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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15

confirmed in his bad habits and docsn' try
to do better one of the best apparatus
for testing the quality of milk i, the Bah
cock milk tester. Every factory should
have one, AMI even individual farmers or
dairymcn should possess one that they may
be able to learn which COWS are being kept
at a loss and which are paying them. If the
practice is continued of paying a good
price for poor milk it will be ease Of "the
poor have We with you always, in milk Is
well as in men.
Sanitation ON the Farm.
The ldrcss of Mr. W. II. BoWkcr Of
Boston on the sanitation Of Farms and
Farm Buildings was one which should
he printed in full as means Of practical
health and litc-Saving in every community.
Mr.. Bowker first related the experience Of
his father and his family on Worcester
county farm, bought in 1851, where the
time-hOnOred well. located outside the
house, furnished the supply Of "pure"
water. Soon after the purchase of the
| place sickness began to prevail ami for the
| first - years every member of the family
! was i'll with either scarlet or typhoid fever,
| or dySentery. AMI one sister died of typhoid
| The place was one of the best in town,
but warned finally by the family phys-
elan. investigation showed that the well
was shockingly contaminated by drainage
through the porous soil from the privy, the
barn yard, and the garden, ON to the sur
face of which the drainage from the house
| flowed. The old well was stoned up, a new
one dug away from the house, and the
sickness ceased. In 1870 the speaker
bought the Lee farm in Barre, Mass,
where he found the same state of things
L
existing with the hog pen even nearer the
well than on the old home farm. Sickness
had already began to develop, but this was
checked when proper water supply was
provided ana the drainage was carried far
away from the house, to ierlilize the soil
of the fields Plans were exhibited Illus
lrating the points made by the speaker.
lie believed that % per cent of the farms
IN Ne" England have contaminated drink
ing water or defective drainage. and that
only the active outdoor farm life saves
their occupants from even more sickness
than now prevails. AS it is there are more
cases of'typhold fever and dysentery in the
country districts than in well-drained cities.
The state should take hand in this matter
of general sanitation, and every farm and
dwelling should be carefully inspected.
Would not this be wise use of money?
Mr., Bowker then passed on to discuss
briefly the construction of barns, disap-
| proving entirely of the modern. closely
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self the Jealous advocate of good roads, and
the construction of attractive rural school
houses with good schools kept in them.
"The rive secrets"
Hon. John Gould Of Ohio was the next
speaker. He said he was billed to speak
on the Give Secrets of Good Butter Max
ing but there was no secret about it at
all. There were five points, however, that
must be observed if good butter is to be
made, namely: a. set out the milk as
quickly as possible after milking; (2,) churn
at the point of pleasant acidity, not sour
ness; a. wash it with weak brine in the
chun; and o. pack directly out OF the
churn into the small butter tubs.
After milking, farmers should not set
the pail of milk down to remain on the
barn floor until they get their Chores
done. The milk should be set at once, and
the process of butter making begun. Sue
cess in butter making does not depend upon
the breed of cows a man has so much as it
does in the way he does the work The
moment the milk begins to cool the sugar,
albumen, and such things, that are held in
solution, begin to take on bodily form.
There should be uniformity Of tempera-
ture in the process. This is indispensa-
oil stove on top of Rochester lamp and
for the cost of four cents day keeps an
even degree of temperature of go
1t results in loss to set the milk i'm an
open pan-two-thirds of the year it is a
loss to do SO. The deep setting is an adj
vance on the shallow setting. 1t will work
about eight months in the year: the bal
ance of the time the shallow setting is bet
ter. The best thing would be- to have Il
hand separator, if such a machine could be
made. The market wants aroma in but
ter and You cannot get it if YOU wait until
the cream changes: take off the cream be
fore the milk gets sour. to Get the aroma.
Don put several sknmngs together. If
you have to keep one milking until the
next day let it he kept in place where the
temperature is about 40, then add to it
and bring it all up to about 20. Chum in
some form of revolving churn. Don't use
the oldfashioned paddle any more. stop
churnng at the granulaton point and pack
the butter in siX-pound boxes. Don't press
the butter down with a butter worker:
keep that for another use in the family
Press the butter in by hand, covered with
piece of muslin. Cover the butter with
muslin and then with parchment paper.
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he, in the near future, demand for sweet
cream butter: that point has not been
reached yet, and the market demand calls
for a butter made from the ripened and
acidifed cream.
A discussion followed Prof. Cookies pa
per. One member asked the speaker if he
knew which had the better keeping quail
ity, dairy butter or creamery butter. Prof
Cooke replied that ON general average 1t
was found that creamery butter, whether
in large or small quantities, did not keep
nearly as long rs dairy hutter-because it
was sold and consumed great deal quick
er; the demand for it was greater.
The question was repeated in the sense
intended, and the reply was given that un-
doubleday dairy butter fetched the higher
price, but there were so few farmers who
would give the time and attention to the
production of good dairy butter that the
best thing for general practice was to adopt
the creamery system. If a man would ac-
quaint himself with the hest methods and
put them into practice he could realize a
good deal higher price for dairy butter than
he could in taking his milk to the cream
cry.
Hon. VIM. Chaplin on the Needs of Vcr-
mont Farmers.
=, 49,,
Al tile AFTERNOON session the Hon. VIII
liam Chaplin of MiddleseX, read paper on
the Needs oi ermont FARMERS lie
Salu lhe wants that were the most pressing
We're ISL be''er pay for tne last decade
tne farmer mas had the smallest pay OF any
class OF people III the community accor!-
ing TO the eilort put torth' WINE inns
matter was sun not WheIe 1t shonld or,
farming mas palu a niue p'I''r the past
year SO lIla' many ol Our young men "a, are
staying Oh OF returning 10 tue larIh' me
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
prof. Cooke on Variations in MIX.

