Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Mr. Nitkcm on the Breeding Of the Dali
~ Cow.

This paper was one of plain. practical
directneSS. I'm opening, Mr. Aiken
showed the folly of attempting to produce
what is known aS an 'all purpose COW
an animal of large carcass for beef and at
the same time producing a large amount of
milk or butter in return fora given amount
of food. His own experience had taught
him that for milk production alone the
Ayrshres, trained for generations in the
school of adversely on the hillSides OF Scot
land, are the best; but for the economical
production Of first class grade of butter
no known breed can approach the Jerseys.
The method of in-breeding, practced with
such wonderful success in the islands of
Jersey, was described, and the audience
was briefly told how similar system
might be carried out in each mans private
herd. For this system great care must be
taken in the selection of both cows and
bull. In the COW the most important
points were a small lean head. full mild
eyes, thin neck and shoulders, prominent
backbone wide hips, short legs, plenty of
room for heart and lungs, and soft mel
low skin, covered with thick, soft hair.
BE sure that the COW has "A good cOnstitu-
ton, but don't mistake size for constitu-
ton. The best COW on the Billings farm
only weighs so pounds, and last year she
gave over eight and one-half times her
own weight in milk and made 81 pounds
II ounces of butter. The cows on the
Billings farm are all tested for butter three
times year and it is known with practical
eNactneSs which animals are most protita-
Bile.
1t is noticeable fact the speaker said
in conclusion, that just as soon as a man
begins to improve his herd he also begins
to improve his surroundings, gets out of
the old ruts all along the line, begins to
read agricultural literature, makes a close
study of nature, takes different view of
farm life and its possibilities, and becomes
a cheerful, hopeful, progressive man.
Home Dnirying.
Mr.. Henry Walker of South Woodstock.
in his paper on "Home Dairying" recog-
nized the advantages which the creamery
system enjoys in many respects, but held
that the man who has the right zeal and
spirit in his work will make his greatest
success in home daiying. Such a dairy
must be located on a farm which is rich in
sweet grasses, adapted to the growth of
abundant forage crops, and well supplied
with pure running water Barns and sta
bles must be arranged for convenient work
and for the warmth and health of the ami
mails. The herd must be selected with
care, and the further back good ancestry
can be traced the better. Regularity in
feeding, and mvarying gentleness and
kindness of treatment are absolutely es-
sential. What each individual Judges to
be the best of the various dairying appli-
ances, now so abundantly furnished, must
be selected. Under modern methods the
laborious drudgery of the home dairy is
done away with, the husbandman performs
the greater part of the work, and the wife
is only called upon to add those artistic
touches in which woman eXcels. The man
who works in this way along long lines
will meet with as good degree of success
as comes to any line of farming The
speaker briefly outlined the way in which
his own Jersey herd has been selected and
built up. He has a winter dairy, feeds
good hay, corn fodder as long as il lasts,
and for grain corn on the cob, ground with
oats and mixed with bran and linseed meal
Mr.. Walker gets from 80 to 80 cents
pound for his butter on the average.
In closing, every citizen, whether of
town or country, was urged to make him