Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-04

opened January %, q. E. stone was
chosen chairman and he introduced "A. A.
Byington, who give the opening address.
He said it gave him great pleasure TO wei
come the board. We have no milllonaires
to show You fine parks and castles, but our
welcome is none tho less sincere. Ihere Is
not man in town who could be ch'iea
rich; oil work for living aud al feel IN
dependent. There is probably more good
farm lands here than in any other town in
the county. We send moro fruit, butter
and cheese to market then any other town
in the county, and / venture to say there
are less farms incumbered by mortgage then
ia any other town. We have beautiful
landscape and our scenery is unsurpassed
Notwithstanding all this there is room to
learn and all are anxious 10 do so.
j, o. Sanford was the frat speaker, and
his subject was "Clover and fertility" lie
believed clover to DO one OF the most I'M
portaut CROPS we can raise. We once used
It mixed with other seed, now many SOW IL
as crop and make specially Of it. After
a crop has been removed the land is better
than before With two cuttings we
get about three tons, and 1T Is
a perfect ration for mich COW
end is equal in fertilizer clements to about
S15 Of corn fertilizer. Glover should be
cooked up and covered with hay caps and
care should be taken to cure SO the leaves
will remain on the stock. DO not dry too
much. Some use it as onsilage. 1t can be
put In without cutting and costs but little.
The fertility Of our farms has wasted away
in O great measure and farm help is very
dear, consequently we must concentrate
our work, have less acres and more tertlllty.
We cannot do it with commercial fertilizers
but the cost is enormous and the money goes
out of the state and it is not profitable. We
want first to stop the waste OF what feTtii'-
ger we make on the farm, Our buildings
should DO so constructed as 10 save the
whole; feed out our crops TO some paying
stock Our crops do not all belong to our
pocket books--farms have n claim on what
grows or them and the farm should be
considered as a factory and we as the agents
When we udopc more intensive farming
we shall stop the wastes OF the farm man
ure Our lower lands should be all under
drained and road fences removed. Manure
may be drawn at any season Of the year
II you are running dairy exclusively, then
raise just what you wish to feed TO your
cows and let other crops alone.
Mr. Henry Carpenter-It clover does not
exhaust the soil of the mineral elements,
where do they come from
Mr., Sanford-Clover is a strong feeding
plant Of potash and uses that which may
not be available to other plants. Plaster is
not a fertilizer of Itself, but acts as a reduc-
er of plant food so it may be available.
Nj. Quinlpn esked if small farms could
be conducted cheaper than large ones.
Mr. Sanford-Think where you can con-
tract your farming it IS better.
Mr.. Carpenter--When cows are stabbed
in summer, IS 1t not done at expense of our
pastures.
Mr.. Sanfo-d-The question of the pas
lures is settled they are going back and we
can enrich our meadows.
Prof Cooke-Clover has two excellent
qualities; first, taking the nitrogen from
the air and draining the potash from the
subsoil where other plants do not reach,
Clover takes its food from below whore you
plough The tendency OF plant food i.
downward. The cat plant is a most delicate
feeder and clover fits the land for it. Prot
Cooke in speaking Of tho dairy
said: The demand for butter has changed
very much il the past 10 years. Now tnt
sonsumers want the butte lreah made. 4
rood dairyrnan should make better butter
then the creamery man, bus the average
dairy man does not.
blr. Stone asked why the Wiliston cream
cry could pay SO much more for milk thai
othersr
Prof. Coole-Principally on account o
the superior COWS, the milk is very rich.
Mr. Carpenter-Is it not in the feed ?
Prof. Cooke said be thought the feed a
good here in Charlotte as anywhere in Yer
mont This creamery in Williston wa
gotten up by the Jersey men who did no
wish to pool their milk with other diaries II
same price. That is ono reason why the
have paid better prices than other cream
cries.
MIR. Byington-They pay for the butte
put in the milk.
Prof. Cooke--Jerseys not only produc
rich milk but more butter when well fed
The net profit from the dairy will var
from firm to farm.
Mr.. Stone-Will the creamery adopt tn
testing Of milk?
Prof. Cuoke-Yes; and the men tina
leave the craameres win be the ones tina
produce poor milk.
John Quinlan--W ould not the farme
who has rich milk, get more for it if h
made it at home?
Prof. Cooke-The average dairyma
would not. The home separator Is dom
good work viii get more cream by its us
than by any other method but it is hard wor
to turn 1t. Milk that has ) per cent fat shoul
get a pound OF butter from 10 pounds G
milk.
Mr. Carpenter-Would not tho skim mil
made at home by hand separator be wort
more than that from creamery?
Prof. Cooke--It would be better Calye
do best on it when fed warm from IL
separator before the animal heat is out, b,
for hogs our experience is that sour ska
milk is the best.
MIR. Carpenter thought it would Deepen
on age Of calves.
Mr.. Smith spoke in the afternoon o
tFeeding the dairy" the substance {
which has already been reported.
Prof. Hills OF the Agricultural colcg
spoke on handling milk If you fsil to /
clean in any particular you wi! see IT,
effect of it in the product of your mill
Cleanliness is the first consideration
dairying. There is always a slight odor j
any stable; butter with no odor is yer
hard to find. In the butter sent from Boz
ton to be tested by the dairy school on
one sample was found perfect. Butter
milk is what gives it its commercial valu,
but its feeding value does not "r1,'s' IN III
oil; cream has always been 49,,