Prof. COOKE on NhIlatiohH ia MIR
Prof. Cooke of the Agricultural expert
ment station, Burlington, spoke without
notes on the subject of "Nariations in
milk 1t is matter, he said, coming
more and more into importance as the test
ING machines are being used The varia-
tions i'm milk are more especially i'm fat and
caseine. 1t does not require a milk rich in
fat to make cheese; the extra amount of
fat in the cheese would make it no better,
only taking the place held by water other
wise. Milk containing four per cent of fat
will make certain kind of cheese: but if
the milk contains five per cent of fat it
does not make a quarter more cheese. The
richness or quality of fat in milk should
determine whether it is better to use it for
butter or cheese.
In regard to skim milk there is a COM
mon mistake made in supposing that in
blue skim milk there is not as much feed
ing value as in the white That is incor-
rect. The value of skim milk is governed
largely by the time of lactaton of the cows.
Right after calving the milk is of such a
character as to throw up the cream easily.
AS it gets to the end of that period it is
more difficult to extract the cream, unless
a separator is used. A large amount of
fat is lost by imperfect methods of cream
ing. One of the questions confronting
every butter maker after he has got his
cream is what he shall do with it as first
step; whether or not he shall rpen it, and
if So how a few years ago if the ques-
ton were asked the answer would be "of
course you have to ripen it," The idea
with some is that ripening and acdifying
are the same thing, but this is not correct,
though il does become acidified in ripening.
Dairymen have the choice of churning the
cream sweet or acidifying and churning it
there is a third choice of churning it with
ont acidifying it, and that is a new idea to
most of us. The requirements of the con-
sumner at the present time make it neces-
sary both to ripen and acidify; there will
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E. W. STODDARD. Register.
STATE on VERMONT. Mnrlhoro ii

y The Probate Court for said District
10 all persons Interested i'm the Ftat ~
y Rus W. WHEELER, late Of Whitingbam in
said District, deceased " "'' ~ I nam, III
hereas LeStina l.. Wheeler Administrotriv 7i,,
on the estate of Cyrus W Wheeler Late az w WI W
insam IN SAID district deceased has filed pettion
IN ms court setting forth that the sale of tbe Who'll
10 ihe heirs and all persons Interested tbsr'i
ana praying Tor license 10 sell the same and a.
m SAINT llnle illed in this court what purports tn
i tle consent IN writing of all the heirs resiiir
~ lhls state To such sale. Whereupon il is o,i.,s
cu mat the same be heard At the session If al
So.II 10 be hcld at the Probate Office i'm Rail-
" .gn \. ana Where you may be heard i'm the nr,y
r " s-r,pY,,,,r, p,
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,rATEOFvEHMONT, Marlboro. S.

