Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-23

| built six sos, lining between the boards with
coal tar. The results were correspondiugly
| good and more cows could be kept than If
hay was fed, supposing that all food was
raised on tho farm The manure from cows
| fed on ensinge had more fertilizing power.
! TIL question for a Vermont farmer is, can
! YOU afford to do without silot Ensilage
cost hm $l.9S per ton which was much
| more economical than hay at $40 per ton.
, Gov. Smith gave some instances where butter
made from mill; given by cows fed on en-
silsge brought higher price than any
other. lilo believed that corn meal was
better tLan any other kind but it was a
| question how far cows could safely be
crowded by feeding them corn meal. There
IS OIL in corn wnicn inparts an aroma
to tuttCr worth two or three cents pound
THIS aroma disappears when butter is car
ried n long distance and right here Yer
mont farmers haze an advantage in being
near tho great market centres. like New
! York and Session.
vt toe conclusion Of his instructive and
interesting talk on ensilage Gov. Smith
took occasion to say a few words on the re-
latiols between the farmer and the railroad
| The farmer as Il rule sells his batter to the
middlemau and puts the money in his
pocket gong home apparently satisfied. If
80 does not so sell il Lo sends by express
! and he's no dealing with the railroad. The
| railroad carries the butter for five mills n
! pound, doing trucking and handling at
both end, Of the route and making the loss
good IN case Of any accident to the but
tor while ia process of shipment. The
middle man gets from two to five cents
| bound for standing around and looking on
while the railroad employees do the work.
Tho speaker had seen this done. In case of
any reduction. such rs had often times been
made, the m.ddle-man alone got the benefit
OF the reduction. Gov. Smith proved his
statement III this way: y rival railroad re-
duced the rate for hauling q car OF hay be
tween st Johns and Boston from 500 to
$50. The reduction was met by the Central
! Vermont company and the speaker took oc
: casion to find out who got the benefit of the
! reduction and found that every cent of it
won't to the middle-man \ reduction from
SO to 500 il, the rate charged for hauling T.
car of butter to b )Ston went the same way.
The disposition to foster the idea that the
farmer and the railroad are and must be
antagonistic in their interests is as wrong
as 1t would be 20 try to separate husband
and wife. Neither can exist without the
other. The farmer cannot hitch up the old
mare and carry his butter to@1oston, while
Oh the other hand the railroad is in n large
utC eo i'ltuA OI INC lui iIltIo tp-Oltl a
ticn. The officials of the road will gladly
hear any complaint that any farmer may
have to olIcr.
Gov. Smith was heartily applaudcd at
! the conclusion of his remarks What he
had to say concerning the relations between
the farmer and the railroad was an eye
opener for many huttermaker present
WHO has been led to believe, in many cases
by the middlemen themselves, that the rail
reads We're getting rich at the expense Of
the farmer.
DIR. G. II. Sholes of East Dummerston
! spoke on Tuberculosis in cattle. He claim
ed that while the government had taken
steps to close the back door by appoint ting
an inspector at st. Adams there was danger
at the front door on the southern border of
the State. The dis,HSe i, difficult to detect;it
creeps along slowly; it is surely transmitted
from Que generation to another; it exists in
many "gilt-edged" dairy III this State; he
on your guard; don't buy cattle of
t strangers: Penrsy lvania and Ohio are hot
: beds OF tuberculosis. The speaker would
rather have the opinion Of farmer who
lived with his cattle every day as to whether
they were diseased or not than that of any
4 expert who might look at a herd for II
minutes. Milk from suspected COW should
be sterilized by boiling. Ii the animal has
V"'J '.S'''i - ''-V '""s anu AZ 500 0o'i''
'oN o'", "''o 'Ho ~, i'''' W." oe Eoou
Vn0"s" ~ cat i"'H0 "'o ''"o VI
H. I- ,,, c.,. i,iI .i.., ,
b. erng the general tenlperature: pale condi
ton of the mucous membrane wherever ex-
| posed and also of the hide rough staring
,Iisheyelled coat. irrepularity of the bowels
= from constipation to relaxation; moaning
small uodules on the trachea and difficult,
, of breathinr. swelling of tn. Joints. water,
and s,ukcn appearance of the eyes THESE
IRE tho first nremonitorv svmntoms follow
l. ed by a general cachectie condition of tn,
r. animal
The committee cf awards on advertising
space in the Holstein Register offered by
lie nrotriator 70 ,nor,ufnct,,res Of deir,
> awards rsrortad n. follows.
For the LARGEST ana hest exhibit Of dairy
9 utensils and machinery Vermont Farm Ma
' chime conranv Of Bsliovs Fail.
For the he.t exhibit Of b,,tter nackaoes
Il Vermont Farm Nocbins cnnn,n, frst
70 Moselv &, Stoddarl Mspufactnring com