Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-02
Reported fof The p,mo-raI
AIIauRA DAIRY AIIIIhl

Having attended the Auburn dairy
meeting Jan. 9Th and 18th, will give
the r,ader. of the Democrat some Inn
preston. left upon INV mind by the Va.
tiou. exercise. 10 IN. oCVasIon. lie
storm numbered those Who came With
teams, aud ia. forenoon exercises wct,
postponed Ia the afternoon. II. y.
ilfigg., member 81 the Boari ~ Agri.
Guitar, for AnirOscosgin County, pre-
| sided, aud an addrc-. 80 welcome Was
given aud the hospitality ~ the city
rendered In the use 81 their hall by
Mayor 4 u. savage.
Hon. D.. ". French ~ Chester, lille Rad
a very interesting ani Instructive paper
on dairy methods. Mr.. French Ia. becn
long In ia. business, hut !. q lcS-l-hsad.
81, thlnklng msn. and has been abl. "a
adapt himself Ia the ,sriou. changes
from the dash to the barrel churn, from
the open pan to the creamery. aud from
the private dairy 20 III. cooperative
method. he believe. In progrc..lon aud
in tclng ready for the opportunity when
" coui--.
After Mr.. French, Governor ilo,ni ~
Wisconsin, ws. introduced. and occupied
the remainder ~ the afternoon. IL Il
a mau of the ~ LacoiH type: tall.
angular, homely but possessed Of a great
power ~ magnetism that always holds
hl. audience. iIi. talk was off.hsnd aud
uIon yariou. points Ia dsirylng. Tie
de.cri,sd associated dairying Ia Wl.con-
sin, where the bushes. u usually dOne
by patron. carrying the whole milk,
when u !. run through q separator and
the skim milk u taken away Immediately
after being .t-rillIed by belng heated Ia
about len D., so that II Will keep several
day. sweet. All milk purchased At his
factories land d. Ia. .syeraD u paid Tor
by the amount ~ lat In the milk shown
by III. llalrock tester, aud he predicted
that within h,c year. all factofie. would
adopt that method.
lie Illustrated the nce'i ~ good care Of
dairy cattle by . story In Dutch broyuc,
whsr, be- told Fritz, "Nour cattle wcr.
out In the cold rain yesterday" GLOW
YOU know Was YOU by IsiH A0osf
"No. Look al your milk record. 100
pounds lea. than yesterday. You ought
I Ia h.,. driven them In" "Oh, ] can't
bother" "Iiut you Lost si..5 by, their
being out. What would II cost Ia have
driven them iuy' 80, I could have done
! Il for a quarter" Til. practical Illus
/ tration had more effect on Fritz than any
amount II talk without u.
I ~. spoke of the nece.sity of saving all
/ the fertilizer possible, aud gave HE en-
p.rience la using the common land pla.-
t.r Ia iix aud hold the amonla that would
/ otherwise escape Into the air and De- Lost
/ lie thought Il better To save thi. than
Y To pay q large price per pound Ia pur'
/ chasing fertilizer. lie scattered IL about
/ al. stable every day aud on the manur,
heap. occasionally. TRY II and report.
/ lie wished every one could have ">teN-
/ art on Feeding Animals" Cotton s.e'I
aud bran are rich Ia protein. Why no'
/ rails. pes.y They are rich In protein.
'IIe thought many farmers did not know
how, aud gave his method. IL the small
Canada pea SOW , IL ba.hel. per acr-,
aud ploS ikss IL four inches deep. Tber
SOW bu.hel ~ oats for the peas TO cllng
Ia. lie reckoned two pounds Of pea.
equal Ia six Of bran.
i lie spoke of winter dairying, and
thought COW. fresh IN September would
give from GOO Ia 1900 pounds more mill
In q year than one coming la la the
spring months, and q still l,rger profit,
as the largest dow 0f milk was when
prices we're hest.
Prof. Halentine Of the State Colleg,
reported milk test by the Babcock tester
Five samples by =. ". King, two sample.
by Mountain View stock Farm. ranging
from 81 Ia o..
Ia the evening T.. v. knight of Turner
gave the accounts of several patrons II
the Turner factory, which were very H.
.tructive. The herd feeding the largest
amour, % provender made the largest
NET yron by ten or twelve dollars q COW,
MIR. knight Was followed nv ProfrssoI
w. ". Cook of Vermont Experienced
/ ~ ,tion, spoke 40 the production of mllk
aud tile feel. necessary for that pre-
ducilon of handling aud ripenIng cream
10 churning anl handling butter. III
spoke almost entirely without notes, and
made thorough impression on hls audi.
rnce that be- knew what be Was talking
about.
Thursday at % A. ", the cream separs'
tor And the Babcock milk tester wer,
shown publiely.
Professor Bslentine spoke Of dairy en-
perimeuts and butter making. The pro-
gram of the Maine American jersey Cat
tie Club Was carried out s well ~ po.
sIble. The president, SECRETARY and n
A. Gilbert we're not prcsent. u. %
winslow. lecturer Of Maine Stats
Grange, spoke on production of dalr,
foods, counsellng the production al
more aud the buying Of less.
The mreting closed With an address b,
Hon. Thomas Dsggett on GLOW RsI.'
Corn and What ! DO With It." which
vas very similar 10 the talk at the Souil
Paris dairy meeting.
! would not have the reader think tia
the parts have only glanced 1t were no
worthy Of fuller elaboration, bot time
space and memory forbid.
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