- The Probate Court for said District.
To all persons Interested in the estate Of MARY
A. JONES. late Of Cambridge, Massachusetts,,
deceased Greeting
Whereas Francis B Jones has presented TO this
Court an instrument purportinR TO be the last
viii of said deceased. for probate: are here
by notified that this Court will decide upon the
probate Of said instrument at the session thereof
said District on the thlrti, tn day Of January,
A u isi2 when and where you may appear and
contest the same. If you See cause
D r. w STDDDARD Register
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..TArEoFYERMONT. Westminster. IS.

= The Probate Court for SAID District
To all persons Interested in the estate of LII
CINDA HESCOCK late Of Townshend. IN said
district Decreased Greeting.
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the allowance Of the account OF oscar X
Garfield Executor Of said estate and decree
distribution thereof to the persons entitled at the
session thereof TO be- held AT the inn Of Thomas
Evans in Towush-ud on the day Of February.
lsa2 when and where you may be- heard in the
premises. II you see cause.
CHAS. B EDDY. Register
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BRIGHT,S DISEASE.

Later had a bad attack of Gravel Six wears
ago last June | saw DR.. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy advertised, After using three bottles |
was well have never had return of the dis
ease, and though am over sixty years of age
am vigorous ana strong. What physicians and
the many remedies had taken could not do. DR.
hennedys Favorite Remedy did il STAYED the
disease ana made me a well wOman.-Mrs Eme-
nne I. MINER Burg Hill, Ohio. DIR. HENNE-
Or. David Kennedy Corporation Rondout. NJ Y
u per bottle Six for IS, By all druggists
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
lrgaI Notices.
OVERWHELMINGLY. We.tmhster- S,

L,TATEOF VERNON, mi ulster IS
- By the Probate Court tor said District
TO all persons interested ~ tnt estate OF
piiRSIS A. BlXBN late Of Tow nshrnd, IN said
istrio dscsespd Greeting
" whereas Dennis 4. Dickinson has presented to
this Court az instrument purpoi tingto be the last
an Of said deceased for probate: are here
bv notified that this Court will decide upon the
nroIatp of sail instrument AT the session thereof
10 be- held at the inn Of Thomas Evans IN Towns
ID 1892 when and where you may appear aud
,,outpst the same. if you see Gauss.
CHAS. -. EDDY. Register
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STATE OF yIERMONT. MarIboro. IS.

> BY the Probate Court for said District
10 all persons interested in the estate OF LOI--
lSA G. RICHMOND, late of Guilford, in said dis
" ~, usceasTu' Greeting
Whereas, Peleg Richmond has presented TO This
court an instrument purporting to the last will of
salI deceased for probate You are hereby notI-
ned That this Court will decide upon the probate.
OF sad instrument az the session thereof to BE- held
at the Probate Office in Bratteboro in said Dis
trict, on the last Saturday of January. A. d lSq3
When ana where you may appear and contest the
same II you See cause
e w STODDARD p.;.,
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f W. sToDDARD. Register.


y The Probate Court for said District
To all persons interested in the estate Of ABB
GAIL Z HIGGINS, late Of New fan- in said
district. deceased Greeting
Whereas john VI. Kenny has presented To this
Court an instrument purporting To be the last Will
OF SAID deceased for probate:-Nou are hereby
notified that tins Court Will decide upon the pro
batc OF said instrument at the session thereof to
be- held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro
IN said district. on the last Saturday of January
1872, when and whore you may appear and CON
test the same if you see cause
, W STODDARD Ragist.r
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S,TATE OF NERMnNr. Mnrlhnrn 81

y BY the Probate Court for said District
% an prisons Interested in the estate Of LAW.
NA IL. TYLER, late OF Brattleboro, in said Dis
H,It deceased Greeting
Whereas }. VI. Tyler has presented u This
coult an instrument purpOrting to be the last will
~ SAID deceased for probate: You are hereby
n"tlhrd that this court viii decide upon the pro
pa't OF sild Instrument at the session thereof to
be held at the Probate Office in Brattirboro i'm
san district on the last Saturday Of January.
lN'2. when and where you may appear and con.
test the same If you see cause
L. W. SIODDARD- Rrnister
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A,TATR on VERMONr. MarIhoro ii

- The Probate Court for said District
=, 10 az persons interested in the estate of HAN
District, deceased c n, a. s<'iu
GU are hereby notified that this court will de-
cue on the allowance of the account of Phin
cas- uoodrich Executor of the last will of said
deceased, and decree distribution to ali persons
emitted at session thereof to be held ar The
to1ale once IN Brattleboro on the last SATURDAY
OF January, lSH, when and where Won NAV
De heard IN the premises if you see cause
L. w. SrODDARD Register
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l,TATE OFYERMONT. WestmInsler. ss.

