
d their capacity is not developed. The
r. have it, but the steam aud fuel of heav
E. feeding are not administered, becaus
1T men are penny-wise and pound-foolsh
d says the Dairy World.