Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-03-01
AGRICU
AuASl Sc0rrS little FlRu
$50 Pounds Of Butter from u Cow
without Gsruiu

$50 Pounds Of Butter from u Cow
without Grain.
Amasa Scott is an old farmer living in
the town Of Craft,bury in Orleans county.
He has few acres Of land, which he keeps
in high condition He has long been noted
for his peculiar system Of dairyng and its
wonderful results lie usually keeps three
or four cows, and gets, "a. he claims, an AN
nua product Of from 400 to 500 pounds of
butter from each COW His COWS are ma
tive or mixed breeds. raised from his own
stock or bought wherever he finds a young
heifer or COW Of great promise without
much regard to the blood But the most
astonishing thing of all is the fact that Mr.
Scott has for years obtained such enormous
yields of milk and butter without the use
Of meal, bran, or grain Of any kind He
feeds grass the whole year. with sliced po-
tatoes in the winter. His cows are, of
course, well supplied with water carefully
treated, and in all respects made as com
Portable as possible Green grass in sum
mer, dried grass with potatoes in winter,
and good treatment-these are all The
principal secret Of his success seems to lie
in the fact that he cuts his grass just at the
time when it is in its best condition for the
production Of milk and butter
Mr. SCOTS dairy methods have been
brought into considerable notice lately
through the meetings of the board of agri-
culture, at one of (which his brother gave
an account which is thus reported by mem
her of the board
Mr. Scott Of Craftshury gave some in
teresting items on the farming accounts Of
his brother, Amasa Scott. who keeps three
cows and some other stock on eight acres,
cuts his grass from three to five times
year or just as often it gets four or five
inches high cures it nicely by use Of hay
caps and much care, feeds nothing to his
cows but grass. green or dried. and sliced
potatoes-four quarts a day He sold S2Oi
worth of butter from one COW in ten
months. Another made 4jO pounds in
year and better one $50 pounds. The
past summer one COW averaged - pounds
per week, and one ia two yearold heiferl
| pounds per week from April to August.
Two yearugs, fatted on grass sold-one
for $50, the other for s,3 a pair of two
year Odds weighed $500 pounds. Truly, all
flesh is grass, and grass is king here in
Vermont ~
Twelve years ago Mr. Scott gave an &C
count of his little farm and its products at
meeting of the board of agriculture, and
his account was published in the fifth vol
ume of the reports of the board. We
quote from it below, making a few omis
sions and abridgements II can trace
back by way of my father to my great
grandfather, about 100 years and the Gus
tom then was to begin cutting hay the first
day of July. That custom has been kept
up to the present time toy the large majori-
ty of the people \ few have stepped out
of the old rut little hv beginning to cut
their grass about the 2jth day of June.
which is the time all hay should he in the
barn. ! begin cutting my grass the 10th
of June and finish from the Goth to the
2jth if | can. Grass cut after the 2lth is
not worth as much by - per cent as it is
cut before that time For corn or potatoes
turn over piece in the fall or spring,
spread on a coat of manure cultivate it in,
and then plant it, After having is out Of
the way, hoe my corn and potatoes
get the best crops this way at least expense.
Then pillow the ground in the fall spread
on light coat of manure again and har-
row it in. and it is ready for seed sowing as
soon as the snow is off in the spring When
sown, harrow in, and pick up the stones, if
any, and cart them off then roll the ground
and You have a smooth surface for the
scythe You should cut your first crop
from this new seeded ground the middle of
July, and the second the last days of Au.
gust. With good growing season, it will
cut four tons Of the incest hay per acre.
In the first cutting there will he a few
weeds, but they make good hay as they are
so tender When cut the 18th Of july
SOW d! bushels Of seed 0herdsgrass and clio
ver) per acre Ny father was one of the
best farmers in town in his day-a man of
whom younger men sought counsel in farm
ing but | have found better ways by ex-
pertinent. | do not practice one single
thing in the line of farming that my father
did
Il now give brief statement of results
in the growth of several pair of steers
my first experiments in that line-and Of
the butter from two cows
.t,,.ts mos ,v.i.,lt soil far