\ Inc TTOUaLe IOTITL TOT slIU IITsLTItJ-
To all persons Interested IN tine estate Of
DANIEL READ. late Of Townshend, in said Dis
trict deceased Greeting
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the allowance Of the account Of Mlon
Davidson and Charles q Stebbns. executors Of
the will Of said deceased. and decree distribution
thereof 10 all persons entitled. at the session
thereof to be held at the inn of Thomas Evans
in Townshend on the 81 day Of February. 1872
when and where you may b. heard in the prem
Uses If YOU see cause
C1TAS u Emmy paois+ar
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VERMONT. Marlhoro IS

> BY the Probate Court for said District.
TO all persons int rested in the estate OF LIZ
VI -. KELSEY. late of Marlboro, in said Dis
tIirt decreased. Greeting.
You are hereby notified that this court will de
eide upon the allowance of the account or \. A.
Buttprird Administrator upon the estate Of
said deceased. and decree distribution thereof to
the persons entitled at the session thereof to be-
held at the Probate Office in BrattlrbOrO on the
l,t day of February. \ u. 1892. when and where
YOU may be- heard in the premises " you
cause L. W STODDARD. Register
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CHAs. B. EDDY. Register
L,TATE OFVERMONT. MarIboro. So

- The Probate Court in and for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate Of JE-
ROME p READ, late Of WardsborO. in said Dis
trict, deceased, Greeting
Whereas Gracia A. Read has presented to this
Of said deceased for probate:-Nou are here
by notified that this court will decide upon the
to be- held at the Probate Office in Brattleboro in
said district. on the last Saturday of January
1892 when and where you may appear and con
test the same, if YOU see cause.
F. ". STODDARD Register
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VERMONT, Marlboro. IS.

y BY the Probate Court for said District.
To all persons Interested in the estate of LIE
VI BONDEN. late Of Guilford. in said District
deceased Greeting
You are hereby notified that this court will de-
eide upon the allowance Of the account of Geo
\. BOyden. Executor of the last will of said
DECREASED and decree distribution thereof to the
persons entitled thereto. at the session thereof TO
be held at the Probate Office IN BrattAboro
on the last Saturday of January, A ID. 1892
when and where you may Ice heard in the prem
ises. If YOU cause.
W STDDuABD p.,,;,,.,,
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Continued on Page 81
An Attack of Gravel.
The Terrible Suffering OF a Lady at 90
How She was Cured.

There is nothing now enjoy that do not owe
TO having used DR., David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy of Rondout, N. Y, at a time when was
SUFFERING all that human being could endure
My troubles began in my kidneys, from which
never expected TO recover. My physician said
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
John Gould on the stable Life of the
Winter Mllker.

The habits Of the stable life should be
inbred i'm the animal, so that when she
comes to endure that life she will be accus-
toned to it. The object of the stable life
should be to increase the milk supply.
The animal should have warm, comfortable
quarters and good food and water. At the
age of - months the young heifer should
come into the dairy. During the time she
is preparing for maternity and getting her
growth, she should run with the cows to
get the Cow habit. The little calf makes
its appearance the first of April. 1t is too
expensive to feed it with milk. 1t should
be left 10y its mothers head that she may
carcss it. The calf should have skim milk
feed; to take the place of the butter fat
linsccd meal Jelly should be fed in the pro-
portion Of two ami one-half pounds to 100
pounds OF skim milk. If it does not get
along well give II a raw egg occasionally.
When it begins to chew the cud a little
feed it Il small quantity of whole oats, but
keep mp the supply of skim milk with flax
seed. As the animal gets to eating solid
foods don't oycrfeed it 50 as to give it a
beef tendency. Give it from the start
dairy tendency. Make it a milk produc-
err Feed it fine clover hay.
Handle the heifer little while still a
IltlltI. lldllule her uuueI 50 IllaI AT neT
first milking she will he accustomed to the
operation and not kick over the mixer.
If she has tendency to dry up keep on
milking her if you only get few teacup-
fuls; if she will dry up anyway send her to
the block for beef
Have a warm, dry, well ventilated stable
for the cows. Don't use stanchions, they
are a relic of barbarism. Tie around the
neck: have a l4-inch slack on the rope and
have it fastened ~ inches above the floor
Put the cows into the barn early in the
fall and keep them there until the grass is
well grown in the spring. In the fall on
good warm bright days let them out. For
rations give two feeds daily of p pounds
cnsilage and from T. to II pounds of clo-
yer hay at noon. 1t is better to have the
COW come in in the fall so that her feed
etc, can be controlled in quality and
quantity when fed in the barn. Water
twice a day. She will drink from 20 to
40 pounds daily. Let it be about the tenn
peraturc of the barn-about 81. The
supply of water will be found to affect the
supply of milk. If She does not take
enough water there will be less milk. Give
ensilage in the spring until the animals
will no longer eat it. The animals do not
need much exercise more than they can get
if there is a slack in the hitching rope
and in the chewing of the cud The best
corn for cnsilage is that which will 10 best
in its growth in this state.
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E.w sToDDARD. Register
State OF VERMONT, Morlhoro 60

II an The Probate Court for said District
Ihipp , au persons interested in the estate Of
district. deceased VI Ne"l"nr, IN said
~, ",hhereas, John II. Merrifed Administration
mas filed his petition in This court se t ET~ffane'
n"I Ine SAFE OF the whole of the real estate vii
aSt 1SenThelal TO the heirs and all persons infar
ss1 1leIeul, ana praying for license 10 sell tbs
saint anu at the same time filed i'm This co,,rt
PuPorts 70 be the consent in writing If ali H.
,i,,,,t Issuing IN this state to such sale Wber.
sit l - u oIuered that the same be heard AT a .
SUI h Oh SAM court thereof to be held nj the Prht
Satnrd III bratteboro in said district, on the lasf
OF January A. D. 1892 when and ybere
~ 'V neaIu III the premises if YOU see causa
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Col. Levi. X. Fuller of Brattleboro. who
was then introduced, delivered we'll
written, interesting address He pointed
out the wonderful advances made in sci
ence and art in this first century of our eN-
iStence. Every thing was changed but hu-
man nature. These conventions are in
tended as practical educators. There is
one kind of farming that does not pay:
that is the kind that is done by ''resoll.
ton. Farmers and dairymen should
make practical application of the lessons
taught at these meetings. There are some
men always ready to attribute their failure
to some cause other than the real one
lack of real. earnest, industrious effort.
The tenantleSs farms of Vermont at five
or three dollars an acre are worth more to
the native NermOnter than To a stranger at
the same price. Farmers and dairymen of
Vermont should strive to produce the best
of whatever they do produce, and have
their products branded with the makers
name. Their goods would then soon find
profitable and permanent market. They
should keep an account of the items of eX-
pense of production in all its departments.
These accounts could be kept on cards car
ried in the pocket and deposited in some
box. This was the system in vogue in
manufactures and in the general govern
ment works, Farming is an honorable. in
dependent calling. There is nothing no
bier in earthly occupation, or higher in en-
joyment than to live where the harvest
grows, and to have part in the work
of sowing and reaping
Following Col Fuller came a few re-
marks of good will by Commissioner Rob
ertson of Canada. He said he had been
directed by the Hon. John Carlin Minis
ter of agriculture of Canada, to tender
to the Vermont dairymen his best wishes
for their future prosperity and success He
also read telegram from Hon. Louis
Beaubien chief of the agricultural depart
ment of Quebec, to Mr.. Edward A. Bar
nard of that city in attendance on this
convention, directing him to observe every
thing tending to improve the business of
the farmer and dairyman Mr.. Robertson
said he had frequently received invitations
to come TO the Mountain state and had al
ways been told by his chief, SEQ by all
means, get what good You can and impart
what assistance you can" He entreated
his hearers to remember the dominion God
had given them, and not to regard them
selves as lower than any other class i'm the
community; to work with unity for their
general success as a class, and with enthu-
siasm as individuals.
Commissioner Robertson eloquent and
traternal remarks were greeted with loud
and long applause.